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Bruno Engler fonds
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provin…
- Date Range
- [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995
- Reference Code
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 323
- S 40
- V 190
- Sous-Fonds
- M 323
- S 40
- V 190
- Accession Number
- 188, 1300, 2622, 2998, 3468, 3496, 5507, 6200, 6770 (unproc), 7045(unproc), 7436 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M323 / S40 / V190
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995
- Physical Description
- ca.31,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca.150 prints). -- 50 motion pictures: 1 original, 8 copies on 3 video cassettes, 41 film reels: 16mm, 35mm. -- 18 sound recordings: audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 5 electronic records: computer diskettes. -- 3 maps. -- 15 cm textual records.
- History / Biographical
- Bruno Engler, 1915-2001, was a mountain guide, ski instructor, photographer and film maker at Banff and Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Engler arrived from Switzerland in 1939 and initially worked as a mountain guide and ski instructor for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sunshine ski area and for Deer Lodge at Lake Louise, Alberta. During the Second World War, he served as a mountain warfare instructor for the Canadian Army. Following the war, Engler worked as a free-lance photographer for the National Film Board and others; as coach of the University of Alberta Ski Team; and as a technical advisor, cameraman and actor for numerous movies made in the Banff area. Throughout his career, Engler worked as a still and motion picture photographer, both for the movie industry and for governments at all levels, as well as operating his own business, Alpine Films of Banff, Alberta.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provincial parks; scenic views of western Canada, particularly mountain landscapes; some portraits and candid shots of local and international personalities. Photographs pertaining to film making include helicopter rescue; highway construction; Norquay, Sunshine, and Lake Louise ski areas' histories; Banff events and buildings; Canmore events and buildings; professional and amateur ski races; scenic mountain and wildlife; mountaineering and highway accidents; mountain guiding trips including Pierre Trudeau, Roland Michener and Peter Lougheed. Fonds consists of four series: Photography, Motion Pictures, Sound Recordings, and Textual records. Photography series consists of four sub-series established by the photographer: I. Old file, 1949-1970; II. Main file, alphabetical A - Z, 1950-1976; III Sunshine file, [1939], 1950-1975; IV. Warden file, 1954-1976.
- Motion pictures on video cassettes are footage of skiing at Sunshine, 1930s; Clifford White films, 1930s, from WMCR Archives collection (V682); "Snow Capers" by Thomas Mead, 1946, includes Engler; "Ski Pro's Holiday" by George Encil, 1950?; "Mount Bulyea" by George Encil, 1950?, includes Engler; "Diary of a Mountain Man," a CBC documentary feature on Bruno Engler broadcast on "20/20" in 1965 (ca.27 minutes); "Great Days in the Rockies" by National Film Board of Canada, 1983; "Mountain Man" by Banff Centre, 1985, re Engler. Original film is "Sunshine 1940" and includes Brewster Transport ski buses travelling from train station to Sunshine Lodge, skiers, guide, lessons, games, rope tow, ski action, slalom, Bruno Engler, other. 16mm and 35mm film reels, 1946-1964 are films produced by the National Film Board.
- Sound recordings, electronic records and and related textual material pertain to interviews with Bruno Engler, 1987, done by Brian Patton and Jon Whyte for Bruno Engler autobiography project. Interviews covered Engler's life, but are not complete to 1987. Transcripts, prepared from recordings by Brenda Goeres, are not verbatim. Audio tape cassettes consist of portions of content of audio tape reels.
- Textual records include corporate records, newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to film making, cast and crew listings and schedules for various movies, ski racing, mountain guiding trips and ski race listings. Also included is documentation pertaining to film making with producer National Film Board including letters, film stock footage, press releases, and film summaries; maps indicate film location shots for Arctic Rampage.
- Name Access
- Engler, Bruno
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Government
- 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
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- electronic finding aid
- Related Material
- Duplicate or further transcripts for sound recordings are found in Jon Whyte fonds (M88).
