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Mann family annotated postcard collection

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of annotated souvenir postcards sent to Walter and Richard Mann from various friends and relatives between ca.1905-1920. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies, including views of Lake Louise, Edmonton, Lake O'Hara and Glacier National Park.
Date Range
1905
[1910-1920]
1916
1920
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 3151 / 1 to 9
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Postcard
Textual record
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8
V8
S8
Sous-Fonds
M8
Accession Number
3151
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 3151 / 1 to 9
GMD
Postcard
Textual record
Date Range
1905
[1910-1920]
1916
1920
Physical Description
9 annotated postcards
Scope & Content
File consists of annotated souvenir postcards sent to Walter and Richard Mann from various friends and relatives between ca.1905-1920. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies, including views of Lake Louise, Edmonton, Lake O'Hara and Glacier National Park.
Subject Access
Travel
Tourism
Family and personal life
Mountains
Landscapes
Trains
Canadian Pacific Railway
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Lake Louise
Edmonton
British Columbia
Glacier National Park
Language
English
Conservation
Postcards are stored in mylar sleeves
Related Material
M8/accn.1430
Category
Exploration and travel
Family and personal life
Tourism
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Journal of a six months tour by a lady octogenarian : from Scotland to British Columbia and back...

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1901
Publisher
Kirkcaldy (Scotland) : Fifeshire Advertiser
Call Number
02.3 St6
Responsibility
[A. J. Stocks]
Publisher
Kirkcaldy (Scotland) : Fifeshire Advertiser
Published Date
1901
Physical Description
145p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff National Park
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
5195
Call Number
02.3 St6
Collection
Archives Library
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The Dominion of Canada, with Newfoundland and an excursion to Alaska : handbook for travellers

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1900
Author
Baedeker, Karl
Publisher
Leipzig : K.B
Edition
2d rev. ed
Call Number
02.4 B14
Author
Baedeker, Karl
Edition
2d rev. ed
Publisher
Leipzig : K.B
Published Date
1900
Physical Description
lxii, 268p. : maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Guidebooks
Notes
Index
Accession Number
15000 (deaccessioned)
2926
Call Number
02.4 B14
Collection
Archives Library
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The Dominion of Canada, with Newfoundland and an excursion to Alaska : handbook for travellers

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1907
Author
Baedeker, Karl
Publisher
Leipzig : K.B
Edition
3d rev. ed
Call Number
02.4 B14 1907
Author
Baedeker, Karl
Edition
3d rev. ed
Publisher
Leipzig : K.B
Published Date
1907
Physical Description
lxiv, 331p. : maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Guidebooks
Notes
Index
Accession Number
18500
Call Number
02.4 B14 1907
Collection
Archives Library
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Canada's century : progress and resources of the great Dominion

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1907
Author
Barrett, R. J
Publisher
London : The Financier and Bullionist
Call Number
03.6 B27
Author
Barrett, R. J
Responsibility
with an introduction by the Right Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal
Publisher
London : The Financier and Bullionist
Published Date
1907
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff
Canadian Pacific Railway
Exshaw
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Accession Number
400
Call Number
03.6 B27
Collection
Archives Library
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Summer suns in the far west : a holiday trip to the Pacific slope

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1890
Author
Blaikie, W. G
Publisher
London : Thomas Nelson
Call Number
02.3 B57
Author
Blaikie, W. G
Publisher
London : Thomas Nelson
Published Date
1890
Physical Description
160p : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
337
Call Number
02.3 B57
Collection
Archives Library
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By ocean, prairie and peak : some gleanings from an emigrant chaplain's log on journeys to British Columbia, Manitoba and eastern Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1896
Author
Boddy, Alexander A
Publisher
London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Call Number
02.4 B63
Author
Boddy, Alexander A
Publisher
London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Published Date
1896
Physical Description
204p. : ill., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
24000
Call Number
02.4 B63
Collection
Archives Library
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Canada in the twentieth century

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1903
Author
Bradley, A. G
Publisher
London : Archibald Constable
Call Number
02.4 B72
Author
Bradley, A. G
Publisher
London : Archibald Constable
Published Date
1903
Physical Description
xii, 428p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notes
Index
Accession Number
22500
Call Number
02.4 B72
Collection
Archives Library
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Publications, correspondence, events

