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Family photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15155
- Part Of
- Iva and Len Smith fonds
- Scope & Content
- Photographs pertain to Stewart and Smith families, friends and associates, activities and trips, Banff and area events and views, Canadian Rockies views
- Date Range
- 1890-[ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V590 / PA - 1 to 351
- V590 / PB - 1
- V590 / PC - 1, 2 to 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
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- Part Of
- Iva and Len Smith fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V 590
- Sous-Fonds
- .
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V590 / PA - 1 to 351
- V590 / PB - 1
- V590 / PC - 1, 2 to 6
- GMD
- Photograph
- Responsibility
- Some identifications can be attributed to Iva Smith
- Date Range
- 1890-[ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- ca.360 photographs : prints
- Scope & Content
- Photographs pertain to Stewart and Smith families, friends and associates, activities and trips, Banff and area events and views, Canadian Rockies views
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- List of prints (V590/PA-1 to 351, PA-1; PC-1, 2 to 6):
- PA-1 Hugh MacDonald & Family & Capt. Standley, 1929
- PA-2 Jack Standley on "Daughter Of The Peaks"
- PA-4 Folder showing several scenic views
- PA-5 Fire at Chateau Lake Louise
- PA-6 Lady of the Lake - taken from aboard "Daughter of the Peaks"'
- PA-7 Cascade Cafe
- PA-8 Harmony Theatre before 1917
- PA-9 The Switch-back, Yoho Road
- PA-10 Iva's great-grandmother, on Stewart side (Elinore?)
- PA-11 Iva's father
- PA-12 Iva's father and mother - taken at Camel, California
- PA-13 Iva's mother - Camel, Calif.
- PA-14 Iva's mother, 1926
- PA-15 Iva's mother n.d.
- PA-16 Iva's mother n.d., Banff
- PA-17 Iva with squirrel on shoulder
- PA-18 Mrs. Smith (and attached poem)
- PA-19 Mr. & Mrs. Smith and - boat, "The Minnewanka"
- PA-20 Mr. & Mrs. Smith feeding deer
- PA-21 Iva Stewart, age 2
- PA-22 Iva Stewart, age 12
- PA-23 Iva Stewart, age ?
- PA-24 Iva Stewart and Clarice Holley, others are strangers, 1914
- PA-25 Hattie Tavender and Iva, 1914 (where Gulf station is now)
- PA-26 The old CPR news stand - Banff, 1914
- PA-27 to 29 CPR Station, staff - Banff ca.1920
- PA-30 CPR Station, staff - Banff, ca.1919
- PA-3l Honeymoon (Smiths) Lake Ramsey
- PA-32 Top of Beehive, Lake Louise, 1920
- PA-33 Alice Fulmer, Miss Savatard (Mrs. Wheeler to-be) and Iva on trip to ;Assiniboine, 1921
- PA-34 Citadel Pass on 1921 trip
- PA-35, 36 Camp - Assiniboine trip, 1921
- PA-37 Mr. & Mrs. Smith with catch of fish, 1923
- PA-38 In the White House, on their honeymoon (Smiths)
- PA-40 Iva 1926
- PA-41 Iva, at Moraine, 5th Wedding Anniversary
- PA-42 Iva, 1927
- PA-43 Iva, 1927 at Lake Louise
- PA-44 Iva with Mrs. Sweet, 1927
- PA-45 Iva at Lake Louise, 1927, taken by Lucy Sweet
- PA-46 Iva Smith with bear, 1926 or 1927
- PA-47 Will Hiscocks, Elsie Brooks and Iva, 1926, Great Divide
- PA-48 Iva, Elsie Brooks and "Sparksy" - Great Divide 1926
- PA-49 Team of horses and sleigh on Banff Avenue (going up to the Spray)
- PA-50, 51 Carnival sleigh trip up the Spray
- PA-52 Carnival sleigh trip up the Sprayto Eau Claire Camp
- PA-53 Carnival sleigh trip up the Spray8 miles
- PA-54 At the Eau Claire Lumber Camp, up the Spray
- PA-55 The girls at Lake Louise, 1926
- PA-56 Iva at Lake Louise Trading Co., 1927
- PA-57 Tom Wilson and Iva - Lake Louise, 1927
- PA-58 Iva at Lake O'Hara, 1929
- PA-59 Tom Wilson and Iva at Lake Louise
- PA-60 Iva and deer - photo by Red Johnson
- PA-61 Iva on the Victoria Glacier moraine (on the saddle)
- PA-62 Iva, Harold and Mr. Smith? on a picnic
- PA-63 Iva and her ?record trout?
