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Murray Hay fonds

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Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of four paintings on coreboard, posters, photographs, newspaper clippings and drawings

Date Range: 1970 - 1999?

Reference Code: M570 / V795

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M570 / V795

Sous-Fonds: M570 / V795

Accession Number: 2019.41; 2020.03

Reference Code: M570 / V795

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1970 - 1999?

Physical Description: 4 paintings. 10 cm of textual and visual records

History / Biographical: Murray Hay is a self taught artist who left Regina at age 16 and began a career as a commercial artist. Murray Hay was born in 1931 and passed away in 2015 at the age of 84 years. Murray Hay moved to Alberta in1963? In 1976 Sir Rodney Touche approached him and asked if he would paint a ski map. The first ski map Murray painted was one of Lake Louise, the second was of Ski Big Three and the third was Sunshine Mountain ski resort

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of four paintings on coreboard, posters, photographs, newspaper clippings and drawings

Name Access: Hay, Murray

Language: English

Related Material: Accn.5959

Creator: Hay, Murray

Biographical Source Notes: From the family of Murray Hay

Title Source: based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Abbot Pass Hut Registers

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series of hut registers from Abbot Hut produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1954 and 2017. Registers include entries from visitors to the huts which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while staying at the hut, wildlife sightings…

Date Range: 1954 - 1970; 1972 - 1983; 1987 - 2009; 2011 - 2018

Reference Code: M200 / IV / A

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / IV: Hut Registers

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / IV / A: Abbot Pass Hut Registers

Accession Number: accn. 2023.19; accn. 8002; accn. 2023.20; accn. 2023.32; accn. 1299; accn. 1040; accn. 2141; accn. 3298; accn. 3757; accn. 6376; accn. 6465; accn. 6623; accn. 7779; accn. 2023.10; accn. 2024.20

Reference Code: M200 / IV / A

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Responsibility: Registers produced by Alpine Club of Canada

Date Range: 1954 - 1970; 1972 - 1983; 1987 - 2009; 2011 - 2018

Physical Description: 53 cm of textual records (26 volumes)

History / Biographical: Abbot Pass Hut was built in 1922 and sits at an elevation of 2,926 meters. It is one of the highest structures in Canada. The hut was named after Philip Stanley Abbot who had died from a fall during the first known attempt to reach the summit of Mount Lefroy. The hut was a national historic site, but the hut was closed to visitors in 2018 due to the erosion of the slope beneath the hut. On June 30, 2022 Parks Canada officially removed Abbot Pass Hut, due to those environmental factors.

Scope & Content: Sub-series of hut registers from Abbot Hut produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1954 and 2017. Registers include entries from visitors to the huts which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while staying at the hut, wildlife sightings, custodial issues and updates, and related topics. The sub-series is separated into individual hut registers, arranged by date:; M200 / IV / A / 1: Abbot Pass Hut register [1954 - 1960]; M200 / IV / A / 2: [Abbot Pass Hut Register 1954 - 1970]; M200 / IV / A / 3: [Abbot Pass Hut? loose register 1972 - 1974]; M200 / IV / A / 4: [Abbot] Pass Hut [register 1974 - 1978]; M200 / IV / A / 5: Abbot Hut [register 1979 - 1980]; M200 / IV / A / 6: [Abbot]'s Hut Registry [1980 - 1982]; M200 / IV / A / 7: [Abbot Pass Hut Register 1982 - 1983]; M200 / IV / A / 8: [Abbot Pass register 1983]; M200 / IV / A / 9: [Abbot Hut Register 1987]; M200 / IV / A / 10: Abbot's Hut Bible [register, 1988 - 1992]; M200 / IV / A / 11: Abbot Pass Hut 1992 - 93; M200 / IV / A / 12: "Abbot Pass Hut Log Book" Aug. 24, 1993 - July 20, 1995; M200 / IV / A / 13: Abbot Pass hut register Aug. 11, 1995 - July 30, 1996.; M200 / IV / A / 14: [Abbot Pass] hut register July 30, 1996 - May 4, 1997; M200 / IV / A / 15: "Abbot Pass Hut Register" June 26, 1997 - September 3, 1998; M200 / IV / A / 16: Abbot Pass Hut [1998- 2000]; M200 / IV / A / 17: Abbot Pass Sep 6, 2000 - July 26, 2002; M200 / IV / A / 18: Abbot Hut Register 2002 - 2003; M200 / IV / A / 19: Abbot Pass Aug 31, 2003 - Aug 20, 2005; M200 / IV / A / 20: Abbot Pass Register 2004 - 2007; M200 / IV / A / 21: Abbot Hut Register 2007 - 2009; M200 / IV / A / 22: [2011 Abbot Hut Register]; M200 / IV / A / 23: Abbot Hut Register [2012 - 2014]; M200 / IV / A / 24: Abbot Pass Hut Register [2014 - 2016]; M200 / IV / A / 25: Abbot Pass Hut Register, 2016 - 2017; M200 / IV / A / 26: [Abbot Pass Hut Register: 2017-2018]

