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Postcard album, Brewster family

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one postcard album with ca.65 images pertaining to members of the Brewster family; extended family and friends, some unidentified; buildings and landscapes from in and around Banff; winter sporting events; portraits of Indigenous men in regalia, including Hector Crawler [image by p…

Date Range: [ca.1900-1920]; 1918; 1921; 1942; 1949; 1962

Reference Code: V90 / VI / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Postcard; Print; Photograph

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436; V90

Series: V90 / VI : Later acquisitions

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: 2023.09

Reference Code: V90 / VI / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Postcard; Print; Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900-1920]; 1918; 1921; 1942; 1949; 1962

Physical Description: 1 album (ca.65 postcards and postcard prints): 23 x 39 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of one postcard album with ca.65 images pertaining to members of the Brewster family; extended family and friends, some unidentified; buildings and landscapes from in and around Banff; winter sporting events; portraits of Indigenous men in regalia, including Hector Crawler [image by photographer Byron Harmon]; members of the British royal family; men in military uniforms [World War I]; political satire and cartoon illustrations; and Australian wildlife.

Notes: Some postcard prints are annotated on the back; NOTE: some materials in this album contain offensive subject matter, including racist content. These materials reflect views from their original time period and have not been censored.

Subject Access: Banff; Businesses; Community life; Family and personal life; Home; Homestead; Indigenous people; Landscape; Military; Municipal views; Public events; Portrait; Recreation; Regalia; Royalty; Royal Visit; Sports; War; World War I; Winter sports; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Australia

Access Restrictions: Contains offensive subject matter- accessible at researcher's individual discretion

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Indigenous Peoples; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Photograph album

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Part Of: Underwood and Underwood Publishers fonds

Scope & Content: Item pertains to an unbound photo album containing 175 photographs, almost all of which have captions. Photographs consist of views of people, places and activities in the Banff and Kananaskis areas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports …

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1930]

Reference Code: V465 / PD - 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph

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Part Of: Underwood and Underwood Publishers fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V465

Sous-Fonds: V465

Accession Number: 6160, 6180

Reference Code: V465 / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph

Parallel Title: Parallel title is orginal title given

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1930]

Physical Description: 1 album (175 photographs : b&w ; 24.4 x 29.9 cm)

