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Norman Luxton biographical articles

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: FIle consists of newspaper articles pertaining to Norman Luxton and his life in Banff. Includes one page from The Vancouver Province (March 17th, 1934) with article titled "N-o-a-rman is Our Brother", and two copies of article "Norman Luxton, Oracle of Banff" published in The Western Producer newsp…

Date Range: 1934; 1957

Reference Code: LUX / I / E2 / 16 to 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E2 : Personal papers

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E2 / 16 to 17

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1934; 1957

Physical Description: 0.2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: FIle consists of newspaper articles pertaining to Norman Luxton and his life in Banff. Includes one page from The Vancouver Province (March 17th, 1934) with article titled "N-o-a-rman is Our Brother", and two copies of article "Norman Luxton, Oracle of Banff" published in The Western Producer newspaper (September 26, 1957).

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Biography; Newspaper; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Vancouver; Saskatchewan; Saskatoon

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Natural bridge]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of negatives depicting the Natural Bridge in Yoho National Park.

Date Range: [1930-1960]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / NA - 3 to NA - 4

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected Material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E / 4 : Photographs

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / NA - 3 to NA - 4

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1930-1960]

Physical Description: 2 photographs: b&w negative ; 7 x 4.5 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of negatives depicting the Natural Bridge in Yoho National Park.

Subject Access: Waterfalls; Rivers; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Yoho National Park; British Columbia

Related Material: Corresponding prints: LUX / I / E4 PA-47, PA-51

Processing Status: Processed

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[Natural bridge]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of negatives depicting the Natural Bridge in Yoho National Park. Norman Luxton is the subject of NA -6

Date Range: [1930-1960]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / NA - 5 to NA - 6

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected Material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E / 4 : Photographs

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / NA - 5 to NA - 6

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1930-1960]

Physical Description: 2 photographs: b&w negative ; 7 x 4.5 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of negatives depicting the Natural Bridge in Yoho National Park. Norman Luxton is the subject of NA -6

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Waterfalls; Rivers; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Yoho National Park; British Columbia

Related Material: Corresponding prints: LUX / I / E4 PA-48, PA-49

Processing Status: Processed

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[Natural bridge]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of negatives depicting the Natural Bridge in Yoho National Park.

Date Range: [1930-1960]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / NA - 7 to NA - 8

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected Material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E / 4 : Photographs

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / NA - 7 to NA - 8

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1930-1960]

Physical Description: 2 photographs: b&w negative ; 7 x 4.5 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of negatives depicting the Natural Bridge in Yoho National Park.

Subject Access: Waterfalls; Rivers; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Yoho National Park; British Columbia

Related Material: Corresponding prints: LUX / I / E4 PA-50, PA-52

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel scrapbook of commercial postcard prints and souvenirs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the At…

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]; 1932

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Postcard

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 1

GMD: Scrapbook; Postcard

Responsibility: Some items produced by George S. Cladds [?], Byron Harmon, Gerta Christoffersen, Detroit Publishing Co., and A.C. Leighton

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]; 1932

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook : ca. 200 b&w and col. postcards ; 14 x 21.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the Athabasca River; portrait paintings of unidentified Indigenous girls by artist Gerta Christoffersen; scenes from Australia, Brussels, Venice, Bermuda, Fiji, Portugal, London, Windsor Castle, California, Mexico, the Grand Canyon, Montana, Niagara Falls, Maine, Ohio and Pennsylvania; and sketched art by A.C. Leighton depicting horses and riders. Many postcards are colorized.

Notes: A few postcards are annotated, mostly blank

Name Access: Harmon, Byron; Christoffersen, Gerta; Leighton, Alfred Crocker

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Horses; Horseback riding; Landscapes; Environment; Mountains; Indigenous Peoples; Art; Biography; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; England; London; Australia; Belgium; Italy; Venice; Bermuda; Fiji; Portugal; United States of America; California; Maine; Pennsylvania; Ohio; Lake Louise; Massachusetts; Moraine Lake; Maligne Lake; Athabasca Falls; Niagara Falls; British Columbia

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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British royal family [1939 - 1940]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of a Star Weekly, 1939 magazine publication about Queen Elizabeth and King Edward VI. Also included are newspaper clippings relating to "Know Your Empire" Contest, 1940.

Date Range: 1939-1940

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 11

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 11

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1939-1940

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of a Star Weekly, 1939 magazine publication about Queen Elizabeth and King Edward VI. Also included are newspaper clippings relating to "Know Your Empire" Contest, 1940.

