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Date
1925 – 1935
Material
wood; lacquer
Catalogue Number
102.04.0123
Description
A flat bottomed bowl with a lid. The lid has four semi-circle raised rim edges. Both the bowl and lid are decorated with red and black lacquer and stylized trees in gold. There is a sea scene on the lid. This piece is in excellent condition.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1925 – 1935
Material
wood; lacquer
Dimensions
7.5 cm
Description
A flat bottomed bowl with a lid. The lid has four semi-circle raised rim edges. Both the bowl and lid are decorated with red and black lacquer and stylized trees in gold. There is a sea scene on the lid. This piece is in excellent condition.
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0123
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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
paper; lacquer; paint
Catalogue Number
102.04.0124
Description
A rectangular black lacquer box with a box-type lid decorated with a stylized tree, mountain, and boat design in gold paint.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
paper; lacquer; paint
Dimensions
2.0 x 4.5 x 7.0 cm
Description
A rectangular black lacquer box with a box-type lid decorated with a stylized tree, mountain, and boat design in gold paint.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0124
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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
wood; skin
Catalogue Number
102.04.0128
Description
A round wooden container with a fitted flat lid with a knob handle. The lid and sides are covered with tooled leather and decorated with a fleur de lis and triangle design. A sticker inside reads “Garantiert Handarbeit, Kunsthandwerklich, Westarbeit 6693”.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
wood; skin
Dimensions
5.0 cm
Description
A round wooden container with a fitted flat lid with a knob handle. The lid and sides are covered with tooled leather and decorated with a fleur de lis and triangle design. A sticker inside reads “Garantiert Handarbeit, Kunsthandwerklich, Westarbeit 6693”.
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0128
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Date
1920 – 1950
Material
wood; paint
Catalogue Number
102.04.0129
Description
A rectangular wooden box with a lid. The lid has a carved and painted likeness of a duck as a handle.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1920 – 1950
Material
wood; paint
Dimensions
8.0 x 9.0 x 14.0 cm
Description
A rectangular wooden box with a lid. The lid has a carved and painted likeness of a duck as a handle.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0129
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Date
1920 – 1950
Material
wood; paint
Catalogue Number
102.04.0130
Description
A rectangular wooden box with a hinged lid. The box and lid have shaped edges painted gold and the sides are painted green. There is green, red and gold decoration on the lid. The paint is worn and scratched.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1920 – 1950
Material
wood; paint
Dimensions
4.2 x 11.5 x 17.0 cm
Description
A rectangular wooden box with a hinged lid. The box and lid have shaped edges painted gold and the sides are painted green. There is green, red and gold decoration on the lid. The paint is worn and scratched.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0130
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Date
1925 – 1940
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
102.04.0153
Description
A small, lidded basket made with natural coloured fibre with dyed grasses forming word "Jamaica" on the side, and there is a foliage decoration on the lid. There is minor fibre loss on the lid.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1925 – 1940
Material
fibre
Dimensions
6.7 cm
Description
A small, lidded basket made with natural coloured fibre with dyed grasses forming word "Jamaica" on the side, and there is a foliage decoration on the lid. There is minor fibre loss on the lid.
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
souvenirs
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0153
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Date
1920 – 1950
Material
metal; stone
Catalogue Number
102.04.0196
Description
A small, cylindrical, lidded brass box, flat-bottomed, with a flush fitting, slightly domed lid which has a flange fitting into the straight, vertical wall of the box. Both box wall and lid have chips of turquoise set into enamel and polished flush with the surface. The dome of the lid is bare bras…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1920 – 1950
Material
metal; stone
Dimensions
2.0 x 3.7 cm
Description
A small, cylindrical, lidded brass box, flat-bottomed, with a flush fitting, slightly domed lid which has a flange fitting into the straight, vertical wall of the box. Both box wall and lid have chips of turquoise set into enamel and polished flush with the surface. The dome of the lid is bare brass in the rough configuration of a posy.