Scope & Content: Item pertains to an unbound photo album containing 175 photographs, almost all of which have captions. Photographs consist of views of people, places and activities in the Banff and Kananaskis areas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, events, scenic views. Many views include people. List of prints: 1 27000 Banff, Canada. Deer on edge of Banff 2 27001 - Banff, Canada. Lake Minnewanka, Indian Name - "Spirit Water", near Banff. 3 27002 - Banff, Canada. Golf Course. First Hole, Tunnel Mountain. [Banff Springs Golf Course]. 4 27003 - Banff, Canada. Golf Course. First Green, Part of Mt. Rundle, 8600 ft. [Banff Springs Golf Course]. 5 27004 - Banff, Canada. Looking from golf links along Bow River to C.P.R. Hotel and Sulphur Mountain. [Banff Springs Hotel]. 6 27005 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs] 7 27006 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 8 27007 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 9 27008 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 10 27009 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off] 11 27010 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Women teeing off] 12 27011 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Men on fairway, Tunnel Mt. in background] 13 27012 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Men on fairway, Cascade Mt. in background] 14 27013 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Man and woman teeing off] 15 27014 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background] 16 27015 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background] 17 27016 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Tunnel Mt. in background] 18 27017 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs] 19 27018 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman posing with clubs] 20 27019 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People golfing, Cascade Mt. in background] 21 27020 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People on green, Tunnel Mt. in background] 22 27021 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [People on green, Tunnel Mt. in background] 23 27022 - Banff, Canada. Golf. [Woman teeing off, Rundle Mt. in background] 24 27023 - Banff, Canada. Golf : [Banff Springs Hotel golf course] 25 27024 - Banff, Canada. W. Thomson, Golf Prof. 26 27025 - Banff, Canada. W. Thomson, Golf Prof. 27 27026 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 28 27027 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 29 27028 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 30 27029 - Banff, Canada. Novelists and editors. [In front of the Banff Springs Hotel] 31 27030 - Banff, Canada. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker. [View by pool at Banff Springs Hotel with Cascade Mountain in background. Image is reversed] 32 27031 - Banff, Canada. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker by pool, Banff Springs Hotel, Cascade Mountain Background. 33 27032 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel Pool; Miss Catherine Barber and William Barrett. Aeroplane Dive. 34 27033 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel Pool; Miss Catherine Barber of Chicago doing aeroplane dive. Background Cascade Mt. 35 27034 - Banff, Canada. Freshwater pool, Banff Springs Hotel. Miss Catherine Barber, society girl, New York, Chicago, San Francisco. William Barrett, swimming instructor formerly amateur champion of New Zealand. Inventor of the aeroplane dive. 36 27035 - Banff, Canada. Miss Catherine Barber, society girl of Chicago, New York and San Francisco, and her horse, "Peter Pan", leaving Banff Springs Hotel for a ride in the mountains. 37 27036 - Banff, Canada. Captain John Standly and Peter, his black and white collie, on the deck of his boat, "The Daughter of the Peaks." Lake Minnewanka, Indian name, "Spirit Water", near Banff. 38 27037 - Banff, Canada. Lake Minnewanka. 39 27038 - Banff, Canada. Road to Lake Minnewanka, Mt. Girouard. [Sightseers in touring car] 40 27039 - Banff, Canada. Falls and reservoir near Lake Minnewanka. Mt. Girouard, 3785 ft. 41 27040 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse] 42 27041 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse] 43 27042 - Banff, Canada. Miss Barber and "Peter Pan." [Catherine Barber and horse] 44 27043 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle. A morning canter. [Catherine Barber riding "Peter Pan"] 45 27044 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle. A morning ride. [Catherine Barber on "Peter Pan," right] 46 27045 - Banff, Canada. Banff Springs Hotel pool. Hotel in background. Aeroplane dive. [Catherine Barber and William Barrett] 47 27046 - Banff, Canada. Government Swimming Pool at the Sulphur Springs. [Cave & Basin] 48 27047 - Banff, Canada. Sergeant, Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Mt. Rundle. 49 27048 - Banff, Canada. Sergeant, Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Mt. Rundle. 50 27049 - Banff, Canada. Tunnel Mountain, Bow River. [Women on horseback along the shore] 51 27050 - Banff, Canada. View of Bow River Valley from "Hotel Banff Springs." 52 27051 - Banff, Canada. Motor boat on upper Bow River. [View from Bow River] 53 27052 - Banff, Canada. Bus at Banff Springs Hotel, and Mount Rundle. [Horse- drawn vehicle, Tunnel Mountain and Cascade Mountain, not Rundle Mt.] 54 27053 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Bridge and Mt. Rundle. [Man and woman on horseback] 55 27054 - Banff, Canada. Cascade Mt. and bus. [Sightseers in touring car] 56 27055 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle, Spray River. [Catherine Barber on "Peter Pan"] 57 27056 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Bridge and Banff Springs Hotel, Sulphur Mountain. 58 27057 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Valley from Hotel. [View from Banff Springs Hotel] 59 27058 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls. Mt. Bourgeau, 9375 ft. [Borgeau not visible] 60 27059 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 61 27060 - Banff, Canada. Bow River Falls. 62 27061 - Banff, Canada. Bow Falls. 63 27062 - Banff, Canada. Bow Falls. 64 27063 - Banff, Canada. Bow River and Mt. Rundle. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 65 27064 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber on horseback] 66 27065 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 67 27066 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. [Catherine Barber on horseback] 68 27067 - Bow River, Mt. Rundle. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 69 27068 - Banff, Canada. Mt. Rundle and Bow River. 70 27069 - Banff, Canada. Bow River, Cascade Mt. [Rider on horseback] 71 27070 - Banff, Canada. Cascade Mountain and Bow River. 72 27071 - Banff, Canada. Bow River. [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 73 27072 - Banff, Canada. Bow River : [Catherine Barber and another rider on horseback] 74 27073 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 75 27074 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 76 27075 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 77 27076 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 78 27077 - Banff, Canada. Wading in the Spray River. 79 27078 - Banff, Canada. Group on board deck of boat. 80 27079 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Boy holding rifle outside tent] 81 27080 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Women cooking at a free-standing stove] 82 27082 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man and boy holding rifles beside tent] 83 27083 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People sticking heads through tent opening] 84 27081/27084 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group posed outside tent] 85 27085 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Boy and woman cooking at a free-standing stove] 86 27086 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car] 87 27087 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People sticking heads through tent opening] 88 27088 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People cooking at a free-standing stove] 89 27089 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [People cooking at a free-standing stove] 90 27090 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car] 91 27091 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man and boy collecting pine boughs] 92 27093 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Group eating beside car] 93 27094 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Man building wood stool] 94 27095 - Banff, Canada. Auto campers [Women cooking at a free-standing stove] 95 27096 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Government Pool - near the main pool. 96 27097 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool. 97 27098 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool. 98 27099 - Banff, Canada. Part of cave and basin, Gov't Pool - near the main pool. 99 27100 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 100 27101 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 101 27102 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 102 27103 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 103 27104 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, off for a ride. 104 27105 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, standing near horse. 105 27106 - Banff, Canada. Mrs. W. A. Williamson, Chicago and Winnipeg, standing near horse. 106 27107 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Government Pool, warm sulphur water. 107 27108 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 108 27109 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 109 27110 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 110 27111 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 111 27112 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 112 27113 - Banff, Canada. Cave and Basin. Main Gov't Pool, warm sulphur water. 113 27114 - Pack Train crosses a stream. 114 27115 - Pack train arrives at White Man's Pass Camp. 115 27116 - Pack train arrives at White Man's Pass Camp. 116 27117 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. 117 27118 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With Mrs. Wheeler on a shored boat] 118 27119 - [Image missing] Mrs. Grantland Rice. 119 27120 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse] 120 27121 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [Posing with pistol] 121 27122 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With Mrs. Wheeler on a raft] 122 27123 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [Posing with pistol] 123 27125 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse] 124 27125 - Mrs. Grantland Rice. [With horse] 125 27126 - Mr. and Mrs. Grantland Rice and horses. [In front of Royal Northwest Mounted Police, No. 2: Kananaskis Lake] 126 27127 - Mr. and Mrs. Rice in Camp at White Man's Pass. 127 27128 - Mr. and Mrs. Rice in Camp at White Man's Pass. 128 27129 - Bill cleans up the party at Black Jack, White Man's Pass cabin. 129 27130 - Bill cleans up the party at Black Jack, White Man's Pass cabin. 130 27131 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. 131 27133 - In camp at white manspass. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 11, White Man's Lodge] 132 27134 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. 133 27135 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. [Mrs. Wheeler on horse outside Royal Mounted Police No. 11 cabin] 134 27136 - In Camp at White Man's Pass. 135 27138 - In the canyon, White Man's Pass - Mr. J.M. Gibbon. 136 27139 - White Man's Pass, where we camped. 137 27140 - At White Man's Pass. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 11, White Man's Lodge] 138 [Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass] 139 27144 - Mrs. John Wheeler & Horse. 140 27145 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. 141 27142 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler & Horse. 142 27143 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [At a picnic] 143 27147 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. 144 27146 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [In front of tent] 145 27149 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler and their ponies. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 2, Kananaskis Lake] 146 27148 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler & horse. 147 27150 - Mr. & Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass. [Outside tent] 148 27151 - Mr. & Mrs. Wheeler at White Man's Pass. [Outside tent] 149 27152 - Mr. & Mrs. John N. Wheeler. [Royal Northwest Mounted Police No. 2, Kananaskis Lake] 150 27153 - Our colt and his friends - Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Wheeler. 151 27154 - Our colt and his friends - Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Wheeler. 152 27155 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread). 153 27157 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread). 154 27156 - Mrs. John N. Wheeler, as cook, cooking beans and baking Bannock (bread). 155 27158 - Porter Browne and his Indian Shirt. 156 27159 - Porter Browne and his Indian Shirt. 157 27160 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis. 158 27162 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis. 159 The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 160 27164 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath 161 27162 - Porter Emerson Browne, as bad man of the Kananaskis 162 27163 - The Cave and Basin, Government Springs Bath, Banff. 163 27166 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 164 27167 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 165 27168 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 166 27169 - The Cave and Basin - Government Springs Bath, Banff - A husky venus. 167 27170 - The Cave and Basin - Government Hot Baths - A Maid of Canada 168 27171 - The Cave and Basin - Government Hot Baths - A Maid of Canada 169 27173 - Bill, the guide. 170 27172 - Bill the guide takes a nap. 171 27174 - Bill, the guide. 172 27175 - Bill, the guide. 173 27177 - Bill, the guide. 174 27176 - [Photograph missing] Bill, the guide. 175 27178 - Bill, the guide. 176 27179 - [Photograph missing] Bill, the guide. 177 27180 - Bill, the guide at White Man's Pass. 178 27181 - Bill, the guide at White Man's Pass.

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Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Automobiles; Banff Springs Hotel; Bow Falls; Bow River; Bridges; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Cascade Mountain; Cave and Basin; Children; Cowboys; Dogs; Environment; Environment and Nature; Family; Family and personal life; Golf; Golf Course; Golfing; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Horses; Hotels; Hot Springs; Landscapes; Leisure; Mountains; North West Mounted Police; Pack trains; Personal and Family Life; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Picnics and picnicking; Portrait; Scenery; Shooting; Swimming; Tourism; Travel; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Kananaskis; Alberta

Language: English

Conservation: Each page mounted individually in mylar sleeves.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sen…

Date Range: [ca.1844 - 1909]; [ca.1939 - 1944]; 1980 - 1981; 2014

Reference Code: M555 / V777

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Drawing; Postcard; Private record

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M555; V777

Sous-Fonds: M555; V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: M555 / V777

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Drawing; Postcard; Private record

Responsibility: Some materials produced by Catharine (Adams) Elkin

Date Range: [ca.1844 - 1909]; [ca.1939 - 1944]; 1980 - 1981; 2014

Physical Description: 21 cm of textual records -- 16 postcards -- 3 drawings -- 1 photograph album : 107 b&w photographs

History / Biographical: Mary Wright (Molly) Adams was born on 15 October 1868. in Ridgefield Connecticut. She was the third of five children born to Cornelia Ann Cook (1830-1902) and Daniel Lucius Adams (1814 - 1899) She died in Kobe, Japan on 23 January 1909 and was buried there.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sent between Molly's extended family members [including members of the Adams, Cook and Wright families], ca.1844 and 1866. Textual records primarily consist of correspondence sent between Molly Adams and various friends and family members [ca.1891-1909].