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Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwrit…
Date Range
1888
1898
1906
[ca. 1910]
1911
1914 - 1916
[ca. 1915 - ca. 1920]
Reference Code
M74 / IV / A / 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Postcard
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M74 / V324
Series
M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records
Sous-Fonds
M74
Sub-Series
M74 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920
Accession Number
3109
2016.8581
Reference Code
M74 / IV / A / 1
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Postcard
Date Range
1888
1898
1906
[ca. 1910]
1911
1914 - 1916
[ca. 1915 - ca. 1920]
Physical Description
1.5 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Frederick Albert Woodworth (August 8, 1895 - April 16, 1916) was the fifth child of eleven, born to parents Elizabeth and Benjamin Woodworth in the town of Banff. Fred Woodworth worked as an electrician in the mines at Bankhead prior to joining the war effort in February 1915. Fred was shot by enemy fire on April 16, 1916 and is now buried in Ypres, Belgium. Fred has a second memorial located in the Woodworth family section of the Banff Town Cemetery.
Scope & Content
File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwritten; postcards sent to Benjamin Sr., Maud and Ethel Woodworth, between 1906 and ca. 1915; a copy of the newsletter "Trench Echo" from the 27th Battalion in Winnipeg from 1915; a dinner banquet menu/programme for the 56th Overseas Battalion dated 1916; a news clipping announcing the marriage of Ted and Minnie Davidson, ca. 1915; two pages of a June 7, 1888 publication of the "National Park Life" newspaper; an invitation to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Ladies Auxiliay Annual Ball 1914; and a news clipping of a memorial article for Frederick Woodworth who was killed in action during World War I.
Notes
One page of a two-page handwritten poem is signed "E M W" [likely "Ella Maud Woodworth"].
Name Access
Brett, Reginald H. (Harry)
Tuthill, J. A.
Woodworth, Benjamin Frederick
Brett, Robert G.
Woodworth, Fred
Woodworth, Maude
Subject Access
Sports
Winter sports
Hockey
Community events
Hotels
Travel
Family and personal life
Cascade Lodge No. 5
Military
World War I
National parks and reserves
Canadian Pacific Railway
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Calgary
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Language
English
Conservation
Fragile newspaper and loose pages encased in mylar or acid free paper for protection, use caution when handling
Category
Family and personal life
Military
Biographical Source Notes
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12326261/frederick-albert-woodworth
https://albertaonrecord.ca/woodworth-family-fonds
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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America's wonderlands : a pictorial and descriptive history of our country's scenic marvels as delineated by pen and camera

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1893
Author
Buel, J. W
Publisher
Philadelphia : Historical Publishing
Call Number
02.3 B86 oversize
Author
Buel, J. W
Publisher
Philadelphia : Historical Publishing
Published Date
1893
Physical Description
503p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
18500
Call Number
02.3 B86 oversize
Collection
Archives Library
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Zigzag journeys in the great Northwest : or a trip to the American Switzerland

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1890
Author
Butterworth, Hezekiah
Publisher
Boston : Estes and Lauriat
Call Number
02.3 B97
Author
Butterworth, Hezekiah
Publisher
Boston : Estes and Lauriat
Published Date
1890
Physical Description
319p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Juvenile literature
Notes
Also available on microfiche
Accession Number
400
Call Number
02.3 B97
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian National Park

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[1904]
Author
Canada. Department of the Interior
Call Number
13.113 C16 Pam
13.113 C16 Pam c.2
Author
Canada. Department of the Interior
Published Date
[1904]
Physical Description
63p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff National Park
Canadian Pacific Railway
Tourism
Travel
Mountains
First Nations
Rivers
Flowers
Lakes
Trees
Trails
Wildlife
Abstract
Pertains to travel to the Rocky Mountain Parks (Banff National Park) including summaries and photos and drawings of popular attractions
Notes
Cover title: Canadian National Park (Rocky Mountains) Banff, Alberta. This cover was used on page 121 of "The selling of Canada" by E. J. Hart, which indicated that this was the Canadian Government's first major tourist literature to support the efforts of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
2308
2019.103
Call Number
13.113 C16 Pam
13.113 C16 Pam c.2
Collection
Archives Library
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Part Of
Robert J. McGuinness fonds
Scope & Content
Series consists of: one postcard inside a protective cover (H9 x W14.5 cm) one hand-written note (H14.5 x W15 cm) one 13-page hand-written memoir/family history by Oswald A. McGuinness (H28 x W21.5 cm) one envelope (H40 x W23 cm) Content includes: McGuinness family tree; history of the McGuinness f…
Date Range
1953-1977
Reference Code
M460 / II / 1-4
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Postcard
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
Robert J. McGuinness fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
M460
Series
M460 / II : McGuinness Family
Sous-Fonds
M460
Accession Number
2018.9000
Reference Code
M460 / II / 1-4
GMD
Postcard
Private record
Textual record
Date Range
1953-1977
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records (16 pages ; 23 x 40 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
Series consists of:
one postcard inside a protective cover (H9 x W14.5 cm)
one hand-written note (H14.5 x W15 cm)
one 13-page hand-written memoir/family history by Oswald A. McGuinness (H28 x W21.5 cm)
one envelope (H40 x W23 cm)
Content includes: McGuinness family tree; history of the McGuinness family and their time in Belleville, Ontario; Robert's role as inspecting engineer in the Banff Springs expansion; Robert's artwork on the CPR postcard depicting the spiral tunnels; and the envelope that was used to gift the above items to the Whyte Museum
Notes
Oswald A. McGuinness is the younger brother of Father Robert McGuinness. Oswald was a surveyor and helped build the road from Invermere to Calgary, and he lived in Invermere
The McGuinness family tree goes back to Oswald and Robert's great-grandparents, from Ireland to England and then to Ontario
In the hand-written note, which is undated and the author is unknown although it is possible that it was written by Flora McGuinness when she gave it to Mark Nightingale, an association between Robert and the building of the Bow River Bridge is made
Mark Nightingale also gifted 3 newspaper clippings located in M460 / I / B / 3-5
M460 / II / 1 : created by the Canadian Pacific Railway
M460 / II / 3 : created by Oswald A. McGuinness
Name Access
McGuinness, Robert J.
McGuinness, Oswald A.
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Banff
Art
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
Canada
Ontario
Language
English
Creator
Canadian Pacific Railway
McGuinness, Oswald A.
Category
Arts
Family and personal life
Religions
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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The great war of 189- : a forecast

