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Albums

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Part Of: Dorothy Cranstone fonds

Scope & Content: Album photographs pertains to Banff area and Kingston, Ontario. photographs are of cemetery in Kingston, Kingston town, Ya Ha Tinda Ranch, Banff townsite, the Moore and Whyte Home. People in the photograhs include Dortothy Cranstone, Pat Brewster, and John White.

Date Range: 1920 - 1980

Reference Code: V150 / I / PD - 3, 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: Dorothy Cranstone fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M 524; V 150

Series: V150 / I : Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: M 524; V 150

Reference Code: V150 / I / PD - 3, 4

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1920 - 1980

Physical Description: 2 albums (43 photographs : col. ; 8 x 8 cm)

Scope & Content: Album photographs pertains to Banff area and Kingston, Ontario. photographs are of cemetery in Kingston, Kingston town, Ya Ha Tinda Ranch, Banff townsite, the Moore and Whyte Home. People in the photograhs include Dortothy Cranstone, Pat Brewster, and John White.

Name Access: Cranstone, Dorothy; Brewster, Pat; Whyte, John

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: Access and use restricted for portion; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Cranstone, Dorothy

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of Eleanor Luxton's personal album which contains 195 black and white prints pasted in, most spreads are captioned. Content pertains to family and school photographs, events and travels between 1921 and 1925, in addition to potentional childhood photographs as well. Locations include …

Date Range: 1921 - 1925

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PD / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Print

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PD / 1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Print

Date Range: 1921 - 1925

Physical Description: Photograph Album: 1 image from album (195 b&w prints)

Scope & Content: File consists of Eleanor Luxton's personal album which contains 195 black and white prints pasted in, most spreads are captioned. Content pertains to family and school photographs, events and travels between 1921 and 1925, in addition to potentional childhood photographs as well. Locations include Banff, Lake Louise, Yoho, Marble Canyon, Takakkaw Falls, Lake Minnewanka, Summit Lake, Victoria, Vancouver, Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp and Radium Hot Springs. Events include the opening of the Banff-Wintermere Highway at Kootenay Crossing in 1921, a dog derby on frozen Lake Minnewanka, Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival. Subjects include unidentified and identified people including Norman Luxton, Georgina Luxton, Enos Hunter, Ben Kaquitts, Hector Crawler, John Englishman, Mrs. Wood, Edmée, Mrs Mitt and Miss Maemillan. Album cover is leather with burned annotation "Snap Shots" with paint and cloth leaf detailing. The album i sbound by a cord with leather tassels.

Notes: File consists of several loose photographs. Some photographs are detaching from the paper.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Georgina; Englishman, John; Kaquitts, Tom; Crawler, Hector; Hunter, Enos

Subject Access: Chateau Lake Louise; Banff Indian Days; Banff Winter Carnival; Banff; Banff Gun Club; Banff National Park; Bighorn Sheep; Cave and Basin; Community events; Dogs; Family and personal life; Indigenous Peoples; Parades; Takakkaw Falls; Twin Falls Chalet; Winter Carnival; Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Victoria; Victoria Glacier; Vancouver; Butchart Gardens; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Radium; Yoho National Park; Marble Canyon

Language: English

Creator: Luxton, Eleanor

Title Source: Title given by Archivist based on contents of album

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff and activites

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Part Of: Barbara Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Black and white photographs. Photographs contain photographs of a house, Dave White’s stores, unidentified individuals, people playing broom ball, and Norquay Ski Camp.

Date Range: 1900-1933

Reference Code: V688 / PD – 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

7 images

Part Of: Barbara Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V688

Series: Photograph Albums

Sous-Fonds: V688

Accession Number: 1663

Reference Code: V688 / PD – 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1900-1933

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: 47 photographs

Scope & Content: Black and white photographs. Photographs contain photographs of a house, Dave White’s stores, unidentified individuals, people playing broom ball, and Norquay Ski Camp.

