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Natural views, Banff area

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 66 b&w photographs and 4 colour photographs pertaining to natural views in and around Banff. Includes views of the town of Banff from Sulphur Mountain; Banff Springs Hotel; Sinclair Canyon; Marble Canyon; Emerald Lake; Mount Rundle and Tunnel Mountain; Banff Buffalo Paddock; a pack…

Date Range: [ca.1900-1910]; 1902-1910; [1920-1940]; 1930; 1950; 1970

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 35 to 104

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Other material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 35 to 104

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1900-1910]; 1902-1910; [1920-1940]; 1930; 1950; 1970

Physical Description: 70 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 28 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 66 b&w photographs and 4 colour photographs pertaining to natural views in and around Banff. Includes views of the town of Banff from Sulphur Mountain; Banff Springs Hotel; Sinclair Canyon; Marble Canyon; Emerald Lake; Mount Rundle and Tunnel Mountain; Banff Buffalo Paddock; a pack trip; and related views.

Notes: Some items are annotated

Subject Access: Environment; Travel; Mountains; Landscapes; Animals; Buffalo; Moose; Elk; Animal Paddock; Horses; Pack trips

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Marble Canyon; Mount Rundle; Sulphur Mountain; Tunnel Mountain; British Columbia; Sinclair Canyon

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Some items stored in mylar

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Community events, friends

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to travel photos, family and group portraits, and other events involving friends of the Luxton family. Includes images of unidentified individuals in Egypt, standing by a large glacier in the Rockies, visiting Stanford University, and feeding birds in Paris[?…

Date Range: [ca.1900-1960]

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 205 to 231

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 205 to 231

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1900-1960]

Physical Description: 27 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to travel photos, family and group portraits, and other events involving friends of the Luxton family. Includes images of unidentified individuals in Egypt, standing by a large glacier in the Rockies, visiting Stanford University, and feeding birds in Paris[?]; group portraits of unidentified children; a pack train fording the Pipestone River; and related views.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Tourism; Children; Public events; Community life; Horses; Hiking; Recreation; Portrait; Christmas; Landscapes; Glaciers

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Pipestone River; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Egypt; Europe; United States of America; California

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Copper negative printing plates

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of copper negatives depicting scenes and portraits from Caroline Hinman's 1926 Algeria and Northern Africa trip and various Canadian Rockies trips. All negatives are etched on rectangular copper plates and fixed to wooden blocks.

Date Range: 1913-1958

Reference Code: V282 / III / C / NC - 01 to NA - 16

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Negative printing plate

Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M236 / V282

Series: V282 / III: Photography

Sous-Fonds: V282

Sub-Series: V282 / III / C: negatives

Accession Number: 7202

Reference Code: V282 / III / C / NC - 01 to NA - 16

GMD: Negative; Negative printing plate

Date Range: 1913-1958

Physical Description: 16 photographs : half-tone plates ; 9.7 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of copper negatives depicting scenes and portraits from Caroline Hinman's 1926 Algeria and Northern Africa trip and various Canadian Rockies trips. All negatives are etched on rectangular copper plates and fixed to wooden blocks.

Subject Access: Desert; Fishing; Horses; Horse packing; International travel; Mountains; Outfitters; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Scenery; Travel; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Algeria; Banff National Park; Africa; Canada

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Metal engraving plates

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to two copper engraved negative printing plates mounted on wooden blocks. One printing plate is made up of attached three images depicting an unidentifed person with their back to the camera looking at a glacier, an open valley and river with mountains in the distance, and a number of…

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1950]

Reference Code: V14 / AC 98 / NC - 01 to NC - 02

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Negative printing plate

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: AC98

Reference Code: V14 / AC 98 / NC - 01 to NC - 02

GMD: Negative; Negative printing plate

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1950]

Physical Description: 2 photograph : b&w printing plates ; 16.1 x 23.8 x 2.3 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File pertains to two copper engraved negative printing plates mounted on wooden blocks. One printing plate is made up of attached three images depicting an unidentifed person with their back to the camera looking at a glacier, an open valley and river with mountains in the distance, and a number of pack horses and unidentified people standing beside a river with mountains in the background. The other plate has two attached images depicting a close up of an unidentified person climbing [taken from below], and a man [possibly Conrad Kain] standing beside a tent with mountains in the background.

