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Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
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- Part Of
- Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials collected by, and pertaining to, Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Content includes daybooks, notebooks, correspondence and various notes collected by Maryalice during her time working as Director of the Archives of the Canadian Rockies (now the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rock…
- Date Range
- 1939-2002, predominant 1965-2000
- Reference Code
- M9 / S13 / V605
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 9
- S 13
- V 605
- Sous-Fonds
- M 9
- S 13
- V 605
- Accession Number
- 17, 88, 120, 1183, 1900, 1923, 2045, 2125, 2198, 2762, 3180, 3208, 3276, 7412, 2014.8266, 2014.8267, 2014.8310
- Reference Code
- M9 / S13 / V605
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1939-2002, predominant 1965-2000
- Physical Description
- 49 photographs: prints, negatives. -- 1 m textual records. -- 60 sound recordings: 52 audio cassettes, 8 reels
- History / Biographical
- Maryalice Harvey Stewart, 1923-2001, was Director of the Archives of the Canadian Rockies (now Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies) at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1965 to 1976. She continued to do historical projects and was known for her knowledge of Banff and Rocky Mountain history.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials collected by, and pertaining to, Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Content includes daybooks, notebooks, correspondence and various notes collected by Maryalice during her time working as Director of the Archives of the Canadian Rockies (now the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives and Special Collections); research materials pertaining to the town of Banff, the Brewster family and other local subjects; personal interest materials, including cassette recordings of documentaries and lectures; personal materials, including correspondence, photographs, Maryalice's birth certificate, certifications and awards, and sheet music; and other related materials. Fonds consists of the following series and sub-series:
- Series I : Professional records Series I has two sub-series: I / A : Archives of the Canadian Rockies records (includes cataloguing cards, notes and other materials pertaining to Maryalice's role as Archivist/Director at the Archives of the Canadian Rockies between 1965-1976) I / B : Research and other professional records (includes Brewster family research notes, materials from various committees and organizations which Maryalice was involved in, documents related to an oral history project completed in 2000, professional correspondence, and related materials)
- Series II: Personal records (includes collected materials, personal interest materials, cassette recordings of documentaries and other subjects, sheet music, and various certificates and awards given to Maryalice).
- Name Access
- Stewart, Maryalice Harvey
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Professional and Personal Life
- Awards
- Banff townsite
- Buildings and facilities
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Education
- Entertainment
- Employment
- History
- Lecture
- Membership
- Museums
- Municipal views
- Music
- Newspaper
- Organizations
- Publication
- Record keeping
- Records
- Research
- Songs
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- 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
- Related Material
- S23 / II / B (National Park Wardens oral history project conducted by Maryalice Harvey Stewart)
- Creator
- Stewart, Maryalice Harvey
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Rhoda Rouse fonds
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- Rhoda Rouse fonds
- Scope & Content
- The Rhoda Rouse fonds pertains mainly to Alpine Club of Canada mountaineering camps including photographs of Assiniboine, O'Hara and Minnewanka areas and landscapes. Textual records include ACC banquet menus, brochures, programs, newsletters, financial information, newspaper articles, reports, gre…
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1977]
- Reference Code
- V548 / M181
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Rhoda Rouse fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 181
- V 548
- Sous-Fonds
- M 181
- V 548
- Accession Number
- 3638 (unproc), 3643 (unproc), 7774 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- V548 / M181
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-ca.1977]
- Physical Description
- ca.346 photographs: ca.170 prints, ca.153 transparencies, postcards. -- ca.16 cm textual records.
- History / Biographical
- Rhoda Rouse (1902-1978) was born in Daysland Alberta (then N.W.T.), the daughter of John James and Eva Olive Williamene (Russell) Rouse. Unmarried and with no children, she was a member of the Class of 1923 in the Arts program at the University of British Columbia. She was a teacher at Maryland School south of Ogden and Pine Creek school near DeWinton, Alberta for several years and thereafter worked for Royalite Oil in Calgary for approximately 20 years. Upon her retirement at Royalite she returned to substitute teaching in the 1960s. She was a lifetime member of the Alpine Club of Canada, joining in 1944 and was active in the club and in the ACC camps. She spent much of her life in the outdoors and was a photography enthusiast. She was a friend of Joe Smith of Silver City.
- Scope & Content
- The Rhoda Rouse fonds pertains mainly to Alpine Club of Canada mountaineering camps including photographs of Assiniboine, O'Hara and Minnewanka areas and landscapes. Textual records include ACC banquet menus, brochures, programs, newsletters, financial information, newspaper articles, reports, greeting cards (annotated and unannotated), letters and correspondence with Elizabeth Rummell, 1930-1977.
