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Date
1620 – 1640
Material
glass; wood; metal
Catalogue Number
102.03.0007 a,b
Description
Two wall mirrors with gilded wood frames.
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Title
Wall Mirror
Date
1620 – 1640
Material
glass; wood; metal
Dimensions
44.8 x 3.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Two wall mirrors with gilded wood frames.
Subject
households
furniture
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.03.0007 a,b
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Date
2001
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.1040
Description
A simple flat copper bracelet folded under .50cm at each end. “HELEN LOVE GEORGE” is crudely engraved on the outside middle.
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Title
Bracelet
Date
2001
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.0 x 17.7 cm
Description
A simple flat copper bracelet folded under .50cm at each end. “HELEN LOVE GEORGE” is crudely engraved on the outside middle.
Subject
households
adornment
Credit
Gift of anonymous, 2001
Catalogue Number
103.01.1040
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Date
2005
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.1204
Description
white shirt with brown print “FAY HUT RECONSTRUCTION” written above two cabins. Top cabin “Lost in a forest fire 2003” written on roof and underneath cabin “c. 1927” Beside bottom cabin ““Making History Happen” July 2005” and underneath bottom cabin “Alpine Club of Canada G.W. Boles”
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Title
T-Shirt
Date
2005
Material
fibre
Dimensions
79.5 x 74.0 cm
Description
white shirt with brown print “FAY HUT RECONSTRUCTION” written above two cabins. Top cabin “Lost in a forest fire 2003” written on roof and underneath cabin “c. 1927” Beside bottom cabin ““Making History Happen” July 2005” and underneath bottom cabin “Alpine Club of Canada G.W. Boles”
Subject
Fay Hut
Prospectors Valley
Kootenay National Park
British Columbia
Boles
Credit
Gift of Jeannette Fish, Banff, 2017
Catalogue Number
103.05.1204
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Date
2008
Material
fabric; plastic; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.1143
Description
A small bag from Nepal, woven on the back, and woven and embroidered on the front, with a multi-coloured corded strap (135.0cm) sewn onto the side of the bag, extending from the fringed bottom 4.0cm suspended from a blue plastic bead, to an over-the-shoulder cord. The front part is backed by a blac…
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Title
Shoulder Bag
Date
2008
Material
fabric; plastic; metal
Dimensions
15.5 x 19.0 cm
Description
A small bag from Nepal, woven on the back, and woven and embroidered on the front, with a multi-coloured corded strap (135.0cm) sewn onto the side of the bag, extending from the fringed bottom 4.0cm suspended from a blue plastic bead, to an over-the-shoulder cord. The front part is backed by a black muslin cotton piece that forms a separate compartment. There is a plastic and metal black zipper (15.0cm) on the top portion of the bag (one compartment) and the same kind and size of zipper lower down (5.0cm) opening onto a separate compartment. The bottom front of the bag 13.5x15.0cm wide) is gold satin with a circular embroidered design; the top part (5.0x15.0cm wide) is a multi-coloured woven design the same as the entire back of the bag. The paper price tag is attached by a piece of clear plastic; it reads “TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES” in red lettering and “ MADE IN/FABRIQUE DU NEPAL/NEPAL 5900165” in black lettering and the barcode underneath.