Subject Access: Royalty; Royal Visit; Politics; Public events; Regalia; Industry; Ship; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Vancouver; England; London

Access Restrictions: Copyright status unknown

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright status unknown

Language: English

Conservation: Metal rings removed from binding and replaced with unbleached string to protect materials from rust damage; Two loose items have been stored in mylar

Category: Commerce and industry; Exploration, discovery and travel; Politics

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Queen Elizabeth and King George VI 1939 Canada tour

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings about Queen Elizabeth and King George VI's 1939 Royal Tour across Canada.

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 12

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 12

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings about Queen Elizabeth and King George VI's 1939 Royal Tour across Canada.

Subject Access: Royal Visit; Royal tours; Public events; Community events; Churches; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Jasper; Calgary; Manitoba; Winnipeg; Ontario; Toronto; British Columbia; Vancouver; United States of America; New York

Language: English

Category: Politics; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Fletcher P. Brady fonds

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Part Of: Fletcher P. Brady fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of scrapbook, 1932-1948, pertaining to activities of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Accompanied by Trail Rider publications, ca.1929-1966.

Date Range: [ca.1929]-1966

Reference Code: M119

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Fletcher P. Brady fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 119

Sous-Fonds: M 119

Accession Number: 901

Reference Code: M119

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca.1929]-1966

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Fletcher P. Brady was a towerman with the New England Association of Railroad Veterans in Providence, Rhode Island. In the 1930s, he served as an officer of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of scrapbook, 1932-1948, pertaining to activities of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Accompanied by Trail Rider publications, ca.1929-1966.

Name Access: Brady, Fletcher P.

Subject Access: Sports, recreation and leisure; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Horses; Horseback riding; Horse packing; Guiding; Guides

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Kootenay National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

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

Language: Language is English

Creator: Brady, Fletcher P.

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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Scrapbook

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook pertaining primarily to the Calgary Stampede and the Banff Indian Days. Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and leaflets. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Mt. Assiniboine, Timber Carnivals, and other ACC-affliated events.

Date Range: 1850-1952

Reference Code: M200 / AC 148M / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: IV.A. Other material: textual

Sous-Fonds: AC 148M

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M200 / AC 148M / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1850-1952

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual material (42 pages ; 30.5 x 25.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook pertaining primarily to the Calgary Stampede and the Banff Indian Days. Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and leaflets. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Mt. Assiniboine, Timber Carnivals, and other ACC-affliated events.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Banff Indian Grounds; Calgary Stampede; Rodeo; Festival; Winter Carnival; Ranching; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine Park; Calgary; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on material

Processing Status: Processed

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Alaska to Alberta Trip Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs from Alaska, coastal north British Columbia, Edmonton, Jasper, Banff, and surrounding environs. Photographs feature ships, iceburgs, buildings, lakes, glaciers, and sled dogs.

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Reference Code: M3 / 18

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M3 / V246

Sous-Fonds: M3

Sub-Series: 2. Postcards, n.d.

Accession Number: 1036

Reference Code: M3 / 18

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (74 pages ; 31 x 32.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs from Alaska, coastal north British Columbia, Edmonton, Jasper, Banff, and surrounding environs. Photographs feature ships, iceburgs, buildings, lakes, glaciers, and sled dogs.

Subject Access: Postcards; Family and personal life; Travel

Geographic Access: Alaska; United States of America; British Columbia; Edmonton; Jasper; Lake Louise; Banff; Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Alberta to British Columbia Trip Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views from Banff west to Vancouver Island, as well as scenic views of Lethbridge, Alberta, and southern Ontario. Includes scenes from Banff, Lake Louise, Golden, Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Comox, Lethbridge, Toronto, Muskoka…

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Reference Code: M3 / 26

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M3 / V246

Sous-Fonds: M3

Sub-Series: 2. Postcards, n.d.

Accession Number: 1036

Reference Code: M3 / 26

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (88 pages ; 25 x 31 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views from Banff west to Vancouver Island, as well as scenic views of Lethbridge, Alberta, and southern Ontario. Includes scenes from Banff, Lake Louise, Golden, Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Comox, Lethbridge, Toronto, Muskoka Lakes, and the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Also features photographs from the Banff menagerie.

Subject Access: Postcards; Family and personal life; Travel; Animals; Banff Zoo

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Laggan; Vancouver Island; Lethbridge; Toronto; Niagara Falls; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Kootenay National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Ontario; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bridges Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of bridges from throughout England, the United States of America, and Canada.

