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Royal visit address, Stoney Nakoda language translation
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55612
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- FIle consists of a blueprint copy of an address presented to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) during his royal visit to Banff in 1919. The address is written in the Stoney Nakoda language, translated from English by George Kaquitts.
- Date Range
- 1919
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C2 / 23
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Blueprint
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / C : Extended family
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / III / C2 : McDougall and Ross families papers and photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C2 / 23
- Responsibility
- Translated by George Kaquitts
- Date Range
- 1919
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record : blueprint ; 35 x 45 cm
- Scope & Content
- FIle consists of a blueprint copy of an address presented to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) during his royal visit to Banff in 1919. The address is written in the Stoney Nakoda language, translated from English by George Kaquitts.
- Notes
- Item in file appears to be blueprint copy of original document
- Name Access
- Kaquitts, George
- Subject Access
- Public events
- Public Speaking
- Royal Visit
- Royalty
- First Nations
- Cultural pluralism
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- Stoney
- English
- Conservation
- Item stored in mylar
- Category
- First nations
- Cultural pluralism
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Fern Brewster registration of birth
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57440
- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a Certified Abstract of Registration of Birth for Fern Brewster, produced in 1918 by the Vital Statistics branch of the Government of Alberta.
- Date Range
- 1918
- Reference Code
- M436 / VI / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Government record
- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M436
- V90
- Series
- M436 / VI : Later acquisitions
- Sous-Fonds
- M436
- Accession Number
- 2023.09
- Reference Code
- M436 / VI / 1
- Date Range
- 1918
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate : 21.5 x 33 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a Certified Abstract of Registration of Birth for Fern Brewster, produced in 1918 by the Vital Statistics branch of the Government of Alberta.
- Name Access
- Brewster, Fern
- Subject Access
- Government
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Government
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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First World War diary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions14750
- Part Of
- Sid Unwin fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item is the diary kept by Sid Unwin during the year 1917. Unwin describes his duties at the front, and makes observations on casualties, taking prisoners, gas attacks and other activities. The diary records activities leading up to and during the battle of Vimy Ridge, Unwin's personal injury and c…
- Date Range
- 1917
- Reference Code
- M31 / A / 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Diary
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Sid Unwin fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M31 / V25
- Series
- I.A. Sid Unwin sous-fonds : Military career
- Sous-Fonds
- M31
- Accession Number
- 7102, 7112
- Reference Code
- M31 / A / 3
- GMD
- Textual record
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (1 v.)
- Scope & Content
- Item is the diary kept by Sid Unwin during the year 1917. Unwin describes his duties at the front, and makes observations on casualties, taking prisoners, gas attacks and other activities. The diary records activities leading up to and during the battle of Vimy Ridge, Unwin's personal injury and convalescence, and ends two days prior to his death. Also contains songs, poems, addresses and notes
- Name Access
- Unwin, Sid
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Sid Unwin
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Photographs of Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57263
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs of Banff views, particularly streets, buildings and roads
- Date Range
- 1916
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn 5550 / PA - 1 to PA - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- V8 / accn 5550
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 5550
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn 5550 / PA - 1 to PA - 6
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : negatives
- History / Biographical
- Tom and Netta Merrills visited Banff, Alberta, Canada on a honeymoon trip in 1916
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs of Banff views, particularly streets, buildings and roads
- Name Access
- Merrills, Netta
- Merrills, Tom
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Merrills, Netta
- Merrills, Tom
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Photographs of Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions513
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs of Banff views, particularly streets, buildings and roads
- Date Range
- 1916
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn 5550 / PA - 1 to PA - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- V8 / accn 5550
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 5550
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn 5550 / PA - 1 to PA - 6
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : negatives
- History / Biographical
- Tom and Netta Merrills visited Banff, Alberta, Canada on a honeymoon trip in 1916
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs of Banff views, particularly streets, buildings and roads
- Name Access
- Merrills, Netta
- Merrills, Tom
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Merrills, Netta
- Merrills, Tom
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Licensed Victuallers Association membership certificate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57441
- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one Licensed Victuallers Association membership certificate, dated 1914, which was issued to Jim Brewster.
