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- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.954 h
- Description
- Perspective drawing box, cone, jack (six sided star shape)
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- Title
- 1 Hour
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 29.5 cm
- Description
- Perspective drawing box, cone, jack (six sided star shape)
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.954 h
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.03.03
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”
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- Title
- Anis-Ta-ma-Ka
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.03.03
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Banff Winter Carnival
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- Date
- 1924 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.834
- Description
- In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees frami…
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- Title
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Date
- 1924 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.1 x 29.7 cm
- Description
- In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees framing the the edges of the drawing. Below the drawing it says “WITH APOLOGIES TO DEBECK”, “Peter White - 1924”, and “Banff WINTER CARNIVAL - FEBRUARY 7-14. 1925 - The Peoples Playground SKI-ING SWIMMING SKATING TOBOGGANING, ETC.” Surrounding the inscription it is bordered with 3mm design: two lines running parallel to each other with circles drawn in the middle.
- Subject
- winter
- sports
- snow
- mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- Banff
- Winter Carnival
- skiing
- swimming
- skating
- tobogganing
- skijumping
- man
- suit
- suit jacket
- vest
- tie
- skis
- trees
- clouds
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.834
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Bighorn Ram head
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- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.03.09
- Description
- A finely detailed drawing of a ram's head, facing to the right of picture
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- Title
- Bighorn Ram head
- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- A finely detailed drawing of a ram's head, facing to the right of picture
- Subject
- animal, mountain sheep
- ram
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.03.09
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Blood Indian Chief
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.03.01
- Description
- General colour: white, black, orange. The man's white fur hat fills upper third of the drawing. His eyes look out. He wears an orange tie. There is some purple colour on his left lapel. The title is in orange in the lower left corner. In the lower right corner, the words are in black.
- Title
- Blood Indian Chief
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.2 x 45.1 cm
- Description
- General colour: white, black, orange. The man's white fur hat fills upper third of the drawing. His eyes look out. He wears an orange tie. There is some purple colour on his left lapel. The title is in orange in the lower left corner. In the lower right corner, the words are in black.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.03.01
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- Artist
- Fitzpatrick
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Medium
- ink on heavy paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiP.03.06
- Description
- A view of Bow lake, a teepee with a man in front of it, off right centre. Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
- Artist
- Fitzpatrick
- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Medium
- ink on heavy paper
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 41.7 cm
- Description
- A view of Bow lake, a teepee with a man in front of it, off right centre. Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- FiP.03.06
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Boy's portrait
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- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- graphite on cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- KiW.03.01
- Description
- General colour: pencil on yellow. Head of a boy who is looking out. Wide collar on his shirt and one button at the top.
- Title
- Boy's portrait
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- graphite on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil on yellow. Head of a boy who is looking out. Wide collar on his shirt and one button at the top.
- Credit
- Gift of Frank Wellman, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- KiW.03.01
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Brewster Transport Co. Canadian National Parks
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.882
- Description
- Multiple sketches throughout paper: 1) Boxed off drawing of a mountain, with clouds above it and trees framing the edges, 2) A cabin surrounded by snow, with smoke coming out of the chimney, and there are some trees on either side of the cabin, 3) A lighthouse/fort like structure on the edge of a r…
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- Title
- Brewster Transport Co. Canadian National Parks
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 46.0 x 30.8 cm
- Description
- Multiple sketches throughout paper: 1) Boxed off drawing of a mountain, with clouds above it and trees framing the edges, 2) A cabin surrounded by snow, with smoke coming out of the chimney, and there are some trees on either side of the cabin, 3) A lighthouse/fort like structure on the edge of a rocky cliff that has ocean waves beating up against the rocks, 4) A small cabin at the bottom of a mountain surrounded by snow, there are trees in the background and smoke coming out of the chimney, 5) In an almond shaped outline there is a profile cartoon sketch of a man with a large nose, wearing glasses, and he has a mustache, 6) A sketch of three trees, 7) Profile cartoon sketch of a man in a dress shirt and tie that is wearing a hat, 8) A mountain that is framed by trees and has a single cloud up above the peak, 9) Full body sketch of a man in profile cartoon style, and he is wearing a suit, 10) Cartoon sketch of a man’s head in profile, he appears to be wearing a scarf, 11) A cactus in the middle of a desert, 12) A sketch of a field that has trees off in the background, and is lined with a fence made from rope and two linear objects put together in an ‘x’ shape. In between 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11 it says “BREWSTER TRANSPORT Co. Canadian National Parks.”