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Reference Code: M3 / 30

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M3 / V246

Sous-Fonds: M3

Sub-Series: 2. Postcards, n.d.

Accession Number: 181

Reference Code: M3 / 30

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (94 pages ; 29.5 x 37 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of bridges from throughout England, the United States of America, and Canada.

Subject Access: Postcards; Family and personal life; Travel; Architecture; Bridges; Trains

Geographic Access: England; United Kingdom; United States of America; Vancouver; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views of Toronto, Quebec, Vancouver, Victoria and surrounding environs.

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Reference Code: M3 / 34

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M3 / V246

Sous-Fonds: M3

Sub-Series: 2. Postcards, n.d.

Accession Number: 109

Reference Code: M3 / 34

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (51 pages ; 29 x 41 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views of Toronto, Quebec, Vancouver, Victoria and surrounding environs.

Subject Access: Postcards; Family and personal life; Travel; Architecture; History

Geographic Access: Toronto; Vancouver; Victoria; Ontario; Quebec; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Coastal Canada Scrapbook

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing articles, newspaper, and magazine clippings pertaining mostly to Nova Scotia and Vancouver boating, houseboats, and tourism. Includes a magazine article about Nicholas Morant, pamphlets and advertisements featuring Morant's photographs, and tourism adverts fo…

Date Range: [ca. 1940]

Reference Code: M300 / II / B2 / 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: II / B Professional records : career records

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / II / B2 / 6

GMD: Scrapbook

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1940]

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (67 pages ; 26 x 30 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing articles, newspaper, and magazine clippings pertaining mostly to Nova Scotia and Vancouver boating, houseboats, and tourism. Includes a magazine article about Nicholas Morant, pamphlets and advertisements featuring Morant's photographs, and tourism adverts for locations throughout Canada.

Name Access: Morant, Nicholas (Nick)

Subject Access: Advertising; Magazine; Newspaper; Skiing; Swimming; Boats; Trains

Geographic Access: Nova Scotia; British Columbia; Quebec; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Blank pages not scanned.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Leisure and Manufacturing Scrapbook

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing articles, newspaper, and magazine clippings pertaining to cruise ship vacations, boating, manufacturing, ship yards, skiing, RCMP forensic procedures. Includes a few advertisements and articles featuring Nicholas Morant's photographs.

Date Range: [ca. 1940]

Reference Code: M300 / II / B2 / 7

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: II / B Professional records : career records

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / II / B2 / 7

GMD: Scrapbook

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1940]

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (55 pages ; 26.5 x 30 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing articles, newspaper, and magazine clippings pertaining to cruise ship vacations, boating, manufacturing, ship yards, skiing, RCMP forensic procedures. Includes a few advertisements and articles featuring Nicholas Morant's photographs.

Name Access: Morant, Nicholas (Nick)

Subject Access: Advertising; Magazine; Newspaper; Skiing; Swimming; Boats; Manufacturing; Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Geographic Access: British Columbia; Quebec; Ontario; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Blank pages not scanned.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canada Coast to Coast Scrapbook

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper and magazine clippings, magazine articles and covers, and pamphlets featuring leisure activities and travel/tourism activities across Canada. Includes some ads featuring Morant's photographs and a newspaper article about a murder investigation in Br…

Date Range: [ca. 1940]

Reference Code: M300 / II / B2 / 9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: II / B Professional records : career records

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / II / B2 / 9

GMD: Scrapbook

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1940]

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (30 pages ; 31 x 35.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper and magazine clippings, magazine articles and covers, and pamphlets featuring leisure activities and travel/tourism activities across Canada. Includes some ads featuring Morant's photographs and a newspaper article about a murder investigation in British Columbia.

Name Access: Morant, Nicholas (Nick)

Subject Access: Advertising; Magazine; Newspaper; Skiing; Swimming; Boats; Crime; Trains; Tourist information

Geographic Access: British Columbia; Quebec; Ontario; Nova Scotia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Blank pages not scanned.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [April - October 1936]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], w…

