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Byron Harmon fonds
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon. I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- V263
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 263
- Sous-Fonds
- V 263
- Accession Number
- 235, 980, 1549, 1622, 2588, 2656, 2770, 2792, 2895, 3005, 3394, 3423, 3657, 3807, 3824, 3859, 3988, 4028, 4076, 5052, 5181, 5205, 5254, 5381, 6070, 6127, 6587, 6602
- Reference Code
- V263
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Byron Harmon Photos fonds.
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.10,500 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : prints, postcards, negatives, transparencies, motion pictures, sample products
- History / Biographical
- Byron Hill Harmon, 1876-1942, was a professional photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was born near Tacoma, Washington, USA and operated a portrait studio there for a time. In 1903, while travelling around the United States and Canada as an itinerant photographer, he decided to settle in Banff and by 1907 had produced enough mountain views to begin selling a line of postcards. Between 1906 and 1913, Harmon was official photographer for the Alpine Club of Canada and made trips in numerous mountain areas, such as the Bugaboos (1910) and Mount Robson (1911, 1913). Harmon personally financed trips into other areas, such as Tonquin Valley (1918) and Lake of the Hanging Glaciers (1920, 1922), producing both still photographs and motion pictures for commercial sale. After his last major expedition in 1924 across Saskatchewan Glacier, through to Maligne Lake and back to Banff by packtrain, Harmon devoted most of his time to photographing scenes along the railway, skiing in the Assiniboine and Skoki regions, and the annual rides and hikes of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. At the same time he managed several businesses, including a drug store, fountain lunch, theatre and book store. In his later years, Harmon spent much time travelling and photographing in other parts of the world. The business, Byron Harmon Photos, was managed successively by his son, Don Harmon, then his grand-daughter, Carole Harmon.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon.
- I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indians, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon.
- II. Personal, 189- to 194-, ca.370 items. Includes: family photographs and views received from others; motion picture out-takes pertaining to world travels, 1930s; and 35 mm. transparencies, ca.1940, pertaining mainly to world travels, also mountain and prairie scenics.
- Notes
- For more information on the Byron Harmon photographs, see "Great Days in the Rockies: The Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934" (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978) or "Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer" by Carole Harmon and Bart Robinson (Banff: Altitude Publishing, 1992)
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series description
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Byron Harmon postcards can also be found in the Postcard general file (V466)
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Unknown person in regalia on horse
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions29346
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1915-1925]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3087
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3087
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Indian
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca. 1915-1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Original title by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family
- This image was part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken from 2014-2023 to name Indigenous people in photographs held by the Whyte Museum Archives. Identifications were not possible.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Job Stevens (Uwe Wakâ) (Following Creator's Path), Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Job Stevens (Uwe Wakâ) (Following Creator's Path) posed for studio portrait in regalia.
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-1925]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3119
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- 2770
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3119
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- 505. Bearskin Indian
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, copy, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Job Stevens (Uwe Wakâ) (Following Creator's Path) posed for studio portrait in regalia.
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Stevens, Job
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Original identifications made by Byron Harmon, his staff and Harmon family
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Maggie Hunter, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Mrs. Enos Hunter, Stoney First Nation]
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-ca.1925]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3122
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3122
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- 521. Western Indian Squaw
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-ca.1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Mrs. Enos Hunter, Stoney First Nation]
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Hunter, Maggie
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Written on negative
- Identification information provided by correction card filed with the Archives by visiting Stoney Elders
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Content Details
- [Updated description: Maggie Hunter, Stoney Nakoda]* *Identification information provided by correction card filed with the Archives by visiting Stoney Elders
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Enos Hunter, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Stoney First Nation]
- Date Range
- [ca.1910]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3126
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3126
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- 518. Stoney Indian, Sitting Eagle (John Hunter)
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Stoney First Nation]
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Hunter, Enos
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- written on negative
- Original identifications made by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family
- .
- Content Details
- Original identifications made by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family [Updated description: Enos Hunter, Stoney Nakoda]*
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Christine Holloway (Kiska Wîyâ) (Mountain Sheep Woman), Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Christine Holloway (Kiska Wîyâ) (Mountain Sheep Woman).
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-1920]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3188
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3188
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Christine Holloway (Kiska Wîyâ) (Mountain Sheep Woman).
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Holloway, Christine
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Mary Chiniquay (Thaptâ) cooking
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Mary Chiniquay (Thaptâ) cooking over a fire.
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-1925]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3212
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3212
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- E-20. Widow Tom Chiniquay (cooking)
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Mary Chiniquay (Thaptâ) cooking over a fire.
- Name Access
- Chiniquay, Mary
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- written on negative
- Original identification made by Byron Harmon, his staff or the Harmon family
- Content Details
- [Mary Chiniquay (Thap-tang-a), Stoney Nakoda. married to Tom Chiniquay [maiden name unknown]]* Original identification made by Byron Harmon, his staff or the Harmon family
- Processing Status
- Processed
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John House (Suwatâga Ktûze), Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of John House (Suwatâga Ktûze) on horseback in front of tipi.
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-1925]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3238
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3238
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Indians & teepees
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of John House (Suwatâga Ktûze) on horseback in front of tipi.
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- House, John
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- .
- Content Details
- [John House (Suwa-tâga ktû-ze) Stoney Nakoda]*
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Nancy Ear carrying a child
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Stoney First Nation
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-1920]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3250
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- 2770
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3250
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Indian woman with child : [Mrs. Peter Ear]
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Stoney First Nation
- Name Access
- Ear, Nancy
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives. Information was also cross-referenced with newspaper article in Crag & Canyon in 1950
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Content Details
- Nancy Ear, married to Peter Ear* [maiden name unknown] . Information was also cross-referenced with newspaper article in Crag & Canyon in 1950
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Job Stevens (Uwe Wakâ) (Following Creator's Path) and unidentified woman
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Job Stevens (Uwe Wakâ) (Following Creator's Path) and unidentified woman in front of tipi at Banff Indian Days.
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-1925]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3258
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V263
- Series
- I. Scenic / commercial series
- Sous-Fonds
- V263
- Sub-Series
- A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Accession Number
- 2770
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3258
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- 506. Stoney Indian & squaw
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Job Stevens (Uwe Wakâ) (Following Creator's Path) and unidentified woman in front of tipi at Banff Indian Days.
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Stevens, Job
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Identification made by cross referencing with other fonds and other images from the Recognizing Relations project.
- Content Details
- Original identifications by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family Job Stevens and woman Identification made by cross referencing with other fonds and other images from the Recognizing Relations project.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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