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Climbing; Glaciers; Hiking; Horses; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountaineers

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Trail riders group action shots and scenic views

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 20 black and white prints pertaining to trail riders on horseback travelling through various terrains in the Canadian Rockies: through streams/rivers, rocky areas, uphill, etc., and other scenic views from trail rides. Individual riders in photographs not identified, no dates given

Date Range: [ca. 1930 - ca. 1950]

Reference Code: V635 / I / PA - 107 to 126

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

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 / PA - 107 to 126

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1930 - ca. 1950]

Physical Description: 20 photographs : b&w prints ; 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 20 black and white prints pertaining to trail riders on horseback travelling through various terrains in the Canadian Rockies: through streams/rivers, rocky areas, uphill, etc., and other scenic views from trail rides. Individual riders in photographs not identified, no dates given

Notes: Date range is estimate provided by the Processing Archivist based on contents of file.

Material Details: Items in this file are print copies of 21 original b&w negatives, one of which does not have a print copy.

Subject Access: Horses; Scenery; Landscapes; River; Packing; Camping; Trails

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Related Material: Negative photograph duplicates of images in this file are processed under reference V635 / I / NA

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Loose trail riders album photographs

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 black and white photographs pertaining to trail ride(s) ca. 1940 - ca. 1945 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Photographs may originally have been part of an album produced by Jeanne Nelson in 1943.

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]

Reference Code: V635 / I / PA - 155 to 178

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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 / PA - 155 to 178

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]

Physical Description: 24 photographs : b&w prints ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 black and white photographs pertaining to trail ride(s) ca. 1940 - ca. 1945 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Photographs may originally have been part of an album produced by Jeanne Nelson in 1943.

Notes: Possibly related to album V635 / I / PD - 2

Subject Access: Trails; Travel; Mountain; Landscapes; Packing; Horses; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta

Language: English

Conservation: Individual photographs have tape on reverse, possibly separated from an album. Tape may need to be removed in the future if it poses a physical risk to the photographs.

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Trail ride negatives

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 53 negative photographs [32 colour, 21 b&w] pertaining to Trail Riders excursions and camp scenes. Includes photos from "Teepee Town", Bow Valley and surrounding areas, and depicts riders on horseback, group photos, swimming and mountain views.

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]

Reference Code: V635 / I / NA - 79 to 131

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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 / NA - 79 to 131

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]

Physical Description: 53 photographs : b&w and col. negatives ; 3 x 4.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 53 negative photographs [32 colour, 21 b&w] pertaining to Trail Riders excursions and camp scenes. Includes photos from "Teepee Town", Bow Valley and surrounding areas, and depicts riders on horseback, group photos, swimming and mountain views.

Notes: Some photographs may be attributed to Canadian Pacific.

Subject Access: Hiking; Swimming; Lake; Mountain; Trails; Horses; Camping; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Bow Valley

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only, no reproduction

Language: English

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Morley Past

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album, comprising 108 photographs, 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to community life, schooling, business, and religion in and around Morely from the late 1800s to the early 1940s. File also contains three loose pages, possibly from the same album, wit…

Date Range: 1890-1942

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8294

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Private record

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession number : 2014.8294

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2014.8294

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8294

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Private record

Date Range: 1890-1942

Physical Description: 1 album (108 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album, comprising 108 photographs, 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to community life, schooling, business, and religion in and around Morely from the late 1800s to the early 1940s. File also contains three loose pages, possibly from the same album, with a total of nine full-colour photographs of structures around Morely taken ca. 1970s.

Subject Access: Animals; Architecture; Banff Indian Days; Buildings and facilities; Children; Churches; Communities; First Nations; Forestry; Fur trade; Horses; Hunting; Indigenous Peoples; Portrait; Religions; Stoney; Stoney Nakoda

Geographic Access: Morley; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Sundance

Reproduction Restrictions: Sundance

Language: English

Conservation: Pages of photographs pertaining to sun dance not scanned.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days, Indigenous portraits and teepee scenes

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs depicting unidentified Stoney Nakoda[?] people in traditional regalia, posing on horseback and standing; and interior views of teepees [part of Banff Indian Days celebrations?]