Date Range: 1936

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 100

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 100

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1936

Physical Description: 2.8 cm of textual records (117 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], weather, skiing and ski conditions, film-making, visits from friends and visitors, matters pertaining to the house [opening and closing it as they come and go from various trips], errand trips to Calgary, watching hockey games, going to the movies, leaving for Hawaii via Vancouver in early May [sailing on the Empress of Canada], books Catharine and Edith are reading, arriving in Hawaii and eventually getting settled at the Grand Hotel in Wailuku, Maui, visiting with friends, descriptions of meals, photography and cameras, relocating to the Moana Hotel in Honolulu in mid-May, sightseening and day trips around the islands, sketching, descriptions of other ships coming and going from the harbour, details of the trip back to Banff in mid-June, radio programs [mostly news and operas], cleaning and household chores, events and people in Concord, camping trips, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property, painting/sketching, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian days, the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip [based out of Lake O'Hara] in early August, matters pertaining to the store, Edith purchasing a painting of two moose from Carl Rungius, developing photographs, a two-week trip to Lake O'Hara in late August/early September to paint and hike [also includes details of other people there, day to day activies, and the subjects painted/sketched], day trips around the national park to take photographs and hike [mostly in the Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Bow Lake areas], and preparing for a trip out to Concord at the end of October.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. The first 10 or so letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the page as part of an unknown project.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Whyte, Barbara; White, Cliff Jr.; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean; Owen, Mildred; Campbell, Gray; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Mather, Allan; Mather, Grace; Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Emmeline; Noble, George; Poucette, Mark; Adaskin, Murray; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Rungius, Carl; Smith, Adelaide; Castle, Alfred; Castle, Donald; Phillips, Walter J.; Phillips, Gladys

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Beach; Birthday; Boats; Books; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Camps; Camping; Children; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Home; Hockey; Hiking; Holidays; Hospital; Hot Springs; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Literature; Moose; Mountain; Painting; Paris Tea Room; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Scenery; Skoki Lodge; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Upper Hot Springs; Weather; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Alberta; Little Yoho Valley; Yoho National Park; Victoria; Vancouver; British Columbia; Maui; Hawaii; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Letters to Mother [December 1936 - June 1937]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 69 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from December 26, 1936, to June 9, 1937. Topics include Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, gifts given and received, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, Ame…

Date Range: 1936-1937

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 101

Description Level: 5 / File

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 101

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1936-1937

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (98 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 69 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from December 26, 1936, to June 9, 1937. Topics include Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, gifts given and received, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, American newspapers Catharine is interested in, radio programs [mostly news and operas], weather, cleaning and household chores, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property [including the construction of a screened-in porch at the back of the house, remodelling the stairs, building a darkroom on the second floor, and building a new garage], events and people in Concord, the opening of the new Administration building on the south side of the river [the Post Office is relocated here], painting/sketching, watching hockey games, skiing, descriptions of meals, the Winter Carnival, going to the movies [and Edith going to various plays], the Dominion Ski Championship being held at Norquay in March, photography and cameras, responsibilities and activities pertaining to the Ski Club, Edith's trip to Florida in March, books Catharine and Edith are reading, various holidays [both Canadian and American], trips to Skoki Lodge to ski and paint [also includes details of people who were also there, meals, and conversations], the coronation of King George VI and Queen Mary in May, the death of Catharine's Aunt Jane [Edith's sister?], day trips around the National Park to paint/sketch and have picnics with family, dinner and tea parties, print-making, frame making, and various other community events.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 101 - 31 contains a sketch of the newly remodelled stairs in the Whyte home. 101 - 43 insert may or may not belong to this specific letter - no identifying marks can be found on it. 101 - 59 is a brochure advertising Lake Minnewaska Mountain Houses, New York, and does not appear to be associated to a specific letter and so has been scanned as it's own entry.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean; Owen, Mildred; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; White, Clifford J., Sr.; Whyte, Barbara; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Knight, Norman; Beil, Charlie; Hammond, Agnes; Harmon, Lloyd; Paris, Ted; Paris, Cyril; Spencer, Earl; Ward, Sam; Rungius, Carl; Rungius, Louise

Subject Access: Activities; Administration Building; Animals; Art; Artists; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Banff Winter Carnival; Bears; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Camps; Camping; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Dominion Ski Championship; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Home; Holidays; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Moose; Mountain; Norquay Ski Hill; Royalty; Painting; Parks Canada; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Scenery; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies; Ski jumping; Ski racing; Skoki Lodge; Swiss Guides; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: 5 letters dated June 1937 were found amongst letters dated in April and moved to the end of the folder.

