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On the ridgepole of the Rockies

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1947

Author: Edwards, Walter Meayers

Publisher: In National Geographic Vol. 91, No. 6, June 1947

Call Number: P

Author: Edwards, Walter Meayers

Publisher: In National Geographic Vol. 91, No. 6, June 1947

Published Date: 1947

Physical Description: p.745-780, illustrations (colour)

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Assiniboine, Mount; Athabasca Glacier; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Calgary Stampede; Lake Louise; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Accidents in North American mountaineering

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1947-

Publisher: New York : American Alpine Club Safety Committee

Call Number: P (filed under Alpine Club of Canada)

Publisher: New York : American Alpine Club Safety Committee

Published Date: 1947-

Medium: Library - Periodical

Accession Number: Various

Call Number: P (filed under Alpine Club of Canada)

Holdings: Library has 1947 to date. Title varies including Accidents in Canadian Mountaineering

Collection: Archives Library

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Trail ride album

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: Photograph album contains 182 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides in July/August, 1945 through Baker Creek, Ptarmigan Lake, Skoki and Lake Louise; and Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur and Odaray Trail. Images depict riders on horseback, scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, forests and land…

Date Range: 1945

Reference Code: V635 / I / PD - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: V635 / I : Events and Activities

Sous-Fonds: V635

Accession Number: 5757

Reference Code: V635 / I / PD - 3

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

Responsibility: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Date Range: 1945

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (182 prints)

Scope & Content: Photograph album contains 182 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides in July/August, 1945 through Baker Creek, Ptarmigan Lake, Skoki and Lake Louise; and Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur and Odaray Trail. Images depict riders on horseback, scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, forests and landscapes, individual and group photographs of riders, and campsites. Most photographs not annotated and people in photographs not named. Album also contains three pamphlets pertaining to 1945 trail rides with lists of locations and attendees.

Subject Access: Travel; Hiking; Packing; Horses; Mountain; Waterfall; Landscapes; Trail; Lake; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Ski-ing in the Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1945

Author: Nicholson. T

Call Number: P

Author: Nicholson. T

Responsibility: by Captain T. Nicholson (Lovat Scouts)

Published Date: 1945

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Jasper National Park

Notes: In British Ski Year Book, vol.XI, no.26 (1945)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1945 – 1945

Material: stone

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0201

Description: A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green fel…

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1945 – 1945

Material: stone

Dimensions: 4.3 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm

Description: A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green felt. The marble is black, streaked with white.

Subject: households; decorative; miniatures; Pete Neish; crafts; carving

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0201

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Tobacco dance, 1944

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one miniature photograph album [12.5 x 7.5 cm] made of black construction paper containing 4 b&w photograph prints pertaining to a Tobacco Dance event in Gleichen, Alberta in 1944. Photographs depict landscape views, teepees, and groups of unidentified Indigenous people [possibly …

Date Range: 1944

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E6 : Photographs : Stoney

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1944

Physical Description: 1 album (4 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one miniature photograph album [12.5 x 7.5 cm] made of black construction paper containing 4 b&w photograph prints pertaining to a Tobacco Dance event in Gleichen, Alberta in 1944. Photographs depict landscape views, teepees, and groups of unidentified Indigenous people [possibly members of the nearby Siksika Nation]. The rest of the album is blank.

Material Details: Album bound with thin pink string

Subject Access: Cultural pluralism; Events; Dance; Environment; Community events; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Landscapes; Multiculturalism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Gleichen

Language: N/A

Category: Cultural pluralism; Environment; First nations

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mount Assiniboine Trail Ride Album (1943)

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: One photograph album containing 111 b&w photographs. Content pertains to a July-August 1943 trip with Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies which included multiple locations: Banff, Canmore, Spray Lakes, Wonder Pass, Mount Assiniboine, Simpson Summit, Larix Lake, Citadel Pass and Healy Creek. Second…

Date Range: 1943

Reference Code: V635 / I / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: V635 / I : Events and Activities

Sous-Fonds: V635

Accession Number: 5757

Reference Code: V635 / I / PD - 2

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

Responsibility: Created by Jeanne Nelson of Calgary (?)

Date Range: 1943

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (111 prints)

Scope & Content: One photograph album containing 111 b&w photographs. Content pertains to a July-August 1943 trip with Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies which included multiple locations: Banff, Canmore, Spray Lakes, Wonder Pass, Mount Assiniboine, Simpson Summit, Larix Lake, Citadel Pass and Healy Creek. Second half of album pertains to Sky Line Hike Camp trip through Goat Creek and Spray River in August, 1943. Photographs depict group shots of riders on horseback and individuals hiking, swimming, scenic views of mountains, lakes, etc., portraits/individual shots of trip attendees, and views of teepees and campsites. Album also contains 3 newspaper clippings with articles related to trips, Trail Riders ticket for Miss Jeanne Nelson (July 30th - August 3rd, 1943) and 2 small booklets (one pertaining to each of two trips depicted in album). Pamphlet for Trail Riders packing trip is covered in signatures of trip attendees. Photos depict individuals including Carl Rungius, Jeanne Nelson, Wilf Bennett, Jean Stewart, and Peggy Robinson.

