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Cyndi Smith fonds
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- Cyndi Smith fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research correspondence, copies of personal papers, and sound recordings pertaining to Mary Vaux Walcott, Georgia Engelhard (Cromwell), Henrietta Tuzo (Wilson), Mary Schaffer Warren, Elizabeth Parker, Bess MacCarthy, Margaret Stone, Mary Jobe (Akeley), Caroline Hinman, Lillian Ges…
- Date Range
- 1985-1988
- Reference Code
- M158 / S41
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Cyndi Smith fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 158
- S 41
- Sous-Fonds
- M 158
- S 41
- Accession Number
- 5693, 6329
- Reference Code
- M158 / S41
- Date Range
- 1985-1988
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records. -- 2 sound recordings : audio cassettes
- History / Biographical
- Cyndi Smith, b.1956, is a writer and national park warden who has been based at Jasper, Banff, Lake Louise and Waterton Lakes, Alberta, Canada. Smith is the author of several publications, including "Off the Beaten Track: women adventurers and mountaineers in western Canada," 1989.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research correspondence, copies of personal papers, and sound recordings pertaining to Mary Vaux Walcott, Georgia Engelhard (Cromwell), Henrietta Tuzo (Wilson), Mary Schaffer Warren, Elizabeth Parker, Bess MacCarthy, Margaret Stone, Mary Jobe (Akeley), Caroline Hinman, Lillian Gest, Katie Gardiner, Gertrude Benham, Phyl Munday and others. Material was gathered during research and production of "Off the Beaten Track." Sound recordings are titled: "To Cyndi Smith from Henry Vaux," re Mary Vaux; and "Some information re women of the mountains from M.D. Fleming."
- Name Access
- Smith, Cyndi
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Smith, Cyndi
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Cyril and Mary Paris fonds
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- Cyril and Mary Paris fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of four separate series: A. Transparencies; B. Negatives; C. Photograph; D. Photograph Albums. Fonds consists of correspondence, personal papers, photographs, sound recordings and ephemera regarding Banff history, organizations and individuals, skiing history, events and winter sports…
- Date Range
- [ca.1894]-1967
- Reference Code
- M68 / S22 / V483
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Tintype
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Cyril and Mary Paris fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 68
- S 22
- V 483
- Sous-Fonds
- M 68
- S 22
- V 483
- Accession Number
- 499, 947, 998, 1038, 1167, 1374, 1401, 1533, 1565, 1671, 1805, 2093, 2181, 2258, 2454
- Reference Code
- M68 / S22 / V483
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Tintype
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1894]-1967
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records. -- 183 photographs : negatives, prints, transparencies, tintype. -- 4 photograph albums: 536 prints. -- 3 sound recordings : audio tape reels
- History / Biographical
- Cyril and Mary Paris were restaurant owners and skiers at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Cyril Paris, 1904-1981, was son of George Harrison Paris, 1872-1960, who settled in Banff in 1892. George Paris worked as an attendant at Dr. R. G. Brett's Grandview Hotel bathhouse, and, by 1903, Paris had established his own barber shop. He married Ida Winberg and they opened a summer tea house and ice cream parlor on Banff Avenue. In 1922, a restaurant was added to the Paris Tea Room. George Paris was active in the Banff Curling Club and the Banff Skating Club and taught figure-skating. He was an accomplished amateur photographer. George and Ida Paris had four children - Cyril, Georgina (Georgie) and twins, Herb and Ted. Cyril and his brothers were active in the early development of skiing in the Rockies. Cyril Paris was a member of the Banff Ski Club and the Ski Runners of the Canadian Rockies, and was involved with the early days of Skoki Lodge. With his wife, Mary (Howard) Paris, 1910-1989, he shared interests in skiing, winter sports and local affairs.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of four separate series: A. Transparencies; B. Negatives; C. Photograph; D. Photograph Albums. Fonds consists of correspondence, personal papers, photographs, sound recordings and ephemera regarding Banff history, organizations and individuals, skiing history, events and winter sports. Also includes miscellaneous materials of and pertaining to Paris family members. Photographs pertain mainly to Cyril Paris, skiing, family, friends and associates, local events and personalities. Sound recordings are interviews with George Paris by Cyril and Mary Paris, 195-. Recordings discuss the early days of Banff, the Paris family, Banff development, etc.
- Name Access
- Paris, Cyril
- Paris, Mary
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- 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
- sound recordings summaries, reference copy recordings
- Creator
- Paris, Cyril
- Paris, Mary
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Dan McCowan and Mary McCowan fonds
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series. I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E…
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 55
- V 408
- Sous-Fonds
- M 55
- V 408
- Accession Number
- 323, 694, 3263, 6756, 6892
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Physical Description
- ca.50 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.1000 negatives, ca.1540 lantern slides, ca.770 transparencies 35mm, 117 prints). -- 4 graphic records
- History / Biographical
- Dan McCowan, 1882-1956, was a naturalist, lecturer and writer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland in 1907. There he met Mary Ethel Fee, 1888-1973, a teacher, and they married in 1921. Mary McCowan shared an interest in Dan's work, hand-coloured his lantern slides and accompanied him on his tours. Dan McCowan was an active photographer and naturalist and lectured at hospitals during and following the First World War. He was later recommended to Sir Edward Beatty, CPR President and hired by the CPR to promote the scenic beauties and natural history of the mountains, which he did for 26 years. For a period his lantern slide presentations included motion pictures. During the 1940s, he used natural colour Kodachrome slide photography. While in England in 1936, McCowan was made a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society. From ca.1907 onwards, he wrote for magazines and newspapers. The first of six books was published in 1936; the last in 1955. Beginning ca.1937, McCowan wrote and broadcast radio talks on natural history on CBC. These were heard widely in Canada and the United States. In 1939, McCowan accompanied the King and Queen on a portion of their railway tour through the mountains, providing information on natural history and residents. During the Second World War, he toured extensively on behalf of the YMCA. The McCowans retired to Cloverdale (now Surrey), B.C., ca.1951.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series.