Subject
households
clothing
accessory
crafts
Nepal
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
103.08.1143
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Date
2002
Material
metal; enamel; fibre; paper
Catalogue Number
103.09.1222 a,b
Description
A grosgrain ribbon in red and white (colours of the Austrian flag) (a) is folded into the shape of a triangle. A metal pin set with a wide pin bar is inserted into the fold and (b) a grosgrain ribbon in red and white (colours of the Austrian flag) is folded into the shape of a small bow and sewn on…
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Title
Medal
Date
2002
Material
metal; enamel; fibre; paper
Dimensions
4.5 x 10.5 cm
Description
A grosgrain ribbon in red and white (colours of the Austrian flag) (a) is folded into the shape of a triangle. A metal pin set with a wide pin bar is inserted into the fold and (b) a grosgrain ribbon in red and white (colours of the Austrian flag) is folded into the shape of a small bow and sewn onto a metal back of a tie-tack style (spike and clutch closure attachment) lapel pin. (a) A grosgrain ribbon in red and white (colours of the Austrian flag) is folded into the shape of a triangle. A metal pin set with a wide pin bar is inserted into the fold. The hinged pin comes through the fabric at the back displaying a barrel-type catch for closing. A silver-coloured metal hook is sewn onto the top part; this hooks through a silver-coloured rivet in the bottom of the folded triangular-shaped ribbon and attaches to a metal ring, which in turn is attached to a ring soldered to the top part of the back of a heraldic gold-coloured stylized eagle, wings outstretched, embossed with ten divisional/regimental shields, one under the head and nine on the tips of the its feathers. There is a second ring soldered onto the bottom back of the eagle, suspended from which is a gold-coloured Maltese cross with webbed design surface and a flat-surfaced Christian cross in the centre.(b) A grosgrain ribbon in red and white (colours of the Austrian flag) is folded into the shape of a small bow and sewn onto a metal back of a tie-tack style (spike and clutch closure attachment) lapel pin. The size is (2.5 wide x 1 width x 1cm deep).The medal and lapel pin are stored in a red-paper covered metal hinged box (black bottom) lined with white satin on the inside cover and white faux velvet on the container part with depressions made for the medal and the lapel pin. Gold script with the jeweller’s particulars “Friedrich Orth Wien seit 1840” is embossed on the inside cover. A heraldic eagle is embossed in gold on the top of the box lid.
Subject
Golden Order of Merit of the Republik of Austria
award
guiding
climbing
skiing
humanitarian
businessman
Hans Gmoser
Credit
Gift of Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 2008
Catalogue Number
103.09.1222 a,b
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Date
2006
Material
metal; enamel
Catalogue Number
103.09.1240
Description
A charcoal-coloured, metal, oblong medal with an embossed rope around the rim, a ram’s head on top, an enamel, green, grey and white shield in the middle with two crossed ice axes behind, a coiled rope under that, and raised lettering “THE ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA” arced around the bottom.
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Title
Mountaineering Medal
Date
2006
Material
metal; enamel
Dimensions
7.2 x 8.0 cm
Description
A charcoal-coloured, metal, oblong medal with an embossed rope around the rim, a ram’s head on top, an enamel, green, grey and white shield in the middle with two crossed ice axes behind, a coiled rope under that, and raised lettering “THE ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA” arced around the bottom.
Subject
award
sports
mountaineering
The Alpine Club of Canada
Silver Rope Award
Credit
Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 2010
Catalogue Number
103.09.1240
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Date
2003
Material
paper; plastic
Catalogue Number
104.20.1140 a-c
Description
Three double-sided, plastic-covered scenic placemats with: (a) having one coloured photographic reproduction of Bow Lake on one side and a black-and-white photographic reproduction of Crowfoot Glacier on the other; (b,c) Alberta’s wildflowers on one side of both; (b) a colour photograph reproductio…
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Title
Placemat
Date
2003
Material
paper; plastic
Dimensions
29.0 x 44.2 cm
Description
Three double-sided, plastic-covered scenic placemats with: (a) having one coloured photographic reproduction of Bow Lake on one side and a black-and-white photographic reproduction of Crowfoot Glacier on the other; (b,c) Alberta’s wildflowers on one side of both; (b) a colour photograph reproduction of Lake Louise; (c) a colour photographic reproduction of Moraine Lake. (a) The lower half of the photograph is the lake and shoreline and the top half is mountains and sky. The foreground of the lake’s shore is in the shade and mostly dark, except for a bit of green vegetation in the viewer’s extreme left-hand corner and some green bushes bunched together in the lower middle. Some sunlight hits part of the brown-coloured vegetation and logs. There are parts of dark branches of a spruce tree from top to bottom on the viewer’s left; mid-centre the shore juts out and further down, a log with some branches. On the viewer’s right there are heavy green branches, the bottom part in the shade, that