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- M436 / VI / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M436
- V90
- Series
- M436 / VI : Later acquisitions
- Sous-Fonds
- M436
- Accession Number
- 2023.09
- Reference Code
- M436 / VI / 2
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate : 34.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one Licensed Victuallers Association membership certificate, dated 1914, which was issued to Jim Brewster.
- Name Access
- Brewster, Jim
- Subject Access
- Membership
- Organizations
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Calgary Alberta Canada Souvenir Edition 1914
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54762
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one copy of published text titled "Calgary Alberta Canada: Souvenir Edition 1914" [ed. B.S. White]. Pertains to the early settlement history, business development and expansion of Calgary, with articles featuring numerous local business owners, politicians and other professionals.
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 45
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 45
- Responsibility
- Produced by the Western Standard Publishing Company
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 0.7 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 26 x 36.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one copy of published text titled "Calgary Alberta Canada: Souvenir Edition 1914" [ed. B.S. White]. Pertains to the early settlement history, business development and expansion of Calgary, with articles featuring numerous local business owners, politicians and other professionals.
- Notes
- First page annotated in pencil: "D. M.Dougall" [likely David McDougall]
- Name Access
- McDougall, David
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Businesses
- Commerce
- Commercial products
- Communities
- Finances
- Industry
- Land use
- Land, settlement and immigration
- History
- Politics
- Property
- Government
- Municipal views
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Item has been placed in mylar
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Government
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Ella Maud Woodworth scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54417
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook with Japanese-style decorative cover containing ca. 130 newspaper clippings, as well as several decorative stickers/labels, a postage stamp and 7 fabric ribbon segments. Content mostly pertains to news announcements of births, weddings, obituaries and some other artic…
- Date Range
- 1913
- Reference Code
- M74 / I / A / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- M74 / I : Maud (Woodworth) Kidney records
- Sous-Fonds
- M74
- Sub-Series
- M74 / I / A : 1889 - 1920
- Accession Number
- 2016.8581
- Reference Code
- M74 / I / A / 1
- Responsibility
- Materials compiled by Ella Maud Woodworth
- Date Range
- 1913
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : ca. 130 newspaper clippings ; 26 x 33 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook with Japanese-style decorative cover containing ca. 130 newspaper clippings, as well as several decorative stickers/labels, a postage stamp and 7 fabric ribbon segments. Content mostly pertains to news announcements of births, weddings, obituaries and some other articles of interest [poetry, comics, etc.]. Some clippings are annotated. Scrapbook's inside cover labelled "Ella Maud Woodworth Banff, Alta. November - 1913"
- Name Access
- Woodworth, Maude
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Scrapbook secured with unbleached cotton string to hold binding together. Use caution when opening
- Pages have been interleaved with acid-free tissue to prevent further deterioration of contents
- Creator
- Woodworth, Ella Maud
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Notes on Birds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54739
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one first edition copy of "Notes on Birds", which is part of the Nature Notebook Series. Contains illustrations of various bird species with room for annotations.
- Date Range
- 1913
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C3 / 22
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / C3 : Diaries, daybooks, notebooks, notes
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C3 / 22
- Responsibility
- Published by the Comstock Publishing Company
- Date Range
- 1913
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 12 x 19 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one first edition copy of "Notes on Birds", which is part of the Nature Notebook Series. Contains illustrations of various bird species with room for annotations.
- Notes
- Ink stamp on front cover reads "MISS ELEANOR G. LUXTON BANFF, ALBERTA".
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Additional care required when handling
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Handle with caution, back cover is fragile and may separate
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title copied from item cover
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Princess May Shipwreck Framed Print
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54228
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- 1 framed print, signed and annotated by W.H. Case (presumably the creator of the photograph), depicting shipwrecked S.S. Princess May, 1910 (Canadian Pacific envelope attached to the back, contains 2 news clippings about the Princess May ship and one page detailing the cargo weights, measurements, …
- Date Range
- 1910
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 8 O.S.
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M300 / V500 / S20
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 8 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1910
- Physical Description
- 1 Framed Photograph: print; b&w
- Scope & Content
- 1 framed print, signed and annotated by W.H. Case (presumably the creator of the photograph), depicting shipwrecked S.S. Princess May, 1910 (Canadian Pacific envelope attached to the back, contains 2 news clippings about the Princess May ship and one page detailing the cargo weights, measurements, etc. of the same ship).