- Name Access
- Rouse, Rhoda
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Mount Assiniboine
- Minnewanka, Lake
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Basic description only
- Creator
- Rouse, Rhoda
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Dean family fonds
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- Part Of
- Dean family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of b&w photographs and postcards of Laggan, Lake Louise, Field, B.C., Cave and Basin pool, Lake Louise school, Moraine Lake, Bow River, Castle Mountain, Yoho Glacier, Mt. Lefroy, and Stony Creek Bridge ca.1921. Also included is a photograph of Ada Wilson (outfitter Tom Wilson's daugh…
- Date Range
- 1908-[1975]
- Reference Code
- M348 / V161
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Dean family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 348
- V 161
- Sous-Fonds
- M 348
- V 161
- Accession Number
- 2362, 7862 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M348 / V161
- Date Range
- 1908-[1975]
- Physical Description
- 55 photographs: prints, postcards; b&w. -- 2 textual records
- History / Biographical
- Marjorie Helen Folger Dean (b.1902 in Fargo, North Dakota, d.1974) and her family lived at Laggan, Lake Louise ca.1906-1918. Her father, William Dean (1878-1974) was a locomotive engineer with the C.P.R., 1911-1922. Her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Folger Dean, was born in 1883 in Delhi, Ontario and died in 1963. Marjorie Dean married Hargreaves Greenhough on August 6, 1925 in Edmonton, Alberta.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of b&w photographs and postcards of Laggan, Lake Louise, Field, B.C., Cave and Basin pool, Lake Louise school, Moraine Lake, Bow River, Castle Mountain, Yoho Glacier, Mt. Lefroy, and Stony Creek Bridge ca.1921. Also included is a photograph of Ada Wilson (outfitter Tom Wilson's daughter). Textual records include letter from Mary Audrey Dean Davidson to Pat Brewster, 1975 and letter from Dorothy Mae Dean Quigg to Audrey Davidson describing Laggan, its residents and facilities, ca.1906-1918.
- Name Access
- Dean, Marjorie
- Dean, Sarah
- Dean, William
- Subject Access
- Buildings and facilities
- Community life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Dean, Sarah
- Dean, William
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Gertie and John Hartefeld fonds
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- Part Of
- Gertie and John Hartefeld fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to skiing in Canada and Europe, family, and the Banff Ski Team, and include Hans Gmoser ski trips, ca.1960 and beginner ski instruction, ca.1950. 15 postcards relate to local areas, ca.1940-1955, some by Byron Harmon; 50 European postcards, 1940-1955. Motio…
- Date Range
- ca.1923-1997
- Reference Code
- M241 / V417
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Gertie and John Hartefeld fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 241
- V 417
- Sous-Fonds
- M 241
- V 417
- Accession Number
- 7569 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M241 / V417
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- ca.1923-1997
- Physical Description
- ca.525 photographs: ca.348 negatives, 24 transparencies, ca.87 [+ ca.1500 35mm contact prints] prints, ca.65 postcards. -- 12 motion pictures: 8mm film. -- ca.2 cm textual records
- History / Biographical
- John Hartefeld was born Johann Hartefeld in 1915 in Stettin, Poland (Germany). He studied physical education and manual arts from 1930 to 1933 and taught at a boys school in Berlin-Spandau from 1939 to 1945. Hartefeld moved to Garmish Partenkirchen, Germany where he worked as a ski instructor, sports teacher and faltboat (watercraft) instructor and guide.
- Gertrud Vinzenzia Sattler was born in 1920 in Wilkischen, Czechoslovakia and attended business college and language school in Prague, earning a certificate as a bilingual secretary in English and German. From 1945 to 1953 Gertrud Sattler worked for the U.S. Army in Garmish Partenkirchen as a secretary, bookkeeper and interpreter. She met John Hartefeld in Garmish Partenkirchen and together they immigrated to Canada in 1953 and settled in Toronto, Ontario.
- Gertie and John married in Toronto in 1953 and moved to Banff, Alberta settling at 213 Bear Street. In 1963, John and Gertie moved into their new home at 340 Muskrat Street, a house built by John. John Hartefeld earned his Alberta Journeyman's Certificate in Carpentry in 1958 and completed his B.Ed in Industrial Arts in the Faculty of Education in 1966 by attending summer schools and through correspondence courses with Queen's University and the University of Calgary. He taught at the Banff High School from 1957 to 1979 and was instrumental in designing and assembling the industrial arts shop at the Banff High School in 1962. John Hartefeld gave ski lessons to school-age students at Mount Norquay and he designed and built the wrought iron chandeliers and wall lamps in his home and also at the Bugaboo, Cariboo, and Bobbie Burns lodges. John enjoyed fishing, windsurfing, and building his own windsurfing boards for sailing at Vermillion Lakes. John Hartefeld died in a bicycle accident on Norquay Road in June 1997.
