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Retro-reels : Hans Gmoser - filmmaker remembered
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- Scope & Content
- The DVD used segments of footage from films in the Hans Gmoser fonds (V68: Skis over McKinley 1963, High road to skiing, Rendezvous in the Selkirks, Ski trails, Vagabonds, Glacier skiing Caribous, Skis over McKinley, Bugaboo Spire) as well as interviews by Guy Clarkson for the Banff Centre Gmoser …
- Date Range
- 2006
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7795 (located in Downstairs storage with original film and sound recordings)
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 7795
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7795 (located in Downstairs storage with original film and sound recordings)
- Date Range
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 9 digital video discs : sd., col. with b&w sequences
- History / Biographical
- Joint production with Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, The Banff Centre, Canadian Mountain Holidays and filmmaker Guy Clarkson, tribute DVD screened at Banff Mountain Film Festival, November 4, 2006.
- Scope & Content
- The DVD used segments of footage from films in the Hans Gmoser fonds (V68: Skis over McKinley 1963, High road to skiing, Rendezvous in the Selkirks, Ski trails, Vagabonds, Glacier skiing Caribous, Skis over McKinley, Bugaboo Spire) as well as interviews by Guy Clarkson for the Banff Centre Gmoser 2006 project with Jim Davies, Franz Dopf and Philippe DeleSalle
- Notes
- "Retro-reels: Hans Gmoser - filmmaker remembered" copyright belongs to The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and Guy Clarkson
- The original and master for interviews by Guy Clarkson for the Retro-reels project is at The Banff Centre. Copyright belongs to [The Banff Centre?] and Guy Clarkson
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- No reproduction unless authorized by copyright holders
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents
- Processing Status
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Rocky Mountain Scenery : Artistic and Geological
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- 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.
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- Title based on contents of file
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- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Jasper Park, Jasper Collieries, Pocahontas area. Includes photograph of the Punch Bowl by D.B.D. [Donaldson Bogart Dowling], 1910. Same image appears on page 17, Plate V, in Department of the Interior Report, 1911 "Report of the Commissioner of Dominion Parks." -- Purchased from Michae…
- Date Range
- ca. 1910
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7828
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7828
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7828
- Date Range
- ca. 1910
- Physical Description
- 2 photographic albums
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Jasper Park, Jasper Collieries, Pocahontas area. Includes photograph of the Punch Bowl by D.B.D. [Donaldson Bogart Dowling], 1910. Same image appears on page 17, Plate V, in Department of the Interior Report, 1911 "Report of the Commissioner of Dominion Parks." -- Purchased from Michael Horsley, The Galloping Horse in 2004.
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- Scope & Content
- Includes views around Banff, Cave & Basin, Sundance Canyon, also Waterton and Glacier National Park. -- 1923-1924. -- Gift of Lorraine Wardall, n.d.
- Date Range
- 1923, 1924-1925
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7833
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7833
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7833
- Date Range
- 1923, 1924-1925
- Physical Description
- 10 b/w prints
- History / Biographical
- Photographs had belonged to Lorraine Wardall's mother. Family was related to Laurendeau, who was a baker in Banff, ca. 1890.
- Scope & Content
- Includes views around Banff, Cave & Basin, Sundance Canyon, also Waterton and Glacier National Park. -- 1923-1924. -- Gift of Lorraine Wardall, n.d.
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Greeting cards
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- 2 Christmas cards from Mr. R. E. Knight and Ronald. -- Includes 56 stamps from different countries: Belgium, Chile, China, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Italian Eritrea, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nyassa, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Saargebiet, Spain, Tannou Touva,U.S.A. -- Received from Dean Goard…
- Date Range
- 1937
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7840
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7840
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7840
- Date Range
- 1937
- Physical Description
- textual records
- Scope & Content
- 2 Christmas cards from Mr. R. E. Knight and Ronald. -- Includes 56 stamps from different countries: Belgium, Chile, China, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Italian Eritrea, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nyassa, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Saargebiet, Spain, Tannou Touva,U.S.A. -- Received from Dean Goard & Ann via Jean Finlay, 2005.
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Biographical information on the Hannam family. Including a photograph of wooden headstone. Also Whyte Museum photocopies of archival photographs identifying members of Hannam family. -- Gift of Robert S. Hannam, 2006.
- Date Range
- n.d.
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7841
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7841
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7841
- Date Range
- n.d.
