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Southern Alberta research project

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materia…
Date Range
[ca.1845-1920]
Reference Code
LUX / II / C6
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
GMD
Cabinet card
Diary
Organization record
Photograph
Postcard
Print
Private record
Published record
Scrapbook
Textual record
Tintype
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / C : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / C6
GMD
Cabinet card
Diary
Organization record
Photograph
Postcard
Print
Private record
Published record
Scrapbook
Textual record
Tintype
Date Range
[ca.1845-1920]
Physical Description
29 cm of textual records -- 29 photographs (28 b&w prints, 1 tintype) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materials in sub-series believed to have been collected by Eleanor Luxton, possibly on behalf of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association or as part of Eleanor's personal research.
Subject Access
Activities
Agriculture
Animals
Buildings
Businesses
Community life
Commerce and industry
Communications
Correspondence
Environment
Family and personal life
Farmland
Finances
Genealogy
History
Homestead
Immigration and homesteading
Inventory
Land use
Land, settlement and immigration
Manufacturing
Municipal views
Oil
Postcards
Portrait
Property
Real estate business
Research
Settlement
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Reproduction Restrictions
Some restrictions may apply - fragile materials
Language
English
Category
Commerce and industry
Communications
Family and personal life
Environment
Land, settlement and immigration
Natural resources
Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Processing Status
Processed
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Cornelia Cook Adams and Catharine Cook transcribed letters

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Part Of
Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of transcribed correspondence between members of the Cook, Wright and Adams families. File includes letters between Catharine Cook, Mary Wright, Cornelia Cook Adams and "Arianna" [ranging between 1844-1866]; and a letter sent from Cornelia to her brother, Roger Cook Adams, pertaining …
Date Range
1844-1850
1860-1866
1944
Reference Code
M555 / I / B / 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Part Of
Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M555
V777
Series
M555 / I : Correspondence
Sous-Fonds
M555
Sub-Series
M555 / I / B : Extended family correspondence
Accession Number
2018.8685
Reference Code
M555 / I / B / 1
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Date Range
1844-1850
1860-1866
1944
Physical Description
1.5 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of transcribed correspondence between members of the Cook, Wright and Adams families. File includes letters between Catharine Cook, Mary Wright, Cornelia Cook Adams and "Arianna" [ranging between 1844-1866]; and a letter sent from Cornelia to her brother, Roger Cook Adams, pertaining to the transcribed letters [ca.1944].
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Correspondence
Geographic Access
United States of America
New York
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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The Dominion illustrated : a Canadian pictorial weekly

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888-1891
Publisher
Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]
Call Number
P Newspaper oversize
Publisher
Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]
Published Date
1888-1891
Physical Description
7 v. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notman, William & Son
Politics
Notes
v. 1-7, no. 182; July 7, 1888-Dec. 26, 1891
Call Number
P Newspaper oversize
Collection
Archives Library
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Upon the origin of alpine and Italian lakes ; and upon glacial erosion

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Publisher
New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.
Call Number
03.4 R14u
Responsibility
A. C. Ramsay, John Ball, Roderick I. Murchinson, B. Studer, A. Favre, Edward Whymper, and J. W. Spencer.
Publisher
New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.
Published Date
1889
Physical Description
148 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Switzerland
Italy
Europe
Alps
glaciology
Glaciers
Geology
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
03.4 R14u
Collection
Archives Library
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A tour through Canada from Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1884
Call Number
02.4 C16g Pam
Responsibility
reprinted from the columns of the Canadian Gazette, London, England
Published Date
1884
Physical Description
viii, 72p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
20500
Call Number
02.4 C16g Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[1888?]
Call Number
02.5 C16 Pam
Published Date
[1888?]
Physical Description
4p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff National Park
Accession Number
19500
Call Number
02.5 C16 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Geological map [Vancouver Island], Northern part of Vancouver Island and adjacent coast

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1887
Publisher
Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada
Call Number
C7-3.9
Publisher
Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada
Published Date
1887
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
Vancouver Island
Call Number
C7-3.9
Collection
Archives Library
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Part N, Surface Geology, Southern New Brunswick, No. 3, 1/4 sheet S.E.