Date Range: [ca.1930-1940]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / PA - 416 to PA - 465

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

50 images

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 / PA - 416 to PA - 465

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1930-1940]

Physical Description: 50 photographs : b&w prints ; 9 x 14.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs depicting unidentified Stoney Nakoda[?] people in traditional regalia, posing on horseback and standing; and interior views of teepees [part of Banff Indian Days celebrations?]

Notes: Date range is estimate by Processing Archivist

Subject Access: Events; Public events; Banff Indian Days; Cultural pluralism; Indigenous Peoples; Children; Regalia; Horses; Teepees

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Conservation: Items and original envelopes stored in separate mylar sleeves in file

Category: Cultural pluralism; Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Items physically organized into 15 groups within file, as photographs were originally stored in 15 separate envelopes

Processing Status: Processed

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Calgary bicycle races, Calgary Stampede events and early Calgary views

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 4 loose prints and 4 prints on matboard backings. Content pertains to early events and views in Calgary, including bicycle races in 1896 and [ca.1900], Calgary Stampede event decorations [1912] and parade [postcard print, ca.1920-1930], and a view of Castle Hotel and a nearby gas s…

Date Range: 1896; [ca.1900]; 1912; [ca.1920-1930]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 212 to 219

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D6 : Other activities and interests

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 212 to 219

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Responsibility: Two photographs [PA-214 & 215] produced by Boorne and May Ltd. of Calgary

Date Range: 1896; [ca.1900]; 1912; [ca.1920-1930]

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w ; 14.5 x 9 cm or smaller -- 4 photographs : b&w prints on matboard ; 17.5 x 24 cm and 18 x 13 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 4 loose prints and 4 prints on matboard backings. Content pertains to early events and views in Calgary, including bicycle races in 1896 and [ca.1900], Calgary Stampede event decorations [1912] and parade [postcard print, ca.1920-1930], and a view of Castle Hotel and a nearby gas station in Calgary. File also contains scanned paper copies of photographs depicting scenes in Calgary between 1875 and [ca.1915-1920]. Paper copies include early panoramic and “downtown” views of Calgary prior to 1900, the unveiling of a Royal Northwest Mounted Police memorial plaque [1917?], and a parade scene [ca.1915-1920].

Notes: Scanned paper copies of photographs in file do not have individual reference codes; source of images and location of originals unknown.

Subject Access: Buildings; Businesses; Townsite development; Land use; Events; Public events; Parade; Calgary Stampede; Sports; Recreation; Bicycles; Race; Horses; Settlement

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Language: English

Conservation: Paper photograph copies stored in separate mylar sheet from photographs

Category: Land, settlement and immigration; Commerce and industry; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 b&w negative photographs pertaining to Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff [n.d.]. Includes images of decorated teepees on display in Banff, unidentified Indigenous people on horseback, and a musical performance.

Date Range: [1930-1950]

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / NA - 1 to 24

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

30 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / NA - 1 to 24

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1930-1950]

Physical Description: 24 photographs : b&w negatives ; 6.5 x 4 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 b&w negative photographs pertaining to Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff [n.d.]. Includes images of decorated teepees on display in Banff, unidentified Indigenous people on horseback, and a musical performance.

