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Alaska to Alberta Trip Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs from Alaska, coastal north British Columbia, Edmonton, Jasper, Banff, and surrounding environs. Photographs feature ships, iceburgs, buildings, lakes, glaciers, and sled dogs.

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Reference Code: M3 / 18

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M3 / V246

Sous-Fonds: M3

Sub-Series: 2. Postcards, n.d.

Accession Number: 1036

Reference Code: M3 / 18

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (74 pages ; 31 x 32.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs from Alaska, coastal north British Columbia, Edmonton, Jasper, Banff, and surrounding environs. Photographs feature ships, iceburgs, buildings, lakes, glaciers, and sled dogs.

Subject Access: Postcards; Family and personal life; Travel

Geographic Access: Alaska; United States of America; British Columbia; Edmonton; Jasper; Lake Louise; Banff; Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Alberta to British Columbia Trip Scrapbook

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Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views from Banff west to Vancouver Island, as well as scenic views of Lethbridge, Alberta, and southern Ontario. Includes scenes from Banff, Lake Louise, Golden, Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Comox, Lethbridge, Toronto, Muskoka…

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Reference Code: M3 / 26

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Norman Bethune Sanson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M3 / V246

Sous-Fonds: M3

Sub-Series: 2. Postcards, n.d.

Accession Number: 1036

Reference Code: M3 / 26

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1909-1931, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (88 pages ; 25 x 31 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views from Banff west to Vancouver Island, as well as scenic views of Lethbridge, Alberta, and southern Ontario. Includes scenes from Banff, Lake Louise, Golden, Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Comox, Lethbridge, Toronto, Muskoka Lakes, and the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Also features photographs from the Banff menagerie.

Subject Access: Postcards; Family and personal life; Travel; Animals; Banff Zoo

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Laggan; Vancouver Island; Lethbridge; Toronto; Niagara Falls; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Kootenay National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Ontario; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff and area businesses, townsite, scenic views

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Ho…

Date Range: [ca.1890-1900]; [1896-1898]; 1904-1905; [ca.1910-1920]; 1912; 1914; [ca.1930-1935]; 1933; 1941; [ca.1950-1960]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D6 : Other activities and interests

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: PA-182 produced by Canadian Pacific

Date Range: [ca.1890-1900]; [1896-1898]; 1904-1905; [ca.1910-1920]; 1912; 1914; [ca.1930-1935]; 1933; 1941; [ca.1950-1960]

Physical Description: 50 photographs ; b&w prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Hotel and Banff Springs Hotel; the Park Museum and Information Bureau; early views of Banff Springs Hotel [1904]; Vermillion River Bungalow Camp and the Lake Louise Chalet; Paddy J. Nolan’s home [built by Norman Luxton]; a postcard print titled “Starved Bachelors Retreat Banff Alberta"; swimming at the Cave and Basin[?] and Banff Upper Hot Springs; the Crag and Canyon office [ca.1905]; Skoki Lodge; and the office of photographers Wilson and Fear [1896-1898].

Notes: Photographs LUX/I/D6c/PA-181 and 182 [depicting Wilson and Fear storefront] are copies of the same image but annotated with different dates [ca.1896 and ca.1898]. Based on context and dating of related images in Whyte Museum archives, actual image date may be closer to [ca.1894].

Material Details: LUX/I/D6c/PA-173 has three red sun-shaped stickers attached to back left corner, red ribbon attached to back right corner

Name Access: Wilson, John; Fear, George; Fear, William (Bill); Nolan, Paddy J.; Luxton, Norman; Smyth, S. A.

Subject Access: Bow River Boat House; Pack trips; Horses; Teepees; Boats; Property; Land use; Hotels; Fire; Banff Springs Hotel; Photography; Businesses; Tourism; Hot Springs; Leisure; Mountain; Newspaper; Organizations; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Vermilion Lakes; Lake Louise; Bow River; Sulphur Mountain; Cave and Basin

Language: English

Related Material: Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-163 to 168 have duplicate negative copies processed as LUX/I/D6c/NA-41 to 46

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Gun Club

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photograph prints depicting members of the Banff Gun Club, including Norman Luxton. Photographs pertain to local hunting excursions including the Lake Louise area and canyon views; interior views of the Banff Gun Club building including a fireplace built by Norman Luxton [1924]; tr…

Date Range: [ca.1920-1910]; 1924; 1927

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3d / PA - 1 to 24

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

33 images

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 / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3d / PA - 1 to 24

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1920-1910]; 1924; 1927

Physical Description: 24 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 9 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photograph prints depicting members of the Banff Gun Club, including Norman Luxton. Photographs pertain to local hunting excursions including the Lake Louise area and canyon views; interior views of the Banff Gun Club building including a fireplace built by Norman Luxton [1924]; trap shooting at a gun range in Banff; and Norman Luxton posing with pet dogs [including “Barney”], and with other Gun Club members [including L.C. Brown, W. Miller, J. Sturdy, L.C. Braken, and “McKenzie”]. Most individuals in photographs are not named.