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1893
Author
Colomb, P
Publisher
London : William Heinemann
Call Number
08 C71
Author
Colomb, P
Responsibility
by Rear-Admiral P. Colomb (and others)...
illustrations...by F. Villiers
Publisher
London : William Heinemann
Published Date
1893
Physical Description
x, 308p. : ill., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
400
Call Number
08 C71
Collection
Archives Library
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Across widest America : Newfoundland to Alaska

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1906
Author
Devine, E. J
Publisher
New York : Benzinger Brothers
Edition
2d ed
Call Number
02.3 D49
Author
Devine, E. J
Edition
2d ed
Publisher
New York : Benzinger Brothers
Published Date
1906
Physical Description
307p. : ill., ports., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
400
Call Number
02.3 D49
Collection
Archives Library
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A social departure : how Orthodocia and I went round the world by ourselves

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1891
Author
Duncan, Sara Jeannette
Publisher
New York : D. Appleton and Company
Call Number
02 D91s
Author
Duncan, Sara Jeannette
Responsibility
Sara Jeannette Duncan, with illustrations by F.H. Townsend
Publisher
New York : D. Appleton and Company
Published Date
1891
Physical Description
417p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Glacier House
Illecillewaet Glacier
Women
Notes
Partial contents: p.40-51 pertains to Victorian era tourism in Canadian Rocky Mountains around Banff, Lake Louise and Yoho areas
Accession Number
39000
Call Number
02 D91s
Collection
Archives Library
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Our western archipelago

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1895
Author
Field, Henry M
Publisher
New York : Charles Scribner
Call Number
02.3 F45
Author
Field, Henry M
Publisher
New York : Charles Scribner
Published Date
1895
Physical Description
ix, 250p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
21000
Call Number
02.3 F45
Collection
Archives Library
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Awakening continent : the life of Lord Mount Stephen

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1965
Author
Gilbert, Heather
Publisher
Aberdeen (Scotland) : Aberdeen University Press
Call Number
08.5 St4g
Author
Gilbert, Heather
Publisher
Aberdeen (Scotland) : Aberdeen University Press
Published Date
1965
Physical Description
1v. : ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Norquay, John
Smith, Donald
Stephen, George
Notes
Index
Accession Number
400
Call Number
08.5 St4g
Collection
Archives Library
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"Clear round!" : a story of world-travel

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1903
Author
Gordon, E. A
Publisher
London : Sampson, Low, Marston
Edition
3d ed., rev. and enl
Call Number
02 G65
Author
Gordon, E. A
Responsibility
with illustrations, maps and introductory letter from F. Max Muller
Edition
3d ed., rev. and enl
Publisher
London : Sampson, Low, Marston
Published Date
1903
Physical Description
xvi, 341p. : ill., port
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notes
Index
Accession Number
19500
Call Number
02 G65
Collection
Archives Library
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Commercial postcards

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Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are a…
Date Range
[ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
1912 - 1916
1922
Reference Code
V324 / IV / E / PG - 1 to 20
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Postcard
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M74 / V324
Series
V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records
Sous-Fonds
V324
Sub-Series
V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection
Accession Number
3109
Reference Code
V324 / IV / E / PG - 1 to 20
GMD
Postcard
Responsibility
Produced by Byron Harmon, V & Sons, Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd., Vancouver, George Noble, Novelty Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
Date Range
[ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
1912 - 1916
1922
Physical Description
20 postcards : b&w and col. ; 14 x 9 cm and 13.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are annotated with dates/brief details. One postcard dated 1913 contains letter addressed to Flora Woodworth from her cousin, Mary Woodworth, with stamp affixed [see "Full Text"].
Notes
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
Name Access
Harmon, Byron
Noble, George
Subject Access
Travel
Tourism
Sports
Winter sports
Hockey
Snowshoes and snowshoeing
Mountain
Landscapes
Banff Winter Carnival
Animals
Bears
Hunting
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hotel
Ice sculpture
Horses
Ski jumping
Children
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
British Columbia
Field
Bow River
Glacier
Cascade Mountain
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Heavily annotated postcard with affixed stamp [item V324 / IV / E / PG - 12] has been placed in mylar to prevent ink transfer.
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Transportation
Family and personal life
Environment
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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