Notes: Negatives in file are accompanied by three original photograph order receipts and envelopes from George Noble's photography company in Banff; Date range is estimate provided by Processing Archivist

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Community events; Events; Horses; Horseback riding; Indigenous Peoples; Cultural pluralism; Public events; Teepees; Performance; Music

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Category: Cultural pluralism; Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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1931 pack trip

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Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of two bound journals/diaries with handwritten notes pertaining to a 1931 packing trip [entries are from July and August, approx. 38 days]. Item M287/I/6 appears to contain original account by Aileen Harmon, and M287/I/7 is rewritten duplicate, also handwritten, likely made for legibi…

Date Range: 1931; [ca. 1931 - ca. 1940]

Reference Code: M287 / I / 6 to 7

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Diary

Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M287 / V262

Series: M287 / I : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: M287

Accession Number: 2016.8596

Reference Code: M287 / I / 6 to 7

GMD: Textual record; Diary

Responsibility: Items produced by Aileen Harmon

Date Range: 1931; [ca. 1931 - ca. 1940]

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of two bound journals/diaries with handwritten notes pertaining to a 1931 packing trip [entries are from July and August, approx. 38 days]. Item M287/I/6 appears to contain original account by Aileen Harmon, and M287/I/7 is rewritten duplicate, also handwritten, likely made for legibility reasons. Author and date of copied version are unknown [possibly similar time period].

Notes: The inside front cover of item M287/I/7 is annotated in pencil with names "Jay Nowlin" and "Jack Cooley".

Name Access: Nowlin, Jay; Cooley, Jack; Harmon, Aileen

Subject Access: Packing; Travel; Horses; Camping

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Waterford Lake; Castle Mountain; British Columbia; Goat Ridge; Camp Parker; Lake Louise

Language: English

Creator: Aileen Harmon

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

Title Source: Title provided prior to processing

Processing Status: Processed

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Natural landscapes, winter sports, Woodworth and Kidney families

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 25 photographs [most loose, some with matboards/backings, one in book-style folder]. Content pertains mostly to natural landscapes, plants, wildlife, mountain scenes, etc. in the Canadian Rockies. Other photographs pertain to 1912 Banff Midgets hockey team, RCMP officers, Jack Kidn…

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1912; [ca. 1920]; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1978

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 145 to 165

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

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

Sous-Fonds: V324

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

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 145 to 165

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Jack D. Anderson Jr.

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1912; [ca. 1920]; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1978

Physical Description: 25 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 23 x 28 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 25 photographs [most loose, some with matboards/backings, one in book-style folder]. Content pertains mostly to natural landscapes, plants, wildlife, mountain scenes, etc. in the Canadian Rockies. Other photographs pertain to 1912 Banff Midgets hockey team, RCMP officers, Jack Kidney and friends [ca. 1935], Freddie Hare visiting Forest Kidney at Mineral Springs Hospital in 1978, an ice sculpture by Charlie Beil outside of the Mount Royal Hotel, an early elementary school class photograph [ca. 1900?], and Fred Woodworth's World War I memorial in Ypres.

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

Name Access: Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Woodworth, Fred; Dalgleish, Harry; Brewster, Pat; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Dalgleish, Aubrey; MacDonald, Archie; Woodworth, Percy; Sibbald, Hugh; Alexander, Bobby; MacAulay, Jack; Crosby, Rob; Edwards, Rupe; Locke, Gerald; Edwards, Chess; Beil, Charlie

Subject Access: Sports; Hockey; Ice sculpture; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Horses; Mountain; Animals; Moose; Mineral Springs Hospital; School; Children; World War I; Memorial

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Ypres; Belgium

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Some items have been placed in mylar sleeves or interleaved with acid-free paper to prevent surface damage

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Photographs and Christmas Cards Album]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing photographs from various trips taken by Lillian Gest, some of which include Alpine Club of Canada Annual Trips, and Christmas cards sent to Gest by various friends and club members. Greeting cards are dated from 1938-1948. Contents include: 1938: [Alpi…

Date Range: 1938-1948

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 11

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

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: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 11

