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Natural history manuscripts

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: File consist of articles by Dan McCowan on natural history, 47 items

Date Range: [between 1905 and 1957]

Reference Code: M55 / 8 to 10

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.B. Dan McCowan : Writing

Reference Code: M55 / 8 to 10

Responsibility: Includes handwritten table of contents with note "This volume contains articles written by Dan McCowan"

Date Range: [between 1905 and 1957]

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consist of articles by Dan McCowan on natural history, 47 items

Notes: Material was received in binder with bird on cover

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Notebooks and notes

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: Includes diaries, field notes and data regarding the natural history (3 volumes) and human history (1 volume) of Banff; also handwritten notes re "Winnipeg" photo captions

Date Range: 1918-1949

Reference Code: M55 / 4 to 7

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.B. Dan McCowan : Writing

Reference Code: M55 / 4 to 7

Date Range: 1918-1949

Physical Description: 6.5 cm of textual records (incl. 4 volumes) diaries, field notes and data regarding the natural history (3 volumes) and human history (1 volume) of Banff; also handwritten notes re "Winnipeg" photo captions

Scope & Content: Includes diaries, field notes and data regarding the natural history (3 volumes) and human history (1 volume) of Banff; also handwritten notes re "Winnipeg" photo captions

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Ephemera

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of menus, concert programs, label, gallery catalogues, Royal Train Canada station stationery, newsclippings, cartoons, biography of Dan McCowan, notes from book publisher, book order leaflets, business and membership cards, programmes, advertising for books and lectures, press release…

Date Range: 1906-1955

Reference Code: M55 / 21 to 23

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.E. Dan McCowan : Ephemera

Reference Code: M55 / 21 to 23

Date Range: 1906-1955

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of menus, concert programs, label, gallery catalogues, Royal Train Canada station stationery, newsclippings, cartoons, biography of Dan McCowan, notes from book publisher, book order leaflets, business and membership cards, programmes, advertising for books and lectures, press releases. Newsclippings pertain to World War II, royalty, animals, Banff personalities (including obituaries of McCowan, Rungius, Ballard, Niven), other.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Newspaper articles

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of newspaper columns by Dan McCowan

Date Range: 1949-1956

Reference Code: M55 / 14

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.B. Dan McCowan : Writing

Reference Code: M55 / 14

Date Range: 1949-1956

Physical Description: .5 cm of textual records.

Scope & Content: File consists of newspaper columns by Dan McCowan

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Manuscripts

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: File includes: "Appendix" with bibliography and data listings of wildlife and plants, n.d.; The address to immortal memory [lecture], 1949, 2 copies; Memorials of Western Canada : illustrations from photographs by the author / by Dan McCowan

Date Range: [before 1950]

Reference Code: M55 / 11

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.B. Dan McCowan : Writing

Reference Code: M55 / 11

Date Range: [before 1950]

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File includes: "Appendix" with bibliography and data listings of wildlife and plants, n.d.; The address to immortal memory [lecture], 1949, 2 copies; Memorials of Western Canada : illustrations from photographs by the author / by Dan McCowan

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Correspondence

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of incoming letters re writing, 1936-1943; business, 1939, 1952; and broadcasting, 1937-1940. Pertain to books, lectures, CBC radio \ broadcasts, royal visit. Includes letters from radio broadcast fans; letters from and pertaining to John Murray Gibbon; correspondence with Dudley St…

Date Range: 1936-1952

Reference Code: M55 / 1, 2

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.A. Dan McCowan : Corrrespondence

Reference Code: M55 / 1, 2

Date Range: 1936-1952

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of incoming letters re writing, 1936-1943; business, 1939, 1952; and broadcasting, 1937-1940. Pertain to books, lectures, CBC radio \ broadcasts, royal visit. Includes letters from radio broadcast fans; letters from and pertaining to John Murray Gibbon; correspondence with Dudley Stamp of Stanstead College accompanied by listings of prints and slides used for books; 1 letter from Leonard Brockington of Odeon Theatres (1952)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Letters to Chum

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: Letters from Dan McCowan to Mary McCowan ("Chum")

Date Range: 1943

Reference Code: M55 / 36

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II. Mary McCowan

Reference Code: M55 / 36

Date Range: 1943

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Letters from Dan McCowan to Mary McCowan ("Chum")

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Correspondence

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: Letters from Mary Alice Stewart of Archives of the Canadian Rockies; also book lists.

Date Range: [1967?]

Reference Code: M55 / 3

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.A. Dan McCowan : Corrrespondence

Reference Code: M55 / 3

Date Range: [1967?]

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records.

Scope & Content: Letters from Mary Alice Stewart of Archives of the Canadian Rockies; also book lists.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Mary McCowan diaries : [1926-1957]. -- Photocopied 1996

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Reference Code: M55 / 24 to 35

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II. Mary McCowan

Reference Code: M55 / 24 to 35

Physical Description: 18 cm of textual records : copies

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

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Posters

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: Posters advertise book, photographic display and lecture by Dan McCowan

Date Range: [ca.1940]

Reference Code: M55 / 20

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.D. Dan McCowan : Professional activities

Reference Code: M55 / 20

Date Range: [ca.1940]

Physical Description: 4 graphic records

Scope & Content: Posters advertise book, photographic display and lecture by Dan McCowan

Title Source: Title based on material

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Scrapbooks

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbooks contain international newsclippings, media coverage, book reviews, fan letters and other correspondence, lecture programmes

Date Range: 1936-1938

Reference Code: M55 / 17, 18

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.D. Dan McCowan : Professional activities

Reference Code: M55 / 17, 18

Date Range: 1936-1938

Physical Description: 2 v. of textual records (6 cm)

Scope & Content: Scrapbooks contain international newsclippings, media coverage, book reviews, fan letters and other correspondence, lecture programmes

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Published manuscripts and articles

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of Sky Line Trail periodicals with articles by Dan McCowan, 1939-1952; $25 a Month Adventures in Aberhartia with Arch Dale and the Winnipeg Free Press, 1938; Oryx, vol.7 (Nov 1952) including letter to and mention of Dan McCowan; other published articles by Dan McCowan, including 1 pam…

Date Range: 1938-1952

Reference Code: M55 / 12, 13

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.B. Dan McCowan : Writing

Accession Number: 323, 6756

Reference Code: M55 / 12, 13

Date Range: 1938-1952

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of Sky Line Trail periodicals with articles by Dan McCowan, 1939-1952; $25 a Month Adventures in Aberhartia with Arch Dale and the Winnipeg Free Press, 1938; Oryx, vol.7 (Nov 1952) including letter to and mention of Dan McCowan; other published articles by Dan McCowan, including 1 pamphlet; Manuscript titles include "So long old timer," March 1947, 3 p, re Jim Brewster; Hilltop Tales revision, chapter XIV, n.d., 10p; letter from artist Duggan, 1934; "Silvertip" / Dan McCowan, Canadian Alpine Journal, ???