Notes: Possibly related to photographs in file V635 / I / PA - 155 to 178

Name Access: Nelson, Jeanne

Subject Access: Camping; Hiking; Travel; Mountain; Lake; Horses; Swimming; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Canmore; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Conservation: Interleave pages with acid-free tissue paper to prevent further deterioration of photographs. Consider replacing metal spiral binding in the future if rusting becomes a risk to rest of album.

Creator: Jeanne Nelson (?)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Peaks and parks of Western Canada

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1941

Publisher: In National Geographic Vol. 80, No. 4, October 1941

Call Number: P

Publisher: In National Geographic Vol. 80, No. 4, October 1941

Published Date: 1941

Physical Description: p.516-526, illustrations

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Banff National Park; Emerald Lake; Jasper National Park; Lake Louise; Lake O'Hara; Maligne Lake; Vermilion Lakes; Waterton Lakes National Park; Yoho National Park

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Our Climb of Roche Miette

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the climbing trip of Lillian Chapman, Reg Rault, Jean MacDonald, Hec McLean, and Jean Knox Petrie of Roche Miette, Jasper on May 24, 1940.

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M237 / V281

Series: II : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 6

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the climbing trip of Lillian Chapman, Reg Rault, Jean MacDonald, Hec McLean, and Jean Knox Petrie of Roche Miette, Jasper on May 24, 1940.

Name Access: Chapman, Lillian; McDonald, Jean; Petrie, Jean; Rault, Reg; McLean, Hec

Subject Access: Mountaineers; Climbing; Banff Jasper Highway; Camps; Glaciers; Women

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Jasper; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Jean Knox Petrie

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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ACC Ski Camp in Little Yoho Valley

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the March 23-31, 1940 ski trip in the Little Yoho Valley, BC.

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M237 / V281

Series: II : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 5

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the March 23-31, 1940 ski trip in the Little Yoho Valley, BC.

Name Access: Chapman, Kathleen; McDonald, Jean; Petrie, Jean; Gibson, Rex; Feuz, Edward; Gest, Illian; Hind, Rob; Walker, Hazel

Subject Access: Backcountry skiing; Banff Jasper Highway; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Glaciers; Skiing; Winter

Geographic Access: Little Yoho Valley; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Jean Knox Petrie

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Our Summertime Journey into the Little Yoho Valley

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the backcountry hiking trip of Jean MacDonald, Hazel Walker, Lillian Chapman, and Jean Knox Petrie to the Little Yoho Valley, BC in July, 1940.

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 7

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M237 / V281

Series: II : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 7

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the backcountry hiking trip of Jean MacDonald, Hazel Walker, Lillian Chapman, and Jean Knox Petrie to the Little Yoho Valley, BC in July, 1940.

Notes: Albums with black pages were likely originally bound together as a single album, however gaps in page numbers imply that pages are missing from the complete work.

Name Access: McDonald, Jean; Petrie, Jean; Chapman, Lillian; Hazel Walker

Subject Access: Mountaineers; Hiking; Climbing; Family and personal life; Mountains; Scenery; Banff Jasper Highway; Camps; Glaciers; Women

Geographic Access: Little Yoho Valley; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Jean Knox Petrie

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Our Climb of Mts. Fitzwilliam & Bucephelas

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the mountaineering trip of Dr. Hector McLean, Reg Rault, and Jean Knox Petrie to Mount Fitzwilliam and Bucephelas Peak, BC on September 3, 1940.

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 8

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M237 / V281

Series: II : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 8

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the mountaineering trip of Dr. Hector McLean, Reg Rault, and Jean Knox Petrie to Mount Fitzwilliam and Bucephelas Peak, BC on September 3, 1940.

Notes: Albums with black pages were likely originally bound together as a single album, however gaps in page numbers imply that pages are missing from the complete work.

Name Access: McDonald, Jean; McLean, Hector; Rault, Reg

Subject Access: Mountaineers; Hiking; Climbing; Family and personal life; Mountains; Scenery; Banff Jasper Highway; Camps; Glaciers; Women

Geographic Access: British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Jean Knox Petrie

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canada and America album fonds

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Part Of: Canada and America album fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a photograph album titled "Canada and America, 28 Sept. to 14 Dec. 1889" that chronicles a journey through Canada and the United States, specifically the Canadian Rockies, the interior of British Columbia to Vancouver Island, Canada and south through Washington state to California…

Date Range: 1889

Reference Code: V388

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print

Part Of: Canada and America album fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 388

Sous-Fonds: V 388

Accession Number: 6261

Reference Code: V388

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print

Responsibility: Album was compiled by an unknown traveler, possibly British

Date Range: 1889

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (73 prints).-- 7 photographs: copy negatives, b&w

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a photograph album titled "Canada and America, 28 Sept. to 14 Dec. 1889" that chronicles a journey through Canada and the United States, specifically the Canadian Rockies, the interior of British Columbia to Vancouver Island, Canada and south through Washington state to California, USA. Views were probably purchased enroute from well-known artists, including Canadian photographers A. B. Thom and C. S. Bailey, and American photographers Taber, Fiske and C. R. Savage.; 7 b&w copy negatives