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Published reports by others

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Mary Schaffer fonds
Scope & Content
Published articles are by A. P. Coleman, James McEnvoy, Jean Habel, A. O. Wheeler and Joseph Keele; also Department of the Interior and other reports. Articles pertain to Mount Brown; Athabasca, Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers; Yellowhead Pass, Mackenzie Mountains; national parks. The Mountains of the…
Date Range
1895-1928
Reference Code
M79 / 14 - 15
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.B. Other papers: manuscripts, reports by others.
Reference Code
M79 / 14 - 15
Date Range
1895-1928
Physical Description
10 textual records
Scope & Content
Published articles are by A. P. Coleman, James McEnvoy, Jean Habel, A. O. Wheeler and Joseph Keele; also Department of the Interior and other reports. Articles pertain to Mount Brown; Athabasca, Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers; Yellowhead Pass, Mackenzie Mountains; national parks. The Mountains of the Yellowhead Pass / A. O. Wheeler, 1913 is annotated with critical margin notes by Mary Schaffer
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Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area

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Mary Schaffer fonds
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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
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Lantern slide
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Mary Schaffer fonds
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Misc. notes and business cards. Includes list of Robb home domestic staff, list of apple blossom dates in Concord, Mass. and notes on Edward Sylvester Morse as a young boy.
Date Range
1872-1924
Reference Code
M36 / II / E / 1 / b / 1972
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
II.E. Russell Robb Sr. papers
Reference Code
M36 / II / E / 1 / b / 1972
Responsibility
Responsibility: Russell Robb Sr.
Date Range
1872-1924
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope & Content
Misc. notes and business cards. Includes list of Robb home domestic staff, list of apple blossom dates in Concord, Mass. and notes on Edward Sylvester Morse as a young boy.
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Robb, Russell Sr.
Morse, Edward Sylvester
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Photographs, collected

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Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to the Connaught Tunnel, mountain scenery, Banff area people and buildings. Includes views along the Canadian Pacific Railway by R. H. Trueman, Trueman and Caple and A. B. Thom. Also includes some photographs by Nick Morant
Date Range
[ca.1890-ca.1972]
Reference Code
V500 / E / 6, 7 (PA, NA)
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.D. Personal and family records : collected material
Reference Code
V500 / E / 6, 7 (PA, NA)
Date Range
[ca.1890-ca.1972]
Physical Description
36 photographs : prints, negatives
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to the Connaught Tunnel, mountain scenery, Banff area people and buildings. Includes views along the Canadian Pacific Railway by R. H. Trueman, Trueman and Caple and A. B. Thom. Also includes some photographs by Nick Morant
Related Material
Portions of this file are related by provenance to the A. B. Thom fonds (V13) and the R. H. Trueman fonds (V528)
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Mollie Morant papers

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of notebook, 1890-1900; ration books, 2 items; address books, 2 items; passport; colour photograph of Mollie, 1963. Notebook, titled "Mollie's little book" by Nick Morant, contains writings, poetry, sketches, newsclippings
Date Range
1890-[ca.1970]
Reference Code
M300 / D / 66, 67
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.C. Personal and family records : Francis and Mollie Morant
Reference Code
M300 / D / 66, 67
Date Range
1890-[ca.1970]
Physical Description
3.5 cm of textual records. -- 1 photograph : print
Scope & Content
File consists of notebook, 1890-1900; ration books, 2 items; address books, 2 items; passport; colour photograph of Mollie, 1963. Notebook, titled "Mollie's little book" by Nick Morant, contains writings, poetry, sketches, newsclippings
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Burton Wheatley family papers and photographs

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains mainly to Canadian Pacific Railway engineer, Burton Wheatley, and his death in a railway accident on the Field Hill, 1894. Includes CPR Solicitor’s Office Release re death of Burton Wheatley, 1895, 3 p. The Wheatley family was related to Willie Morant. File also contains notes and o…
Date Range
1884-1903
Reference Code
M300 / D / 74 to 77
V500 / E / 5 (PA)
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.D. Personal and family records : collected material
Reference Code
M300 / D / 74 to 77
V500 / E / 5 (PA)
Date Range
1884-1903
Physical Description
5 cm of textual records. -- 2 photographs : prints
Scope & Content
File pertains mainly to Canadian Pacific Railway engineer, Burton Wheatley, and his death in a railway accident on the Field Hill, 1894. Includes CPR Solicitor’s Office Release re death of Burton Wheatley, 1895, 3 p. The Wheatley family was related to Willie Morant. File also contains notes and other material pertaining to railway history, tunnels, other
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Rocky Mountain Scenery : Artistic and Geological