form part of a spruce tree from top to bottom. The lake is sunlit from the left with reflections of the mountains in the shimmering water. The shore beyond is lined with trees and the grey mountains, with some snow on the peaks, above and further to the viewer’s right, a glimpse of a glacier. On the viewer’s far right some green vegetation and than a rust-coloured moraine, leading up to a mountain barely discernable through the spruce tree branches. The sky is blue with white, puffy clouds. On the white border, printed in black script, in viewer’s left-hand bottom corner “Bow Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada”; on the white border, printed in black italics, in viewer’s right-hand bottom corner “Photo Don Harmon” and underneath it “Distributed b Byron Harmon Photos, P.O. Box 490, Banff, Alberta”. On the opposite side of the placemat is a copy of a black-and-white photograph by Byron Harmon of Crowfoot Glacier in 1917. The foreground is branches, vegetation and one large spruce tree, on the viewer’s far right, that rises almost to the top of the photograph. Mid-centre, four packhorses, carrying their diamond-hitch loads, are grazing near two spruce trees. A bank of trees behind the horses rises steadily to the viewer’s right and the giant Crowfoot Glacier, with three complete ‘toes’, to the viewer’s right and one incomplete ‘toe’ on the left, makes up the top-half, except for a bit of sky, mid-to-far left. On the white border, in viewer’s left-hand bottom corner, printed in black lettering, is “Crowfoot Glacier 1917” and on the right-hand bottom corner “Photo B. Harmon”.(b) and (c): on one side, in the middle of the placemats is a large rectangle with a white background and “Wild Flowers of the Canadian Rockies” printed in script-style, in dark pink ink. A pink wild rose, open, a bulb without petals, and two stems with leaves, are mid-centre to viewer’s left. “Wild Rose” is printed in black script to the the left and “Alberta’s Floral Emblem” is printed, to the right of the rose, in light blue script. The outside edge of the placemat has 16 brown-framed boxes with pictures and the printed name of the following flowers: starting from viewer’s left top, clockwise: “Blue Flax”, “Yellow Vetch”, “Indian Paintbrush”, ”Pink Pussy Toes”, “Buffalo Berry”, “Heart-Leaf Arnica”, “Hare Bells”, “Tiger Lily”, “Sagebrush Buttercup”, “Wood Violet”, “Crocus”, “American Vetch” , “Strawberry”, “Yellow Columbine” , and “Fire Weed”. On the other other side of (b) (30.0x44.20cm wide), the photo is dominated by a summer view of Lake Louise, the Victoria Glacier behind, and the front lawn and swimming pool of Chateau Lake Louise. The foreground is made up, on viewer’s left, of: lawn and walkway, fence and lake walkway, three people walking, one person standing, one person sitting at a table, three spruce trees, three horses with riders, and red, yellow and white poppies. In the foreground, on viewer’s middle and right, are two more horses with riders, three people on the walkway, two people sitting on chairs at a table, more poppies, spruce trees and a white roofless structure, with openings all around, that surrounds a swimming pool with people, one diving in midair. The middle of the scene is the turquoise-blue waters of Lake Louise, with the reflection of Victoria Glacier, and a canoe with two people in it. The rest of the scene is mountains in shade on the viewer’s left, the sunlit Victoria Glacier in the middle, and wooded mountains to the right. The sky is a deep blue. On the white border, viewer’s left, printed in black ink “Distributed by United News (wholesalers) Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada”; in the middle, printed in black, “LAKE LOUISE” and underneath, “BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA”. On the white border, viewer’s right-hand bottom corner, printed in black ink, “A Traveltime Canada Placemat / PMS-6218” and underneath, “printed in Canada by lawson graphics pacific limited vancouver, british columbia”. The other side of (c) (30.3x44.4cm wide) is a summer image of Moraine Lake with six of the mountain peaks behind it. The foreground is spruce trees, rocks and the blue waters of Moraine Lake. To the viewer’s left is the top of a spruce tree extending to the grey moraine above, then two more spruce trees, grey rocks, a brown rocky path leading to the viewer’s right, a small coniferous tree, and at viewer’s far right, a large spruce tree reaching the top of the image. In the viewer’s right-hand bottom corner, the words “DON HARMON” is printed in yellow. Water can seen through the trees and the reflection of the mountains and trees is discernible. Above the moraine and trees on the viewer’s far left is a shaded tree-covered slope reaching the top of the image. Coniferous trees line the lake shore, above which moraine and snow move from the five mountain peaks, toward the lake. The sky is bright blue above the grey, granite mountains, that have some snow on them. On the white border, viewer’s left-hand bottom corner, printed in black ink “Distributed by United News (wholesalers) Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada” and underneath “Photo by Don Harmon”; in the middle, in black ink “MORAINE LAKE” and underneath “BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA”; in the viewer’s right-hand bottom corner, printed in black ink, “A Traveltime Canada Placemat / PMS-6218” and underneath, “printed in Canada by lawson graphics pacific limited vancouver, british columbia”.