Notes: Fonds consists of two series: Series I : Correspondence [contains two sub-series: I / A : Molly Wright Adams ; I / B : Extended family] Series II : Personal and collected records

Name Access: Adams, Molly; Schaffer, Mary

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Family; Correspondence; Travel; Exploration

Geographic Access: United States of America; Connecticut; New York; Europe

Language: English

Creator: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Category: Family and personal life; Exploration and travel

Biographical Source Notes: Searching for Mary Schaffer: Women Wilderness Photography by Colleen Skidmore

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of scanned paper duplicates of materials donated in accession 2018.8685; includes scans of letters, one journal, postcards, planners and one album which belonged to Molly Wright Adams.

Date Range: 2018

Reference Code: M555 / V777

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record; Textual record; Album

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M555; V777

Sous-Fonds: M555; V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: M555 / V777

GMD: Private record; Textual record; Album

Responsibility: Materials scanned in 2018

Date Range: 2018

Physical Description: Scanned copies of text and one album

Scope & Content: File consists of scanned paper duplicates of materials donated in accession 2018.8685; includes scans of letters, one journal, postcards, planners and one album which belonged to Molly Wright Adams.

Notes: Reference scans for file M555/I/A/3 materials not included

Name Access: Adams, Molly

Subject Access: Correspondence; Family and personal life; Travel; Tourism; Recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; United States of America; Japan

Language: English

Category: Exploration and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure; Tourism

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Elizabeth Aleen Aked

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Part Of: Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a photograph and memorabilia album documenting Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, Aked and her pa…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V74

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Postcard

Part Of: Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 74

Sous-Fonds: V74

Accession Number: 7850

Reference Code: V74

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: prints; b&w, postcards; col.

History / Biographical: Aleen Aked was born in England in 1907 and moved with her parents to Ontario in 1910. Aked attended the Ontario College of Art and completed her degree with honours in 1928. Aked travelled to Banff and Lake Louise with her parents in 1939 and documented her activities in a photograph album. Aked died in 2003.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a photograph and memorabilia album documenting Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, Aked and her parents.

Name Access: Aked, Elizabeth Aleen

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Aked, Elizabeth Aleen

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: The Cairn (Summer/Fall 2004), pp. 6, 9.

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Elizabeth Aleen Aked Travel Album

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Part Of: Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds

Scope & Content: Album contains 140 b&w prints and colour postcards, tipped in. Photograph and memorabilia album documents Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda First Nations at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff …

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V74 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Postcard; Print

Part Of: Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V 74

Sous-Fonds: V74

Accession Number: 7850

Reference Code: V74 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Postcard; Print

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: 140 b&w prints; postcards; col.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description for biographical history.

Scope & Content: Album contains 140 b&w prints and colour postcards, tipped in. Photograph and memorabilia album documents Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda First Nations at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, Snowsqualmie Pass, Columbia River, Chukanut Drive (Washington), Puget Sound, Aked and her parents. Album also includes newsclippings and pamphlet pertaining to Banff Indian Days, pamphlets from Radium Hotsprings lodge and hot springs, and the Banff Springs Golf course pamphlet.

Name Access: Elizabeth Aleen Aked

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Aked, Elizabeth Aleen

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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William Alexander fonds

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Part Of: William Alexander fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of school papers, 1923; student evaluations 1934-1944; retirement album, 1969, from Banff Elementary School; correspondence and notes of secretary or Cascade Lodge No. 5, A.F. & A.M., 1948-1949; and family photographs, ca.1915-ca.1920

Date Range: [ca.1915]-1959

Reference Code: M267 / V12

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Album; Private record; Published record

Part Of: William Alexander fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 267; V 12

Sous-Fonds: M 267; V 12

Accession Number: 1660, 1825, 5008

Reference Code: M267 / V12

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Album; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1915]-1959

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records. -- 18 photographs : prints, negatives

History / Biographical: William A. (Bill) Alexander, 1909-1973, was a teacher and school principal at Banff, Alberta, Canada for forty years. He retired in 1969

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of school papers, 1923; student evaluations 1934-1944; retirement album, 1969, from Banff Elementary School; correspondence and notes of secretary or Cascade Lodge No. 5, A.F. & A.M., 1948-1949; and family photographs, ca.1915-ca.1920

Name Access: Alexander, William A. (Bill)

Subject Access: Education; Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description

Creator: Alexander, William A. (Bill)

Category: Education; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Summer of 1930, Switzerland and England, Geneva, Grindelwald, Zermatt, Saas-Fee, Lucerne, Baste, Grasmere, Keswick. Camping and Horseback Trip in the Canadian Rockies and Canadian Alpine Club Annual Camp in Prospectors' Valley, July and August 1931

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1930 Summer Trip to Switzerland and England (including Geneva, Grindelwald, Zermatt, Saas-Fee, Lucerne, Basle, Grasmere, and Keswick), a camping/horseback trip in July 1931, and the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in August 1931. The 1930 Summer T…

Date Range: 1930-1931

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 8

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 8

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1930-1931

Physical Description: 1 album (326 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1930 Summer Trip to Switzerland and England (including Geneva, Grindelwald, Zermatt, Saas-Fee, Lucerne, Basle, Grasmere, and Keswick), a camping/horseback trip in July 1931, and the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in August 1931. The 1930 Summer Trip started in Switzerland before moving over to England and was most likely a Gest family vacation. Includes photographs taken by Lillian Gest and her travel companions as well as purchased souvineer photographs. Also includes various greeting cards. The July 1931 trip consisted of travel mainly on horseback throught the Mt. Assiniboine area into Wolverine Pass, organized by Caroline Hinman and corresponds with the insert. Due to the limited number of pages dedicated to this trip, it is possibly Lillian Gest only attended part of it before connecting with the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp. The Annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp (called the Canadian Alpine Club by Gest), July 21 to August 2, 1931 took place throughout the Lake O'Hara and Prospector's Valley regions of British Columbia. Photographs include scenic views, camps, horses, wildlife, group portraits, Fay Hut, glaciers, and various club activities. Also includes greeting cards from various people who went on trips. Insert pertains to the overview/advertisement for the Summer 1931 trip that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline; Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Activities; Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Boats; Buildings; Castles; Camps; Climbing; Dogs; Europe; Exploration; Family and personal life; Glaciers; Hunting; Horses; Horse packing; Moose; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Off the Beaten Track; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Mount Assiniboine; Lake O'Hara; Prospector's Valley; East Kootenay; Yoho National Park; Switzerland; England; British Columbia; Canada

Access Restrictions: Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.

