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Trail Riders Pow Wow
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- 27th annual ride. -- Reference copy available. Summary available.
- Date Range
- 1950
- Reference Code
- S37 / 20
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings
- Sous-Fonds
- S37
- Reference Code
- S37 / 20
- Date Range
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Scope & Content
- 27th annual ride. -- Reference copy available. Summary available.
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- Source: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Taped by: Catharine Whyte? Speed: 7 ½ Remarks: Various speakers – taped during the Trail Riders 27th Annual Ride; some singing and stories. “1950, Trail Riders Pow Wow” Side A: Jack Brewster telling stories – his grandfather’s clock, William Twin and the Indian peoples; John Murray Gibbon talks about Tom Wilson, plaque of Tom Wilson erected by Trail Riders to commemorate his discovery of Yoho valley. John Murray gibbon tells story of grizzly bear as told to him by Tom Wilson, Pow Wow. Sing song lead by Jean Stewart. Fern Brewster, president of Trail Riders, talking. Singing Happy Birthday to Pearl Moore. Fern recommends Leman Lake ride. Tony Cromwell is new president for next year. Sing song. John Murray Gibbon talking – R.H. Palenske, Reginald Townsend Trophy. More singing. Side B: Continuation of Trail Riders Pow Wow of 1950. Col. Phillip A. Moore reading story about joys of riding in mountains by Frederick Niven. John Murray Gibbon whistling a tune. Very brief bits of conversation – Ralph J. Mather from St. Paul, Minn., Pearl Moore, Col. Philip A. Moore, J.M. Gibbon, various people talking. Stoney Nakoda dances.
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Campbells & C.M. Walker, 1950.
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Bill Legarde. -- Reference copy available. Summary available.
- Date Range
- 1950
- Reference Code
- S37 / 22
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings
- Sous-Fonds
- S37
- Reference Code
- S37 / 22
- Date Range
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Scope & Content
- Bill Legarde. -- Reference copy available. Summary available.
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- Source: Bill Legarde; C.M. Walker Date: 1950 Interviewed by: Peter and Catharine Whyte Speed: 7 ½ Remarks: Peter tells a couple of stories. “Campbell and C.M. walker, 1950” – Bill Legarde talks about Peigan Reserve – burial grounds, Catharine talking to C.M. Walker: Indian Trails, Wilkinson Pass area, oil company had old buildings there, Kananaskis region, cabins near Pocaterra are torn down, George Pocaterra originally had coal rights there. Henderson reclaimed the area and had cabins built there Eau Claire logging. Pete talking about being on deadened road near old corral (Ribbon Creek). Road to Jumping Pound – two years old. Peter talks about visiting Campbell’s there.
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Sam Ward, Indigenous Pits, Tunnel Mtn. Dwellings, Dr. Leechman
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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Reference copy available. Summary available.
- Date Range
- 1950
- Reference Code
- S37 / 25
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
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- I.D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings
- Sous-Fonds
- S37
- Reference Code
- S37 / 25
- Date Range
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
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- Source: Sam Ward Interviewed by: Peter and Catharine Whyte Speed: 7 ½ Sam Ward talks about Indian pits on Tunnel Mountain – dwellings Dr. Leechman (?) Sam saw around 1912. Around Tunnel Mountain drive on lower road – 3 pits; 2 pits had holes in the center with spokes on the side (like limbs) – Indians used them in the winter time covered them with something. Used the poles to climb out – that’s how they retained the heat in them. (built fires in them). Were shallow when Sam saw the silt had probably filled them in, were 3-6ft deep. Hiriam Smith and Sam had cut samples of local trees for museum display. Hiriam Smith might have taken pictures of the pits.
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Paul Amos, Bill Peyto & Banff Indian Days, July 20, 1957.
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Reference copy available.