Subject
households
kitchen
photograph
landscape
mountain
lake
Rockies
wildflower
Credit
Gift of Ursula Welford, Thorold, 2003
Catalogue Number
104.20.1140 a-c
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Date
2001 – 2003
Material
paint; plastic; fibre; metal; wood; ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.39.1019
Description
Collection of painting tools including: an apron; 2 paint brushes; 2 plastic plates; a ceramic bowl; a nutcracker; a pair of scissors; a pallette knife; a plaster knife; and 5 cut paint tubes. All pieces are covered in oil paint.
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Title
Artist Assemblage
Date
2001 – 2003
Material
paint; plastic; fibre; metal; wood; ceramic
Dimensions
61.0 (apron) x 79.0 (apron) cm
Description
Collection of painting tools including: an apron; 2 paint brushes; 2 plastic plates; a ceramic bowl; a nutcracker; a pair of scissors; a pallette knife; a plaster knife; and 5 cut paint tubes. All pieces are covered in oil paint.
Subject
crafts
painting
Maureen Fair
flowers
Credit
Gift and purchased from Maureen Fair, Canmore, 2002
Catalogue Number
104.39.1019
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Date
2005
Material
plastic; paper
Catalogue Number
105.02.1175
Description
A plastic container with a white paper lid surrounded by black plastic. There is a small round hole in the centre of the paper lid. On the front is black lettering (outlined in black) “ALBERTA CENTENNIAL MOUNTAIN EXPEDITION”. There is a black line simulating mountains over the writing, and the sole…
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Title
Summit Canister
Date
2005
Material
plastic; paper
Dimensions
17.0 x 9.0 cm
Description
A plastic container with a white paper lid surrounded by black plastic. There is a small round hole in the centre of the paper lid. On the front is black lettering (outlined in black) “ALBERTA CENTENNIAL MOUNTAIN EXPEDITION”. There is a black line simulating mountains over the writing, and the sole of a boot, viewer’s left with “AC” printed, then a simulated mountain with “2005” and on the heel of the sole an “E”. On the bottom of the container there is a raised triangle with a “2” in the middle, underneath that, “PRETIUM”, and underneath that , viewer’s right “16”.
Subject
commemorative
sports
mountain climbing
summit
Alberta Centennial Mountain Expedition
Credit
Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 2010
Catalogue Number
105.02.1175
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Date
2004
Material
fibre; plastic; glue
Catalogue Number
108.04.1154
Description
A grey fibre rope, coiled, wrapped round, and tied with a butterfly coil knot. The rope is kept from fraying and coming apart by secured ends with white adhesive tape on the tips, and black duct tape above that.
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Title
Climbing Rope
Date
2004
Material
fibre; plastic; glue
Dimensions
1.50 x 105.0 cm
Description
A grey fibre rope, coiled, wrapped round, and tied with a butterfly coil knot. The rope is kept from fraying and coming apart by secured ends with white adhesive tape on the tips, and black duct tape above that.
Subject
sports
mountains
climbing
Ken Jones
Credit
Gift of Bridget Jones, 2009
Catalogue Number
108.04.1154
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Collected Material Series

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Series consists of textual records, photographs and video and sound recordings collected by Eleanor Luxton. Contents include various published and unpublished materials, including sheet music, correspondence, books about Canadian and Indigenous history, magazines, souvenir publications, travel guid…
Date Range
1875-[2004]
Reference Code
LUX / II / F
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Sound recording
Video
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / F : Collected material
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / II / F
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Sound recording
Video
Date Range
1875-[2004]
Physical Description
37.0 cm textual records.-- photographs.-- 74 cm sound recordings
Scope & Content
Series consists of textual records, photographs and video and sound recordings collected by Eleanor Luxton. Contents include various published and unpublished materials, including sheet music, correspondence, books about Canadian and Indigenous history, magazines, souvenir publications, travel guides, and pamphlets; visual materials, including commercial postcards, portraits of Georginal Luxton and other family members, photographs of the Tilikum on display in Victoria, and a portfolio of illustrated Stoney Nakoda portraits by R.H. Palenske; oral histories recorded and collected by Eleanor Luxton; and a VHS copy of "Qualicum Wind".