- I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E. Ephemera.
- Correspondence includes incoming letters re writing, business and broadcasting. Writing is in the form of notes and notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts, newspaper articles and other materials.
- Photography includes negatives, lantern slides, 35mm transparencies and prints. Material pertains to flora, fauna, people, places and scenery, also family, activities and events. Photographs of Banff personalities and visitors are available in negative and lantern slide form, 254 items.
- Lantern slides were designed for lectures such as: "On skyline trails in the Canadian Rockies"; "On nature trails at Banff and Lake Louise"; "A naturalist in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Snow peaks and flower meadows in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Over the hills and far away: a pictorial review of the Canadian Rockies"; "Victory Day, May 8th 1945, Dan McCowan presents: Bye-gone days in Banff" (exact titles were based on title slides).
- II. Mary E. (Fee) McCowan series consists of diaries, 1926-1957, photocopied from 12 volumes (19 cm); and letters from Dan McCowan, 1943. Diaries discuss joint travels, activities, lecture tours for CPR (Canada, U.S., U.K.), Banff, trail rides, skyline hikes, and Royal Visit, 1939
- Notes
- Both Dan and Mary McCowan have written identifications on the slide mounts
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- 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
- series and file description
- in-house electronic finding aid
- online finding aid
- item list and modern reference prints for photographs of Banff personalities and visitors
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to McCowan family photographs (V407)
- Creator
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Dave Cheesmond fonds
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- Dave Cheesmond fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research files in three series: I. Asia series, ca.1982-ca.1985 (A. Karakoram, Pakistan, B. Nepal, C. China, D. India); II. North America series, ca.1978-ca.1985 (A. United States, B. Canada, C. General); III. South America series, ca.1983 (A. Patagonia, B. Andes). Canada sub-s…
- Date Range
- [ca.1978-ca.1985]
- Reference Code
- M19
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dave Cheesmond fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M19
- Sous-Fonds
- M19
- Accession Number
- 7064
- Reference Code
- M19
- Date Range
- [ca.1978-ca.1985]
- Physical Description
- 22 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- David Malcolm Cheesmond, 1952-1987, was a mountaineer and engineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Cheesmond's mountaineering achievements span the globe and include all facets of climbing. Included are ascents in South Africa (where he was born), Europe, South America, Canada, United States and Asia. From 1981 until his death, Cheesmond lived in Canada and made many ascents here.
- In the Canadian Rockies, Cheesmond led a team of young climbers known as "the Wildboys" and made important climbs on Mount Robson (1981), Mount Assiniboine (1982), Mount Goodsir (1983), Mount Andromeda (1983) and the North Twin (1985). He opened three difficult new routes on Mount Yamnuska during the summer of 1985. During his time in Canada, Cheesmond took part in expeditions to Alaska, Mount Everest (1983, 1986) and K2 (1986). In 1984 he was part of a successful team which climbed Rakaposhi in the Karakoram Mountains of Pakistan, an ascent considered one of the finest achievements by Canadians in the Himalayas.
- In addition to organizing and executing the above projects, Cheesmond maintained a professional career in engineering. He was accompanied on many of his travels by his wife, Gillian. The couple had one daughter, Tserin. Dave Cheesmond disappeared in 1987 while attempting the Hummingbird Ridge on Mount Logan.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research files in three series: I. Asia series, ca.1982-ca.1985 (A. Karakoram, Pakistan, B. Nepal, C. China, D. India); II. North America series, ca.1978-ca.1985 (A. United States, B. Canada, C. General); III. South America series, ca.1983 (A. Patagonia, B. Andes).
- Canada sub-series pertains to mountaineering in the Yukon, British Columbia and Baffin Island. Research files primarily contain correspondence, personnel planning and administration records, notes, annotated maps, brochures, photographs and copies of articles from mountaineering journals.
- Name Access
- Cheesmond, Dave
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Cheesmond, Dave
- Biographical Source Notes
- Chic Scott - see case file
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Dave Day fonds
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- Part Of
- Dave Day fonds
- Scope & Content
- Photographs were taken by Dave Day during 60th Anniversary celebrations at Skoki Lodge, Banff National Park, spring 1991. Participants included Jon Whyte, Blake O'Brien, Cliff White Jr., Patty White and Bruno Engler. Includes interior and exterior views of lodge.
- Date Range
- 1991
- Reference Code
- V539
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Dave Day fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 539
- Sous-Fonds
- V 539
- Accession Number
- 6411
- Reference Code
- V539
- Date Range
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 57 photographs (27 prints, 30 negatives) : 35 mm
- History / Biographical
- Dave Day was Superintendent of Banff National Park, ca.1989-ca.1991.
- Scope & Content
- Photographs were taken by Dave Day during 60th Anniversary celebrations at Skoki Lodge, Banff National Park, spring 1991. Participants included Jon Whyte, Blake O'Brien, Cliff White Jr., Patty White and Bruno Engler. Includes interior and exterior views of lodge.
- Name Access
- Day, Dave
- Subject Access
- Buildings and facilities
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Day, Dave
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
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Dave White family fonds
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- Part Of
- Dave White family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of three separate series: A. Correspondence and Printed Materials; B. Prints; C. Tintype. Fonds consists of photographs found in Annie White's trunk.
- Date Range
- 1889-1950
- Reference Code
- V681 / M556
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Tintype
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dave White family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 556
- V 681
- Sous-Fonds
- M556
- V681
- Accession Number
- 7741
- Reference Code
- V681 / M556
- Date Range
- 1889-1950
- Physical Description
- 1192 photographs: prints, negatives, tintype. -- 0.5cm of textual records.
