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Transparencies

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies, 35mm, 1946-1960, ca.900 items, travel views from around the world. Includes scenic views from Caroline Hinman trips in the Canadian Rockies; also Banff area views, such as Cascades of Time Gardens; Jasper views and wildlife views. International trips include Guatemala and Africa.

Date Range: 1913-1916

Reference Code: V282 / III / B / NS -

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M236 / V282

Series: V282 / III: Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V282

Sub-Series: V282 / III / B: Transparencies

Accession Number: 1316, 1933

Reference Code: V282 / III / B / NS -

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1913-1916

Physical Description: ca.1000 photographs : transparencies.

Scope & Content: Transparencies, 35mm, 1946-1960, ca.900 items, travel views from around the world. Includes scenic views from Caroline Hinman trips in the Canadian Rockies; also Banff area views, such as Cascades of Time Gardens; Jasper views and wildlife views. International trips include Guatemala and Africa.

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides by Mary Schaffer, mainly resulting from her exploratory wilderness trips between 1907 and 1911 to Maligne Lake and the Yellowhead area. The regions involved are primarily Jasper National Park and northern Banff National Park. The t…

Date Range: 1891-1911, predominant 1907-1911

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1 to 228

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1 to 228

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1891-1911, predominant 1907-1911

Physical Description: 228 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides by Mary Schaffer, mainly resulting from her exploratory wilderness trips between 1907 and 1911 to Maligne Lake and the Yellowhead area. The regions involved are primarily Jasper National Park and northern Banff National Park. The transparencies depict mountain travel and activities, landscape views and Stoney Nakoda.; Also includes transparencies of mountain flora and fauna, close-up botanical photographs, and views from Glacier, B.C. and vicinity