- From 1953 to 1959 Gertie worked for J.D. Hansen of Banff doing insurance, real estate and legal work. From 1959 to 1964 Gertie worked for Dermod Owen-Flood, Barristers and Solicitors as a legal secretary and bookkeeper and from 1963 to 1966 she worked for Nesbitt, Beaumont et al. Barristers and Solicitors. Gertie provided secretarial and bookkeeping services for Rocky Mountain Guides (now CMH) from 1966 to 1968 and from 1962 to 1975, she worked as an insurance and real estate agent and was an officer of Banff Insurance Services Ltd. In 1975, Gertie became an insurance consultant for CMH. Gertie Hartefeld enjoyed skiing, fishing, cooking, and tennis. She was an accomplished weaver and a member of the Harvie Heights Weavers Guild. Her garments could be purchased at The Quest in Banff. Gertie Hartefeld died in 2002.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to skiing in Canada and Europe, family, and the Banff Ski Team, and include Hans Gmoser ski trips, ca.1960 and beginner ski instruction, ca.1950. 15 postcards relate to local areas, ca.1940-1955, some by Byron Harmon; 50 European postcards, 1940-1955. Motion pictures pertain to skiing at Norquay, Lake Louise, and Mount Assiniboine as well as landscapes and wildlife, 1967-1980. Textual records include marriage, citizenship and education certificates, passport, immigration papers, letters, and newspaper clippings, ca.1940-1997.
- Name Access
- Hartefeld, Gertie
- Hartefeld, John
- Subject Access
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Hartefeld, Gertie and John
- Biographical Source Notes
- Margaret Gmoser
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sen…
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Drawing
- Postcard
- Private record
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M555
- V777
- Sous-Fonds
- M555
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Responsibility
- Some materials produced by Catharine (Adams) Elkin
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 21 cm of textual records -- 16 postcards -- 3 drawings -- 1 photograph album : 107 b&w photographs
- History / Biographical
- Mary Wright (Molly) Adams was born on 15 October 1868. in Ridgefield Connecticut. She was the third of five children born to Cornelia Ann Cook (1830-1902) and Daniel Lucius Adams (1814 - 1899) She died in Kobe, Japan on 23 January 1909 and was buried there.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sent between Molly's extended family members [including members of the Adams, Cook and Wright families], ca.1844 and 1866. Textual records primarily consist of correspondence sent between Molly Adams and various friends and family members [ca.1891-1909].
- Notes
- Fonds consists of two series: Series I : Correspondence [contains two sub-series: I / A : Molly Wright Adams ; I / B : Extended family] Series II : Personal and collected records
- Name Access
- Adams, Molly
- Schaffer, Mary
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Family
- Correspondence
- Travel
- Exploration
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Connecticut
- New York
- Europe
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Biographical Source Notes
- Searching for Mary Schaffer: Women Wilderness Photography by Colleen Skidmore
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bob Smith fonds
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- Part Of
- Bob Smith fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal photographs, biographical notes, memoir drafts and other collected materials pertaining to Robert Neville (Bob) Smith. Fonds also includes plans and maps pertaining to the development of land near Lake Minnewanka and the Cascade Power Plant project (1943).
- Date Range
- 1925-1995
- Reference Code
- M589 / V809
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Map
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Plan
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Bob Smith fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M589
- V809
- Sous-Fonds
- M589
- V809
- Accession Number
- 2021.36
- Reference Code
- M589 / V809
- Date Range
- 1925-1995
- Physical Description
- ca.300 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 12 x 18 cm or smaller -- 7 cm of textual records -- 7 topographical maps/plans -- 8 postcards
- History / Biographical
- Robert Neville (Bob) Smith (1926-2021) was born in Banff. He was the only child of parents Enoch Smith and Laurene Smith (nee Munson). Bob grew up near Lake Minnewanka until 1941, when a hydro dam was installed resulting in the intentional flooding of the area. The family moved to Banff, where Bob met his future wife, Mary Parkinson. The couple were married in 1953 and moved to Seebe, where they raised two daughters, Marjory and Shirley. Bob worked for Calgary Power Co. (later renamed TransAlta Utilities) from 1953 until his retirement in 1986. In his spare time, Bob founded the Bow Valley Camera Club and the Bow Valley Naturalists organization. In 1999, Bob was part of a successful project with the Bow Valley Naturalists to designate the Mount Yamnuska area as a Bow Valley Protected Area, following 25 years of lobbying with the Government of Alberta. Bob also formed the Meanderthals seniors hiking club in 1993 and led various local hiking trips in his later years.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal photographs, biographical notes, memoir drafts and other collected materials pertaining to Robert Neville (Bob) Smith. Fonds also includes plans and maps pertaining to the development of land near Lake Minnewanka and the Cascade Power Plant project (1943).