- History / Biographical
- Dave White, 1864-1940, was born in New Brunswick and came to Banff, Alberta as a C.P.R. section foreman in 1886. In October 1894, Dave White quit the C.P.R. and built the Park Store. Between 1904 and 1907, Dave White ran a store at Bankhead with the help of partner D.C. Baynes. From 1908 to 1928 Sam Armstrong was Dave White's partner and the store was renamed Dave White and Co. After 1930, Dave's three sons, Peter, Clifford and Dave Jr. joined the partnership now called Dave White and Sons Ltd. In 1901, Dave married Annie Curren, whose father, John D. Curren, came from Glasgow, Scotland to investigate the coal mining at Anthracite. Dave and Annie had four children: Peter, 1905-1966; Clifford, 1902-1964; Dave Jr. (Jack), 1908-1961; and Lila, d.1961.
- Dave White had three brothers: Daniel, who joined him in Banff, Angus and Peter as well as three sisters, Margaret, Lizzie and May.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of three separate series: A. Correspondence and Printed Materials; B. Prints; C. Tintype. Fonds consists of photographs found in Annie White's trunk.
- Name Access
- White, Annie
- White, Dave
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools.
- Creator
- White, Dave (Family)
- Biographical Source Notes
- Bio file, Crag & Canyon,
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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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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Don Hubbard fonds
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- Part Of
- Don Hubbard fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of mountaineering papers and photographs pertaining to Hubbard's experiences in western Canada, ca.1944-1991. Includes diaries, 1946-1991, 19 vol.
- Date Range
- [ca.1944]-1991
- Reference Code
- M94 / V2
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Don Hubbard fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 94
- V 2
- Sous-Fonds
- M 94
- V 2
- Accession Number
- 7353
- Reference Code
- M94 / V2
- Date Range
- [ca.1944]-1991
- Physical Description
- ca.20 cm of textual records. -- 83 photographs : prints. -- 3 print material items
- History / Biographical
- Donald Hubbard, 1900-2000, of Maryland USA, was a rock climber and alpinist who climbed extensively in the United States and Canada.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of mountaineering papers and photographs pertaining to Hubbard's experiences in western Canada, ca.1944-1991. Includes diaries, 1946-1991, 19 vol.
- Name Access
- Hubbard, Don
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Access and use restricted
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Related to mountaineering artifacts in the Heritage collections.
- Creator
- Hubbard, Don
- Biographical Source Notes
- Newsletter of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club-Mountaineering Section, vol.4 #2, October 2000 - in case file
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Dorothy Wardle fonds
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75. M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including cor…
- Date Range
- ca.1870-2002
- Reference Code
- M521 / V75
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M521
- V75
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- V75
- Accession Number
- 5296, 5391, 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / V75
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- ca.1870-2002
- Physical Description
- 154 cm of textual records. -- 1304 photographs (1190 prints, 95 negatives, 19 transparencies). -- 6 photograph albums.
- History / Biographical
- The Wardle family was comprised of husband and wife, James Morey Wardle (June 26,1888 - May 18,1971) and Maud Leette (Roney) Wardle (May 24,1889 - December 1,1969), and their one child, Dorothy Hope Wardle (May 23,1919 - July 20,2003). James Wardle, born in Chiliwack, British Columbia, was a civil engineer and public servant. He was the Superintendent of Banff National Park from 1918-1921, Chief Engineer for Parks Canada from 1921-1935, and Deputy Minister of the Interior from 1935-1936. He is primarily known as a highway design engineer, particularly for building the Banff-Windermere, Banff-Lake Louise, and Banff-Jasper highways. He was a councillor for the Municipality of Rockcliffe Park in Ontario and he was the President of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Banff from 1925-1929. Mount Wardle in Vermillion was named after him in 1921. James married Leette on November 4, 1913, with whom he had one child, Dorothy. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy (also known as Dot and Dorie) grew up in Banff, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario, due to her father's position with the federal government. She was educated at the Mountain School in Banff and at the Elmwood School in Ottawa. All three family members were graduates of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. James graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Leette graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and in 1942, Dorothy also earned a Bachelor's degree. Dorothy was prominent in student life and active in athletics. In 1941, Dorothy became the first woman elected as President of the Alma Mater Society and during her academic career, Dorothy was a member of the Levana Intercollegiate Debative, University Centenary Committee, and Queen’s War Aid Commission. Dorothy spent her career as a freelance writer however, upon graduation she served as the first Secretary-In-Charge of Records at Carleton College (now Carleton University) from 1942-1944 in Ottawa and in the mid-1950s worked as a secretary for the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary. Dorothy pursued a lifelong interest in traveling, art, and antiques. Although she was fiercely proud and protective of Banff and the Park, and remained a volunteer and patron of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Dorothy eventually settled in Sidney, British Columbia and shared an apartment with Sheila Iris Ritchie, with whom Dorothy travelled extensively. After her death in 2003, Dorothy, "Dorie," was laid to rest alongside her parents in the Old Banff Cemetery.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.
- M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including correspondence with Carl Rungius and Mrs. Helen Brett, and Christmas and other greeting cards from Peter and Catharine Whyte). Series III: Queen's University, 7.5 cm, 1911-1980 (including graduation certificates for each family member and records pertaining to Dorothy's participation on the Alma Mater Society). Series IV: Travel, 44.5 cm, ca.1950-1988 (includes hand-written notebooks meticulously detailing their travels).
- V75 consists of two series, 79.5 cm, ca. 1912-2001. Series I: Wardle Family, ca. 1912-1971, 6 albums, 31 cm of photograph prints and negatives (including family trips, trail rides in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and family gatherings). Series II: Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001, 34 cm of photograph prints, negatives, and transparencies (including Dorothy's travels in Alberta and British Columbia, overseas, and various outings with friends).