- Date Range
- 1957
- Reference Code
- S37 / 57
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
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- I.D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings
- Sous-Fonds
- S37
- Reference Code
- S37 / 57
- Date Range
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
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- Source: Paul Amos Date: July 20, 1957 Interviewed by: Peter and Catharine Whyte Speed: 7 ½ “Paul Amos, Bill Peyto and Indian Days, July 20, 1957” – Paul Amos telling story – hunting; Bill Peyto; first Banff Indian Days – races.
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David Bearspaw (Ozîja Thiha) & Johnny Bearspaw (Rhuya Thiha) interpreting, Aug. 9, 1954.
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Johnny Bearspaw. -- Reference copy available. Summary available.
- Date Range
- 1954
- Reference Code
- S37 / 58
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36
- V683
- S37
- Series
- I.D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings
- Sous-Fonds
- S37
- Reference Code
- S37 / 58
- Date Range
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Scope & Content
- Johnny Bearspaw. -- Reference copy available. Summary available.
- Content Details
- Source: David Bearspaw Date: August 9, 1954 Interviewed by: Peter and Catharine Whyte Speed: 1 7/8 Remarks: Johnny Bearspaw interpreting for David Bearspaw Treaty No.7 – feels like government has not kept their agreement and taking everything from the Indians. Story: Sarcee Indians and Stoney Indians camped together; were gambling, beat the Sarcees and won; buffalo hunting; stealing horses; Stoney Indians camping out near Black Diamond – Blackfoot Indians tried to steal their horses, chased them and an oldtimer Jimmy Dixon helped Stoneys – David Bearspaw sings; eating sweet roots and tried to trade it (?) John McDougall’s father froze to death while chasing buffaloes.
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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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- David Bearspaw? singing songs and telling stories. -- Reproduction must be approved by Head Archivist. --
- Date Range
- ca. 1955
- Reference Code
- S37 / 59
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings
- Sous-Fonds
- S37
- Reference Code
- S37 / 59
- Date Range
- ca. 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Scope & Content
- David Bearspaw? singing songs and telling stories. -- Reproduction must be approved by Head Archivist. --
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- Source: David Bearspaw Interviewed by:Catharine Whyte Speed: 7 ½ Remarks: See also s37 / 58 “David’s copy” – David Bearspaw singing Indigenous songs and telling story of early Indigenous life through interpreter. Rev. John McDougall’s father froze to death.
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George McLean, Oct. 28th 1953.
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Peter Whyte re an Indian camp at Nordegg. -- Reference copy available. Summary available.
- Date Range
- 1953
- Reference Code
- S37 / 68
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings
- Sous-Fonds
- S37
- Reference Code
- S37 / 68
- Date Range
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Scope & Content
- Peter Whyte re an Indian camp at Nordegg. -- Reference copy available. Summary available.
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- Source: George Mclean Date: October 28, 1953 Interviewed by: Peter and Catharine Whyte Speed: 7 ½ Remarks: Peter Whyte tells story of William Twin “George McLean, Oct. 28th 1953” Side A: Tunnel Mountain – planned to make it into hotel; buffalo on grounds – in fall of year, would come into valley of Bow and Kananaskis; Cascade Mountain waterfall – above on north side – Indian people have shot buffalo there. Joshua and William Twin were guides. Peter tells story of William Twin – Sir James Hector; George calls white man “white savages.” Hunting with bow and arrows in early days. Canadian government has not fulfilled their promises to Indian peoples – Treaties No. 1 to 7; government neglectful of Indian people; problems with day and boarding schools. Side B: Continuation of interview with George McLean. Using flint rock for fires; wolf, deer, goat meat even porcupine were eaten; vegetables – only wild carrots, wild rhubarb; sap from trees for sugar; various wild berries; pemmican, bannock, etc. Teepees were made of bark, leather; bedding – buffalo robes; never build wooden houses – used only bark. Kootenay Plains – Tom Wilson’s place. Peter Whyte talks about the time when he came down through Pipestone Pass and stopped at Indian camp (Nordegg Indian camp). George McLean talks about old mountain trails used by Indian people– Siffleau, Pipestone, Castle Mountain.
