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Luxton Museum interior and exterior views

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 15 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton and the Luxton Museum. Includes images of Norman Luxton posing with display items, exterior views of the museum and surrounding landscape, and taxidermy and mannequin displays inside the museum.

Date Range: 1959

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / ii / PA - 1 to 15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

29 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / ii / PA - 1 to 15

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1959

Physical Description: 15 photographs : b&w prints ; 20.5 x 25 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 15 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton and the Luxton Museum. Includes images of Norman Luxton posing with display items, exterior views of the museum and surrounding landscape, and taxidermy and mannequin displays inside the museum.

Notes: Back sides of photographs stamped with “Glenbow Foundation Photograph” label and file numbers, each dated May 30, 1959.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Museums; History; Indigenous Peoples; Animals; Taxidermy; Mountain; Businesses; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Copyright status and restrictions unknown

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright status and restrictions unknown

Language: English

Category: Indigenous Peoples; Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Stoney Nakoda

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Part Of: George McLean fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of photograph print of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) wearing a long coat and hat, pointing somewhere.

Date Range: 1958

Reference Code: V422 / PA - 65

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph

1 image

Part Of: George McLean fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M42; V422

Series: II. Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V422

Reference Code: V422 / PA - 65

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph

Date Range: 1958

Physical Description: 1 photograph: print

Scope & Content: Item consists of photograph print of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) wearing a long coat and hat, pointing somewhere.

Name Access: McLean, George

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; First Nations; Portrait

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 476

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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Opening Pioneer Memorial Building Calgary, Calgary Stampede, Fort Calgary House

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton speaking at the opening of the Pioneer Memorial Building in Calgary and a reception ceremony, Norman Luxton participating in a Calgary Stampede parade, and the opening of the Old Timers Hut Exhibition Grounds [Fort Calgary House] in 1955.

Date Range: 1955

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3c / PA - 27 to 32

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

12 images

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 / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3c / PA - 27 to 32

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Photographs produced by Bil Marsden, copyright Alberta Government

Date Range: 1955

Physical Description: 6 photographs : b&w prints; 25 x 20.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton speaking at the opening of the Pioneer Memorial Building in Calgary and a reception ceremony, Norman Luxton participating in a Calgary Stampede parade, and the opening of the Old Timers Hut Exhibition Grounds [Fort Calgary House] in 1955.

Notes: Some individuals in photographs not identified

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; MacKay, Don; McNeill, Leishman; Ross, William J.; Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association

Subject Access: Organizations; Public events; Events; Public Speaking; Calgary Stampede; Parade; Horses; Animals

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Communications; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Item LUX/I/D3c/PA-32 has attached clipping with typed notes naming individuals in photograph [with handwritten edits]

Processing Status: Processed

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"Saskatchewan" film stills

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Part Of: Pat Judge fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 139 black and white photographs of primarily publicity continuity stills by Universal Studios staff photographer assigned to movie "Saskatchewan", 1953. All publicity stills are restricted under copyright and are for reference use only.

Date Range: 1953

Reference Code: V638 / PA - 01 to PA - 1022

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

6 images

Part Of: Pat Judge fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M184 / V638

Sous-Fonds: V638

Accession Number: 5774, 5791, 5870

Reference Code: V638 / PA - 01 to PA - 1022

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1953

Physical Description: 139 photographs : b&w ; 12.2 x 10.6 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 139 black and white photographs of primarily publicity continuity stills by Universal Studios staff photographer assigned to movie "Saskatchewan", 1953. All publicity stills are restricted under copyright and are for reference use only.

Notes: Original numbering kept; items numbered 1000 and up were originally unnumbered

Name Access: Judge, Pat

Subject Access: Arts; Boats; Films and film making; First Nations; Hollywood; Horses; Indigenous Peoples; Mountains; Movies

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access and use restricted

Language: Language is English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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King George VI memorial scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to the death and funeral of King George VI.

Date Range: 1952

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 7

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 7

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1952

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to the death and funeral of King George VI.