- PA-64 Iva's trout (in old Luxton Museum)
- PA-65 Staff, with Iva, at Wapta 1931
- PA-66 Mabel and Iva, at Icefields Summit
- PA-67 Iva on "Skyline Trail"
- PA-68 Iva at Floe Lake
- PA-69 Iva at Becker's Bungalows, 1935
- PA-70 to 73 Becker's Bungalows, exterior
- PA-79 Becker's Bungalows interior
- PA-80 Tourist camp, Soap Lake,Washington (...that caused me to plan Becker's )
- PA-81 Portrait of unid. woman
- PA-82 Len Smith and deer - young boy also
- PA-83 Len Smith in 8th Field
- PA-84, 85 Len and Stemp - top of Rundle, 1912
- PA-86 Len in Sentinel Valley, 1921
- PA-87 Len and Leslie, starting for Calgary, by canoe 1919
- PA-88, 89 Canoe race, 1921 (Smiths in far canoe)
- PA-90 Len and Reg on the "Birthday trip", 1928
- PA-91 Birthday Castle trip - taken by Archie Pitcairn, 1927 or 1928
- PA-92 3 men coming from Castle trip
- PA-93, 94 Castle trip
- PA-95 Coming from Castle
- PA-96 Ready to canoe down from Castle
- PA-97 Another trip from Castle
- PA-98, 99 Catch of fish, May 24, 1943
- PA-100 Len and Iva, Glacier Park, ca.1948
- PA-l0l Man ( ) at Lake Minnewanka
- PA-102 Man and deer
- PA-103 Man in boat (The Minnewanka)
- PA-104 Man in boat, (The Minnewanka), 1957
- PA-105 Man and girl, (The Minnewanka), 1957
- PA-106 Man clearing curling rink
- PA-107 Men curling
- PA-108 Inside boat, Len ("His last trip")
- PA-109 Len's last picture - launching of the new "Minnewanka"
- PA-110 Moving a house from Bankhead - to 304 Squirrel Street
- PA-111 Moving a house from Bankhead to 304 Squirrel St.
- PA-112 304 Squirrel St, 1926
- PA-113 House
- PA-114 306 Squirrel Street, ca.1914
- PA-115 June snowfall
- PA-116 306 Squirrel Street?
- PA-117 Car
- PA-118 Len's old chevy
- PA-119 Priscilla Hammond portrait
- PA-120 Mary at Deer Lodge
- PA-121 [Lake O'Hara] Dr. Barathy, 1927
- PA-122 Mrs. Costigan, ca.1928
- PA-123 Head gardener, de Koven? Chateau Lake Louise
- PA-124 Head housekeeper
- PA-125 Tom & Ada Wilson with nephew of his first guide
- PA-126 Tom Wilson
- PA-130 Ada Wilson at the Plain of 6 Glaciers
- PA-131 Ada Wilson on Louise moraine
- PA-132 Ada Wilson, last year at the Lake
- PA-133 Tom's grandsons beside Tom Wilson's monument at Takakkaw
- PA-134 Tom Wilson's grandchildren
- PA-135 Gibbs at St. Xavier's
- PA-136 Rev. Charles Gibbs
- PA-137 Rev. Charles Gibbs on Mt. Temple
- PA-138 Gibbs climb
- PA-139 Gibbs
- PA-140 Harry Hazeldene, 1912
- PA-141, 142 Harry Hazeldene on Rundle, 1912
- PA-143 Unidentified soldier
- PA-144 Allan (Mather?) on his wedding
- PA-145 6 skiers [Peter Whyte?], just west of the Chateau
- PA-146 Stan Johnson, Don Swain & 1 unidentified
- PA-147 Bill Vollrath, Sven Hansen & 1 unidentified
- PA-148 Unidentified family
- PA-149 2 unidentified cowboys
- PA-150 Bliss Carmen
- PA-151 Capt. Gray, road builder, 1915
- PA-152 Byron Harmon filming the prairie chicken
- PA-153 Byron Harmon & dog
- PA-154 Unidentified men
- PA-155 "Old Bill", 1926
- PA-156 Unidentified men in cart
- PA-157 [Lake Louise] Freddie Mattern [Matten?], 1926
- PA-158 Eddie Morse, just before he died, Chateau Lake Louise
- PA-159 Unidentified man
- PA-160 Walking Buffalo/Armbrister
- PA-161 Unidentified Indigenous /Armbrister
- PA-162 Unidentified Comanche Indigenous person
- PA-163 Unidentified Comanche Indigenous personwith army hat
- PA-164 Chief Joseph (Nez Perce)
- PA-165 [Kootenay Park]Unidentified man at Summit of Wonder Pass
- PA-166 Unidentified woman, starting out (1/2 mi. from car)
- PA-167 Lake Gloria & Lake Terrapin
- PA-168,169 [Lake Minnewanka] Building the dam
- PA-170 During the dam[?]