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- First picinic in Banff, ca. 1913 ; Masquerade Ball, March 14, 1911 ; Daughter of the Peaks, Lake Minnewanka ; Maligne Lake, Jasper by W. J. Oliver ; also handwritten note by Bob Edwards re: Banff. -- Gift of Agnes McMillen, Calgary via Robert (Bob) Edwards.
- Date Range
- ca. 1911-1913
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7844
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7844
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7844
- Date Range
- ca. 1911-1913
- Physical Description
- 4 prints, b/w, oversize ;
- 1 handwritten note by Robert (Bob) Edwards
- Scope & Content
- First picinic in Banff, ca. 1913 ; Masquerade Ball, March 14, 1911 ; Daughter of the Peaks, Lake Minnewanka ; Maligne Lake, Jasper by W. J. Oliver ; also handwritten note by Bob Edwards re: Banff. -- Gift of Agnes McMillen, Calgary via Robert (Bob) Edwards.
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- Archives General File Collection
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- Internment camp at Banff East Gate, ca. 1915-1920, F. Whiskin Collection ; 11 prints by Byron Harmon ; 1 C.P.R. photogravure facsmile. -- ca. 1915-1920, n.d. -- Transfer from Penticton Museum & Archives.
- Date Range
- ca. 1915- ca. 1920, n.d.
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7845
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7845
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7845
- Date Range
- ca. 1915- ca. 1920, n.d.
- Physical Description
- 16 prints, b/w (includes 6 mounted and 5 panoramas)
- Scope & Content
- Internment camp at Banff East Gate, ca. 1915-1920, F. Whiskin Collection ; 11 prints by Byron Harmon ; 1 C.P.R. photogravure facsmile. -- ca. 1915-1920, n.d. -- Transfer from Penticton Museum & Archives.
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- Archives General File Collection
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- Mountain scenery, Banff Indian Days by G. Howard Smith, also includes portrait of photographer. -- Gift of Nora Smith's estate, c/o Jennifer Donnelly, 2008.
- Date Range
- ca. 1950-ca. 1960
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7892
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 7892
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7892
- Date Range
- ca. 1950-ca. 1960
- Physical Description
- 8 prints
- Scope & Content
- Mountain scenery, Banff Indian Days by G. Howard Smith, also includes portrait of photographer. -- Gift of Nora Smith's estate, c/o Jennifer Donnelly, 2008.
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Percy Moreland May letter and photographs.
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Letter is to his daughter, Betty May, 1938, including sketch of Chinese houseboy. Photocopies include P. M. May's obituary and Google search results on his artwork. Photographic views includes: portrait of P. M. May, Banff area views (1933) and also colour print of Mt. Edith Cavell (1963) by Jo Tho…
- Date Range
- 1933-1963
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7920
- V8 / accn. 7920
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7920
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7920
- V8 / accn. 7920
- Date Range
- 1933-1963
- Physical Description
- 4 textual record ;
- 11 photographs: prints & negative
- History / Biographical
- Percy Moreland May (1886-1966) was born in Birkenhead, England and came to Canada in 1925. Visited the Rockies ca. 1933. Percy M. May had painted with A. Y. Jackson, knew Arthur Lismer and regularly exhibited his works with the Montreal Arts Club.
- Scope & Content
- Letter is to his daughter, Betty May, 1938, including sketch of Chinese houseboy. Photocopies include P. M. May's obituary and Google search results on his artwork. Photographic views includes: portrait of P. M. May, Banff area views (1933) and also colour print of Mt. Edith Cavell (1963) by Jo Thomas.