Notes
Series consists of four sub-series:
Textual records
Photographs
Oral Histories (includes printed interview transcripts; transcripts in electronic format written to CD Rom and 3.5" floppy disk; supporting documentation; the recorded interviews on audio cassettes and R120 DAT tapes)
Audiovisual and sound records
Finding Aid
Electronic finding aid available
Title Source
Title based on contents of series
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Records in this sub-series consist of printed interview transcripts, prepared by Astrid Bell; supporting documentation including correspondence between interviewer Judy Larmour and transcriber Astrid Bell; lists of potential interviewees, interview summaries, Luxton house history, photocopies of ph…
Date Range
1997-2004
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Series
II. F. Collected Material Series
Sous-Fonds
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3
Date Range
1997-2004
Physical Description
31.5 cm textual records: 28 transcript files and supporting documentation; 29 CD Rom, 28 - 3.5" floppy disks.-- 0.7 m sound recordings: 45 audio cassettes, 17 R120 DAT tapes
Scope & Content
Records in this sub-series consist of printed interview transcripts, prepared by Astrid Bell; supporting documentation including correspondence between interviewer Judy Larmour and transcriber Astrid Bell; lists of potential interviewees, interview summaries, Luxton house history, photocopies of photographs, newsclippings and a Luxton family tree; the recorded interviews on audio cassettes and R120 DAT tapes as well as transcripts in electronic format written to CD Rom and 3.5" floppy disk. Interviews in this sub-series were conducted by Judy Larmour and MaryAlice Stewart with the following interviewees: Helen Reimer Henry Ness Louis Trono Jeannedot Ellis Robert Smith Mary Smith Frances de Haan-Holscher Ralphine Locke Kathy Campbell MaryAlice Stewart Don Hatch Derek Smith William Luxton Jr. Renata Gibson Jane Hayes Russ Nickles William Sampson Hugh Dempsey Robert and Alma Garbert Les Duncan Mrs. L.G. Thomas Dr. L.G. Thomas Margaret Thomas George F.G. Stanley Jack Doughty-Davis Iris Steele Jim Miller Doug Light
Access Restrictions
Doug Light interview with MaryAlice Stewart is restricted; permission of ELHF required.
Finding Aid
Electronic finding aid and printed listing and interview summaries available
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Interview transcripts

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Records in this sub-sub-series consist of printed interview transcripts, prepared by Astrid Bell. Interviews were conducted by Judy Larmour and MaryAlice Stewart. Also included in this sub-sub-series are the transcripts in electronic format written to CD Rom and 3.5" floppy disk. Transcripts in t…
Date Range
1997-2001
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 i
Description Level
4.1 / Sub-sub-series
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
4.1 / Sub-sub-series
Series
II.F. Collected Material Series
Sous-Fonds
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 i
Date Range
1997-2001
Physical Description
28 cm textual records: 28 interview transcriptions, 29 CD Rom, 28 - 3.5" floppy disks
Scope & Content
Records in this sub-sub-series consist of printed interview transcripts, prepared by Astrid Bell. Interviews were conducted by Judy Larmour and MaryAlice Stewart. Also included in this sub-sub-series are the transcripts in electronic format written to CD Rom and 3.5" floppy disk. Transcripts in this sub-sub-series consist of: Helen Reimer Henry Ness Louis Trono Jeannedot Ellis Robert Smith Mary Smith Frances de Haan-Holscher Ralphine Locke Kathy Campbell MaryAlice Stewart Don Hatch Derek Smith William Luxton Jr. Renata Gibson Jane Hayes Russ Nickles William Sampson Hugh Dempsey Robert and Alma Garbert Les Duncan Mrs. L.G. Thomas Dr. L.G. Thomas Margaret Thomas George F.G. Stanley Jack Doughty-Davis Iris Steele Jim Miller Doug Light
Access Restrictions
Doug Light transcript is restricted; permission of ELHF required.