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Burks family fonds
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- Part Of
- Burks family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records re housing, tax and assessment in Banff; and warden service training and procedures, including an annotated map of Warden district #1, Banff National Park. Texual records also include six letters from Jim Deegan and Ken Jones to Jan Burks, 1986-1988. Accompanied by…
- Date Range
- [ca.1912], 1970-1988
- Reference Code
- M162 / V102
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Part Of
- Burks family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 162
- V 102
- Sous-Fonds
- M 162
- V 102
- Accession Number
- 991, 1794, 2047, 2179, 2289, 7995
- Reference Code
- M162 / V102
- Date Range
- [ca.1912], 1970-1988
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records. -- 1 photograph : print; copy
- History / Biographical
- The Burks family lived at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Jan Burks worked for the Archives of the Canadian Rockies (now the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies) and Toby Burks was a warden with the Banff National Park Warden Service.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records re housing, tax and assessment in Banff; and warden service training and procedures, including an annotated map of Warden district #1, Banff National Park. Texual records also include six letters from Jim Deegan and Ken Jones to Jan Burks, 1986-1988. Accompanied by photograph of buildings at Lake Minnewanka, before first dam, ca.1912; copy.
- Name Access
- Burks, Jan
- Burks, Toby
- 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
- Burks, Jan
- Burks, Toby
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1926
- Publisher
- Ottawa: Topographical Survey of Canada
- Call Number
- C3-11.3
- Responsibility
- 1 map : col
- Publisher
- Ottawa: Topographical Survey of Canada
- Published Date
- 1926
- Scale
- Scale: 1:190,080
- Subjects
- Calgary
- Notes
- Revision of June, 1914
- Accession Number
- 3206
- 5576
- Call Number
- C3-11.3
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1926
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Topographical Survey of Canada
- Call Number
- C3-11.3a
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Topographical Survey of Canada
- Published Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col
- Scale
- Scale: 1:380,160
- Subjects
- Calgary
- Notes
- Sectional sheet ; no. 114
- Revision of 1914
- Accession Number
- 3349
- Call Number
- C3-11.3a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Calgary land district, Province of Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24422
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1923
- Publisher
- Natural Resources Intelligence Service, Dept. of the Interior
- Call Number
- C9-4.3
- Publisher
- Natural Resources Intelligence Service, Dept. of the Interior
- Published Date
- 1923
- Scale
- Scale: 1:792,000
- Subjects
- Calgary
- Accession Number
- 6406
- Call Number
- C9-4.3
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Canada's Great Highway and The Rockies of Canada
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'Canada's Great Highway: from the First Stake to the Last Spike' by J.H.E. Secretan (1924), annotated by Nicholas Morant; and 1 copy of 'The Rockies of Canada' by Walter D. Wilcox (1909) with topographical map of the Rocky Mountain region in ba…
- Date Range
- 1909
- 1924
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 46 to 47
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Map
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 46 to 47
- Responsibility
- Produced by J.H.E. Secretan and Walter D. Wilcox
- Date Range
- 1909
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 2 Textual records: books
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'Canada's Great Highway: from the First Stake to the Last Spike' by J.H.E. Secretan (1924), annotated by Nicholas Morant; and 1 copy of 'The Rockies of Canada' by Walter D. Wilcox (1909) with topographical map of the Rocky Mountain region in back pocket.
- Storage Range
- In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 46 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 47.
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- 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
- Items in this file with risky materials attached, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free paper barrier to protect adjacent items.
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Irrigation Surveys; A preliminary map of a portion of the foothills region from photographic and micrometer surveys by Division B; A.O. Wheeler in charge.
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- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1895-6
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior
- Call Number
- C5-6.26(c)
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior
- Published Date
- 1895-6
- Physical Description
- Black and white
- Scale
- 1 1/4 miles - 1"
- Subjects
- Alberta-Irrigation
- Notes
- xerox copy
- Accession Number
- 6000
- Call Number
- C5-6.26(c)
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific Railway and connecting lines
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- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1927
- Publisher
- [Montreal] : C.P.R.
- Call Number
- C11-3.17
- Publisher
- [Montreal] : C.P.R.
- Published Date
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col
- Scale
- 1 inch = 110 miles
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Accession Number
- 6596
- Call Number
- C11-3.17
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific Railway and connecting lines
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24633
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1928, c1927
- Checked for C.P.R. Lines Nov. 1928
- Publisher
- [Montreal] : C.P.R.
- Call Number
- C3-6.3c
- Responsibility
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Publisher
- [Montreal] : C.P.R.