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Stoney Nakoda Songs & Dances recorded by Ernest A. Kehr at Banff Indian Days
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Date Range
- 1951
- Reference Code
- S8 / accn. 7944
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- S8
- Sous-Fonds
- S8
- Accession Number
- 7944
- Reference Code
- S8 / accn. 7944
- Date Range
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 - 78 rpm record
- History / Biographical
- Ernest A. Kehr was from New York and was a regular visitor to the Banff area. Kehr was inducted into the Stoney Nakoda and corresponded regularly with Norman Luxton - see Luxton family fonds.
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- Not available for reference use in present form.
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- Banff Indian Days
- Stoney Nakoda
- Indigenous
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Janez Pristov photographs and manual
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Date Range
- 1952-1988
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7992; V8 / accn. 7992
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7992
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7992; V8 / accn. 7992
- Date Range
- 1952-1988
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record. 1967 Canadian Ski School Manual in French and English.-- 14 photographs: 12 prints, 2 postcards. Images pertaining to the life of Janez Pristov including his home in Slovenia and his involvement with film by Bruno Engler "Little Big Man" and 1988 Olympics.
- History / Biographical
- Janez Pristov was born in Kranjska gora. He was a volunteer for the 1988 Olympics in the ski jumping event and worked for the Voyageur Inn Ski School in 1962.
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- Part Of
- Bill Waterworth fonds
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- Collage consists of 14 b&w photographs of Stoney First Nations in the Kootenay Plains and Morley areas, 1877-1927. Images include John Hunter, George McLean (Chief Walking Buffalo), William Hunter, Paul Beaver, Sampson Beaver, Chief Tom Chinicka, John House, Silas Abraham, Job Beaver, Enos Hunter,…
- Date Range
- [1877-1927]
- Reference Code
- V176 / PC O.S.
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Bill Waterworth fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 8012
- Reference Code
- V176 / PC O.S.
- Date Range
- [1877-1927]
- Physical Description
- 1 framed photograph collage: 14 prints; b&w
- Scope & Content
- Collage consists of 14 b&w photographs of Stoney First Nations in the Kootenay Plains and Morley areas, 1877-1927. Images include John Hunter, George McLean (Chief Walking Buffalo), William Hunter, Paul Beaver, Sampson Beaver, Chief Tom Chinicka, John House, Silas Abraham, Job Beaver, Enos Hunter, Ben Choquitts, Dan Wildman Sr., Dan Wildman Jr., Moses Hunter, Wildman boy, Enoch Wildman, Tom Kaquitts Jr., Tom Kaquitts Sr., Leebie Crawler, Tom Wilson, Morley Beaver, Nat Hunter, William and Josh Hunter, Mark Poucette, Geo. Choquitts, Joe Peacemaker, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hunter.
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1912- 1913 Chatham - Calcutta 30.9.12 (Nagasaki) to 6.11.12 (XB), Shikar KOTRI 12.4.13-30.4.13 XI
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 6, Sept. 1912-Apr. 1913 India Personal diary accounting boat trip to Shanghai, rickshaw trip , travels within Shanghai and interactions and observations with locals, weather, homesickness, boat trip to Singapore, l…
- Date Range
- 1912-1913
- Reference Code
- M169 / 6
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 6
- Date Range
- 1912-1913
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 6, Sept. 1912-Apr. 1913 India
- Personal diary accounting boat trip to Shanghai, rickshaw trip , travels within Shanghai and interactions and observations with locals, weather, homesickness, boat trip to Singapore, leisure, Calcutta, train travel
- Lists of expenses Glasgow to Calcutta
- Two week long Kotdwara exploration, elephants, tigers, various other animals, shooting; list of expenses, packing list, Xmas 1913 expenses list
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1915 - 1916 WAR. 11.11.15 -7.5.16 DIARY No XV