Name Access: King George VI

Subject Access: Memorial; Funeral; Obituary; Family; Royalty; Public events

Geographic Access: England; London; Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Politics

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Order of the Eastern Star installation, Kidney family, early Banff school children

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 42 photographs mostly pertaining to annual Installation events for the Order of the Eastern Star between 1950 and 1960; Maud Kidney was chosen as head Matron of the group in 1950. File also includes photographs of Banff school children [ca. 1895] including members of the Wilson and…

Date Range: [ca. 1895]; [ca. 1920]; 1950; 1958; [ca. 1960]

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 74 to 104

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

2 images

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 74 to 104

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Produced by Cascade Cameras Ltd. Banff, F.W.E. Round, and Newton Copyright [Ottawa]

Date Range: [ca. 1895]; [ca. 1920]; 1950; 1958; [ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 42 photographs : b&w prints ; 20.5 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 42 photographs mostly pertaining to annual Installation events for the Order of the Eastern Star between 1950 and 1960; Maud Kidney was chosen as head Matron of the group in 1950. File also includes photographs of Banff school children [ca. 1895] including members of the Wilson and Brewster families; a ski gondola rider; and Jack and Ted MacAulay as toddlers.

Notes: File contains duplicates; Early Banff school photograph accompanied by typed document with contextual details and names of individuals in image; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.

Name Access: Kidney, Maude; MacAulay, Ted; MacAulay, Jack; Gaffney, Rose; Squires, Margaret; Foster, Larry; Williams, Jean; Watson, Blanche; Wilson, Louise; Smyth, Betty; Child, Helen; Armitage, Mabel; Shaw, Alice; Bloom, Bessie; Wilson, Ada; Wilson, John; Brewster, Fred; Brewster, Pearl; Brewster, George; Cobb, Fred (Ty); Harper, Jack; Harper, Gypsy

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Club; Community events; Children; Order of the Eastern Star

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Education; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Jimmy and Billie Simpson, Num-Ti-Jah Lodge, family events

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 44 photographs, including 2 postcard photographs, pertaining to Annie and Ulysses LaCasse's 50th wedding anniversary and Maud Kidney and friends visiting Jimmy and Billie Simpson at Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. Many individuals in photographs are unnamed. Postcard photographs are of Jimmy Sim…

Date Range: [ca. 1910 - ca. 1915]; 1964; 1968; [ca. 1970]; 1974

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 105 to 144

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

4 images

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 105 to 144

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1910 - ca. 1915]; 1964; 1968; [ca. 1970]; 1974

Physical Description: 44 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 9 x 13.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds-level entry for Jimmy Simpson family fonds [M78 / S16 / V577]

Scope & Content: File consists of 44 photographs, including 2 postcard photographs, pertaining to Annie and Ulysses LaCasse's 50th wedding anniversary and Maud Kidney and friends visiting Jimmy and Billie Simpson at Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. Many individuals in photographs are unnamed. Postcard photographs are of Jimmy Simpson Sr. and Num-Ti-Jah Lodge.

Notes: File contains duplicates; Some dates provided are estimate by the Processing Archivist; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.

Name Access: LaCasse, Annie; LaCasse, Ulysses; LaCasse, Flo; Whyte, Catharine; Craig, Bill; Boyce, Jim; Brooks, Glen; Kidney, Maude; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Gratz, Muriel; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Lonsdale, Florence; Woodworth, Adelia; Nickerson, Adelia; Harrison, George; Harrison, Nellie; Lonsdale, Tom

Subject Access: Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Travel; Anniversary; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Bow Lake; Lake Louise

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Woodworth family, Kidney family, friends

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 40 photographs [including some in book-style folders and one postcard print] pertaining to various members of the Woodworth and Kidney families and their friends in the Banff community. Includes images of boy scouts in Banff, skating on the Bow River, baby portraits [possibly Herb …

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; [ca. 1915 - ca. 1925]; 1933; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1944; [ca. 1950]; 1953; 1963; [ca. 1965]; 1966; 1971

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 166 to 203

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

2 images

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 166 to 203

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Ted Dinsmore, F.W. Round and Silvana

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; [ca. 1915 - ca. 1925]; 1933; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1944; [ca. 1950]; 1953; 1963; [ca. 1965]; 1966; 1971