- PA-171 The first dam at Lake Minnewanka, ca.1913
- PA-172 Sheep at L. Minnewanka
- PA-173 Avalanche
- PA-174 One of the boat tours
- PA-176 Boat at Minnewanka
- PA-177 Hugh MacDonald & Capt. Standley on "Daughter of the Peaks"
- PA-178 Boat at the Lake
- PA-179 "Daughter of the Peaks", Capt. Standley's old steamer
- PA-180 "Minnewanka"
- PA-181 The launch "Aylmer"
- PA-182 The launch "Hummingbird"
- PA-183 [Banff] Bow River Boathouse, n.d.
- PA-184 Deer in Bow River
- PA-185 Frank Lloyd Wright Pavilion at time of flood
- PA-186 Rec grounds at time of flood
- PA-187 Washout rails, just west of Banff
- PA-188 Crew of "Hood"
- PA-189 Car accident, Bill Vollrath was underneath, n.d.
- PA-190 Bill Vollrath's accident, n.d.
- PA-191 [Lake Louise] Narrow gauge wreck (causing Mrs. Sam Armstrong to lose her only baby)
- PA-192 [Banff] people waiting to see Princess Patricia, Duchess of Connaught at CPR Station
- PA-193 Princess Patricia, Duchess of Connaught
- PA-194 Baldwin, meeting Edward, Prince of Wales
- PA-195 Edward, Prince of Wales
- PA-196 At CPR Station, 1914 or 1915
- PA-197 Prince of Wales at Banff Springs Golf Course
- PA-198 [Lake Louise] John Barrymore & Camilla Horn
- PA-199 John Barrymore
- PA-200 Camilla Horn
- PA-201 John Barrymore & Camilla Horn
- PA-202 Olive Borden, star of 1926 movie
- PA-203 Indigenous person woman on horse, Banff Avenue
- PA-204 Indigenous Parade, travois
- PA-205, 206 Banff Indian Days Parade, Banff Ave.
- PA-207, 208 Parade, Banff Avenue
- PA-209 Teepees, Banff Indian Days, n.d.
- PA-210 Banff Winter Carnival (early)
- PA-211 to 215 Banff Winter Carnival - Ice Palace, n.d.
- PA-216 Banff Winter Carnival - Indigenous woodcutting
- PA-217 Banff Winter Carnival Float in Calgary Stampede
- PA-218 [Skit?] Mrs. Kelly as Tom Wilson
- PA-219 Group of people [see PA 154, Sam Ward for identification]
- PA-220 4 unidentified climbers
- PA-221 9 men in camp, unidentified
- PA-222 Double exposure
- PA-223 Mr. Blondheim, week before he died
- PA-224 Tom Wilson teeing off at Banff Springs Golf Course
- PA-225 [Lake Minnewanka] Man with fish
- PA-226 Man and children with fish, near Bow River Boathouse
- PA-227 The last of Sulphur Mt. Tower
- PA-228 Banff curling rink
- PA-229 First building at Lake Louise
- PA-230, 231 Chateau Lake Louise
- PA-232 Chateau Lake Louise, n.d. Byron Harmon
- PA-233, 234 Triangle Inn
- PA-235 [Yoho Park] Wapta Bungalow Camp
- PA-236 Construction of Banff Springs Hotel
- PA-237 Construction of Banff Springs Hotel (tower?)
- PA-238, 239 Sanitarium on fire
- PA-240 Banff townsite from Sulphur Mt.
- PA-241 Banff townsite from Tunnel Mt., prior to 1933
- PA-242 [From the Bald Patch, before road was built], Mt. Norquay (Goat Mtn. & Banff Springs Hotel), ca.1915
- PA-243 Banff Ave from S, Bank of Commerce
- PA-244 Banff Ave from & Cascade Mtn.