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 9, Nov. 1915-May 1916 Mesopotamia Personal diary. Front cover indicates it should be mailed to Mrs. A. O. Wheeler in Sidney, BC, book is a Field Message Book, with graph paper and tear out pages, written in pencil …
- Date Range
- 1915-1916
- Reference Code
- M169 / 9
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 9
- Date Range
- 1915-1916
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 9, Nov. 1915-May 1916 Mesopotamia
- Personal diary. Front cover indicates it should be mailed to Mrs. A. O. Wheeler in Sidney, BC, book is a Field Message Book, with graph paper and tear out pages, written in pencil
- Weather descriptions, drills, Auchy-au-Boris, Marseilles, canal trip, Red Sea, first Christmas at sea, Magil, man shot himself in shoulder during march, Qalat Saleh, digging "Corps Trench", 'Orah, monitoring trench digging
- Page with drawings of boats pinned to page near middle, drawing of skyline, drawings of mahaila and ballam, diagrams of mullah, map Persia and Turkey in Asia, diagram of British trench, main camp,Turk Line, drawing of British flag on back inside cover
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1916 - 1917 - 1918 No XVI A WAR 8.5.16 - 6.8.16 No XVI B Sick Leave OOTY 7.8.16 - 19.10.16 XVII Shikar (Benaik) 22.5.17 - 20.6.17 XVIII WAR 18.10.17 - 23.3.18
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- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 10, 1916, 1917, 1918 Mesopotamia & India Personal diary. Front cover indicates it should be mailed to Mrs. A. O. Wheeler in Sidney, BC, book is a Field Message Book, with graph paper and tear out pages, written in …
- Date Range
- 1916-1918
- Reference Code
- M169 / 10
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 10
- Date Range
- 1916-1918
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 10, 1916, 1917, 1918 Mesopotamia & India
- Personal diary. Front cover indicates it should be mailed to Mrs. A. O. Wheeler in Sidney, BC, book is a Field Message Book, with graph paper and tear out pages, written in pencil.
- Diagrams for trench digging, platform diagram
- Weather conditions, daily routines, Sannaujuah, mentions of cholera, typhoid, diarrhea, fever, documentation of gradual onset of illness, sick leave in Amara, discussion of day to day illness and diet, leisure: golf, hockey, and dances, visit to St Mary's (1680) oldest British church in India
- Leave in May 1917 for 30 days, leisure, travel, mountaineering, hunting,
- Insert of list of the days in June and July with numbers, and average calculated. Temperature?
- Expenses Travelling list, Wages, Food
- Return to Mesopotamia 1917, travel, boat trip, preparation for leaving Busra, Amara, Kur, One Tree Camp Amara, thieves in Amara, Bagdad right bank, description of Kadhimain mosque, last pages at Fufa regarding a murder, pages following are ripped out.
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- WWI
- Travel
- India
- Mesopotamia
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General Diary, 1.1.11 - 12.4.11, 5.5.11 - 3.4.12, 13.4.12 - 4.7.12, 7.11.12 - 13.4.13, 2.5.13 - 16.7.14, WAR, 9.12.19 - 9.4.20, 25.10.20 - 3.4.21, 20.10.21 - 14.4.22, 4.1.24 - 19.3.25, 24.3.26 - 16.3.32.
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- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 20, General Diary: 1911-1932. Daily diary sentences, with location and highlights of days, including church events, sports, dinners, surveying, war, mountaineering, golf, documentation of weather and wind speeds, t…
- Date Range
- 1911-1932
- Reference Code
- M169 / 20
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7773
- Reference Code
- M169 / 20
- Date Range
- 1911-1932
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 20, General Diary: 1911-1932.
- Daily diary sentences, with location and highlights of days, including church events, sports, dinners, surveying, war, mountaineering, golf, documentation of weather and wind speeds, travel within India, list of shooting with location and item, from 1931-1932. Leave trips in previous diaries, which he directs the reader to. After 1921 diary entries are longer, and spread out.
- Chatham, Beaulieu, Dover, Scotland, Meerut, Delhi, Mussoorie, Nagal, Dehra Dun, Bombay, Raipur, Quetta, Kalat.
