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Annie Wiseman postcard collection

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 31 postcards collected by Annie (Creagh) Wiseman between ca.1920-1940. Postcards pertain to natural views and tourist attractions in Banff, Lake Louise, the Great Divide, Kicking Horse Canyon and other nearby areas. Some postcards are annotated with correspondence sent between Anni…

Date Range: [ca.1920-1940]

Reference Code: V8 / 2022.10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2022.10

Reference Code: V8 / 2022.10

GMD: Postcard

Date Range: [ca.1920-1940]

Physical Description: 31 commercial postcards

History / Biographical: Annie (Creagh) Wiseman (1891-1972) was born in Deptford, England, where she married Stanley Wilfred Ernest Wiseman. The couple had one daughter, Ethel, before moving to Winnipeg. The family returned to England following the outbreak of World War I, in which Stanley served as a Private in the 61st Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Annie and Ethel later returned to Winnipeg, where Stanley joined them following a serious injury which he sustained in active duty. In Winnipeg, Annie and Stanley had two more children: a daughter (Hilda) and a son (Stanley). Stanley Sr. worked as a foreman for Canadian Pacific Railway, which enabled Annie to travel throughout the Canadian Rockies and other regions by train for free or a reduced price. Annie collected postcards from her travels, which included numerous visits to Banff National Park. Annie, Stanley Sr. and their two youngest children permanently settled in Victoria, B.C. in 1935.

Scope & Content: File consists of 31 postcards collected by Annie (Creagh) Wiseman between ca.1920-1940. Postcards pertain to natural views and tourist attractions in Banff, Lake Louise, the Great Divide, Kicking Horse Canyon and other nearby areas. Some postcards are annotated with correspondence sent between Annie, her children (including Hilda and Ethel), and friends of the Wiseman family.

Name Access: Wiseman, Annie

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Mountains; Landscape; Hotels

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Banff National Park; Bow Lake; Castle Mountain; Sulphur Mountain; Canmore; Lake Louise; Field

Language: English

Category: Tourism; Exploration and travel

Biographical Source Notes: https://cgwp.uvic.ca/person.php?pid=181701; Most information in bio collected from donor, Annie Wiseman's granddaughter, Patty Pitts (daughter of Hilda [Wiseman] Pitts)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Advocate and Rocky Mountain Recorder

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of Banff Advocate and Rcoky Mountain Park District Recorder Newspapers.

Date Range: 1919 - 1924

Reference Code: M8 / 2017.8654 / 2 - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: M8 / 2017.8654

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 2017.8654

Reference Code: M8 / 2017.8654 / 2 - 3

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1919 - 1924

Physical Description: 4 cm Textual Records

Scope & Content: File consists of Banff Advocate and Rcoky Mountain Park District Recorder Newspapers.

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta

Language: English

Category: Tourism; Arts; Commerce and industry; Exploration and travel; Family and personal life

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Cafe staff

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 8 photographs of Banff Cafe staff and building

Date Range: ca. 1920 - 1930

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8283

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: 2014.8283

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2014.8283

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8283

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca. 1920 - 1930

Physical Description: 8 photographs : b&w ; 12.5 x 8 cm

History / Biographical: Lester Gus Zarkos, b.1921 Brandon, MB. His parents and younger sister arrived Banff 1926. Lester's parents had the cafe on Banff Avenue (old location - Grizzly House) and lived upstairs. Parents separated. Lester's father Samuel Zarkos, d. 1933 (buried in old Banff Cemetary). Lester moved with his mother Alice to Chicago and lived between Chicago and St. Paul's MN until his mother died, ca. 1935. Lester joined RCAF as a rear gunner. Never saw action and returned to Banff following the war. Lester worked at Banff Cafe as waiter. Lester and his uncle Paul Zarkos of Calgary opened a deli on Banff Ave and operated it for a number of years. Lester relocated to Calgary in 1956 and worked as waiter, maitre d', and returned to Banff in 1966 where he operated Banff Delicatessen on Banff Ave. He married H.G. in 1951. H.G. was from Nanton, Alberta and she worked at the Banff Post Office. Following Mount Royal Hotel fire, the family left and returned to the space - Welch's Chocolate Shop. 3 children: Paulette Jean, b.1952; Leslie David, b.1953, d. 1974; Carolyn Anne, b. 1955.

Scope & Content: File consists of 8 photographs of Banff Cafe staff and building

Name Access: Zarkos, Lester

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry

Biographical Source Notes: Accession record

Title Source: Title based on contents

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Item consists of the back of an unknown individual on a bucking horse at Banff Indian Days.

Date Range: ca.1926

Reference Code: V8 / accn 3797 / pa - 4

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 3797

Reference Code: V8 / accn 3797 / pa - 4

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca.1926

Physical Description: 1 photograph print

Scope & Content: Item consists of the back of an unknown individual on a bucking horse at Banff Indian Days.

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Stoney Nakoda; Sports; Horses

Geographic Access: Alberta

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number: RR 535

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Springs Hotel Menus

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 1cm of textual records, contents include menus from a Canadaian Pacific Railway dinner and a hand painted watercolour painting of Eagle Pass.

Date Range: 1916 - 1919

Reference Code: M8 / 2017.8654 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: M8 / 2017.8654

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 2017.8654

Reference Code: M8 / 2017.8654 / 1

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1916 - 1919

Physical Description: 1 cm Textual Records

Scope & Content: File consists of 1cm of textual records, contents include menus from a Canadaian Pacific Railway dinner and a hand painted watercolour painting of Eagle Pass.

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta

Language: English

Category: Tourism; Commerce and industry

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Trip Photographs

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 b&w panoramic prints and 25 photograph postcards and 4 printed postcards. Images are of Banff National Park and area.

Date Range: ca. 1915 - 1940

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8301

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Series: V8 / 2014.8301

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2014.8301

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8301

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record

Date Range: ca. 1915 - 1940

Physical Description: 28 photographs : b&w and col. ; 7 x 18 or smaller and 2 post cards : col.

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 b&w panoramic prints and 25 photograph postcards and 4 printed postcards. Images are of Banff National Park and area.

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Exploration and travel; Tourism

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow Valley and area

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Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends…

Date Range: 1921

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

230 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: V8 / 2015.8557

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2015.8557

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1921

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: b&w

History / Biographical: Edith Berenice Dunsworth (nee Stenton) was born in Banff on May 20, 1927. Berenice is the daughter of Joseph Alexander Stenton and Elizabeth Florence Stenton (nee Williams). Berenice had one sister, Marguerite Flora Lineker (nee Stenton). Berenice was married to Dr. Brian Dunsworth (19??-2014). Berenice's grandparents were George and Flora McKenzie and George was likely a son of the Stanford family. Berenice remembers her grandparent's house was next door to the Stanford house. Berenice's other grandparents were Percy and Elizabeth Williams who settled in Bankhead, near Banff, when they arrived from England ca.1910.

Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends, and events. Of note are photographs of "Peter White" and "The Artists' Cottage Mrs. Drummond." Photographs are mostly annotated and tipped into album pages with photo corners. The inside cover of first page is inscribed: "To Beth from Rose Aug 20/21. Some photographs are missing from some pages and a few loose photographs are tucked in behind others.

Name Access: White, Peter; Whyte, Peter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Electronic Resources

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Canadian Pacific Railway Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

14 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number: 5486

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 5486

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Physical Description: 14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm

History / Biographical: The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.