Language: English

Conservation: Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Rockies, Summer of 1932. Hinman Horseback and Camping Trip, July 1-17. With the Alpine Club Camp at Glacier, B.C., July 19-Aug 1. Climbing and Walking Trips Aug 1-Sept 13

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Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting three trips taken throughout the summer of 1932. Canadian Rockies Summer of 1932 depicts what is possibly an Alpine Club of Canada organized climb around the Mt. Sir Donald and Mt. Dawson area of British Columbia. Includes mountain views, portraits, peo…

Date Range: 1932

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 9

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1932

Physical Description: 1 album (399 photographs : b&w ; 28 x 18 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting three trips taken throughout the summer of 1932. Canadian Rockies Summer of 1932 depicts what is possibly an Alpine Club of Canada organized climb around the Mt. Sir Donald and Mt. Dawson area of British Columbia. Includes mountain views, portraits, people climbing, glaciers, and an ACC Annual Camp. Hinman Horseback and Camping Trip - July 1-17 [1932] depicts the annual backcountry horse trip organized by Caroline Hinman around the Mt. Assiniboine and East Kootenay areas of British Columbia. Includes scenic views, horses, camps, portraits, and two pages dedicated to the Hinman Party in August - it is not clear if Lillian Gest participated in the whole of Caroline Hinman's summer 1932 trip. At the Alpine Club Camp depicts the ACC Annual Camp for 1932, based in Glacier, BC. Includes the ACC camp, mountains, glaciers, portraits, scenic views, climbing, swimming, Abbot Pass Hut, Glacier Circle Cabin, enlargements, and greeting cards. Following the annotated ACC trip photographs are a collection of greeting cards, newspaper clippings, and misc. photographs from Gest's various trips during the summer of 1932. Most of these photographs are not annotated. Also includes greeting cards from trip members and a memorial card for Conrad Kain fixed to the inside back cover. Inserts 1 and 3 pertain to the overview/advertisement for the Summer 1932 and 1933 trips that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices. Insert 2 pertains to a clipped page from what is possibly an ACC or Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies periodical.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline; Kain, Conrad; Wilson, Tom

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Buildings; Castles; Camps; Climbing; Exploration; Fay Hut; Family and personal life; Glacier House; Glaciers; Huts; Horses; Horse packing; Moose; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Off the Beaten Track; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Mount Assiniboine; Lake O'Hara; Mt. Sir Donald; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; East Kootenay; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.

Language: English

Conservation: Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Photographs and Christmas Cards Album]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing photographs from various trips taken by Lillian Gest, some of which include Alpine Club of Canada Annual Trips, and Christmas cards sent to Gest by various friends and club members. Greeting cards are dated from 1938-1948. Contents include: 1938: [Alpi…

Date Range: 1938-1948

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 11

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 11

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: 1938-1948

Physical Description: 1 album (306 photographs : b&w ; 23 x 18 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album containing photographs from various trips taken by Lillian Gest, some of which include Alpine Club of Canada Annual Trips, and Christmas cards sent to Gest by various friends and club members. Greeting cards are dated from 1938-1948. Contents include: 1938: [Alpine Club camp, Columbia Icefields; Maligne Lake and canyon, Caroline Hinman trip; Banff; Lake Louise; Christian Hasler]. 1939: [Ptarmigan Lake; Crosby Lake; Mount Vaux, Mount Ennis and Hanbury Peak; Ice River Valley; Goodsirs; Kate Gardiner; Phyllis Munday; Eric Brooks; Charles Hunter ranch, Pincher Creek; postcards of Washington and Oregon]. 1940: [Mount Athabasca; Lyell Glacier; Wapta River; Christian Hasler; Mount Waddington, Phyllis and Don Munday]. 1941: [Banff Indian Days; climbing Mount Odaray]. 1942: [Three Sisters; White Man's Pass area; Grassi Lakes; Bow River; Banff Indian Days; Lake Louise area; Mounts Temple, Fay and Pinnacle; Mount Quadra; Mount Neptuak from Tower of Babel]. 1943: [Lake O'Hara, Alpine Club camp; Browne home, Banff; Mount Edith]. 1946: [Bow Lake; Jimmy and Billie Simpson; St. Nicholas Peak]. 1948?: [Lake Minnewanka; Bow Lake; Mount Chephren; Peyto Glacier; Mount Rhonda; Dolomite Peak; Mummery Group; Freshfields; Mount Baker; Sherbrooke Lake; Mount Daly; Mount Balfour]. Inserts pertain to two typed text letters from Caroline Hinman to Lillian Gest and discuss various Off the Beaten Track information.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned. Inserts are photocopies of the originals that were included with the album.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Activities; Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Buildings; Camps; Christmas; Climbing; Correspondence; Exploration; Family and personal life; First Nations; Glaciers; Huts; Horses; Horse packing; Indigenous Peoples; Moose; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Off the Beaten Track; Postcards; Portrait; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Mount Assiniboine; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.

Language: English

Conservation: Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string. Locate original copies of inserts and return them to PD - 11 Documents file - notes on the backs of the inserts note that the originals were moved to M67 but the documents could not be found.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Minor Hockey album, Jack MacAulay coach

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 62 print photographs [40 b&w, 22 colour] including some in loose envelopes inside album, 2 newspaper clippings and a Banff Minor Hockey green ribbon from 1968. Content pertains to members of the Banff hockey teams who played between 1908 and ca. 1980…

Date Range: 1908; 1912; 1926; 1928; 1934; 1938; 1940 - 1943; [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]; 1964; 1965; 1970 - 1972; [ca. 1975]; 1979

Reference Code: V324 / III / B / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / III : Jack MacAulay records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / C : 1946 - 1980

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / III / B / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Some images produced by Bruno Engler

Date Range: 1908; 1912; 1926; 1928; 1934; 1938; 1940 - 1943; [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]; 1964; 1965; 1970 - 1972; [ca. 1975]; 1979

Physical Description: 1 album (62 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller) -- 2 newspaper clippings -- 1 fabric ribbon

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 62 print photographs [40 b&w, 22 colour] including some in loose envelopes inside album, 2 newspaper clippings and a Banff Minor Hockey green ribbon from 1968. Content pertains to members of the Banff hockey teams who played between 1908 and ca. 1980. Includes group shots of hockey teams in various years, some featuring Jack MacAulay as coach; individual portraits and posed photographs, including Herb MacAulay ca. 1965; print depicting Herb Ollis feeding a bear in 1938; and 2 newspaper clippings from 1979 pertaining to Banff's hockey team. Individuals named in photographs include: Tommy Craig, Axie Wilson, Tommy Anderson, Joe Stenton, Bill Craig, Curly Wheatley, Cyril Paris, Fulton Dunsmore, Ernie Leacock, Mousie Saddington, Johnny Woodworth, Jack Brown, Joe Smith, Gerald Powderface, Clifford Powderface, Charles Powderface, and others.

