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Activities papers and photographs. -- 1913-1984.

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: Series includes: A. Writing papers, pertaining to book projects, articles, memoirs and other writing; B. Nature study papers; C. Photographs and photography papers; D. Travel papers. Photographs in Sub-series C include transparencies, 1939-1981, 7153 items; photograph albums, 1919-1958, 12 vol. (…

Date Range: [ca.1919-1980]

Reference Code: M67 / 19 - 58; V225 / PA / 1 - 153; V225 / PD / 1 - 12; V225 / PG / 1 - 17; V225 / NA / 1 - 41; V225 / NF / 1 - 47; V225 / NS / 1 - 28

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II. (Series-level description) Activities

Sous-Fonds: M67 / S36 / V225

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M67 / 19 - 58; V225 / PA / 1 - 153; V225 / PD / 1 - 12; V225 / PG / 1 - 17; V225 / NA / 1 - 41; V225 / NF / 1 - 47; V225 / NS / 1 - 28

Date Range: [ca.1919-1980]

Physical Description: 54 cm of textual records. -- ca.7400 photographs : transparencies, albums (ca.4200 prints), prints, negatives, published photographs. -- 45 motion pictures.

Scope & Content: Series includes: A. Writing papers, pertaining to book projects, articles, memoirs and other writing; B. Nature study papers; C. Photographs and photography papers; D. Travel papers. Photographs in Sub-series C include transparencies, 1939-1981, 7153 items; photograph albums, 1919-1958, 12 vol. (4208 prints); motion pictures, 1928-1942, 45 reels; prints and negatives, [ca.1912]-1980, 194 items; and, published photographs, [ca.1930-ca.1980], n.d., 17 items. Photographs and films document Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere; mountaineering and recreation; Alpine Club of Canada; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; natural and human history; the mountain landscape. Images are well identified. -- Title taken from contents of series. -- Trip-based arrangement retained in photographs. -- Access to original albums is restricted (microfilm copies are available). Most motion pictures are not available for reference use in present form. -- Inventory of photographs is available in this database.

Access Restrictions: Access to negatives is by appointment only. Reference copies for select films available.

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Architectural drawings

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Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of architectural drawings by Walter Painter of details and buildings he designed in Banff, Vancouver, Quebec City and Montreal

Date Range: 1906-1912

Reference Code: M282 / 1 / O.S. / "G"

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Series: I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers

Reference Code: M282 / 1 / O.S. / "G"

Date Range: 1906-1912

Physical Description: 26 architectural drawings (20 originals, 6 copies) : 134.5 x 79.5 cm and smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of architectural drawings by Walter Painter of details and buildings he designed in Banff, Vancouver, Quebec City and Montreal

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF ITEMS:; * Tower rendering. -- 1895. -- 1 drawing : 34 x 19cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item; * Steeple rendering. -- 1896. -- 1 drawing : 73 x 20 cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item; * Laughing face decorative detail. -- 1896. -- 1 drawing : 36.5 x 29 cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item; * W. S. Painter residence, Banff, Alberta : [drawings]. -- 1912. -- 17 drawings (13 originals, 4 blueprint copies). -- Includes drawings of original house and site (10 originals, 1 copy) and undated drawings of alterations to residence (3 originals, 3 copies); * Banff Springs Hotel : [elevation rendering] / W. S. Painter, Architect. --1906 Nov. 22. -- 1 drawing : 126.5 x 75.5 cm, on board, pen and ink; * Vancouver Hotel, Granville Street elevation : [elevation rendering] / Painter and Swales Architects, Montreal & Vancouver. -- [ca.1910]. -- 1 drawing : 44 x 50 cm, photographic copy. -- Copy is of original colour painted rendering; * Vancouver Hotel, Georgia Street elevation rendering / Painter and Swales Architects, Montreal & Vancouver. -- [ca.1910]. -- 2 drawings (1 original, 1 copy) : 90 x 78.5 cm and smaller. Original is painted, colour rendering on board; copy is b/w photographic copy, 45 x 50 cm. -- Title based on item and related items; * Canadian Pacific Railway, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec : [elevation rendering] / W. S. Painter, Architect. -- 1907 Sept. 24. -- 1 drawing : 112.5 x 81.5 cm, on board, pen and ink; * C.P.R. Montreal : [Windsor Station] / W. S. Painter. -- 1909 Jan. -- 1 drawing : 134.5 x 79.5 cm, on board, brownline copy

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Articles and newslcippings

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Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects

Date Range: 1902-1934

Reference Code: M282 / 9 to 11

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Series: I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers

Reference Code: M282 / 9 to 11

Date Range: 1902-1934

Physical Description: 12 textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF ITEMS:; * 25 years old and a great architect : [newsclipping re Walter Painter], 1902, laminated by E. Painter Walker (M282/9); * Drawings of perspective views of proposed $1,500,000 additions to the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City", Construction, Jan. 1908 (M282/9); * New addition to Chateau Frontenac, Construction, Feb. 1909, original and 2 reprints (M282/9 os-H); * The Mount Carmel Wing of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, The Engineering Record, July 24, 1909 (M282/9 os-H); * La dare du mile end est ouverte au public, La Patrie, Montreal, May 13, 1911. (M282/10); * Construction camp at Glacier which has no parallel in history, The Gazette, Montreal, Aug. 16, 1913 (M282/10 os-H); * Model construction camp at Canadian Pacific Railway Rogers Pass Tunnel Site, Canadian Railway and Marine World, November, 1913 (M282/10); * The construction of an open air concrete swimming pool in the Canadian Rockies, Concrete, Apr. 1916 (M282/10); * Atlanta terminal station character and convenience increased by improvements / W. S. Painter, The Atlanta Journal, Aug. 1, 1926 (M282/10); * Antiquated building methods block path to recovery / Walter Painter, Real Estate Magazine, February, 1933 (M282/10); * Excerpts from a paper by Walter Painter re: super highways, Aluminum News Letter, June 1934 (M282/10); * Extension to Place Viger Station, Montreal Witness, May 27, 19-- (M282/11); * Le plan definitif de la future Gare Windsor, unknown newspaper (M282/11); * Portion of article on construction of new Banff Springs Hotel, The Contract Record (M282/11); * Swimming pool and bath house at C.P.R. Banff Springs Hotel, The Contract Record (M282/11); * Noteworthy building work at Montreal: progress reports on the Windsor Street and Place Viger Stations, The Contract Record (M282 / 11); * The chief architect of the C.P.R. Contract Record, 2 copies (M282/11); Articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects. -- 1909, 1913. LIST OF ITEMS:; * Construction camp at Glacier which has no parallel in history, The Gazette, Montreal, Aug. 16, 1913 (M282/10 os-H) Held in oversize "H"

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Banff Elementary School

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Banff Elementary School with a car parked in front of it - taken from across the street - Cascade Mountain visible in the distance

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 227

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 227

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Banff Elementary School with a car parked in front of it - taken from across the street - Cascade Mountain visible in the distance

Subject Access: Banff Elementary School; Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Cascade Mountain; School

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Elementary School

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the new Banff Elementary School taken from across the street - Cascade Mountain visible in the background

Date Range: 1957

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 228

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 228

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1957

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the new Banff Elementary School taken from across the street - Cascade Mountain visible in the background

Subject Access: Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Banff Elementary School; School

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

4 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number : 7919

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 7919

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm

Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Sulphur Mountain Gondola Lift

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Sulphur Mountain gondola with the townsite, Tunnel Mountain, and Cascade Mountain in the background - title and details on the back

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 308

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 308

GMD: Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Sulphur Mountain gondola with the townsite, Tunnel Mountain, and Cascade Mountain in the background - title and details on the back

Subject Access: Banff townsite; Banff Springs Hotel; Gondolas; Mountains

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff townsite

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff townsite taken from Sulphur Mountain

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 264

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 264

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff townsite taken from Sulphur Mountain

Subject Access: Banff townsite; Buildings

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff townsite from Sulphur Mountain

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the town of Banff with Rundle Mountain in the background - taken from Sulphur Mountain

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 266

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 266

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the town of Banff with Rundle Mountain in the background - taken from Sulphur Mountain

Subject Access: Banff townsite; Buildings

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff townsite in winter

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff townsite at the base of Tunnel Mountain - possibly taken from Mt. Norquay

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 240

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 240

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff townsite at the base of Tunnel Mountain - possibly taken from Mt. Norquay

Subject Access: Banff townsite; Buildings

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Train Station

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with a Canadian Pacific passenger train stopped

Date Range: [ca. 1949-1953]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 250

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 250

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1949-1953]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with a Canadian Pacific passenger train stopped

Subject Access: Automobiles; Buildings; Canadian Pacific Railway; Mountains; Trains; Train Station; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Train Station

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with a Canadian Pacific passenger train stopped

Date Range: [ca. 1949-1953]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 251

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 251

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1949-1953]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with a Canadian Pacific passenger train stopped

Subject Access: Automobiles; Buildings; Canadian Pacific Railway; Mountains; Trains; Train Station; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff-Windermere Highway and bridge

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a small bridge over the Bow River linking the original highway to the new unpaved Banff-Windermere Highway

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 188

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 188

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a small bridge over the Bow River linking the original highway to the new unpaved Banff-Windermere Highway

Subject Access: Banff-Windermere Highway; Bridges; Mountains; Roads

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Bird and plant records

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of annotated reference books used to record observations on sightings of flora and fauna including, variously, common name, location, date and rarity

Date Range: 1904-1954

Reference Code: M376 / 136 to 142

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Series: V. Natural history series

Reference Code: M376 / 136 to 142

Date Range: 1904-1954

Physical Description: 8 v. of textual records (15 cm)

Scope & Content: Series consists of annotated reference books used to record observations on sightings of flora and fauna including, variously, common name, location, date and rarity

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Content Details: ITEM LIST :; * Budd, A. C. / A key to plants of the farming and ranching areas of the Canadian Prairies, 1952; annotations record occurrences at Waterton Lakes, F.H.R.'s [Riggall's] ranch, Twin Butte and Porcupine Hills and are found throughout the volume, 1953 photocopy; * Coulter, John M. / New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular plants), 1909; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1911-1953; * Hales, B. J. / Selected Western Flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, 1915; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1905-1952; * Rand, A. L. / Birds of Southern Alberta, 1948; annotations (throughout volume) record occurrences at Waterton Lake, [National] Park, [Riggall] Ranch and elsewhere; * Reed, Chester A. / Bird Guide, Part 2, Land Birds East of the Rockies . . . 1912; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1904-1953 and also annual lists, 1914-1917; * Saunders, Charles Francis / Western Flower Guide; annotations are mainly "nature notes" (plant and animal sightings) 1949-1952, list of species in rock gardens, 1915, and some plant sightings throughout volume; * Taverner, P. A. / Birds of Canada, 1949; annotations, 1951-1954; record sightings, (throughout volume) bird notes, 1951, loose clippings; * Vareschi, Volkmar and Ernest Krause / Mountains in Flower, 1940; annotations indicate flowers found or not found in the Canadian Rockies and closely related species