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Summit Note from Unnamed Mountain

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Part Of: First ascent and summit note collection

Scope & Content: Handwritten record of mountain ascent (unnamed mountain located 2.2 km NNE of Mount Folk), written on scrap piece from coconut biscuit box. Author unknown, dated 1964(?). Provides multiple names of climbers, and references Alpine Club and Vancouver. Names written include: Paddy Sherman(?), Werner H…

Date Range: ca. 1964 (?)

Reference Code: M235 / accn. 8121

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Part Of: First ascent and summit note collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M235

Sous-Fonds: M235

Accession Number: 8121

Reference Code: M235 / accn. 8121

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Responsibility: Whyte Museum

Date Range: ca. 1964 (?)

Physical Description: 1 Textual record: handwritten on cardboard in pencil

History / Biographical: Recovered July 17, 2011 by David P. Jones of Golden, B.C.; original author/owner unknown. Was originally stored upside down in old rusty sardine can and punctured with several holes caused by lightning.

Scope & Content: Handwritten record of mountain ascent (unnamed mountain located 2.2 km NNE of Mount Folk), written on scrap piece from coconut biscuit box. Author unknown, dated 1964(?). Provides multiple names of climbers, and references Alpine Club and Vancouver. Names written include: Paddy Sherman(?), Werner Himmelsbach, Ralph Hutchinson, Don MacLaurin, Joe Hutton, and Bren Moss.

Subject Access: Summit; Mountain; Alpine Club of Canada

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Conservation: Item must be stored separate from other materials and kept in carefully controlled physical conditions to prevent further damage.

Creator: Unknown

Biographical Source Notes: Notes provided in accession record (2011) by Lena Goon

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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"Hotel Closed" Sign

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / II / D : Personal and Family Materials : Collected Material

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)

Physical Description: 1 Poster/sign, printed construction paper

Scope & Content: Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.

Name Access: Morant, Ivy; Morant, Nicholas

Subject Access: Hotel; Sign

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Creator: Unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mauten copy 1928

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Oxen pulling wagon

Date Range: Copy made 1928

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 4057

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 4057

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: Copy made 1928

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, copy, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Oxen pulling wagon

Subject Access: Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Canada

Conservation: Reprocessed / archival quality gold-toned, 1973

Creator: Unknown

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Illecillewaet Valley and Loop from Observation Point, Glacier B.C. / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 19-105

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32399

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 1

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 24 x 19 cm

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Head of Moraine Lake, Laggan, Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 17-5

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32407

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 10

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 10

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Bow River Valley, Banff Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-70

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Banff townsite, Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 11

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 11

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 18 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Banff townsite, Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Banff Hotel and Bow River, Banff Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-93

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32409

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 12

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 12

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Anthracite and Cascade Mountain from Hoodoos, Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-42

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32410

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Anthracite townsite and mine, Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 13

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 13

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Anthracite townsite and mine, Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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West of White Man's Pass, Canmore, Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-32

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32411

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 14

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 14

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Three Sisters and Natural Pillars, Canmore, Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-30

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32412

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 15

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 15

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 16 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Three Sisters, Canmore Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-22

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32413

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 16

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 16

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Wind Mountain and Bow River from Gap, Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-12

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32414

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 17

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 17

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 18 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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Mountains north of track near Canmore, Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-16

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32415

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 18

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 18

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Unknown

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The Loop, Glacier B.C. / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 19-100

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 2

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 2

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Ross Peak and Snow Shed 22, Glacier B.C / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 19-106

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32401

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 3

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 3

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 24 x 19 cm

Scope & Content: Selkirk Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Beaver Gates and Canon, Beavermouth B.C. / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 18-140

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32402

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Beaver Canyon, Selkirk Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 4

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 4

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Beaver Canyon, Selkirk Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Kicking Horse Canon, near Field B.C. / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 18-31

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32403

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 5

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 5

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Tunnel on Mt. Stephen, near Field B.C./ On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 18-20

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32404

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 6

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 6

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Cathedral Peak B.C. from Mt. Stephen / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 18-10

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32437

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 7

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 7

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 24 x 19 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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Twin Falls, near Field B.C. / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 18-118

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32405

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 8

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V650

Reference Code: V650 / 1883 - PA - 8

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 24 x 19 cm

Scope & Content: Rocky Mountains

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Unknown

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