Physical Description: 40 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 40 photographs [including some in book-style folders and one postcard print] pertaining to various members of the Woodworth and Kidney families and their friends in the Banff community. Includes images of boy scouts in Banff, skating on the Bow River, baby portraits [possibly Herb MacAulay], group photographs and individual portraits, Herb MacAulay and Jack MacAulay playing hockey, the Woodworth residence, bears by a Brewster touring bus, swimming in the Cave and Basin [Forest Kidney and friends], and a family reunion. Other named individuals include Fred and Ben Woodworth, Reverend Tom Lonsdale and Florence Lonsdale, Jack Brown, Ethel [Woodworth] Edwards, and Karin MacAulay.

Notes: Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist; File contains duplicates; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.

Name Access: Woodworth, Fred; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Woodworth, Ethel; Edwards, Ethel; Brown, Jack; Lonsdale, Tom; Lonsdale, Florence; MacAulay, Jack; MacAulay, Karin; MacAulay, Herb

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Boy Scouts of Canada; Military; World War I; Skating; Sports; Children; Landscapes; Swimming; Hockey; Animals; Bears

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Cave ad Basin; Bow Falls

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure; Military; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel and correspondence scrapbook [Spain, Greece, Egypt, Ireland, Hawaii, England]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending …

Date Range: 1954; 1959 - 1962; 1967; 1968; 1970

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Scrapbook; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / 1

GMD: Postcard; Scrapbook; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1954; 1959 - 1962; 1967; 1968; 1970

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook (59 b&w and col. prints ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm or smaller -- 3 newspaper clippings - 2 textual records)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending domestic and international trips between 1954 and 1970, including trips to Victoria, B.C., Hawaii, Italy, Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland, India, Greece and England.

Notes: Some items are heavily annotated on back, some dates and locations provided on pages of scrapbook; Many items loose in scrapbook

Name Access: McLean, Nell; McDougall, George; Mitchell, Frank

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Family and personal life; Buildings; Events; Animals; Sports and recreation

Geographic Access: United States of America; Hawaii; Italy; Rome; Egypt; Cairo; Spain; Greece; Athens; Ireland; Killarney; England; London

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Handle with caution as some items are stored loose in album and may fall out; Item has been secured with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together; Pages have been interleaved to protect photographs from other materials

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Curtiss-Wright Corp. staff and family photographs album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of…

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

203 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Associated Screen News Ltd., Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Byron Harmon

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Physical Description: 1 album (193 b&w photographs ; 20 x 25.5 cm or smaller -- 2 textual records)

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of Eleanor Luxton as a child and as an adult, group and individual portraits of mostly unidentified individuals [likely immediate and extended family and friends of Eleanor, including Norman and Georgina Luxton], unidentified children playing, images from the Calgary Stampede parade [ca. 1940s], unidentified Indigenous groups and individuals [possibly Stoney Nakoda community members during Banff Indian Days], Dr. Casey's Ranch [1944], and a family picnic. File also includes one small textual record describing a 1943 Curtiss-Wright Corporation staff event, as well as an annotated Christmas card from Ruth and Frank Neustadt [n.d.].

Notes: Some items are annotated on back; Items not in chronological or other clear order

Material Details: Album has clear plastic layer on surface of front and back covers; Green plastic stitched around border of both covers and side bindings

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Ross, George; McDougall, George; Smith, Mary; Smith, Archie; Casey, Anne Ross; Ross, Jean; Knight, Sidney S.; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; Neustadt, Ruth; Neustadt, Frank

Subject Access: Travel; Family and personal life; Businesses; Children; Community events; Picnics and picnicking; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel; Events

Geographic Access: Bermuda; Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Calgary; United States of America; New York; Arizona; Phoenix

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Loose items in album have been placed in mylar

Category: Family and personal life; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Eleanor Luxton early childhood and family album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby…

Date Range: [ca. 1904]; [1907 or 1908]; 1908; [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]; [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1940]; 1964

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 3

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca. 1904]; [1907 or 1908]; 1908; [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]; [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1940]; 1964

Physical Description: 1 album (54 b&w prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller -- 2 newspaper clippings)

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby and young child with her parents, posing with chickens and a turkey on a farm, with other small children [unidentified] and standing by the Bow River; portrait photographs of Eleanor as a young girl [roughly ages 5 to 12 years old]; a wedding celebration [possibly that of Norman and Georgina Luxton in 1904]; and images of a pregnant woman and a man on a farm [likely Georgina Luxton and possibly her father, David McDougall, ca. 1908]

Notes: One photograph of Eleanor Luxton as a young child, posing alone and smiling in a dark dress, was moved to its current location from album LUX / III / A3 / PD - 2.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; McDougall, David; Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association

Subject Access: Animals; Children; Birds; Farmland; Property; Community events; Family and personal life; Dogs; Weddings

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Bow River; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Item has been interleaved with acid-free paper to protect photographs; Loose images have been placed in mylar; Item secured with unbleached string to prevent loose items from falling out

Category: Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Miscellaneous

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 109 black and white and colour photograph prints, 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller. File documents various unidentified family members and friends, travels and outings, special events (e.g. weddings, graduations), holidays (e.g. Easter), official portraits (including a National Film Board o…

Date Range: c.1912-1971; 1913; 1919; 1932-1940; 1942-1957; 1948; 1952; 1960; 1967; 1970-1971

Reference Code: V75 / I / PA - 1 to 116

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Private record

56 images

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: V75 / I : Wardle Family, c.1912-1971

Sous-Fonds: V75

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: V75 / I / PA - 1 to 116

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Private record

Date Range: c.1912-1971; 1913; 1919; 1932-1940; 1942-1957; 1948; 1952; 1960; 1967; 1970-1971

Physical Description: 109 photographs : b&w and col. ; 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 109 black and white and colour photograph prints, 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller. File documents various unidentified family members and friends, travels and outings, special events (e.g. weddings, graduations), holidays (e.g. Easter), official portraits (including a National Film Board of Canada portrait of James Wardle), and sports and leisure (e.g. canoeing, golf). File also includes photographs of Carl Rungius (on his birthday in 1954), Betty Ormond in Peru (with a message addressed to "Dorrie" written on the back of the print), graduation photograph of James Wardle from Queen's (c.1912), and travel photographs from the United States in 1948 (New York, Washington, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City) and Amsterdam, Netherlands (1952). Notable places the photographs depict include Banff (including Banff Train Station), the Great Divide, St. Lawrence River (the Wardle family had a cottage here), Sunshine trail, Mt. Athabasca, Columbia Icefields, Lake O'Hara, Montreal, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Paris (France), Ghost River, Ottawa, Peru, Lake Minnewanka, Elk Island, and Maligne Lake.

Notes: Most (but not all) photographs are annotated on the back identifying who is in the photograph, when it was taken, and where.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.; Rungius, Carl

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Travel and Exploration; European travel; Skiing; Canoes and canoeing; Horseback riding; Picnics and picnicking; Weddings; Scenery; Mountain; Beach; Golfing

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Banff National Park; Great Divide; Columbia Icefield; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Lake O'Hara; Maligne Lake; Moraine Lake; Montreal; Quebec; Ontario; Ottawa; France; Ghost River; Peru; United States; New York; Washington; Philadelphia; Atlantic City

Language: English

Related Material: V75 / I / NA-13

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Japanese Sketchbook

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a sketchbook containing Japanese writing, hand-drawn maps, and illustrations. Many of the illustrations are done in either watercolour paint or crayon.

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1960]

Reference Code: M200 / AC 093M / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Painting

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: I.A.1.b. Administration: general

Sous-Fonds: AC 093M

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M200 / AC 093M / 2

GMD: Scrapbook; Painting

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1960]

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (30 pages ; 37.5 x 28.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a sketchbook containing Japanese writing, hand-drawn maps, and illustrations. Many of the illustrations are done in either watercolour paint or crayon.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Art; Arts and crafts; Backpacking; Calligraphy; Climbing; Club; Environment and Nature; Painting; Map; Mountaineering; Mountaineers

Language: Japanese

Title Source: Title based on material

Processing Status: Processed

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Advertising Scrapbook Volume 1

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook (volume 1/2) containing articles, newspaper and magazine clippings, and pamphlets using Morant's photographs or pertaining to Morant dating back to the 1930s and 1940s; includes adversizing work.