Subject
Whyte home
households
decorative
miniatures
collectable
travel
souvenir
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0196
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Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0200
Description
A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood
Dimensions
6.3 x 13.0 cm
Description
A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0200
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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
stone
Catalogue Number
102.04.0202
Description
A rectangular lidded box, hand-carved from soft marble-talc, which is black with white streaks in it. The box and its base are fluted on all exposed surfaces, and the top, but not the sides, of the lid is similarly fluted. The lid is a flat slab which fits flushly into/onto the box. Interior of box…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
stone
Dimensions
4.3 x 6.2 x 8.6 cm
Description
A rectangular lidded box, hand-carved from soft marble-talc, which is black with white streaks in it. The box and its base are fluted on all exposed surfaces, and the top, but not the sides, of the lid is similarly fluted. The lid is a flat slab which fits flushly into/onto the box. Interior of box is somewhat roughly carved and finished.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
Bill Peyto
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0202
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Date
1920 – 1935
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0210
Description
A long rectangular lidded box made of very light wood. The detached lid fits over a flange flush. The box is decorated with gold floral patterns defined in black, on the lid top is a stylized lion walking left in a black ground. Base and interior are painted glossy black. Sticker on the base reads …
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1920 – 1935
Material
wood
Dimensions
6.7 x 10.1 x 30.3 cm
Description
A long rectangular lidded box made of very light wood. The detached lid fits over a flange flush. The box is decorated with gold floral patterns defined in black, on the lid top is a stylized lion walking left in a black ground. Base and interior are painted glossy black. Sticker on the base reads “Made in Burma” and another partial sticker reads “ . . . . wone New York Chicago”
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0210
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Date
1920 – 1935
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
102.04.0211
Description
A cylindrical, cloisonne box of brass with a flush fitting detached domed lid; box and lid are heavily decorated with bursts of flowers, and the edge of the lid is covered with scale-like patterning; base and interior are covered with a plain light blue enamel.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1920 – 1935
Material
metal
Dimensions
8.4 x 7.6 cm
Description
A cylindrical, cloisonne box of brass with a flush fitting detached domed lid; box and lid are heavily decorated with bursts of flowers, and the edge of the lid is covered with scale-like patterning; base and interior are covered with a plain light blue enamel.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0211
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Date
1965 – 1970
Material
bark; grass; fibre; quill
Catalogue Number
102.04.0270 a,b
Description
Two oval, lidded, birchbark baskets with flat bases, straight sides. (A) White crosshatch and red zig-zag quillwork on exterior with black thread trim at rim and base (where sweetgrass is located, red and white flower design on lid, as well as sweetgrass. Black thread rim trim. (B) green and white…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1965 – 1970
Material
bark; grass; fibre; quill
Dimensions
6.0 x 7.0 x 13.5 cm
Description
Two oval, lidded, birchbark baskets with flat bases, straight sides. (A) White crosshatch and red zig-zag quillwork on exterior with black thread trim at rim and base (where sweetgrass is located, red and white flower design on lid, as well as sweetgrass. Black thread rim trim. (B) green and white "X" design in quillwork on exterior, with sweetgrass and black thread trim at rim and base. Red flower with green and white stem on lid in quillwork, as well as sweetgrass black thread rim trim. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base.
Subject
households
Indigenous, Ojibwa
crafts
quillwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0270 a,b
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Date
1965 – 1970
Material
bark; grass; fibre; quill
Catalogue Number
102.04.0271
Description
Flat-based, straight-sided, circular, lidded basket. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base. Vertical red and white quillwork on base and lid exterior. Pink and green tulip-like flower on lid. Sweetgrass and black thread rim trim.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1965 – 1970
Material
bark; grass; fibre; quill
Dimensions
5.5 x 7.5 cm
Description
Flat-based, straight-sided, circular, lidded basket. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base. Vertical red and white quillwork on base and lid exterior. Pink and green tulip-like flower on lid. Sweetgrass and black thread rim trim.