- PA-245 CPR train
- PA-246 Banff Avenue, ca.1886
- PA-247 Building the zoo
- PA-248, 249 Cascade Mt & Bow River Boathouse
- PA-250 On the Golden hill
- PA-251 It looks serious
- PA-252 [Kootenay Park] On Nelson-Spokane Hwy, near Salmon R., June 1925
- PA-253 Cave & Basin pool
- PA-254 Falls, Johnston Canyon
- PA-255 Snow tunnel, Yoho Road
- PA-256 Kicking Horse River
- PA-257 Area of the Kicking Horse [Canyon]
- PA-258 Cisco Bridge
- PA-259 Paradise Valley
- PA-260 Mt. Hungabee
- PA-261 Unidentified scene
- PA-262 View of Massive Range from Tunnel Mt., after snow
- PA-263, 264 On Hungabee Glacier, looking toward the Mitre
- PA-265 Mt. Temple & Paradise Valley from Hungabee Glacier
- PA-266 View from Cascade Mtn.
- PA-267 Near Sawback
- PA-268 to 273 Trail Ride, ca.1926, J. Murray Gibbon
- PA-274 Top of Rundle Mt.
- PA-275 Hole-in-the-Wall, n.d.
- PA-276 Up the Yoho Valley
- PA-277 Looking east from Floe Creek Basin, up Hawk Creek Va
- PA-278, 279 Floe Lake Trail
- PA-280 Looking NE across Floe Lake
- PA-281, 282 Valley of Ten Peak [Valley of the Ten Peaks & Moraine Lake?]
- PA-283 Unidentified
- PA-284 Mt. Assiniboine & Lake Magog
- PA-285 to 287 Lake Louise & Victoria Glacier, poppies in foreground
- PA-288 Unidentified
- PA-289 On Temple
- PA-290 View from Fairview
- PA-291 Unidentified
- PA-292 "The Sentinel"
- PA-293 [Yoho Park] View from Twin Falls
- PA-294 Back view of Twin Falls
- PA-295 Marble Canyon
- PA-297 Falls
- PA-298 Johnston Canyon
- PA-299 Lake Louise shoreline
- PA-300 Teepee on shoreline
- PA-301 Lake Louise
- PA-302 to 310 Series of unidentified photographs
- PA-311 [Jasper Park] Cavell Glacier
- PA-312 [Frank, Alta] Turtle Mtn. after slide, 1903
- PA-313 Sign on fence: Heinie: Russian Siberian Pony
- PA-314 [Glacier Park] Loop Creek & Bonnie Glacier
- PA-315 Base of Illecillewaet (Great) Glacier, Sir Donald Peak
- PA-316 Bear at river / Len Smith
- PA-317 Sheep / Stan Johnson
- PA-318 Bears climbing trees
- PA-319 Mountain goats
- PA-320 Beaver
- PA-321 [Calgary] At "The Stampede", 1912
- PA-322 Holding "Cyclone", the terror at the Stampede, 1912
- PA-323 Roping a steer, 1912
- PA-324 A. D. Kean on "Gray Slivers", 1912
- PA-325 Poem - "Where Does the West Begin?"
- PA-326 [Drumheller] 2 Mounties by Historical sign, ca.1943
- PA-327 East end of Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point, 1942
- PA-328 Yosemite Valley, 1942
- PA-329 [Washington] Mt. Rainier
- PA-330 Lake Lenore, Grand Coulee
- PA-331 [Wyoming] The Portals, Ten Sleep Canyon
- PA-332 Capt. Bennett [Salvation Army]
- PA-333 Ralph Graves, Harry Stewart, Henry Shultice, Henry Vert, 1890 / E. E. Bertrand
- PA-334 [Spokane] The New Butte Coffee House/1900
- PA-335 Tommy Burns portrait
- PA-336 Portrait of unidentified man
- PA-337 Unidentified scene
- PA-338 Banff Springs Hotel & Fairholme Range from Sulphur
- PA-339 Teepees along Banff Ave, Banff Winter Carnival, n.d.
- PA-340 Banff townsite from Bald Patch on Norquay, ca.1915
- PA-341 Bow Lake
- PA-342 Bugaboo Glacier
- PA-343, 344 Unidentified scene
- PA-345 Lake Louise & Victoria Glacier
- PA-346 to 349 Autumn scenes
- PA-350 [Lake Wapta Bungalow Camp]
- PA-351 [Len Smith on boat "Minnewanka"]
- PB-1 Jim Brewster driving King George VI and Queen in carriage, n.d.
- PC-1, 2 Ladies (unid.) with bikes
- PC-3 Mr., Mrs. Smith,. Winnipeg - Regatta Race, n.d.
- PC-5 Tom Wilson and Chief___Hunter (T. E.'s 70th Birthday) / George Noble photograph
- PC-6 Panorama (Lake Minnewanka?)
