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Ray Wardell fonds
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- Part Of
- Ray Wardell fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger an…
- Date Range
- 1993
- Reference Code
- M252
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ray Wardell fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 252
- Sous-Fonds
- M 252
- Accession Number
- 6505
- Reference Code
- M252
- Date Range
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records (ca.130 p.)
- History / Biographical
- Ray Wardell, 1922-1994, was an engineer at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1948 until 1958, and lived at Oakville, Ontario until his death. Wardell worked on early construction at Mount Norquay ski area and rose to the position of Superintendent of Construction and Maintenance for the Banff Chairlift Corporation.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger and safety services, Upper Terminal Tea Room and improvements to Mount Norquay Lodge. Contents include technical details, construction photographs and articles from trade journals
- Name Access
- Wardell, Ray
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- No restrictions on access
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- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Wardell, Ray
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
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Philippe Delesalle fonds
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- Part Of
- Philippe Delesalle fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers and photograph. Proposal, titled "Great Divide Trail," advocates improved access to regions between Kananaskis Lake and Little Yoho Valley, including Palliser, Assiniboine regions, Sunshine Meadows, Egypt Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks and Lake O'Hara. Letter to Catharine …
- Date Range
- 1967
- Reference Code
- M51 / V166
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Philippe Delesalle fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 51
- V 166
- Sous-Fonds
- M 51
- V 166
- Accession Number
- 313
- Reference Code
- M51 / V166
- Date Range
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 2 textual records (5 p.). -- 1 photograph : print
- History / Biographical
- Philippe Delesalle, b.1929, is an architect and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers and photograph. Proposal, titled "Great Divide Trail," advocates improved access to regions between Kananaskis Lake and Little Yoho Valley, including Palliser, Assiniboine regions, Sunshine Meadows, Egypt Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks and Lake O'Hara. Letter to Catharine Whyte from Delesalle discusses the concept of bivouac shelters from Lake Louise to Jasper and includes a thank you for contribution toward Peter Whyte Hut; accompanied by a photograph of the Peter Whyte Memorial Hut at Bow Lake before installation on Bow Glacier.
- Name Access
- Delesalle, Philippe
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Great Divide Trail
- Peter Whyte Hut
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Delesalle, Philippe
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
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Letters to Mother [February - June 1960]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 68 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 3 to June 30, 1960. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, camping, construction projects around the house (mostly pertaining to the new …
- Date Range
- 1960
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 146
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
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 / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 146
- Date Range
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1.1 cm of textual records (87 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 68 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 3 to June 30, 1960. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, camping, construction projects around the house (mostly pertaining to the new addition), events and people in Concord, weather, and returning from a trip to Concord in June. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed. Also includes postcards and a notecard.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 146 - 20 has a small newspaper clipping attached to the letter.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Evans, Sam
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Brewster, Fern
- Harmon, Don
- Kaquitts, George
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Beil, Charlie
- Vallance, Doris
- Vallance, Sydney
- McCowan, Dan
- Grayson, L. Stuart
- Ward, Sam
- Moore, Edmee
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Public Library
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bird watching
- Birds
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- David Thompson Highway
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Glenbow Foundation
- Golf Course
- Home
- Hot Springs
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Skating
- Ski areas
- Ski racing
- Ski jumping
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Sunshine Village
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Columbia Icefield
- Bow Lake
- Yoho National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Good : all pages creased throughout from being folded prior to accession, minor rips and tears along the edges of most pages. 146 - 20 : staple removed from insert, replaced with plastic paper clip.
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [July - December 1960]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 74 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 30, 1960. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, camping, construction of the new kitchen & workroom (including the removal of …
- Date Range
- 1960
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 147
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
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 / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 147
- Date Range
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (107 pages ; 21.9 x 27.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 74 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 30, 1960. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, camping, construction of the new kitchen & workroom (including the removal of the original stone chimney in the kitchen), the Calgary Stampede, the death of George Paris, Walter Phillips going blind, the United Nations summit in September, weather, and a visit Catharine made to Concord in December. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed. Also includes postcards, a telegram, and a notecard.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. M36 / 147 - 28 appears to be missing page 2, but could be misnumbered.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Whyte, Barbara
- Whyte, Clifford
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Lefroy, Beatrice
- Lefroy, Robert
- Browne, Belmore
- Browne, Evelyn
- Evans, Sam
- Cameron, Stewart
- Millar, Chuck
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, George K.K.
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Brewster, Fern
- Paris, George
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Lonsdale, Tom
- Vallance, Sydney
- Ward, Sam
- Reid, Charles
- McLean, George
- McLean, Bill
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Public Library
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Bird watching
- Birds
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- David Thompson Highway
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Funeral
- Home
- Hot Springs
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Skating
- Ski areas
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Sunshine Village
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Columbia Icefield
- Bow Lake
- Jasper
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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- Processed
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Kanada 1927 Photo Album
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927. Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, h…
- Date Range
- 1927
- Reference Code
- V8 / PD / 2020.04
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- Accession number : 2020.04
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2020.04
- Reference Code
- V8 / PD / 2020.04
- Date Range
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 432 photographs : b&w ; 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- Dimitri Georgevitch de Leuchtenberg (1898-1972), Duke of Leuchtenberg was a member of the Franco-Russian Beauharnais house. In 1927 the Marquis Nicholas degli Albizzi invited Dimitri and his wife Catherine (1900-1991) to join him for the summer at the cabin he had subleased from A.O. Wheeler at Mount Assiniboine. Albizzi and Dimitri were cousins. The Duke and Duchess de Leuchtenberg lived in Germany following the Russian Civil War and in 1931 began annual winter trips to Quebec to visit Albizzi and his new winter sports station in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in the Laurentians mountains in Quebec. The Duke worked for Albizzi as a ski school instructor. In 1937 he was chosen to be a member of the Canadian Ski School Committee and in 1938 was a founding member of the Ski Instructor's Alliance. In 1939 the Duke de Leuchtenberg bought the Saint-Sauveur station from Albizzi and moved his family permanently to Quebec, Canada.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927. Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, hiking up Mount Assiniboine, swimming and boating on Lake Magog, horses, camping, and other leisure activies.