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Climbing; Environment; Exploration; Huts; Mountains

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Contains personal information

Language: English; French; Spanish; Japanese; German

Conservation: Some registers have been placed in mylar

Category: Environment; Exploration and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: The Alpine Club of Canada website: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/abbot-pass-hut/ The Government of Canada website: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/yoho/culture/abbot

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Aileen Harmon personal photos

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Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of personal photographs of Aileen Harmon and numerous friends and family members. Photographs pertain to friends Ron and Evelyn Matthews; Aileen's 95th birthday party celebration; a party in 1994; Aileen with Charlie Lockwood; a group of Guatemalan school children from a school Aileen…

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1955]; [ca. 1980 - ca. 1990]; 1994; 1995; [ca. 2000 - ca. 2010]; 2007

Reference Code: V262 / I / PA - 4 to 26

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M287 / V262

Series: V262 / I : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: V262

Accession Number: 2016.8596

Reference Code: V262 / I / PA - 4 to 26

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1955]; [ca. 1980 - ca. 1990]; 1994; 1995; [ca. 2000 - ca. 2010]; 2007

Physical Description: 23 photographs : col. prints ; 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of personal photographs of Aileen Harmon and numerous friends and family members. Photographs pertain to friends Ron and Evelyn Matthews; Aileen's 95th birthday party celebration; a party in 1994; Aileen with Charlie Lockwood; a group of Guatemalan school children from a school Aileen donated to; Aileen with river guide Tom Moody; Bea Wilkinson and David Lestock [?]; Jim Fulton; Aileen's friend Georgia Engelhart; Fran Losie [?], Joyce Hendrickson and Aileen together; and other miscellaneous images.

Notes: Numerous photographs annotated on the back with names and/or dates.

Name Access: Matthews, Evelyn; Matthews, Ron; Lockwood, Charlie; Moody, Tom; Wilkinson, Bea; Lestock, David; Fulton, Jim; Engelhart, Georgia; Hendrickson, Joyce

Subject Access: Hiking; Birthday

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Mill Bay; Guatemala

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Artist Assemblage

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Date: 2001 – 2003

Material: paint; plastic; fibre; metal; wood; ceramic

Catalogue Number: 104.39.1019

Description: Collection of painting tools including: an apron; 2 paint brushes; 2 plastic plates; a ceramic bowl; a nutcracker; a pair of scissors; a pallette knife; a plaster knife; and 5 cut paint tubes. All pieces are covered in oil paint.

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Title: Artist Assemblage

Date: 2001 – 2003

Material: paint; plastic; fibre; metal; wood; ceramic

Dimensions: 61.0 (apron) x 79.0 (apron) cm

Description: Collection of painting tools including: an apron; 2 paint brushes; 2 plastic plates; a ceramic bowl; a nutcracker; a pair of scissors; a pallette knife; a plaster knife; and 5 cut paint tubes. All pieces are covered in oil paint.

Subject: crafts; painting; Maureen Fair; flowers

Credit: Gift and purchased from Maureen Fair, Canmore, 2002

Catalogue Number: 104.39.1019

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Bracelet

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Date: 2001

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 103.01.1040

Description: A simple flat copper bracelet folded under .50cm at each end. “HELEN LOVE GEORGE” is crudely engraved on the outside middle.

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Title: Bracelet

Date: 2001

Material: metal

Dimensions: 2.0 x 17.7 cm

Description: A simple flat copper bracelet folded under .50cm at each end. “HELEN LOVE GEORGE” is crudely engraved on the outside middle.

Subject: households; adornment

Credit: Gift of anonymous, 2001

Catalogue Number: 103.01.1040

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Canadian Rockies and other "active best"

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Part Of: Douglas Leighton fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, waterfalls and glaciers.