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Park warden journals [2/3]
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- Part Of
- Bo Holroyd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of journals which present Bo Holroyd's personal record of daily work activities as park warden at Waterton Lakes National Park, 1920 to 1929. Significant observations on ungulate populations, game, wildlife management, warden service duties, and programs and human activity in the park…
- Date Range
- 1930-1939
- Reference Code
- M495 / 10 to 19
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
- Government record
- Textual record
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- Part Of
- Bo Holroyd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M495
- Series
- I. Park warden series
- Sous-Fonds
- M495
- Accession Number
- 4011
- Reference Code
- M495 / 10 to 19
- Date Range
- 1930-1939
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records (10 volumes ; 17 x 21 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of journals which present Bo Holroyd's personal record of daily work activities as park warden at Waterton Lakes National Park, 1920 to 1929. Significant observations on ungulate populations, game, wildlife management, warden service duties, and programs and human activity in the park are included. File is 2/3
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Name Access
- Holroyd, Bo
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Boats
- Bridges
- Buildings and facilities
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Conservation
- Dairies
- Ecology
- Environment and Nature
- Forestry
- Parks
- Parks Canada
- Records
- Trail making
- Trails
- Warden cabins
- Wardens
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Waterton
- Waterton National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Blank pages not scanned
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF SUBJECTS :
- * Correspondence
- * Stores inventories
- * Fire equipment inventories
- * Report preparation
- * Horse purchases
- * Warden diary review
- * Town fire brigade instruction
- * Patrols
- * Trail and telephone line inspections
- * Timber cruising
- * Phone line repair
- * Financial estimation
- * Fire hazard inspection of townsite buildings
- * Sending water and milk samples for testing
- * Timber cutting operations review
- * Timber scaling
- * Haying supervision at Park farm
- * Phone line construction
- * Trail crew supervision
- * Inspections of trails, phone lines, cabins with Superintendent
- * Horse vaccinations
- * Measurement and photographing of cabins and outbuildings
- * Shipping hides to National Museum
- * Hiring blacksmith
- * Court duty
- * Wildlife management and control
- * Trainee supervision
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Notebooks and notes
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Includes diaries, field notes and data regarding the natural history (3 volumes) and human history (1 volume) of Banff; also handwritten notes re "Winnipeg" photo captions
- Date Range
- 1918-1949
- Reference Code
- M55 / 4 to 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Dan McCowan : Writing
- Reference Code
- M55 / 4 to 7
- Date Range
- 1918-1949
- Physical Description
- 6.5 cm of textual records (incl. 4 volumes) diaries, field notes and data regarding the natural history (3 volumes) and human history (1 volume) of Banff; also handwritten notes re "Winnipeg" photo captions
- Scope & Content
- Includes diaries, field notes and data regarding the natural history (3 volumes) and human history (1 volume) of Banff; also handwritten notes re "Winnipeg" photo captions
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- Title based on contents of file
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- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
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- File consists of menus, concert programs, label, gallery catalogues, Royal Train Canada station stationery, newsclippings, cartoons, biography of Dan McCowan, notes from book publisher, book order leaflets, business and membership cards, programmes, advertising for books and lectures, press release…
- Date Range
- 1906-1955
- Reference Code
- M55 / 21 to 23
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.E. Dan McCowan : Ephemera
- Reference Code
- M55 / 21 to 23
- Date Range
- 1906-1955
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of menus, concert programs, label, gallery catalogues, Royal Train Canada station stationery, newsclippings, cartoons, biography of Dan McCowan, notes from book publisher, book order leaflets, business and membership cards, programmes, advertising for books and lectures, press releases. Newsclippings pertain to World War II, royalty, animals, Banff personalities (including obituaries of McCowan, Rungius, Ballard, Niven), other.
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Dan McCowan letters of appreciation from American audiences
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of appreciation letters written to Dan McCowan from sports and community associations and clubs throughout the United States of America.
- Date Range
- 1927-1952
- Reference Code
- M55 / 15
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
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1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M55 / V408
- Series
- I / D Dan McCowan : Professional activities
- Sous-Fonds
- M55
- Accession Number
- 6892
- Reference Code
- M55 / 15
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1927-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (42 pages ; 23.5 x 28.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of appreciation letters written to Dan McCowan from sports and community associations and clubs throughout the United States of America.
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Communications
- Professional and Personal Life
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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- Title based on contents of file
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Correspondence
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- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of incoming letters re writing, 1936-1943; business, 1939, 1952; and broadcasting, 1937-1940. Pertain to books, lectures, CBC radio \ broadcasts, royal visit. Includes letters from radio broadcast fans; letters from and pertaining to John Murray Gibbon; correspondence with Dudley St…
- Date Range
- 1936-1952
- Reference Code
- M55 / 1, 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.A. Dan McCowan : Corrrespondence
- Reference Code
- M55 / 1, 2
- Date Range
- 1936-1952
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of incoming letters re writing, 1936-1943; business, 1939, 1952; and broadcasting, 1937-1940. Pertain to books, lectures, CBC radio \ broadcasts, royal visit. Includes letters from radio broadcast fans; letters from and pertaining to John Murray Gibbon; correspondence with Dudley Stamp of Stanstead College accompanied by listings of prints and slides used for books; 1 letter from Leonard Brockington of Odeon Theatres (1952)
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- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbooks contain international newsclippings, media coverage, book reviews, fan letters and other correspondence, lecture programmes
- Date Range
- 1936-1938
- Reference Code
- M55 / 17, 18
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.D. Dan McCowan : Professional activities
- Reference Code
- M55 / 17, 18
- Date Range
- 1936-1938
- Physical Description
- 2 v. of textual records (6 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbooks contain international newsclippings, media coverage, book reviews, fan letters and other correspondence, lecture programmes
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- Title based on contents of file
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Published manuscripts and articles
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Sky Line Trail periodicals with articles by Dan McCowan, 1939-1952; $25 a Month Adventures in Aberhartia with Arch Dale and the Winnipeg Free Press, 1938; Oryx, vol.7 (Nov 1952) including letter to and mention of Dan McCowan; other published articles by Dan McCowan, including 1 pam…
- Date Range
- 1938-1952
- Reference Code
- M55 / 12, 13
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Dan McCowan : Writing
- Accession Number
- 323, 6756
- Reference Code
- M55 / 12, 13
- Date Range
- 1938-1952
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Sky Line Trail periodicals with articles by Dan McCowan, 1939-1952; $25 a Month Adventures in Aberhartia with Arch Dale and the Winnipeg Free Press, 1938; Oryx, vol.7 (Nov 1952) including letter to and mention of Dan McCowan; other published articles by Dan McCowan, including 1 pamphlet
- Manuscript titles include "So long old timer," March 1947, 3 p, re Jim Brewster; Hilltop Tales revision, chapter XIV, n.d., 10p; letter from artist Duggan, 1934; "Silvertip" / Dan McCowan, Canadian Alpine Journal, ???
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Newspaper clippings
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15882
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of articles re McCowan's lectures and shows
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1955]
- Reference Code
- M55 / 19
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.D. Dan McCowan : Professional activities
- Reference Code
- M55 / 19
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1955]
- Physical Description
- ,5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of articles re McCowan's lectures and shows
- Title Source
- Title based on contents
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Dan McCowan Career Scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15883
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the career of Dan McCowan. Includes entirely clippings about his photographs and lectures throughout North America.
- Date Range
- 1929-1941
- Reference Code
- M55 / 16
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M55 / V408
- Series
- I / D Dan McCowan : Professional activities
- Sous-Fonds
- M55
- Accession Number
- 6892
- Reference Code
- M55 / 16
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1929-1941
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records (49 pages ; 23 x 28 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the career of Dan McCowan. Includes entirely clippings about his photographs and lectures throughout North America.
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- Subject Access
- Academics
- Community events
- Description and travel
- Education
- Environment and Nature
- Events
- Lecture
- Newspaper
- Professional and Personal Life
- Public Speaking
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Small mammals : [negatives, group 28]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15884
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to badger, beaver (includes lodges, dams, cuttings), ground squirrels, lynx tracks, marmots and others
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1923-1949
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.1. Dan McCowan : Photography, negatives
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 4
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1923-1949
- Physical Description
- 93 negatives : b/w
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to badger, beaver (includes lodges, dams, cuttings), ground squirrels, lynx tracks, marmots and others
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Plants : [negatives, group 49a]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15886
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to alpine flora
- Date Range
- 1932-1939
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 8
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.1. Dan McCowan : Photography, negatives
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 8
- Date Range
- 1932-1939
- Physical Description
- 133 negatives : b/w
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to alpine flora
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Insects : [negatives, group 70]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15887
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to hornet nests, butterflies and hawk moth
- Date Range
- 1924-1944
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 11
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.1. Dan McCowan : Photography, negatives
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 11
- Date Range
- 1924-1944
- Physical Description
- 17 negatives : b/w
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to hornet nests, butterflies and hawk moth
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Fungi : [negatives, group 136]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15891
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Date Range
- 1924-1941
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 21
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.1. Dan McCowan : Photography, negatives
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 21
- Date Range
- 1924-1941
- Physical Description
- 9 negatives : b/w
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Bears : [negatives, group 8]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15893
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to black and grizzly bears at Spray Lakes, Banff hot springs, Hillsdale area, Johnston Canyon, Eisenhower [Castle Mountain] camp, Lake Louise area, Kicking Horse area, Vermilion Crossing, and other areas
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1929-1947
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.1. Dan McCowan : Photography, negatives
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 1
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1929-1947
- Physical Description
- 55 negatives : b/w
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to black and grizzly bears at Spray Lakes, Banff hot springs, Hillsdale area, Johnston Canyon, Eisenhower [Castle Mountain] camp, Lake Louise area, Kicking Horse area, Vermilion Crossing, and other areas
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Bird nests : [negatives, group 11]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15894
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to nests of numerous birds listed in group 10 (Birds) and others
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1923-1949
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.1. Dan McCowan : Photography, negatives
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 3
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1923-1949
- Physical Description
- 57 negatives : b/w
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to nests of numerous birds listed in group 10 (Birds) and others
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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People : [negatives, group 94]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15895
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1922-1930
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 14 / 1 to 174
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
9 images
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V408
- Series
- I.C.1. Dan McCowan : Photography, negatives
- Sous-Fonds
- V408
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 14 / 1 to 174
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1922-1930
- Physical Description
- 174 negatives : b/w
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- ITEM LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHER'S TITLES (V408/NA14/ 1 to 174) :
- 1 Capt. Carpenter
- 2 to 4 Furnell and Harrison (Hole in Wall)
- 5 Worthy worshipful Brethern [Masons]
- 6 Duke of Connaught
- 7 Princess Pat
- 8 Senator Forget
- 9 Mr. Cobb
- 10 Sanson, M. Oldham
- 11 Jack Standly
- 12 Geo. Fear
- 13 Bill Davie
- 14 Geo. Noble
- 15 Geo. Fowles
- 16 Ted Davidson
- 17 Orr and Robinson
- 18 Sibbald, Wilson and Brewster
- 19, 20 Moffatt and Marr
- 21, 22 Wheeler, Brett and Collison
- 23 Bill Ritchie and Geo. Fear
- 24, 25 Fowles and Davidson
- 26 Benj. Holbrow
- 27 Ghost River Brady
- 28 James McRavey
- 29 Harrison and Johnston
- 30 Frank Beattie
- 31, 32 David Galletly
- 33 Mr. Wheeler, Lieut. Gov. Brett
- 34 Lieut. Gov. Brett
- 35 Tom Dunsmore
- 36 Barnett and Spencer
- 37 Fred Adams
- 38 Howard Sibbald
- 39 White boys - skiing
- 40 John McCormack
- 41 Connaughts at Banff Depot, 1912
- 42 Doe Gibson
- 43 Prince of Wales at Banff, 1923
- 44 C. W. Moffat
- 45, 46 Mr. and Mrs. Bengough - cartoonist
- 47 Louis Mumford [Lewis?]
- 48 H. R. H. Prince of Wales, 1923
- 49 Freckles, Stuart Curran
- 50, 51 Dave McDougall, Andrew Sibbald
- 52 Bros. Wm. Ward and Wm. Furnell
- 53 Tom Dunsmore and bear
- 54 Sid Urwin
- 55 Vick near Castle
- 56 Joe Boyce - wood chopping
- 57 Joe Smith
- 58 Group at Joe Smith's [Joe Smith, Peter Whyte and father Dave White at Smith's Cabin near Castle Mountain]
- 59, 60 Geo. Wilson
- 61, 62 Kwong-Chung-Yuen family, Elks picnic, 1922
- 63, 64 Howard Sibbald
- 65 to 68 Premier Greenfield
- 69, 70 Baron Byng (Gov. Gen.)