- Notes
- The album is titled "Kanada 1927" with a photo of Mount Assiniboine on the first page. Not all of the photos in the album are captioned, some are captioned partially or entriely in Russian. Frequently used names in captions: Duma = Dimitri Kata = Catherine Kora = Albizzi Translated version of album captions available in Chic Scott fonds (see "Related Material")
- Subject Access
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Boats
- Brewster Mountain Pack Trains
- Cabins
- Cross-country skiing
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Glaciers
- Guide
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Leisure
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine Lodge
- Mountaineering
- Swimming
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Lake Magog
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Russian
- Related Material
- Translation of album captions located in Chic Scott fonds (M57/S47/V40), donated as part of accn. 2021.15
- Biographical Source Notes
- http://www.royalhistorian.com/how-a-romanov-duke-popularized-skiing-in-quebecs-laurentian-mountains/
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitri_Georgevitch_de_Leuchtenberg
- Lytton Gooch, Jane. Mount Assiniboine: Images in Art. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 2007. pg. 37-38.
- Title Source
- Original title in album
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Livestock notebook
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one leather wallet-style personal notebook which belonged to Norman Luxton. Annotations pertain to notes on cars and livestock [horses?] including breeds, names and other related information; notebook also includes list of names of Stoney Nakoda tribe members [possibly list of liv…
- Date Range
- 1927
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D2 / 17
- 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 / D2 : Recreation
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D2 / 17
- Date Range
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (1 volume; 11.5 x 7.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one leather wallet-style personal notebook which belonged to Norman Luxton. Annotations pertain to notes on cars and livestock [horses?] including breeds, names and other related information; notebook also includes list of names of Stoney Nakoda tribe members [possibly list of livestock owners?].
- Material Details
- Dark brown leather-bound wallet-style notebook with three interior pockets. Front left side has gold lettering which reads "NORMAN LUXTON". Notebook bound to leather exterior with brown string on two sides
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Horses
- Automobiles
- Personal and Professional Life
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Morley
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Olive McDonnell Allan fonds
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- Part Of
- Olive McDonnell Allan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 1 pressed flower album, 3 wildflower sketches, 1 pamplet by E. S. Dowding, 1 three page trip calendar, 1 photograph.
- Date Range
- 1924
- Reference Code
- M549 / V772
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Drawing
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Album
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Olive McDonnell Allan fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 549
- V 772
- Sous-Fonds
- M 549
- V 772
- Accession Number
- 7837
- Reference Code
- M549 / V772
- Date Range
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 2 cm + 1 v. textual records.. -- 1 photograph : print.
- History / Biographical
- Olive McDonnell Allan (1896-1978) took a wildflower painting and collecting trip in 1924 to Banff from Edmonton. McDonnell Allan attended the Lamerton School in Alberta until 1901. After this she was tutored at home, until the family’s move to Victoria, BC. Olive and her brother lived with relatives north of Alix, Alberta until they joined their sister and parents in Victoria. In Victoria Olive attended St. Anne's Academy. Prior to her marriage Olive attended business college in Calgary, and took courses at the University of Alberta. At this time she worked as the Assistant Librarian at the University of Alberta Extension Department. While she was living in Edmonton, Olive met James Rennie Nicol Allan while she was visiting her relatives in the Alix, Alberta area. They were married August 23, 1923. Olive played violin in the Symphony Orchestra in Edmonton, and sold her violin to pay for a nurse to attend the birth of her daughter Eve. Olive and James had two children, James McDonnell Allan and Eve Elizabeth Blanche Keates (nee Allan). Olive returned to the Banff/Lake Louise area in 1948 when her daughter, Eve, was working there. Olive belonged to the Alix (Alberta) Horticulture Club, and throughout her life she was an avid gardener, and won many awards.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 1 pressed flower album, 3 wildflower sketches, 1 pamplet by E. S. Dowding, 1 three page trip calendar, 1 photograph.
- Name Access
- McDonnell Allan, Olive
- Access Restrictions
- Access and use restricted for portion
- Copyright, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McDonnell Allan, Olive
- Biographical Source Notes
- Conversation with Rennie Keates, Olive McDonnell Allan's granddaughter.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
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Extended family records
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Records in this series consist of three sub-series: C.1. William Luxton family papers and photographs; C.2. McDougall and Ross families papers, correspondence, and photographs; C.3. Other extended family records. Sub-series C.1. consists of four sub-sub-series: William Luxton; Sarah Luxton; Geor…
- Date Range
- 1893-1970
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.C. Extended Family
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C
- Date Range
- 1893-1970
- Physical Description
- 0.28 m textual records ; ca.147 photographs : b&w prints; 15 x 21 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Records in this series consist of three sub-series: C.1. William Luxton family papers and photographs; C.2. McDougall and Ross families papers, correspondence, and photographs; C.3. Other extended family records. Sub-series C.1. consists of four sub-sub-series: William Luxton; Sarah Luxton; George Luxton; Louis Luxton. Sub-series C.2. consists of two sub-sub-series: McDougall family; Ross family.
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Communications
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
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- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Records in this sub-series consist of family papers and photographs. Sub-series is divided into four sub-sub-series: William Luxton; Sarah Luxton; George Luxton; Louis Luxton: William Fisher Luxton sub-sub-series (C1 - 1 to 9) consists of biographical information on William Luxton; a family tree…
- Date Range
- 1893-1968
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Private record
- Newspaper clipping
- Government record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.C.1. William Luxton family papers and photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1
- Date Range
- 1893-1968
- Physical Description
- 0.25 m textual records. -- 1 photograph: print, b&w
- Scope & Content
- Records in this sub-series consist of family papers and photographs. Sub-series is divided into four sub-sub-series: William Luxton; Sarah Luxton; George Luxton; Louis Luxton:
- William Fisher Luxton sub-sub-series (C1 - 1 to 9) consists of biographical information on William Luxton; a family tree; personal papers; and correspondence with the Winnipeg Free Press, Donald Smith, and William C. Van Horne.