Finding Aid
Electronic finding aid and printed listing and interview summaries available.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
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EL 8:1 Ralphine Locke interview transcript

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Ralphine Locke interview with Judy Larmour, October 25, 1999 and transcribed by Astrid Bell July 2002. Interview content relates to the following: Biographical details; born in Lake Louise 1925 Reference to Uncle Tom Wilson “discovering” Lake Louise and Ralphine Locke’s father working for Brewste…
Date Range
2002
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 i
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
Lux
Series
II. F. Collected Material Series
Sous-Fonds
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Accession Number
N/A
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 i
Date Range
2002
Physical Description
24 pp. textual records
Scope & Content
Ralphine Locke interview with Judy Larmour, October 25, 1999 and transcribed by Astrid Bell July 2002. Interview content relates to the following: Biographical details; born in Lake Louise 1925 Reference to Uncle Tom Wilson “discovering” Lake Louise and Ralphine Locke’s father working for Brewster Transportation Co.; parents were Ralph Strathie Harvie and Elizabeth Boyd Brewster who met through a Brewster connection; reference to her mother nursing Aunt Fern Brewster; reference to Brewster’s move from Tally Ho to motorized vehicle; reference to Jim and Bill Brewster; grandfather was James Irvine Brewster; discussion of family; parent’s marriage in 1921; reference to Ralphine Locke’s birth in a cottage at Lake Louise; memories of summers at Lake Louise; winter houses in Banff; reference to walking everywhere Eleanor Luxton as her teacher in grades 6 & 7 Luxton’s keeping to themselves Recollections of Eleanor Luxton and Georgina Luxton at Banff Indian Days and Carnival; description of Banff Indian Days Reflections on family’s Morley connections Rodeo and races on Indian grounds The Banff school; Junior and Senior buildings; reference to no library in school or town; reference to Catharine Whyte’s role in public library; access to Uncle P. Moore’s library Eleanor Luxton as a teacher Visiting the Luxton house Aunt “Georgie” Luxton Eleanor Luxton’s love of clothes Aunt Georgie’s costumes; purchased in Montreal and New York Reflections on the clannishness of the McDougall family Recollections of Norman Luxton; hunting with R. Harvey; setters; his community involvement and promotion; the Trading Post and description of the store and products, Merman Memories of Mount Royal Hotel as a child; description, conversations that took place Lou Luxton; description and comparison to Norman Luxton Jim Brewster; recollections of his way with people; King and Queen visit to his home in 1939 Sunshine Lodge, opening 1935; description of Ralphine & MaryAlice Stewart’s trip up School bus trip up Banff-Jasper road; Mistaya Canyon School trips; Eleanor Luxton’s after school hikes; Miss Gratz’s field trips Eleanor Luxton; walks, ski-joring, skating with Mrs. Simpson as her teacher Duncan family Eleanor Luxton’s decision to leave the Banff school and engineering training in Montreal Move to Calgary during War with her family Move to Montreal after the War Discussion of chronology of Eleanor Luxton’s career in Montreal Reference to Eleanor as guest for dinner; conversation topics Eleanor’s involvement with the South Alberta Oldtimers Association Reference to Eleanor Luxton persuading Ralphine Locke to go on Board Ralphine Locke’s admiration of Eleanor Luxton; Eleanor Luxton’s upbringing, sense of humor, encouragement of young people Leaves of the Medicine Tree – history of the High River area Visiting Eleanor Luxton in Calgary; her apartment; illness and visiting her in Calgary General Hospital Norman Luxton’s will Eleanor Luxton’s return to Banff; not working again Eleanor Luxton’s paper presented to newly founded Canmore Historical Society Eleanor Luxton’s relationship with her parents Luxton house; changes after Georgina Luxton’s death; modernization of kitchen and bathroom Luxton garden Georgina Luxton’s brother’s farm near Morley Eleanor Luxton driving a car McDougall Church Centennial Anniversary; celebration at Morley 1995; Eleanor Luxton and erection of cairn; annual services Ida Graves’s assistance to Eleanor Luxton Eleanor Luxton’s social life Eleanor Luxton’s interest in historical things; loss of grand-parents papers; concern for preservation; discussion of Annie manuscript Annie McDougall - community involvement; Ontario background and meeting David McDougall; David McDougall’s business losses; living in Calgary 1930s Eleanor Luxton’s relationship with grandmother Annie McDougall Eleanor Luxton’s romantic side; reference to fiancée being killed overseas; Ralphine Locke’s son at Eleanor Luxton’s house Elizabeth Costello Changes in Eleanor Luxton; short temper Work on Eleanor Luxton’s manuscript Annie; Kathy Campbell typing it; George Stanley editing it Eleanor Luxton’s vision for the Foundation Eleanor Luxton’s views on the protection of the Parks
Language
English
Finding Aid
Electronic finding aid and printed interview summary available
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Supporting documentation for oral histories

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Records in this sub-sub-series consist of correspondence between interviewer Judy Larmour and transcriber Astrid Bell; interview summaries and materials related to interview questions including Luxton house history; University of Alberta Evergreen & Gold; photocopies of photographs; news clippings …
Date Range
[2000-2004]
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 ii
Description Level
4.1 / Sub-sub-series
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
4.1 / Sub-sub-series
Series
II.F. Collected Material Series
Sous-Fonds
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 ii
Date Range
[2000-2004]
Physical Description
6 cm textual records
Scope & Content
Records in this sub-sub-series consist of correspondence between interviewer Judy Larmour and transcriber Astrid Bell; interview summaries and materials related to interview questions including Luxton house history; University of Alberta Evergreen & Gold; photocopies of photographs; news clippings and the Luxton family tree.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence relating to the oral history interviews.