Subject
households
Indigenous
crafts
quillwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0271
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Date
1969 – 1970
Material
wood; grass
Catalogue Number
102.04.0320
Description
Hinged, lidded box lined with pink cotton fabric. Light coloured wood is unvarnished on bottom. "Made in U.S.S.R." sticker on bottom. Decoration is stained yellow and red straw or grass arranged in floral and geometric diamond design throughout lid and sides.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1969 – 1970
Material
wood; grass
Dimensions
5.4 x 12.2 x 24.0 cm
Description
Hinged, lidded box lined with pink cotton fabric. Light coloured wood is unvarnished on bottom. "Made in U.S.S.R." sticker on bottom. Decoration is stained yellow and red straw or grass arranged in floral and geometric diamond design throughout lid and sides.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0320
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Date
1925 – 1940
Material
skin
Catalogue Number
102.04.0387
Description
A small, short, square box of brown morocco style leather with gold designs, flattened at corners. Lid lifts off from lip built into bottom, lid slightly bevelled around edges. Inside lid and inside bottom has line scribed in a set-in border following the octagonal shape of the outside of box. Top …
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1925 – 1940
Material
skin
Dimensions
3.1 x 8.3 x 8.4 cm
Description
A small, short, square box of brown morocco style leather with gold designs, flattened at corners. Lid lifts off from lip built into bottom, lid slightly bevelled around edges. Inside lid and inside bottom has line scribed in a set-in border following the octagonal shape of the outside of box. Top of lid has large, scroll, embossed and gilt medallion at centre. Embossed, gold designs following same motif repeated three times on each side, once on the bottom, again on the side of the lid, and again on the bevel of the lid. A small, circular motif is on each corner between.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0387
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Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum interior displays

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 48 colour transparencies which are individually numbered and labelled. Images pertain to the interior of the Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum and several displays featuring historic Indigenous figures and scenes. Images were used in commercial postcards promoting the Luxton Museum.
Date Range
[1955-1960]
Reference Code
LUX / I / E4 / NS - 1 to 48
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
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 / E4 : Photographs
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / I / E4 / NS - 1 to 48
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Date Range
[1955-1960]
Physical Description
48 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
Scope & Content
File consists of 48 colour transparencies which are individually numbered and labelled. Images pertain to the interior of the Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum and several displays featuring historic Indigenous figures and scenes. Images were used in commercial postcards promoting the Luxton Museum.
Notes
File contains 11 individual images and duplicates of each
Items each have number between 301 and 311, excluding the number 302. Items are not in numerical order in file
Name Access
Luxton, Norman
Subject Access
Museums
Indigenous Peoples
History
Tourism
Cultural pluralism
Businesses
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Related Material
LUX / I / E4 / PG - 1 & 2
Category
Cultural pluralism
Commerce and industry
First nations
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Travel and home records

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and…
Date Range
[ca.1900] - 1992
Reference Code
LUX / II / E
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Negative
Transparency
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / E
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Negative
Transparency
Date Range
[ca.1900] - 1992
Physical Description
27.5 cm of textual records (5 scrapbooks ; 0.5 cm newspaper clippings) -- 7 albums -- 1,345 photographs (1,083 b&w and col. prints ; 257 b&w and col. negatives ; 5 col. transparency slides)
Scope & Content
Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and a celebration marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; Canadian trips, including the Okanagan region, Seebe and Jasper National Park; and the Luxton family home in Banff.
Name Access
Luxton, Eleanor
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Travel
Exploration
Home
Geographic Access
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Alberta
British Columbia
Banff
Quebec
United States of America
Panama
Japan
China
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Luxton family headstone

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one print photograph and two duplicate transparency slides depicting the headstone of Norman and Georgina Luxton (and later Eleanor Luxton), 1966.