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James
- Rungius, Carl
- Brett, Helen
- Keyte, Freeman
- Hart, E. J. (Ted)
- Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard)
- Brewster, Pat
- Peyto, Bill
- Brett, Robert George
- Sanson, Norman
- White, Clifford
- Drummond-Davies, Nora
- Mills, Ike
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Whyte, Jon
- Robinson, Dean
- Warren, Mary Schaffer
- Simpson, George
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Greenham, Margaret
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Personal and Family Life
- Banff
- Old Banff Cemetery
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Cabins
- Travel
- Picnics and picnicking
- Holidays
- Scenery
- Christmas
- Dogs
- Horses
- Mountain
- Canoes and canoeing
- Hiking
- Wildlife
- War Memorial
- Highland Games
- Bow River Bridge
- Golfing
- Anniversary
- Horseback riding
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Education
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Winter Festival
- Women
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Skiing
- European travel
- Beach
- Calgary Herald
- Geography
- Government
- Newspaper
- Politics
- Research
- Banff Public Library
- National parks and reserves
- Park policy
- Parks Canada
- Wardens
- Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch
- Community life
- Mines and mineral resources
- History
- Immigration and homesteading
- Settlement
- Organizations
- World War II
- Biographical
- Professional and Personal Life
- Grizzly Bears
- Fire fighters
- Sunshine Village
- Teahouses
- Banff Indian Days
- Regalia
- Calgary Stampede
- Mountain guides
- Mountain School
- The Albertan
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- Homestead Hotel
- Banff Centre
- Hot Springs
- Superintendents
- Automobiles
- Natural history
- Records
- Calendar
- Finances
- Leases
- Legal and Financial
- Property
- Recreation
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Alberta
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Castle Mountain
- Bankhead
- British Columbia
- Glacier National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Silver City
- Victoria
- Scotland
- Revelstoke
- Yoho National Park
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Plain of Six Glaciers
- Lake Agnes
- Lake Louise
- Lake Minnewanka
- Lake O'Hara
- Bow River
- Calgary
- Sidney
- San Francisco
- United States
- Europe
- Germany
- Switzerland
- France
- Spain
- Monaco
- Italy
- Denmark
- Austria
- Quebec
- Windermere
- New York
- Assiniboine
- Ghost River
- High River
- Quebec City
- New Brunswick
- Maine
- Great Divide
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Columbia Icefield
- Washington
- Philadelphia
- Atlantic City
- Larch Valley
- Cascade Mountain
- Panama
- Sulphur Mountain
- Field
- Emerald Lake
- Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump
- Takkakaw Falls
- Jasper National Park
- Athabasca Falls
- Okanagan
- Kananaskis
- Hoodoos
- Powell River
- Montreal
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Dorothy also donated artwork (by Carl Rungius) to Art and Heritage.
- James Morey Wardle fonds (Library and Archives Canada)
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Dorothy Whyte fonds
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of: I. Personal papers, business papers and ephemera mainly concerning Whyte's involvement in publicity and hospitality with Canadian Pacific, primarily with the Banff Springs Hotel. II. Correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Peter and Catharine Whyte and he…
- Date Range
- 1887-1987
- Reference Code
- M59 / V689
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 59
- V 689
- Sous-Fonds
- M 59
- V 689
- Accession Number
- 75, 124, 136, 505, 791, 972, 1150, 1185, 1187, 1580, 1885, 2375, 3061, 3114, 3507, 3590, 3742, 5098, 5127, 5210, 5298, 5380, 5389, 5861
- Reference Code
- M59 / V689
- Date Range
- 1887-1987
- Physical Description
- 16 cm of textual records. -- 5 photograph albums (ca.400 prints). -- ca.260 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- Dorothy V. Whyte, b.1893, was a Canadian Pacific Railway employee at Banff, Alberta, Canada, until 1939. Whyte came to Banff from the Yukon and was first employed by the Banff Springs Hotel in 1920. She worked as an Information Clerk and later Special Representative for the Canadian Pacific Railway until 1939. She worked in Vancouver until 1963, returning to Banff where she became involved in local affairs before returning to West Vancouver in 1969. While living at the coast, Whyte frequently visited the Mount Assiniboine area and maintained close ties with Banff. Dorothy Whyte is not related to the White/Whyte family of Banff.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of: I. Personal papers, business papers and ephemera mainly concerning Whyte's involvement in publicity and hospitality with Canadian Pacific, primarily with the Banff Springs Hotel. II. Correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Peter and Catharine Whyte and her interest in Banff affairs; correspondents include Catharine Robb Whyte, Jon Whyte and Erling Strom. III. Copy of last will and testament of Catharine Robb Whyte, 1977, and probate, 1980, of which Dorothy Whyte was a beneficiary. IV. Photographs pertaining to Dorothy Whyte, friends and associates; activities, particularly hiking and trail riding in Rocky Mountains; Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, events and staff; Banff people and events. Most views ca.1925.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- 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
- microfilm copy of album/s
- Creator
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Dr. Erich Pistor fonds
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- Part Of
- Dr. Erich Pistor fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers and photographs regarding Conrad Kain, 1905-1936. Records include a draft manuscript of Conrad Kain's autobiography in two parts (in German) and related correspondence, notes, drafts of articles, published articles and photographs. Also included are transcripts of 142 lett…
- Date Range
- 1905-1936
- Reference Code
- M160 / V101
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dr. Erich Pistor fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 160
- V 101
- Sous-Fonds
- M 160
- V 101
- Accession Number
- 7759 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M160 / V101
- Date Range
- 1905-1936
- Physical Description
- 27 photographs: prints. -- 10 cm textual records
- History / Biographical
- Erich Pistor was born in 1873 in Graz, Austria. He studied History of Arts and Law and earned a doctor of Law degree in 1898. Pistor worked at the Chamber of Commerce in Graz and attended the 1899 International Congress in Philadelphia and was subsequently called to the Chamber of Commerce in Vienna. He published his first book "Der Exportförderungsdienst des Handelsmuseums in Philadelphia" in 1900. Pistor travelled through Siberia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce in 1901 and 1902 and wrote "Durch Sibirien in die Südsee" in 1903. Pistor organized many exhibitions for the Chamber of Commerce within Europe and in Buenos Aires, Argentina as well as Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Pistor became Director of the Chamber of Commerce, Vice President of the Austrian-British Committee, and President of the Austrian-Greek Society. Pistor spoke twelve languages.
