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Luxton family fonds
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and profession…
- Date Range
- [ca.1860]-1995
- Reference Code
- LUX
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Cabinet card
- Framed print
- Negative
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX
- Accession Number
- Lux1 - EL estate, 1996
- Lux2 - Whyte Museum, 2000
- Lux3 - Glenbow Archives, 2001
- Reference Code
- LUX
- GMD
- Photograph
- Cabinet card
- Framed print
- Negative
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Eleanor Luxton archives
- Date Range
- [ca.1860]-1995
- Physical Description
- ca.32.1 m of textual records (29.3 m textual records, 47 scrapbooks) -- ca.7290 photographs (ca.5300 b&w and col. prints, ca.1915 negatives, 75 transparencies, 2 tintypes) -- 17 albums -- ca.74 cm sound recordings (29 CDs, 45 audio cassettes, 17 R120 DAT tapes, 1 VHS, 8 voicewriter discs)
- History / Biographical
- The Norman Luxton family was a prominent family in Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1904 until 1962. Daughter Eleanor Luxton maintained the family's position in the town until her death in 1995.
- Publisher and businessman Norman K. Luxton, 1876-1962, was the son of Winnipeg Free Press co-founder William Luxton. After working for the Winnipeg Free Press, Norman Luxton travelled, then joined the Calgary Herald for eight years. In 1901, he journeyed 10,000 miles on the Pacific in the dug-out canoe Tilikum. After becoming ill, Luxton abandoned the trip in Fiji and came to Banff to recuperate. The around-the-world trip was subsequently completed by his sailing partner, Capt. John Voss.
- Luxton bought Banff's Crag and Canyon newspaper in 1902 and remained as publisher until 1951. Also in 1902, he established the Sign of the Goat Curio store which specialized in Stoney Indian handicrafts and taxidermy specimens. Other significant Luxton businesses were the King Edward Hotel and Livery, Luxton Bros. insurance (with brother Louis Luxton) and the Lux Block, which included a hotel, the Lux Theatre and retail stores.
- In 1904, Norman Luxton married Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall, 1870-1965, of the pioneer missionary McDougall family of Morley, Alberta. In addition to her McDougall connections, Georgie Luxton was related by marriage to Senator George Ross. Norman and Georgie Luxton had one child, Eleanor Georgina, born in Banff in 1908.
- The Luxtons were important Banff "boosters" with involvement in numerous local organizations and events. Norman Luxton managed the Banff Indian Days from 1909 to 1950, was a founder of Banff Winter Carnival and was involved with native events at the Calgary Stampede for 25 years. In 1953, Norman established a museum to house his native artifacts. The Luxton Museum was built in co-operation with Eric Harvie of the Glenbow Foundation of Calgary. After Luxton's death, the museum continued to be managed by the Glenbow until 1992.
- Eleanor Luxton, 1908-1995, was a writer, historian, researcher, engineer, teacher and business woman. After graduating from high school in Banff in 1926, she attended the University of Alberta from 1926 until 1939, receiving degrees in history (BA '30, MA'33), a Diploma in Education (1931) and subsequent education, biology and natural history courses during the summers.
- Between 1937 and 1956, Eleanor received further degrees and certificates from studies at Garbutt Business College (Calgary), St. Stephen's College (Edmonton), Ottawa Technical High School, Havergal Ladies College (Ontario), St. George Williams College (Montreal), McGill University (Montreal) and the Banff School of Fine Arts. Subjects studied included office practices, shorthand, machine draughting, English, civil engineering (BSc '46), German, broadcast writing, management, commerce, accounting and commercial law.
- Eleanor Luxton's extensive education overlapped and preceded a long and varied professional career. Her teaching career extended from high school teacher in Alberta (Banff and Sexsmith), 1933-1940, to university lecturer in Montreal in the 1950s. During the 1940s, she worked in locomotive design for the CPR in Montreal. Beginning in 1956 and continuing until 1965, when she returned to Banff to care for her mother, Eleanor worked throughout southern Alberta as a field researcher for Calgary's Glenbow Foundation. From 1965 until her death in 1995, Eleanor remained in Banff in her family home and pursued an active career in writing and research.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and professional records, financial documents, organization and volunteer records, business and property records, scrapbooks and albums, research materials, candid and professional portraits, various collected materials, and other related content.
- Notes
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds:
- I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1880]-1962, ca. 7.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Correspondence, B. Business, financial and legal, C. Personal, D. Personal and professional, E. Collected materials.
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1890]-1995, ca. 15 m. of textual records, sound recordings and photographs in six series: A. Correspondence, B. Professional, C. Personal, D. Business, financial and legal, E. Travel and events, F. Collected materials.
- III. Luxton family sous-fonds, 1836-1972, ca.6.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Norman Luxton family series, [ca.1900-ca.1970]; B. Georgina Luxton series, [ca.1890]-1967; C. Related family series, [ca.1890]-1972; D. Other material series, 1836-1970; E. Luxton family home records [1996].
