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Rocky Mountains Park topographical map

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one printed map on canvas depicting Rocky Mountains Park and surrounding areas, ca.1910-1930. Map is annotated with red hand-coloured markers and small notes written in black ink.

Date Range: [ca.1910-1930]

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / 38 (oversize)

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Map

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Other material

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

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / 38 (oversize)

GMD: Map

Date Range: [ca.1910-1930]

Physical Description: 1 topographical map : hand col., annotations, on canvas ; 150 x 100 cm

History / Biographical: Rocky Mountains Park was renamed Banff National Park on May 30, 1930 as part of the National Parks Act passed by the Government of Canada.

Scope & Content: File consists of one printed map on canvas depicting Rocky Mountains Park and surrounding areas, ca.1910-1930. Map is annotated with red hand-coloured markers and small notes written in black ink.

Notes: Context of map mostly unknown. Missing title, date and other identifying information.

Subject Access: Map; Geography; Landscapes; Parks

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Map is difficult to handle due to size and condition. Assistance from archival staff required for physical access

Language: English

Conservation: Use nitrile gloves while handling map

Biographical Source Notes: http://parkscanadahistory.com/publications/national-parks-act-1930.htm

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Antique Maps of India and Germany, Walter Wilcox Mounts

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 13 antique maps, 6 of which depict regions in India and 7 which depict regions in Germany. Content pertains to a small map collection originally issued to Tim Ffrench (?) during WWII which were later owned by Nicholas Morant. Some maps of reserves contain personal annotations and h…

Date Range: 1868; 1892; 1894; 1903; 1904; 1917; 1921; 1950

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 54 to 66 O.S. & V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 96 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Map; Textual record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: M300 & V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 54 to 66 O.S. & V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 96 O.S.

GMD: Map; Textual record

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: 1868; 1892; 1894; 1903; 1904; 1917; 1921; 1950

Physical Description: 13 Maps: print; b&w, and set of 4 rag paper mounts

Scope & Content: File consists of 13 antique maps, 6 of which depict regions in India and 7 which depict regions in Germany. Content pertains to a small map collection originally issued to Tim Ffrench (?) during WWII which were later owned by Nicholas Morant. Some maps of reserves contain personal annotations and highlighted/coloured routes; none of German maps are annotated. File also contains set of 4 rag paper mounts, annotated. 3 naming artist Walter Wilcox (likely formerly held his works but are now blank). One labelled 'Model'.

Notes: Maps were originally stored together in one poster tube labelled: "MAPS OF GERMANY INDIA See notes inside" Shipping label: PLS HOLD Armand To Nicholas Morant 222 Melville Ave Westmount Montreal" (with two 3 - cent stamps attached) Note inside, written by Nicholas Morant: "These maps were among those issued to Capt. Tim Ffrench (?) preparatory to intelligence work done during W. War II" Signed "Nick M." Wilcox mounts were stored in brown paper packaging with several other blank mounts (disposed of). Labelled section of original paper packaging has been stored with mounts in oversize box for reference.

Subject Access: Geography; Travel

Geographic Access: Germany; India

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified owners

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified owners.

Language: English; German

Conservation: Items must be kept only with items of similar materials, and stored with protective acid-free barriers to prevent further damage.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Maps of Banff and Western Canada

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 9 printed maps, b&w and col. [including zoning and topographical maps] depicting the Town of Banff and Banff National Park, the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve, the Moose Mountain region, Medicine Hat, and the province of Alberta. File includes Trail Riders' Map of the Canadian Rock…

Date Range: 1912; 1914; 1924; 1926; 1932; 1957; [1970-1980]

Reference Code: LUX / II / C5 / 25

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Map

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C5 : Other

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C5 / 25

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Map

Date Range: 1912; 1914; 1924; 1926; 1932; 1957; [1970-1980]

Physical Description: 9 maps : b&w and col. ; 168 x 71 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 9 printed maps, b&w and col. [including zoning and topographical maps] depicting the Town of Banff and Banff National Park, the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve, the Moose Mountain region, Medicine Hat, and the province of Alberta. File includes Trail Riders' Map of the Canadian Rockies which has smaller maps of Waterton Lakes, Glacier, Revelstoke, and other national parks printed on the back. Map of Medicine Hat includes annotated storage envelope with dimensions written on the front.

Subject Access: Cartography; Geography; Land use; Government; Travel; National parks and reserves

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Medicine Hat; Rocky Mountains; Glacier National Park; Revelstoke; Waterton Lakes National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Government; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Map, Indian Tribes of North America

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one b&w printed paper copy of a map titled "Indian Tribes of North America" [n.d., creator unknown].

Date Range: [1950-1970]

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 56

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Map; Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F1 : Textual

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 56

GMD: Map; Textual record; Published record

Date Range: [1950-1970]

Physical Description: 0.1 cm of textual records (map : b&w ; 48 x 53.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one b&w printed paper copy of a map titled "Indian Tribes of North America" [n.d., creator unknown].

Notes: Date range is estimate provided by Processing Archivist

Subject Access: Geography; Indigenous Peoples; Land, settlement and immigration

Geographic Access: Canada; United States of America

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Environment; First nations; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title taken from item in file

Processing Status: Processed

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Published regional and trail maps

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of maps depicting the Banff townsite and nearby travel routes. Includes a trail map for Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks; a road map for Banff and nearby areas [1965]; a numbered townsite map of Banff marking local hotels and attractions; and a photocopied map of a trail route …

Date Range: [1950-1970]; 1965

Reference Code: M545 / III / 29

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Map

Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: M545 / III : Published records

Sous-Fonds: M545

Accession Number: 5939

Reference Code: M545 / III / 29

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Map

Date Range: [1950-1970]; 1965

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (4 maps ; 35.5 x 21.5 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of maps depicting the Banff townsite and nearby travel routes. Includes a trail map for Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks; a road map for Banff and nearby areas [1965]; a numbered townsite map of Banff marking local hotels and attractions; and a photocopied map of a trail route used by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies [n.d.]

