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Mann family annotated postcard collection

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of annotated souvenir postcards sent to Walter and Richard Mann from various friends and relatives between ca.1905-1920. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies, including views of Lake Louise, Edmonton, Lake O'Hara and Glacier National Park.

Date Range: 1905; [1910-1920]; 1916; 1920

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 3151 / 1 to 9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Textual record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 3151

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 3151 / 1 to 9

GMD: Postcard; Textual record

Date Range: 1905; [1910-1920]; 1916; 1920

Physical Description: 9 annotated postcards

Scope & Content: File consists of annotated souvenir postcards sent to Walter and Richard Mann from various friends and relatives between ca.1905-1920. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies, including views of Lake Louise, Edmonton, Lake O'Hara and Glacier National Park.

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Family and personal life; Mountains; Landscapes; Trains; Canadian Pacific Railway

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Lake Louise; Edmonton; British Columbia; Glacier National Park

Language: English

Conservation: Postcards are stored in mylar sleeves

Related Material: M8/accn.1430

Category: Exploration and travel; Family and personal life; Tourism

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Matterhorn Whymper rides the CPR : England's celebrated alpinist in the Switzerland of America

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Hayman, John

Call Number: P

Author: Hayman, John

Physical Description: p.39-47

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In Beaver, vol.67, no.6, Dec 1987-Jan 1988

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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The great train robber [interview with Bruce Beatty by Fritz Stockmueller]

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Call Number: P

Physical Description: p. 12-17 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In Mountain Heritage Magazine, vol.1, no. 3, Autumn 1998

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Cowcatcher riding

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Call Number: P

Physical Description: p. 19 : ill., port

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In Mountain Heritage Magazine, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring 1999; Excerpt from "By car and cowcatcher" by Lady Agnes Macdonald in Murray's Magazine, vol. 1, February/March 1887

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Selkirk : the mountain tamer

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Call Number: P

Physical Description: p. 32-33 : ill., port

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In Mountain Heritage Magazine, vol. 2, no. 2, Fall 1999; Contents: Selkirk train locomotive and bio of Henry Blaine Bowen

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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A journey to the Rocky mountans, 1883

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Holme, James

Call Number: P

Author: Holme, James

Physical Description: p. 10-18 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In Alberta History, vol. 48, no. 2, Spring 2000

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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The Deville era : survey of the western interior of Canada

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Barnett, Douglas E

Call Number: P

Author: Barnett, Douglas E

Physical Description: p. 19-25 : ill., port

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Names, Geographical

Notes: In Alberta History, vol. 48, no. 2, Spring 2000; Partial contents: Detail of the Dominion Lands Survey System and the Alberta-British Columbia boundary

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Spring ahead : the fuss and furor over daylight saving time

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: MacDonald, Cheryl

Call Number: P

Author: MacDonald, Cheryl

Physical Description: p. 40 - 43 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Fleming, Sandford

Notes: In Beaver, vol. 81, no. 2 (Apr/May 2001)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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A tribute to Van Horne

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Meyers, Leonard W

Call Number: P

Author: Meyers, Leonard W

Physical Description: p. 20 - 22 : ill., port

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In British Columbia Historical News, vol. 34, no. 3 (Summer 2001)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Railway route through the Crowsnest

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Turner, Robert

Call Number: P

Author: Turner, Robert

Responsibility: Robert Turner and Randal Macnair

Physical Description: p. 13-17 : ill., map

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In British Columbia Historical News, vol. 34, no.1 (Winter 2000/2001)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Beginnings of Calgary : the Isaac S. Freeze letters 1883-84

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Freeze, Isaac S

Call Number: P

Author: Freeze, Isaac S

Responsibility: edited by Hugh Dempsey

Physical Description: p.17-18 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Businesses; Canadian Pacific Railway; Silver City

Notes: In "Trip to the Rockies" Alberta History, vol.51, no.1 (Winter 2003)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Robert George Brett : we shall not look upon his like again

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Lampard, Robert

Call Number: P

Author: Lampard, Robert

Physical Description: p.13-21 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Brett Sanitarium; Medicine; Sanitarium Hotel

Notes: In Alberta History, vol.51, no.2 (Spring 2003)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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McGuinness Family

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Part Of: Robert J. McGuinness fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of: one postcard inside a protective cover (H9 x W14.5 cm) one hand-written note (H14.5 x W15 cm) one 13-page hand-written memoir/family history by Oswald A. McGuinness (H28 x W21.5 cm) one envelope (H40 x W23 cm) Content includes: McGuinness family tree; history of the McGuinness f…

Date Range: 1953-1977

Reference Code: M460 / II / 1-4

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Postcard; Private record; Textual record

Part Of: Robert J. McGuinness fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M460

Series: M460 / II : McGuinness Family

Sous-Fonds: M460

Accession Number: 2018.9000

Reference Code: M460 / II / 1-4

GMD: Postcard; Private record; Textual record

Date Range: 1953-1977

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (16 pages ; 23 x 40 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: Series consists of:; one postcard inside a protective cover (H9 x W14.5 cm); one hand-written note (H14.5 x W15 cm); one 13-page hand-written memoir/family history by Oswald A. McGuinness (H28 x W21.5 cm); one envelope (H40 x W23 cm); Content includes: McGuinness family tree; history of the McGuinness family and their time in Belleville, Ontario; Robert's role as inspecting engineer in the Banff Springs expansion; Robert's artwork on the CPR postcard depicting the spiral tunnels; and the envelope that was used to gift the above items to the Whyte Museum