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff family and friends

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Part Of: Barbara Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Majority of the photographs in the album are black and white. Photographs pertain to individuals, including Barbara (Carpenter) Whyte, Ruth (Carpenter) Mather, Dave Whyte Jr., Allan Mather, Dave White Sr., Anne White, and Catherine Whyte. Photographs also include events and sceneries such as Banff …

Date Range: 1920-1935

Reference Code: V688 / PD – 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

6 images

Part Of: Barbara Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V688

Series: Photograph Albums

Sous-Fonds: V688

Accession Number: 3918

Reference Code: V688 / PD – 2

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Date Range: 1920-1935

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: 272 photographs, 3 postcards, newspaper clippings, and printed materials.

Scope & Content: Majority of the photographs in the album are black and white. Photographs pertain to individuals, including Barbara (Carpenter) Whyte, Ruth (Carpenter) Mather, Dave Whyte Jr., Allan Mather, Dave White Sr., Anne White, and Catherine Whyte. Photographs also include events and sceneries such as Banff Winter Carnival, Norquay Ski Camp, Johnston Canyon, Lake Louise, Radium Hot Springs, Yoho Valley, Sulfur Mountain, Bow Valley, Buckhead Road, Skorki Ski Camp, Banff Indian Days, Mount Stephen, Mount Burgess, and a double wedding between Barbara Whyte and Dave White Jr., and Ruth Mather and Allan Mather. Photograph album contains various newspaper clippings of the double wedding event. Printed materials include wedding invitations. Some photographs are annotated and dated.

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Minor Hockey album, Jack MacAulay coach

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 62 print photographs [40 b&w, 22 colour] including some in loose envelopes inside album, 2 newspaper clippings and a Banff Minor Hockey green ribbon from 1968. Content pertains to members of the Banff hockey teams who played between 1908 and ca. 1980…

Date Range: 1908; 1912; 1926; 1928; 1934; 1938; 1940 - 1943; [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]; 1964; 1965; 1970 - 1972; [ca. 1975]; 1979

Reference Code: V324 / III / B / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / III : Jack MacAulay records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / C : 1946 - 1980

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / III / B / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Some images produced by Bruno Engler

Date Range: 1908; 1912; 1926; 1928; 1934; 1938; 1940 - 1943; [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]; 1964; 1965; 1970 - 1972; [ca. 1975]; 1979

Physical Description: 1 album (62 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller) -- 2 newspaper clippings -- 1 fabric ribbon

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 62 print photographs [40 b&w, 22 colour] including some in loose envelopes inside album, 2 newspaper clippings and a Banff Minor Hockey green ribbon from 1968. Content pertains to members of the Banff hockey teams who played between 1908 and ca. 1980. Includes group shots of hockey teams in various years, some featuring Jack MacAulay as coach; individual portraits and posed photographs, including Herb MacAulay ca. 1965; print depicting Herb Ollis feeding a bear in 1938; and 2 newspaper clippings from 1979 pertaining to Banff's hockey team. Individuals named in photographs include: Tommy Craig, Axie Wilson, Tommy Anderson, Joe Stenton, Bill Craig, Curly Wheatley, Cyril Paris, Fulton Dunsmore, Ernie Leacock, Mousie Saddington, Johnny Woodworth, Jack Brown, Joe Smith, Gerald Powderface, Clifford Powderface, Charles Powderface, and others.

Notes: Some prints are annotated on reverse side with date, description, individuals in photographs, etc.; Negative photographs removed from album [see "Conservation" note]; Some photographs stamped on reverse side or in envelope attributing work to Bruno Engler; Album has been placed in sub-sub-series V324 / III / B [date range 1946 - 1980] for the sake of organization as the majority of photographs are dated within or near this range; Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist based on context and format

Name Access: Engler, Bruno; Ollis, Herb; MacAulay, Jack; MacAulay, Herb; Craig, Tom; Craig, Bill; Anderson, Tommy; Wilson, Axie; Wheatley, Curly; Stenton, Joe; Paris, Cyril; Dunsmore, Fulton; Leacock, Ernie; Saddington, Mousie; Smith, Joe; Woodworth, John; Brown, Jack; Powderface, Charles; Powderface, Clifford; Powderface, Gerald

