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White and Curren families papers and photographs
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of the following series: A. Dave White Sr. papers, 1887- 1942; B. Annie White papers, 1875-1955; C. Dave (Jack) White papers, 1911- 1955; D. Clifford White notebook, ca.1915; E. John D. Curren papers, 1886- 1940; F. White-Curren family photographs, 1885-1953. Papers consist of pers…
- Date Range
- 1869 - 1958
- Reference Code
- M36 / S37 / V683 / III
- Description Level
- 2 / Sous-fonds
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 2 / Sous-fonds
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- III. White and Curren families
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Reference Code
- M36 / S37 / V683 / III
- Date Range
- 1869 - 1958
- Physical Description
- ca. 2 m of textual records (and 36 oversize items). -- ca.3100 photographs (ca.1800 negatives, ca.1300 prints, 5 albums of ca.400 prints).
- History / Biographical
- The White and Curren families of Banff, Alberta were the maternal and fraternal relatives of Peter Whyte. Dave McIntosh White, 1864- 1940, Peter Whyte's father, came to the Canadian Rockies in 1885 with the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1894 he opened a general merchandise business, the Park Store, in Banff. The success of this business resulted in expansions in 1908-1909 and in 1912-1913. For a short time, Whyte operated a similiar business in Bankhead. White was a long-time friend of the Stoney Nakoda, Annie (Curren) White, 1879-1955, emigrated to Canada from Scotland with her father, John Donaldson Curren, and a brother in 1886. They settled in Anthracite, east of Banff, where J. D. Curren operated a small coal mining business. Annie Curren married Dave White in 1901. Their children, all born in Banff, were Clifford, 1902-1964, Lila, 1903-1961, Peter, 1905-1966, and Dave Jr. (Jackie), 1908-1961. Clifford and Jack worked for the family business, Dave White and Sons.
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of the following series: A. Dave White Sr. papers, 1887- 1942; B. Annie White papers, 1875-1955; C. Dave (Jack) White papers, 1911- 1955; D. Clifford White notebook, ca.1915; E. John D. Curren papers, 1886- 1940; F. White-Curren family photographs, 1885-1953. Papers consist of personal, legal and financial papers; and records of Dave White, General Merchant, Dave White and Sons and White and Bayne Store. Pertains to Stoney Nakoda First Nations, Banff Indian Days, Highland gatherings, buildings, churches, skiing, coal and coal mines and Lake Minnewanka. Photographs consist largely of negatives and prints produced by various members of the White family, including Dave, Annie, Clifford and Jack White, pertaining to the White family members, travels, activities; the Banff-Lake Louise area; Banff events, places and people; winter sports; social events and friends, 1910- 1953, and glass negatives by J. D. Curren pertaining to Curren and White families and activities, Mount Assiniboine pack trip and Bow Valley scenes; ca.1885-1905. Also includes collected prints of family and friends, family businesses and buildings and winter sports, and albums pertaining to White and Curren families, 1885-1919 and Clifford White photographs, 1917-1921.
- Subject Access
- Banff V
- Banff - Events V
- Banff National Park
- CURREN FAMILY
- Stoney Nakoda First Nations
- White, Annie M
- White, Clifford Sr.
- WHITE, DAVE SR.
- White, Jack (Dave White Jr.)
- WHITE FAMILY
- Access Restrictions
- Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.
- Finding Aid
- Series-level outline available. Electronic database available. Photographs are described at the sub-series level only (printed inventory provides more detail than the computer inventory).
