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Extended family records

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Records in this series consist of three sub-series: C.1. William Luxton family papers and photographs; C.2. McDougall and Ross families papers, correspondence, and photographs; C.3. Other extended family records. Sub-series C.1. consists of four sub-sub-series: William Luxton; Sarah Luxton; Geor…

Date Range: 1893-1970

Reference Code: LUX / III / C

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.C. Extended Family

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1893-1970

Physical Description: 0.28 m textual records ; ca.147 photographs : b&w prints; 15 x 21 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Records in this series consist of three sub-series: C.1. William Luxton family papers and photographs; C.2. McDougall and Ross families papers, correspondence, and photographs; C.3. Other extended family records. Sub-series C.1. consists of four sub-sub-series: William Luxton; Sarah Luxton; George Luxton; Louis Luxton. Sub-series C.2. consists of two sub-sub-series: McDougall family; Ross family.

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Communications

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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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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Banff Ski Runners of the Canadian Rockies papers

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Part Of: John Monod fonds

Scope & Content: File consists correspondence to and from the President of the Banff Ski Runners, bills, cheque stubs, and annual reports pertain to the club and club activities. Also includes one insert: the original folder the papers were kept in.

Date Range: 1952-1954

Reference Code: M48 / I / 01 - 61

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Organization record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: John Monod fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M48

Sous-Fonds: M48

Accession Number: 8126

Reference Code: M48 / I / 01 - 61

GMD: Textual record; Organization record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1952-1954

Physical Description: 1.5 cm textual records

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists correspondence to and from the President of the Banff Ski Runners, bills, cheque stubs, and annual reports pertain to the club and club activities. Also includes one insert: the original folder the papers were kept in.

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Banff Ski Runners of the Canadian Rockies; Club; Norquay Ski Hill; Skiing; Sunshine Ski Resort; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Access Restrictions: Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: English; French

Conservation: Metal brace on original folder removed; staples removed

Finding Aid: No finding aid

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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 geographical names act

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1955

Publisher: Edmonton : Queen's Printer for Alberta

Call Number: 02.01 Al1 Pam

Publisher: Edmonton : Queen's Printer for Alberta

Published Date: 1955

Physical Description: p.1873-1875

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Accession Number: 3000

Call Number: 02.01 Al1 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Western Canada sedimentary basin : a symposium

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1954

Publisher: Tulsa (OK) : American Society of Petroleum Geologists

Call Number: 03.1 W52c

Responsibility: sponsored by the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists and the Saskatchewan Society of Petroleum Geologists; edited by Leslie M. Clark; articles by Leslie M. Clark, P. Harker, F.G. Fox, D.J. McLaren, D.M. Loranger. A.J. Goodman

Publisher: Tulsa (OK) : American Society of Petroleum Geologists

Published Date: 1954

Physical Description: x, 521p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Bow River; Eastern slopes; Oil

Notes: Bibliographies and index

Accession Number: 29500

Call Number: 03.1 W52c

Collection: Archives Library

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Anglers guide to Canada's mountain national parks

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1950

Publisher: Ottawa : King's Printer

Call Number: 04.2 An2 1950 Pam

Responsibility: Department of Resources and Development; National Parks and Historic Sites Service

Publisher: Ottawa : King's Printer

Published Date: 1950

Physical Description: 35 p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Fishing

Accession Number: 5777

Call Number: 04.2 An2 1950 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The Great Divide

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: [ca. 1910]

Call Number: 05.5 G79 Pam

Responsibility: Anonymous

Published Date: [ca. 1910]

Physical Description: 2 p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Religious sermon with references to the Great Divide. Page taken from an unknown book.

Accession Number: 7297

Call Number: 05.5 G79 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Camp-grounds and trailer parks in Canada's National Parks

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1956

Publisher: Canada : Queen's printer

Edition: 39-79-EL-56

Call Number: 13.113 C15 1956 Pam

Edition: 39-79-EL-56

Publisher: Canada : Queen's printer

Published Date: 1956

Physical Description: 11 p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Tourism

Accession Number: 7471

Call Number: 13.113 C15 1956 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Rand Mcnally world guide : selected and adapted from the Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World by arrangment with Columbia University Press

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1953

Publisher: New York : Rand McNally

Call Number: R 02.01 R15

Publisher: New York : Rand McNally

Published Date: 1953

Physical Description: ix, 726 p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Coloured maps on endpapers. Includes index

ISBN: 0969162146

Accession Number: 5248

Call Number: R 02.01 R15

Collection: Archives Library

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Canada : an encyclopedia of the country ...

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1898

Publisher: Toronto : Linscott

Call Number: R 02.4 C16c

Responsibility: by a corps of eminent writers and specialists, edited by J. Castell Hopkins

Publisher: Toronto : Linscott

Published Date: 1898

Physical Description: 5 v. : ill., ports., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Accession Number: 4083

Call Number: R 02.4 C16c

Collection: Archives Library

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Annotated bibliography of geology of the Sedimentary Basin of Alberta and of adjacent parts of British Columbia and Northwest Territories, 1845-1955

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1958

Publisher: Calgary : Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists

Call Number: R 03.1 An7

Responsibility: compiled and edited by R.G. McCrossan, Elen R. Belyea, [et. al.]

Publisher: Calgary : Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists

Published Date: 1958

Physical Description: xv, 499 p. : map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Map inserted at back flyleaf. Includes indices

Accession Number: 22000

Call Number: R 03.1 An7

Collection: Archives Library

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Anglers guide to Canada's mountain national parks

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1954

Publisher: Ottawa : Canadian Government Travel Bureau; Queen's Printer

Call Number: 04.2 An2 Pam

Responsibility: issued under authority of Jean Lesage, Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources

Publisher: Ottawa : Canadian Government Travel Bureau; Queen's Printer

Published Date: 1954

Physical Description: 28 p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Fishing; Lakes; Rivers

Accession Number: 1037

Call Number: 04.2 An2 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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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.