Notes: File contains multiple duplicates; Items LUX/I/D3d/PA-1 to 17 developed by company Byron Harmon Photography; original storage envelope kept in file with prints

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Hunting; Banff Gun Club; Shooting; Membership; Club; Animals; Dogs; Recreation; Sports; Travel; Landscapes; Community life; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Lake Louise

Language: English

Related Material: Duplicate negative copies of some photographs in file processed as LUX/I/D3d/NA-1 to NA-12

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title retrieved from loose note stored in file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Gun Club photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of b&w photograph negatives pertaining to the Banff Gun Club and trap shooting. Photographs depict Banff, Lake Louise, mountain sheep, and an unidentified woman standing in a canyon.

Date Range: [between 1904 and 1940]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3d / NA-1 to NA-12

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

12 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX/ I / D : Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX/ I / D / 3 : Organizations

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3d / NA-1 to NA-12

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [between 1904 and 1940]

Physical Description: 12 photographs: negatives, b&w ; 7.5 x 4.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of b&w photograph negatives pertaining to the Banff Gun Club and trap shooting. Photographs depict Banff, Lake Louise, mountain sheep, and an unidentified woman standing in a canyon.

Subject Access: Banff Gun Club; Lake Louise; Sheep

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Lake Louise

Related Material: LUX / I / D3d PA-1 to Pa-14 contains printed photographs

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Winter Carnival Scrapbook

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Part Of: Ray Bagley fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook pertaining to the winter sports career of Bagley's niece Syd Brewster (Graves). Includes newspaper clippings, telegrams, advertisements, and pamphlets about the Banff Winter Carnival, competitive skating, and employment at the Chateau Frontenac winter sports instructors.

Date Range: 1918-1925

Reference Code: M98 / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Ray Bagley fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M98 / S2 / V37

Sous-Fonds: M98

Accession Number: 684

Reference Code: M98 / 2

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1918-1925

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (34 pages ; 21 x 28 cm)

History / Biographical: Raphel (Ray) Bagley, 1880-1973, was a rancher and guide in the Red Deer, Onion Lake and Coleman districts of Alberta, Canada. Bagley came to the Lacombe district of Alberta in 1892. He homesteaded and ranched while guiding with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and conducting private trail rides throughout the southern Rockies from Waterton Lakes National Park to Banff National Park. Bagley wrote poems on western and trail riding themes, self-publishing a volume titled "Those Other Days" in 1969.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook pertaining to the winter sports career of Bagley's niece Syd Brewster (Graves). Includes newspaper clippings, telegrams, advertisements, and pamphlets about the Banff Winter Carnival, competitive skating, and employment at the Chateau Frontenac winter sports instructors.

Subject Access: Community events; Competition; Banff Winter Carnival; Banff Winter Festival; Skating; Skiing; Ski jumping; Skiers; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Mount Norquay; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: Language is English

Conservation: Blank pages not scanned

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bill Waterworth to 1945 [Album]

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Part Of: Bill Waterworth fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a photo album pertaining to Bill Waterworth, aviation training in Calgary, family, friends, and Boy Scout trips.

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1945]

Reference Code: V176 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Bill Waterworth fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M215 / S54 / V176

Sous-Fonds: V176

Accession Number: 8012

Reference Code: V176 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1945]

Physical Description: 1 album: ca. 300 prints; b&w

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of a photo album pertaining to Bill Waterworth, aviation training in Calgary, family, friends, and Boy Scout trips.

Name Access: Waterworth, Bill; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); Wilson, Tom; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)

Subject Access: Aviation; Children; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Landscapes; Leisure; Military; Portrait; Royal Canadian Air Force; Sports, recreation and leisure; Weddings; Winter

Geographic Access: Shadow Lake; Scarab Lake; Egypt Lake; Banff; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: electronic finding aid for processed material

Creator: Waterworth, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow Valley and area

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

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

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Calgary

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of aerial view of Calgary- agricultural fields visible below - river in background

Date Range: [ca. 1926-1950]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 269

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 / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 269

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1926-1950]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of aerial view of Calgary- agricultural fields visible below - river in background

Subject Access: Aerial photography; Farmland

Geographic Access: Calgary; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Calgary

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of aerial view of Calgary - airplane wing visible in foreground

Date Range: [ca. 1926-1950]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 270

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 / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 270

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1926-1950]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of aerial view of Calgary - airplane wing visible in foreground

Subject Access: Airplanes; Aerial photography; Bow River; Farmland

Geographic Access: Calgary; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Calgary

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image aerial view of Calgary with double prop airplane in flight at centre "4" and "II272" on side of plane

Date Range: [ca. 1926-1950]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 272

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 / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 272

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1926-1950]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image aerial view of Calgary with double prop airplane in flight at centre "4" and "II272" on side of plane

Subject Access: Airplane; Aerial photography; Farmland

Geographic Access: Calgary; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Calgary Stampede

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to events at the Calgary Stampede, including a parade [ca.1925], several teepees on display, and a rodeo in 1949.