- Related Material
- Consitutes Sous-fonds III of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Forms part of Sous-fonds III of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. Photographs in this section begin with the early family portraits of David McIntosh White taken in New Brunswick and those of Annie Curren White taken in Scotland. The earliest negatives attributable to David and Annie White date ca.1908, or approximately the time they moved to their new home between Lynx Street and Bow Avenue. Most of the negatives from the first two decades of family photography are sized 8.3 x 11 cms., with the exception of what appears to be occasional experimentation with other formats, such as vest pocket and 4 x 5 Graflex, and images generated by other family members, such as J.D. Curren and the White children. This body of photography was undoubtedly initiated through the acquisition of a roll film camera on or about 1908. Judging from subject arrangement and other evidence, including shadow images of the photographer, most White family photography is attributable to Annie Curren White. There are several photographs from the collection showing her holding a camera or photographing family members, while no such photographs exist of Dave White. There can be little doubt, however, that Dave White participated in the photographic process, particularly in the period from 1910 to 1917, when there are numerous photographs of Annie and the children. On family motor trips, which began around 1917 and lasted until ca.1923, Dave and Annie's son Clifford appears to have shared photographic responsibilities. From this period on, Clifford and Annie, either one or the other, are the only family members who do not appear in group photographs. From this it is assumed that Dave White played a very minor roll as family photographer after 1918. Photographs attributable to Peter Whyte begin to appear around 1920, but most of his photography appears to be more personal than of a family record variety. None of the photographs in the early part of the collection have been attributed to Lila or Jack (Dave Jr.) White. After 1923, the point when the White children were grown and beginning to move away from home, Annie White becomes the primary family photographer. In the late 1920s she appears to have experimented with a Graflex camera for a time, but by 1930 had returned to a smaller format roll film camera. She continued to take numerous family photographs, usually group poses of her children and grandchildren, after Dave White's death in 1940 until shortly before her own passing in 1955. Also included in this section of the collection are a number of personal photographs generated by Clifford and Jackie (Dave Jr.) White. Around 1918, Clifford appears to have acquired his own camera which produced a 3 x 5 inch negative, and from that period until ca.1923, he produced many images of activities shared with friends and brothers, including a number of photographs of early ski tours and ski jumping in the Banff area. One album bears Clifford's initials on nearly all photographs, and these images match with many of the 3 x 5 inch negatives found elsewhere in the collection. Photographs attributed to Jackie (Dave Jr.) date from the late 1940s and early 1950s and may have entered the collection prior to the death of Annie White. Much of the dating of this collection from 1908 to 1920 was done by estimating the ages of various White children. Beyond that, the usual techniques were utilized, i.e. identification and dates noted on prints by family members, the depiction of specific historical events, changes in physical and cultural features, model dating of automobiles, reading of license plates, etc.
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Annotated books
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of annotated books indicating Riggall's opinions, observations or involvements
- Date Range
- 1907-[ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- M376 / 146 to 148
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- VI. Other interests series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 146 to 148
- Date Range
- 1907-[ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records (4 v.)
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of annotated books indicating Riggall's opinions, observations or involvements
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Content Details
- ITEM LIST :
- * Boone and Crockett Club / North American big game competitions, 1939; note on Riggall's chapter "Hunting the Black Bear" in North American big game, 1939
- * Gray, Prentiss N. / North American big game : official measurement records, 1934; additions of McKnight and Riggall records for bighorn sheep and black bear
- * Hornaday, William T. / Campfires in the Canadian Rockies, 1907; extensive margin notes on people, places, flora and fauna
- * White, Stewart Edward / The Mountains, 1904; some notes on trail life
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Banking records
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of: account books, 1922-1944, 6 v.; deposit books, 1943-1944, 1955-1956, 2 v.; cheque stubs, 1906-1959, ca. 1 m
- Date Range
- 1906-1959
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / C3 - 1 to 19
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- I.C. Business, legal and financial
- Sous-Fonds
- I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / C3 - 1 to 19
- Date Range
- 1906-1959
- Physical Description
- ca.1 m and 8 v. of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of: account books, 1922-1944, 6 v.; deposit books, 1943-1944, 1955-1956, 2 v.; cheque stubs, 1906-1959, ca. 1 m
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Content Details
- CONTENTS OF FOLDERS (LUX / I / C3 - 1 to 19) :
- 1 Account books, 1922-1944, 6 v.
- 2 Deposit books, 1943-1944, 1955-1956, 2 v.
- 3 Cheque stubs, 1906, 1918, 1922, 1923
- 4 Cheque stubs, 1923 Feb - 1927 June
- 5 Cheque stubs, 1927 June - 1931 Jan
- 6 Cheque stubs, 1931
- 7 Cheque stubs, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948
- 8 Cheque stubs, 1944
- 9 Cheque stubs, 1953, 1954
- 10 Cheque stubs, 1955
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- 11 Cheque stubs, 1955, 1956
- 12 Cheque stubs, 1956, 1957
- 13 Cheque stubs, 1956, 1957
- 14 Cheque stubs, 1957
- 15 Cheque stubs, 1957, 1958
- 16 Cheque stubs, 1958
- 17 Cheque stubs, 1958, 1959
- 18 Cheque stubs, 1959
- 19 Cheque stubs, 1959
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Canadian and western history research papers : Research
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of research notes relating to western Canadian history.
- Date Range
- [1869-1970]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- II.B.4. Professional : historical research
- Sous-Fonds
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278
- Date Range
- [1869-1970]
- Physical Description
- 15 cm textual material
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of research notes relating to western Canadian history.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Content Details
- LIST OF FILES (LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278 ) : * 9 research notebooks, Canadian and western history research * 1 research notebook * 9 articles: "Fort Owen - A Chronology"; "Ukrainians in Canada"; "Esterhazy - Saskatchewan's Fifty-Year Old Magyar Settlement"; "Pioneer Spirit: Kaposvar The Oldest Hungarian Colony, 1886-1926"; Comment on "Pioneer Spirit"; "Steinbach: The First Mennonite Settlement in Western Canada"; "Icelanders in Canada"; "The Church and the Pioneering Life in Scandia"; "Across the Prairies Two Centures Ago." * 1 research notebook * 1 research notebook * 0.7 cm research notes * 1 research notebook * 0.3 cm collected correspondence re Buffalo Hunt [1910-1974] * 3.0 cm collected essays, correspondence and articles[1869-1955]
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Correspondence
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Records in this sub-series consist of letters, cards, notes, and telegrams among the various Luxton, Ross, and McDougall family members.
- Date Range
- 1904-1964
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / A1
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- III.A.1. Family : Correspondence
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / A1
- Date Range
- 1904-1964
- Physical Description
- 0.2 m textual records
- Scope & Content
- Records in this sub-series consist of letters, cards, notes, and telegrams among the various Luxton, Ross, and McDougall family members.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
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Correspondence
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Records in this sub-series consist of letters, notecards and postcards. Three photographs are also included in this sub-series as they form part of the correspondence.
- Date Range
- 1888-1963
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B1
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- III.B.1. Georgina Luxton : Correspondence
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B1
- Date Range
- 1888-1963
- Physical Description
- 13 cm textual records.-- photographs: 3 prints
- Scope & Content
- Records in this sub-series consist of letters, notecards and postcards. Three photographs are also included in this sub-series as they form part of the correspondence.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
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- Processed
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Correspondence
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence with Catharine Robb Whyte, 1927-1962; chronological correspondence files, 1909-1962; and other papers, [ca.1920- ca.1930], in the form of business cards, addresses, greeting cards, and other.
- Date Range
- 1909-1962
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / B / 2 / 1875 - 1908
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs series
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / B / 2 / 1875 - 1908
- Date Range
- 1909-1962
- Physical Description
- 40 cm of textual records.
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence with Catharine Robb Whyte, 1927-1962; chronological correspondence files, 1909-1962; and other papers, [ca.1920- ca.1930], in the form of business cards, addresses, greeting cards, and other.
- Finding Aid
- File description available in printed form and through this database.
- Related Material
- Constitutes Sub-series 2 of I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed.
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Crag and Canyon newspaper accounts
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of account ledgers pertaining to advertising accounts and paper products purchases (tickets, envelopes, cards, menus, passes, etc.) of Banff businesses, organizations and individuals
- Date Range
- 1903-1913
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / C1 - 43 to 45
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- I.C. Business, legal and financial
- Sous-Fonds
- I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / C1 - 43 to 45
- Date Range
- 1903-1913
- Physical Description
- 3 v. of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of account ledgers pertaining to advertising accounts and paper products purchases (tickets, envelopes, cards, menus, passes, etc.) of Banff businesses, organizations and individuals
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
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Curio store accounts
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to purchase, inventory and sale of goods and services for Luxton's curio stores, including the Sign of the Goat. Accounts pertain mainly to the purchase, inventory and sale of a wide variety of goods including: curios, souvenirs, publications, post cards, notions, furs, skins,…
- Date Range
- 1904-1962
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / C1 / 1 to 42
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / C : Business, legal and financial
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / C1 / 1 to 42
- Date Range
- 1904-1962
- Physical Description
- 43 cm of textual records (34 v., 2.5 cm and 41 p.)
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to purchase, inventory and sale of goods and services for Luxton's curio stores, including the Sign of the Goat. Accounts pertain mainly to the purchase, inventory and sale of a wide variety of goods including: curios, souvenirs, publications, post cards, notions, furs, skins, taxidermy, trophy heads, glassware and jewellery, photographic views.