Notes: Banff townsite map has annotation marking the location of the Trail Ride Office on Caribou St.

Subject Access: Travel; Trails; Map; Land, settlement and immigration; Geography

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

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff National Park and Lake Louise maps

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of two folded maps and a small clipping [possibly top or bottom portion from a different map or one of maps in file]. One map is of Banff National Park and one is of Lake Louise [1959]. Banff National Park map has black pencil tracings over trail section near the bottom of the map and…

Date Range: 1959; [1960-1970]

Reference Code: M545 / V / 53

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Map

Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: M545 / V : Administrative records

Sous-Fonds: M545

Accession Number: 8235

Reference Code: M545 / V / 53

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Map

Date Range: 1959; [1960-1970]

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (2 maps ; 60.5 x 57.5 and 60 x 56.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of two folded maps and a small clipping [possibly top or bottom portion from a different map or one of maps in file]. One map is of Banff National Park and one is of Lake Louise [1959]. Banff National Park map has black pencil tracings over trail section near the bottom of the map and annotation in bottom right corner which reads "Natural Bridge". Lake Louise map produced by the Government of Canada.

Subject Access: Banff National Park; Environment; Geography; Map; Lake Louise; Travel; Government; National parks and reserves; Trails

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

Language: English

Conservation: Clipping stored in mylar due to significant staining and residue from tape; Items kept folded [not placed in mylar] due to mass production of content and minimal/no annotations

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Rocky Mountains and Yoho Park]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1910

Publisher: Ottawa : Dept. of the Interior

Call Number: C12-1.31

Publisher: Ottawa : Dept. of the Interior

Published Date: 1910

Physical Description: 1 map -- (NMC0014969)

Scale: indeterminable

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Yoho National Park; Rocky Mountains, Canada

Notes: Title information taken from notes pencilled on reverse; National Map Collection photostat, July 4, 1980

Call Number: C12-1.31

Collection: Archives Library

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[United States] And adjoining portions of Canada and Mexico

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1933

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-1.1(c)

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1933

Scale: Scale: 82 miles to 1 inch; Relief: Bench marks

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: United States

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C13-1.1(c)

Collection: Archives Library

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[United States]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1966

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-1.6

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1966

Scale: Scale: 26 miles to 1 inch; Relief: Bench marks

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: California, United States

Accession Number: 495

Call Number: C13-1.6

Collection: Archives Library

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[United States]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1964

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-1.8

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1964

Scale: Scale: 1.2 miles to 1 inch; Relief: Bench marks

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Washington, United States

Accession Number: 495

Call Number: C13-1.8

Collection: Archives Library

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[United States]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1962

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-1.9

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1962

Scale: 16 miles to 1 inch

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Washington/Boston, United States

Accession Number: 495

Call Number: C13-1.9

Collection: Archives Library

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Road map

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1930

Publisher: H.M. Gousha Co.

Call Number: C13-1.12

Publisher: H.M. Gousha Co.

Published Date: 1930

Scale: 27 miles to 1 inch

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Montana, United States

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C13-1.12

Collection: Archives Library

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Topographical maps

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1914

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Call Number: C13.12(a)

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Published Date: 1914

Scale: Scale: 1:125,000; Relief: Counter interval 100'

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Montana, United States

Notes: Chief Mountain. Browning

Accession Number: 718

Call Number: C13.12(a)

Collection: Archives Library

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[United States]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1930

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-1.13

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1930

Scale: 27.62 miles to 1 inch

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Louisiana, United States

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C13-1.13

Collection: Archives Library

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[United States]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1961

Publisher: Geological Survey

Call Number: C13-1.18

Publisher: Geological Survey

Published Date: 1961

Scale: Scale: 1:24,000; Relief: Counter Interval: 40'

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Colorado, United States

Notes: Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey as part of the Department of Interior program for the development of the Missouri River Basin

Accession Number: 9500

Call Number: C13-1.18

Collection: Archives Library

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[Central America]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1962

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-2.1(a)

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1962

Scale: Scale: 78 miles to 1 inch; Relief: Bench marks

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Mexico, Central America

Accession Number: 495

Call Number: C13-2.1(a)

Collection: Archives Library

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Archaeological map of Middle America

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1968

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-2.2

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1968

Scale: 35.5 miles to 1 inch

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Mexico, Central America

Accession Number: 673

Call Number: C13-2.2

Collection: Archives Library

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[West Indies]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1962

Publisher: National Geograpnic Society

Call Number: C13-2.4

Publisher: National Geograpnic Society

Published Date: 1962

Scale: Scale: 78 miles to 1 inch; Relief: Bench marks

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: West Indies, Central America

Accession Number: 495

Call Number: C13-2.4

Collection: Archives Library

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[South America]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1964

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-3.1

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1964

Scale: Scale: 105 miles to 1 inch; Relief: Bench marks

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Northwestern South America

Accession Number: 495

Call Number: C13-3.1

Collection: Archives Library

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[South America]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1962

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-3.2

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1962

Scale: Scale: 115 miles to 1 inch; Relief: Bench marks

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Eastern South America

Accession Number: 495

Call Number: C13-3.2

Collection: Archives Library

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