- Published Date
- 1928, c1927
- Checked for C.P.R. Lines Nov. 1928
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col
- Scale
- 1 inch = 110 miles
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Notes
- On reverse: The Canadian Rockies
- Accession Number
- 6596
- Call Number
- C3-6.3c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Canadian Rockies : Rocky Mountains Park, Yoho Park, Kootenay Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24634
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1928, c1927
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- [Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway
- Call Number
- C3-6.3c
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- [Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway
- Published Date
- 1928, c1927
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col
- Scale
- 1 inch = 5 miles
- Notes
- Compiled and drawn under the supervision of A.O. Wheeler
- On reverse: Canadian Pacific Railway and connecting lines
- Accession Number
- 6596
- Call Number
- C3-6.3c
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- Archives Library
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(Canmore area)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24469
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- October 22, 1928
- Publisher
- Dept. of the Interior
- Call Number
- C9-7.24
- Publisher
- Dept. of the Interior
- Published Date
- October 22, 1928
- Physical Description
- 1 map : black and white
- Scale
- 40 chains: 1 "
- Accession Number
- SG7500
- Call Number
- C9-7.24
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- Archives Library
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Cart trail from Calgary to Edmonton
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- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1890
- Publisher
- Dept. of the Interior
- Call Number
- C9-7.31
- Publisher
- Dept. of the Interior
- Published Date
- 1890
- Scale
- 1 mile: 2 inches
- Notes
- photostatic copy from Public Archives
- Accession Number
- 675
- Call Number
- C9-7.31
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- Archives Library
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(Castle Mtn. area)
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- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- April 26th, 1890
- Publisher
- Dominion Lands Office
- Call Number
- C9-7.25
- Publisher
- Dominion Lands Office
- Published Date
- April 26th, 1890
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col
- Scale
- 40 chains: 1 "
- Accession Number
- SG7500
- Call Number
- C9-7.25
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- Archives Library
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[Chipewyan, Alberta] Topographical Survey
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24413
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1929
- Publisher
- Dept. of the Interior
- Call Number
- C9-2.1
- Publisher
- Dept. of the Interior
- Published Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col
- Scale
- Scale: 4 miles: 1 inch
- Relief: Spot heights
- Subjects
- Chipewyan, Alberta
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- C9-2.1
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- Archives Library
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(Chungo Creek area- Bighorn Mountains)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24495
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- May 20, 1920
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior
- Call Number
- C9-7.42
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior
- Published Date
- May 20, 1920
- Physical Description
- 1 map : black and white
- Scale
- 40 chains: 1 inch
- Accession Number
- SG7500
- Call Number
- C9-7.42
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- Archives Library
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Countries as established by the Peace Conference at Paris
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24855
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1920
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Call Number
- C13-12.2
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Published Date
- 1920
- Scale
- 84 miles to 1 inch
- Subjects
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- C13-12.2
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- Archives Library
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Countries as established by the Peace Conference at Paris
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24856
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1920
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Call Number
- C13-12.2
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Published Date
- 1920
- Scale
- 84 miles to 1 inch
- Subjects
- Europe
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- C13-12.2
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- Archives Library
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[Cypress Hills Forest Reserve]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue23238
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1927
- Publisher
- Dept. of The Interior
- Call Number
- C2-11.1
- Publisher
- Dept. of The Interior
- Published Date
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col
- Scale
- Scale: 1 inch : 1 mile
- Contour Interval 20 feet
- Subjects
- Cypress Hills Forest Reserve
- Accession Number
- 718
- Call Number
- C2-11.1
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- Archives Library
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Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24550
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1898
- Publisher
- Rand McNally and Co. Republished by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 1967 in recognition of Canada's Centennial
- Call Number
- C11-2.3
- Publisher
- Rand McNally and Co. Republished by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 1967 in recognition of Canada's Centennial
- Published Date
- 1898
- Scale
- Scale: 180 miles - 1 inch
- Subjects
- Canada
- Notes
- Duplicate in map room/Accn: 400)
- Accession Number
- 400
- 673
- Call Number
- C11-2.3
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- Archives Library
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(edge of Lake Louise Forest Park)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24485
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- January 7th, 1896
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior
- Call Number
- C9-7.29
- Publisher
- Department of the Interior
- Published Date
- January 7th, 1896
- Physical Description
- 1 map : black and white
- Scale
- 40 chains: 1 inch
- Notes
- xerox copy
- Accession Number
- SG7500
- Call Number
- C9-7.29
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- Archives Library
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