Date Range
[2000-2004]
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 ii - 1
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II.F. Collected Material Series
Sous-Fonds
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 ii - 1
Date Range
[2000-2004]
Physical Description
12 pp. textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence relating to the oral history interviews.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Summaries of Oral Histories

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of copies of summaries of the interviews.
Date Range
1999-2000
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 ii - 2
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II. F. Collected Material Series
Sous-Fonds
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 ii - 2
Date Range
1999-2000
Physical Description
3 cm textual records + 1 - 3.5" computer disk.-- 10 photographs: negatives; 35 mm, b&w
Scope & Content
File consists of copies of summaries of the interviews.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Records in this sub-sub-series consist of original R120 Dat tape recordings of oral history interviews and audio cassette copies. 5 interviews conducted by MaryAlice Stewart and the remainder by Judy Larmour.
Date Range
1997-2001
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 iii
Description Level
4.1 / Sub-sub-series
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
4.1 / Sub-sub-series
Series
II. F. Collected Material Series
Sous-Fonds
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / II / F3 iii
Date Range
1997-2001
Physical Description
ca. 61 sound recordings: audiocassettes, R120 DAT tapes
Scope & Content
Records in this sub-sub-series consist of original R120 Dat tape recordings of oral history interviews and audio cassette copies. 5 interviews conducted by MaryAlice Stewart and the remainder by Judy Larmour.
Finding Aid
Printed inventory available
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Wheatley family fonds

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Part Of
Wheatley family fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of notebook, ca.1910 of Jack Watters, manager of Bankhead Mines; Bankhead papers n.d., 1903-1969, including articles, reminiscences, plans, maps regarding geology, mine, townsite and inhabitants of Bankhead, Alberta; other papers, 1933, 1952; photographs, 1885-1928, mainly collected …
Date Range
1885-1969, 2000
Reference Code
M117 / V679
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Motion picture
Video
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Wheatley family fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 117
V 679
Sous-Fonds
M 117
V 679
Accession Number
151, 156, 501, 1473, 1525, 2222, 7325a,
Reference Code
M117 / V679
GMD
Motion picture
Video
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
1885-1969, 2000
Physical Description
3 cm of textual records. -- 69 photographs (67 prints, 2 copy negatives). -- 1 video recording
History / Biographical
The Wheatley family were coal miners and shippers at Bankhead, Blairmore and Banff, Alberta, Canada. Frank M. Wheatley Sr., 1877-1958, began coal mining in Yorkshire at age twelve and continued in the business for almost sixty-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley came to Bankhead in 1908-1909 and worked there until closure of the mines in 1922. Frank Wheatley was involved in union activities locally in Bankhead and nationally after leaving Bankhead. Wheatley's sons started a small coal mine, Anthracite Collieries, near Banff in 1926. Frank Sr. was involved after 1930 and the family operated this concern until 1953.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of notebook, ca.1910 of Jack Watters, manager of Bankhead Mines; Bankhead papers n.d., 1903-1969, including articles, reminiscences, plans, maps regarding geology, mine, townsite and inhabitants of Bankhead, Alberta; other papers, 1933, 1952; photographs, 1885-1928, mainly collected by Wheatley pertaining to Bankhead mine, townsite and residents, 1885-1928; video recording titled "The story of Frank and Alice : Wheatley family reunion", 2000. Some prints originally belonged to John Watters, manager of Bankhead mine, ca.1905-1944. Many prints are annotated. Video recording is accompanied by transcript and bibliography.
Name Access
Watters, Jack
Wheatley, Alice
Wheatley, Frank
Subject Access
Natural resources
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: basic description
selected modern reference prints
Creator
Watters, Jack
Wheatley, Alice
Wheatley, Frank
Category
Natural resources
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies fonds

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Part Of
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of the records of the Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and reflect the society's organisation, activities, events, and membership. Photographic records include 22 photograph albums documenting Skyline camps, hikes and members; photographs collected by Marian Goldstrom during r…
Date Range
[1933]-2000
Reference Code
M121 / S27 / V480
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Motion picture
Video
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Transparency
Sound recording
Cassette
Textual record
Organization record
Published record
Part Of
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 121
S 27
V 480
Sous-Fonds
M 121
S 27
V 480
Accession Number
6678, 7437 (unproc)
Reference Code
M121 / S27 / V480
GMD
Motion picture
Video
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Transparency
Sound recording
Cassette
Textual record
Organization record
Published record
Other Title Info
Previously known as Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Date Range
[1933]-2000
Physical Description
22 photograph albums. -- photographs: ca.160 transparencies; 35mm, ca.30 prints, 2 videocassettes. -- 1.3 m textual records. -- 4 audiocassettes
History / Biographical
In the 1920s John Murray Gibbon, Head of the Publicity Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway, recommended the creation of new activities and recreational pursuits for tourists visiting the national parks. Gibbon decided that horseback riding and sleeping outdoors in tents, teepees, or railway bungalow camps would appeal to many tourists and the Skyline Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies was established. Outdoor enthusiasts who visited Banff annually along with Banff and area residents proposed a similar organization for hikers. Gibbon responded with the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, with their inaugural hike occurring in 1933. The first annual meeting of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies was held immediately following the first hike and N.B. Sanson, retired meteorologist of Banff, became the Club's first president. The five vice-presidents elected were: Major Selby Walker of Calgary, Peter Whyte of Banff, Carl Rungius of New York, Ian Somerville of Philadelphia, and Miss Georgina Englehard of New York. A secretary-treasurer and council members were also elected and a certified hiking mileage of 25 miles in the Canadian Rockies was set as the criteria for admission of new members.
In 1961 C.P.R. sponsorship ceased for both the Trail Riders and the Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Both groups re-organized as separate volunteer, non-profit organizations and the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies was renamed the Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. The offices of the five vice-presidents as well as the honourary president were discontinued and replaced with an executive commitee consisting of President, Vice-President, Executive Secretary, and Committee Chairperson.
The Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies establish a new base camp location each summer and coordinate five 1-week camps from that base camp throughout the summer.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of the records of the Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and reflect the society's organisation, activities, events, and membership. Photographic records include 22 photograph albums documenting Skyline camps, hikes and members; photographs collected by Marian Goldstrom during research for "Fifty Years of Trails and Tales, Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies," published in 1982; ca.160 35mm transparencies in 2 Kodak carousels containing promotional slides, presenter's guidelines and 4 sound track audio-tapes; 1 BASF videotape containing a recording of CBC mini-report about Skyline Hikers; 1 TDK videotape "Skyline Camp at Sunset Pass 1998" by Moe Bilous.
Textual records include Skyline Hikers minutes of meetings, 1961-1980 and 1980-1997; minutes, agendas, and reports, 1991-1995 and 1996-1997; marketing articles and advertisements; guest lists, 1949-1975; membership lists, 1973-1986; by-laws, 1961-1976, 1986; outfitter's agreement, 1998-99; hostess guidelines, 1991; camp and membership lists, 1991-2000; correspondence with Parks Canada and miscellaneous; budgets, 1994-1997; legal insurance, completed evaluations, 1994-1996; cardex files of membership cards and inactive members.
Name Access
Goldstrom, Marion (collector)
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Subject Access
Hiking
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
box list for unprocessed material
Creator
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Accession record, Marian Goldstrom, ed. "Fifty Years of Trails and Tales" (Calgary: Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, 1982)
Title Source
Title based on provenance of fonds
Processing Status
Processed / Unprocessed
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