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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 area scenic views, King Edward Hotel

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 b&w photograph prints [loose and on matboard]. Content pertains to local views near Banff, including Georgina Luxton riding in a carriage along Tunnel Mountain Trail, a hunting trip north of Banff with guide George Harrison[?], the King Edward Hotel building exterior and surroun…

Date Range: 1904-1905; 1910; [ca.1910-1920]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 220 to 233

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

2 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D6 : Other activities and interests

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 220 to 233

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-232 and 233 produced by Norman Luxton

Date Range: 1904-1905; 1910; [ca.1910-1920]

Physical Description: 10 photographs : b&w ; 29.5 x 18 cm or smaller -- 4 photographs : b&w prints on matboard ; 35.5 x 14 cm and 25 x 21 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 b&w photograph prints [loose and on matboard]. Content pertains to local views near Banff, including Georgina Luxton riding in a carriage along Tunnel Mountain Trail, a hunting trip north of Banff with guide George Harrison[?], the King Edward Hotel building exterior and surrounding property [1904-1910] and an event hosted in the hotel, and panoramic views of Banff and a waterfront area [Lake Minnewanka?] taken by Norman Luxton.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Georgina; Harrison, George

Subject Access: Landscapes; Horses; Horseback riding; Sports; Recreation; Hunting; Family and personal life; Businesses; Hotels; Construction; Communities; Land use; Townsite development; Mountains; Trails

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Lake Minnewanka

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration; Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Items stored in three file folders: PA-220 to 222 [Tunnel Mountain Trail and hunting trip]; PA-223 to 231 [King Edward Hotel]; and PA-232 to 233 [Banff & area panoramas]

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days panoramic photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Files consists of panorama photographs of Banff Indian Days, largely portraits of identified and unidentified Indigenous people, and camp at the base of Cascade Mountain. Some photographs have copy prints of varying paper textures. One negative, NA - 27, has three black and white prints, one print …

Date Range: [ca.1910s]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 10 / NA - 23 to NA - 33

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

14 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 10 / NA - 23 to NA - 33

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca.1910s]

Physical Description: 11 photograph : b&w negatives ; 30.2 x 9.8 cm

Scope & Content: Files consists of panorama photographs of Banff Indian Days, largely portraits of identified and unidentified Indigenous people, and camp at the base of Cascade Mountain. Some photographs have copy prints of varying paper textures. One negative, NA - 27, has three black and white prints, one print has been hand-coloured.

Name Access: Crawler, Hector; Dogtail, Philip; Englishman, Johnny; Hunter, Elijah; Kaquitts, Benjamin; Kaquitts, Tom; Luxton, Georgina; McLean, George; Wesley, Mary; Jimmyjohn, Susan; Poucette, Mark

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Cascade Mountain

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park

Conservation: All show some shift towards a yellowing film base, in particular NA - 33 NA - 28 shows notable nitrate detrioartion of the emulsion with amber discolouration and mirroring.

Processing Status: Processed

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Bird

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1930

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.43

Description: grey stone sculpture of a sitting bird. Tail feathers and facial features inscribed.

1 image

Artist: Unknown

Title: Bird

Date: c. 1930

Dimensions: 3.0 x 3.5 cm

Description: grey stone sculpture of a sitting bird. Tail feathers and facial features inscribed.

Subject: animal; bird

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.43

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The Bird Tree

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1880 – 1900

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

1 image

Artist: Unknown

Title: The Bird Tree

Date: 1880 – 1900

Dimensions: 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

Subject: figure, male; animal; mythological

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

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Canadian travel and wildlife

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 58 photographs pertaining to trips taken by Eleanor Luxton and her family and friends between 1910 and ca.1940, and animals and plants seen in the Banff area. Includes trips to Quebec and Marble Canyon.

Date Range: 1910-1940; 1920-1921; 1923

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 971 to 1028

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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 / PA - 971 to 1028

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1910-1940; 1920-1921; 1923

Physical Description: 58 photographs : b&w prints ; 23.5 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 58 photographs pertaining to trips taken by Eleanor Luxton and her family and friends between 1910 and ca.1940, and animals and plants seen in the Banff area. Includes trips to Quebec and Marble Canyon.

Notes: Some items are annotated

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Georgina

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Tourism; Landscapes; Environment; Wildlife; Animals

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Marble Canyon; Quebec

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Christmas card

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a Christmas/New Years card featuring a photograph of a row of tepees with a horse at one end and mountains in the background from the Norman and Georgina Luxton

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1972]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 78

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 78

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1972]

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

Scope & Content: Image of a Christmas/New Years card featuring a photograph of a row of tepees with a horse at one end and mountains in the background from the Norman and Georgina Luxton

Name Access: Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Christmas; Horses; Tepee

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Collected gift tags

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of assorted tags from gifts sent to members of the Luxton family. Includes Christmas, birthday, and "thank you" gift tags, as well as tags which accompanied bouquets of flowers delivered to Eleanor Luxton. Some items are stored in small envelopes [possibly organized by Eleanor Luxton].