Notes: Some prints are annotated on reverse side with date, description, individuals in photographs, etc.; Negative photographs removed from album [see "Conservation" note]; Some photographs stamped on reverse side or in envelope attributing work to Bruno Engler; Album has been placed in sub-sub-series V324 / III / B [date range 1946 - 1980] for the sake of organization as the majority of photographs are dated within or near this range; Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist based on context and format

Name Access: Engler, Bruno; Ollis, Herb; MacAulay, Jack; MacAulay, Herb; Craig, Tom; Craig, Bill; Anderson, Tommy; Wilson, Axie; Wheatley, Curly; Stenton, Joe; Paris, Cyril; Dunsmore, Fulton; Leacock, Ernie; Saddington, Mousie; Smith, Joe; Woodworth, John; Brown, Jack; Powderface, Charles; Powderface, Clifford; Powderface, Gerald

Subject Access: Hockey; Sports; Bear

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: 6 negatives originally stored in album have been removed for conservation reasons and will be stored in downstairs vault with other V324 negatives under V324 / IV / C / NA; Newspaper clippings have some folding, torn edges and general aging effects, fair condition; Newspaper clippings have been left in original position inside album to preserve original order. Consider storing separately if condition deteriorates further

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Walter Ashdown fonds

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Part Of: Walter Ashdown fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal and professional correspondence, 1954-1971; personal papers, 1919-1972; professional papers, 1930-1971; newsclippings and ephemera, n.d. 1952-1972; photographs and motion pictures, ca.1930-ca.1975. Photographs were created and collected by Walter Ashdown and pertain to As…

Date Range: 1919-[ca.1975]

Reference Code: M126 / V28

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: Walter Ashdown fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 126; V 28

Sous-Fonds: M 126; V 28

Accession Number: 819, 894, 1023, 1054, 1318, 1631, 2237

Reference Code: M126 / V28

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1919-[ca.1975]

Physical Description: 26 cm of textual records. -- 54 photographs : prints. -- 2 photograph albums (309 prints). -- 13 motion pictures

History / Biographical: Walter Ashdown, 1890-1975, was a chauffeur at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Ashdown emigrated to Canada in 1904 and farmed for several years before becoming a private chauffeur, ca.1913, to prominent Calgarians prior to the First World War. He served as a dispatch rider and driver in France, returning to Canada in 1919. The following year he commenced employment with Brewster Transport Co., retiring ca.1970. During his long career, Ashdown was Brewster's chauffeur to celebrities, including royalty, politicians and actors. His 1930 drive of 81 miles in 82 minutes to deliver life-saving equipment to the Monarch Mine near Field, B.C. was widely publicized. In 1970, Ashdown received an award for one million accident-free miles.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal and professional correspondence, 1954-1971; personal papers, 1919-1972; professional papers, 1930-1971; newsclippings and ephemera, n.d. 1952-1972; photographs and motion pictures, ca.1930-ca.1975. Photographs were created and collected by Walter Ashdown and pertain to Ashdown, family, friends and associates; travels and activities; Brewster Transport Company; buses and touring cars; Banff people, places and events. Motion pictures, ca.1959-ca.1970, n.d., are home movies with several subjects on each reel, including Walter Ashdown, family and friends, activities, mountain views and wildlife.

Name Access: Ashdown, Walter

Subject Access: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Films and film making; Transportation

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description; motion picture summaries; microfilm copies of albums

Creator: Ashdown, Walter

Category: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Sydney Vallance fonds

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Part Of: Sydney Vallance fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal papers, photographs and sound recordings of Sydney Vallance pertaining mainly to the Canadian Rockies and Vallance's mountaineering career. Textual records include manuscripts pertaining to personalities of the Canadian Rockies and to slide presentations on the Banff, Lak…

Date Range: 1920-1972

Reference Code: M73 / S5 / V647

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Sound recording; Reel to reel; Textual record; Map; Private record

Part Of: Sydney Vallance fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 73; S 5; V 647

Sous-Fonds: M 73; S 5; V647

Accession Number: 229, 453, 467, 646, 762, 1031, 1543, 1657

Reference Code: M73 / S5 / V647

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Sound recording; Reel to reel; Textual record; Map; Private record

Date Range: 1920-1972

Physical Description: 12 cm of textual records. -- 223 photographs : prints. -- 1 photograph album (ca.40 prints). -- 1 sound recording : 2 audio tape reels

History / Biographical: Sydney R. Vallance, 1891-1979, was a lawyer and mountaineer at Calgary and Banff, Alberta, Canada. Vallance began his law career in 1920, establishing a private practice in 1929. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1932 and held executive positions at both the section and national levels, including a term as President from 1947 to 1950. He made over one hundred ascents during his climbing career. Vallance was also a member of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and was an avid amateur photographer

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal papers, photographs and sound recordings of Sydney Vallance pertaining mainly to the Canadian Rockies and Vallance's mountaineering career.; Textual records include manuscripts pertaining to personalities of the Canadian Rockies and to slide presentations on the Banff, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara and Jasper regions; correspondence files arising from Vallance's positions as Vice President and Hut Committee Chairman of the Alpine Club of Canada, 1945-1946, and as member and President of the Lake O'Hara Trails Club, 1958-1962; miscellaneous correspondence on mountaineering, glacier study, expeditions, packers and outfitters, naming of five peaks in the Mt. Lyell massive after Swiss guides, 1920-1972. Correspondents include Sydney Baker, Eric Brooks, F. V. Longstaff, J. Monroe Thorington and Don Munday. Includes holograph map of the Great Divide region.; Photographs are mainly landscape views of the Rocky Mountains by Sydney Vallance. Some views include climbing companions; also Banff scenes including hermit at Johnson Lake, Sunshine ski area, and some prints collected by Vallance.; Sound recording contains commentaries for slide shows titled Banff, Lake Louise, Moraine and O'Hara; Banff and Vicinity; and Jasper Highway

Name Access: Baker, Sydney; Brooks, Eric; Munday, Don; Longstaff, F. V. (Frederick); Thorington, J. Monroe; Vallance, Sydney

Subject Access: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description; sound recording summaries and copy recordings

Creator: Vallance, Sydney

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Beattie family fonds

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Part Of: Beattie family fonds

Scope & Content: Papers consist of Doris Beattie papers and photographs, 1950s-1970s; financial records for the Hub Billiard Hall, 1929-1934; financial records for the Beattie family, 1946, 1960-1962; Frank Beattie certificate, 1894; guest register for Hot Springs Hotel, 1893-1896, and Beattie House, 1896-1903; and…

Date Range: 1893-[ca.1975]

Reference Code: M409 / V51

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

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

Part Of: Beattie family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 409; V 51

Sous-Fonds: M 409; V 51

Accession Number: 105, 3021, 3341, 6016, 6756, 7259

Reference Code: M409 / V51

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

Date Range: 1893-[ca.1975]

Physical Description: 11 textual records : includes 4 volumes. -- Photographs : 24 prints; 5 photograph albums

History / Biographical: The Beattie family were business owners at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Frank Beattie, 1855-1931, was in the hotel business in British Columbia in the 1880s and operated several hotels in Banff between ca.1887, when he bought the Hot Springs Hotel, and 1915. The Beattie Block, built in 1915, contained several businesses, including a pool hall, bowling alley and cafe. Following its destruction by fire in 1920, Frank Beattie and son Arthur operated the Hub Billiard parlor, cigar and news stand and restaurant until ca.1935. Arthur Beattie, 1892-1958, and Doris Cocayne Beattie, [1897]-1980, married in 1921 and raised four sons and one daughter in Banff. Doris Beattie was a Lifetime Charter member of the Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary, also a member of the Daughters of the Eastern Star and St. Paul's Presbyterian Church.

Scope & Content: Papers consist of Doris Beattie papers and photographs, 1950s-1970s; financial records for the Hub Billiard Hall, 1929-1934; financial records for the Beattie family, 1946, 1960-1962; Frank Beattie certificate, 1894; guest register for Hot Springs Hotel, 1893-1896, and Beattie House, 1896-1903; and Imperial Tobacco Sales Company price list, 1932. Photographs pertain to Art Beattie, Beattie family and Banff scenes.

