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Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60. M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Rider…
- Date Range
- ca.1908-ca.2011
- Reference Code
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Sound recording
- Lantern slide
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Sous-Fonds
- M573
- V797
- S60
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- M573 / V797 / S60
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Sound recording
- Lantern slide
- Date Range
- ca.1908-ca.2011
- Physical Description
- 26 cm of textual records.-- 109 photographs (42 prints, 67 lantern slides). -- 2 sound recordings.
- History / Biographical
- Jean Alexandra Hembroff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 5, 1908 to Walter B. Hembroff (d. 1945) and Sarah Jane Hembroff (d.1952). Jean was accepted to the MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art at the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated in 1927. She returned to Winnipeg to begin teaching courses in speech arts and drama. To establish herself, she first volunteered as the "story lady" at the Williams Avenue Public Library and quickly became known as an excellent speaker sought by many different organizations. She taught at St. Mary's Academy and the Evening Institute at the University of Manitoba, as well as offered private sessions. Many of her students used the skills they learned from Jean as they entered radio, television, politics, and business. Jean was also very active in organizing and adjucating Speech Arts festivals in Manitoba, often going to inaccessible places to give workshops. Her teaching, broadcasting, adjucating, coaching, and speaking career spanned more than 50 years. Jean was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's promotions manager to give presentations and broadcast interviews across Canada and the United States. In 1937, Jean joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and participated in their summer trail ride in the same year. For that year's issue of the Trail Rider's Bulletin Jean wrote an article - and became the first woman to ever do so. In 1938, during her lecture titled "Trail Riding in the Rockies" on January 18, 1938 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, Jean met John David (Jack) MacDonald. Jack and Jean were married on June 18, 1938, and the couple had one son, Bruce Walter James MacDonald (August 28, 1946-August 25, 2016). Jean participated in several trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail, and produced articles reflecting her experiences. Jean loved to travel and visited places all around Canada and the United States, Borneo, Tangier, Montevideo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Tonga. At the age of 102, Jean passed away on February 2, 2011 and is buried in Winnipeg.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
- M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, particularly 1937-1939). Series II: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 4 cm, 1924-2000 (including correspondence with John Murray Gibbon, former students, and attendees at various talks, as well as newspaper articles that Jean wrote about various subjects and articles of her achievements). Series III: Collected Materials and Ephemera, 3 cm, ca.1930-1950 (including a variety of collected poems and ephemera, as well as a copy of The Beaver Magazine from 1940, for which Jean wrote an article titled "On the Trail of Sir George").
- V797 consists of two series, 24.5 cm of visual records, ca.1928-1939. Series I: Photograph Prints, 3 cm, ca.1928-1939 (includes personal photographs of Jean and her family and friends as well as photographs of Jean and Jack's visit to Lake Louise in 1939). Series II: Lantern Slides, 21.5 cm, ca.1937-1939 (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1937 to Mt. Assiniboine; Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1939 to Ptarmigan Valley and Skoki; collection of trail ride songs).
- S60 consists of two sound recordings, 1 cm, 2004 and 2007 (Winnipeg at Christmas, narrated by Jean, broadcasted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
- Notes
- Lantern slides include wooden case.