Finding Aid: Copy prints are available for reference use

Location (Copy): Reference prints are available

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :; #1 - She who colored slides [Mary Schaffer] / [Mollie Adams?]; #2 - [Mary Schaffer on horseback, Kootenay Plains (1906?)] / [Mollie Adams?]; #3 - [Mary Schaffer? with horse] / [Mollie Adams?]; #4 - Frances Louise Beaver '06; #5 - Sampson Beaver's family '06 (p.181); #6 - Pinto Lake from summit of [Sunset] pass '06; #7 - Crowfoot Glacier [1907?]; #8 - On Bow Lake .07; #9 - On Bow Summit [1907?]; #10 - Howse Peak & Pyramid [Chephren] - Bear Creek [Mistaya River, (1907?)]; #11 - Pyramid [Chephren] on Bear Creek [Mistaya River (1907?)]; #12 - Mt. Forbes [1907?]; #13 - At the mouth of the north fork [North Saskatchewan River (1907?)]; #14 - North Fork Saskatchewan [1907?]; #15 - [Panther Falls 1907?]; #16 - Snowing on Wilcox Pass [1907?]; #17 - A hard bit in the bush [1907?]; #18 - [Endless chain (1907?)]; #19 - Athabasca Gorge [Falls] [1907?]; #20 - Mt. Quincy [1907]; #21 - Fortress Lake [1907]; #22 - [Fortress Lake (1907)] (unmounted); #23 - Fortress Mt. [1907]; #24 - Fortress Lake at Head of Athabasca R[iver] [1907]; #25 - Forest fire on the Athabasca [1907]; #26 - [Sid Unwin with burnt tent 1907]; #27 - [Mary Schaffer cooking over campfire (1907?)] / [Mollie Adams?]; #28 - Athabasca, Columbia in distance [camp scene 1907?]; #29 - Columbia from the North [1907]; #30 - [Packtrain near north side of Mt. Columbia 1907]; #31 - [Mt. Columbia from the north 1907?]; #32 - [Alexandra River and Glacier 1907; #33 - Gable Peak, Alexandra Glacier, Nahan-esen [Alexandra] Valley [1907]; #34 - [Watchman's Lake, 1907?]; #35 - On Thompson Pass Nashan-esen [Watchman's] Peak & Lake [1907]; #36 - Nashan-esen [Watchman's] Peak fr. Thompson Pass '07; #37 - [Horses at Watchman's Lake, 1907]; #38 - Bush Valley [from Thompson Pass, 1907]; #39 - [Packtrain] On the Brazeau [1907]; #40 - [Snowscene] On the Brazeau [1907]; #41 - [Tepee poles (on the Brazeau River?) 1907]; #42 - On Jonas Pass [1907]; #43, 44 - [Packtrain on Jonas Pass, 1907?]; #45 - [Packtrain on unidentified pass, 1907?]; #46 - Mt. Coleman [1907?]; #47 - Cataract Creek at junction with Saskatchewan [1907?]; #48 - A smudge where our horses were soon at peace in the choking smoke (p.167) [Packhorses in smudge on Kootenay Plains, 1907]; #49 - Kadoona Mountain [Elliott Peak] at the western limitation of the Kootenai Plains (p.172), 1907; #50 - [Stoney Indigenouss at Kootenay Plains, 1907]; #51 - The Indigenous Madonna (p.177) 1907; #52 - Mr. [Elliott] Barnes crossing Sask. River in canvas canoe [1907?]; #53 - Sampson's Map '08 [1907] (p.183); #54 - Climbing salt lick banks at Glacier Lake [1907?]; #55 - Outfit of 1908 (p.203); #56 - Mr. Muggins [1908] (p.210); #57 - On the High Hill below Wilcox Pass [1908] (p.221); #58 - Mt. Athabasca [1908] (p.223); #59 - Fourth of July on Poboktan 1908; #60 - Poboktan Pass [1908]; #61 - Lake Maligne fr. summit of Unwin 1908 (p.241) / [Sid Unwin]; #62 - Beaver cuttings on Maligne L. [1908]; #63 - Beaver cuttings on Maligne L. [uncoloured]; #64 - Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #65 - Above the Narrows in Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #66 - Looking back at the "Narrows" of Lake Maligne [1908]; #67 - Mt. Charlton at Head of Maligne [Lake, 1908] (p.255); #68 - Mt. Unwin from Camp [Maligne Lake, 1908]; #69, 70 - [Camp at Maligne Lake, 1908]; #71 - Maligne [Lake] Evening Reflections [1908]; #72 - Looking for goat while baking bread. Camp at lower end of Maligne Lake [1908]; #73 - Swimming the horses at the mouth of Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #74 - [Building a raft at mouth of Maligne Lake, 1908]; #75 - [Rafting equipment at mouth of Maligne Lake, 1908]; #76 - Maligne Valley - East 1908; #77 - Poboktan Pass [1908]; #78 - Looking down the Athabaska near Mt. Hardisty [1908]; #79 - Mt. Hardisty and Athabaska River [1908]; #80 - Mt. Hardisty [1908] (p.291); #81 - Mt. Hooker (p.292); #82 - Committee's Punchbowl (p.295); #83 - [Packtrain on the (Athabasca?) (1908?)]; #84 - Over a 20 ft. Bluff [on the Athabasca, 1908]; #85 - Over a 20 ft. Bluff [on the Athabasca [uncoloured]; #86 - [Horse going over bluff on the Athabasca] 1908; #87, 88 - [Horse going over bluff on the Athabasca 1908]; #89 - [Crossing the Athabaska (in a canoe) 1908] (p.321); #90 - Horses swim Atha[basca] 1908; #91 - Swimming the Athabaska [1908]; #92 - [(Lewis Swift)? 1908]; #93 - The Swift Family [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children 1908]; #94 - [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children in front of their home, 1908]; #95 - [One of the Swift children, 1908]; #96 - [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children, 1908]; #97 - Swift's mill for flour [1911] / [Byron Harmon]; #98 - Cows at Swifts' [1908]; #99 - Looking toward Yellowhead Pass Athabaska River - Miette Valley 1908] (p.302); #100 - A bad bit of trail on Miette [1908]; #101 - Miette R[iver] Looking West [1908]; #102 - Moose Lake [1908]; #103 - A bit of trail on the Fraser [1908]; #104 - [Mount Robson, 1908] (p.337); #105 - [Mount Robson, 1908]; #106 - Mt. Robson from Mt. near Tete Jaun Cache 1909; #107 - Near the head waters of the Fraser [1908] (p.339); #108 - Sunset on Fraser near [Tete Jaune] Cache [1908]; #109 - The Fraser at Tete Jaune Cache [1908]; #110 - - 111 Tete Jaun Cache [1908]; #112 - At the Fraser in 1908 [Indigenous in dugout canoe] (cover & p.346); #113 - At the Fraser in 1908 [Indigenous in dugout canoe] [uncoloured]; #114 - [Worn out boots, 1908] (p.360); #115 - [Worn out boots, 1908] [uncoloured]; #116 - Outline map of section of Canadian Rocky Mountains visited during 1907 and 1908; #117 - Section map of Canadian Rocky Mountains by J. Norman Collie, FRGS; #118 - [Map of] Headwaters Of The Athabaska; #119 - Athabaska near Hinton looking towards Smoky R. [1911]; #120 - In the foothills of the Athabaska [1911]; #121 - The "Rocky Road" in the Yellowhead, 1911; #122 - Crossing Athabaska Ferry. 