Date Range: [1910-1990]

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1 / 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / A : Family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / A1 : Correspondence

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1 / 19

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: [1910-1990]

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of assorted tags from gifts sent to members of the Luxton family. Includes Christmas, birthday, and "thank you" gift tags, as well as tags which accompanied bouquets of flowers delivered to Eleanor Luxton. Some items are stored in small envelopes [possibly organized by Eleanor Luxton].

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Holidays; Christmas; Correspondence

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Collected photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs sent to Georgina Luxton from friends and family, as well as portraits of Georgina. Includes images of Georgina Luxton on a float at a Calgary Stampede parade; Georgina and her brother, David Hardisty McDougall, at the wedding of David's daughter (Virginia); an image of …

Date Range: [ca.1890-1960]

Reference Code: LUX / III / B2 / PA - 1 to 16

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / B : Georgina Luxton series

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / B2 : Personal papers and photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B2 / PA - 1 to 16

GMD: Photograph; Print

Responsibility: Item LUX/III/B2/PA-13 produced by Calgary Herald photographer

Date Range: [ca.1890-1960]

Physical Description: 16 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 21 x 27.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs sent to Georgina Luxton from friends and family, as well as portraits of Georgina. Includes images of Georgina Luxton on a float at a Calgary Stampede parade; Georgina and her brother, David Hardisty McDougall, at the wedding of David's daughter (Virginia); an image of purple flowers in a vase, annotated with a letter to Georgina from Mary (Schaffer) Warren; portraits of Georgina and various friends and family members; and other related material.

Name Access: Luxton, Georgina; McDougall, David Hardisty; Warren, Mary Schaffer

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Portrait; Children; Calgary Stampede; Parades; Public events; Correspondence; Flowers

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; Banff; Cochrane

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Correspondence - postcards

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of postcards and souvenir postcard booklets sent to members and friends of the Luxton family, including Eleanor, Norman and Georgina Luxton. Content pertains to locations and landmarks in various regions, including Canada, the United States, England, France and the Ivory Coast. File a…

Date Range: [1900-1920]; 1905-1906; 1909; 1911-1912; 1914-1916; 1924-1925; 1929; 1937; 1939; 1949; 1951-1958; 1961-1962

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1 / 25 to 27

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / A : Norman Luxton family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / A1 : Correspondence

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1 / 25 to 27

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard

Date Range: [1900-1920]; 1905-1906; 1909; 1911-1912; 1914-1916; 1924-1925; 1929; 1937; 1939; 1949; 1951-1958; 1961-1962

Physical Description: ca. 250 prints : b&w and col. postcards ; 16 x 12 cm or smaller -- 1 b&w photograph : print ; 16 x 10.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of postcards and souvenir postcard booklets sent to members and friends of the Luxton family, including Eleanor, Norman and Georgina Luxton. Content pertains to locations and landmarks in various regions, including Canada, the United States, England, France and the Ivory Coast. File also includes one b&w photograph depicting a group of unidentified children.

Notes: Items in this file have been organized by geographical location. See "Content Details" entry field for contents of individual folders.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina

Subject Access: Correspondence; Communications; Family and personal life; Travel; Tourism; Postcards

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; United States of America; California; Vermont; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Arizona; England; London; France; Paris; Africa; Ivory Coast

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Related Material: Items in this file were separated from non-annotated postcards [processed as LUX / III / D / PG - 1 to 8].

Category: Communications; Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Items are stored in 3 folders: LUX / III / A1 / 25 : Canada LUX / III / A1 / 26 : United States of America LUX / III / A1 / 27 : Foreign, Other

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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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Early Luxton family holiday cards

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of Christmas/holiday greeting cards sent by various friends and family to members of the Luxton family [primarily Norman and Georgina] between ca.1905 and 1940. Includes several unsent holiday cards made by Norman and Georgina Luxton.

Date Range: [ca.1905-1940]

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1 / 20 to 22

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / A : Family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / A1 : Correspondence

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1 / 20 to 22

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1905-1940]

Physical Description: 8 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of Christmas/holiday greeting cards sent by various friends and family to members of the Luxton family [primarily Norman and Georgina] between ca.1905 and 1940. Includes several unsent holiday cards made by Norman and Georgina Luxton.

