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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.

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

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.

Subject Access: Ship; Shipwreck; Sailing

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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Letter from CPR (1895) re: Death of Burton Wheatley

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54319

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last pa…

Date Range: 1895

Reference Code: M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / III / D: Personal and Family Records : Collected Material

Accession Number: 182

Reference Code: M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway

Date Range: 1895

Physical Description: 1 Textual Record (3 pages): tissue paper; non-annotated

History / Biographical: Burton Wheatley was an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway company, who died during a railway accident in 1894 which occurred at Field Hill, B.C. The Wheatley family were related to Ivy "Willie" Morant (1910-1986), wife of photographer Nicholas Morant.

Scope & Content: Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last page of the document to write the date and witness signatures have not been filled in (likely a copy of a completed form).

Notes: Item was previously numbered as M27/3/O.S./"H" and is entered into database twice; more recently updated as item in Nicholas Morant fonds

Name Access: Wheatley, Burton

Subject Access: Wheatley family; Wheatley, Burton; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific; Engineer; Death

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only; no reproduction

Language: English

Conservation: Must be stored flat in mylar sheets

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.archivesalberta.org/findingaids/whyte/Morant/M300-III%20inv.pdf

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified Indigenous people in Medicine Hat

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34107

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unidentified Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 7

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 7

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Parallel Title: Indians at Medicine Hat 6/30/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unidentified Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Notes: Made from negative WMCR-V653/NA-18

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Discovery and exploration

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Enoch Rider (Sûkârâgan) (Horse Rider), Stoney Nakoda

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions49177

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: [Enoch Rider (Sûkârâgan) (Horse Rider), Stoney Nakoda]*

Date Range: ca. 1910

Reference Code: LUX/I/d3a-10-36a

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: LUX

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: LUX/I/d3a-10-36a

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: ca. 1910

Physical Description: 1 Negative

Scope & Content: [Enoch Rider (Sûkârâgan) (Horse Rider), Stoney Nakoda]*

Name Access: McCowan, Dan; Rider, Enoch

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

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: McCowan, Dan

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.

Processing Status: Processed

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Illecillewaet Glacier

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34125

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Illecillewaet Glacier, Selkirk Mountains

Date Range: [1898]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 25

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Lantern slide; Photograph; Transparency

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 25

GMD: Lantern slide; Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: [1898]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Illecillewaet Glacier, Selkirk Mountains

Notes: Hand-coloured by Mary M. Vaux

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Language: English

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Ross Peak from near Soup Glacier / Vaux

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34228

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 131

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 131

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34230

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 133

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 133

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Notes: Made from negative WMCR/V653/NA-931

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34231

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Mountain and lake, unknown location

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 134

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 134

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Mountain and lake, unknown location

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled / Mary M. Vaux

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34232

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Mount Fay from Consolation Valley, Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 135

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 135

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Mount Fay from Consolation Valley, Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Mary M. Vaux (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34233

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Lily Glacier, Selkirk Mountains

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 136

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 136

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Lily Glacier, Selkirk Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34234

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Indigenous camp, unknown location

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 137

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 137

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Indigenous camp, unknown location

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: Canada

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Untitled / Mary M. Vaux

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34235

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Fraser River?, British Columbia

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 138

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 138

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Fraser River?, British Columbia

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Mary M. Vaux (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34236

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Fort Garry gate near Winnipeg?

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 139

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 139

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Fort Garry gate near Winnipeg?

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: Manitoba

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34238

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Asulkan Glacier, Selkirk Mountains

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 141

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 141

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Asulkan Glacier, Selkirk Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34239

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: unknown people, unknown location

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 142

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 142

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: unknown people, unknown location

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled / Dr. Sharples

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34240

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: North West Mounted Police?, unknown railway station

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 143

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 143

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: North West Mounted Police?, unknown railway station

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Dr. Sharples (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34241

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 144

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 144

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

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Montezeuma's Cathedral, Garden of Gods, Colorado / Geo. Vaux Jr.

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34242

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 145

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 145

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled / Mary M. Vaux

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34243

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: View from Upper Yoho Valley, Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 146

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 146

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: View from Upper Yoho Valley, Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Mary M. Vaux (Philadelphia USA)

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Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions34244

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Alpine wildflowers

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 147

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 147

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [between 1894 and 1912]

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Alpine wildflowers

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

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