- Notes
- Print annotated with the following: "C.P.R. CO. S.S. PRINCESS MAY, WRECKED, ON SENTINEL IS. ALASKA. AUG. 5. 1910." "W.H. CASE 433"
- Name Access
- Case, W.H.
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Alaska
- Access Restrictions
- This item is not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
- Reproduction Restrictions
- This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
- Language
- English
- Creator
- W.H. Case
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Unknown children in front of tipi]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions49088
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown children in front of tipi]
- Date Range
- 1910
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3a / 7 / NG - 7
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
2 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D / 3: Organizations
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3a / 7 / NG - 7
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1910
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown children in front of tipi]
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Scratches on negative
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. . No identification was possible.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Date Range
- 1909
- Reference Code
- V653 / NA - 586 to 623, 1567 to 1633
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M107/V653
- Series
- I. Photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V653
- Reference Code
- V653 / NA - 586 to 623, 1567 to 1633
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1909
- Physical Description
- 105 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 586 to 623) :
- [Note: Repeat descriptions have been combined by the archivist]
- 586-623 Canadian Pacific trip -- 8/1909 -- [Views pertain to Montreal? (586); Winnipeg? (587); Mount Tuzo and Mount Deltaform (588); pack trip; avalanche (592,593); Alpine Club camp at Lake O'Hara (595-598); glacier; Mount Balfour and Lake Margaret (601-603); Yoho Valley from below Lake Margaret (604); Mount Daly, Mount Niles and Daly Glacier (605); Daly Glacier and Takakkaw Falls? (606); Takakkaw Falls (607); Twin Falls (608,609); Yoho Glacier (610,611,615-617); ice cave at Yoho Glacier (612-614)]; Mt. Sir Donald? (619); unidentified scenes (594,618,620-623)]
- ITEM LIST OF 6.5 x 8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1567 to 1633) :
- 1567 Glacier -- 1909
- 1568-1571 Ice on Illecillewaet Glacier (poor) -- 1909
- 1572-1575 Glacier -- 1909
- 1576-1579 Asulkan Glacier Pan -- 1909
- 1580 Illecillewaet Glacier Pan -- 1909
- 1581-1585 Panorama from Illecillewaet Glacier -- 1909
- 1586-1587 Ice panorama Illecillewaet Glacier -- 1909
- 1588-1589 Ice pinnacle & figure Illecillewaet Glacier -- 1909
- 1590 Test picture Asulkan Glacier -- 1909
- 1591-1593 Camp of ACC at Lake O'Hara Pan -- 1909
- 1594-1595 ACC camp at Lake O'Hara Pan -- 1909
- 1596-1600 Meadow & ACC camp Lake O'Hara -- 1909
- 1601-1605 Victoria Hungabee etc. from (meadow?) above Lake O'Hara -- 1909
- 1606-1608 Hungabee and Victoria from (meadow?) above Lake O'Hara -- 1909
- 1609-1615 Field Hill -- 1909
- 1616 Mt. Stephen from meadow on road to Yoho Valley (storm clouds) 1909
- 1617-1620 Takakkaw Falls poor (No.7,8,9,10) -- 1909
- 1621 Chalet Lake Louise -- 1909
- 1622 Lake Louise Chalet -- 1909
- 1623 Chalet from across Lake Louise -- 1909
- 1624 Looking up Abbott Pass (poorest) -- 1909
- 1625 Abbott Pass -- 1909
- 1626-1629 Lake Louise -- 1909
- 1630-1632 Lake Louise panorama -- 1909
- 1633 Lake Louise & Chalet from Victoria Glacier -- 1909
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Administrative notebook, board records
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55625
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one bound volume containing handwritten notes and tally charts dated 1908. Contents possibly related to early administrative records of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association
- Date Range
- 1908
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 6
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1908
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 17 x 27.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one bound volume containing handwritten notes and tally charts dated 1908. Contents possibly related to early administrative records of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association
- Notes
- Charts in volume refer to "board" and provide list of names below, with daily checklist. Context not known.
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Organizations
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Unidentified family
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a panorma of an unidentified family (could be John Simeon family) posed in front of house at the Stoney Nakoda reserve in Morley.