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
Edgar Dewdney photographic album "Rocky Mountain Scenery : Artistic and Geological." Photographer: Topley Studios (Ottawa). Includes early Banff townsite and surrounding area: Pilot Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Peechee, Sawback Range, also Ghost River Canyon region, Hoodoos, Crowsnest Mounta…
Date Range
ca. 1890
Reference Code
V8 / accn. 7827 / oversize
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
7827
Reference Code
V8 / accn. 7827 / oversize
Date Range
ca. 1890
Physical Description
1 photographic album
History / Biographical
Edgar Dewdney was born in Devonshire, England and came to Canada in 1859. He was a surveyor and civil engineer. Became a member of the British Columbia Assembly, 1869-1872, sat in the House of Commons as a Conservative member, 1872-1879 and 1888-1892. Dewdney also served as an Indian Affairs Commissioner for Manitoba and the Northwest Territories from 1879 to 1888, was Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories,1881 to1892 and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1892 to 1897.
Scope & Content
Edgar Dewdney photographic album "Rocky Mountain Scenery : Artistic and Geological." Photographer: Topley Studios (Ottawa). Includes early Banff townsite and surrounding area: Pilot Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Peechee, Sawback Range, also Ghost River Canyon region, Hoodoos, Crowsnest Mountain and Crowsnest Pass region. -- Gift of Yantara Loretta Walker, 2000.
Title Source
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Gilbert W. Francklyn fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs by Gilbert Francklyn and include images of Healy Creek Valley, Consolation Valley, Mt. Assiniboine, Moraine Lake, Pipestone River, Castle Mountain, and the Bow River. Some of the colour prints have a b&w equivalent (see files V185 / 24-46 and V185 / 47-68). Many of t…
Date Range
[ca. 1895-1910]
Reference Code
V185 / 1-23
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Gilbert W. Francklyn fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Accession Number
8027
Reference Code
V185 / 1-23
Date Range
[ca. 1895-1910]
Physical Description
23 photographs: prints; col.
History / Biographical
Gilbert W. Francklyn was a photographer who worked with Edward Whymper in the 1890s.
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs by Gilbert Francklyn and include images of Healy Creek Valley, Consolation Valley, Mt. Assiniboine, Moraine Lake, Pipestone River, Castle Mountain, and the Bow River. Some of the colour prints have a b&w equivalent (see files V185 / 24-46 and V185 / 47-68). Many of the prints have notes written on the back identifying places and activities. All prints are undated.
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Gilbert W. Francklyn fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs by Gilbert Francklyn and include images of camp at Moraine Lake, Mt. Assiniboine, a small falls near Mt. Assiniboine, Lake Louise, Mt. Lefroy, the Bow River from the Banff Springs Hotel, Sunburst Lake, and Devil's Lake. Some of the b&w prints have a colour equivalent (…
Date Range
[ca. 1895-1910]
Reference Code
V185 / 24-46
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Gilbert W. Francklyn fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Accession Number
8027
Reference Code
V185 / 24-46
Date Range
[ca. 1895-1910]
Physical Description
23 photographs: prints; b&w
History / Biographical
Gilbert W. Francklyn was a photographer who worked with Edward Whymper in the 1890s.
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs by Gilbert Francklyn and include images of camp at Moraine Lake, Mt. Assiniboine, a small falls near Mt. Assiniboine, Lake Louise, Mt. Lefroy, the Bow River from the Banff Springs Hotel, Sunburst Lake, and Devil's Lake. Some of the b&w prints have a colour equivalent (see file V185 / 1-23). Many of the prints have notes written on the back identifying places and activities. All prints are undated.
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File consists of photographs by Gilbert Francklyn and include images of Castle Mountain, Devil's Lake, Consolation Valley Lakes, a camp at Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, the Victoria Glacier, Mt. Lefroy, the Bee Hive, Lake Agnes, Temple Mtn, Mt. Assiniboine, the Bow River, Mt. Rundle and the Banff Spri…
Date Range
[ca. 1895-1910]
Reference Code
V185 / 47-68
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Gilbert W. Francklyn fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Accession Number
8027
Reference Code
V185 / 47-68
Date Range
[ca. 1895-1910]
Physical Description
22 photographs: prints; b&w
History / Biographical
Gilbert W. Francklyn was a photographer who worked with Edward Whymper in the 1890s.
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs by Gilbert Francklyn and include images of Castle Mountain, Devil's Lake, Consolation Valley Lakes, a camp at Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, the Victoria Glacier, Mt. Lefroy, the Bee Hive, Lake Agnes, Temple Mtn, Mt. Assiniboine, the Bow River, Mt. Rundle and the Banff Springs Hotel. Some of the b&w prints have a colour equivalent (see file V185 / 1-23). Many of the prints have notes written on the back identifying places and activities. All prints are undated.
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[Norman Luxton Papers]