- Erich Pistor met Conrad Kain in 1904 when Pistor hired Kain as a guide. Kain was again hired by Pistor in 1905 as a guide on Pistor's honeymoon trip. In 1908 Conrad Kain moved to Vienna and studied English with Pistor's wife and in 1909, Pistor contacted the CPR and the Alpine Club of Canada to secure summer employment for Kain as a guide with the ACC.
- Pistor's first wife, Sara, was a British citizen with whom he had three children. Two of these children died in WWII in Stalingrad and Sara died in 1930.
- In 1932 Pistor married his second wife and they had a son Gerhart, born 1938. Pistor and his family fled Vienna in 1944 during the bombing of the city and lived in Prein/Rax, then Reichenau. Dr. Erich Pistor died in 1954.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers and photographs regarding Conrad Kain, 1905-1936. Records include a draft manuscript of Conrad Kain's autobiography in two parts (in German) and related correspondence, notes, drafts of articles, published articles and photographs. Also included are transcripts of 142 letters between Amelia Malek and Conrad Kain, 1906-1933; correspondence between Pistor and Conrad Kain, J. Monroe Thorington, Amelia Malek and others.
- Fonds includes photographs of portraits of Kain, Kain's climbing and trapping views and Kain's farm in Wilmer, B.C.
- Name Access
- Pistor, Erich (Dr.) Kain, Conrad
- Subject Access
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access and use apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Related Material
- M106 / 192 in J. Monroe Thorington fonds
- Creator
- Pistor, Dr. Erich
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Biographical Source Notes
- Gerhard Pistor, son; Conrad Kain compendium prepared by Brian Patton for Mark Kingsbury Foundation
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Dr. Gerald Wright fonds
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- Part Of
- Dr. Gerald Wright fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-pa…
- Date Range
- 1965-1967
- Reference Code
- M585 / V805
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Organization record
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Dr. Gerald Wright fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M585 / V805
- Sous-Fonds
- M585
- Accession Number
- 2021.19
- Reference Code
- M585 / V805
- Date Range
- 1965-1967
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (18 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm) ; 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 29.2 x 21.8 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- Dr. Gerald Wright (1917-2007) grew up in Brecon, South Wales, and studied medicine in Wales and London, England, throughout the 1940s. He served in the British Army in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1942-1946 in North Africa and Italy. In 1951 Wright moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, due to its close proximity to the Canadian Rockies, where he maintained a general practice as a member of the Hunt Clinic. He went on to serve as Chief of Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital and the Lethbridge Municipal Hospital until his retirement in 1988. Shortly after arriving in Canada he became a member of the Alpine Club of Canada and attended many annual camps, often as camp doctor. He also participated in ACC expeditions to Mount St. Elias (1967, unsuccessful), Mount Alberta (1967, successful as part of the Alberta Team), and Mt. Waddington (1969). He also successfully summited Mt. Robson on his third attempt at the mountain. Wright hiked extensively throughout Nepal, Switzerland, South America, and New Zealand in addtion to the Rockies. He was also a member of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and was a founding member of the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition, where he served on the Board of Directors, helping to plan and lead many annual hiking trips.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-page summaries of the attempt on the mountain [one written by Blanchard and includes a hand-drawn map of the area around the mountain], a Xerox copy of a letter written on University of Oregon Medical School letterhead listing the members of the St. Elias party and recommended medical tests to have completed prior to the expedition, a two-page typed list of gear & equipment, and a hand-written list of expedition members and the University of Oregon Medical School doctor and their contact information.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Wright, Gerald
- Blanchard, W.E. (Smoke)
- Johnson, Roy
- Mock, R.G. (Tex)
- Sharp, Dave
- Swift, Bob
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Centennial
- Climbing
- Club
- Discovery and exploration
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Map
- Medicine
- Membership
- Mount St. Elias
- Mountain
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- Photography
- Records
- Record keeping
- Scenery
- Sports and recreation
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Yukon
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Staples removed from letters and equipment lists
- Biographical Source Notes
- Memorial card
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Dudley Batchelor fonds
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- Part Of
- Dudley Batchelor fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a by-law of the Calgary Ski Club, 1935, and material on the club's history; account by Batchelor of the Dominion Ski Championships, (Seventeenth Annual Championship Meet of the Canadian Amateur ski Association) at Banff in 1937; and related papers.
- Date Range
- 1935-1968
- Reference Code
- M44
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Dudley Batchelor fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M44
- Sous-Fonds
- M44
- Accession Number
- 278, 363
- Reference Code
- M44
- Date Range
- 1935-1968
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Dudley Batchelor was a civil servant at Calgary, Alberta, Canada and an active skier in the Banff region. He was instrumental in the founding of the Calgary Ski Club in 1935.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a by-law of the Calgary Ski Club, 1935, and material on the club's history; account by Batchelor of the Dominion Ski Championships, (Seventeenth Annual Championship Meet of the Canadian Amateur ski Association) at Banff in 1937; and related papers.