- Sarah Luxton sub-sub-series (C1 - 10 to 13) consists of correspondence; a memorial service notice for Ada L. Luxton; poetry by J. Luxton (possibly Sarah Jane Luxton, the mother of Norman K. Luxton); a cemetery register; a life insurance policy draft.
- George Edwards Luxton sub-sub-series (C1 - 14 to 20) consists of newspaper clippings, literary manuscripts written by George Luxton, letters and receipts relating to the the Lux Theatre in Banff, Alberta, mortgage papers, a press certificate and one photograph accompanying a letter by Harold Malloch Luxton.
- Louis Luxton sub-sub-series (C1 - 21 to 26) consists of personal and business correspondence,1905-1948 and includes one b&w photograph of Harold Malloch Luxton. Business correspondence includes letters from the Department of Interior - Rocky Mountain Parks and Insurance Companies. Also includes a court summons from the Government of Alberta, 1948. Both the Sarah Luxton and Louis Luxton sub-sub-series contain records transfered from the Glenbow Museum.
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Correspondence
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a handwritten notes, private correspondence, disability insurance, Crag & Canyon press certificate tickets, and seed orders pertaining to multiple businesses in Banff. File includes: mortgage certificate executed by George E. and Ada Luxton to Grace S. Mariette; Canadian Passenger …
- Date Range
- 1912
- 1914
- 1923
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 / 14
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Private record
27 images
2 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / C1 : William Luxton family papers and photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / III / C1 / 14 : George Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 / 14
- Date Range
- 1912
- 1914
- 1923
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a handwritten notes, private correspondence, disability insurance, Crag & Canyon press certificate tickets, and seed orders pertaining to multiple businesses in Banff. File includes: mortgage certificate executed by George E. and Ada Luxton to Grace S. Mariette; Canadian Passenger Association Press Certificate for G. E. Luxton; private correspondance, notifications, and invoices with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Imperial Bank of Canada, O.K. Electric, and Suburban Life Magazine; correspondence relating to the Lux Theatre regarding roof repair and seating replacement following fire loss with The Metallic Roofing Co. of Canada, Limited, and Winnipeg Scenic Co. Ltd; correspondence with Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. inquiring about Balopticon lantern projection; and seed orders and correspondence with Dingee & Conard Co., Briggs Seed Col, Limited, Hitchings & Company Greenhouses, and T. Eaton Co.
- Notes
- The Canadian Passenger Association Press Certficiate ticket sheet booklet has one ticket sheet removed, all the rest are intact. Only one sheet of tickets is digitized.
- Name Access
- Luxton, George
- Luxton, Ada (Livingston)
- Subject Access
- Lux Theatre
- Luxton Museum
- Garden
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Correspondence and publications
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of personal correspondence and personal items including a cheque register with cheque stubs and a brass name plate for calling cards [Mrs. George E. Luxton]. Also included is a City of Winnipeg tax receipt made out to Mrs. Geo. E. Luxton, 1907; a magazine cover, Minneapolis Sunday Tr…
- Date Range
- 1901-1953
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 - 15
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Private 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 / C1 : William Luxton family papers and photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 - 15
- Date Range
- 1901-1953
- Physical Description
- 4.0 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of personal correspondence and personal items including a cheque register with cheque stubs and a brass name plate for calling cards [Mrs. George E. Luxton]. Also included is a City of Winnipeg tax receipt made out to Mrs. Geo. E. Luxton, 1907; a magazine cover, Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, June 3, 1951 featuring George Luxton; and two newspaper articles pertaining to George and Patricia Luxton's meetings with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor [1941 and ca. 1937-1940 respectively].
- Name Access
- Luxton, George
- Luxton, Ada (Livingston)
- Subject Access
- Publication
- Journalism
- Professional and Personal Life
- Photography
- Royal Visit
- Royalty
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Illinois
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Two torn newspaper clippings placed in mylar
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Letters to Norman Luxton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions17748
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of business and personal letters, written mainly to Norman Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts. First portion, 1900-1902, 12 cm, consists of letters written to Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts before, during and after Til…
- Date Range
- 1900-1964
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / A - 1 to 361
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / A : Correspondence
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / A - 1 to 361
- Date Range
- 1900-1964
- Physical Description