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Camps
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Discovery and travel
- Discovery and exploration
- Empress Hotel
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Kananaskis Ranch
- Lake Louise
- Lantern slide
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mountain
- Organizations
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Poetry
- Scenery
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and recreation
- Sunshine area
- Trails
- Trail guides
- Tourism
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Assiniboine
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Ireland
- Kananaskis Country
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Manitoba
- Mount Assiniboine
- Rocky Mountains
- Victoria
- West Indies
- Winnipeg
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Biographical Source Notes
- Contents of the fonds
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122854759/jean-alexandra-macdonald
- https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-174851/MACDONALD_JEAN
- https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winnipeg-mb/bruce-macdonald-7064958
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Boston group at Skoki
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Catharine's Boston group on skis posed in front of Skoki Lodge - Catharine is visible on the left in a light shirt with her arms crossed
- Date Range
- 1933
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 7 / PA - 190
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 7 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Skoki Lodge and Temple Lodge
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 7 / PA - 190
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1933
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Catharine's Boston group on skis posed in front of Skoki Lodge - Catharine is visible on the left in a light shirt with her arms crossed
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Skoki Lodge
- Ski areas
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Boston group at Skoki
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Catharine's Boston group on skis posed in front of Skoki Lodge - Catharine is visible on the left in a light shirt with her arms crossed
- Date Range
- 1933
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 7 / PA - 191
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 7 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Skoki Lodge and Temple Lodge
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 7 / PA - 191
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1933
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Catharine's Boston group on skis posed in front of Skoki Lodge - Catharine is visible on the left in a light shirt with her arms crossed
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Skoki Lodge
- Ski areas
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Boston group at Skoki
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Close-up of part of Catharine's Boston group on skis posed outside Skoki Lodge - Catharine is third on the left
- Date Range
- 1933
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 7 / PA - 192
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 7 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Skoki Lodge and Temple Lodge
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 7 / PA - 192
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1933
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Close-up of part of Catharine's Boston group on skis posed outside Skoki Lodge - Catharine is third on the left
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Skoki Lodge
- Ski areas
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Boston group at Skoki
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Close-up of part of Catharine's Boston group on skis posed outside Skoki Lodge
- Date Range
- 1933
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 7 / PA - 193
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 7 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Skoki Lodge and Temple Lodge
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 7 / PA - 193
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1933
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Close-up of part of Catharine's Boston group on skis posed outside Skoki Lodge
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Skoki Lodge
- Ski areas
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Catharine Robb Whyte at Lake Louise with unidentified man]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Catharine Robb Whyte (right) at Lake Louise with unidentified man, possibly Toshida Yamaguchi
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935-1950]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 26
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 26
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935-1950]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Catharine Robb Whyte (right) at Lake Louise with unidentified man, possibly Toshida Yamaguchi
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Subject Access
- Asian
- Family and personal life
- Portrait
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Japan
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Chateau Lake Louise
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Chateau Lake Louise covered in snow from the lakeshore trail with snow-covered trees in the immediate foreground - lake is thawed
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 463
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 463
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Chateau Lake Louise covered in snow from the lakeshore trail with snow-covered trees in the immediate foreground - lake is thawed
- Subject Access
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Chateau Lake Louise
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Chateau Lake Louise covered in snow from the lakeshore trail with a snow-covered tree in the immediate foreground - lake is thawed
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 464
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 464
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Chateau Lake Louise covered in snow from the lakeshore trail with a snow-covered tree in the immediate foreground - lake is thawed
- Subject Access
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Chateau Lake Louise Tramway
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Lake Louise Tramway stopped at the platform with people sitting in seats in an open-top car - the Tramway was used to transport hotel guests from the Village to the hotel
- Date Range
- 1912-1930
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 708
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 708
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1912-1930
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Lake Louise Tramway stopped at the platform with people sitting in seats in an open-top car - the Tramway was used to transport hotel guests from the Village to the hotel
- Subject Access
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Tramway
- Trains
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Family and Friends
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 12 black and white photograph prints, 23 x 18 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean's personal photographs of various family and friends. File documents Jean and Jack's trip to Lake Louise in 1939 with their sister-in-law, Anna Cran; a portrait of Jean, aged 20-21 (ca.1928); Jean an…
- Date Range
- ca.1928-ca.1939
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V797 / I / PA - 1 to 13
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Photograph
- Private record
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / I : Photograph Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / I / PA - 1 to 13
- Date Range
- ca.1928-ca.1939
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w ; 23 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 12 black and white photograph prints, 23 x 18 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean's personal photographs of various family and friends. File documents Jean and Jack's trip to Lake Louise in 1939 with their sister-in-law, Anna Cran; a portrait of Jean, aged 20-21 (ca.1928); Jean and a friend from Washington, Lucille Tucker, at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C.; and artist, Dan McCowan.
- Notes
- Several of the photograph prints are annotated on the back.
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- McCowan, Dan
- Subject Access
- Hiking
- Family and personal life
- Artist
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Winnipeg
- Manitoba
- Banff National Park
- Lake Louise
- Victoria
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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