Notes: File may contain duplicates; Items are not arranged by date within file; some items not dated

Material Details: Some items have attached string and/or decorative ribbons

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Holidays; Christmas; Correspondence

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Category: Communications; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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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

59 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 - 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 history notes, editing notes, other

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of notes by Eleanor Luxton pertaining to her family history [including notes on Georgina Luxton], Norman Luxton's 1901 voyage aboard the Tilikum, a 1909 hunting trip north of Banff involving Norman Luxton and mountain guide George Harrison, and other related notes. Includes notes writ…

Date Range: 1924; [1960-1970]

Reference Code: LUX / II / C3 / 26

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C3 : Diaries, daybooks, notebooks, notes

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C3 / 26

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1924; [1960-1970]

Physical Description: 0.3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of notes by Eleanor Luxton pertaining to her family history [including notes on Georgina Luxton], Norman Luxton's 1901 voyage aboard the Tilikum, a 1909 hunting trip north of Banff involving Norman Luxton and mountain guide George Harrison, and other related notes. Includes notes written on an envelope which was previously mailed to Georgina Luxton in 1924.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Biography; Research; Publication; Genealogy; Recreation; Sports; Hunting

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

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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George Paris photographs : [film negatives, group 8]

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Part Of: George Paris fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict Ida feeding deer, Paris children skiing, George figure ska…

Date Range: 1922-1934

Reference Code: V484 / I / B / NA - 701 to NA - 800

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

104 images

Part Of: George Paris fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V484

Series: V484 / I : Negatives

Sous-Fonds: V484

Sub-Series: V484 / I / B : Film

Reference Code: V484 / I / B / NA - 701 to NA - 800

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1922-1934

Physical Description: 100 negatives [105 photographs] : b&w negatives, film ; 12 x 8.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict Ida feeding deer, Paris children skiing, George figure skating, and Banff townsite winter and street scenes.

Name Access: Paris, Cyril; Paris, George; Paris, Georgina; Paris, Herb; Paris, Ted; Dunsmore, Fulton; Luxton, Georgina; Reid, Charles

Subject Access: Skiing; Snowshoes and snowshoeing

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Title Source: Title based on contents of series. Sub-title reflects imposed division of series contents into manageable units for description purposes