1911; #123 - Teamsters on G.T.P. highway at Jasper House 1911; #124 - On the line of the G.T.P. 1911; #125 - Colliery House at Fiddle Creek 1911; #126 - Jasper House ruins Roche Miette 1911; #127 - [Graveyard at Jasper House, 1911]; #128 - On Shovel Pass [1911]; #129 - [Shovels on Shovel Pass, 1911] [unmounted]; #130 - Making a trail in spring [on Shovel Pass] 1911; #131 - Jonas & the boat on Shovel Pass 1911; #132 - Crossing Shovel Pass 1911; #133 - Trouble on Shovel Pass 1911; #134 - Maligne Gorge 1911; #135 - [Paul Sharpless with dead goat at Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #136 - [Three people in boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #137 - [Man rowing boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #138 - [Boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #139 - The Opal Hill. [Mrs. Carrie Sharpless and Paul Sharpless with boat on the shore of Maligne Lake, 1911]; #140 - Outlet of Maligne, 1911; #141 - [Mt.] Unwin in mist [1911]; #142 - Mts. Unwin & Charlton from lower end of lake, 1911; #143 - Mount Unwin [with boat on Maligne Lake], 1911; #144 - In Pixie Valley, 1911; #145 - [Paul Sharpless and Sid Unwin?] Looking up Pixie Valley [1911]; #146 - A glimpse of Mt. Charlton at the head of Pixie Valley, Maligne [1911]; #147 - The "Statue" at Maligne Lake, 1911; #148 - Summit of "Statue" [1911]; #149 - [Paul Sharpless, Carrie Sharpless & tepee at Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #150 - - 151 [Mary Schaffer with horse, n.d.] / [ ? ]; #152 - [Mary Schaffer crossing makeshift bridge, n.d.] / [ ? ]; #153 - "Joe" and his big trout, n.d.; #154 - [1 person and dog fording stream on horseback, n.d.] [b & w]; #155 - [Camp in burnt timber, 1907 or '08]; #156 - [Camp in downed timber, 1907 or '08]; #157 - Real trail life Jumping a high trunk [1907 or '08]; #158 - [Packtrain on the trail, 1907 or '08]; #159 - [Person on top of unidentified mountain, n.d.]; #160 - - 161 [Unidentified mountain panorama, n.d.]; #162 - [Unidentified mountain scene, n.d.]; #163 - [Person beside unidentified mountain lake, n.d.]; #164 - [Unidentified river, n.d.]; #165 - [Unidentified mountain pass, n.d.]; #166 - [View from unidentified glacier, n.d.]; #167 - [Mountain reflections in unidentified lake, n.d.]; #168 - [Unidentified canyon, n.d.]; #169 - [Unidentified mountain and valley, n.d.]; #170 - Peyto Glacier [n.d.]; #171 - [Unidentified river, n.d.]; #172 - [Unidentified mountain scene, n.d.] [unmounted]; #173 - [Forest fire, n.d.] [unmounted]; #174 - [Unidentified mountain snow scene, n.d.] [unmounted]; #175 - [Unidentified mountain & lake, n.d.] [unmounted]; #176 - [Large rock in unidentified lake, n.d.] [unmounted]; #177 - Forest fire [n.d.]; #178 - [Forest fire, n.d.]; #179 - [Tepee, n.d.]; #180 - [Tepee in darkness, n.d.]; #181 - [Packer unloading drowned horse, n.d.]; #182 - [Packer unloading drowned horse, n.d.]; #183 - [Packtrain in large boulders beside river, n.d.]; #184 - - 185 [Packtrain silhouetted on ridge at dusk, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #186 - [Packtrain in snow, n.d.]; #187 - Feeding in a snowstorm [n.d.]; #188 - [Saddlehorse on ridge, n.d.]; #189 - [Packtrain fording river, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #190 - [Packtrain in snow, n.d.]; #191 - [Trail camp, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #192 - [Jim Simpson & unidentified man packing a horse, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #193 - [Horses at Kootenay Plains, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #194 - [Man herding horses, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #195 - [Packtrain on road through forest, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #196 - [Group of trail riders in (Yoho Valley?), n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #197 - [Man on horseback beside falls, n.d.] / [Canadian Pacific Railway]; #198 - Dead mountain sheep. [n.d.]; #199 - Collection of sheep heads [n.d.]; #200 - Jims [Simpson's] shack on Bear Creek [Mistaya River] [n.d.]; #201 - Jim's [Simpson's] outfit - sables [n.d.]; #202 - Birch leaved spiraea; #203 - Primula McCallian MacCalla's Primula; #204 - Saxifraga oppositifolio; #205 - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; #206 - Pink Heather Phyllodoce intermedia; #207 - Eleagnus argentea; #208 - Androsace; #209 - Lutkea pectinata; #210 - Romanzoffia Sitchensis / [William H. Rau]; #211 - Phacelia; #212 - Alene aeoulis Yoho 7.21.05; #213 - Coming storm on Lake Louise - C.P.R. 7/29/95 / M.T.S.; #214 - Lake Louise photog. party mounting / 99 / M.T.S.; #215 - Fem & Rubus pedatus / 98 Glacier; #216 - Sir Donald & Illecillewaet Glacier fr. Mt. Abbott 9/5/98; #217 - Mount Stephen & Cathedral Peak from Kicking - Horse Flats, [n.d.]; #218 - Sunlight beyond Cougar; fr. 30 S.S. 9/11/95; #219 - Ross Peak Glacier [n.d.]; #220 - Fern Glacier 9/14/96; #221 - Glacier Mountain and Hotel, from 19 snowshed / William H. Notman; #222 - Ross Peak [n.d.] / [ ? ]; #223 - Panoram of Sir Donald etc. fr. Glacier Crest 9/8/98; #224 - Cheops & Hermit range fr. W. end of 2nd bridge Mai's position Glacier 9/15/92; #225 - Trout. Glacier, B.C. Canada. [n.d.] / [Dr. Chas. Schaffer]; #226 - Cheops: Glacier: CPR 9.13.91; #227 - "Trail" Glacier; Foot Illecillewaet Glacier, 1898; #228 - Along the Blaeberry [n.d.]