- Subject
- mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- trees
- snow
- winter
- home
- house
- cabin
- smoke
- fire
- chimney
- ocean
- water
- waves
- light house
- fort
- people
- men
- glasses
- mustache
- facial hair
- hat
- tie
- suit
- scarf
- cactus
- desert
- fence
- rope
- field
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.882
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- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- JaA.03.06
- Description
- Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serra…
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- Title
- Burnt Wood
- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.7 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serrated top edge, rounded corners bl and br.
- Credit
- Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- JaA.03.06
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Cathedral Mountain
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HaH.03.01
- Description
- Group of trees on the lower right in front of distant mountains.
- Title
- Cathedral Mountain
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 25.4 cm
- Description
- Group of trees on the lower right in front of distant mountains.
- Subject
- landscape, mountains
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- HaH.03.01
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Cathedral Mountain In Yoho
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HaH.03.02
- Description
- General colour: black on white. In the foreground is a lake and ten trees on the opposite shore. Beyond is a treed slope up to rocky peaks. Behind is cloudy sky.
- Title
- Cathedral Mountain In Yoho
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 25.4 cm
- Description
- General colour: black on white. In the foreground is a lake and ten trees on the opposite shore. Beyond is a treed slope up to rocky peaks. Behind is cloudy sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- Cathedral mOuntain
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- HaH.03.02
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Chinese Sampans, Hong Kong Harbour
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.438
- Description
- A watercolour and pencil drawing of covered boats in Hong Kong Harbour.[blc] CHINESE SANPANS/ HONG KONG HARBOUR[brc, in cursive] Peter Whyte/ OCTOBER 1929
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- Title
- Chinese Sampans, Hong Kong Harbour
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- A watercolour and pencil drawing of covered boats in Hong Kong Harbour.[blc] CHINESE SANPANS/ HONG KONG HARBOUR[brc, in cursive] Peter Whyte/ OCTOBER 1929
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.438
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Fairholme Range, Bow River
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- Artist
- Fitzpatrick
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Medium
- ink on heavy paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiP.03.02
- Description
- A view of the Bow River between Mount Rundle and Tunnel Mountain, Fairholme Range in background - from a photograph by Byron Harmon.
- Artist
- Fitzpatrick
- Title
- Fairholme Range, Bow River
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Medium
- ink on heavy paper
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 41.7 cm
- Description
- A view of the Bow River between Mount Rundle and Tunnel Mountain, Fairholme Range in background - from a photograph by Byron Harmon.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- Canadian Rockies
- Bow River
- Credit
- Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- FiP.03.02
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Figure Studies
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- Date
- 1924 – 1932
- Medium
- graphite; on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.03.099
- Description
- A single figure study of partially reclined figure with left leg bent and right leg extended, with arms supporting behind the back and head tilted back.
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- Title
- Figure Studies
- Date
- 1924 – 1932
- Medium
- graphite; on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.9 x 30.4 cm
- Description
- A single figure study of partially reclined figure with left leg bent and right leg extended, with arms supporting behind the back and head tilted back.
- Subject
- figure
- still life
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MoE.03.099
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WoS.03.02
- Description
- Robb on back of frame, so was possibly purchased by Catharine before her marriage (1930) or was purchased by Catharine's mother, Edith Morse Robb.
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- Title
- Fish Houses
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 18.8 cm
- Description
- Robb on back of frame, so was possibly purchased by Catharine before her marriage (1930) or was purchased by Catharine's mother, Edith Morse Robb.