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Reference Code: M300 / II / B2 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: II / B Professional records : career records

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / II / B2 / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records (130 pages ; 25.5 x 30 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook (volume 1/2) containing articles, newspaper and magazine clippings, and pamphlets using Morant's photographs or pertaining to Morant dating back to the 1930s and 1940s; includes adversizing work.

Name Access: Morant, Nicholas (Nick)

Subject Access: Advertising; Magazine; Newspaper; Skiing; Trains

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Blank pages not scanned

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Advertising Scrapbook Volume 2

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook (volume 2/2) containing articles, newspaper and magazine clippings, and pamphlets using Morant's photographs or pertaining to Morant dating back to the 1930s and 1940s; includes adversizing work.

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Reference Code: M300 / II / B2 / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: II / B Professional records : career records

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / II / B2 / 2

GMD: Scrapbook

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1950]

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (152 pages ; 25.5 x 30 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook (volume 2/2) containing articles, newspaper and magazine clippings, and pamphlets using Morant's photographs or pertaining to Morant dating back to the 1930s and 1940s; includes adversizing work.

Name Access: Morant, Nicholas (Nick)

Subject Access: Advertising; Magazine; Newspaper; Skiing; Trains

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Blank pages not scanned

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Tom Wilson Scrapbook

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.

Date Range: 1881-1968

Reference Code: M10 / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M10 / V701

Series: M10 / 1

Sous-Fonds: M10

Accession Number: 1634

Reference Code: M10 / 2

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1881-1968

Physical Description: 4.5 cm of textual records (146 pages ; 25.5 x 29 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.

Name Access: Tom Wilson

Subject Access: Banff High School; School; Guide; Guiding; Exploration; Discovery and exploration; Newspaper; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Banff; Calgary; Lake Louise; Alberta; Banff National Park; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Scrapbook

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Part Of: Stocken family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to literary, religious, and Stocken family matters.

Date Range: 1894-1955

Reference Code: M11 / 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Stocken family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M11 / V606

Sous-Fonds: M11

Accession Number: 9

Reference Code: M11 / 3

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1894-1955

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records (83 pages ; 22.5 x 30.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to literary, religious, and Stocken family matters.

Subject Access: Banff; Biographical; Businesses; Community events; Community life; Education; Family; Family and personal life; Genealogy; Geography; History; Municipal views; Newspaper; Obituary; Religions; Songs

Geographic Access: Banff; Canmore; Calgary; Alberta; Canada; Banff National Park

Language: English

Conservation: Re-house with paper.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Alice in Wonderland Scrapbook]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook about the 1951 Disney animated film "Alice and Wonderland." Includes images clipped from a newspaper of characters in the film, newspaper clippings about the film, and magazine clippings of mythical monsters. File is scrapbook 1/2.

Date Range: 1951-1954

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / C / 485 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I / A / 2 : Catharine Robb Whyte papers

Sous-Fonds: M36

Sub-Series: I / A / 2 / C : Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / C / 485 / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Responsibility: Responsibility: Jon Whyte

Date Range: 1951-1954

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (11 pages ; 28.5 x 39.5 cm)

History / Biographical: Jon Anthony Whyte, 1941-1992, was an author, poet, writer, editor, journalist, broadcaster, publisher, environmentalist and museum curator at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Whyte was born in Banff to Jack White, son of merchant Dave White, and Barbara Carpenter Whyte. After public school education in Banff and Medicine Hat, Alberta, he received a B.A. in English from the University of Alberta in 1964, followed by a Masters degree in Medieval English in 1967. Subsequently, he received a Masters in Communications from Stanford University, California in 1974. His thesis at Stanford was a film documentary, "Jimmy Simpson, Mountain Man". During his time at U of A, Whyte worked as a broadcaster for CKUA Radio and as a sessional Instructor at U of A, 1965-1967. Upon returning to Banff, ca.1968, Whyte managed the Book and Art Den and helped establish Summerthought Press. In 1969 he became a columnist for the "Crag and Canyon," continuing until 1991, and in 1970 became a board member of the Peter Whyte Foundation (now Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies). From 1980 until his death, Whyte was Curator of the Heritage collections at the museum. He continued to write and publish extensively throughout the 1980s. He was involved with the formation of the Writer's Guild of Alberta and was elected its president in 1990. He received the WGA's Stephan Stephansson Award for Poetry in 1983. Whyte was also active in numerous other organizations, including the League of Canadian Poets, Alberta Museums Association, Canadian Museums Association, Interpretation Canada, Bow Valley Naturalists and the Alberta Wilderness Association.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook about the 1951 Disney animated film "Alice and Wonderland." Includes images clipped from a newspaper of characters in the film, newspaper clippings about the film, and magazine clippings of mythical monsters. File is scrapbook 1/2.