- Name Access
- Smith, Enoch
- Smith, Robert Neville (Bob)
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Labour
- Environment
- Natural resources
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canmore
- Seebe
- Lake Minnewanka
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.albertaprimetimes.com/obituaries/robert-neville-bob-smith-3238925
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Ben Gadd fonds
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, …
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- V810
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- 2024.01
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Physical Description
- ca. 7.9 metres of textual records -- ca. 274 maps -- 29 VHS tapes -- ca.15 discs with digital files -- 21 cassettes -- photographs -- oversized materials -- USB stick with 15 sldeshows
- History / Biographical
- Ben Gadd (1946-) is a retired naturalist, guide, geologist, instructor, freelance writer and award-winning author based in the Canadian Rockies. Ben was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1946. He met his wife, Cia (Langdon) Gadd at Colorado College in 1965, and the couple married four weeks later. Ben and Cia had two sons, Will and Toby. Ben and his family relocated to Jasper in the late 1960s. Ben later attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science in 1972. Between 1976 and 1980, Ben taught classes at Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology; he later taught additional classes at Grant MacEwan College and Lakeland College. From 1981, Ben also worked as a seasonal naturalist/guide for Parks Canada. Ben left Parks Canada in 1985 to start an independent naturalist guiding business with Cia based in Jasper and other parts of the Canadian Rockies, which the couple continued to operate for over two decades. Ben published his best-known work, "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", through his publishing company Corax Press in 1986. The second edition of "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" received multiple awards after its release in 1995. Ben's fiction book, "Raven's End" won the title of Best Canadian Rockies Book at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in 2001 and became a Canadian bestseller. Overall, Ben has authored or co-authored 11 books and received nearly one dozen awards for his achievements as a writer, researcher and guide. Ben continued to lead guided hikes and school programs until his retirement in 2016.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other related material. Materials donated in 2024 include one USB stick containing
- Notes
- Ben Gadd fonds arrangement: Series I : Personal records - Subseries A : Travel guides and maps - Subseries B : Education and early writings - Subseries C : Personal interest files - Subseries D : Other personal and collected Series II : Research and publication records - Subseries A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Subseries B : Other publications Series III : Professional records - Subseries A : Parks Canada Records - Subseries B : Interpretive guiding - Subseries C : Teaching records - Subseries D : Other contracts and projects Series IV : Legal and financial records - Subseries A : Legal records - Subseries B : Financial records
- Subject Access
- Education
- Research
- Publication
- Environment
- Geology
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Academics
- Guiding
- Guides
- Businesses
- Finances
- Conservation
- Wildlife
- Natural history
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Lethbridge
- United States of America
- Colorado
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions apply
- Language
- English
- French
- Dutch
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Court of the Patriarchs
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Court of the Patriarchs clifs in Zion National Park, Utah
- Date Range
- [ca. 1929-1972]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 76
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
2 images
- 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 - 76
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [ca. 1929-1972]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Court of the Patriarchs clifs in Zion National Park, Utah
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Geographic Access
- Utah
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Photography Receipts, Correspondence and Notes
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 postcard, 1 set of typed and annotated notes, 1 page with an attached card and newspaper clipping, and assorted memos, receipts and letters. Content pertains to correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant and 'Clara A (?) K H' , correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy…
- Date Range
- 1935
- 1952
- 1957
- 1958
- 1961
- 1963
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1979
- 1981 - 1985
- 1982
- 1987
- 1990
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / A / 8 / 1 to 41
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / III / A / 8 : Personal Correspondence and Notes
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / A / 8 / 1 to 41
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1935
- 1952
- 1957
- 1958
- 1961
- 1963
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1979
- 1981 - 1985
- 1982
- 1987
- 1990
- Physical Description
- Textual: letters, invoices, postcard, notes
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 postcard, 1 set of typed and annotated notes, 1 page with an attached card and newspaper clipping, and assorted memos, receipts and letters. Content pertains to correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant and 'Clara A (?) K H' , correspondence between Nicholas and Ivy 'Willie' Morant, a 1935 Winnipeg Free Press article with an image by Nicholas Morant, a small folder of Nicholas Morant's typed notes recounting an unfinished story, receipts and correspondence ranging from 1957 to 1990 sent by various photography and film companies to Nicholas Morant, and 1982 handwritten letter on back of colour image of 2 trains, titled "The Great Daily Race of the Broadway and Century" (postcard?), sender unknown.