- 3.5 metres of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of business and personal letters, written mainly to Norman Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts. First portion, 1900-1902, 12 cm, consists of letters written to Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts before, during and after Tilikum voyage. Includes letters of news and concern from Luxton's parents, siblings and family friends; letters from individuals met during preparations in British Columbia and post-voyage stay at Sydney and Port Manly, Australia; letter from Norman Luxton to George Perry in Vancouver, Canada, describing the voyage, November 1901; and a sample of envelopes, 1901-1902.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Perry, George
- Subject Access
- Personal and Professional Life
- Travel
- Canoes and canoeing
- Hotels
- Businesses
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Australia
- Access Restrictions
- Reproduction may be restricted due to conservation concerns
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Index to correspondence by year is available as database
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Content Details
- FILES #1-359 ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. See Scope Note 2B for file number matched to the date LETTERS FROM: A-Al A. and M. Hurtig Furs 1935 A. C. Baker Registered 1952-1956, 1958, 1959 a.k.a.: A. C. Baker Company Limited A. J. Williamson 1942 a.k.a. "A. J. Williamson and Son" Abbott, Clifton 1946, 1947 Abbott, Margaret L. 1953 Abercrombie, Mabel 1953 Abraham, (Mrs) Silas 1930 Abraham, Silas 1930, 1950 Acheson, Barclay 1952 Acheson, Thomas S. 1952 [Ackie?] 1941 Acme Glass Cement Company 1937 Acme Printing Company 1946, 1947 Acousticon Dictagraph Company of Canada Limited 1948 Acousticon International 1946, 1947 [?], Ada 1955 Adam, Dinnit 1939 Adams, A. C. L. A. 1927 Adams, Cedric 1950 Adams, E. D. 1908 Adams, F. C. 1935 Adams, Fred 1905, 1908 Adams, H. J. 1907 Adams, (Mrs) C. R. 1951 Adams, Norman E. 1960 Adams Radio Parlors 1943 Adams, S. A. 1919 Adamson, J. G. 1912 Addison, William (Billy) 1939, 1940, 1942-1947 Administration and Trust Company 1935 Adolf Hujer Commercial and Export Company 1949 Adolph, Emily 1940 Aeulut, Bob 1922 Agnew, J. E. 1931 [?], Aida 1938 [---aig?], Guy 1949 Airth, Andy 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954 Airth, Elsie 1954-1958 Aitkens, Harry A. 1942, 1943 a.k.a. "Aitkens, Harry" Aitkens, Jo Aitkens, Harry 1941 Aitkens, Jo 1946, 1949, 1955 a.k.a. "Aitkens, Joey" Alaska Furriers 1932 Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Reunion 1932 Alaskan Yukon Club 1941 Albee, Fred H. 1915 Albert Britnell Book Shop 1942 Alberta. Board of Industrial Relations 1948 Alberta. Bureau of Statistics 1960 Alberta. Canadian Vocational Training 1946 Alberta Clay Products Company Limited 1939 Alberta. Department of Agriculture 1938-1941 Alberta. Department of Economic Affairs, Cultural Activities Branch 1957 Alberta. Department of Industries and Labour, Bureau of Statistics 1952, 1954-1956 Alberta. Department of Industries and Labour, Bureau of Statistics 1957 Alberta. Department of Lands and Forests 1951, 1953, 1954. 1957, 1958 Alberta. Department of Lands and Mines 1942,1943, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950 Alberta. Department of Provincial Secretary, Motor Vehicles Branch 1950 Alberta. Department of Public Health, Division of Cancer Services 1959 Alberta. Department of Public Works 1948 Alberta. Deputy Provincial Secretary, Theatres Branch 1937 Alberta Directory Enterprises Company Limited 1953 Alberta Field Trials Club 1936-1940, 1942 Alberta Fish and Game Association 1939, 1942 Alberta Furniture Company Limited 1940, 1941,1943 Alberta. Game Commissioner, Edmonton 1935, 1936 Alberta Government Telephones 1951, 1955, 1960 Alberta. Highway Traffic Board 1950 Alberta Historical Review 1962 Alberta Job Press Limited 1942 Alberta. Judicial Offices 1941 Alberta Linseed Oil Company Limited 1957 Alberta Live Stock Associations 1941 Alberta Locker Service 1949 Alberta Motor Association 1932-1943, 1948-1951, 1953, 1954 Alberta. National War Finance Committee 1943, 1945 Alberta. Office of the Lieutenant Governor 1955 Alberta. Provincial Mental Hospital, Ponoka 1939 Alberta Provincial Trapshooting Association 1938 Alberta. Public Administrator 1948 Alberta. Public Trustee 1956, 1960 Alberta Raw Fur Merchants Association 1944, 1945 Alberta. Southern Alberta Land Registration District 1945 Alberta Stock Yards Company Limited 1954 Alberta. Treasury Department 1938, 1944 Alberta Tuberculosis Association 1952, 1955 Alberta Wood Products 1949 Alberta. Workmen's Compensation Board 1952, 1953 Alberta. Workmen's Compensation Board 1953 The Albertan 1949, 1951 Alcock Downing and Wright Limited 1946, 1947 Aldhelm-White, E. 1961 Aldrich, A. H. 1910 Alexander, Antasia 1958 Alexander, F. H. 1908, 1909 Alexander, Gaby G. 1907 Alexander, J. A. R. 1910 Alexander, (Mrs) James 1954, 1955, 1960 Alexander, R. 1915 Alexander, Virginia 1955 Alexander, W. 1928, 1937, 1941 Alexo Coal Company Limited 1933, 1935, 1937, 1940 Alfred Cloutier Limited 1952 [?], Alice 1946, 1947 Alkim, (Mrs) Michael 1956 All Canada Insurance Federation 1951 Allan, Edwin H. 1920 Allan, Edwin (Sandy) 1932 Allan, H. W. 1907, 1908 Allan, John A. (J. A.) 1929, 1930, 1933 Allan, Mabel 1920 Allan, Norman 1946 Allan, S. 1929 Allan, Thorburn 1914, 1915 Allard, Charles 1912 Allen, Annie 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1925 Allen, Bill 1946 Allen, F. B. 1952 Allen, George H. 1914 Allen, H. Hershall 1943 Allen, H. J. 1915 Allen, J. D. 1905, 1906 Allen, John A. 1926 Allen-Kirkpatrick, Mignon 1940, 1942 Allen, M. 1916 Allen, M. E. 1955 Allen, Newton (Shorty) 1907 Allen, Norman 1946 Allen, W. B. 1914 Allied Display Company 1953, 1954, 1955 Allin, Nellie 1957 Allison, Harry 1942, 1948, 1949 Allison, Tannis 1942 Allister, J. G. M. 1909 Alloway, Robert 1951, 1952 Allport, John 1944 Alpine, L. G. 1946 Alpine, Lucy 1949 Alpine, (Mrs) Noah 1949, 1950, 1951 Alpine, N. 1948 Alsco Limited 1957 Alton, H. Ed. 1925 Alton, T. 1929
