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Bruno Engler fonds

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provin…

Date Range: [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995

Reference Code: M323 / S40 / V190

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 323; S 40; V 190

Sous-Fonds: M 323; S 40; V 190

Accession Number: 188, 1300, 2622, 2998, 3468, 3496, 5507, 6200, 6770 (unproc), 7045(unproc), 7436 (unproc)

Reference Code: M323 / S40 / V190

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995

Physical Description: ca.31,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca.150 prints). -- 50 motion pictures: 1 original, 8 copies on 3 video cassettes, 41 film reels: 16mm, 35mm. -- 18 sound recordings: audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 5 electronic records: computer diskettes. -- 3 maps. -- 15 cm textual records.

History / Biographical: Bruno Engler, 1915-2001, was a mountain guide, ski instructor, photographer and film maker at Banff and Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Engler arrived from Switzerland in 1939 and initially worked as a mountain guide and ski instructor for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sunshine ski area and for Deer Lodge at Lake Louise, Alberta. During the Second World War, he served as a mountain warfare instructor for the Canadian Army. Following the war, Engler worked as a free-lance photographer for the National Film Board and others; as coach of the University of Alberta Ski Team; and as a technical advisor, cameraman and actor for numerous movies made in the Banff area. Throughout his career, Engler worked as a still and motion picture photographer, both for the movie industry and for governments at all levels, as well as operating his own business, Alpine Films of Banff, Alberta.

Scope & Content: Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provincial parks; scenic views of western Canada, particularly mountain landscapes; some portraits and candid shots of local and international personalities. Photographs pertaining to film making include helicopter rescue; highway construction; Norquay, Sunshine, and Lake Louise ski areas' histories; Banff events and buildings; Canmore events and buildings; professional and amateur ski races; scenic mountain and wildlife; mountaineering and highway accidents; mountain guiding trips including Pierre Trudeau, Roland Michener and Peter Lougheed. Fonds consists of four series: Photography, Motion Pictures, Sound Recordings, and Textual records. Photography series consists of four sub-series established by the photographer: I. Old file, 1949-1970; II. Main file, alphabetical A - Z, 1950-1976; III Sunshine file, [1939], 1950-1975; IV. Warden file, 1954-1976.; Motion pictures on video cassettes are footage of skiing at Sunshine, 1930s; Clifford White films, 1930s, from WMCR Archives collection (V682); "Snow Capers" by Thomas Mead, 1946, includes Engler; "Ski Pro's Holiday" by George Encil, 1950?; "Mount Bulyea" by George Encil, 1950?, includes Engler; "Diary of a Mountain Man," a CBC documentary feature on Bruno Engler broadcast on "20/20" in 1965 (ca.27 minutes); "Great Days in the Rockies" by National Film Board of Canada, 1983; "Mountain Man" by Banff Centre, 1985, re Engler. Original film is "Sunshine 1940" and includes Brewster Transport ski buses travelling from train station to Sunshine Lodge, skiers, guide, lessons, games, rope tow, ski action, slalom, Bruno Engler, other. 16mm and 35mm film reels, 1946-1964 are films produced by the National Film Board.; Sound recordings, electronic records and and related textual material pertain to interviews with Bruno Engler, 1987, done by Brian Patton and Jon Whyte for Bruno Engler autobiography project. Interviews covered Engler's life, but are not complete to 1987. Transcripts, prepared from recordings by Brenda Goeres, are not verbatim. Audio tape cassettes consist of portions of content of audio tape reels.; Textual records include corporate records, newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to film making, cast and crew listings and schedules for various movies, ski racing, mountain guiding trips and ski race listings. Also included is documentation pertaining to film making with producer National Film Board including letters, film stock footage, press releases, and film summaries; maps indicate film location shots for Arctic Rampage.

Name Access: Engler, Bruno

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Government; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description; electronic finding aid

Related Material: Duplicate or further transcripts for sound recordings are found in Jon Whyte fonds (M88).

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Category: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Government; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Mary Schaffer fonds

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Personal, literary and research papers, 1907-ca.1935; II. Mary Schaffer photographs, 1893-ca.1920; II. Other, 1895-1928. I. Papers series consists of four sub-series: A. Correspondence, 1908-1922; B. Literary manuscripts (original and published), 1907-ca.1925; …

Date Range: 1893-[ca.1935]

Reference Code: M79 / V527

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: V527

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 275, 439, 573, 2685, 2764, 2933, 2996, 3284, 3302, 5248, 7202, 7731, 7737

Reference Code: M79 / V527

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Other Title Info: Also known as Mary Schaffer Warren fonds

Date Range: 1893-[ca.1935]