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Lecture slides

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House

Date Range: 1883-1912

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 229 to 261

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 229 to 261

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1883-1912

Physical Description: 33 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House

Finding Aid: Copy prints are available for reference use

Location (Copy): Reference prints are available

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :; #229 - [George Stewart's log building at Siding 29]; #230 - [McCardell with the first "hotel" at the Cave and Basin, 1883]; #231 - [General store at Siding 29 / Bingham]; #232 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886]; #233 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886] - hand-coloured; #234 - [NWMP at police barracks in Banff]; #235 - [Group of people in front of Moulton Park Theatre]; #236 - [Bathhouse at Upper Hot Springs]; #237 - [Log bath house at Upper Hot Springs]; #238 - [Early bathers in basin pool at Cave and Basin]; #239 - [Early Banff from Beaver Street]; #240 - Banff Hotel and the mountain drive from Summit Mt. [view from Tunnel Mountain by Mary Schaffer]; #241 - [Jim Brewster with tally-ho in Banff Springs Hotel courtyard]; #242 - Hotel & Hermit fr. Glacier Trail. Snow. 9/20/95; #243 - [Early chalet at Lake Louise / Trueman & Caple]; #244 - Lady Aberdeen at Chalet sketching Lake Louise, Rockies, CPR, Oct 18/94; #245 - [Banff Springs Hotel, construction of center tower, ca.1912]; #246 - [Swimmers at Cave and Basin]; #247 - Winter bathing at the hot srings; #248 - [Early Banff Ave.]; #249 - [Group in front of unidentified Banff building]; #250 - [D.C. Baynes; Banff school class, ]; #251 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mt. Norquay]; #252 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mount Rundle]; #253 - [Banff Livery with sleighs in front]; #254 - [Banff Springs Hotel]; #255 - [Banff Springs Hotel and Bow Valley]; #256 - [Unidentified Indigenous man on Banff Ave.]; #257 - [Two Unidentified Indigenous people on horseback at Banff Indian Days camp near Cascade Mountain]; #258 - [Curling on backwater of Bow River]; #259 - Cutting ice on Bow River at Banff; #260 - Upper Hot Springs [in winter]; #261 - Tobogganing at Banff

