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Portrait, unidentified young woman

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Framed photograph depicts a portrait of an unidentified young woman, ca.1880-1900.

Date Range: [ca.1880-1900]

Reference Code: LUX / II / F2 / PC - 17

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Framed print; Photograph

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F2 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F2 / PC - 17

GMD: Framed print; Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1880-1900]

Physical Description: 1 framed photograph : b&w print ; 12.5 x 15 cm

Scope & Content: Framed photograph depicts a portrait of an unidentified young woman, ca.1880-1900.

Material Details: Photograph set in oval-shaped cutout with glass cover on front, beige textured paper on back with strips of red tape attached in circular design around photograph. Border/exterior frame missing - replaced with paper/tape folded around outer edges.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Portrait

Language: N/A

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Lizzie Hall and family

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Photograph depicts Elizabeth (McKenzie) Hall, her husband Arthur, and five other relatives. Baby in photograph is possibly Elizabeth's daughter, Annie (McKenzie Hall McDougall).

Date Range: [ca.1890-1900]

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PC - 92

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Framed print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Other material

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

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PC - 92

GMD: Photograph; Framed print

Date Range: [ca.1890-1900]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w framed print ; 32.5 x 28 cm

Scope & Content: Photograph depicts Elizabeth (McKenzie) Hall, her husband Arthur, and five other relatives. Baby in photograph is possibly Elizabeth's daughter, Annie (McKenzie Hall McDougall).

Material Details: Photograph frame made of plain wood and glass, photograph attached to grey matboard under glass with adhesive(?). Metal hanging wire attached to back

Name Access: Hall, Elizabeth McKenzie; Hall, Arthur George

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Portrait

Language: N/A

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: 1 map; Tongue and moraines of the Illecillewaet Glacier, British Columbia. Showing the position of marked rocks on Moraines and of line old plates placed on glacier to determine Rate of Flow. 1906. Drawing of Tongue and moraines of the Illecillewaet Glacier detailing movement between 1899 – 1906. 6…

Date Range: ca. 1899 - 1906

Reference Code: M107 / III / D - 18 / O.S. / "F"

Description Level: 6 / Item

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: Publication Series: Maps

Reference Code: M107 / III / D - 18 / O.S. / "F"

Date Range: ca. 1899 - 1906

Physical Description: 1 cartographic record. -- oversize.

Scope & Content: 1 map; Tongue and moraines of the Illecillewaet Glacier, British Columbia. Showing the position of marked rocks on Moraines and of line old plates placed on glacier to determine Rate of Flow. 1906. Drawing of Tongue and moraines of the Illecillewaet Glacier detailing movement between 1899 – 1906. 65cm x 94cm. Ink and Watercolour

Title Source: Title based on contents

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Letter from CPR (1895) re: Death of Burton Wheatley

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last pa…

Date Range: 1895

Reference Code: M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / III / D: Personal and Family Records : Collected Material

Accession Number: 182

Reference Code: M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway

Date Range: 1895

Physical Description: 1 Textual Record (3 pages): tissue paper; non-annotated

History / Biographical: Burton Wheatley was an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway company, who died during a railway accident in 1894 which occurred at Field Hill, B.C. The Wheatley family were related to Ivy "Willie" Morant (1910-1986), wife of photographer Nicholas Morant.

Scope & Content: Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last page of the document to write the date and witness signatures have not been filled in (likely a copy of a completed form).

Notes: Item was previously numbered as M27/3/O.S./"H" and is entered into database twice; more recently updated as item in Nicholas Morant fonds

Name Access: Wheatley, Burton

Subject Access: Wheatley family; Wheatley, Burton; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific; Engineer; Death

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only; no reproduction

Language: English

Conservation: Must be stored flat in mylar sheets

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.archivesalberta.org/findingaids/whyte/Morant/M300-III%20inv.pdf

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Part Of: Rodney Touche fonds

Scope & Content: Beach House Hotel register 1887-1892; photocopy from National Archives of Canada. Held in oversize storage "E"

Date Range: 1887-1892

Reference Code: M377 / O.S. / "E"

Description Level: 6 / Item

Part Of: Rodney Touche fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Accession Number: 2647

Reference Code: M377 / O.S. / "E"

Date Range: 1887-1892

Physical Description: 1 vol. textual records ; 1 register

Scope & Content: Beach House Hotel register 1887-1892; photocopy from National Archives of Canada. Held in oversize storage "E"

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Personal Daytimers

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1898 & 1899 personal diaries/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 5 : Includes travel from Ottawa to Calgary, travel around High River area. July measuring. Notations of office work and correspondence. Extensive documentation of weather, particularly during times at camp througho…

Date Range: 1898-1899

Reference Code: M546 / 5 to 6

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Diary

2 images 2 Electronic Resources

Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 2014.8312

Reference Code: M546 / 5 to 6

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1898-1899

Physical Description: 2.7 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 8.3 x 14.2 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1898 & 1899 personal diaries/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 5 : Includes travel from Ottawa to Calgary, travel around High River area. July measuring. Notations of office work and correspondence. Extensive documentation of weather, particularly during times at camp throughout August and September. Diary blank from November 17 to end. Memoranda section filled with numbers and names. Cash account section filled in for May to October and December. Diary blank up to May 25. M546 / 6 : includes daily notations of weather, office work, day to day activities, leisure. Diary blank up to February 21 regarding meter reading. Following two weeks list temperature highs and lows. Blank until April 21. Following entries regard camp throughout to September and throughout October travel around Mosquito Creek. Working on report and negatives throughout early December. On many entries he overwrites himself vertically. Memoranda, Notes and Bills Payable, Cash Account March to November.

Notes: M546 / 5 : blank pages not scanned - exception is first days of months prior to May. M546 / 6 : blank pages not scanned. Loose sheet in pocket at back is a recipe for [illegible].

Name Access: Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Subject Access: Camps; Climbing; Family and personal life; Finances; Leisure; Mountains; Professional and Personal Life; Sports and recreation; Record keeping; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Work

Geographic Access: Ottawa; Toronto; Ontario; Winnipeg; Manitoba; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Wheeler, Arthur O.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Electronic Resources

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Part Of: Bill Waterworth fonds

Scope & Content: Collage consists of 14 b&w photographs of Stoney First Nations in the Kootenay Plains and Morley areas, 1877-1927. Images include John Hunter, George McLean (Chief Walking Buffalo), William Hunter, Paul Beaver, Sampson Beaver, Chief Tom Chinicka, John House, Silas Abraham, Job Beaver, Enos Hunter,…

Date Range: [1877-1927]

Reference Code: V176 / PC O.S.

Description Level: 6 / Item

Part Of: Bill Waterworth fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Accession Number: 8012

Reference Code: V176 / PC O.S.

Date Range: [1877-1927]

Physical Description: 1 framed photograph collage: 14 prints; b&w

Scope & Content: Collage consists of 14 b&w photographs of Stoney First Nations in the Kootenay Plains and Morley areas, 1877-1927. Images include John Hunter, George McLean (Chief Walking Buffalo), William Hunter, Paul Beaver, Sampson Beaver, Chief Tom Chinicka, John House, Silas Abraham, Job Beaver, Enos Hunter, Ben Choquitts, Dan Wildman Sr., Dan Wildman Jr., Moses Hunter, Wildman boy, Enoch Wildman, Tom Kaquitts Jr., Tom Kaquitts Sr., Leebie Crawler, Tom Wilson, Morley Beaver, Nat Hunter, William and Josh Hunter, Mark Poucette, Geo. Choquitts, Joe Peacemaker, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hunter.