- Name Access
- Batchelor, Dudley
- Subject Access
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Batchelor, Dudley
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
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Eddie Hunter fonds
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- Part Of
- Eddie Hunter fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of motion pictures, sound recordings, textual records and photographs produced by Eddie Hunter. I. Eddie Hunter motion picture footage in four sub-series: A. Red series, predominant 1955-1988, ca.190 motion pictures or segments. Consists of camera originals and finished original fil…
- Date Range
- [ca.1940]-2005
- Reference Code
- M346 / S50 / V293
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Photograph, transparency
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
2 websites
- Part Of
- Eddie Hunter fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 346
- S 50
- V 293
- Sous-Fonds
- M 346
- S 50
- V 293
- Accession Number
- 549, 6803, 7684 (unproc), 2022.37
- Reference Code
- M346 / S50 / V293
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Photograph, transparency
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1940]-2005
- Physical Description
- ca.260 motion pictures (ca.490 reels) : some with audio reels. -- 2 audio reels. -- 18 cm of textual records. --3 sound recordings. -- 21 photographs : prints, transparencies
- History / Biographical
- Edward (Eddie) Clement Edgar Hunter, b.1926, is a skier, cinematographer, broadcaster, photographer and writer based at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Hunter began skiing in his native Edmonton, Alberta and became an expert ski racer in the mountains. He came to live in Banff with his parents in 1934 and was introduced to the Sunshine Ski area in 1936 by his uncle, Lloyd Hunter, who drove "Sunshine Suzie" for Brewster Transport. Hunter skied extensively in the Canadian Rockies, in Squaw Valley, California (1950) and competitively in Europe starting in 1954.
- Hunter worked as a free-lance cameraman during the 1950s and later in early live television in Calgary at CHCT, later CFAC. After working as an official photographer for the 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, he joined CFCN television. Hunter hosted a children's show, "Head Hunter," and a talk show, "Late Knight," while running a weekend ski program until 1965. Hunter held the photography concession on Sulphur Mountain, producing Polaroid shots for tourists and giving natural history talks.
- Hunter worked mainly as a free-lance motion picture cameraman for the next twenty-nine years. His major accomplishments, while working for other companies, involved a cold-war era agriculture documentary in Russia (1959), a documentary about the Superman movies in Calgary and camera work for the official 1988 Winter Olympic Games film. Most of the film footage in this fonds was produced by Hunter during quiet times when he was not hired out to other production companies. Head Hunter Films produced a number of short promotional films for Air Canada, Canadian Mountain Holidays, Sulphur Mountain Gondola, Norquay Ski Area and others. "How the West was Skied" was mainly a compilation of footage Hunter filmed over the years, supplemented with early footage collected from other sources.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of motion pictures, sound recordings, textual records and photographs produced by Eddie Hunter.
- I. Eddie Hunter motion picture footage in four sub-series: A. Red series, predominant 1955-1988, ca.190 motion pictures or segments. Consists of camera originals and finished original films. Mainly unedited footage of skiing, ski racing, celebrities, developments, heli-skiing, disabled skiing, freestyle skiing and humorous skiing in the Canadian Rockies, Bugaboos, Cariboos, Monashees and Coast Range, also the United States and Europe. Features many prominent local and international skiers; Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper and areas; promotional and documentary film footage. B. Blue series, predominant 1960-1985, ca.60 motion pictures and segments, 4 video recordings. Consists of work prints and projection copies. C. Other motion pictures, before 1995, 12 motion pictures, 1 video recording. Consists of motion pictures collected by Hunter. D. Audio reels, between 1970 and 1995, 2 items.
- II. Textual records, ca.1945-1991, ca.30 cm. Series consists of film lists, scripts, call sheets, programmes, and other material; files re short films; and historical skiing materials.
- III. Sound recordings, ca.1965, 2005, 3 items. Series consists of Eddie Hunter nature talk for use on Sulphur Mountain, ca.1965; Edward VIII abdication speech for Canadian Wax Gallery, Banff, undated; two-part interview with Howard Srigley, March 8 & 14, 2005.
- IV. Photographs, 1968, 21 items : prints, transparencies. Series pertains to opening day ceremonies at the Banff Public Library / Archives of the Canadian Rockies.
- Notes
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- Name Access
- Hunter, Eddie
- Subject Access
- Communications
- Environment
- 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 series and file description
- film-maker's notes (in case file: descriptions sometimes inaccurate due to editing of the films subsequent to ca.1990 preparation of notes)
- Related Material
- Accompanied by publications, motion picture camera and equipment, sound recording/playback equipment, skis, ski apparel, etc. transferred to library and heritage collections, Whyte Museum
- Creator
- Hunter, Eddie
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- URL Notes
- https://www.whyte.org/digitalvault/fireside-chat-with-eddie-hunter-1
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Edna Brown fonds
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- Part Of
- Edna Brown fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs relating to Back to Banff Day and include identifications.
- Date Range
- [ca.1988]
- Reference Code
- V140
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Edna Brown fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 140
- Sous-Fonds
- V 140
- Accession Number
- 7698
- Reference Code
- V140
- Date Range
- [ca.1988]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album: 76 photographs: prints; col.
- History / Biographical
- Edna Brown (née Olsen) was born 1919 in Alix, Alberta and moved to Banff at the age of 15. Edna met and married Horace Brown b.1913 in Bankhead, Alberta and together they had three children. Edna worked at a variety of Banff and area businesses including Num-Ti-Jah Lodge with Jim and Billie Simpson. While working in Banff and area, Edna met a number of celebrities including Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Henry Fonda. Horace worked at highway construction which meant long periods of time away from his family. While Horace was working for the Banff-Jasper Highway, Edna, in order to have the family together took a job as camp cook for the Banff-Jasper Highway work crew. Following Edna and Horace's final summer with the Banff-Jasper Highway work, Edna worked as head housekeeper at Becker's Bungalows and then at the Bay in Banff where she remained for twenty years. Edna and Horace retired to British Columbia in 1979. Edna returns to Banff annually in June to participate in the Back to Banff reunion.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs relating to Back to Banff Day and include identifications.