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Banff Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number : 7919

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 7919

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm

Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Collected Material Series

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of textual records, photographs and video and sound recordings collected by Eleanor Luxton. Contents include various published and unpublished materials, including sheet music, correspondence, books about Canadian and Indigenous history, magazines, souvenir publications, travel guid…

Date Range: 1875-[2004]

Reference Code: LUX / II / F

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Textual record; Photograph; Sound recording; Video

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

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

Reference Code: LUX / II / F

GMD: Textual record; Photograph; Sound recording; Video

Date Range: 1875-[2004]

Physical Description: 37.0 cm textual records.-- photographs.-- 74 cm sound recordings

Scope & Content: Series consists of textual records, photographs and video and sound recordings collected by Eleanor Luxton. Contents include various published and unpublished materials, including sheet music, correspondence, books about Canadian and Indigenous history, magazines, souvenir publications, travel guides, and pamphlets; visual materials, including commercial postcards, portraits of Georginal Luxton and other family members, photographs of the Tilikum on display in Victoria, and a portfolio of illustrated Stoney Nakoda portraits by R.H. Palenske; oral histories recorded and collected by Eleanor Luxton; and a VHS copy of "Qualicum Wind".

Notes: Series consists of four sub-series:; Textual records; Photographs; Oral Histories (includes printed interview transcripts; transcripts in electronic format written to CD Rom and 3.5" floppy disk; supporting documentation; the recorded interviews on audio cassettes and R120 DAT tapes); Audiovisual and sound records

Finding Aid: Electronic finding aid available

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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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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Queen Elizabeth II wedding and coronation scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to the Royal Family's visits to Canada and the Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. Content also pertains to the death of King George VI and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952.

Date Range: [1944 - 1952]

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 5

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: [1944 - 1952]

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to the Royal Family's visits to Canada and the Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. Content also pertains to the death of King George VI and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Funeral; Genealogy; Coronation; Newspaper; Obituary; Public events; Regalia; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Royalty; Weddings; Children

Geographic Access: Canada; England; London

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Handle with caution as some contents are loose

Category: Family and personal life; Politics; Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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King George VI and British royal family [ca. 1935 - 1951]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to King George VI's coronation and Queen Elizabeth; newspaper clippings relating to British West Indies, Australia and other Empire colonies as well as related stories. Scrapbook also includes articles relating to King George VI and family. Also …

Date Range: [1935-1940]; 1939; 1951

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Postcard; Published record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 15

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Postcard; Published record

Date Range: [1935-1940]; 1939; 1951

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to King George VI's coronation and Queen Elizabeth; newspaper clippings relating to British West Indies, Australia and other Empire colonies as well as related stories. Scrapbook also includes articles relating to King George VI and family. Also included are two file folders containing:; four postcards bearing images of the King and Queen's visit to Belfast, troops inspections and two publications titled: "Their Majesties' Canadian Visit, 1939" and a timetable of Pilot train and boats and itinerary of activities [placed in a mylar sleeve and file folder].; booklet and b&w photographs relating to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's Royal Visit, 1939 [placed in a file folder].

Subject Access: Politics; Public events; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Royalty; Trains; Travel; Newspaper; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Jasper; England; London

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Postcard prints and other inserts have been placed in mylar inside scrapbook

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Politics; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Anti-Nazi Espionage Articles Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing a newspaper article about the American Government effort to combat Nazi spies. Includes newspaper clippings of individuals who aided the breaking of spy codes and clippings of individuals jailed for being spys.