- Notes
- Postcard was originally located inside book 'It's Me O Lord' by Rockwell Kent, reference code M300 / III / D / 5 / 36 Handwritten note on back of M300 / III / A / 8 / 41 is cut off / incomplete at bottom.
- Storage Range
- In file box M300 / III / A / 8 / 1 to M300 / III / A / 8 / 41.
- Name Access
- Morant, Ivy
- Subject Access
- Winnipeg Free Press
- Trains
- Photography
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Any items with risky materials such as ink or adhesives attached must be covered with acid-free paper to protect adjacent items. Contents must be stored in appropriate conditions.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Lindow Family Postcards
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- Part Of
- Lindow family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains 41 postcards, b&w, colour, some captioned. File pertains to various views in the Rocky Mountains. Subjects include Bow Falls; Public Swimming Pool, Banff, AB; Mount Sir Donald; Mount Stephen; Sinclair Canyon; Radium Hot Springs; The New Admistration Building, Banff, Alberta; Banff, Mo…
- Date Range
- ca.1915-1978,
- ca.1947-1978
- Reference Code
- V271 / PG - (1 to 41)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Lindow family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 155
- V 271
- Sous-Fonds
- V 271
- Accession Number
- 5862
- 6340
- Reference Code
- V271 / PG - (1 to 41)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- ca.1915-1978,
- ca.1947-1978
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 41 postcards, b&w, colour
- History / Biographical
- See fond level description
- Scope & Content
- File contains 41 postcards, b&w, colour, some captioned. File pertains to various views in the Rocky Mountains. Subjects include Bow Falls; Public Swimming Pool, Banff, AB; Mount Sir Donald; Mount Stephen; Sinclair Canyon; Radium Hot Springs; The New Admistration Building, Banff, Alberta; Banff, Mount Rundle from Vermillion Lakes; Bow River Valley; Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park; Banff Springs Hotel, Bow Valley; Johnson Canyon, Falls; Banff - Windermere Road; Castle Mountain; Mount Temple; Gateway, Kootenay National Park; Banff, Cascade Mountain; Cathedral Mountain near Field; Victoria Glacier; Emerald Lake with Mount Burgess near Field; Mount Rundle and view of town; Three Sisters Mountain; C.P.R. Hotel Lake Louise (Chateau Lake Louise); Mount Assiniboine; Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks; Lake Louise with Mount LeFroy; Lake Louise; Sunshine Ski Lodge; Castle Mountain in winter; climber repelling in foreground and Athabasca Glacier in background; John Hinde; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Mount Rundle and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Publishers and photographers include Western Card Company; Gowen, Sutton Co. LTD.; Bruno Engler; Byron Harmon; G. Morris Taylor; Tichnor Bros.; Northern Photo Services; Byron Harmon Photos; Peter White.
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Employment
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Access and use restricted
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Accompanied by publications, brochures, posters, menus and artifacts transferred to library and Heritage collections.
- Creator
- Lindow (family)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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James Irving McLeod photographs
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- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 52 b&w prints, some captioned, some mounted. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include moose with antlers in metal fence, …
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (90 to 141)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 434
- V 423
- Sous-Fonds
- V 423
- Accession Number
- 3369
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (90 to 141)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 52 prints, b&w, postcards
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 52 b&w prints, some captioned, some mounted. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include moose with antlers in metal fence, unidentified individuals on edge of Lake MacAuthur, unidentified person leading a horse, three unidentified women posed next to gate, children in sleigh and two adults posed in front of cabin, unidentified person filming on boulderfield, four women on horseback, man posed on horseback on a bridge, camp at Lake O'Hara, group on a picnic, ice loading into building, unidenfied individual on horse crossing a bridge, group posed in front of tipi in camp, two women posed with boulders, man leading a horse, group eating at an outdoor table, Miss Halling and Miss Russell at Lake Agnes, ice boat, camp at ice river valley, two women posed with dogs, women posed at the Lake Agnes teahouse, men delivering ice, man posed next to glacier, riders crossing river in Ice River Valley, woman posed with dog on bridge at Lake Louise, unidentified individuals posed on horseback, unidentifiied man posed next to horse team, men posed in front of cabin, group riding on a sleigh, group posed near Takakkaw Falls, Lefroy Glacier, group posed in front of lunch counter, and Corkscrew Drive on Tunnel Mountain.