Date Range: ca.1925; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3c / PA - 33 to 49

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

20 images

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 / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3c / PA - 33 to 49

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by "Oliver, Calgary"

Date Range: ca.1925; 1949

Physical Description: 17 photographs : b&w prints ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to events at the Calgary Stampede, including a parade [ca.1925], several teepees on display, and a rodeo in 1949.

Notes: File contains duplicates

Material Details: Items LUX/I/D3c/PA-47 to 49 are stamped "COPYRIGHT OLIVER, CALGARY" below images; possibly referring to photographer William John Oliver (1887-1954)

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Oliver, W. J.

Subject Access: Calgary Stampede; Community events; Rodeo; Teepees; Recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Calgary Stampede coordinators and participants

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 photographs pertaining to the Calgary Stampede. Photographs depict Norman Luxton and other individuals involved in the coordination of the Calgary Stampede, including Fred Graham, Chief David Bearspaw, members of the Hunter and Burns families, Col. Walker, Guy Weadick and others.

Date Range: [ca.1920-1930]; 1944

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3c / PA - 1 to 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

9 images

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 / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3c / PA - 1 to 5

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Responsibility: Items LUX/I/D3c/PA-1 and 2 attributed to photographer F. Gully

Date Range: [ca.1920-1930]; 1944

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 photographs pertaining to the Calgary Stampede. Photographs depict Norman Luxton and other individuals involved in the coordination of the Calgary Stampede, including Fred Graham, Chief David Bearspaw, members of the Hunter and Burns families, Col. Walker, Guy Weadick and others.

Notes: Most individuals in photographs are not named, and items [aside from first in file] are not dated

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Hunter, Judas; Hunter, Enos; Hunter, Nat; Hunter, John; Graham, Fred; Bearspaw, David; Bearspaw, Johnny; Wildman, Dan, Sr.; Powderface, Tom; Burns, Pat; Burns, John; Webster, George; Weadick, Guy

Subject Access: Events; Public events; Calgary Stampede; Parade; Indigenous Peoples; Horses; Teepees; Construction

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Language: English

Category: Indigenous Peoples; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Rockies Album

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album by the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to ACC camps and climbs that took place during the summers of 1920 & 1921 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Banff, Sunshine, Assiniboine, Lake Louise, and Spray Lake areas, and includes black and white …

Date Range: 1920-1921

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 27

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: IV.B. Other material: photographic

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 27

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: 1920-1921

Physical Description: 1 album (98 photographs : b&w and col. ; 32.5 x 25.6 cm)

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album by the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to ACC camps and climbs that took place during the summers of 1920 & 1921 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Banff, Sunshine, Assiniboine, Lake Louise, and Spray Lake areas, and includes black and white photographs, all of which are annotated. A black leather album, it has "PHOTOGRAPHS" stamped into the top left corner of the front cover with "1920 and 1921" written in white ink below it.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Backpacking; Bow River; Bow Valley; Buildings; Camps; Castle Mountain; Climbing; Clothing and dress; Club; Environment and Nature; Glaciers; Hiking; Horses; Landscapes; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Period costume; Photography; Portrait; Scenery; scenic; Trails; Transportation; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Canmore; Alberta; Assiniboine; Assiniboine Provincial Park; Yoho National Park; British Columbia

Language: English

Finding Aid: Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material

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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CPR History

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to b&w prints of CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] hotels and trains throughout Banff National Park. Includes the 1926 fire at the Chateau Lake Louise, the Banff Springs Hotel, a train in motion on tracks, and recovery efforts after the 1910 avalanche that buried a train at Roger's Pass.

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1926]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 20

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

8 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, C : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: vi : CPR History

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 20

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1926]

Physical Description: 20 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to b&w prints of CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] hotels and trains throughout Banff National Park. Includes the 1926 fire at the Chateau Lake Louise, the Banff Springs Hotel, a train in motion on tracks, and recovery efforts after the 1910 avalanche that buried a train at Roger's Pass.

Notes: Unclear if photographs were taken by Bruno or just collected by him.

Subject Access: Avalanches; Banff Springs Hotel; Canadian Pacific Railway; Chateau Lake Louise; Fire; Hotels; Roger's Pass; Trains; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Curtiss-Wright Corp. staff and family photographs album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of…

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

203 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Associated Screen News Ltd., Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Byron Harmon

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Physical Description: 1 album (193 b&w photographs ; 20 x 25.5 cm or smaller -- 2 textual records)

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of Eleanor Luxton as a child and as an adult, group and individual portraits of mostly unidentified individuals [likely immediate and extended family and friends of Eleanor, including Norman and Georgina Luxton], unidentified children playing, images from the Calgary Stampede parade [ca. 1940s], unidentified Indigenous groups and individuals [possibly Stoney Nakoda community members during Banff Indian Days], Dr. Casey's Ranch [1944], and a family picnic. File also includes one small textual record describing a 1943 Curtiss-Wright Corporation staff event, as well as an annotated Christmas card from Ruth and Frank Neustadt [n.d.].

Notes: Some items are annotated on back; Items not in chronological or other clear order

Material Details: Album has clear plastic layer on surface of front and back covers; Green plastic stitched around border of both covers and side bindings

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Ross, George; McDougall, George; Smith, Mary; Smith, Archie; Casey, Anne Ross; Ross, Jean; Knight, Sidney S.; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; Neustadt, Ruth; Neustadt, Frank

Subject Access: Travel; Family and personal life; Businesses; Children; Community events; Picnics and picnicking; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel; Events

Geographic Access: Bermuda; Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Calgary; United States of America; New York; Arizona; Phoenix

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Loose items in album have been placed in mylar

Category: Family and personal life; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Dan McCowan Career Scrapbook

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the career of Dan McCowan. Includes entirely clippings about his photographs and lectures throughout North America.

Date Range: 1929-1941

Reference Code: M55 / 16

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M55 / V408

Series: I / D Dan McCowan : Professional activities

Sous-Fonds: M55

Accession Number: 6892

Reference Code: M55 / 16

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1929-1941

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records (49 pages ; 23 x 28 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the career of Dan McCowan. Includes entirely clippings about his photographs and lectures throughout North America.

Name Access: McCowan, Dan

Subject Access: Academics; Community events; Description and travel; Education; Environment and Nature; Events; Lecture; Newspaper; Professional and Personal Life; Public Speaking

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Education, Military, & Club Scrapbook

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Part Of: Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of academic, sports, and military newsclippings, certificates, and letters. Includes documents from Trinity College School, Ontario Militia, Alpine Club of Canada, and Royal Military College of Canada. Contains newspaper clippings, hand-written letters, certificates, pr…

Date Range: 1910-1933

Reference Code: M169 / II / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M169

Series: II Scrapbooks

Sous-Fonds: M169

Accession Number: 22000

Reference Code: M169 / II / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1910-1933

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records (103 pages ; 24.5 x 30 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of academic, sports, and military newsclippings, certificates, and letters. Includes documents from Trinity College School, Ontario Militia, Alpine Club of Canada, and Royal Military College of Canada. Contains newspaper clippings, hand-written letters, certificates, programmes, ledger pages, cartoons and sketches, telegrams, invitations, and steamliner tickets.

Name Access: Wheeler, E. O. (Edward Oliver); Wheeler, Edward Oliver

Subject Access: Academics; Accidents; Alpine Club of Canada; Art; Awards; Biographical; Cadet camp; Competition; Education; Hockey; Membership; Military; School; School athletics; Sports; University; War

Geographic Access: Calgary; Ottawa; Alberta; Ontario; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Black pages not scanned

Creator: Wheeler, Edward O.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Eleanor Luxton early childhood and family album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby…

Date Range: [ca. 1904]; [1907 or 1908]; 1908; [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]; [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1940]; 1964

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 3

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca. 1904]; [1907 or 1908]; 1908; [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]; [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1940]; 1964

Physical Description: 1 album (54 b&w prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller -- 2 newspaper clippings)

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby and young child with her parents, posing with chickens and a turkey on a farm, with other small children [unidentified] and standing by the Bow River; portrait photographs of Eleanor as a young girl [roughly ages 5 to 12 years old]; a wedding celebration [possibly that of Norman and Georgina Luxton in 1904]; and images of a pregnant woman and a man on a farm [likely Georgina Luxton and possibly her father, David McDougall, ca. 1908]

Notes: One photograph of Eleanor Luxton as a young child, posing alone and smiling in a dark dress, was moved to its current location from album LUX / III / A3 / PD - 2.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; McDougall, David; Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association

Subject Access: Animals; Children; Birds; Farmland; Property; Community events; Family and personal life; Dogs; Weddings

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Bow River; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Item has been interleaved with acid-free paper to protect photographs; Loose images have been placed in mylar; Item secured with unbleached string to prevent loose items from falling out