Date Range: 1940-1950

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 32

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 32

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1940-1950

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (28 pages ; 28 x 32 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing a newspaper article about the American Government effort to combat Nazi spies. Includes newspaper clippings of individuals who aided the breaking of spy codes and clippings of individuals jailed for being spys.

Subject Access: Newspaper; Spys; Spying; War; World War II

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Newsworthy Articles Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing 1925 newspaper clippings from The Bulletin pertaining to the Locarno Security Pact ; January, 1959 Herald Magazine news-clippings relating to Bow River Lodge Anniversary ; Article written by David G. Ross "A Strategy of Mountains" ; Newspaper articles on a va…

Date Range: 1925-1963

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 34

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

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Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 34

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1925-1963

Physical Description: 5.5 cm of textual records (19 pages ; 25.5 x 31 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing 1925 newspaper clippings from The Bulletin pertaining to the Locarno Security Pact ; January, 1959 Herald Magazine news-clippings relating to Bow River Lodge Anniversary ; Article written by David G. Ross "A Strategy of Mountains" ; Newspaper articles on a variety of subjects ; July 1963 The Calgary Herald articles pertaining to Camp Hector ; 1962 articles from The Calgary Herald ; February 1958 article on Chief Crowfoot ; March 1959 article re birthday celebrations for Walking Buffalo ; March 1960 articles from The South Side Mirror - The Weekly Star relating to Mrs. Dowler, a Glenmore resident ; A variety of newspaper clippings unsorted and placed in between the pages of the scrapbook ; December 1928 copy of The Alberta Sentinel ; Clippings of b&w published photographs of mountains, lamas at a monastery, and various ethnographic photographs.

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Anniversary; Glenmore Dam; Military; Missionaries; Mountains; Newspaper; Oldtimers; Organizations; Stoney; Stoney Nakoda

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Canmore; Morley; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Glacier : [Glacier BC area]

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of landscape views and includes Freshfield Glacier climbing, 1969

Date Range: 1947-[1982]

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 31 / NS - 1 to 96

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M7; V46

Series: I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities

Sous-Fonds: V46

Accession Number: 7181

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 31 / NS - 1 to 96

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Other Title Info: Alternate title: Glacier 56-62-74-77

Date Range: 1947-[1982]

Physical Description: 96 photographs : transparencies, 35mm, col

Scope & Content: File consists of landscape views and includes Freshfield Glacier climbing, 1969

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 30 ) :; * Climbing - 1947; * Glacier landscape view (fall) - 1948; * A. O. Wheeler Hut, Glacier area landscapes (winter and summer), Asulkan Glacier and Canadian Pacific Railway train - 1951; * Connaught Tunnel, bridge, cabin behind A. O. Wheeler Hut, Mount Sir Donald - 1952; * Climbing The Hermit, Mount Tupper and Mount Sir Donald; A. O. Wheeler Hut (winter and summer), Hermit Hut - 1955; * Ski touring and landscape views at Glacier area, including A. O. Wheeler Hut - 1956; * A. O. Wheeler Hut and cabin behind it - 1960; * Glacier area landscapes, including Glacier train station, A. O. Wheeler Hut, Mount Sir Donald - 1962; * Freshfield Glacier climbing - 1969; * Glacier landscape views and climbing, including "The pink & purple rope" / R. Hind (Class II #2), Uto Peak - 1974; * Glacier landscape, camp - 1977; * Botany - 1980; * Selkirk Mountains - 1982; * A. O. Wheeler hut (summer) - [ca.1990?]

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Reminiscences

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of reminiscences in the form of trip accounts and memoirs

Date Range: 1913-1957

Reference Code: LUX / I / D4 - 1, 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

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Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 4 : Writing

Reference Code: LUX / I / D4 - 1, 2

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1913-1957

Physical Description: 13 textual records (1.5 cm) : typescripts, holographs

Scope & Content: File consists of reminiscences in the form of trip accounts and memoirs

Access Restrictions: Access to originals is restricted. Reference copies are available