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: 1938-1948

Physical Description: 1 album (306 photographs : b&w ; 23 x 18 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing photographs from various trips taken by Lillian Gest, some of which include Alpine Club of Canada Annual Trips, and Christmas cards sent to Gest by various friends and club members. Greeting cards are dated from 1938-1948. Contents include: 1938: [Alpine Club camp, Columbia Icefields; Maligne Lake and canyon, Caroline Hinman trip; Banff; Lake Louise; Christian Hasler]. 1939: [Ptarmigan Lake; Crosby Lake; Mount Vaux, Mount Ennis and Hanbury Peak; Ice River Valley; Goodsirs; Kate Gardiner; Phyllis Munday; Eric Brooks; Charles Hunter ranch, Pincher Creek; postcards of Washington and Oregon]. 1940: [Mount Athabasca; Lyell Glacier; Wapta River; Christian Hasler; Mount Waddington, Phyllis and Don Munday]. 1941: [Banff Indian Days; climbing Mount Odaray]. 1942: [Three Sisters; White Man's Pass area; Grassi Lakes; Bow River; Banff Indian Days; Lake Louise area; Mounts Temple, Fay and Pinnacle; Mount Quadra; Mount Neptuak from Tower of Babel]. 1943: [Lake O'Hara, Alpine Club camp; Browne home, Banff; Mount Edith]. 1946: [Bow Lake; Jimmy and Billie Simpson; St. Nicholas Peak]. 1948?: [Lake Minnewanka; Bow Lake; Mount Chephren; Peyto Glacier; Mount Rhonda; Dolomite Peak; Mummery Group; Freshfields; Mount Baker; Sherbrooke Lake; Mount Daly; Mount Balfour]. Inserts pertain to two typed text letters from Caroline Hinman to Lillian Gest and discuss various Off the Beaten Track information.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned. Inserts are photocopies of the originals that were included with the album.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Activities; Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Buildings; Camps; Christmas; Climbing; Correspondence; Exploration; Family and personal life; First Nations; Glaciers; Huts; Horses; Horse packing; Indigenous Peoples; Moose; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Off the Beaten Track; Postcards; Portrait; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Mount Assiniboine; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.

Language: English

Conservation: Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string. Locate original copies of inserts and return them to PD - 11 Documents file - notes on the backs of the inserts note that the originals were moved to M67 but the documents could not be found.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Christmas Card and Photograph Album]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk…

Date Range: 1949-1958

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 12

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 12

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: 1949-1958

Physical Description: 1 album (173 prints : b&w and col. ; 25 x 22.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified. The bulk of the album is dedicated to Christmas cards sent to Lillian Gest by various people from 1949-1958. Inserts pertain to two photographs of a group of people sitting on the front porch of a cabin in Lake O'Hara. Ernest Feuz is seated far right.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Gest, Lillian; Feuz, Ernest; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Activities; Buildings; Camps; Christmas; Climbing; Correspondence; Exploration; Family and personal life; First Nations; Glaciers; Huts; Horses; Horse packing; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Postcards; Portrait; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Mount Assiniboine; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Rehoused with acid-free paper and flat string - flat string tied around book to hold pages together.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Negatives

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 472 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to breaking horses, packtrains and horses, the organizing of the Alberta Licensed Outfitters Association at Col. Snyder's ranch at Sundre, AB attended by Col. Henry Snyder, Major Fred Brewster, Raymond Patterson, Claude Brewster, Harold Ande…

Date Range: [ca.1904 to ca.1959]

Reference Code: V26 / IX / G / NA (G1 to G20)

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M376 / V26

Series: IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described

Sous-Fonds: V26

Accession Number: 7102

Reference Code: V26 / IX / G / NA (G1 to G20)

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca.1904 to ca.1959]

Physical Description: 472 photographs : b&w negatives

Scope & Content: File consists of 472 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to breaking horses, packtrains and horses, the organizing of the Alberta Licensed Outfitters Association at Col. Snyder's ranch at Sundre, AB attended by Col. Henry Snyder, Major Fred Brewster, Raymond Patterson, Claude Brewster, Harold Anderson, Nick Nickerson, and Riggall, various landscapes, hunting and hunting trophies, hiking, fishing, camps, and various birds

Name Access: Snyder, Henry; Brewster, Fred; Brewster, Claude; Anderson, Harold; Nickerson, Nick; Patterson, Raymond

Subject Access: Sports; Recreation; Fishing; Hunting; Family and personal life; Animals; Camping; Birds; Horses; Horseback riding; Pack trips; Outfitters

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Sundre

Language: N/A

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Reference scans available: V26 / IX / G / PA (G1) to V26 / IX / H / PA (H9)

Processing Status: Processed

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Mounties with horses - posed

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Part Of: Ron Duke collection

Scope & Content: File pertains to 17 black and white film transparencies depicting various posed Mounties with their horses. All photographs were taken by Fred Armbrister.