- Physical Description
- textual record
- Scope & Content
- Biographical information on the Hannam family. Including a photograph of wooden headstone. Also Whyte Museum photocopies of archival photographs identifying members of Hannam family. -- Gift of Robert S. Hannam, 2006.
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- Scope & Content
- William, George & John Smith. -- Gift of Mrs. Marie Smith (McDonald), n.d.
- Date Range
- n.d.
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7843
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7843
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7843
- Date Range
- n.d.
- Physical Description
- 1 b/w print
- Scope & Content
- William, George & John Smith. -- Gift of Mrs. Marie Smith (McDonald), n.d.
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- Scope & Content
- First picinic in Banff, ca. 1913 ; Masquerade Ball, March 14, 1911 ; Daughter of the Peaks, Lake Minnewanka ; Maligne Lake, Jasper by W. J. Oliver ; also handwritten note by Bob Edwards re: Banff. -- Gift of Agnes McMillen, Calgary via Robert (Bob) Edwards.
- Date Range
- ca. 1911-1913
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7844
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7844
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7844
- Date Range
- ca. 1911-1913
- Physical Description
- 4 prints, b/w, oversize ;
- 1 handwritten note by Robert (Bob) Edwards
- Scope & Content
- First picinic in Banff, ca. 1913 ; Masquerade Ball, March 14, 1911 ; Daughter of the Peaks, Lake Minnewanka ; Maligne Lake, Jasper by W. J. Oliver ; also handwritten note by Bob Edwards re: Banff. -- Gift of Agnes McMillen, Calgary via Robert (Bob) Edwards.
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- Scope & Content
- Internment camp at Banff East Gate, ca. 1915-1920, F. Whiskin Collection ; 11 prints by Byron Harmon ; 1 C.P.R. photogravure facsmile. -- ca. 1915-1920, n.d. -- Transfer from Penticton Museum & Archives.
- Date Range
- ca. 1915- ca. 1920, n.d.
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7845
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7845
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7845
- Date Range
- ca. 1915- ca. 1920, n.d.
- Physical Description
- 16 prints, b/w (includes 6 mounted and 5 panoramas)
- Scope & Content
- Internment camp at Banff East Gate, ca. 1915-1920, F. Whiskin Collection ; 11 prints by Byron Harmon ; 1 C.P.R. photogravure facsmile. -- ca. 1915-1920, n.d. -- Transfer from Penticton Museum & Archives.
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Photograph album
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- Scope & Content
- Views include Oregon Cave? by George M. Weister ; group ascending Mt. Hood, signed on back by Harley H. Prouty ; album contains some by Byron Harmon views including Alpine Club of Canada camp at Robson, Cathderal Mountain, 1913, Frank Freeborn's home ; also handwritten notes made by Kevin Kramer fr…
- Date Range
- ca. 1913
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7849
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Accession Number
- 7849
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7849
- Other Title Info
- "Panorama of Cathedral" written in back of album
- Date Range
- ca. 1913
- Physical Description
- album contains ca. 215 b/w prints ; 7 b/w prints (loose)
- Scope & Content
- Views include Oregon Cave? by George M. Weister ; group ascending Mt. Hood, signed on back by Harley H. Prouty ; album contains some by Byron Harmon views including Alpine Club of Canada camp at Robson, Cathderal Mountain, 1913, Frank Freeborn's home ; also handwritten notes made by Kevin Kramer from faded captions on album pages. -- Purchased 2003 from Kevin A. Kramer, Sherman Oaks, California.
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- Photograph album: Cascade Hotel, exterior and interior views. -- 1945. -- Gift of Janet Sinclair, 2007.
- Date Range
- ca. 1945
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7851
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Accession Number
- 7851
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7851
- Date Range
- ca. 1945
- Physical Description
- Photograph album : 14 b/w prints
- Scope & Content
- Photograph album: Cascade Hotel, exterior and interior views. -- 1945. -- Gift of Janet Sinclair, 2007.
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- Views of Mt. Rundle and Lake Louise by George Noble. -- Gift of Ken Campbell, 1999.
- Date Range
- ca. 1940
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7858
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7858
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7858
- Date Range
- ca. 1940
- Physical Description
- 2 framed hand-tinted prints
- Scope & Content
- Views of Mt. Rundle and Lake Louise by George Noble. -- Gift of Ken Campbell, 1999.