Name Access: Beattie, Arthur; Beattie, Doris; Beattie, Frank

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Beattie, Arthur; Beattie, Doris

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Fred C. and Marcella E. Bell fonds

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Part Of: Fred C. and Marcella E. Bell fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers and photographs including: postcard from Fred Bell to Percy Bell, 1907, re the Alpine Club of Canada camp at Paradise Valley; letters to F. C. Bell; speech by F. C. Bell, 1956; copies of sympathy letters to Mrs. Bell, 1971; Marcella Bell notes and papers; articles and Banff…

Date Range: 1903-1992

Reference Code: M112 / V58

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

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

Part Of: Fred C. and Marcella E. Bell fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 112; V 58

Sous-Fonds: M 112; V 58

Accession Number: 628, 2944, 6377

Reference Code: M112 / V58

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

Date Range: 1903-1992

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records. -- 43 photographic prints. -- 2 photograph albums (49 prints)

History / Biographical: Fred C. Bell, 1883-1971, was a physician, hospital administrator, mountaineer and officer of the Alpine Club of Canada. He lived at Winnipeg, Manitoba and Vancouver, British Columbia. Marcella E. Bell was also a mountaineer and Alpine Club member.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers and photographs including: postcard from Fred Bell to Percy Bell, 1907, re the Alpine Club of Canada camp at Paradise Valley; letters to F. C. Bell; speech by F. C. Bell, 1956; copies of sympathy letters to Mrs. Bell, 1971; Marcella Bell notes and papers; articles and Banff-Mt. Assiniboine Walking Tour brochure written or annotated by A. O. Wheeler; publications re the Canadian National Parks Association, 1924-1925; some clippings. Photographic prints pertain to mountaineering and Alpine Club of Canada camps, including photographs of Nora Bell, sister of Fred Bell; views of Banff, 1903; and scenic views of Banff and Lake Louise areas, ca.1902-ca.1912. One album pertains to Fred C. Bell and Alpine Club of Canada, 38 prints; other album contains snapshots of ACC clubhouse at Banff, 1963, by Marcella Bell, 11 prints.

Name Access: Bell, Fred C.; Bell, Marcella E.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description

Creator: Bell, Fred C.; Bell, Marcella E.

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Ulysses LaCasse fonds

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Part Of: Ulysses LaCasse fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two series: I. Professional series, ca.1910-1949; II. Professional / personal life series, ca.1896-ca.1967. Professional series contains volumes of textual records, photograph albums and photographs in two sub-series: A. Warden and civil service papers and photographs, and B. Gui…

Date Range: [ca.1896-ca.1967]

Reference Code: M90 / V340

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Tintype; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Ulysses LaCasse fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 90; V 340

Sous-Fonds: M 90; V 340

Accession Number: 139, 617, 936, 1097, 1219, 2659, 5747

Reference Code: M90 / V340

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Tintype; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca.1896-ca.1967]

Physical Description: ca.15 cm of textual records. -- 4 photograph albums (ca.360 prints). -- ca.70 photographs : prints, copy negatives, negatives, tintype

History / Biographical: Ulysses LaCasse (or Ulysse; or La Casse), 1888-1972, was a trail guide and national park warden at Lake Louise and Banff, Alberta, Canada. LaCasse came to Banff in 1908 and worked in various cooking jobs including trail cook for surveys and trail outfits. He guided Caroline Hinman's trail riding groups before joining the Canadian Army in Europe and Siberia. LaCasse accompanied Byron Harmon, Soapy Smith and Louis Freeman on their five hundred mile expedition through the Canadian Rockies, 1924. LaCasse was a long-time warden in the Castle Mountain and Lake Louise districts

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two series: I. Professional series, ca.1910-1949; II. Professional / personal life series, ca.1896-ca.1967. Professional series contains volumes of textual records, photograph albums and photographs in two sub-series: A. Warden and civil service papers and photographs, and B. Guiding and outfitting papers and photographs. Professional / personal life series contains volumes of textual records, as well as photographs, in two sub-series: A. Scrapbooks, and B. Other material.; Textual records consist of warden journals, 1934-1949, and scrapbooks, 1911-1961. Journals record weather conditions, wildlife observations, enforcement, construction and maintenance duties, etc. around Castle Mountain and Lake Louise. Scrapbooks contain correspondence and memoranda, 1929-1948, from LaCasse's civil service career. Textual records also include diary of Mavis Benedict, 1917, kept during Caroline Hinman pack trips; copy of a ski trip diary; and biographical notes on LaCasse, ca.1950. Photograph albums pertain to a Caroline Hinman trip in the Mount Assiniboine area, 1917; Columbia Icefield expedition, 1924; and horse trips in the Canadian Rockies, ca.1925.

Name Access: Benedict, Mavis; Hinman, Caroline; LaCasse, Ulysses

Subject Access: Banff National Park - Wardens; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Government; Pack trips

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; electronic finding aid

Creator: LaCasse, Ulysses

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Gertrude (Dot) White fonds

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Part Of: Gertrude (Dot) White fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographs, ca.1880-ca.1925, pertaining to Dot White, Dan White family, Dave White family, friends and relations, pack trips and scenery; also share certificates owned by Dot White, O. A. Lyman and others for various Calgary petroleum companies. Photographs include views of Banf…

Date Range: ca.[1880]-1937

Reference Code: M95 / V377

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

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

Part Of: Gertrude (Dot) White fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 95; V 377

Sous-Fonds: M 95; V 377

Accession Number: 659, 6582

Reference Code: M95 / V377

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

Date Range: ca.[1880]-1937

Physical Description: 63 photographs : prints. -- 1 photograph album (ca.40 prints). -- 10 items of textual records

History / Biographical: Gertrude (Dot) White of Banff and Calgary, Alberta, Canada was the daughter of Daniel Cook White, 1862-1909, of Cochrane, Alberta. Her uncle was David McIntosh White, 1864-1940, of Banff. Dot White's married names were Lyman and Elliot.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographs, ca.1880-ca.1925, pertaining to Dot White, Dan White family, Dave White family, friends and relations, pack trips and scenery; also share certificates owned by Dot White, O. A. Lyman and others for various Calgary petroleum companies. Photographs include views of Banff and along the Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1890, by professional photographers such as Boorne and May.

Name Access: Boorne and May; White, Dan; White, Gertrude (Dot)

Subject Access: Arts; Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description for photographs.

Creator: White, Gertrude (Dot)

Category: Arts; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds

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Part Of: Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of material pertaining to the separate careers and families of Jim and Dorothy Boyce, as well as material from their life together. Jim Boyce material consists mainly of business and personal papers and photographs, ca.1910-1982. Business papers arise mainly from the incorporation, …

Date Range: [ca.1850-2001]

Reference Code: M250 / V79

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Corporate record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M250 / V79

Sous-Fonds: M 250; V 79

Accession Number: 1418, 1570, 1574, 2453, 3037, 3087, 3609 (unproc), 5575 (unproc), 5856 (unproc), 6359 (unproc), 6762 (unproc), 6790 (unproc), 7047 (unproc), 7363 (unproc)

Reference Code: M250 / V79

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Corporate record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1850-2001]

Physical Description: ca.6.5 m textual records. -- ca.3500 photographs: prints, negatives, copy negatives. -- 4 photograph albums. -- 5 motion pictures: film reels; 8mm, 16mm; col.