- Name Access
- Brown, Edna
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Brown, Edna
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record; We Live in a Postcard: Banff Family Histories (Banff: Banff History Book Committee, 2005)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Edward Feuz fonds
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- Part Of
- Edward Feuz fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs, 1911-ca.1958; professional papers, 1901-1957; letters, 1941-1961; scrapbook, 1923-1972; and newsclippings, 1969. Photographs pertain mainly to mountaineering trips and climbs, mainly led by Edward Feuz Jr. in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains, and includes many first as…
- Date Range
- 1881-[ca.1976]
- Reference Code
- M93 / V200
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Edward Feuz fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 93
- V 200
- Sous-Fonds
- M 93
- V 200
- Accession Number
- 656, 795, 1015, 1091, 1095, 2052, 2099, 2444, 2808, 2995, 3571
- Reference Code
- M93 / V200
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1881-[ca.1976]
- Physical Description
- ca.1820 photographs (ca.700 prints, ca.170 negatives, ca.950 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album (ca.180 prints). -- 4 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Edward Feuz Jr., 1884-1981, was a Canadian Pacific Railway mountain guide at Lake Louise, Alberta and Glacier and Golden, British Columbia, Canada. Feuz was the son of one of the first Swiss Guides brought to Canada by the Canadian Pacific Railway. He climbed at Field and Glacier House in 1903 with his father and guided during summers from 1905 to 1912, settling that year in the Edelweiss Village at Golden, British Columbia. Until his retirement in the 1950s, he accompanied the finest climbers and was involved in over seventy first ascents of peaks over 3048 metres.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs, 1911-ca.1958; professional papers, 1901-1957; letters, 1941-1961; scrapbook, 1923-1972; and newsclippings, 1969.
- Photographs pertain mainly to mountaineering trips and climbs, mainly led by Edward Feuz Jr. in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains, and includes many first ascents. Many photographs were taken by clients who sent copies to Feuz. Photographs also pertain to clients, associates and friends, Lake Louise Chalet and Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise area, Feuz homes at Edelweiss and Golden, and scenic views in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. Negatives are largely unidentified. Original colour transparencies by Edward Feuz, ca.1950-ca.1976, pertain to trips and scenic views in the Rocky Mountains. ; Professional papers include: Feuz's fuhrer-buch (guidebook) containing his certification as a Swiss Guide and testimonials from clients in Switzerland and Canada, 1901-1957; certificate of life membership, Alpine Club of Canada, 1947; and records of climbs re the Chateau Lake Louise, 1913-1930. Letters, scrapbook and clippings all pertain to Feuz's career, clients and mountaineering.
- Also includes fuhrer-buch of Edward Feuz Sr., 1859-1944, Switzerland and Glacier, B.C.
- Name Access
- Feuz, Edward
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- 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: file description and index
- electronic finding aid for photographs
- Creator
- Feuz, Edward
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series : I. Diaries, 1902-1963, 44 v of textual records; II. Scrapbooks, 1910-1933, 2 v. of textual records; III. Other material, [1946-1947], 4 items. Diaries pertain to early life in Ontario and Alberta, service as a surveyor in India, service with the Royal Engineers …
- Date Range
- 1902-1963
- Reference Code
- M169
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Diary
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 169
- Sous-Fonds
- M 169
- Accession Number
- 6262, 7440, 7773
- Reference Code
- M169
- Date Range
- 1902-1963
- Physical Description
- 46 v. + 4 items of textual records
- History / Biographical
- E. O. (Edward Oliver) Wheeler, 1890-1962, was a Canadian surveyor, soldier and mountaineer. Wheeler was born in Ottawa, the son of A. O. (Arthur Oliver) Wheeler, Dominion Land Surveyor and founder of the Alpine Club of Canada. E. O. Wheeler served in the Royal Engineers in World War I and received the Military Cross in 1916 and the Legion of Honour (France). In 1941 he was appointed Surveyor-General of India and in 1943 was knighted by King George VI. During World War II, he served as Director of the Frontier Circle of the Survey of India. Wheeler retired to Lavington, British Columbia in 1947. Throughout his life, Wheeler was involved in world mountaineering. He worked on the mapping of the 1922 expedition of Mount Everest and was active in the Alpine Club of Canada, serving as its President from 1950 to 1954
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series : I. Diaries, 1902-1963, 44 v of textual records; II. Scrapbooks, 1910-1933, 2 v. of textual records; III. Other material, [1946-1947], 4 items. Diaries pertain to early life in Ontario and Alberta, service as a surveyor in India, service with the Royal Engineers in France and Mesopotamia, 1915-1918, trips on leave from India to Canada, U.S.A., England, South Africa, Asia, south Pacific, and New Zealand. Diaries also detail ACC camp preparations and activities, travel to and from Banff, clubhouse work; travel details, daily activities and accounts of climbs in France and Scotland; trans-Atlantic and trans-Canada voyage; Alpine Club of Canada Vermilion Camp activities; Strathcona, Vancouver Island reconnaissance trip and climbs; travels to California, Hawaii and Japan: travel from Los Angeles to Canada, through British Columbia to Banff; ACC camp at Glacier, B.C.; trip from India to Canada; life in Banff; trips and ACC camps in the Rockies, Selkirks and Kootenay district; ACC activities and operations; travels in the Okanagan, Kootenays and Columbia Valley, BC. Also included in this series are two diaries of his wife Dorothea. Scrapbooks pertain to school life, military training, surveyor's training; Alpine Club of Canada activities and lecture activities; military career, 1910-1919; surveying and mountaineering activities; Mount Everest expedition of 1921. Other material consists of items found loose in the 1946-1948 diaries, including letter written on board ship from Asia to the United States, 1947; photographs of unidentified women, 2 items; and postcard of Vancouver City Hall
- Name Access
- Wheeler, Edward Oliver
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Military
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Wheeler, Edward Oliver
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Military
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Biographical Source Notes
- Custody information was provided by John Wheeler, son of E. O. Wheeler
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Edward Porter fonds
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- Part Of
- Edward Porter fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of mountaineering photographs attributed to Edward Porter. Views are of professional quality with few identifications.