- Date Range
- 1908
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC-360a
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC-360a
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1908
- Physical Description
- 1 Copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a panorma of an unidentified family (could be John Simeon family) posed in front of house at the Stoney Nakoda reserve in Morley.
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations numbers: RR 329 and RR 641
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
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Paradise Valley ACC Camp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15024
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the Alpine Club of Canada camp at Paradise Valley
- Date Range
- 1907
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 260 to 280
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
21 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 260 to 280
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the Alpine Club of Canada camp at Paradise Valley
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 260 Group of people at Paradise Valley ACC camp
- 261 to 263 Paradise Valley ACC camp
- 264 Horses at Paradise Valley ACC camp
- 265 Participants cooking at campfire
- 266, 267 A. O. Wheeler addressing group of climbers
- 268 Swiss Guides, Edward Feuz Jr. and Gottfried Feuz
- 269 to 278 Group of climbers ascending Mount Aberdeen, July 10, 1907
- 279 Giant Steps
- 280 Elliott Barnes Jr. and Lois Barnes on summit
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Club
- Glaciers
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Geographic Access
- Paradise Valley
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists mainly of views at sea on the way north to Alaska.
- Date Range
- 1907
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 281 to 313
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
33 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 281 to 313
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists mainly of views at sea on the way north to Alaska.
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 281 Steamer
- 282, 283 Captain on deck of ship
- 284 Seagull on mast
- 285 to 288 Rock island at seacoast
- 289 to 292 Coastal shoreline
- 293 Porpoise
- 294 Gulls
- 295 Abandoned hulk
- 296 Town on inlet
- 297, 298 Sailing schooner
- 299 Sailing schooner in dock
- 300 Ship in bay
- 301 View of [Seward?]
- 302, 303 People being lowered in lifeboat
- 304 Passengers embarking on ship
- 305, 306 Husky dog on Seward street
- 307 Native woman selling handicrafts
- 308 Man and woman on dog sled
- 309 to 311 Woman with dog team and sled
- 312, 313 Hunters with bear hides
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Boats
- Boating
- Bears
- Dogs
- Dogsledding
- Hunting
- Furs
- Sailboats
- Seascapes
- Steamers
- Geographic Access
- Pacific Ocean
- Alaska
- British Columbia
- Canada
- United States of America
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Date Range
- 1907
- Reference Code
- V653 / NA - 514 to 585, 1488 to 1566
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M107/V653
- Series
- I. Photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V653
- Reference Code
- V653 / NA - 514 to 585, 1488 to 1566
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 151 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 514 to 585) :
- 514-517 Yoho #1 -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to people on moraine and terminus of Yoho Glacier]
- 518-535 Yoho #2 -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Yoho Glacier, including terminus, alpinists; horses and riders; streams; moraine; Mary Vaux] -- 1907
- 536-537 #3 Paradise Valley -- 1907 -- [Lake Louise from toe of Victoria Glacier]
- 538-548 #4 Lake O'Hara -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Lake Agnes, the Devil's Thumb, Lake Louise Chalet, camp scenes, Mary J. Vaux]
- 549-561 #5 Spray Lake -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to George Shouldice, R. E. Campbell, Mary J. Vaux; pack trip and camp; Mount Assiniboine; unidentified scenes]