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Letters to Mother [June - October 1937]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep …

Date Range: 1937

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 102

Description Level: 5 / File

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 102

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1937

Physical Description: 1.7 cm of textual records (108 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep of the house and property [mostly landscaping], cleaning and household chores, weather, gifting a stove to the Simpsons for use at Bow Lake [currently a camp], events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], day trips around the National Park [mostly to Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Moraine Lake], making frames and prepping canvas for painting, books Catharine and Edit are reading, dinner parties, rearranging the kitchen [including getting a new refrigerator and a new table with two bench seats], trips to Bow Lake to paint throughout the summer, hiking, wildlife [often in the yard], updates on the new trail being built from Moraine Lake to Taylor Lake, Banff Indian Days, photography and cameras, print-making, descriptions of meals, the birth of Russ and Kitty's first son in July [Russle Jr. aka Rusty], the annual Sky Line Trail Hikers trip in early August [Pete' s last year as President], trips to Lake O'Hara and Assiniboine to paint and hike throughout August and September [the trip to and from Assiniboine was carried out on horseback], painting/sketching, activities and people at various camps, descriptions of the weather and conditions riding in and out of Assiniboine, developing and colouring photographs, working on a portrait of Mark Poucette, and news of Margaret and Mary Simpson going to Boston to skate.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 102 - 07 contains a sketch of the main floor of the Whyte home illustrating the placement of the new dining table.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Robb, Russell III (Rusty); Caird, Jean; Owen, Mildred; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Peter; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; White, Clifford J., Sr.; Whyte, Barbara; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Margaret; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Shepler, Dwight; Ward, Sam; Kaquitts, Tom; Brewster, Pat; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Strom, Erling; Feuz, Edward; Baker-Carr, d'Arcy; Poucette, Mark

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Bears; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Camps; Camping; Children; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Guides; Guiding; Home; Horses; Horseback riding; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Literature; Moose; Mountain; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Scenery; Ski areas; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Swiss Guides; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Wildlife; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; Assiniboine; Calgary; Alberta; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Letters to Mother [October 1937 - February 1938]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 34 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from October 22, 1937 to February 14, 1938. Topics include arriving in Vancouver from Banff in late October, details of the drive to the coast, taking a small road trip down the coast as far as …

Date Range: 1937-1938

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 103

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

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Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 103

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1937-1938

Physical Description: 2.1 cm of textual records (74 pages ; 21.2 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 34 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from October 22, 1937 to February 14, 1938. Topics include arriving in Vancouver from Banff in late October, details of the drive to the coast, taking a small road trip down the coast as far as California before returning to Victoria in mid-November [including visits to Yosemite and the Redwood forests], descriptions of various accommodations in Washington and California, weather, meals, going on a weekend trip from Victoria to Campbell River, booking a trip to Europe on the SS Vancouver of the Hamburg-American Line [leaving from Vancouver bound for Switzerland via the Panama Canal and the English Channel] and leaving in early December, details of life and activities aboard ship [the boat only carried 25 passengers], discussions of Pete and Catharine's plans to purchase a new Ford car upon returning to North America, Christmas and New Year's Eve activities and celebrations on board and in Concord, the other people on the boat, landmarks they pass [primarily the Panama Canal], sketching, descriptions of other ships, books Catharine and Edith are reading, disembarking in Bremen Germany and heading to Zurich Switzerland by car, local architecture and geography, going to Klosters for a week to ski, descriptions of accomodations, and moving higher into the mountains to to Davos-Laret to watch an international ski race, ski, and paint. Also includes a telegram.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand people of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 103 - 12 is addressed to Russ and contains Pete and Catharine's contact details for their trip to Europe and financial information. 103 - 16 contains two pages cut from a brochure advertising the SS Vancouver, Catharine has made notations on one page. 103 - 21 insert is a blue ribbon with yellow stitched letters reading "Hapag - D. << Vancouver >>" - ribbon is ca. 95.8 x 3.2 cm. 103 - 24 contains an insert for page 14 of a sketch of the Panama Canal locks. 103 - 29 contains a sketch and description of a T-bar ski lift system.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Caird, Jean; Johnsen, Hanne; Strom, Erling; Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl; Rungius, Carl; Rungius, Louise

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Architecture; Art; Artists; Automobiles; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Birds; Birthday; Boats; Businesses; Camping; Children; Christmas; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Gallery; Home; Holidays; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Mountain; New Year's Eve; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Redwood Forests; Scenery; Ships; Sketching; Skiing; Ski areas; Swiss Guides; Telegram; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Vancouver; Victoria; British Columbia; Canada; Washington; Oregon; California; United States of America; Panama Canal; Germany; Zurich; Klosters; Switzerland

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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