Date Range
1966
Reference Code
LUX / III / A3a / PA - 9
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Transparency
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / III / A : Norman Luxton family
Sous-Fonds
LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / III / A3 : Collected material
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / III / A3a / PA - 9
GMD
Photograph
Print
Transparency
Date Range
1966
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. print ; 12.5 x 9 cm -- 2 col. transparency slides, 35 mm
Scope & Content
File consists of one print photograph and two duplicate transparency slides depicting the headstone of Norman and Georgina Luxton (and later Eleanor Luxton), 1966.
Notes
Date range provided by Processing Archivist
Name Access
Luxton, Norman
Luxton, Georgina
Luxton, Eleanor
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Grave
Language
English
Conservation
Items stored together in file
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Enoch Rider (Sûkârâgan) (Horse Rider), Stoney Nakoda

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
[Enoch Rider (Sûkârâgan) (Horse Rider), Stoney Nakoda]*
Date Range
ca. 1910
Reference Code
LUX/I/d3a-10-36a
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides
Sous-Fonds
LUX
Accession Number
n/a
Reference Code
LUX/I/d3a-10-36a
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Date Range
ca. 1910
Physical Description
1 Negative
Scope & Content
[Enoch Rider (Sûkârâgan) (Horse Rider), Stoney Nakoda]*
Name Access
McCowan, Dan
Rider, Enoch
Subject Access
First Nations
Indigenous Peoples
Stoney Nakoda
Stoney
Geographic Access
Alberta
Language
English
Creator
McCowan, Dan
Title Source
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Processing Status
Processed
Images
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J. Monroe Thorington fonds

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Part Of
J. Monroe Thorington fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of copies of textual records from the Thorington Archives at Princeton University and photographs in both original and copy form. Textual records include: I. Thompson-Little Collection and supplement 1895- 1907; letters chiefly addressed to Charles Sproule Thompson collected by Georg…
Date Range
1825-1974
Reference Code
M106 / V622
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Transparency
Textual record
Private record
Part Of
J. Monroe Thorington fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 106
V 622
Sous-Fonds
M 106
V 622
Accession Number
740, 1001, 1034, 1093, 1103, 1133, 1285, 1406, 1411, 1439, 1561, 1600, 1804, 1810, 1965, 1980, 2110, 2279, 2536, 2713, 3059
Reference Code
M106 / V622
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Transparency
Textual record
Private record
Date Range
1825-1974
Physical Description
ca.1.8 m of textual records. -- 64 photographs : prints, transparencies, copy negatives
History / Biographical
J. Monroe "Roy" Thorington, 1894-1989, was an ophthalmologist, mountaineer and mountain historian at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Thorington was a pre-eminent climber and explorer in the Canadian Rockies starting in 1922. He studied the Freshfield and Lyell Glaciers for 22 years and explored and mapped the Purcell Range, British Columbia. Thorington wrote approximately 300 publications on mountaineering, mountain history and the Canadian Rockies. He was active in numerous organizations, particularly the American Alpine Club.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of copies of textual records from the Thorington Archives at Princeton University and photographs in both original and copy form.
Textual records include: I. Thompson-Little Collection and supplement 1895- 1907; letters chiefly addressed to Charles Sproule Thompson collected by George T. Little, Appalachian Mountain Club and supplemented by material mainly from the estate of Charles E. Fay. II. American Alpine Club, 1903- 1967; correspondence with American Alpine Club members elected to 1918. III. Alps and Canada mountaineering correspondence. IV. Guide books and writings; pertains to writings on the Canadian Rockies and Conrad Kain. V. Dr. W. S. Ladd and Allen Carpe papers 1908-1935.
VI. Photographs, 1871-1970, pertain mainly to Thorington's climbing associates, mountain guides, friends and climbs; also, tombstones of friends at Banff Cemetery.
Fonds also includes miscellaneous original summit notes, articles, etc. concerning landmark mountaineering activities in the Canadian Rockies.
Name Access
Thorington, J. Monroe
Subject Access
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: series description
Creator
Thorington, J. Monroe
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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