- Glued in photographs of "C" Construction Low, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Palmer, Bude Haven and Breakwater from Compass Point.
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Indigenous People- Cowboys / Castle Films
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- Part Of
- Eddie Hunter fonds
- Date Range
- 1910 - 1930
- Reference Code
- V293 / NF - 252
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Eddie Hunter fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V293
- Series
- I.C. Motion pictures: collected
- Sous-Fonds
- V293
- Reference Code
- V293 / NF - 252
- Parallel Title
- Indian - cowboys / Castle Films
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- 1910 - 1930
- Physical Description
- 1 motion picture (1 film reel) : 16 mm, copy, acetate, b/w., sound
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Photograph album
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- Scope & Content
- Item pertains to an unbound photo album containing 175 photographs, almost all of which have captions. Photographs consist of views of people, places and activities in the Banff and Kananaskis areas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1915-1930]
- Reference Code
- V465 / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V465
- Sous-Fonds
- V465
- Accession Number
- 6160, 6180
- Reference Code
- V465 / PD - 1
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Parallel Title
- Parallel title is orginal title given
- Date Range
- [ca. 1915-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (175 photographs : b&w ; 24.4 x 29.9 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Item pertains to an unbound photo album containing 175 photographs, almost all of which have captions. Photographs consist of views of people, places and activities in the Banff and Kananaskis areas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, events, scenic views. Many views include people. List of prints: 1 27000 Banff, Canada. Deer on edge of Banff 2 27001 - Banff, Canada. Lake Minnewanka, Indian Name - "Spirit Water", near Banff. 3 27002 - Banff, Canada. Golf Course. First Hole, Tunnel Mountain. [Banff Springs Golf Course]. 4 27003 - Banff, Canada. Golf Course. First Green, Part of Mt. Rundle, 8600 ft. [Banff Springs Golf Course]. 5 27004 - Banff, Canada. Looking from golf links along Bow River to C.P.R. Hotel and Sulphur Mountain. [Banff Springs Hotel]. 6 27005 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs] 7 27006 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 8 27007 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 9 27008 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 10 27009 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 11 27010 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Women teeing off] 12 27011 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Men on fairway, Tunnel Mt. in background] 13 27012 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Men on fairway, Cascade Mt. in background] 14 27013 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Man and woman teeing off] 15 27014 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background] 16 27015 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background] 17 27016 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Tunnel Mt. in background] 18 27017 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs] 19 27018 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs] 20 27019 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background] 21 27020 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People on green, Tunnel Mt. in background] 22 27021 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People on green, Tunnel Mt. in background] 23 27022 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off, Rundle Mt. in background] 24 27023 - Banff, Canada. Golf : [Banff Springs Hotel golf course] 25 27024 - Banff, Canada. W. Thomson, Golf Prof. 26 27025 - Banff, Canada. W. Thomson, Golf Prof. 27 27026 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 28 27027 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 29 27028 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 30 27029 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 31 27030 - Banff, Canada. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker. [View by pool at Banff Springs Hotel with Cascade Mountain in background. Image is reversed] 32 27031 - Banff, Canada. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker by pool, Banff Springs Hotel, Cascade Mountain Background. 33 27032 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel Pool; Miss Catherine Barber and William Barrett. Aeroplane Dive. 34 27033 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel Pool; Miss Catherine Barber of Chicago doing aeroplane dive. Background Cascade Mt. 35 27034 - Banff, Canada. Freshwater pool, Banff Springs Hotel. Miss Catherine Barber, society girl, New York, Chicago, San Francisco. William Barrett, swimming instructor formerly amateur champion of New Zealand. Inventor of the aeroplane dive. 36 27035 - Banff, Canada. Miss Catherine Barber, society girl of Chicago, New York and San Francisco, and her horse, "Peter Pan", leaving Banff Springs Hotel for a ride in the mountains. 37 27036 - Banff, Canada. Captain John Standly and Peter, his black and white collie, on the deck of his boat, "The Daughter of the Peaks." Lake Minnewanka, Indian name, "Spirit Water", near Banff. 38 27037 - Banff, Canada. Lake Minnewanka. 