Physical Description: 35 cm of textual records. -- ca.2025 photographs (ca.1550 transparencies, ca.400 negatives, 75 prints). -- 7 photograph albums (ca.1760 prints)

History / Biographical: Mary Schaffer, 1861-1939, also known as Mary Schaffer Warren, was an American explorer, photographer and artist who visited the Canadian Rockies and Selkirk Mountains frequently beginning in 1888, finally settling in Banff, Alberta in 1912. Born Mary Townsend Sharples to moderately wealthy Quaker parents at West Chester, Pennsylvania, she first visited the Canadian Rockies and Selkirk Mountains in 1888 with her friend Mary Vaux. She returned the following year with her husband, Dr. Charles Schaffer, and until Charles died in 1903, the Schaffers travelled annually to the mountains to study botany. Using Dr. Schaffer's data and her drawings and photographs, Mary Schaffer and Stewardson Brown completed "Alpine flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains" in 1907.; Schaffer continued to travel in the Canadian mountains, often through remote regions. In 1908, she reached Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, and returned in 1911 to survey the region. "Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies," 1911, recounts her adventures of 1907 and 1908. Schaffer settled in Banff in 1912 and married her guide, Billy Warren, in 1915.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Personal, literary and research papers, 1907-ca.1935; II. Mary Schaffer photographs, 1893-ca.1920; II. Other, 1895-1928.; I. Papers series consists of four sub-series: A. Correspondence, 1908-1922; B. Literary manuscripts (original and published), 1907-ca.1925; C. Maps of Maligne Lake; D. Other, 1905-ca.1935. Literary manuscripts pertain to the Athabasca River, Maligne Lake, Howse, Yellowhead and Athabasca passes; hunting; Dr. Gilbert Atkin and Nurse Fulcher's medical mission to Ya Ha Tinda Ranch; Banff, Revelstoke BC, Saskatchewan River; Stoney Nakoda; Palliser Expedition; and Mary Schaffer life and activities.; II. Photographs series consists of four sub-series: A. Lantern slides; B. Photograph albums; C. Negatives; D. Prints. Lantern slides pertain to Mary Schaffer's trips to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead Pass, mountain scenics, nature subjects (animals, birds, flowers); and includes Mary Schaffer's lantern slide presentations "In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies", accompanied by scripts; Philip Moore's Indigenous lecture series, mainly copies from books and other graphic sources; and Mary Schaffer's slides of China and Japan. Photograph albums, 1908-ca.1921, pertain mainly to trips in the Canadian Rocky and Selkirk Mountains, especially expeditions to the Yoho and Ptarmigan Valleys, Nakimu Caves, North Saskatchewan River, Wilcox Pass and Maligne Lake. Two albums pertain to travels in Mexico and Asia. Negatives pertain mainly to Schaffer's trips and explorations, Glacier House and environs, alpine flora and fauna, mountain views, portraits, Sampson Beaver family, 1902-1911.; III. Other material series consists of diaries of Molly Adams, 1908, and Mrs. H. H. Sharples, 1911, and original manuscripts and published reports by other writers, 1895-1928.

Name Access: Adams, Molly; Schaffer, Mary

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description for processed material; electronic finding aid; item list for lantern slides; copies of literary manuscripts; modern reference prints for lantern slides

Related Material: Accompanied by books, artifacts and art works

Creator: Schaffer, Mary

Category: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Six members of Mexican Women's climbing expedition on South Peak of Mount Victoria (three of the women fell to their death along with their male guide shortly after picture was taken)]

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Image of six women holding flags and banners on the South Peak of Mount Victoria.

Date Range: July 30, 1954

Reference Code: v190 / 20 / na66 - 1990

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V189

Reference Code: v190 / 20 / na66 - 1990

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: July 30, 1954

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of six women holding flags and banners on the South Peak of Mount Victoria.

Subject Access: Sports and Recreation; Women

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Creator: Eduardo Sanvicente

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Mary Schaffer Warren by her fireplace

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Image of woman identified as Mary Schaffer Warren sitting next to a fireplace with a bulldog - hand tinted image

Reference Code: v527 / lc / accn 3007 / na66 - 527

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V527

Reference Code: v527 / lc / accn 3007 / na66 - 527

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of woman identified as Mary Schaffer Warren sitting next to a fireplace with a bulldog - hand tinted image

Subject Access: Arts; Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Family and personal life; Immigration and homesteading; Sports and Recreation; Women

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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Dr. Charles and Mary T.S. Schaffer's camp at Lake Louise

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a camp set up on the shore of Lake Louise - two tents and person with horse in foreground.

Date Range: 1893

Reference Code: v527 / lc / accn 3284 / na66 - 1401

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V527

Reference Code: v527 / lc / accn 3284 / na66 - 1401

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: 1893

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a camp set up on the shore of Lake Louise - two tents and person with horse in foreground.