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Luxton, Georgina
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Professional and Personal Life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Research
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: electronic finding aid for processed material
- box list for unprocessed material
- Category
- Arts
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Above Geiranger Fjord, Norway
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- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.261
1 image
- Title
- Above Geiranger Fjord, Norway
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.2 x 34.7 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.261
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Above Lake O'Hara
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- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.517
1 image
- Title
- Above Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.2 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.517
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Alberta provincial trap shooting tournament
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph depicting winners of the Alberta Provincial Trap Shooting Tournament in 1934. Individuals in photograph include Norman Luxton, K.N. Leach, A.W. Scott, W.J. Muirhead and H.A. Simpson.
- Date Range
- 1934
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D2 / 19 (O.S.)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and Professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D2 : Recreation
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D2 / 19 (O.S.)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print on paper ; 31 x 38 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph depicting winners of the Alberta Provincial Trap Shooting Tournament in 1934. Individuals in photograph include Norman Luxton, K.N. Leach, A.W. Scott, W.J. Muirhead and H.A. Simpson.
- Notes
- Photograph attached to paper backing, with names and competition rankings written below photograph
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Recreation
- Sports
- Hunting
- Shooting
- Competition
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Aloha Tower, Hawaii
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- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.047
- Description
- Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen ju…
1 image
- Title
- Aloha Tower, Hawaii
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen just behind them. The sky is layers of grey and fills the upper half.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.047
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Alpine Club Cabin, Assiniboine
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- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.061
- Description
- Colour: blue. A snow scene. Two trees stand center and left reaching to the top of the picture. Another two trees grow on the right side. Between these is a snow covered log cabin. Trees can be seen vaguely in the distance. The sky behind is warm blue and fills the upper third.
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- Title
- Alpine Club Cabin, Assiniboine
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue. A snow scene. Two trees stand center and left reaching to the top of the picture. Another two trees grow on the right side. Between these is a snow covered log cabin. Trees can be seen vaguely in the distance. The sky behind is warm blue and fills the upper third.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.061
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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American art, education and culture
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of information pamphlets and a bound reference handbook. Content pertains to an exhibition at Heinz Ocean Pier in New Jersey featuring the painting "Custer's Last Rally" by artist John Mulvaney; the Kihn-Ten Eyck Art School in Stamford, Connecticut; the art collections of the Henry E.…
- Date Range
- [1900-1905]
- 1929
- 1930
- 1937
- 1955
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 49
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 49
- Date Range
- [1900-1905]
- 1929
- 1930
- 1937
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (5 items ; 15 x 30.5 cm and smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of information pamphlets and a bound reference handbook. Content pertains to an exhibition at Heinz Ocean Pier in New Jersey featuring the painting "Custer's Last Rally" by artist John Mulvaney; the Kihn-Ten Eyck Art School in Stamford, Connecticut; the art collections of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery in California; "This is the Place Monument" in Salt Lake City; and various community events and a state fair in Minot, North Dakota.
- Notes
- Handbook is signed "N.K. Luxton" inside front cover
- Name Access
- Mulvaney, John
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Advertising
- Community events
- Art
- Artist
- Painting
- Tourism
- History
- Education
- Airplane
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- New Jersey
- Connecticut
- Stamford
- California
- Salt Lake City
- Utah
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Two items placed in mylar due to staining, creasing and fragile material
- Category
- Arts
- Education
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Andalsnas Valley, Norway
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- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.260
1 image
- Title
- Andalsnas Valley, Norway
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 34.8 x 27.1 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.260
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Andalsnes, Norway
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- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.016
- Description
- Colour: grey, blue, brown. In the lower area to the left side is a brown slope. In the middle area there are three buildings; one left of center, two right of center. To the right side is a grey snow slope. Behind the houses across the picture is an abrupt rock face. Snow and rock slopes rise up to…
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- Title
- Andalsnes, Norway
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: grey, blue, brown. In the lower area to the left side is a brown slope. In the middle area there are three buildings; one left of center, two right of center. To the right side is a grey snow slope. Behind the houses across the picture is an abrupt rock face. Snow and rock slopes rise up to the left and right of it. Sky is in the upper right area.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- winter
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.016
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Andalsnes, Norway
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- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.008
- Description
- A lake is in foreground, some green foliage in immediate foreground. Houses jut out into the lake at left centre. A green mountain rises abruptly at centre left to top left with blue and white mountains to the right. A cloudy sky is top third .
1 image
- Title
- Andalsnes, Norway
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A lake is in foreground, some green foliage in immediate foreground. Houses jut out into the lake at left centre. A green mountain rises abruptly at centre left to top left with blue and white mountains to the right. A cloudy sky is top third .
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.008
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