39 27038 - Banff, Canada. Road to Lake Minnewanka, Mt. Girouard. [Sightseers in touring car] 40 27039 - Banff, Canada. Falls and reservoir near Lake Minnewanka. Mt. Girouard, 3785 ft. 41 27040 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse] 42 27041 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse] 43 27042 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse] 44 27043 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle. A morning canter. [Catherine Barber riding "Peter Pan"] 45 27044 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle. A morning ride. [Catherine Barber on "Peter Pan," right] 46 27045 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel pool. Hotel in background. Aeroplane dive. [Catherine Barber and William Barrett] 47 27046 - Banff, Canada. Government Swimming Pool at the Sulphur Springs. [Cave & Basin] 48 27047 - Banff, Canada. Sergeant, Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Mt. Rundle. 49 27048 - Banff, Canada. Sergeant, Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Mt. Rundle. 50 27049 - Banff, Canada. Tunnel Mountain, Bow River. [Women on horseback along the shore] 51 27050 - Banff, Canada. View of Bow River Valley from "Hotel Banff Springs." 52 27051 - Banff, Canada. Motor boat on upper Bow River. [View from Bow River] 53 27052 - Banff, Canada. Bus at Banff Springs Hotel, and Mount Rundle. [Horse- drawn vehicle, Tunnel Mountain and Cascade Mountain, not Rundle Mt.] 54 27053 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Bridge and Mt. Rundle. [Man and woman on horseback] 55 27054 - Banff, Canada. Cascade Mt. and bus. [Sightseers in touring car] 56 27055 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle, Spray River. [Catherine Barber on "Peter Pan"] 57 27056 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Bridge and Banff Springs Hotel, Sulphur Mountain. 58 27057 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Valley from Hotel. [View from Banff Springs Hotel] 59 27058 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls. Mt. Bourgeau, 9375 ft. [Borgeau not visible] 60 27059 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 61 27060 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls. 62 27061 - Banff, Canada. Bow Falls. 63 27062 - Banff, Canada. Bow Falls. 64 27063 - Banff, Canada. Bow River and Mt. Rundle. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 65 27064 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber on horseback] 66 27065 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 67 27066 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber on horseback] 68 27067 - Bow River, Mt. Rundle. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 69 27068 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. 70 27069 - Banff, Canada. Bow River, Cascade Mt. [Rider on horseback] 71 27070 - Banff, Canada. Cascade Mountain and Bow River. 72 27071 - Banff, Canada. Bow River. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 73 27072 - Banff, Canada. Bow River : [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 74 27073 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 75 27074 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 76 27075 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 77 27076 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 78 27077 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 79 27078 - Banff, Canada. Group on board deck of boat. 80 27079 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Boy holding rifle outside tent] 81 27080 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Women cooking at a free-standing stove] 82 27082 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man and boy holding rifles beside tent] 83 27083 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People sticking heads through tent opening] 84 27081/27084 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group posed outside tent] 85 27085 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Boy and woman cooking at a free-standing stove] 86 27086 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car] 87 27087 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People sticking heads through tent opening] 88 27088 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People cooking at a free-standing stove] 89 27089 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People cooking at a free-standing stove] 90 27090 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car] 91 27091 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man and boy collecting pine boughs] 92 27093 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car] 93 27094 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man building wood stool] 94 27095 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Women cooking at a free-standing stove] 95 27096 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Government Pool - near the main pool. 96 27097 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool. 97 27098 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool. 98 27099 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool. 99 27100 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 100 27101 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 101 27102 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 102 27103 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 103 27104 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 104 27105 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, standing near horse. 105 27106 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, standing near horse. 106 27107 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Government Pool, warm sulphur water. 