Subject Access: Hockey; Sports; Bear

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: 6 negatives originally stored in album have been removed for conservation reasons and will be stored in downstairs vault with other V324 negatives under V324 / IV / C / NA; Newspaper clippings have some folding, torn edges and general aging effects, fair condition; Newspaper clippings have been left in original position inside album to preserve original order. Consider storing separately if condition deteriorates further

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Paddock album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 9 b&w prints. Photographs pertain to animal caretaker Adam Dalgleish with moose and antelope during winter season at the Banff Paddock [ca. 1900-1910]. Front cover of album has personal letter written to Norman Luxton from Mary Schaffer Warren [ca. 1…

Date Range: [1900-1910]; [1930]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album; Scrapbook

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E4 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album; Scrapbook

Date Range: [1900-1910]; [1930]

Physical Description: 1 album (9 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 x 6.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 9 b&w prints. Photographs pertain to animal caretaker Adam Dalgleish with moose and antelope during winter season at the Banff Paddock [ca. 1900-1910]. Front cover of album has personal letter written to Norman Luxton from Mary Schaffer Warren [ca. 1930?].

Notes: Date provided is estimate by Processing Archivist based on format and context of file contents.

Material Details: Album pages bound with light purple ribbon tied in bow

Name Access: Warren, Mary Schaffer; Luxton, Norman; Dalgleish, Adam

Subject Access: Animals; Moose; Personal and Family Life; Wildlife; Winter

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Beattie Family Photo Album

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Part Of: Beattie family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to one black paper photograph album, ca. 365 very small to medium photographs; 14 photographs loose at beginning of album, some hand-cut. Photographs have very few captions. Includes scenic views from around the Banff area, portraits of the Beattie family, and the Royal Visit.

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1929]

Reference Code: V51 / PD - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph

12 images

Part Of: Beattie family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M409 / V51

Sous-Fonds: V51

Accession Number: 2014.8258

Reference Code: V51 / PD - 3

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1929]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: ca. 365 photographs; b&w

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to one black paper photograph album, ca. 365 very small to medium photographs; 14 photographs loose at beginning of album, some hand-cut. Photographs have very few captions. Includes scenic views from around the Banff area, portraits of the Beattie family, and the Royal Visit.

Name Access: Beattie, Arthur; Beattie, Doris; Beattie, Florence; Beattie, Frank; Beattie, Jim

Subject Access: Activities; Boats; Family; Family and personal life; Military; Portrait; Royal Visit; Transportation

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

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bill Waterworth to 1945 [Album]

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Part Of: Bill Waterworth fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a photo album pertaining to Bill Waterworth, aviation training in Calgary, family, friends, and Boy Scout trips.

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1945]

Reference Code: V176 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album

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Part Of: Bill Waterworth fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M215 / S54 / V176

Sous-Fonds: V176

Accession Number: 8012

Reference Code: V176 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1945]

Physical Description: 1 album: ca. 300 prints; b&w

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of a photo album pertaining to Bill Waterworth, aviation training in Calgary, family, friends, and Boy Scout trips.

Name Access: Waterworth, Bill; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); Wilson, Tom; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)

Subject Access: Aviation; Children; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Landscapes; Leisure; Military; Portrait; Royal Canadian Air Force; Sports, recreation and leisure; Weddings; Winter

Geographic Access: Shadow Lake; Scarab Lake; Egypt Lake; Banff; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: electronic finding aid for processed material

Creator: Waterworth, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow Valley and area

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends…

Date Range: 1921

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

230 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: V8 / 2015.8557

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2015.8557

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1921

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: b&w

History / Biographical: Edith Berenice Dunsworth (nee Stenton) was born in Banff on May 20, 1927. Berenice is the daughter of Joseph Alexander Stenton and Elizabeth Florence Stenton (nee Williams). Berenice had one sister, Marguerite Flora Lineker (nee Stenton). Berenice was married to Dr. Brian Dunsworth (19??-2014). Berenice's grandparents were George and Flora McKenzie and George was likely a son of the Stanford family. Berenice remembers her grandparent's house was next door to the Stanford house. Berenice's other grandparents were Percy and Elizabeth Williams who settled in Bankhead, near Banff, when they arrived from England ca.1910.

Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends, and events. Of note are photographs of "Peter White" and "The Artists' Cottage Mrs. Drummond." Photographs are mostly annotated and tipped into album pages with photo corners. The inside cover of first page is inscribed: "To Beth from Rose Aug 20/21. Some photographs are missing from some pages and a few loose photographs are tucked in behind others.

Name Access: White, Peter; Whyte, Peter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Cabinet card album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Album consists of cabinet card photographs inserted in cabinet card album. [Images of family members and friends]

Date Range: ca. 1900 - 1930

Reference Code: LUX / III / A3 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: A3

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: N/A

Reference Code: LUX / III / A3 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Print

Date Range: ca. 1900 - 1930

Physical Description: Photograph Album : 1 image from album (46 photographs; b&w). --

Scope & Content: Album consists of cabinet card photographs inserted in cabinet card album. [Images of family members and friends]

Notes: album is digitzed and in image database

Storage Range: upstairs

Name Access: Luxton

Language: English

Creator: Luxton

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian ceramic pottery exhibition album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album with 32 b&w photograph prints pertaining to Canadian Indigenous-inspired ceramic art by Mary (Mamie) Etta Young. Album also includes one newspaper clipping pertaining to ceramicist and art business owner Mary Young and her role in a Banff art exhibition.

Date Range: [1922-1923]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E4 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PD - 2

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

Date Range: [1922-1923]

Physical Description: 1 album (32 photographs : b&w ; 12.5 x 10.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: Mary Etta (Young) Hawkins entered a partnership with Norman Luxton to open a ceramic art business in 1922. Mary Etta married Stanley Hawkins in June 1923.

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album with 32 b&w photograph prints pertaining to Canadian Indigenous-inspired ceramic art by Mary (Mamie) Etta Young. Album also includes one newspaper clipping pertaining to ceramicist and art business owner Mary Young and her role in a Banff art exhibition.

Notes: Date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist based on additional research and related contents in fonds - LUX / I / E1 contains original agreement between Mary Young and Norman Luxton re: opening of ceramic business in Banff, 1922

Name Access: Young, Mary (Mamie)

Subject Access: Art; Artists; Museums; Cultural pluralism; First Nations

Geographic Access: Canada

Access Restrictions: Handle with caution - loose contents

Language: English

Conservation: Album pages stored together in folded acid-free paper to keep contents together in correct order.

Category: Arts; Cultural pluralism; First nations

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Curtiss-Wright Corp. staff and family photographs album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of…

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

203 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Associated Screen News Ltd., Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Byron Harmon

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Physical Description: 1 album (193 b&w photographs ; 20 x 25.5 cm or smaller -- 2 textual records)

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of Eleanor Luxton as a child and as an adult, group and individual portraits of mostly unidentified individuals [likely immediate and extended family and friends of Eleanor, including Norman and Georgina Luxton], unidentified children playing, images from the Calgary Stampede parade [ca. 1940s], unidentified Indigenous groups and individuals [possibly Stoney Nakoda community members during Banff Indian Days], Dr. Casey's Ranch [1944], and a family picnic. File also includes one small textual record describing a 1943 Curtiss-Wright Corporation staff event, as well as an annotated Christmas card from Ruth and Frank Neustadt [n.d.].

Notes: Some items are annotated on back; Items not in chronological or other clear order

Material Details: Album has clear plastic layer on surface of front and back covers; Green plastic stitched around border of both covers and side bindings

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Ross, George; McDougall, George; Smith, Mary; Smith, Archie; Casey, Anne Ross; Ross, Jean; Knight, Sidney S.; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; Neustadt, Ruth; Neustadt, Frank

Subject Access: Travel; Family and personal life; Businesses; Children; Community events; Picnics and picnicking; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel; Events

Geographic Access: Bermuda; Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Calgary; United States of America; New York; Arizona; Phoenix

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Loose items in album have been placed in mylar

Category: Family and personal life; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Dominion Parks Branch Department of the Interior Portable Gasoline Pump Unit

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Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of an album of photographs pertaining to forest protection and fire fighting methods and equipment employed in Banff National Park. Focusses on the development and implemtation of pumps and generators for use in fire fighting ; most photos have typed text captions below them.