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Indigenous Peoples of Canada
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a class scrapbook produced by Mrs. McCallum and her Grade VI class about the 1922 Banff Indian Days and Banff environs. These pages are a combination of photographs and written text. File also contains pages of photographs depicting scenes of downtown Vancouver, Victoria, and other…
- Date Range
- 1922
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7863
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / S8 / V8
- Series
- Accession Number : 7863
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 7863
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7863
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Parallel Title
- The Red Indians of Canada
- Other Title Info
- Original title.
- Date Range
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (42 pages ; 36 x 29 cm)
- History / Biographical
- Provenance unknown
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a class scrapbook produced by Mrs. McCallum and her Grade VI class about the 1922 Banff Indian Days and Banff environs. These pages are a combination of photographs and written text. File also contains pages of photographs depicting scenes of downtown Vancouver, Victoria, and other scenic views along the west coast of Canada.
- Subject Access
- School
- Banff Indian Days
- Children
- Indigenous Peoples
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
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- Scope & Content
- photographs taken by Hugh Long's father during the construction of the railroad through the Rockies. Hugh Long's father and his team of scouts acted as surveyors and did the initial cutting down of trees to establish a route. -- Gift of Hugh Long, 2007.
- Date Range
- 1913
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7880
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7880
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7880
- Date Range
- 1913
- Physical Description
- 4 b/w prints
- Scope & Content
- photographs taken by Hugh Long's father during the construction of the railroad through the Rockies. Hugh Long's father and his team of scouts acted as surveyors and did the initial cutting down of trees to establish a route. -- Gift of Hugh Long, 2007.
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- by the Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd. and The Camera Products Co. -- Banff area views: Cave and Basin swimming pool, Castle Mountain, Banff Springs Hotel, Mt. Rundle. Postcards are from Michael Kerfoot's grandfather's cross-country trips in 1927, some postcards have writing on the back (were sent to H .D. J…
- Date Range
- 1927
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7884
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7884
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7884
- Date Range
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 4 b/w and 2 hand-coloured postcards
- Scope & Content
- by the Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd. and The Camera Products Co. -- Banff area views: Cave and Basin swimming pool, Castle Mountain, Banff Springs Hotel, Mt. Rundle. Postcards are from Michael Kerfoot's grandfather's cross-country trips in 1927, some postcards have writing on the back (were sent to H .D. Johnston, 1927). -- Gift of Michael Kerfoot, April 2007.
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- Mountain scenery, Banff Indian Days by G. Howard Smith, also includes portrait of photographer. -- Gift of Nora Smith's estate, c/o Jennifer Donnelly, 2008.
- Date Range
- ca. 1950-ca. 1960
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7892
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 7892
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7892
- Date Range
- ca. 1950-ca. 1960
- Physical Description
- 8 prints
- Scope & Content
- Mountain scenery, Banff Indian Days by G. Howard Smith, also includes portrait of photographer. -- Gift of Nora Smith's estate, c/o Jennifer Donnelly, 2008.
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- Title based on contents of file
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Charles Peyto gun registration certificates. -- 1943.
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Certificates were probably for Bill Peyto's Lee Enfield 303 warden rifle.
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7916
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7916
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7916
- Physical Description
- 2 textual records.
- History / Biographical
- Charles Peyto was Steve Peyto's son. Steve Peyto was Bill Peyto's brother.
- Scope & Content
- Certificates were probably for Bill Peyto's Lee Enfield 303 warden rifle.
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Photograph of Banff Winter Carnival taken by Lewis Taylor.
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Date Range
- ca. 1940-1944
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7917
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7917
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7917
- Date Range
- ca. 1940-1944
- Physical Description
- 1 b/w copy print.
- History / Biographical
- Lewis Taylor was a member of the RAF, stationed in Alberta during World War II.
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Photographs by Robert Hallett showing A. Y. Jackson at the Homestead Hotel (July 1946) and also with Banff School of Fine Arts students (sitting in front with A. Y. Jackson is Lorne Finkbiener of Winnipeg) at the Homestead Hotel (1945).
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21758
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- Archives General File Collection
- Date Range
- 1945-1946
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7918
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7918
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7918
- Date Range
- 1945-1946
- Physical Description
- 3 b/w negatives
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Lantern Slides
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
- Date Range
- [c. 1890]
- Reference Code
- V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Transparency
- Lantern slide
4 images
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- Accession Number : 7919
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 7919
- Reference Code
- V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
- Date Range
- [c. 1890]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
- Subject Access
- Lantern slide
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
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