107 27108 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 108 27109 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 109 27110 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 110 27111 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 111 27112 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 112 27113 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 113 27114 - Pack Train crosses a stream. 114 27115 - Pack train arrives at White Man's Pass Camp. 115 27116 - Pack train arrives at White Man's Pass Camp. 116 27117 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. 117 27118 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With Mrs. Wheeler on a shored boat] 118 27119 - [Image missing] Mrs. Grantland Rice. 119 27120 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse] 120 27121 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [Posing with pistol] 121 27122 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With Mrs. Wheeler on a raft] 122 27123 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [Posing with pistol] 123 27125 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse] 124 27125 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse] 125 27126 - Mr. and Mrs. Grantland Rice and horses. [In front of Royal Northwest Mounted Police, No. 2: Kananaskis Lake] 126 27127 - Mr. and Mrs. Rice in Camp at White Man's Pass. 127 27128 - Mr. and Mrs. Rice in Camp at White Man's Pass. 128 27129 - Bill cleans up the party at Black Jack, White Man's Pass cabin. 129 27130 - Bill cleans up the party at Black Jack, White Man's Pass cabin. 130 27131 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. 131 27133 - In camp at white manspass. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 11, White Man's Lodge] 132 27134 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. 133 27135 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. [Mrs. Wheeler on horse outside Royal Mounted Police No. 11 cabin] 134 27136 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. 135 27138 - In the canyon, White Man's Pass - Mr. J.M. Gibbon. 136 27139 - White Man's Pass, where we camped. 137 27140 - At White Man's Pass. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 11, White Man's Lodge] 138 [Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass] 139 27144 - Mrs. John Wheeler & Horse. 140 27145 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. 141 27142 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler & Horse. 142 27143 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [At a picnic] 143 27147 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. 144 27146 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [In front of tent] 145 27149 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler and their ponies. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 2, Kananaskis Lake] 146 27148 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler & horse. 147 27150 - Mr. & Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass. [Outside tent] 148 27151 - Mr. & Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass. [Outside tent] 149 27152 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 2, Kananaskis Lake] 150 27153 - Our colt and his friends - Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Wheeler. 151 27154 - Our colt and his friends - Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Wheeler. 152 27155 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread). 153 27157 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread). 154 27156 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread). 155 27158 - Porter Browne and his Indian Shirt. 156 27159 - Porter Browne and his Indian Shirt. 157 27160 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis. 158 27162 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis. 159 The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 160 27164 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath 161 27162 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis 162 27163 - The Cave and Basin, Government Springs Bath, Banff. 163 27166 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 164 27167 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 165 27168 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 166 27169 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 167 27170 - The Cave and Basin - Government Hot Baths - A Maid of Canada 168 27171 - The Cave and Basin - Government Hot Baths - A Maid of Canada 169 27173 - Bill, the guide. 170 27172 - Bill the guide takes a nap. 171 27174 - Bill, the guide. 172 27175 - Bill, the guide. 173 27177 - Bill, the guide. 174 27176 - [Photograph missing] Bill, the guide. 175 27178 - Bill, the guide. 176 27179 - [Photograph missing] Bill, the guide. 177 27180 - Bill, the guide at White Man's Pass. 178 27181 - Bill, the guide at White Man's Pass.
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- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Automobiles
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bow Falls
- Bow River
- Bridges
- Buildings
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Cascade Mountain
- Cave and Basin
- Children
- Cowboys
- Dogs
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Golf
- Golf Course
- Golfing
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Hotels
- Hot Springs
- Landscapes
- Leisure
- Mountains
- North West Mounted Police
- Pack trains
- Personal and Family Life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Picnics and picnicking
- Portrait
- Scenery
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Tourism
- Travel
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Kananaskis
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Each page mounted individually in mylar sleeves.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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