Name Access: Whyte, Jon

Subject Access: Animation; Animated film; Alice in Wonderland; Mythical monsters; Fictional entries

Language: English

Creator: Whyte, Jon

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Marking Time with Gran' Pop Scrapbook]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing images clipped from calendars with months included, but no years. All images are cartoon drawings of apes, possibly done by Lawson Wood. File is scrapbook 2/2.

Date Range: 1951-1954

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / C / 485 / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I / A / 2 : Catharine Robb Whyte papers

Sous-Fonds: M36

Sub-Series: I / A / 2 / C : Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / C / 485 / 2

GMD: Scrapbook

Responsibility: Responsibility: Jon Whyte

Date Range: 1951-1954

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records (52 pages ; 28.5 x 39.5 cm)

History / Biographical: Jon Anthony Whyte, 1941-1992, was an author, poet, writer, editor, journalist, broadcaster, publisher, environmentalist and museum curator at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Whyte was born in Banff to Jack White, son of merchant Dave White, and Barbara Carpenter Whyte. After public school education in Banff and Medicine Hat, Alberta, he received a B.A. in English from the University of Alberta in 1964, followed by a Masters degree in Medieval English in 1967. Subsequently, he received a Masters in Communications from Stanford University, California in 1974. His thesis at Stanford was a film documentary, "Jimmy Simpson, Mountain Man". During his time at U of A, Whyte worked as a broadcaster for CKUA Radio and as a sessional Instructor at U of A, 1965-1967. Upon returning to Banff, ca.1968, Whyte managed the Book and Art Den and helped establish Summerthought Press. In 1969 he became a columnist for the "Crag and Canyon," continuing until 1991, and in 1970 became a board member of the Peter Whyte Foundation (now Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies). From 1980 until his death, Whyte was Curator of the Heritage collections at the museum. He continued to write and publish extensively throughout the 1980s. He was involved with the formation of the Writer's Guild of Alberta and was elected its president in 1990. He received the WGA's Stephan Stephansson Award for Poetry in 1983. Whyte was also active in numerous other organizations, including the League of Canadian Poets, Alberta Museums Association, Canadian Museums Association, Interpretation Canada, Bow Valley Naturalists and the Alberta Wilderness Association.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing images clipped from calendars with months included, but no years. All images are cartoon drawings of apes, possibly done by Lawson Wood. File is scrapbook 2/2.

Name Access: Whyte, Jon

Subject Access: Animation; Animated film; Alice in Wonderland; Mythical monsters; Fictional entries

Language: English

Creator: Whyte, Jon

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Chief Walking Buffalo 90th Birthday Scrapbook

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Part Of: George McLean fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, telegrams, and letters pertaining to George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo)'s 90th birthday.

Date Range: 1909-1968

Reference Code: M42 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: George McLean fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M42 / V422

Series: I. Textual records

Sous-Fonds: M42

Accession Number: 1194

Reference Code: M42 / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1909-1968

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (36 pages ; 35.5 x 28)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, telegrams, and letters pertaining to George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo)'s 90th birthday.

Name Access: Walking Buffalo (George McLean); McLean, George

Subject Access: Anniversary; Banff; Biographical; Birthday; Communications; Indigenous Peoples; Newspaper; Personal and Family Life; Personal and Professional Life; Stoney; Stoney Nakoda

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Toronto; Alberta; Ontario; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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