- Date Range
- [after 1938]
- Reference Code
- V760
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Edward Porter fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 760
- Sous-Fonds
- V 760
- Accession Number
- 5580
- Reference Code
- V760
- Date Range
- [after 1938]
- Physical Description
- 96 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- Edward C. Porter, d.1983, was a mountaineer, photographer and book in Chicago, United States. Porter began collecting mountaineering books during the 1930s and took up mountaineering in 1938. He became a Life Member of the Alpine Club of Canada in 1948 and donated his extensive library to the Club in 1961.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of mountaineering photographs attributed to Edward Porter. Views are of professional quality with few identifications.
- Name Access
- Porter, Edward
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Porter, Edward
- Category
- Arts
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Edward Whymper fonds
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- Part Of
- Edward Whymper fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs pertaining to Whymper's Canadian trips, 1900-1909. Excerpts of diaries and "General Notes Upon the Canadian Rocky Mountains," 1900-1909, pertain to trans-Canada trip, 1900; Vermilion Pass, Yoho Valley and Ice River Valley explorations, 1901; observatio…
- Date Range
- Copies made ca.1975
- Reference Code
- M309 / V728
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Part Of
- Edward Whymper fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 309
- V 728
- Sous-Fonds
- M 309
- V 728
- Accession Number
- 2088, 3447
- Reference Code
- M309 / V728
- Date Range
- Copies made ca.1975
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records (904 p.). -- 36 photographs : copy negatives
- History / Biographical
- Edward Whymper, 1840-1911, was a renowned international mountaineer from London, England. On the strength of his reputation as a superior climber during the 1860s and conqueror of the Matterhorn, Whymper was engaged by the Canadian Pacific Railway for several seasons to assess conditions in the Canadian Rockies.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs pertaining to Whymper's Canadian trips, 1900-1909.
- Excerpts of diaries and "General Notes Upon the Canadian Rocky Mountains," 1900-1909, pertain to trans-Canada trip, 1900; Vermilion Pass, Yoho Valley and Ice River Valley explorations, 1901; observations on the CPR line, The Gap to Revelstoke, 1903; Yoho Valley, Crowsnest Pass explorations including Frank Slide, 1904; Field, 1905; Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake O'Hara, 1909. Whymper records detailed observations on scenery, CPR hotels and facilities, Swiss Guides, outfitters, etc. and proposes improvements.
- Negatives are copies of Edward Whymper's photographs and notes from his trip to the Canadian Rockies, June to August 1901, and pertain mainly to Yoho National Park and the Lake Louise area. Includes sectional panorama views. Photographs were originally part of Whymper's report to the Surveyor-General of Canada.
- Name Access
- Whymper, Edward
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Reference use only
- Other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- modern reference prints
- Creator
- Whymper, Edward
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Edwin W. Mills fonds
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- Part Of
- Edwin W. Mills fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of records relating to Edwin Mills activities with the Alpine Club of Canada, 1920-1946. Moving images include 4 reels of 16mm films: Alpine camp, 1935; Grass (2 reels); and Everest. Also included is 1 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937.…
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1946]
- Reference Code
- M152 / V89
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Edwin W. Mills fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 152
- V 89
- Sous-Fonds
- M 152
- V 89
- Accession Number
- 7749
- Reference Code
- M152 / V89
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1946]
- Physical Description
- 4 moving images: 4 film reels; 16mm, 1 video; VHS. -- 2 photograph albums (125 prints)
- History / Biographical
- Edwin W. Mills, 1899-1979 was a resident of Hamilton, Ontario. He attended Ridley College and the Royal Military College, serving overseas from 1917 to 1919 in the Royal Flying Corps and the RAF. Mills was an active member of the Alpine Club of Canada from 1935-1953, attending the ACC Assiniboine Camp in 1935 as well as the first camps at the Columbia Icefields and the Bugaboos. Mills frequently hiked at Lake O'Hara, Emerald Lake, and Bow Lake. In 1937, Mills made several ascents on Ellesmere and Baffin Islands with the Canadian Arctic Foundation.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of records relating to Edwin Mills activities with the Alpine Club of Canada, 1920-1946.
- Moving images include 4 reels of 16mm films: Alpine camp, 1935; Grass (2 reels); and Everest. Also included is 1 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937.
- 1 photograph album contains 99 prints and is titled: With the Alpine Club, 1935. Photograph album relates to ACC camps, Mount Assiniboine area, including Lake Magog, Marvel Lake, as well as Athabaska Glacier, Columbia Icefields Camp, Jasper and historical cairns. A second photograph album contains 27 prints and is titled: Photographs taken by Edwin Mills at Columbia Icefields, July 1938.
- Name Access
- Mills, Edwin W.
- Subject Access
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Assiniboine
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Related Material
- Edwin W. Mills photographs V14/AC020P/01-15
- Creator
- Mills, Edwin W.
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record, The Canadian Alpine Journal vol. 64, 1981, pp. 45-6
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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