History / Biographical: James (Jim) Hawkins Boyce, 1892-1982, was a guide, outfitter, log builder and businessman at Lake Louise and Banff, Alberta, Canada. Dorothy Boyce was a pharmacist and business woman at Calgary, Quebec and Banff, Canada.; Jim Boyce was the son of Joseph Boyce, 1856-1927, and stepson of Wilma "Josephine" Boyce, 1866-1952, of Banff, Alberta. In 1911, Jim joined his father building trails. His guiding and outfitting career began with Jimmy Simpson's outfit as a trail cook. During the 1920s Boyce formed his own outfit with Max Brooks and went on to guide prominent clients Carl Rungius, Caroline Hinman and her parties, George and Adeline Link and William D. Cox of Chicago, USA.; In addition to guiding and outfitting, Jim Boyce worked with motion picture companies on location in the Rockies with his dog teams during the 1920s. A number of well-known log buildings are testament to his log-building skills, including Skoki, Mount Temple Lodge and the Lake Louise Ski Lodge. During the 1930s, Boyce managed and expanded Skoki Lodge. He also supervised road construction on the Banff-Jasper Highway and the Alaska Alcan Military Highway for the U. S. Army during the Second World War and operated the Bar C Ranch (for William D. Cox) for many years. Boyce made his home in Banff.; Dorothy Frances Llewellyn (Whiteman) Boyce, 1901-2001, was the daughter of Rev Arthur Wellesley Richard Whiteman, 1865-1926, and Nina L. Whiteman, 1873-1956. After studying pharmacy at the University of Alberta, Dorothy came to Banff in 1922 to work for Dr. Brett. She subsequently studied at the University of Toronto, Ontario; worked at the Calgary General Hospital, Alberta, from 1926 to 1940; and during the Second World War, worked as a chemist in Quebec, Canada. After the death of her first husband, Tronson James Draper, 1879-1949, an oilman of Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy became a permanent resident of Banff. She owned and operated Travellers Digest in Banff and married Jim Boyce in 1957.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of material pertaining to the separate careers and families of Jim and Dorothy Boyce, as well as material from their life together.; Jim Boyce material consists mainly of business and personal papers and photographs, ca.1910-1982. Business papers arise mainly from the incorporation, operation and expropriation of the Lake Louise Ski Lodge (later Post Hotel) 1941-1969. Other business and personal material pertains to Skoki Lodge, 1933-1942; guiding and outfitting, 1938-1940; Army Service Forces and Alaska Alcan Military Highway, 1943-1944; Bar C Ranch, 1947-1969; laundry and rental businesses, 1962-1965, plans for Boyce house, Banff and family items. Correspondents include William D. Cox and Eldon Woolliams. Jim Boyce photographs pertain to family, friends, associates and activities, Banff and Skoki areas; includes guiding and outfitting, hunting, motion picture and dog team activities, Skoki Lodge and region, Alaska-Yukon activities, Bar C Ranch and personal material.; Papers of Dorothy Boyce, 1901-ca.1950, pertain to her childhood, university career, business life and first marriage; Dorothy Boyce photographs, ca.1920s-1940, pertain to family, friends, professional and recreational activities in Banff, Banff and Yoho National Parks, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto.; Jim and Dorothy Boyce joint material includes photographs, 1900s-1990s, and incoming letters pertaining to home, travel and friends. Album includes mainly published postcards from all over the world. Fonds also includes Boyce family personal and financial papers, 1901-1928; business and estate papers of Joseph Boyce, 1908-1954; Tronson Draper and Draper family personal and professional papers and photographs, 1906-1949; and Whiteman family papers and photographs, ca.1860, 1885-ca.1925. Also included in the Boyce's personal records are film reels ca.1920-1970 which pertain mainly to the Skoki area.

Name Access: Boyce, Jim; Boyce, Dorothy

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: preliminary electronic finding aid; motion picture summaries

Related Material: Transparencies by Adeline and/or George Link of trips with Jim Boyce, formerly retained by Jim Boyce, can be found in George K. K. Link fonds (M60/V276); Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage collections, Whyte Museum)

Creator: Boyce, Jim; Boyce, Dorothy

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Brett family fonds

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Part Of: Brett family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds contains six series: I. Robert G. Brett series, 1873-1926, 36 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Personal papers, 1873-1926 (1. Correspondence, 2. Financial papers, 3. Other papers); B. Business papers, 1897-1925, (1. Banff businesses, 2. Businesses outside Banff); C. Professional pap…

Date Range: [ca.1860]-1965

Reference Code: M1 / V83

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Brett family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M1 V83

Sous-Fonds: M1 V83

Accession Number: 5, 20, 58, 78, 102, 354, 1164, 1532, 5042, 2022.35

Reference Code: M1 / V83

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca.1860]-1965

Physical Description: 73 cm of textual records. -- 11 photograph albums (ca.850 prints). -- ca.350 photographs (ca.320 prints, 28 negatives)

History / Biographical: Robert George Brett, 1851-1929, was a prominent physician, hotel-hospital owner, businessman and politician Banff, Alberta from 1883 until 1929. Brett was born in Strathroy, Ontario, son of James Brett and Catherine Mallon. He was educated as a physician at the University of Toronto (M.D., 1874), and practiced medicine at Arkona, Ontario. He moved to Winnipeg in 1880, where he helped found the Manitoba Medical College.; R. G. Brett moved to Banff in 1886, founding the Banff Sanitarium. In 1909 he established the Brett Hospital. Brett also had numerous other businesses and real estate in Banff (including the National Park Drug Store, the Sanitarium Bottling Co., the Bretton Hall Hotel, Lithia Bottling Co.) and elsewhere.; In 1878, Brett married Louise Theodora Hungerford, 1855-1935, of Waterford, Ontario. Of their five children, only two survived infancy, Reginald H. "Harry", 1879-1925, and Robert Earle, 1887-1912. Earle Brett was survived by Maidie (Stacpole) Brett, whom he married in 1910, and by an infant daughter. Dr. Harry Brett was married to Helen Brett, 1877-1964, who outlived the rest of her family by many years. Associated closely with the Brett family was Dr. Brett's nurse, Annie McLauchlin.; From 1881 to 1901, R. G. Brett was Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the North-West Territories, and from 1889 to 1891 he was president of the executive council. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta from 1915 to 1925. He died in Calgary.