Date Range: [ca.1940-1970]

Reference Code: V203 / NS - 01 to NS - 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Part Of: Ron Duke collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M16 / V203

Sous-Fonds: V203

Accession Number: 168

Reference Code: V203 / NS - 01 to NS - 17

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1940-1970]

Physical Description: 17 photographs : b&w transparencies ; medium format

Scope & Content: File pertains to 17 black and white film transparencies depicting various posed Mounties with their horses. All photographs were taken by Fred Armbrister.

Name Access: Duke, Ron (collector); Armbrister, Fred

Subject Access: Horses; Mounties; Mountains; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Photography

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

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal photographs

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 53 photographs pertaining to friends and family members of Maud and Forest Kidney, mostly taken in or near Banff. Includes images of children on horseback, a postcard print dated 1922 of Solomon's Temple in Buxton [England], landscapes and views from hiking and camping trips, a pic…

Date Range: 1922; [ca. 1925 - ca. 1930]; 1929; 1937; [ca. 1939 - ca. 1945]; 1940 - 1942; 1944; [ca. 1945]

Reference Code: V324 / IV / B / PA - 56 to 108

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

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

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / B : 1921 - 1945

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / IV / B / PA - 56 to 108

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1922; [ca. 1925 - ca. 1930]; 1929; 1937; [ca. 1939 - ca. 1945]; 1940 - 1942; 1944; [ca. 1945]

Physical Description: 53 photographs : b&w prints ; 19 x 24 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 53 photographs pertaining to friends and family members of Maud and Forest Kidney, mostly taken in or near Banff. Includes images of children on horseback, a postcard print dated 1922 of Solomon's Temple in Buxton [England], landscapes and views from hiking and camping trips, a picnic with members of the Round family, numerous photos of unnamed individuals and groups [likely friends of the Woodworth and Kidney families and extended family members], and Doreen and Bill Round skiing.

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Name Access: Round, Doreen; MacAulay, Ted; Georgeson, Jimmy; Dyer, Ron; Dyer, Orme; Barker, Allan; Barker, Walter; Wilson, John; Woodworth, Joe; Atick, Jessie; McCormick, Katy; McDonald, Cecil; Woodworth, Ethel; Kidney, Maude; King, Fred; Round, F. W. E. (Bill), Jr.; Round, Elsie (Espeth)

Subject Access: Family; Family and personal life; Winter; Winter sports; Skiing; World War II; Military; Animals; Horses; Hiking; Deer; Camping; Children; Picnics and picnicking

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Maine; Portland; United States of America; Mount Wilson; Buxton; England

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Water-damaged item has been placed in mylar

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Soapy Smith Photographs [1/3]

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Part Of: Soapy Smith fonds

Scope & Content: FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.

Date Range: 1914-1948

Reference Code: V252 / PA 357 - 1 to 54

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

53 images

Part Of: Soapy Smith fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M369 / V252

Sous-Fonds: V252

Accession Number: 2532

Reference Code: V252 / PA 357 - 1 to 54

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1914-1948

Physical Description: 162 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.