Notes: Oswald A. McGuinness is the younger brother of Father Robert McGuinness. Oswald was a surveyor and helped build the road from Invermere to Calgary, and he lived in Invermere; The McGuinness family tree goes back to Oswald and Robert's great-grandparents, from Ireland to England and then to Ontario; In the hand-written note, which is undated and the author is unknown although it is possible that it was written by Flora McGuinness when she gave it to Mark Nightingale, an association between Robert and the building of the Bow River Bridge is made; Mark Nightingale also gifted 3 newspaper clippings located in M460 / I / B / 3-5; M460 / II / 1 : created by the Canadian Pacific Railway; M460 / II / 3 : created by Oswald A. McGuinness

Name Access: McGuinness, Robert J.; McGuinness, Oswald A.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Banff; Art; Canadian Pacific Railway; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Canada; Ontario

Language: English

Creator: Canadian Pacific Railway; McGuinness, Oswald A.

Category: Arts; Family and personal life; Religions

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Publications, correspondence, events

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwrit…

Date Range: 1888; 1898; 1906; [ca. 1910]; 1911; 1914 - 1916; [ca. 1915 - ca. 1920]

Reference Code: M74 / IV / A / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record; Postcard

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920

Accession Number: 3109; 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / IV / A / 1

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record; Postcard

Date Range: 1888; 1898; 1906; [ca. 1910]; 1911; 1914 - 1916; [ca. 1915 - ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Frederick Albert Woodworth (August 8, 1895 - April 16, 1916) was the fifth child of eleven, born to parents Elizabeth and Benjamin Woodworth in the town of Banff. Fred Woodworth worked as an electrician in the mines at Bankhead prior to joining the war effort in February 1915. Fred was shot by enemy fire on April 16, 1916 and is now buried in Ypres, Belgium. Fred has a second memorial located in the Woodworth family section of the Banff Town Cemetery.

Scope & Content: File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwritten; postcards sent to Benjamin Sr., Maud and Ethel Woodworth, between 1906 and ca. 1915; a copy of the newsletter "Trench Echo" from the 27th Battalion in Winnipeg from 1915; a dinner banquet menu/programme for the 56th Overseas Battalion dated 1916; a news clipping announcing the marriage of Ted and Minnie Davidson, ca. 1915; two pages of a June 7, 1888 publication of the "National Park Life" newspaper; an invitation to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Ladies Auxiliay Annual Ball 1914; and a news clipping of a memorial article for Frederick Woodworth who was killed in action during World War I.

Notes: One page of a two-page handwritten poem is signed "E M W" [likely "Ella Maud Woodworth"].

Name Access: Brett, Reginald H. (Harry); Tuthill, J. A.; Woodworth, Benjamin Frederick; Brett, Robert G.; Woodworth, Fred; Woodworth, Maude

Subject Access: Sports; Winter sports; Hockey; Community events; Hotels; Travel; Family and personal life; Cascade Lodge No. 5; Military; World War I; National parks and reserves; Canadian Pacific Railway

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Manitoba; Winnipeg

Language: English

Conservation: Fragile newspaper and loose pages encased in mylar or acid free paper for protection, use caution when handling

Category: Family and personal life; Military

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12326261/frederick-albert-woodworth; https://albertaonrecord.ca/woodworth-family-fonds

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Commercial postcards

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are a…

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]; 1912 - 1916; 1922

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PG - 1 to 20

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PG - 1 to 20

GMD: Postcard

Responsibility: Produced by Byron Harmon, V & Sons, Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd., Vancouver, George Noble, Novelty Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]; 1912 - 1916; 1922

Physical Description: 20 postcards : b&w and col. ; 14 x 9 cm and 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are annotated with dates/brief details. One postcard dated 1913 contains letter addressed to Flora Woodworth from her cousin, Mary Woodworth, with stamp affixed [see "Full Text"].

Notes: Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.

Name Access: Harmon, Byron; Noble, George

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Sports; Winter sports; Hockey; Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Mountain; Landscapes; Banff Winter Carnival; Animals; Bears; Hunting; Canadian Pacific Railway; Hotel; Ice sculpture; Horses; Ski jumping; Children

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; British Columbia; Field; Bow River; Glacier; Cascade Mountain

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Heavily annotated postcard with affixed stamp [item V324 / IV / E / PG - 12] has been placed in mylar to prevent ink transfer.

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Transportation; Family and personal life; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Beyond the rugged mountains

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Andrews, Gerald Smedley

Call Number: P

Author: Andrews, Gerald Smedley

Physical Description: p.11-18

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Brewster Transport Company; Canadian Pacific Railway; Mount Stephen House

Notes: In Alberta History, vol.36, no.1, winter 1988

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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(Not) the dinner bell

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: May 2019

Author: Stuart, Ryan

Publisher: Crowfoot Media

Call Number: P

1 website

Author: Stuart, Ryan

Publisher: Crowfoot Media

Published Date: May 2019

Physical Description: p.18-19

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Bears, Grizzly; Railway routes; Canadian Pacific Railway; Wildlife; Wildlife corridors; Research

Abstract: Pertains to the mortality rate of grizzly bears along the Canadian Pacific Railway lines in Banff National Park and the five-year study by Colleen Cassady St. Clair of the University of Alberta with the creation of a warning system with University of Alberta engineering student Jonathan Backs.