Content Details: LIST OF NEGATIVES (V484/NA - 701 to 800):; 701, 702 Ida Paris feeding deer, 1922; 703 Cyril Paris with dog, 1922; 704 Paris twins with dog, 1922; 705 Paris twins and friend with skis, 1922; 706 Ted and Herb Paris and Eddie Noble on skis, 1922; 707 Cyril Paris outside snow covered tent, [ca.1925]; 708 Fulton Dunsmore looking out of snow covered tent, [ca.1925]; 709 Cyril Paris and Fulton Dunsmore in tent, [ca.1925]; 710 Cyril Paris and Fulton Dunsmore in grocery truck, [ca.1925]; 711 Fulton on grocery truck, [ca.1925]; 712 Ida Paris and Mrs. Luxton and dog "Charley" on snowshoe trip over Stoney Squaw Mountain [Snow Peak], [ca.1925]; 713-714 Ida Paris and Mrs. Luxton on snowshoe trip over Stoney Squaw Mountain [Snow Peak], [ca.1925]; 715 George Paris on snowshoe trip over Stoney Squaw Mountain [Snow Peak], [ca.1925]; 716, 717 George 'Paris and Georgina Luxton on snowshoe trip over Stoney Squaw Mountain [Snow Peak], [ca.1925]; 718 George Paris and Charlie Reid during snowshoe trip over Stoney Squaw Mountain [Snow Peak], [ca.1925]; 719 Mr. and Mrs. Luxton during snowshoe trip on Stoney Squaw Mountain [Snow Peak], [ca.1925]; 720 Mrs. Luxton and Charlie Reid during snowshoe trip over Stoney Squaw Mountain [Snow Peak], [ca.1925]; 721, 722 Ida Paris and Mrs. Luxton during snowshoe trip over Stoney Squaw Mountain [Snow Peak], [ca.1925]; 723 George Paris with pail over fire at Forty Mile Creek, [ca.1925]; 724, 725 Ida and George Paris in rowboat on Bow River, [1924?]; 726 Ida Paris cooking over fire, [1924?]; 727 George Paris cooking over fire, [1924?]; 728 Ida Paris resting at campsite, [1924?]; 729 George Paris resting at campsite, [1924?]; 730 George and Ida Paris in canoe, 1924; 731 [Georgie Paris?] and friend in canoe, [1924?]; 732, 733 Georgie Paris, [ca.1925]; 734 Ida Paris, [ca.1925]; 735, 736 Georgie Paris and friend, [ca.1925]; 737 Ida and Georgie Paris with plants, [ca.1925]; 738, 739 Ida Paris with plants, [ca.1925]; 740 [Ida and Cyril Paris?], 1926; 741, 742 George Paris, Lorane, man and Cyril Paris, 1926; 743 to 745 Paris family, 1927; 746 Ida Paris and friends with snowshoes, 1927; 747 George and Ids Paris with bouquet of flowers, 1927; 748 Mrs. White, Mrs. Paris, Cliff White, 1927; 749 Norman Luxton, George Paris, Bevan Ashton with camera, 1927; 750, 751 Ida Paris with dogs, 1927; 752 George Paris with dog, 1927; 753 George Paris with dogs, 1927; 754 to 756 George Paris skating, 1930; 757, 758 [ George Paris?] skating, 1930; 759 Mr. Lyons who taught George Paris to skate, 1930; 760 [Ida Paris?] with deer in yard, [ca.1927]; 761 to 763 Ida Paris feeding deer in the yard, [ca.1927]; 764, 765 Deer in Paris yard, [ca.1927]; 766, 767 [Ida Paris?, Georgie Paris?] and friend at train station, [ca.1927]; 768 Woman sitting on a log, [ca.1927]; 769 Georgie Paris sitting on a log, [ca.1927]; 770, 771 Georgie Paris by river, [ca.1927]; 772 to 774 Ida and Georgie Paris, [ca.1927]; 775 to 777 George, Georgie and Ida Paris, [ca.1927]; 778, 779 [Cyril Paris?] and Meta? on skis at Norquay, [ca.1928]; 780, 781 Meta (friend of Cyril Paris) at Norquay Ski Camp, [ca.1928]; 782 [Georgie Paris?] and friend Herbert on skis on Banff Avenue, Christmas, 1933; 783 Mount Rundle and Bow River in winter, 1933; 784 Banff Avenue and Cascade Mountain from Bow River bridge in winter, 1933; 785 Buildings on Banff recreation grounds, 1933; 786 Rear of Paris Tearoom after heavy snowfall, 1933; 787 Banff Avenue and Cascade Fountain, 1934; 788, 789 Banff Avenue looking south, 1934; 790 Banff Avenue including Rundle United Church, 1934; 791 Banff Avenue including Harmony Drug, 1934; 792 Banff Avenue looking north, 1934; 793, 794 Stores on Banff Avenue, 1934; 795 George Paris, [ca.1926]; 796 Ida and George Paris with dog, [ca.1926]; 797 Ida Paris, [ca.1926]; 798 Georgia and George Paris with dog, [ca.1926]; 799 Ida and Georgie Paris, [ca.1926]; 800 Ida and Georgie Paris with friend

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Georgina McDougall college books

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of study books used by Georgina Luxton during her time as a student at Wesleyan Ladies' College in Hamilton, Ontario. Includes one copy of "The Complete Vest-Pocket Library" [published 1893] with annotations on the first page, and a copy of the book "McBride's All Kinds of Dialogues" …

Date Range: [1880-1890]; 1893

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 37

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / B : Georgina Luxton

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton Family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / B4 : Collected material

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 37

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: [1880-1890]; 1893

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm and 7 x 14.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of study books used by Georgina Luxton during her time as a student at Wesleyan Ladies' College in Hamilton, Ontario. Includes one copy of "The Complete Vest-Pocket Library" [published 1893] with annotations on the first page, and a copy of the book "McBride's All Kinds of Dialogues" book of short plays [ca. 1880- 1890].

Notes: First page of vest-pocket library book signed in black ink by Georgina Luxton [see "Content Details"].

Name Access: Luxton, Georgina

Subject Access: Education; Library; School; Research

Geographic Access: Canada; Ontario; Hamilton

Access Restrictions: Handle with caution, materials are fragile

Language: English

Conservation: Book of plays placed in acid free paper due to fragile condition

Category: Education; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Annotation in vest-pocket library book: "G. McDougall W.L. College"

Processing Status: Processed

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Government certificates

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of two Senior Citizen Award certificates given to Norman and Georgina Luxton by the Government of Alberta as part of the province's Golden Jubilee celebrations in 1955; and the marriage certificate of Norman and Georgina Luxton, 1904.

Date Range: 1904; 1955

Reference Code: LUX / III / A2 - 11, 12

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / A : Norman Luxton family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / A2 : Family papers

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / A2 - 11, 12

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1904; 1955

Physical Description: 0.2 cm of textual records: 3 certificates ; 42 x 48 cm and 27 x 36.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of two Senior Citizen Award certificates given to Norman and Georgina Luxton by the Government of Alberta as part of the province's Golden Jubilee celebrations in 1955; and the marriage certificate of Norman and Georgina Luxton, 1904.