Date Range: 1978; 1981 - 1983; 1987; 1988; 1990; 1993 - 1995; 1997; 1998; 2003; 2006; 2007

Reference Code: V222 / VI / C / 4 / NS - 1 to 119

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

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Part Of: Douglas Leighton fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M133; V222

Series: V222 / VI : Publication

Sous-Fonds: V222

Sub-Series: V222 / VI / C: Compiled for publication

Accession Number: 2020.24

Reference Code: V222 / VI / C / 4 / NS - 1 to 119

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1978; 1981 - 1983; 1987; 1988; 1990; 1993 - 1995; 1997; 1998; 2003; 2006; 2007

Physical Description: 119 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, waterfalls and glaciers.

Name Access: Leighton, Douglas

Subject Access: British Columbia

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia; Banff National Park; Banff; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Kootenay, BC; Yoho National Park; Jasper National Park; Cranbrook, BC; Vancouver, BC

Language: English

Creator: Douglas Leighton

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Natural resources; Environment; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Climbing Rope

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Date: 2004

Material: fibre; plastic; glue

Catalogue Number: 108.04.1154

Description: A grey fibre rope, coiled, wrapped round, and tied with a butterfly coil knot. The rope is kept from fraying and coming apart by secured ends with white adhesive tape on the tips, and black duct tape above that.

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Title: Climbing Rope

Date: 2004

Material: fibre; plastic; glue

Dimensions: 1.50 x 105.0 cm

Description: A grey fibre rope, coiled, wrapped round, and tied with a butterfly coil knot. The rope is kept from fraying and coming apart by secured ends with white adhesive tape on the tips, and black duct tape above that.

Subject: sports; mountains; climbing; Ken Jones

Credit: Gift of Bridget Jones, 2009

Catalogue Number: 108.04.1154

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Food Storage Jar

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Date: 1500 – 1600

Material: ceramic

Catalogue Number: 104.19.0045

Description: Hand thrown, flat based, urn shaped jar with neck diameter of 7.0 cm. Initially glazed with thin, dark brown glaze, then over glazed with thicker dark brown, impurities and pitting visible. Four, affixed, coil built loops at shoulder, only one of them having an opening. Red Morse label inside rim …

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Title: Food Storage Jar

Date: 1500 – 1600

Material: ceramic

Dimensions: 20.4 x 16.2 cm

Description: Hand thrown, flat based, urn shaped jar with neck diameter of 7.0 cm. Initially glazed with thin, dark brown glaze, then over glazed with thicker dark brown, impurities and pitting visible. Four, affixed, coil built loops at shoulder, only one of them having an opening. Red Morse label inside rim says "Shigaraki Omi 300 years".

Subject: households; Edward S. Morse; Edith Morse Robb

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.19.0045

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Glaciers

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Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various glaciers and surrounding regions within the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Illecillewaet Glacier (Abbott Ridge, Avalanche Crest), Peyto Glacier, Bonney Glacier, Biddle Glacier, Fay Glacier, Yoho Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Dawson…

Date Range: 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007

Reference Code: V794 / I / A / NA - 1 to NA - 165

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Negative

165 images

Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V794

Series: V794 / I : Legacy in Time

Sous-Fonds: V794

Accession Number: 2018.9008

Reference Code: V794 / I / A / NA - 1 to NA - 165

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Responsibility: Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.

Date Range: 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007

Physical Description: 165 Photographs : negatives; b&w

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various glaciers and surrounding regions within the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Illecillewaet Glacier (Abbott Ridge, Avalanche Crest), Peyto Glacier, Bonney Glacier, Biddle Glacier, Fay Glacier, Yoho Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Dawson Glacier, Bow Glacier and Daly Glacier.

Name Access: Vaux, Henry Jr.

Subject Access: Glacier; Landscapes; Scenery; Conservation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Henry Vaux Jr.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Lakes

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Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting lakes and surrounding landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, Consolation Lake, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake.

Date Range: 2002; 2008; 2010; [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010]

Reference Code: V794 / I / D / NA - 1 to NA - 75

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Negative; Photograph

75 images

Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V794

Series: V794 / I : Legacy in Time

Sous-Fonds: V794

Accession Number: 2018.9008

Reference Code: V794 / I / D / NA - 1 to NA - 75

GMD: Negative; Photograph

Responsibility: Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.

Date Range: 2002; 2008; 2010; [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010]

Physical Description: 75 Photographs: negatives; b&w

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting lakes and surrounding landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, Consolation Lake, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake.