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Indigenous portrait given to Norman Luxton by W. Langdon Kihn
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one signed copy of a portrait of an unidentified Indigenous man by artist W. Langdon Kihn. Portrait was gifted to Norman Luxton by Kihn in 1922.
- Date Range
- 1922
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D1 / 17
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Drawing
1 image
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D1 : Personal and family life
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D1 / 17
- GMD
- Drawing
- Responsibility
- Produced by W. Langdon Kihn
- Date Range
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing : portrait, pencil and ink ; 29 x 37.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898-1957) was an American artist born in Brooklyn, New York. Kihn was best known for his illustrated portraits of American and Canadian Indigenous people, including members of the Blackfoot, Navajo, Pueblo and Tsimshian communities. The individuals in Kihn's portraits were most often depicted wearing traditional and ceremonial clothing rather than their typical clothes. Kihn's art career began in 1919 when he travelled to Montana and created some of his earliest portraits while visiting the Blackfeet Reservation. Throughout the 1920s, Kihn travelled extensively in Canada and the United States, creating portraits of individuals from a diverse range of Indigenous communities. Many of these portraits were put on display as part of a travelling exhibition organized by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1935, Kihn was commissioned by National Geographic to produce Indigenous portraits for publications; this ultimately led to a two-decade career with National Geographic.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one signed copy of a portrait of an unidentified Indigenous man by artist W. Langdon Kihn. Portrait was gifted to Norman Luxton by Kihn in 1922.
- Notes
- Portrait is signed in the bottom left corner: "To "Norm" Luxton From his friend W. Langdon Kihn. 1922"
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Kihn, W. Langdon
- Subject Access
- Portrait
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Art
- Artist
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- First nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/20/nyregion/art-indian-portraits-by-kihn-exhibited.html
- https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/w-langdon-kihn-papers-7081
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Illustrations by Ben and Will Gadd
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56254
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of drawings produced by Will Gadd as a child, ca.1968-1972; and caricatures and other drawings, possibly by Ben Gadd, from the same time period.
- Date Range
- [ca.1968-1972]
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / D / 20
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Drawing
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / I : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / I / D : Other personal and collected
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / D / 20
- GMD
- Drawing
- Date Range
- [ca.1968-1972]
- Physical Description
- 0.1 cm loose drawings
- Scope & Content
- File consists of drawings produced by Will Gadd as a child, ca.1968-1972; and caricatures and other drawings, possibly by Ben Gadd, from the same time period.
- Material Details
- Illustrations consist of different media, including graphite pencils, pens, pencil crayons, markers and paint.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Gadd, Will
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Art
- Children
- Family and personal life
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Illustrations by [Albert?] Roberge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57443
- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two illustrations by A. Roberge [possibly Albert Roberge of Banff/Edmonton, 1933-2012]. One illustration depicts two mountain goats standing by a steep rock face; other illustration is titled "The Rapids" and depicts a coureur de bois travelling through a river in a Hudson's Bay Co…
- Date Range
- [ca.1960-1980]
- Reference Code
- M436 / VI / 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Drawing
- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M436
- V90
- Series
- M436 / VI : Later acquisitions
- Sous-Fonds
- M436
- Accession Number
- 2023.09
- Reference Code
- M436 / VI / 4
- GMD
- Drawing
- Responsibility
- Produced by [Albert?] Roberge
- Date Range
- [ca.1960-1980]
- Physical Description
- 2 illustrations: pencil and ink on paper
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two illustrations by A. Roberge [possibly Albert Roberge of Banff/Edmonton, 1933-2012]. One illustration depicts two mountain goats standing by a steep rock face; other illustration is titled "The Rapids" and depicts a coureur de bois travelling through a river in a Hudson's Bay Company canoe.
- Subject Access
- Art
- Animals
- Canoes and canoeing
- Mountain Goat
- Wildlife
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Whyte Museum and Eric Harvie Theatre Scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook, mostly empty, containing ca. 48 newspaper clippings, a pamphlet re: the Banff Elementary School Spring Concert in May 1969, and a signed original sketch by Peter Whyte. Content pertains to the openings of the Whyte Museum Archives and the Harvie Theatre in Banff, Pet…
- Date Range
- 1959
- 1968
- 1969
- Reference Code
- M74 / I / C / 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Drawing
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- M74 / I : Maud (Woodworth) Kidney records
- Sous-Fonds
- M74
- Sub-Series
- M74 / I / C : 1951 - 1977
- Accession Number
- 2016.8581
- Reference Code
- M74 / I / C / 4
- Date Range
- 1959
- 1968
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 18 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook, mostly empty, containing ca. 48 newspaper clippings, a pamphlet re: the Banff Elementary School Spring Concert in May 1969, and a signed original sketch by Peter Whyte. Content pertains to the openings of the Whyte Museum Archives and the Harvie Theatre in Banff, Peter and Catharine Whyte, Senator Donald Cameron and Margaret Greenham.
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Many items in scrapbook are loose, handle with caution
- Category
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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