Notes: IMAGES : 1. Youngest Trail Rider was five years old - rode pint sized saddle but full sized horse [identified as Michael Guinn] 2. Man identified as John Murray Gibbon presenting a Hundred Mile Button to a child identifed as Michael Guinn 3. First Ranch Rafter Six 4. S. Smith at his ranch 5. Unidentified 6. Road at Soapy Smith’s ranch 7. Rafter Six Ranch [Nov. 29, 1963] 8. [Missing?] 9. Soapy Smith on the Saskatchewan Glacier [1924] 10. DeMott [at horse’s head], Bill Bagley [behind horse], DeMott [pulling on rope] 11. [Unidentified men with horse] 12. [Unidentified men chopping wood] 13. From left to right: DeMott brothers, Soapy Smith, Johnny Muska 14. From left to right: Bill Bagley, DeMott brothers, Johnny Muska, Soapy Smith 15. [Horses] 16. Soapy Smith [at horse’s head], Bill Bagley [bent over horse], [unidentified man in background] 17. From left to right: Bill Bagley, DeMott, John Muska 18. [Unidentified men packing a horse] John Muska has arm raised 19. Johnny Muska [walking], C.M. DeMott, Soapy 20. [Pack train] 21. [Pack train] 22. DeMott 23. Alexandra River? 24. J. Muska 25. [Camp] 26. [Camp] 27. [Right] Soapy Smith and C.M. DeMott packing horse 28. [Unidentified mountain scene] 29. [Unidentified lake] 30. [Unidentified men packing a horse] 31. Dr. Athin? [behind horse], Bill Bagley 32. [Mountain goat] 33. DeMott 34. [Unidentified men packing horses] 35. [Unidentified man fishing] 36a & 36b DeMotts? 37. Pack train and saddle horses 38. [Horses] 39. [Unidentified river] 40. J. Muska, C. DeMott Jr.? 41. [Pack train crossing river] 42. [Unidentified mountain] 43. [Pack train in meadow] 44. [Pack horses] 45. [Pack horse] 46. [Unidentified mountain] 47. [Unidentified mountain] 48. [Camp] 49. Johnny [Muska] 50. [Pack horses fording river] 51. Soapy 52. Happy Valley – Head of the Valley of Evans-Thomas Creek 53. [Unidentified valley] 54. [Camp]

Name Access: Smith, Soapy (Herbert Alonzo); Gibbon, John Murray; Bagley, Bill; Guinn, Michael

Subject Access: Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Caribou; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Horses; Horse packing; Leisure; Moose; Mountains; Mountain Goat; Pack trips; Professional and Personal Life; Rafter Six Guest Ranch

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Rocky Mountains; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Conservation: Locate PA - 8

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description

Creator: Smith, Soapy

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Soapy Smith Photographs [2/3]

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Part Of: Soapy Smith fonds

Scope & Content: FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.

Date Range: 1914-1948

Reference Code: V252 / PA 357 - 55 to 108

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

53 images

Part Of: Soapy Smith fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M369 / V252

Sous-Fonds: V252

Accession Number: 2532

Reference Code: V252 / PA 357 - 55 to 108

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1914-1948

Physical Description: 162 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.

Notes: IMAGES : 55. [Mountain goat] 56. [Unidentified mountain] 57. B. Bagley? 58. [Old burn forest] 59. [Unidentified mountain] 60. [Unidentified mountain] 61. J. Muska 62. [Pack train on road] 63. [View of Banff Ave and Cascade Mt. from Cascades of Time Gardens] 64. Deer on lakeside 65. [Cow Moose with calf] 66. [Unidentified mountain] 67. Hold em boys 68. Rock Mtn. Sheep – rams 69. Soapy Smith’s Rafter Six Guest Ranch 70. Camp horseshoeing equipment 71. Original bridge at Saskatchewan River Crossing 72. Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith 73. Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith 74. Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith [ca.1940] 75. Bow Lake 76. [Pack horse] 77. [Unidentified lake] 78. What the well dressed man will wear this season on the trail – J. Muska? And unidentified man 79. Smoke from the Jasper fire 80. Four moose 81. Deer 82. Rocky Mtn. sheep – rams 83. [Unidentified man sitting on slope] 84. [Unidentified man] 85. [Unidentified mountain] 86. [Horses at pasture] 87. Douglas Lake 88. Caribou 89. Four Moose 90. Caribou 91. Moose 92. [Unidentified mountain] 93. [Big horn sheep – rams] 94. Bull moose 95. [Unidentified mountain range] 96. Moose 97. Mountain goat 98. Banff Ave ca. 1925 [colour tinted] 99. [Unidentified men at camp] 100. J. Muska? 101. [Unidentified man with ram skull] 102. [Unidentified man at camp] 103. [Pack train in valley] 104. [Pack train in valley] 105. [Pack horses] 106. [Horses at pasture] 107. [Unidentified valley] 108. One of the DeMott family?