Scope & Content: Fonds contains six series:; I. Robert G. Brett series, 1873-1926, 36 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Personal papers, 1873-1926 (1. Correspondence, 2. Financial papers, 3. Other papers); B. Business papers, 1897-1925, (1. Banff businesses, 2. Businesses outside Banff); C. Professional papers, 1889-1925 (1. Political correspondence, 2. Official correspondence, 3. Other material);; II. Louise H. Brett series, [between1855 and 1935], 10 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Writing, betw.1885 and 1935; B. Scrapbooks, ca.1900, ca.1910; C. Diaries and letters, 1912-1925; D. Other, ca.1870-1924.; III. Reginald H. "Harry" Brett series, ca.1910-1921, 10.5 cm of textual records, print material and photographs. Consists of: A. Personal papers, ca.1910 (1.Scrapbooks, 2. Ephemera); B. Business papers, 1912-1921.; IV. Helen Brett series, 1925-1965, 4.5 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Correspondence, 1927-1950; B. R. G. Brett estate papers, 1925-1949; C. Financial and business records, 1936-1962; D. Other, 1935-1965.; V. Brett family series, [ca.1860-ca.1935], consisting of : A. Photographs albums, ca.1860-ca.1910; B. Photographs, ca.1875-ca.1935.; VI. Other material series, [before 1928], 2 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Annie McLauchlin papers, 1914-1928; B. Other, before 1925.

Name Access: Brett, Helen; Brett, Louise; Brett, Reginald H. (Harry); Brett, Robert G.; McLauchin, Annie

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Health services; Politics

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; electronic finding aid; microfilm copies of albums

Creator: Brett, Robert George and Louise; Brett, Reginald H. (Harry) and Helen

Category: Family and personal life; Health services; Politics

Biographical Source Notes: Earlier version of fonds description.

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Dorothy Wardle fonds

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75. M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including cor…

Date Range: ca.1870-2002

Reference Code: M521 / V75

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M521; V75

Sous-Fonds: M521; V75

Accession Number: 5296, 5391, 7504

Reference Code: M521 / V75

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: ca.1870-2002

Physical Description: 154 cm of textual records. -- 1304 photographs (1190 prints, 95 negatives, 19 transparencies). -- 6 photograph albums.

History / Biographical: The Wardle family was comprised of husband and wife, James Morey Wardle (June 26,1888 - May 18,1971) and Maud Leette (Roney) Wardle (May 24,1889 - December 1,1969), and their one child, Dorothy Hope Wardle (May 23,1919 - July 20,2003). James Wardle, born in Chiliwack, British Columbia, was a civil engineer and public servant. He was the Superintendent of Banff National Park from 1918-1921, Chief Engineer for Parks Canada from 1921-1935, and Deputy Minister of the Interior from 1935-1936. He is primarily known as a highway design engineer, particularly for building the Banff-Windermere, Banff-Lake Louise, and Banff-Jasper highways. He was a councillor for the Municipality of Rockcliffe Park in Ontario and he was the President of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Banff from 1925-1929. Mount Wardle in Vermillion was named after him in 1921. James married Leette on November 4, 1913, with whom he had one child, Dorothy. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy (also known as Dot and Dorie) grew up in Banff, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario, due to her father's position with the federal government. She was educated at the Mountain School in Banff and at the Elmwood School in Ottawa. All three family members were graduates of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. James graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Leette graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and in 1942, Dorothy also earned a Bachelor's degree. Dorothy was prominent in student life and active in athletics. In 1941, Dorothy became the first woman elected as President of the Alma Mater Society and during her academic career, Dorothy was a member of the Levana Intercollegiate Debative, University Centenary Committee, and Queen’s War Aid Commission. Dorothy spent her career as a freelance writer however, upon graduation she served as the first Secretary-In-Charge of Records at Carleton College (now Carleton University) from 1942-1944 in Ottawa and in the mid-1950s worked as a secretary for the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary. Dorothy pursued a lifelong interest in traveling, art, and antiques. Although she was fiercely proud and protective of Banff and the Park, and remained a volunteer and patron of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Dorothy eventually settled in Sidney, British Columbia and shared an apartment with Sheila Iris Ritchie, with whom Dorothy travelled extensively. After her death in 2003, Dorothy, "Dorie," was laid to rest alongside her parents in the Old Banff Cemetery.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.; M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including correspondence with Carl Rungius and Mrs. Helen Brett, and Christmas and other greeting cards from Peter and Catharine Whyte). Series III: Queen's University, 7.5 cm, 1911-1980 (including graduation certificates for each family member and records pertaining to Dorothy's participation on the Alma Mater Society). Series IV: Travel, 44.5 cm, ca.1950-1988 (includes hand-written notebooks meticulously detailing their travels).; V75 consists of two series, 79.5 cm, ca. 1912-2001. Series I: Wardle Family, ca. 1912-1971, 6 albums, 31 cm of photograph prints and negatives (including family trips, trail rides in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and family gatherings). Series II: Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001, 34 cm of photograph prints, negatives, and transparencies (including Dorothy's travels in Alberta and British Columbia, overseas, and various outings with friends).

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James; Rungius, Carl; Brett, Helen; Keyte, Freeman; Hart, E. J. (Ted); Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard); Brewster, Pat; Peyto, Bill; Brett, Robert George; Sanson, Norman; White, Clifford; Drummond-Davies, Nora; Mills, Ike; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Kaquitts, Frank; Oxborough, Dorothy; Whyte, Jon; Robinson, Dean; Warren, Mary Schaffer; Simpson, George; Gibbon, John Murray; Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Greenham, Margaret

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Personal and Family Life; Banff; Old Banff Cemetery; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Cabins; Travel; Picnics and picnicking; Holidays; Scenery; Christmas; Dogs; Horses; Mountain; Canoes and canoeing; Hiking; Wildlife; War Memorial; Highland Games; Bow River Bridge; Golfing; Anniversary; Horseback riding; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Education; Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Banff Winter Carnival; Banff Winter Festival; Women; Trails; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Sports and leisure; Skiing; European travel; Beach; Calgary Herald; Geography; Government; Newspaper; Politics; Research; Banff Public Library; National parks and reserves; Park policy; Parks Canada; Wardens; Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch; Community life; Mines and mineral resources; History; Immigration and homesteading; Settlement; Organizations; World War II; Biographical; Professional and Personal Life; Grizzly Bears; Fire fighters; Sunshine Village; Teahouses; Banff Indian Days; Regalia; Calgary Stampede; Mountain guides; Mountain School; The Albertan; Crag and Canyon newspaper; Homestead Hotel; Banff Centre; Hot Springs; Superintendents; Automobiles; Natural history; Records; Calendar; Finances; Leases; Legal and Financial; Property; Recreation

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Canmore; Alberta; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Castle Mountain; Bankhead; British Columbia; Glacier National Park; Kootenay National Park; Silver City; Victoria; Scotland; Revelstoke; Yoho National Park; Ottawa; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Plain of Six Glaciers; Lake Agnes; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Lake O'Hara; Bow River; Calgary; Sidney; San Francisco; United States; Europe; Germany; Switzerland; France; Spain; Monaco; Italy; Denmark; Austria; Quebec; Windermere; New York; Assiniboine; Ghost River; High River; Quebec City; New Brunswick; Maine; Great Divide; Moraine Lake; Maligne Lake; Columbia Icefield; Washington; Philadelphia; Atlantic City; Larch Valley; Cascade Mountain; Panama; Sulphur Mountain; Field; Emerald Lake; Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump; Takkakaw Falls; Jasper National Park; Athabasca Falls; Okanagan; Kananaskis; Hoodoos; Powell River; Montreal

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Related Material: Dorothy also donated artwork (by Carl Rungius) to Art and Heritage.; James Morey Wardle fonds (Library and Archives Canada)

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.; Wardle, Leette

Category: Arts; Environment; Education; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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