- 562-563, 565-568 To Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine, Mary J. Vaux, pack trip]
- 564 #5 Spray Lake -- 1907 -- [Packtrain party]
- 569-580 #7 At Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine (570,571,573-575); Mount Magog (577); Naiset Point and Mount Terrapin (578); Wonder Peak and The Towers (579)]
- 581-585 #8 At Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine (583-585) and area]
- ITEM LIST OF 6.5x8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1488 to 1566) :
- 1488-1492 Panorama A from head of Paradise Valley (No.1,2,3,4,5) -- 1907
- 1493 Panorama A Paradise Valley (No.6) -- 1907
- 1494-1500 Panorama A from head of Paradise Valley (No.7,8,9,10,11,12,13) -- 1907
- 1501 Panorama A (No.14) -- 1907
- 1502-1507 Panorama B Paradise Valley (No.15,16,17,18,19,20) -- 1907
- 1508-1512 Panorama C from Little Beehive (No.21,22,23,24,25) -- 1907
- 1513-1514 Lefroy &c. from Little Beehive (No.26,27) -- 1907
- 1515-1517 Panorama D Bow Valley from Little Beehive Poor (No.28) -- 1907
- 1518 Lake Louise & Chalet from Little Beehive (No.31) -- 1907
- 1519-1520 Camp at Lake O'Hara (No.32,33) -- 1907
- 1521 Lefroy &c from camp Lake O'Hara (No.34) -- 1907
- 1522 Lake O'Hara (No.35) -- 1907
- 1523 Opabin Pass from Lake O'Hara (No.36) -- 1907
- 1524-1526 First view of Assiniboine (No.37,38,39) -- 1907
- 1527 Assiniboine from camp (No.40) -- 1907
- 1528-1532 Assiniboine Panorama F (No.41,42,43,44,45) -- 1907
- 1533 Assiniboine. May be used in Panorama F (No.46) -- 1907
- 1534 Assiniboine from camp (No.47) -- 1907
- 1535 Assiniboine from camp Finest (?) (No.48) -- 1907
- 1536-1539 ssiniboine from camp Panorama G (No.49,50,51,52) -- 1907
- 1540-1541 Assiniboine from near head of valley (No.53,54) -- 1907
- 1542-1543 Panorama H Lake Aline (No.55,56) -- 1907
- 1544-1548 Panorama J Assiniboine (No.57,58,59,60,61) -- 1907
- 1549-1553 Assiniboine (No.62,63,64,65,66) -- 1907
- 1554-1560 Panorama K Long focus, Assiniboine (No.67,68,69,70,71,72,73) -- 1907
- 1561 Assiniboine (No.74) -- 1907
- 1562-1564 Test picture, Illecillewaet Glacier (No.75,76,77) -- 1907
- 1565-1566 Panorama L Illecillewaet Glacier (No.79,80) -- 1907
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Interview notes, Michel Pablo
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one notebook with notes pertaining to a 1907 interview with Michel Pablo [owner of the herd involved in the buffalo round-up of 1907-1912]. Notebook also contains an envelope attached to the inside front cover with additional notes and small illustration of a bull[?] head, and two …
- Date Range
- 1907
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D4 / 14
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and Professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D4 : Writing
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D4 / 14
- Date Range
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 14 x 22.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one notebook with notes pertaining to a 1907 interview with Michel Pablo [owner of the herd involved in the buffalo round-up of 1907-1912]. Notebook also contains an envelope attached to the inside front cover with additional notes and small illustration of a bull[?] head, and two diagrams at the back of the notebook depicting dimensions of a large cow .
- Notes
- Item is believed to be annotated by Norman Luxton.
- Name Access
- Pablo, Michel
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Bison
- Buffalo
- Animals
- Research
- Personal and Professional Life
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Montana
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Norman Luxton
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bear Hunting Trip
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a bear hunting trip on the Columbia River, B. C.
- Date Range
- 1906
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 235 to 259
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
25 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 235 to 259
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 25 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a bear hunting trip on the Columbia River, B. C.