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF ITEMS (LUX / I / D4 - 1, 2) :; * [Trip account], 1917, 6p, holograph. Re wild horse roundup; * Luxton spins an interesting yarn : [memoir], 1923, 4 drafts, holographs, typescript. Re working at the Calgary Herald 1896 to 1899; * Brooks Alta hunting 1944 : [trip account], 1944, 19p, typescript; title from envelope; * A few remarks about my shoot at Brooks Oct.20th and to continue until the weather is impossible 1945 : [trip account], 1945, 19p, typescript; * Trip from Banff via Big Bend Highway to within about fifty miles of Fort George on the Cariboo Road in Aug. 1947 : [trip account], 1947, 7p, typescript; title from envelope; * Saturday August 21st 1948 : [trip account], 1948, 1 p, typescript; re hunting trip to Columbia Valley; * Take it or leave it : [memoir], 1949, 5p, typescript; re Luxton home in London, Ontario, ca.1885; * [Memoirs], [1957?], 21p, typescript. Written for the Calgary Herald 75th anniversary issue (1958). Accompanied by two notes and a letter; * [Trip account], [before 1950], 9p, holograph; * [Memoir], 6p, typescript, annotated; re Hector Crawler

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General accounts

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to business, properties, rentals, banking, house and personal accounts

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1960]

Reference Code: LUX / I / C1 / 60 to 71

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Textual record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / C : Business, legal and financial

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

Reference Code: LUX / I / C1 / 60 to 71

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1960]

Physical Description: 11 v. and ca.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to business, properties, rentals, banking, house and personal accounts

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Content Details: LIST OF VOLUMES (LUX / I / C1 - 60 to 71):; * [Account ledger], ca.1905, 1 v. Entries pertain to Merchants Bank, H. E. Sibbald, David McDougall, and personal accounts. Some entries are dated 1906 and 1907 (folder 60); * Transient ledger : [sheets], 1911, 1.5 cm. Re house, bar, livery and curio accounts (folder 61) - Oversize storage; * [Account ledger], 1912-1928, 1 v. Re businesses (curio, coal, livery, other) and personal accounts (folder 62); * Purchase and general accounts : [ledger sheets], 1914-1928, 4 sheets. Re properties. Involves Byron Lee Smith and Robert Vass (folder 63) - Oversize storage; * Purchase and general accounts : [ledger sheets], 1915-1927, 1.5 cm. Re properties, businesses, insurance and personal accounts (folder 63) - Oversize storage; * [Account ledger], 1917, 1 v. Re mainly horse and hay accounts with individuals and businesses (folder 64) - Oversize storage; * Daily statement of business : [cash and charge records], 1917-1918, 2 v. (folder 65) - Oversize storage; * [Property record books], 1907-1928, 3 v. Property records describe Luxton properties, enhancements, rents, furnishings, renters, etc. Books cover 1918-1922 (with loose items back to 1907), 1922-1925, and 1923-1928. Includes loose items (folder 66); * [Account book], 1925-1936, 1 v. Re personal accounts, including sundries and banking, also curio shop etc (folder 67) - Oversize storage; * [Account ledger], 1932-1945, 1 v. Re business, rental and personal accounts (folder 68); * [Account sheets], 1935-1939, .5 cm. Re sundries, banking, curio store, personal and car accounts (folder 68B) - Oversize storage; * [Account sheets], 1943-1944, .5 cm. Re business, property and personal accounts (folder 69) - Oversize storage; * [Account ledger], 1948-1956, 1 v. Re properties, business leases, rents and taxes (folder 70); * [Account book sheets], before 1962, .5 cm. Re accounts with Stoney individuals, perhaps at Morley (folder 71)

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Banff Indian Days brochures

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of promotional materials in the form of brochures and a flyer for Banff Indian Days. Some brochures are annotated [possibly containing edits before being published]. Contains duplicates of some items.

Date Range: 1938-1953

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Published record; Textual record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 6

GMD: Published record; Textual record

Responsibility: Some items published by Crag & Canyon Presses

Date Range: 1938-1953

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records : 12 items ; 15.6 x 24.0 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of promotional materials in the form of brochures and a flyer for Banff Indian Days. Some brochures are annotated [possibly containing edits before being published]. Contains duplicates of some items.

Notes: Copies of items may be found in LUX / II / F1 / 20. One flyer and two brochures with annotations have been digitized as other materials have been digitized and may found in LUX / II / F1 / 20.; Reference copies of Banff Indian Days posters were included in this file, however they were stored with additional Banff Indian Day posters and may now be found at LUX / I / D3. The associated items are LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14