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Files consist of photocopied material from 2 binders containing original Norman Luxton papers.
Date Range
[1893-1963]
Reference Code
LUX / I / D3e - 2, 3, 4, 5
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations
Sous-Fonds
I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / I / D3e - 2, 3, 4, 5
Date Range
[1893-1963]
Physical Description
9 cm textual material
Scope & Content
Files consist of photocopied material from 2 binders containing original Norman Luxton papers.
Title Source
Title based on contents of files
Processing Status
Processed
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Bow River Boat House records

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of an account ledger book with 8 loose pages inserted into front of ledger book and a customer index booklet. Loose pages include a bill of lading from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to Allan Mather for transport of a Cabin Cruiser from the Alberta Motor Boat Co. Ltd.; Bow Rive…
Date Range
1897-1917, 1923
Reference Code
LUX / I / E1 - 9
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
I.E.1. Collected Material : Business records
Sous-Fonds
I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / I / E1 - 9
Date Range
1897-1917, 1923
Physical Description
3.0 cm textual material
Scope & Content
File consists of an account ledger book with 8 loose pages inserted into front of ledger book and a customer index booklet. Loose pages include a bill of lading from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to Allan Mather for transport of a Cabin Cruiser from the Alberta Motor Boat Co. Ltd.; Bow River Boat House account sheets for Leonard Smith, Gordon Guard, and Mr. Jas. Simpson.
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Processing Status
Processed
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Central United Church, Calgary

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of historical material on the Central United Church of Calgary.
Date Range
ca.1875-1975
Reference Code
LUX / II / F1 - 1
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II. F. Collected Material Series : Textual
Sous-Fonds
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / II / F1 - 1
Date Range
ca.1875-1975
Physical Description
3 items textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of historical material on the Central United Church of Calgary.
Title Source
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Processing Status
Processed
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Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Records in this file consist of letters and postcards addressed to Georgina McDougall Luxton from Norman Luxton, family and friends.
Date Range
1888-1907
Reference Code
LUX / III / B1 - 1
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.B.1. Georgina Luxton : Correspondence
Sous-Fonds
III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / III / B1 - 1
Date Range
1888-1907
Physical Description
3.0 cm textual records.
Scope & Content
Records in this file consist of letters and postcards addressed to Georgina McDougall Luxton from Norman Luxton, family and friends.
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Scope & Content
Records in this file consist of a personal autograph book belonging to Georgina McDougall Luxton, a receipt from C.J. Smith, and a newsclipping pertaining to Alberta pioneers.
Date Range
1887-1949
Reference Code
LUX / III / B2 - 1
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.B.2. Georgina Luxton : Personal Papers
Sous-Fonds
III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / III / B2 - 1
Date Range
1887-1949
Physical Description
1.0 cm textual records.
Scope & Content
Records in this file consist of a personal autograph book belonging to Georgina McDougall Luxton, a receipt from C.J. Smith, and a newsclipping pertaining to Alberta pioneers.
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Correspondence: William Luxton and Donald Smith