- Notes
- Volumes occasionally contain information pertaining to other businesses
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Content Details
- LIST OF VOLUMES (LUX / I / C1 - 1 to 42):
- * [Order and sales ledger], 1904-1905, 1 v. (folder 1)
- * Curio store cash book, July 24 / 05, 1905-1906, 1 v. (folder 2)
- * Book I for 1906, from April 3rd, 1906 to July 27th, 1906 : [cash and sales book], 1906, 1 v. (folder 3)
- * Book II for 1906, from July 27th, 1906 to Sept. 17th, 1906 : [cash and sales book], 1906, 1 v. (folder 4)
- * Book III for 1906, from Sept.18th, 1906 to July 8th, 1907 : [cash and sales book], 1906-1907, 1 v. (folder 5)
- * [Account ledger], 1906-1914, 1 v. Re furrier and taxidermy business (folder 6)
- * Inventory of stock returned from branch curio store, Sept.24/07, 1907, 1 v. (folder 7)
- * Stock put in branch curio store near CPR hotel, May 1907 : [stock book], 1907, 1 v. (folder 8)
- * The Branch Curio Store, Banff Alta, May 1907 : [account book], 1907, 1 v. (folder 9)
- * Banff Alta, season 1908 account book, 1908, 1 v. Re curio shop and livery business (folder 10)
- * From Jan 2nd, 1908 to Sept. 2nd, 1908 : [account book], 1908, 1 v. (folder 11)
- * Curio stock, Nov 1908 to November 1909, also stock taken Nov. 11/10 : [stock book] 1908-1912, 1 v. (folder 12)
- * Stock book from branch store, 1911-1912, 1 v. (folder 13)
- * Curio store sales book 1913, 1913-1915, 1 v. (folder 14)
- * Curio store : [account book], 1915, 1 v. (folder 15)
- * [Account book], 1917, 1 v. Re May to August 1917 (folder 16)
- * [Account book], 1917, 1 v. Re July to October 1917 (folder 17)
- * [Account book], 1917, 1 v. Re August to December 1917 (folder 18)
- * [Ledger], 1928-1933, 1 v. (folder 19) - Oversize storage
- * Inventory summary : [curio store inventory], 1932-1935, 9 p. (folder 20) - Oversize storage
- * [Account book], 1935-1942, 1 v. Re curio store accounts and personal expenses (folder 21)
- * Inventory sheets, 1935-1945, 1.5 cm. Re game heads, furs, beadwork, curios (folder 22) - Oversize storage
- * Fur dealer's record (N. K. Luxton, dealer), 1936-1944, 1 v. (folder 23)
- * Fur dealer's record, 1937, 1949, 1 v. (folder 24)
- * [Account book], 1942-1944, 1 v. Re curio store accounts (folder 25)
- * [Account ledger], 1944-1945, 1 v. Re curio store accounts (folder 26)
- *[Inventory and stock ledger], 1945-1946, 1 v. (folder 27)
- *Stock sheets, 1948-1953, 1 cm (5 sets). Sets are: April 1948 - March 1949, April 1949 - March 1950, April 1950 - March 1951, April 1951 to March 1952, April 1952 to March 1953. (folder 28, 29, 30)
- * [Account ledger], 1950-1952, 1 v. (folder 31)
- * [Account book], 1952-1953, 1 v. (folder 32)
- * [Sales ledger], 1954-1956, 1 v. (folder 33)
- * [Sales ledger], 1956-1958, 1 v. (folder 34)
- * [Expense book], 1956-1958, 1 v. (folder 35)
- * [Sales ledger], 1958, 1 v. (folder 36)
- * [Sales ledger], 1959-1960, 1 v. (folder 37)
- * Sales sheets, 1960-1962, 14p. (2 sets) (folder 38)
- * [Sales ledger], 1960-1961, 1 v. (folder 39)
- * [Expense and inventory ledger], 1961, 1 v. (folder 40)
- * Stoney Indians 1961 received : [account sheets], 1961, 2 p. (folder 41) - Oversize storage
- * Inventory : [account sheets], before 1962, 16p. (3 sets). Appears to pertain to native arts, goods and supplies. One set is titled "Fort St. James" (folder 42)
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs of Norman Luxton with dogs, dog portraits, views in front of Trading Post, breeding information and licenses
- Date Range
- [between 1904 and 1962]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D1 - 11, 12
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Negative
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- I.D.1. Personal and professional : Personal and family life
- Sous-Fonds
- I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D1 - 11, 12
- Date Range
- [between 1904 and 1962]
- Physical Description
- ca.205 photographs (ca.95 prints, ca.110 negatives). -- .5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs of Norman Luxton with dogs, dog portraits, views in front of Trading Post, breeding information and licenses
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Dogs
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- N/A
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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