Date Range: 1915-1921

Reference Code: V488 / I / A / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M317 / S23 / V488

Series: I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection

Sous-Fonds: V488

Accession Number: 8134

Reference Code: V488 / I / A / PD - 2

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1915-1921

Physical Description: 1 album (53 photographs : b&w ; 16.5 x 12 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of an album of photographs pertaining to forest protection and fire fighting methods and equipment employed in Banff National Park. Focusses on the development and implemtation of pumps and generators for use in fire fighting ; most photos have typed text captions below them.

Notes: Metal hinging mechanism removed, wrapped in paper and stored alongside album.

Subject Access: Automobiles; Fire; Fire fighters; Fire fighting equipment; Fire wardens; Forestry; Government; Horses; National parks and reserves; Parks; Parks Canada; Photography

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Many photographs loose from page mounts, replaced where possible.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Dunsmore Family Photograph Album

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Part Of: Fulton Dunsmore fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to Dunsmore family and friends; family life; Banff community life; Banff locations, such as streets, zoo, Cave and Basin; events, including Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival, royal visit, 1919; activities, including fishing, camping, picnicing, dogsledding, snowshoeing, skiing,…

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1920]

Reference Code: V184 / I / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph

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Part Of: Fulton Dunsmore fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V184

Series: I. Photograph albums

Sous-Fonds: V184

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V184 / I / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1920]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (433 prints)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to Dunsmore family and friends; family life; Banff community life; Banff locations, such as streets, zoo, Cave and Basin; events, including Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival, royal visit, 1919; activities, including fishing, camping, picnicing, dogsledding, snowshoeing, skiing, ski jumping, canoeing. People include: members of the Paris, Woodworth, White (Whyte), Irwin and Latam families; also Dick Patrick, MacAulay twins, Edwin Young, John Thomson and others. Includes scenic views of Banff, Lake Louise and other Rocky Mountain areas. Most photographs are identified.

Notes: Fulton Dunsmore made most of the photographs and assembled the album. Also includes photographs by Tom Dunsmore and other

Name Access: Dunsmore, Fulton; Dunsmore, Margaret

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Banff Indian Days; Banff Winter Carnival; Banff Zoo; Boats; Cave and Basin; Camping; Children; Dogsledding; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Mountains; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Winter

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

Access Restrictions: No photocopying

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Edmee Moore photograph album. -- 1920-1927

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Part Of: Moore family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to Wapta and Yoho Bungalow Camps, 1920-1926; also prints from the 1925 Trail Ride and trips to Montreal and Windermere (1927), Hawaii (1926-1927) and Waterton Lakes plus mixed scenes.

Date Range: [1916], 1920-1928

Reference Code: V439 / PD - 358

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: Moore family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: III. Edmee Moore series

Reference Code: V439 / PD - 358

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: [1916], 1920-1928

Physical Description: Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (186 photographs; b&w) + postcard : 5 col.

Scope & Content: Pertains to Wapta and Yoho Bungalow Camps, 1920-1926; also prints from the 1925 Trail Ride and trips to Montreal and Windermere (1927), Hawaii (1926-1927) and Waterton Lakes plus mixed scenes.

Title Source: Title based on contents of album.