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 235 Man looking at Columbia River during spring bear hunt
- 236, 237 Men lining boat on river
- 238 to 240 Men portaging boat
- 241 Boating on unidentified lake
- 242 Man launching boat on unidentified lake
- 243 Men in boats on Columbia River
- 244 Rapids on Columbia River
- 245 River scene
- 246 Rapids on Columbia River
- 247 Men in boats on Columbia River
- 248 Men loading boats
- 249 Men launching boat
- 250 Man lining boat through rapids
- 251 Lake
- 252 Rapids on the Columbia River
- 253 Man in canoe on Columbia River
- 254 Men unloading boat on Columbia River
- 255 Emerson Hough posing with bear skin
- 256 to 259 Elliott Barnes with bear skins
- 259 Hunter fording river
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Geographic Access
- Columbia River
- Revelstoke
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Date Range
- 1906
- Reference Code
- V653 / NA - 386 to 513, 1388 to 1487
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- V107/V653
- Series
- I. Photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V653
- Reference Code
- V653 / NA - 386 to 513, 1388 to 1487
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 228 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 386 to 513) :
- [Note: Repeat descriptions have been combined by the archivist]
- 386-392 #1 Penns. Manor -- 7/5/06
- 393-402 #2 To Takakkaw Fall -- 7/17/06 -- [Takakkaw Falls]
- 403-412 #4 To Ptarmigan -- 8/2/06 -- [Views pertain to mounted muskox head, Ptarmigan Lake, Ptarmigan Valley, Deception Pass?, unidentified mountain, crevasse, bergschrund]
- 413-421 #5 To Pipestone Pass -- 8/4/06 -- [Packtrain party at edge of Pipestone River, camp scenes, Mt. Temple from Ptarmigan Valley, Pipestone Pass]
- 422-425 #6 To Lake Louise and (Yoho?) -- 8/6/06 -- [Views pertain to packtrain, Moar Mtn. from Pipestone River, man with cowl]
- 426-428 #3 -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to people with cow and party in boat at Lake Louise]
- 429 [Man with cow at Lake Louise Chalet] -- [1906]
- 430 [Two women and man with cow at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
- 431 [Man milking cow at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
- 432-433 [Boatman at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
- 434-436 [People in boat at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
- 437-440 #7 [Men packing horse] -- 1906
- 441 #7 -- 1906 -- [Takakkaw Falls]
- 442-443 #7 -- 1906 -- [Twin Falls]
- 444 #7 -- 1906 -- [Mt. Niles?]
- 445 [Terminus of Yoho Glacier?] -- 1906
- 446 [Ice cave at terminus of Yoho Glacier] -- 1906
- 447 [Two men on horseback at terminus of Yoho Glacier] -- 1906
- 448 #7 -- 1906 -- [Scree]
- 449 [Packhorse] -- 1906
- 450 [Men saddling horse at Field] -- 1906
- 451 [Camp at foot of Takakkaw Falls] -- 1906
- 452 [Packtrain at top of Pass] -- 1906
- 453 [2 people and dog sleeping] -- 1906
- 454 [Man and woman on glacier] -- 1906
- 455 [Woman on moraine] -- 1906
- 456 [Moraine] -- 1906
- 457 [William & George Vaux Jrs. at edge of crevasse] -- 1906
- 458 [Crevasses] -- 1906
- 459 [Man at edge of crevasse] -- 1906
- 460 [Crevasse] -- 1906
- 461 [Dog beside stream] -- 1906
- 462 [Unidentified mountain and stream] -- 1906
- 463 [Unidentified waterfall] -- 1906
- 464-465 [Unidentified mountain] -- 1906
- 466-467 [Unidentified mountains] -- 1906
- 468 [Packtrain on Pipestone Pass] -- 1906
- 469 [Man with horses in front of unidentified mountain] -- 1906
- 470-476 #8 To Laughing Falls -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to packtrain; Laughing Falls; Yoho Glacier and ice cave]
- 477 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake]
- 478-479 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake]
- 480-481 #3 -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake?]