- Subject
- architecture, urban
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WoS.03.02
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The Future way of Teaching Geography
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.928
- Description
- An blimp/Zeppelin carries a group of people in space where they are looking at the different planets and stars, though Earth is the most prominent in the sky. Below the drawing it says “THE FUTURE WAY OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY”
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- Title
- The Future way of Teaching Geography
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- An blimp/Zeppelin carries a group of people in space where they are looking at the different planets and stars, though Earth is the most prominent in the sky. Below the drawing it says “THE FUTURE WAY OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY”
- Subject
- airship
- blimp
- Zeppelin
- aircraft
- flying
- space
- travel
- people
- passengers
- education
- star
- planet
- Earth
- geography
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.928
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Galletly family fonds
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- Part Of
- Galletly family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes D. D. Galletly and Galletly family papers and photographs. Textual records consist of David Galletly papers and Galletly family music. David Galletly papers include manuscripts, n.d., 1914; correspondence 1888-1907; and personal papers n.d., 1902 re early life in Canmore and Banff an…
- Date Range
- [ca.1880-ca.1960]
- Reference Code
- M114 / V421
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Tintype
- Textual record
- Drawing
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Galletly family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 114
- V 421
- Sous-Fonds
- M 114
- V 421
- Accession Number
- 268, 492, 2257, 2743
- Reference Code
- M114 / V421
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Tintype
- Textual record
- Drawing
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1880-ca.1960]
- Physical Description
- ca.5 cm of textual records. -- 56 photographs : prints, tintype. -- 1 photograph album (266 prints)
- History / Biographical
- The Galletly family were residents of Canmore and Banff, Alberta, Canada. David Drummond Galletly, 1838-1916, served as caretaker and guide for the Cave and Basin hot springs, 1897-ca.1910. Previously he worked on the construction of the Banff Springs Hotel and operated a hotel in Canmore. At the Cave and Basin, Galletly conducted tours and became known for his Scottish humor. Other family members included wife Ethel, daughters Viva and Ethel (Fulscher), son-in-law Fred Fulscher, and grandchildren Ronald and Adelina Fulcher.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes D. D. Galletly and Galletly family papers and photographs.
- Textual records consist of David Galletly papers and Galletly family music. David Galletly papers include manuscripts, n.d., 1914; correspondence 1888-1907; and personal papers n.d., 1902 re early life in Canmore and Banff and the Cave and Basin. The manuscripts include scripts of Galletly's cave tours. Family music includes published sheet music and hand-drawn items. Fonds also includes newsclippings and postcards pertaining to the Galletly family, 1939-[ca.1960]; and drawing of exterior of dwelling on Lot 32, Cave and Basin Avenue, 1912, signed by D. D. Galletly, 4 p.: photocopy.
- Photographs pertain to Galletly family and friends, activities, Banff views; most are unidentified.
- Name Access
- Galletly, David Drummond
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Creator
- Galletly, David Drummond
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Indigenous portrait given to Norman Luxton by W. Langdon Kihn
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one signed copy of a portrait of an unidentified Indigenous man by artist W. Langdon Kihn. Portrait was gifted to Norman Luxton by Kihn in 1922.
- Date Range
- 1922
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D1 / 17
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Drawing
1 image
- 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 / D1 : Personal and family life
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D1 / 17
- GMD
- Drawing
- Responsibility
- Produced by W. Langdon Kihn
- Date Range
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing : portrait, pencil and ink ; 29 x 37.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898-1957) was an American artist born in Brooklyn, New York. Kihn was best known for his illustrated portraits of American and Canadian Indigenous people, including members of the Blackfoot, Navajo, Pueblo and Tsimshian communities. The individuals in Kihn's portraits were most often depicted wearing traditional and ceremonial clothing rather than their typical clothes. Kihn's art career began in 1919 when he travelled to Montana and created some of his earliest portraits while visiting the Blackfeet Reservation. Throughout the 1920s, Kihn travelled extensively in Canada and the United States, creating portraits of individuals from a diverse range of Indigenous communities. Many of these portraits were put on display as part of a travelling exhibition organized by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1935, Kihn was commissioned by National Geographic to produce Indigenous portraits for publications; this ultimately led to a two-decade career with National Geographic.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one signed copy of a portrait of an unidentified Indigenous man by artist W. Langdon Kihn. Portrait was gifted to Norman Luxton by Kihn in 1922.