- Name Access
- McLeod, James Irving
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McLeod, James Irving
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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James Irving McLeod photographs
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- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 50 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include an unidentified glacier, cows in corrall in winte…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (142 to 191)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 434
- V 423
- Sous-Fonds
- V 423
- Accession Number
- 3369
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (142 to 191)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 50 prints, b&w, postcards
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 50 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include an unidentified glacier, cows in corrall in winter, group posed in front of cabin, Takakkaw Falls from above, four staff members at Moraine Lake posed on horseback, two staff members at Moraine Lake with photographer's kodak case, group of men posed on boat, parade on Banff avenue, J.I. McLeod and group posed on porch, J.I. McLeod cutting ice, group making pyramid at Cave and Basin, J.I. McLeod and Evelyn and Emma Rae McLeod, J.I. McLeod posed at 207 Banff Avenue, construction of the Chateau Lake Louise, J.I. McLeod and Jim Brewster posed in camp, J.I. McLeod posed on horseback with group, two women posed on rocks in Banff, Mary Sammuel and Tom Dunsmore, group posed at Banff Indian Days (1911), Chateau Lake Louise, wagons at Banff Indian Days, J.I. McLeod at Lake Agnes with group, men posed with blocks of ice, Evelyn (Davidson) McLeod in carriage, hockey game in Banff, Banff Springs hotel, two individuals posed in front of Laggan Station, J.I. McLeod walking toward firehall and Cascade mountain on Banff avenue, J.I. McLeod in sleigh posed with large group, Mrs. Christina MacLeod, bagpipers in parade on Banff avenue, J.I. and Evelyn McLeod posed in wagon, a group posed behind the King Edward Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise in winter, a horse-drawn bus owned by Rocky Mountain Tours, horse team hauling logs, J.I. McLeod posed on porch on the croner of Lynx and Wolf street.
- Name Access
- McLeod, James Irving
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McLeod, James Irving
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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James Irving McLeod photographs
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- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 34 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include men at the Cave and Basin, Banff Indian Days para…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (192 to 225)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Cabinet card
- Postcard
- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 434
- V 423
- Sous-Fonds
- V 423
- Accession Number
- 3369
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (192 to 225)
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 34 prints, b&w, postcards
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 34 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include men at the Cave and Basin, Banff Indian Days parade, J.I. Macleod posed next to horse hauling logs, man on horse crossing a bridge in Paradise valley, a group posed in wagon on Corkscrew Drive on Tunnel mountain, woman in canoe with Rundle Mountain in background, J.I. Macleod posed with other Rocky Mountain tours employees outside the Rocky Mountain Tours garage, unidentified indivuals posed in camp, individual posed with two packhorses, Athabasca Glacier, a group posed for portrait in a machine room, Rocky Mountain Tours building, a portrait of Annie Dunsmore and Evelyn Davidson (Macleod), a Rocky Mountain Tours company touring car at the opening of the Banff - Windermere Highway, Takakkaw Falls, and a woman posed in camp with three horses.
- Name Access
- McLeod, James Irving
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McLeod, James Irving
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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James Irving McLeod photographs
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- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 38 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include Rocky Mountain tours bus parked next to a waterfa…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (226 to 263)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Cabinet card
- Postcard
- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 434
- V 423
- Sous-Fonds
- V 423
- Accession Number
- 3369
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (226 to 263)
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 38 prints, b&w, postcards
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 38 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include Rocky Mountain tours bus parked next to a waterfall, Yoho Valley, Burgess Pass and Wapta Peak, Lake Louise, Takakkaw Falls, Lake Louise in winter, Lake MacAuthur, bridge near Chateau Lake Louise, Moraine Lake road, trail to Lakes in the Clouds, Mount Daly and Niles and Daly Glacier, Emerald Lake and Yoho Pass, moose eating bark, moose at buffalo paddock, marmot on a rock, Twin Falls, Laughing Falls, man posed on horseback next to Laggan Station, Mirror Lake, Moraine Lake, Castle Mountain, Seven Sisters falls, big horn sheep, bison at Banff buffalo paddock, bridge over Devil's Canyon near Lake Minnewanka, Emerald Lake and Mount Burgess, Columbia Valley road between Radium and Golden, Mrs. Neales Cottage, Yoho Valley road, Rocky Mountain tour company bus on Yoho Valley road, and Rocky Mountain tour company bus at Sinclair Canyon.