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence between William Fisher Luxton and Donald Smith pertaining to sensitive issues - financial matters and leadership issues of the Winnipeg Free Press and the Nor'Wester newspaper.
Date Range
1894-1896
Reference Code
LUX / III / C1 - 4
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.C.1. William Luxton family papers and photographs: William Luxton
Sous-Fonds
III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / III / C1 - 4
Date Range
1894-1896
Physical Description
1.0 cm textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence between William Fisher Luxton and Donald Smith pertaining to sensitive issues - financial matters and leadership issues of the Winnipeg Free Press and the Nor'Wester newspaper.
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Access to originals restricted.
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Processing Status
Processed
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File consists of miscellaneous receipts; a certificate of membership to the St. George Snow Shoe Club; a certificate conferring Commissioner of Oath status on W. F. Luxton; a copy of The Central Catholic, May 25, 1907 issue; three copies of a letter sent by W.F. Luxton to J.B. Somerset, Esq., 1897,…
Date Range
1897-1934
Reference Code
LUX / III / C1 - 9
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.C.1. William Luxton family papers and photographs: William Luxton
Sous-Fonds
III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / III / C1 - 9
Date Range
1897-1934
Physical Description
2.8 cm textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of miscellaneous receipts; a certificate of membership to the St. George Snow Shoe Club; a certificate conferring Commissioner of Oath status on W. F. Luxton; a copy of The Central Catholic, May 25, 1907 issue; three copies of a letter sent by W.F. Luxton to J.B. Somerset, Esq., 1897, pertaining to Luxton and the Winnipeg Free Press; a Winnipeg Free Press newspaper clipping re W.F. Luxton's funeral arrangements, 1907; a copy of a Manitoba Free Press article re W.F. Luxton's death, 1907; three newspaper clippings re W.F. Luxton's life and accomplishments in The Free Press Evening Bulletin, 1922 and The Huron, 1934.
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Correspondence: William Luxton and William C. Van Horne

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence between William Fisher Luxton and William C. Van Horne pertaining to sensitive issues - financial matters and leadership issues of the Winnipeg Free Press and the Nor'Wester newspaper.
Date Range
1895-1896
Reference Code
LUX / III / C1 - 7
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.C.1. William Luxton family papers and photographs: William Luxton
Sous-Fonds
III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / III / C1 - 7
Date Range
1895-1896
Physical Description
1.0 cm textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence between William Fisher Luxton and William C. Van Horne pertaining to sensitive issues - financial matters and leadership issues of the Winnipeg Free Press and the Nor'Wester newspaper.
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Access to originals restricted.
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Processed
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Scope & Content
Records include the Luxton Family Bible - Holy Bible, Teacher's Edition, with references and maps as well as ten miscellaneous items that were inserted in the Bible at the family record page. These enclosures include: A marriage certificate of Frederick M. Graham and Jennie H. McDougall, 1903 A r…
Date Range
[1877-1945]
Reference Code
LUX / III / C2 - 6
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.C.2. McDougall and Ross families papers and photographs
Sous-Fonds
III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / III / C2 - 6
Date Range
[1877-1945]
Physical Description
11 items textual records
Scope & Content
Records include the Luxton Family Bible - Holy Bible, Teacher's Edition, with references and maps as well as ten miscellaneous items that were inserted in the Bible at the family record page. These enclosures include:
A marriage certificate of Frederick M. Graham and Jennie H. McDougall, 1903
A record of a pioneer family of Southern Alberta up to the end of 1890
A letter from May McDougall Ross to Mrs. Berry, 1945 (on House of Commons Canada stationary)
A newspaper clipping obituary notice for William McKenzie
Correspondence from the Lieutenant-Governor's Office, 1897 requesting donations for plague and famine-stricken people of India. Also signed by D. McDougall
A program for the 4th Annual Round Up and Moochican, 1925 The Southern Alberta Pioneer's and Old Timers' Association
A newspaper clipping obituary notice for Mrs. Nellie Wood, 1941
A letter from Mrs. Christina Berry to Mrs. Ross, 1945
A Southern Alberta Pioneer's and Old Timers' Association 3rd Annual Round Up song sheet, 1924
A copy of Articles of a Treaty, 1877
The Luxton Family Bible belonged to Sarah Jane Luxton (Norman's mother) who passed it to Olive Luxton (Norman's sister); it was then passed down to Mary Nell Hosking (Norman's niece), then to Gail (Mary's daughter). The bible contains a family history, a record of marriages dating back to January 10, 1842, births, 1818, and deaths, 1848 (middle section; p.111 cont'd).
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