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1888-89
Call Number
C7-6.1(e)
Published Date
1888-89
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
New Brunswick - Geological
Notes
Accompanies 03.1/G29 ar, Annual Report 1888-89
Surface Geology, by Robert Chalmers, Part N Annual Report, Vol IV, 1888-89
Accession Number
7000
Call Number
C7-6.1(e)
Collection
Archives Library
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Geological map of the Cascade Coal Basin

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
Topo survey: 1889-90
Call Number
C7-1.1(b)
Published Date
Topo survey: 1889-90
Scale
1 mile - 1 inch
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
Cascade Coal Basin
Alberta
Notes
Sheet #2. Cascade River No. 931
To illustrate Report by D.B. Dowling
Accession Number
3120 (Copy 2)
Call Number
C7-1.1(b)
Collection
Archives Library
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Geological and Nat. Historical Survey

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1886
Publisher
Burland Lithographic Co., Montreal
Call Number
C7-1.4
Publisher
Burland Lithographic Co., Montreal
Published Date
1886
Scale
2 miles to 1 inch
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
Rocky Mountains
Notes
Cross section in the vicinity of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
400
Call Number
C7-1.4
Collection
Archives Library
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A surface geology map of New Brunswick

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1888-9
Call Number
C7-6.1(c)
Published Date
1888-9
Scale
4 miles to 1 inch
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
New Brunswick - Geological
Notes
Part N, No. 1 1/4 sheet 1, N.E.
Accompanies 03.1/G29ar Annual Report, 1888-9
To illustrate Reports by Messrs Bailey, Mathew and Ells, 1871-79
Accession Number
7000
Call Number
C7-6.1(c)
Collection
Archives Library
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Part N. Surface Geology, Southern New Brunswick, No. 1, 1/4 Sheet 1, S.W.

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1888-89
Call Number
C7-6.1(d)
Published Date
1888-89
Scale
4 miles to 1 inch
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
New Brunswick - Geological
Notes
Accompanies 03.1/G29 ar/Annual Report, 1888-89
Accession Number
7000
Call Number
C7-6.1(d)
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1885
Publisher
Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada
Call Number
C7-6.19
Publisher
Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada
Published Date
1885
Scale
1:506,880
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
Cypress Hills, Wood Mountain and Adjacent Country
Notes
(a) Geological and Topographical
(b) Surface Character
Accession Number
400
Call Number
C7-6.19
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific Railway : Banff and British Columbia

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Call Number
02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Sketches by Melton Prior
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
125 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Hot springs
Hotels
Sanitarium Hotel
Banff
Glacier House
Abstract
Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff and Mount Stephen including railway access and hotels, hotsprings, sanitarium with associated sketches.
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2588, Saturday, November 24, 1888, pp. 613 - 614
Accession Number
7864
Call Number
02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Publisher
The Graphic
Call Number
02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches)
Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)
Publisher
The Graphic
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Glacier House
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Lake Louise
Lake Louise District
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Range
Abstract
Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.
Notes
In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486
Accession Number
7830
Call Number
02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Call Number
02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
Responsibility
Sketches by Melton Prior
Publisher
The Illustrated London News
Published Date
1888
Physical Description
125 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Banff
Glacier House
Abstract
Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway as per Melton Prior who travelled from Montreal to Vancouver on the train and provided a review of the journey which includes sketches of Sir Donald, Great Glacier, Glacier Hotel, Hermit Range, Mount Carroll, Stony Creek Bridge and the interior of a colonial sleeping car.
Notes
In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2591, Saturday December 15, 1888, pp. 720 - 722
Accession Number
7864
Call Number
02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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Souvenir du lac des quatre cantons

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Publisher
Lucerne : Prell & Eberle
Call Number
DQ23 S68
Publisher
Lucerne : Prell & Eberle
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
DQ23 S68
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Canadian Pacific : the new highway to the Orient across the mountains, prairies and rivers of Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1885
Publisher
[Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway
Edition
1st ed
Call Number
02.4 C16cp 1885 Pam
Edition
1st ed
Publisher
[Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway
Published Date
1885
Physical Description
48p. : ill., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Guidebooks
Accession Number
38500
Call Number
02.4 C16cp 1885 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Picturesque Canada : the country as it was and is

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1882
Publisher
Toronto : Belden
Call Number
02.4 P58 oversize
Responsibility
edited by George Monro Grant
illustrated under the supervision of L. R. O'Brien
Publisher
Toronto : Belden
Published Date
1882
Physical Description
2v. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Views
Accession Number
400
Call Number
02.4 P58 oversize
Collection
Archives Library
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Picturesque Canada : the country as it was and is

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1882
Publisher
Toronto : James Clarke
Call Number
02.4 P58c oversize
Responsibility
edited by George Monro Grant
illustrated under the supervision of L. R. O'Brien
Publisher
Toronto : James Clarke
Published Date
1882
Physical Description
xv, 879p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Views
Accession Number
400
Call Number
02.4 P58c oversize
Collection
Archives Library
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