- Name Access
- McLeod, James Irving
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McLeod, James Irving
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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James Irving McLeod photographs
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- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 32 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include Rocky Mountain Tours busses parked at Banff train…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (264 to 295)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Cabinet card
- Postcard
- Part Of
- James Irving McLeod fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 434
- V 423
- Sous-Fonds
- V 423
- Accession Number
- 3369
- Reference Code
- V423 / PA - (264 to 295)
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1980
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 32 prints, b&w, postcards
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 32 b&w prints, some captioned. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs. Subjects include Rocky Mountain Tours busses parked at Banff train station, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on Banff Windermere Highway near Hector Gorge, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on Banff Windermere Highway at Sinclair Canyon, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on Banff Windermere Highway at valley overlook, Rocky Mountain Tours bus parked near Pilot Mountain, Rocky Mountain Tours bus parked to view the Massive Range, Rocky Mountain Tours bus parked at Golden Lodge, Rocky Mountain Tours bus at Bow Falls, Yoho Valley Road, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on Yoho Valley Road, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on road from Calgary, Rocky Mountain Tours bus at Kootenay National Park Gates, Rocky Mountain Tours bus at Lake Louise, Rocky Mountain Tours bus on circle tour (Banff, Yoho, Kootenay) with J.I, Macleod in front seat, Rocky Mountain Tours bus parked in Sinclair Canyon, Rocky Mountain Tours bus at Johnson's Canyon trading post, Rocky Mountain Tours bus parked at the Chateau Lake Louise, Kicking Horse Valley from near Burgess Pass, J.I. Macleod posed wit a group of men at the Cave and Basin pool, Rocky Mountain Tours buses parked outside of the garage.
- Name Access
- McLeod, James Irving
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- McLeod, James Irving
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 postcards, two of which are addressed to Aileen Harmon. M287/1 pertains to an account of a 1916 trip to Mexico, addressed to Mrs. J.G.[?] Jones; the name of the sender could not be accurately deciphered but may read "Macpearson"[?]. M287/I/2 is a postcard-style invitation to an o…
- Date Range
- 1916
- 1978
- 2003
- Reference Code
- M287 / I / 1 to 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M287 / V262
- Series
- M287 / I : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- M287
- Accession Number
- 2016.8596
- Reference Code
- M287 / I / 1 to 3
- Date Range
- 1916
- 1978
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 3 postcards : b&w and col. ; 17 x 12.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 postcards, two of which are addressed to Aileen Harmon. M287/1 pertains to an account of a 1916 trip to Mexico, addressed to Mrs. J.G.[?] Jones; the name of the sender could not be accurately deciphered but may read "Macpearson"[?]. M287/I/2 is a postcard-style invitation to an opening event for the exhibit "In Mountain Light" in honour of Byron Harmon's photography at the Whyte Museum in 1978, addressed to Aileen Harmon. M287/I/3 is a postcard from Firenze, Italy sent by members of the Moody family, Tom, Stephanie, Charlie and Gwen, to Aileen Harmon on June 17, 2003 which recounts their European vacation.
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- British Columbia
- Mexico
- Italy
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Two of the items have been stored in mylar to prevent possible damage/staining from ink
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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McGuinness Family
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- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of: one postcard inside a protective cover (H9 x W14.5 cm) one hand-written note (H14.5 x W15 cm) one 13-page hand-written memoir/family history by Oswald A. McGuinness (H28 x W21.5 cm) one envelope (H40 x W23 cm) Content includes: McGuinness family tree; history of the McGuinness f…
- Date Range
- 1953-1977
- Reference Code
- M460 / II / 1-4
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M460
- Series
- M460 / II : McGuinness Family
- Sous-Fonds
- M460
- Accession Number
- 2018.9000
- Reference Code
- M460 / II / 1-4
- Date Range
- 1953-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (16 pages ; 23 x 40 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of:
- one postcard inside a protective cover (H9 x W14.5 cm)
- one hand-written note (H14.5 x W15 cm)
- one 13-page hand-written memoir/family history by Oswald A. McGuinness (H28 x W21.5 cm)
- one envelope (H40 x W23 cm)
- Content includes: McGuinness family tree; history of the McGuinness family and their time in Belleville, Ontario; Robert's role as inspecting engineer in the Banff Springs expansion; Robert's artwork on the CPR postcard depicting the spiral tunnels; and the envelope that was used to gift the above items to the Whyte Museum
- Notes
- Oswald A. McGuinness is the younger brother of Father Robert McGuinness. Oswald was a surveyor and helped build the road from Invermere to Calgary, and he lived in Invermere
- The McGuinness family tree goes back to Oswald and Robert's great-grandparents, from Ireland to England and then to Ontario
- In the hand-written note, which is undated and the author is unknown although it is possible that it was written by Flora McGuinness when she gave it to Mark Nightingale, an association between Robert and the building of the Bow River Bridge is made
- Mark Nightingale also gifted 3 newspaper clippings located in M460 / I / B / 3-5
- M460 / II / 1 : created by the Canadian Pacific Railway
- M460 / II / 3 : created by Oswald A. McGuinness
- Name Access
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- McGuinness, Oswald A.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Banff
- Art
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Ontario
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Religions
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel and correspondence scrapbook [Spain, Greece, Egypt, Ireland, Hawaii, England]
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending …
- Date Range
- 1954
- 1959 - 1962
- 1967
- 1968
- 1970
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Scrapbook
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Newspaper clipping
1 image
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 / 1
- Date Range
- 1954
- 1959 - 1962
- 1967
- 1968
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (59 b&w and col. prints ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm or smaller -- 3 newspaper clippings - 2 textual records)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending domestic and international trips between 1954 and 1970, including trips to Victoria, B.C., Hawaii, Italy, Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland, India, Greece and England.