- 71, 72 B. W. Collison, J. L. Gibson, Banff Elks picnic, 1922
- 73 to 75 Insp. Ryan, R.C.M.P. [Denis Ryan]
- 76 Joe Hill
- 77 Geo. Ham, Jas. Brewster, Bill Brewster
- 78 Frank Sibbald, 1923
- 79 Ben Marchmont, Cochrane
- 80, 81 Carl Rungius, 1923
- 82 Carl Rungius, 1923 - Cascade and Rundle settings
- 83 Carl Rungius - Cascade and Rundle settings
- 84 Carl Rungius and Colonel Moore, Aug.1928
- 85, 86 Bill Potts
- 87 N. K. Luxton, 1923
- 88 John Thomson, Dunsmuir, Ashton
- 89, 90 Andrew Sibbald, Banff, April 1924
- 91, 92 N. K. Luxton, Banff Indian Days, 1924
- 93 Lieut. Gov. Brett, Tom Wilson, John Murray Gibbon July 1924
- 94 Ben Woodworth, Fred Pepper
- 95, 96 Charlie Reid
- 97 Jas. Brewster
- 98 Walter Potts and Scotty Wright, 1925
- 99, 100 Christie, Game Warden, 1925
- 101 to 103 E. Whymper, standing, Sir James Hector, sitting
- 104 Dr. James Hector from photo by Mrs. Schaffer
- 105, 106 Sir Jas. Hector and Whymper at Field, BC
- 107 Howard E. Sibbald, 1925
- 108 to 110 Miss Keith, 1925
- 111, 112 Archie Keith, 1925
- 113 Len Leacock, guide
- 114 Tom Wilson on wagon, 1925
- 115, 116 Horner's under hose
- 117 to 119 Mr. Supple, Aug.1925
- 120 Tom Wilson, June 1926
- 121, 122 Civil Engineers, USA at Banff Springs Hotel, Aug.1, 1926
- 123 to 125 Frank J. Sharkey, Chicago Tribune, Aug.9, 1926
- 126 Sharkey family at Lake Louise, Aug.1926
- 127 British party at Banff Hotel, Sept.1926
- 128, 129 Dr. McQueen of Edmonton, Sept.1926
- 130 to 133 Premier Mackenzie King at Banff Springs Hotel, Sept. 1926 ; 134 to 138 Group of high school students on a hike round Mt. Norquay, Oct. 1926
- 139 Dan at Abbots Pass 1927 [Dan McCowan at Abbot Pass]
- 140, 141 Corporal Taylor, N.W.M.P., 1927
- 142, 143 St. Johnston Football Team, Lake Louise, 1927
- 144, 145 F. Astley, 1927. Built first Chateau Lake Louise
- 146 Bill Oliver on water wagon, July 1928
- 147 J. Brewster with Peter B. Kyne, July 1928
- 148 Professor Fay, July 1928
- 149 Colonel Fraser, Sept.1928
- 150 Walter Wilcox, Fred Armbrister, trail ride, Aug.1929
- 151 Tex Woods, Aug.1929
- 152 Prof. Fay, Lake Louise, Aug.1930, best neg
- 153 to 155 Prof. Fay, Lake Louise, 1930
- 156 Jas. Brewster, 1930
- 157, 158 Rudolf Aemmer, 1930
- 159 to 161 Bill Hartley Glacier, 33
- 162 A. O. Wheeler, 33
- 163 Walter Phillips at work, Bow Summit, 1936
- 164 to 167 Mrs. David McDougall, 37
- 168 J. M. Gibbon, 37
- 169, 170 Jack Frost, guide, 38
- 171 Soole on bicycle, 39
- 172 Good Old Soapy [Soapy Smith]
- 173 Walter Nixon, flapjack artist
- 174, 175 Bill Brewster
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- Processed
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Deer, elk, moose : [negatives, group 35]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15896
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Date Range
- 1924-1946
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.1. Dan McCowan : Photography, negatives
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 5
- Date Range
- 1924-1946
- Physical Description
- 104 negatives : b/w
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Flowers : [negatives, group 49]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15897
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to alpine flora in bloom
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1924-1933
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.1. Dan McCowan : Photography, negatives
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 7
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1924-1933
- Physical Description
- 71 negatives : b/w
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to alpine flora in bloom
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Birds : [negatives, group 10]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15904
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to bitterns, cormorants, geese, grebes, grouse, gulls, hawks, humming birds, osprey, pelicans, ptarmigan, terns and warblers and other birds
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1922-1939
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
1 image
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V408
- Series
- I.C.1. Dan McCowan : Photography, negatives
- Sous-Fonds
- V408
- Reference Code
- V408 / NA 2
- Date Range
- [between ca.1915 and 1949], predominant 1922-1939
- Physical Description
- 180 negatives : b/w
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to bitterns, cormorants, geese, grebes, grouse, gulls, hawks, humming birds, osprey, pelicans, ptarmigan, terns and warblers and other birds
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- Access by appointment only
- Processing Status
- Processed
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