- Notes
- Portrait is signed in the bottom left corner: "To "Norm" Luxton From his friend W. Langdon Kihn. 1922"
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Kihn, W. Langdon
- Subject Access
- Portrait
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Art
- Artist
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- First nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/20/nyregion/art-indian-portraits-by-kihn-exhibited.html
- https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/w-langdon-kihn-papers-7081
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Jimmy Simpson family fonds
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- Part Of
- Jimmy Simpson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recording produced by and pertaining to Jimmy Simpson and the Simpson family. Material is arranged in seven series. I. Jimmy Simpson Sr. papers and photographs, ca.1901-1972, ca.74 cm of textual records, 23 photograph albums (ca.2875 prints), 425 tra…
- Date Range
- [ca.1900]-1995
- Reference Code
- M78 / S16 / V577
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Recording disc
- Textual record
- Blueprint
- Drawing
- Painting
- Poster
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Jimmy Simpson family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 78
- S 16
- V 577
- Sous-Fonds
- M 78
- S 16
- V 577
- Accession Number
- 256, 492, 1035, 1160, 1422, 1467, 1484, 1625, 1655, 1668, 1869, 2930, 3006, 5302, 6356, 6599, 6771, 6914, 7217, 7337 (unproc o.s.), 7768 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M78 / S16 / V577
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Recording disc
- Textual record
- Blueprint
- Drawing
- Painting
- Poster
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Other Title Info
- Also known as Jimmy Simpson fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1900]-1995
- Physical Description
- 2.5 m textual records. -- ca.1605 photographs: ca.755 prints, 410 negatives, ca.430 transparencies. -- 29 photograph albums (ca.3000 prints). -- 1 sound recording: audio disc
- History / Biographical
- Justin James McCarthy (Jimmy) Simpson, 1877-1972, was a trapper, guide and outfitter and lodge owner at Banff and Bow Lake, Alberta, Canada. Born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, Simpson was sent to Canada by his family in 1896. He worked briefly at Laggan (Lake Louise), Alberta for the Canadian Pacific Railway, travelled extensively and returned to the Rockies to work on the trail and trap. By the early 1900s, he was a successful guide and outfitter with Carl Rungius and the Alpine Club of Canada as clients. Starting in 1920, Simpson began building Num-Ti-Jah Lodge at Bow Lake as a base for hunting and climbing parties. Simpson and Williamina (Billie) Ross Reid, 1891-1968, married in 1916 and had three children. The lodge was run mainly by Billie Simpson and in 1945 the business was turned over to Jimmy Simpson Jr., 1922-2003 . Daughters Margaret Simpson, 1917-1941, and Mary Simpson (Hallock), 1919-2002, were internationally-famous figure skaters.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recording produced by and pertaining to Jimmy Simpson and the Simpson family. Material is arranged in seven series.
- I. Jimmy Simpson Sr. papers and photographs, ca.1901-1972, ca.74 cm of textual records, 23 photograph albums (ca.2875 prints), 425 transparencies. Includes business and personal correspondence, business records and subject files, 1903-1972; literary papers, 1912-1972; and other papers, 1903- 1957. Business records pertain mainly to guiding, outfitting and hunting operations. Correspondents include Carl Rungius, J. Monroe Thorington, L. S. Amery, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, William S. Ladd, C. Hart Merriam, Allan Brooks and others; also federal and provincial government departments, Canadian Pacific Railway, etc., regarding hunting, game regulations, park boundaries, licences, permits, horses, etc. Albums pertain mainly to hunting trips, including those with Carl Rungius, Caroline Hinman and McAleenan family, ca.1901-ca.1920, 23 items. Transparencies pertain to McAleenan family trips.
- II. Simpson family papers, photographs and sound recording, ca.1900-1987, ca.1.5 m of textual records, ca.675 photographic prints, 6 photograph albums (ca.460 prints), 410 photographic negatives, 1 sound recording. Textual records include large series of alphabetical files, 1907-1987; correspondence, ca.1910-ca.1985; school records, 1923-1936; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge registers, 1939-1957; other material, 1929-1942. Photographs pertain to Jimmy Simpson and family; friends and guests; lodges and camps, including Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Banff home and community; pack trips; scenic views; other.
- III. Billie Simpson papers, 1913-1968, 6.5 cm of textual records. Includes Billie Simpson correspondence, literary and dramatic papers.
- IV. Simpson Sisters professional papers and photographs, 1929-1955, ca.20 cm and 3 v. of textual material, ca.15 cm of print material, 86 photographic prints. Material pertains to the professional skating career of Margaret Simpson and Mary Simpson.
- V. Mary Simpson Hallock papers, 1960-1955, 1.5 cm of textual records.
- VI. Jimmy Simpson Jr. papers, 1947-1983, 1 cm of textual records.
- VII. Other material, before 1970, 1 cm of textual records and art works.
- Name Access
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Margaret
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- sub-series description
- electronic finding aid
- microfilm copies of albums
- Related Material
- Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage Collections, Whyte Museum)
- Creator
- Simpson, Jimmy (family)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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- Artist
- Fitzpatrick
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Medium
- ink on heavy paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiP.03.03
- Description
- A view of Lake Louise taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
- Artist
- Fitzpatrick
- Title
- Lake Louise
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Medium
- ink on heavy paper
- Dimensions
- 26.6 x 42 cm
- Description
- A view of Lake Louise taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- FiP.03.03
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