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Eleanor Luxton early childhood and family album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby…

Date Range: [ca. 1904]; [1907 or 1908]; 1908; [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]; [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1940]; 1964

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 3

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca. 1904]; [1907 or 1908]; 1908; [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]; [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1940]; 1964

Physical Description: 1 album (54 b&w prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller -- 2 newspaper clippings)

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby and young child with her parents, posing with chickens and a turkey on a farm, with other small children [unidentified] and standing by the Bow River; portrait photographs of Eleanor as a young girl [roughly ages 5 to 12 years old]; a wedding celebration [possibly that of Norman and Georgina Luxton in 1904]; and images of a pregnant woman and a man on a farm [likely Georgina Luxton and possibly her father, David McDougall, ca. 1908]

Notes: One photograph of Eleanor Luxton as a young child, posing alone and smiling in a dark dress, was moved to its current location from album LUX / III / A3 / PD - 2.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; McDougall, David; Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association

Subject Access: Animals; Children; Birds; Farmland; Property; Community events; Family and personal life; Dogs; Weddings

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Bow River; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Item has been interleaved with acid-free paper to protect photographs; Loose images have been placed in mylar; Item secured with unbleached string to prevent loose items from falling out

Category: Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Family Album

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Part Of: Dorothy Cranstone fonds

Scope & Content: Album photographs pertains to Dorothy Cranstone's life and her family in England ca. 1920-1940. Album contains 37 small black and white photographs on 8 pages.

Date Range: 1904 - 1920

Reference Code: V150 / I / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: Dorothy Cranstone fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M 524; V 150

Series: V150 / I : Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: M 524; V 150

Reference Code: V150 / I / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1904 - 1920

Physical Description: 1 album (37 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm)

Scope & Content: Album photographs pertains to Dorothy Cranstone's life and her family in England ca. 1920-1940. Album contains 37 small black and white photographs on 8 pages.

Name Access: Cranstone, Dorothy

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: Access and use restricted for portion; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Cranstone, Dorothy

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed

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Family Album

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Part Of: Dorothy Cranstone fonds

Scope & Content: Album photographs pertains to Dorothy Cranstone's life and her family in England ca. 1920-1940. Album contains 40 black and white photographs on 24 pages, 9 pages left blank. Also included in the album are 2 envelopes titled:"family pictures..." and "old pictures..." with 14 loose black and white a…

Date Range: 1904 - 1950

Reference Code: V150 / I / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: Dorothy Cranstone fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M 524; V 150

Series: V150 / I : Personal Photographs

Sous-Fonds: M 524; V 150

Reference Code: V150 / I / PD - 2

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1904 - 1950

Physical Description: 1 album (54 photographs : b&w and col. ; 17 x 21 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: Album photographs pertains to Dorothy Cranstone's life and her family in England ca. 1920-1940. Album contains 40 black and white photographs on 24 pages, 9 pages left blank. Also included in the album are 2 envelopes titled:"family pictures..." and "old pictures..." with 14 loose black and white and colour photographs inside.

Name Access: Cranstone, Dorothy

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: Access and use restricted for portion; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Cranstone, Dorothy

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed

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Family Album of Trip to Banff

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: 1 album containing ca. 33 black and white prints pertaining to family trip to Banff

Date Range: 1920

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8309

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Series: V8 / 2014.8309

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: V8 / 2014.8309

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8309

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Date Range: 1920

Physical Description: 1 album (33 photographs : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm)

Scope & Content: 1 album containing ca. 33 black and white prints pertaining to family trip to Banff

Subject Access: Tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Tourism; Exploration and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Fern Brewster album

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1922-ca.1930]. -- 1 photograph album (217 prints). -- Album pertains to Fern Brewster, family, friends, activities; includes movie stars - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, Estelle Taylor; scenes from movies being filmed, some from Banff area,…

Date Range: [1922-1930]

Reference Code: V90 / PD - 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436 / V90

Series: II. Fern Brewster

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V90 / PD - 10

GMD: Photograph; Album

Date Range: [1922-1930]

Physical Description: 1 album (217 photographs : b&w)

Scope & Content: Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1922-ca.1930]. -- 1 photograph album (217 prints). -- Album pertains to Fern Brewster, family, friends, activities; includes movie stars - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, Estelle Taylor; scenes from movies being filmed, some from Banff area, including "Valley of Silent Men", "The Alaskan", "Thief of Bagdad"; Lou Crosby, Peter Whyte, Phil Moore, Edmee Moore, Oliver Kahdahl, Jim and Dell Brewster; also includes some views from Hawaiian trip, ca.1922-1930. -- Condition is fragile. -- Title based on item.