- Norman Luxton correspondence files: LUX / 1 / A - 1 to 12 1900 – 1902 LUX / 1 / A - 13 to 24 1903 – May 1907 LUX / 1 / A - 25 to 38 June 1907 – January 1908 LUX / 1 / A - 39 to 51 February – September 1908 LUX / 1 / A - 52 to 62 October 1908 – August 1909 LUX / 1 / A - 63 to 77 September 1909 – 1910 LUX / 1 / A - 78 to 89 1911 – June 1912 LUX / 1 / A - 90 to 100 July 1912 – August 1913 LUX / 1 / A - 101 to 111 September 1913 - 1914 LUX / 1 / A - 112 to 125 1915 - 1916 LUX / 1 / A - 126 to 140 1917 – June 1922 LUX / 1 / A - 141 to 153 July 1922 – 1926 LUX / 1 / A - 154 to 161 1927 – May 1928 LUX / 1 / A - 162 to 169 June - December 1928 LUX / 1 / A - 170 to 177 1929 LUX / 1 / A - 178 to 184 January 1930 – June 1931 LUX / 1 / A - 185 to 191 July 1931 – August 1932 LUX / 1 / A - 192 to 199 September 1932 – December 1933 LUX / 1 / A - 200 to 208 January 1934 – May 1935 LUX / 1 / A - 209 to 216 June 1935 – August 1936 LUX / 1 / A - 217 to 224 September 1936 – December 1937 LUX / 1 / A - 225 to 232 January 1938 – April 1939 LUX / 1 / A - 233 to 240 May 1939 – August 1940 LUX / 1 / A - 241 to 248 September 1940 – December 1941 LUX / 1 / A - 249 to 255 January 1942 – June 1943 LUX / 1 / A - 256 to 261 July 1943 – September 1944 LUX / 1 / A - 262 to 268 October 1944 – February 1946 LUX / 1 / A - 269 to 275 March 1946 – April 1947 LUX / 1 / A - 276 to 283 May 1947 – June 1948 LUX / 1 / A - 284 to 290 July 1948 – August 1949 LUX / 1 / A - 291 to 297 September 1949 – August 1950 LUX / 1 / A - 298 to 304 September 1950 – December 1951 LUX / 1 / A - 305 to 310 1952 LUX / 1 / A - 311 to 316 1953 LUX / 1 / A - 317 to 322 1954 LUX / 1 / A - 323 to 328 1955 LUX / 1 / A - 329 to 334 1956 LUX / 1 / A - 335 to 340 1957 LUX / 1 / A - 341 to 349 1958 – June 1959 LUX / 1 / A - 350 to 361 July 1959 - 1962
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Banff Indian Days operations
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions17804
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of records pertaining to operations, including: pass, patron and subscription lists; letters, reports and notes; newspaper clipping; draft letter to the Board of Trade, outlines Luxton's suggestions for Indian Days.
- Date Range
- 1916
- 1922
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1950
- [1952]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3a / 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Textual record
- Newspaper clipping
15 images
5 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations
- Sous-Fonds
- I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3a / 4
- Date Range
- 1916
- 1922
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1950
- [1952]
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records : 16 texts ; 21.3cm x 35.3cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of records pertaining to operations, including: pass, patron and subscription lists; letters, reports and notes; newspaper clipping; draft letter to the Board of Trade, outlines Luxton's suggestions for Indian Days.
- Notes
- Original drawing in newspaper clipping LUX / I / D3a / 4 / 9 may be found as LUX / I / D3 / 02
- Name Access
- Eaton, Earle Hooker
- Brewster, Jim
- Luxton, Norman
- Twoyoungmen, Jacob
- Bearspaw, David
- Powderface, Johnny
- Rollinmud, Isaac
- Rider, Jonas
- Jimmy John, Moses
- Hunter, Judas
- Round, William E. (Bill), Sr.
- Crawler, George
- Brigham, Edward M., Jr.
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Homestead Hotel
- Union Milk Company Limited
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- Dave White and Sons Ltd.
- Lux Theatre
- Dominion Cafe
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Topical files]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions17825
- Part Of
- Alice Fulmer fonds
- Scope & Content
- 157 topical files prepared by Alice Fulmer as a personal project between 1964 and 1969 and composed of historical notes, transcripts, clippings, ephemera and photographs
- Date Range
- 1964 - 1969
- Reference Code
- M70 / 1 to 157
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Photograph
- Newspaper clipping
- Part Of
- Alice Fulmer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M70
- Sous-Fonds
- M70
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M70 / 1 to 157
- Responsibility
- Alice Fulmer
- Date Range
- 1964 - 1969
- Physical Description
- 90 cm
- Scope & Content
- 157 topical files prepared by Alice Fulmer as a personal project between 1964 and 1969 and composed of historical notes, transcripts, clippings, ephemera and photographs
- Subject Access
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Stoney Nakoda
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Related in part to Helen Fulmer Wells fonds (M480/V675)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- ;1 Banff Indian Days / Luxton, Norman / Walking Eagle ;2 Bow Falls / Hillsdale / Pack trips / Peacock, Ross / Ranches / Vavasour, Nigel / Wheeler’s Walking and Riding Tours ;3 National park maps - see C.2 ;4 Indigenous - Languages ;5 Bankhead / Murchison, Mount / Ski-joring ;6 Banff - History / Cave and Basin / Galletly, David Drummond / Sibbald, Andrew S. ;7 Cave and Basin / Hot springs, Banff / McCardell, William ;8 Banff Winter Carnival / Curling / Ski jumping / Skiing / Snowshoeing / Toboggans and tobogganing / White, Cliff Sr. / Wilson, Tom ;9 Schools - Banff ;10 Automobiles / Brett, Robert George / Buses / Garages and service stations / Roads .11 Mount Royal Hotel ;12 Archives of the Canadian Rockies ;13 Alpine Club of Canada - History / Fraternal organizations - Banff / Lougheed family ;14 Anthracite ; Banff - History ;15 Banff’s first picnic, 1888 ;16 Agnes, Lake / Annette, Lake / Astley, Willoughby / Banff-Lake Louise Highway / Botany / Deltaform Mountain / Haddo Peak / Lake Louise Chalet / Lake Louise-Yoho Highway / Louise, Lake / Moraine Lake Road / Neptuak Mountain / Niblock, Mount / St. Piran, Mount / Saddle Mountain / Sheol Mountain / Swiss Guides’ Chalet, Lake Louise / Ten Peaks, Valley of the / Trails / Tuzo, Mount / Victoria, Mount / Village Lake Louise / White, William / Whyte, Mount ;17 Cooper Memorial Shelter / Lake Louise development / Lake Louise ski area / Ski-joring / Ski jumping / Ski Runners of the Canadian Rockies / Skiing / Skoki / Youth hostels ;18 Sunshine Village ;19 Sunshine Village ;20 McLean, George ;21 Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies / Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies ;22 Innes, John ;23 Beil, Charles / Brown, Annora / Carr, Emily / de Grandmaison, Nick / Kane, Paul / Remington, Frederic / Rungius, Carl ;24 Wheeler, Oliver ;25 Gordon, Charles W. / Grassi, Lawrence ;26 Brett, Robert George / Cave and Basin ;27 Automobiles / Ball, Mount / Bourgeau, Mount / Cascade Mountain / Christie, Mount / Cline, Mount / Colin, Mount / Conjuring Creek / Deadman Hill / Edge Creek / Hector, James / Kicking Horse River / Lefroy, Mount / Lyell, Mount / Miette, Roche / Moberly, Mount / Murchison, Mount / Pipestone Pass / Sawback Range / Snaring River ;28 Macoun, John ;29 Wilson, Tom / Pathfinders / Rogers, (Major) A. B. ;30 Wilson, Tom ;31 Hogbin, George H. / Methodist Church / Montgomery, (Canon) H. Tully / St. George’s-in-the-Pines Anglican Church / St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church / St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church / Sanson, Norman B. ;32 Whyte, Peter / Whyte, Catharine Robb ;33 Kootenay Plains / Pocaterra, George W. / Pocaterra, Norma Piper ;34 Campbell, Gray / Royal Canadian Mounted Police ;35 Campbell, Gray ;36 Beil, Charles / Drummond-Davies, Nora / Photographers / Rungius, Carl / Russell, Charles M. / Sculptors ;37 Canoes and canoeing / Patterson, R. M. ;38 Remington, Frederic ;39 Drummond-Davies, Nora ;40 Silver City / Smith, Joe ;41 Schaffer, Mary T. S. ;42 Astley, Willoughby / Lake Louise region ;43 Henday, Anthony ;44 Cascade Scenic Railway Co. / Deacon, Thomas R. ;45 Brown, Kootenai (John George) / Drummond-Davies, Nora ;46 Banff - Early description / Banff - History / Brett family / Campbell, Robert E. / Curling / Dave White and Co. Store / Lance, Fred / Mather, William / McAulay, Charles H. / Montgomery, (Canon) H. Tully / Paris, George Harrison / Park Store / Sanson, Norman B. / White and Bayne Store / White, Cliff Sr. / White, Dave Sr. / Woodworth, Benjamin Sr. ;47 Harmon, Aileen / Harmon, Byron ;48 Bagley, Ray ;49 McDougall family / Morley ;50 Dowling, Donaldson Bogart / Kyte-Reynolds, Bertha / Leroy, Charles / North, John William ;51 Banff - Early description / Banff - History / Banff Public Library / Historic sites - Banff / Hotels / Rundle Memorial United Church / St. George’s-in-the-Pines Anglican Church ;52 Carr, Windy (Stan) / Harrison, George / Outfitters, trail guides and packers / Peyto, Bill / Unwin, Sidney J. ;53 Simpson, Jimmy (James Sr.) ;54 McCowan, Dan ;55 Montgomery, (Canon) H. Tully / Walker, John ;56 Banff - History / Fear, George / Fear, William / Fear Brothers’ Store / Government museum, Banff / Macdonald, Lady Agnes / St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church ;57 Jaeggi, John / Sulphur Mountain Gondola / Sulphur Mountain Tea House (includes photographs, newsclippings and menu) ;58 Fulmer, Alice / Fulmer, Leonard C. / Fulmer, Walter P. ;59 Dave White and Co. Store / Park Store / Snow sheds / White and Bayne Store / White, Dave Sr. ;60 Banff - History / Luxton, Georgia McDougall / Luxton ;61 Diaries / Stewart, Kathleen ;62 Banff National Park - History / Cobb, Samuel / Louis, Mount / Stewart, George A. / Stewart family / Stewart Canyon ;63 Beattie, Frank / Brewster Brothers / Brewster family / Brewster’ Mountain Pack Trains / Brewster Transport Co. Ltd. / Historic sites - Banff / Newspapers and magazines / Outfitters, trail guides and packers / Post office, Banff ;64 Banff - History ;65 Animal paddock, Banff / Banff - Events / Banff - History / Banff National Park - History / Clarke, S. J. / Douglas, Howard / Hunter, George / Labour Day, Banff / MacDonald, A. B. / Wardle, James M. ;66 Bugaboos / Gmoser, Hans ;67 Cemeteries ;68 Christou, Frank / Luxton, Georgia McDougall / McAulay, Charles H. / McCowan, Dan / Round, W. E. / Whyte, Peter ;69 Lonsdale, Thomas / Rundle Memorial United Church / Travis, John ;70 Simpson, (Sir) George / Rowand, John ;71 Pepper, George / Pepper, Kathleen Daly ;72 Sitting Wind ;73 Engler, Bruno ;74 Trails ;75 Sulphur Mountain Gondola ;76 Simpson, Jimmy (James Sr.) ;77 Luxton family ;78 Ware, John ;79 Peyto, Bill ;80 Fyfe, William George / Harrison, George ;81 Greenham, Margaret / Mountain School ;82 Oeming, Al / Wildlife ;83 Edwards, Robert ;84 Lake Louise Chalet / Louise, Lake / Moraine Lake ;85 Minnewanka, Lake / O’Hara, Lake / Vermilion Lakes ;86 Assiniboine, Mount / Gmoser, Hans / Pack trips / Robinson, Dean / Rummel, Elizabeth / Wheeler’s Walking and Riding Tours ;87 Dawson, George M. / Names, Geographical / Tyrrell, J. B. ;88 Names, Geographical / Swiss Guides’ Village, Edelweiss, B.C. ;89 de Smet, Pierre Jean / Lacombe, Albert / Names, Geographical ;90 Avalanches ;91 de Smet, Pierre Jean / Grassi, Lawrence / Names, Geographical / Passes - Rocky Mountains, Canada / Schaffer, Mary T. S. / Strom, Erling / Wilson, Tom ;92 Maligne Lake ;93 Maligne Lake / Names, Geographical / Otto Brothers / Outfitters, trail guides and packers / Pack trips ;94 Whiteman’s Pass [file missing] ;95 Birds ;96 Bears / Wildlife ;97 Alpine flora ;98 Wildlife ;99 Indigenous [file missing] ;100 Names, Geographical ;101 Banff Indian Days / Crawler, Hector / Long Lance, Buffalo Child / McLean, George / Stoney Nakoda First Nation ;102 Blackfoot / Cree / Indigenous ;103 Government / Indigenous ;104 Gladstone, James / Indigenous / Sarcee ;105 Art / Indigenous ;106 Indigenous ;107 Mount Norquay Ski Area / Skiing / Sunshine Village ;108 Greene, Nancy / Mount Norquay Ski Area / Ski racing ;109 Bugaboos / Gmoser, Hans / Lake Louise Ski Area / Telfer, Peggy ;110 Ski areas / Skiing / Sunshine Village ;111 Skiing ;112 Ski areas ;113 Olympic Games (Winter) / Skiing ;114 Olympic Games (Winter) ;115 Olympic Games (Winter) ;116 Ski racing ;117 Skiing ;118 Henderson, Scott / Henderson, Wayne / Ski racing ;119 Greene, Nancy / Ski racing ;120 Greene, Nancy / Ski racing ;121 Greene, Nancy / Ski racing ;122 - 123 Buffalo ;124 Alberta - History ;125 Cochrane / Cochrane family / Mitford / Ranches ;126 Calgary ;127 Canmore - History / Heritage Park ;128 Canmore - History / Heritage Park ;129 Glenbow Foundation ;130 Glenbow Foundation ;131 Glenbow Foundation ;132 [no file] ;133 Canmore ;134 Trans-Canada Highway ;135 Lethbridge ;136 Ranches ;137 Barnes, Elliott C. / Calgary / Edwards, Robert ;138 Bagley, (Major) Fred A. / North West Mounted Police ;139 Royal Canadian Mounted Police ;140 Exshaw / Kananaskis / Loder, Edwin / Padmore / Sculptors / Smaniotto, Secundo / Unwin, Ethel ;141 Canmore / Rummel, Elizabeth ;142 Historic sites - Canmore ;143 Canmore ;144 Canadian Pacific Railway - History / Canadian Pacific Railway - Tunnels ;145 Natural Bridge / Banff Indian Days / Calgary / Post cards ;146 Geikie, Archibald / Geikie Glacier / Horses / Names, Geographical / Tyrrell, J. B. ;147 Moberly, Walter / Rogers, (Major) A. B. / Rogers Pass ;148 Canadian Pacific Railway - History / Canadian Pacific Railway - Tunnels ;149 Baker, Sydney / Canadian Pacific Railway - Mountain guides / Glacier House / Nakimu Caves / Outfitters, trail guides and packers ;150 Bugaboos / Purcell Range ;151 Moberly, Walter / Mount Revelstoke National Park / Revelstoke ;152 Golden ;153 Bugaboos ;154 Beil, Charles / Drummond-Davies, Nora / Harmon, Byron / Sculptors ;155 Bryan, Bill / Lyall, Nancy / Smith, Len / Thomas, Harriet Hartley ;156 Banff - History / Canmore - History ;157 Savatard, Emmeline
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Letters to Mother [June 1929 - May 1930]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 41 letters, telegraphs, postcards and envelopes written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 1929 to May 1930. Topics include meeting Peter Whyte's family and touring around town, Banff Springs Hotel, day to day life, Banff events, people in Concord, s…
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 83
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
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 / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 83
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Physical Description
- 2.4 cm of textural records (162 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 41 letters, telegraphs, postcards and envelopes written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 1929 to May 1930. Topics include meeting Peter Whyte's family and touring around town, Banff Springs Hotel, day to day life, Banff events, people in Concord, sketching and painting around Banff with Peter and Gardner Cox, meeting new people [including Belmore Browne, Carl Rungius, and Billie Simpson], Catharine's travels to France, England, and Scotland, and making plans for Peter and Catharine's wedding. Places include Cardiff (Wales), Lake Louise, Kicking Horse Restaurant, Storm Mountain Bungalow Camp, Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, Yoho Valley, Lake McArthur, Lake O'Hara, Glacier National Park, and travels to Montana and Yellowstone National Park.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are hand-written. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.
- Name Access
- Rungius, Carl
- Browne, Belmore
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Dave White and Sons Store
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Mountain
- Painting
- Teepees
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Emerald Lake
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Kicking Horse Canyon
- Yoho National Park
- Moraine Lake
- Montana
- Glacier National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Alberta
- France
- Scotland
- London, England
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Letters to Mother [January 1961 - February 1962]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 41 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2, 1961 to February 15, 1962; Edith passed away February 18, 1962. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, hockey and football games, the C…
- Date Range
- 1961-1962
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 148
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
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 / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 148
- Date Range
- 1961-1962
- Physical Description
- 2.6 cm of textual records (ca. 185 pages ; 21.9 x 27.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 41 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2, 1961 to February 15, 1962; Edith passed away February 18, 1962. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, hockey and football games, the Calgary Stampede, weather, and the 1962 space launch. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed. Also includes postcards and notecards. M36 / 148 - 114 to 120 are not fully dated - unsure of order within other 1961 letters. All are postcards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. M36 / 148 - 29 is missing its second half, indicated by Catharine to be a picture of Bow Lake.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Harvie, Eric
- Brewster, Fred
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Twoyoungmen, Jacob
- Beil, Charlie
- Morant, Willie
- Madsen, Ken
- Currie, Flossie
- Vallance, Doris
- Fulmer, Alice
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, George K.K.