- 482-483 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to men packing horse at Field; packtrain]
- 484 [Party of riders preparing to leave Lake Louise Chalet] -- 1906
- 485-486 Asulkan Burgess Pass #10 -- 1906 -- [Party of riders preparing to depart Lake Louise Chalet; unidentified woman]
- 487-497 Asulkan Burgess Pass #10. To Asulkan -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to man and woman on glacier; seracs; unidentified mountain/s]
- 498-508 #11 -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to Tower of Babel and Moraine Lake; Mount Bident and Mount Quadra; Valley of the Ten Peaks; camp scene; alpinists; horses grazing by lake; terminus of Asulkan Glacier; unidentified glacier]
- 509-513 #3 Paradise Valley -- 9/28/06 -- [Views pertain to alpinists; glacier stream; crevasses]
- ITEM LIST OF 6.5x8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1388 to 1487) :
- 1388-1390 Camp at Summit Lake (No.1,2,3) -- 1906
- 1391-1394 Head of Upper Yoho Panorama (No.4,5,6,7) -- 1906
- 1395 Upper Yoho Valley with stream in foreground (No.8) -- 1906
- 1396 Head of Yoho with stream (best) (No.9) -- 1906
- 1397 Head of Upper Yoho from below camp (No.10) -- 1906
- 1398 Mt. Niles and Mt. Daly from Upper Yoho (No.11) -- 1906
- 1399 The Vice-President Upper Yoho (No.12) -- 1906
- 1400 Head of Upper Yoho from Camp (No.13) -- 1906
- 1401-1402 Test picture Wapta Glacier (No.14,15) -- 1906
- 1403-1405 Ice Arch Wapta Glacier (No.16,17,18) -- 1906
- 1406 Wapta Glacier (end) wide angle (No.19) -- 1906
- 1407-1409 Wapta Glacier Panorama (No.20,21,22) -- 1906
- 1410 Mt. Stephen from foot of Wapta Glacier (No.24) -- 1906
- 1411 Mt. Stephen from foot of Wapta Glacier (best) (No.25) -- 1906
- 1412-1413 Forefoot of Wapta Glacier (No.26,27) -- 1906
- 1414 Yoho Glacier (No.28) -- 1906
- 1415 Wapta Glacier (No.29) -- 1906
- 1416-1425 Laughing Falls (No.30,31,32,33?,34,35,36,37,38,39) -- 1906
- 1426-1430 Takakkaw Fall (No.40,41,42,43,44) -- 1906
- 1431-1434 Head of Valley above the Caves Panorama (No.45,46,47,48) -- 1906
- 1435-1437 Sir Donald from above Caves (No.49,50,51) -- 1906
- 1438-1439 Old Point Comfort looking toward Illecillewaet Glacier Panorama (No.52,53) -- 1906 -- [#52 with Charles Deutschman]
- 1440 Stream going into the caves (No.54) -- 1906
- 1441 Sir Donald & Illecillewaet Glacier from Natural Bridge (No.55) -- 1906
- 1442 Looking out of the Cave (No.56) -- 1906
- 1443 Test pictures of Asulkan Glacier (No.58) -- 1906
- 1444,1446,1447 Test pictures of Illecillewaet Glacier (No.59,61,62) --1906
- 1445 Test picture Glacier (No.60) -- 1906
- 1448-1450 Panorama Head of Paradise Valley (No.63,64,65) -- 1906
- 1451 Hungabee from Paradise Valley (No.66) -- 1906
- 1452-1459 Pan from Horseshoe Glacier in Paradise Valley (No.67,68,69,70,71,72,73) -- 1906
- 1460-1461 On the Horseshoe Glacier (No.75,76) -- 1906
- 1462-1463 No.6 Temple Hungabee Aberdeen Group & Lefroy from entrance to Ptarmigan Valley (No.77,78) -- 1906
- 1464 Panorama Ptarmigan Lake & Mt. Douglas (poor) (No.79) -- 1906
- 1465 Panorama (Poor) Ptarmigan Lake & Mt. Douglass (No.80) -- 1906
- 1466 Mt. Temple in cloud from near Ptarmigan Lake (No.81) -- 1906
- 1467 Mt. Temple in cloud (poor) (No.82) -- 1906
- 1468-1469 Lone Tree Lake & Mt. Richardson Panorama (No.83,84) -- 1906
- 1470 Panorama Mt. Douglass & Lower Ptarmigan Lake (No.85) -- 1906
- 1471 Mt. Douglass & Lower Ptarmigan Lake (No.86) -- 1906
- 1472-1473 Storm Mtn. Upper Ptarmigan Lake & Ptarmigan Mtn. to Bow Range Panorama (No.87,88) -- 1906
- 1474 Mt. Richardson Lone Tree & Cliff Lakes & Little Pipestone Valley Panorama (No.89) -- 1906
- 1475-1476 Mt. Richardson Lone Tree & Cliff Lakes & Little Pipestone Valley Panorama (No.90,92) -- 1906
- 1477 Mt. Richardson 2nd Peak from Camp on Little Pipestone (No.92) -- 1906
- 1478 Mt. Molar from Little Pipestone (No.93) -- 1906
- 1479-1481 South from Pipestone Panorama (No.94,95,96) -- 1906
- 1482-1485 Sifleur Valley looking north from Pipestone Pass (No.97,98,99,100) -- 1906
- 1486-1487 Lake Louise Chalet (No.101,102) -- 1906
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