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In the heart of the Canadian Rockies with horse and camera, part I : [lantern slide presentation]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Presentation pertains to the mountains and wildlife of the Selkirks and Canadian Rockies areas of Banff, Lake O'Hara, and Lake Louise. Originally consisted of 62 slides (missing items are numbers 3, 5-8, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26, 41, 56). Textual item is script

Date Range: [after 1915]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 2 - 1 to 61; M79 / 16

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency; Textual record

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 2685

Reference Code: V527 / PS 2 - 1 to 61; M79 / 16

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency; Textual record

Date Range: [after 1915]

Physical Description: 50 photographs : transparencies; glass. -- 1 item of textual records (.5cm)

Scope & Content: Presentation pertains to the mountains and wildlife of the Selkirks and Canadian Rockies areas of Banff, Lake O'Hara, and Lake Louise. Originally consisted of 62 slides (missing items are numbers 3, 5-8, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26, 41, 56). Textual item is script

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Reminiscences

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

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

Date Range: 1913-1957

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

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

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

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

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

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1913-1957

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

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

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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

Processing Status: Processed

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General accounts

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

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

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

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

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Textual record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: LUX

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

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

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

GMD: Textual record

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

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

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

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

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