- Vallance, Sydney
- Whyte, Jon
- Luxton, Norman
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Pearl
- Ward, Sam
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Public Library
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Bird watching
- Birds
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- David Thompson Highway
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Glenbow Foundation
- Glenbow-Alberta Institute
- Home
- Hot Springs
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Library
- Leisure
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Prince of Wales Hotel
- Royal Canadian Legion, Colonel Moore Branch No.26
- Scenery
- Skating
- Ski areas
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Columbia Icefield
- Bow Lake
- Jasper
- Jasper National Park
- Rocky Mountain House
- Yoho National Park
- Waterton National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Brown, Annora : [correspondence]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Annora Brown was an artist from Fort Macleod, Alta. & moved to Sidney, B.C. in 1965. Note on original file: "Mother was a Cody." Addition of 2 letters in 2018: M36/219/45 and M36/219/46
- Date Range
- 1957-1971
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 219
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Textual record
5 images
5 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 219
- Responsibility
- Responsibility: Annora Brown
- Date Range
- 1957-1971
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records, includes newsclippings
- Scope & Content
- Annora Brown was an artist from Fort Macleod, Alta. & moved to Sidney, B.C. in 1965. Note on original file: "Mother was a Cody." Addition of 2 letters in 2018: M36/219/45 and M36/219/46
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Slides Notebooks
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover. 51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949. 51 - 2 : "S…
- Date Range
- 1939-1981
- Reference Code
- M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Textual record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities, photography
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i.a. textual material, notebooks
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4
- Date Range
- 1939-1981
- Physical Description
- 4.5 cm of textual records (4 volumes ; 10.8 x 17.6 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover. 51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949. 51 - 2 : "SL II" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1949 and 1955. 51 - 3 : "SL III" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1955 and 191965. 51 - 4 : "SL IV" (Slides Book IV) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1966 and 1981. Also includes folder of loose material from the notebooks.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Administration
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Automobiles
- Backpacking
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Climbing
- Club
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- Fishing
- Flowers
- Glaciers
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horses
- Hotels
- Landscapes
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Outfitters
- Pack trips
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Recreation
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Swiss Guides
- Tourism
- Trails
- Travel
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Waterton
- Waterton National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Montana
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Washington
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mount Logan Expedition records - correspondence
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to various papers and correspondence between members of the Alpine Club of Canada, the American Alpine Club, and the individuals of the Mt Logan Expedition. Includes Director's papers, financial records, publicity and public relations records, reports, newsclippings; also telegrams to…
- Date Range
- 1923-1926
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 00M / 152 - 168
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Organization record
- Private record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- I.A.1.e.i. Administration: expeditions - Mount Logan Expedition
- Sous-Fonds
- V14
- Accession Number
- 5200
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 00M / 152 - 168
- Date Range
- 1923-1926
- Physical Description
- 39 cm of textual records (3 boxes ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to various papers and correspondence between members of the Alpine Club of Canada, the American Alpine Club, and the individuals of the Mt Logan Expedition. Includes Director's papers, financial records, publicity and public relations records, reports, newsclippings; also telegrams to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lambart.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Administration
- Advertising
- Alpine Club of Canada
- American Alpine Club
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Club
- Competition
- Discovery and exploration
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Exploration
- Guide
- Guides
- Hiking
- Mountain
- Mountain guides
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- Mount Logan
- Mount Logan Expedition
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Photography
- Scenery
- Sports and recreation
- Summit
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access to negatives is by appointment only
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- A detailed list is available for a portion of the material.
- Related Material
- Material is closely related to expedition material in Sous-fonds III. Personal papers and photographs (H. F. Lambart papers and photographs; W. W. Foster photographs). Related oversize display prints can be found in Series I.A.1.j. (AC 00P / 137-147 and AC 00P / 275-280).
- Title Source
- Title based on material
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Rockies Scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Ford Family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item pertains to one black soft cover scrapbook with alternating paper dividers and plastic sleeves. Book contains newsletters, brochures, and letters pertaining to the Alpine Club of Canada dated 1922-2003, newsletters from the American Alpine Club 1941, and various travel and dining brochures for…
- Date Range
- 1908-2003
- Reference Code
- M583 / 01
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Private record
- Part Of
- Ford Family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M583 / V274
- Sous-Fonds
- M583
- Accession Number
- 2021.16
- Reference Code
- M583 / 01
- Date Range
- 1908-2003
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 24.5 x 29.3 cm)
- History / Biographical
- Nancy (Ford) Dart, daughter of Minneapolis businessman Allyn K. Ford, became a member of the Alpine Club of Canada in 1953. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Scope & Content
- Item pertains to one black soft cover scrapbook with alternating paper dividers and plastic sleeves. Book contains newsletters, brochures, and letters pertaining to the Alpine Club of Canada dated 1922-2003, newsletters from the American Alpine Club 1941, and various travel and dining brochures for Jasper and the Jasper Park Lodge from ca. 1954. Tucked into a pouch inside the front cover are two letters addressed to Nancy Dart in 2003 regarding her 50th anniversary as a member of the ACC, four ACC annual newsletter booklets from 1922, 1923, and 1925, and an envelope addressed to Nancy Ford (Dart) containing paperwork pertaining to her admission to the ACC in 1953. Items throughout the scrapbook are either tucked into the plastic sleeves or dispersed throughout the pages. Contents include annual ACC camp brochures (one from 1908, others from the 1940s and 50s), letters (one addressed to Geoffrey Howard from Allyn K. Ford, in 1941 and another addressed to Mr. Ford, probably Allyn Ford, in 1953), photographs/postcards taped to a page divider, seven dinner lists from 1953 for the Jasper Park Lodge (all dated Friday, July 10 but each has a different header picture), a booklet from the third annual ACC membership dinner, a brochure for the 1941 annual American Alpine Club meeting and dinner, three tourism magazines for Jasper from the Canadian National Railway, one trail map of Jasper and one of Banff, an ACC newsletter and brochure for the Mountain Leadership Conference from 1989, a typed copy of a short story "A Journey with the Men of Alps" held together with a small pin (possibly a dramatic retelling of Allyn Ford's first trip to the Rockies), two ACC crossword puzzels (one partially completed), and a notice from the American Alpine Club pertaining to America's involvement in World War II from 1941. Tucked inside the back cover is a red paper envelope containing two photographs (possibly printed off the computer) of A.O. Wheeler from the 1923 ACC camp in Larch Valley.
- Name Access
- Ford, Allyn
- Dart, Nancy
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Advertising
- Administration
- Canadian National Railway
- Correspondence
- Family and personal life
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Jasper Park Lodge
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Trains
- Geographic Access
- Minneapolis
- Minnesota
- United States of America
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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