- Notes
- Some items are heavily annotated on back, some dates and locations provided on pages of scrapbook
- Many items loose in scrapbook
- Name Access
- McLean, Nell
- McDougall, George
- Mitchell, Frank
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Buildings
- Events
- Animals
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Hawaii
- Italy
- Rome
- Egypt
- Cairo
- Spain
- Greece
- Athens
- Ireland
- Killarney
- England
- London
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Handle with caution as some items are stored loose in album and may fall out
- Item has been secured with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together
- Pages have been interleaved to protect photographs from other materials
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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Letters and Greeting Cards
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 7 cm of correspondence and an assortment of greeting cards, 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller. File pertains to personal correspondence between Dorothy and family and friends between 1979 and 1999, primarily 1995-1996. Records include handwritten (and photocopies) letters, greeting cards, on…
- Date Range
- 1979-1999
- 1979
- 1984-1986
- 1989-1990
- 1992-1999
- Reference Code
- M521 / I / C / 1-4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Postcard
- Newspaper clipping
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- Sub-Series
- M521 / I / C : Correspondence
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / I / C / 1-4
- Date Range
- 1979-1999
- 1979
- 1984-1986
- 1989-1990
- 1992-1999
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records (21.5 x 28 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 7 cm of correspondence and an assortment of greeting cards, 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller. File pertains to personal correspondence between Dorothy and family and friends between 1979 and 1999, primarily 1995-1996. Records include handwritten (and photocopies) letters, greeting cards, one postcard (from Venice), and one newspaper clipping (July 22, 1998, Calgary Herald). File documents old memories and reminiscing about friend and loss of friends, Christmas and the holidays (weather, winter), everyday life, personal and world news, friendly gossip, Dorothy's research, and oldtimers.
- Notes
- The last folder titled "Special cards from Sheila" was originally separated from the rest of the correspondence and remains in its own folder. Sheila Iris Ritchie was Dorothy's longtime friend and housemate.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Subject Access
- Personal and Family Life
- Records
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Sidney
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some letters are taped inside the greeting cards. May present conservation issues in the future.
- Creator
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Carl Rungius Letters
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 23 x 34 cm or smaller. File pertains to correspondence between Carl Rungius and the Wardle family, as well as correspondence between Dorothy and Jon Whyte regarding gifting copies to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File docume…
- Date Range
- 1940-1983
- 1940-1956
- 1983
- Reference Code
- M521 / II / B / 1-3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Published record
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- M521 / II : Wardle Family
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- Sub-Series
- M521 / II / B : Correspondence
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / II / B / 1-3
- Date Range
- 1940-1983
- 1940-1956
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records (23 x 34 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 23 x 34 cm or smaller. File pertains to correspondence between Carl Rungius and the Wardle family, as well as correspondence between Dorothy and Jon Whyte regarding gifting copies to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File documents, among other things, the death of Louise (Carl's wife) in 1940; exhibiting Carl's work in the National Gallery of Canada, 1942 and 1956; and Carl's visits to the Wardle family home in Ottawa. Records also include a postcard and two Mayfair articles from 1943.
- Notes
- In 1983, Dorothy gifted photocopies of Carl's correspondence with her family. In 2003, the originals were donated as part of Dorothy's estate. The photocopies (accn. 5296) were discarded.
- Carl Rungius was a wildlife and landscape painter who frequented and had a studio in Banff. The Wardle family was good friends with Rungius.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Rungius, Carl
- Whyte, Jon
- Subject Access
- Art
- Artist
- Banff
- Community life
- Personal and Family Life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some tape leftover on some of the pages, may present issues in the future.
- Category
- Arts
- Communications
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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