Subject Access: Arts; Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Family and personal life; Immigration and homesteading; Sports and Recreation; Women

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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[C. Rungius]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a man identified as Carl Rungius standing amongst his paintings of antelope, landscapes, horses.

Reference Code: v527 / lc / accn 3295 / na66 - 1314

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V527

Reference Code: v527 / lc / accn 3295 / na66 - 1314

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a man identified as Carl Rungius standing amongst his paintings of antelope, landscapes, horses.

Subject Access: Arts; Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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T.C.H. Miscellaneous. -- 1957-1959

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Views of Bow River Bridge at Lake Louise, panorama from Mount Norquay, road engineers convention at the Banff School of Fine Arts, guard railings near Canmore.

Date Range: August 1957; 1958; September 1958; October 1958; 1959; February 23, 1959

Reference Code: V190 / I.D.i. - 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V190

Series: I. Old file

Sub-Series: I.D.i. Government operations and project : Trans Canada Highway

Reference Code: V190 / I.D.i. - 5

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: August 1957; 1958; September 1958; October 1958; 1959; February 23, 1959

Physical Description: ca.22 negatives : 9.5 x 12 cm. or smaller

Scope & Content: Views of Bow River Bridge at Lake Louise, panorama from Mount Norquay, road engineers convention at the Banff School of Fine Arts, guard railings near Canmore.

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

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CODA [Calgary Olympic Development Association], 1962

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Date Range: 1962; January 9, 1962; August 13, 1962; August 23, 1962; September 1962; October 5, 1962; October 27, 1962; March 9, 1963; November 1964

Reference Code: V190 / I.A.i.b. - 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V190

Series: I. Old file

Sub-Series: I.A.i.b. Sports: Skiing - Other

Reference Code: V190 / I.A.i.b. - 5

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1962; January 9, 1962; August 13, 1962; August 23, 1962; September 1962; October 5, 1962; October 27, 1962; March 9, 1963; November 1964

Physical Description: 132 negatives: 6 x 6.5 cm.; 6 x 6 cm.; 10 x 12.5 cm.

Subject Access: Arts; Buildings and memorials; Environment and Nature; Family and personal life; Organizations; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

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Skiing Bow Summit, 1963 - 1964

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Date Range: 1963; November 23, 1963; 1964; October 13, 1968

Reference Code: V190 / I.A.i.b. - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V190

Series: I. Old file

Sub-Series: I.A.i.b. Sports: Skiing - Other

Reference Code: V190 / I.A.i.b. - 6

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1963; November 23, 1963; 1964; October 13, 1968

Physical Description: 20 negatives: 6 x 6.5 cm.; 6 x 7.5 cm.

Subject Access: Environment and Nature; Sports and Recreation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

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Brewster Trans. [Transport] Co. [Company], 1971

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Date Range: 1971; October 5, 1971

Reference Code: V190 / I.C.i. - 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V190

Series: I. Old file

Sub-Series: I.C.i. Commercial properties and developments : Banff

Reference Code: V190 / I.C.i. - 5

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1971; October 5, 1971

Physical Description: 39 negatives: 5.5 x 7 cm.; 6 x 6 cm.; 9.5 x 12 cm.

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Commerce; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

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Park - Administration, 1962 - 1963

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Date Range: June 1962; November 30, 1962; 1963; July 1963; July 18, 1963; October 18, 1963; November 18, 1963; May 3, 1965; March 1966

Reference Code: V190 / I.D.ii. - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V190

Series: I. Old file

Sub-Series: I.D.ii. Government operations and projects : Park Administration

Reference Code: V190 / I.D.ii. - 1

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: June 1962; November 30, 1962; 1963; July 1963; July 18, 1963; October 18, 1963; November 18, 1963; May 3, 1965; March 1966

Physical Description: 42 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.; 9.5 x 12 cm.

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Environment and Nature; Family and personal life; Politics and government; Sports and Recreation; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

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Park Administration, 1962 - 1963

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Date Range: 1962; July 1962; November 29 - 30, 1962; 1963; June 1963; July 1963; October 2, 1963; November 18, 1963; December 1, 1963; 1965; March 1965; March 2 - 3, 1965; April 1965; April 14, 1965; 1966; July 1966

Reference Code: V190 / I.D.ii. - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V190

Series: I. Old file

Sub-Series: I.D.ii. Government operations and projects : Park Administration

Reference Code: V190 / I.D.ii. - 2

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1962; July 1962; November 29 - 30, 1962; 1963; June 1963; July 1963; October 2, 1963; November 18, 1963; December 1, 1963; 1965; March 1965; March 2 - 3, 1965; April 1965; April 14, 1965; 1966; July 1966