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Tom Wilson family fonds
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members. Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed …
- Date Range
- 1861-1982
- Reference Code
- M10 / V701
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 10
- V 701
- Sous-Fonds
- M 10
- V 701
- Accession Number
- 551, 981, 1234, 1578, 1634, 2097, 3039, 7750 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M10 / V701
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1861-1982
- Physical Description
- 2 v. and 2 cm of textual records. -- ca.400 photographs : prints, copy negatives. -- 1 cm of print material
- History / Biographical
- The Wilson family were guides, outfitters and ranchers at Morley, Kootenay Plains, Banff and Nordegg, Alberta, Canada. Thomas Edmonds (Tom) Wilson, 1859- 1933, and Minnie McDougall Wilson, 1865-1936, had six children, including sons John Clark Wilson, 1888-1932, and Thomas Edmonds (Ed) Wilson, 1892-1973. Daughters were Ada, 1886-1967?, Rene, Bessie and Dora. Tom Wilson is credited with the discovery of Lake Louise in July of 1882, while working as a packer on the Canadian Pacific Railway survey through the mountains. In 1883, Wilson established his own business at Banff, Lake Louise and Field, British Columbia. After selling the business in 1904, Tom Wilson operated a horse ranch at Kootenay Plains. He later retired to Banff. Ed Wilson was born at Morley and raised in Banff. Around 1910 he began working for Brewster Trading Company at Banff and, later, Lake Louise. Just before the First World War, he moved to Nordegg, where he worked for the Bighorn Trading Company for many years.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members.
- Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed Wilson, the Wilson family, and early guiding and exploration in the Canadian Rockies (photocopy in two volumes); miscellaneous papers, 1905-1929, including a holograph speech by D. D. Galletly on the cave at Banff; letter and note re sale of horses to Frank Wellman, 1920; letters to Catharine Whyte from Ada Wilson re personal matters and Wilson family history, 1964-1965; transcripts of manuscripts by Tom Wilson and B. M. (Bess) Wilson re the CPR and tourism and 1916 pack trip Lake Louise to Kootenay Plains; letters of Col. Robert O'Hara to Tom Wilson, 1895- 1914, re Mount Assiniboine and Lake O'Hara; letter by Catharine Robb Whyte to Tom Link, 1965, re Lake O'Hara history based partly upon above material; diary, Trip to ranch by B. M. Wilson; essay, The last of the pathfinders by Dorie (Wilson) Legit; programmes, articles, clippings re Tom Wilson, 1924-1982; Eliza Edmonds certificate, 1845, and later clipping.
- Photographs pertain to outfitting and guiding activities of Tom, John and Ed Wilson, including clients, associates and trips throughout the Rocky Mountains; Wilson family, friends and associates; Stoney Indians; Kootenay Plains; Banff people and events; Banff townsite and surrounding area; Canadian Pacific Railway; Nordegg area; 1861-1930. Includes photograph of Tom Wilson at Lake Louise inscribed to A. O. Wheeler, 1932. Many of the early photographs were taken by clients of Tom Wilson. Later, after settling at Kootenay Plains, Wilson was apparently given a camera by Mary Vaux and likely took many of the Stoney Indians views. Ed Wilson was an amateur photographer and likely took most of the views of staff at Lake Louise and of Nordegg.
- Name Access
- Wilson, Ada
- Wilson, Ed
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- modern reference prints
- Creator
- Wilson, Ed
- Wilson, Tom
- Category
- 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 / Unprocessed
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Bill Waterworth fonds
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- Part Of
- Bill Waterworth fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes a framed collage, 2 photograph albums, 1 loan for copy scrapbook, and miscellaneous certificates and other ephemera. The collage consists of 14 b&w photographs of Stoney First Nations in the Kootenay Plains and Morley areas, 1877-1927. Identification of photographs include images of …
- Date Range
- [ca.1877]-2009
- Reference Code
- M215 / S54 / V176
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Framed print
- Machine-readable data file
- Photograph
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Bill Waterworth fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 215
- S 54
- V 176
- Sous-Fonds
- M 215
- S 54
- V 176
- Accession Number
- 8012, 8066
- Reference Code
- M215 / S54 / V176
- Date Range
- [ca.1877]-2009
- Physical Description
- tbd
- History / Biographical
- Bill Waterworth (1922-2009) was born on Marten Street in Mrs. Thomson's nursing home in Banff. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of 18. On September 19, 1942, Waterworth was shot down over the French coast just short of completing his 33rd mission. Waterworth avoided capture by German patrols for two weeks before being captured and taken prisoner by the Gestapo. He was sent by boxcar to a Prisoner of War camp - Stalag VIIIB/344 - in Lamsdorf, Germany where he remained for three years.
- In 1946, Bill married Bernice "Bern" Wilson (d. 2003), who was a granddaughter of Tom Wilson. Together they had three children, Lynn, Bunty, and Christie.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes a framed collage, 2 photograph albums, 1 loan for copy scrapbook, and miscellaneous certificates and other ephemera. The collage consists of 14 b&w photographs of Stoney First Nations in the Kootenay Plains and Morley areas, 1877-1927. Identification of photographs include images of John Hunter and George McLean (Chief Walking Buffalo), William Hunter, Paul Beaver, Sampson Beaver, Chief Tom Chinicka, John House, Silas Abraham, Job Beaver, Enos Hunter, Ben Kaquitts, Dan Wildman Sr., Dan Wildman Jr., Moses Hunter, Wildman boy, Enoch Wildman, Tom Kaquitts Jr., Tom Kaquitts Sr., Leebie Crawler, Tom Wilson, Morley Beaver, Nat Hunter, William and Josh Hunter, Mark Poucette, Geo. Kaquitts, Joe Peacemaker, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hunter. Photograph album belonging to Bill Waterworth pertains to aviation training in Calgary, family, friends, and Boy Scout trips and photograph album created by Bernice "Bern" Waterworth (nee Wilson) consists of friends, family, and activities such as skiing and canoeing. The digitized scrapbook is titled "A Wartime Log : A Remembrance from Home Through the Canadian Y.M.C.A.", and pertains to Bill Waterworth's experience as a POW. The original Wartime Log was digitized in 2009, and the original returned to the family.
- Name Access
- Beaver, Sampson
- McLean, George
- Waterworth, Bill
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- Indigenous Peoples
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- War
- WWII
- Access Restrictions
- Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: electronic finding aid for processed material
- Related Material
- S1 / 162 - Whyte Museum Oral History Prograamme : Bill Waterworth's Wartime Log interview with Bill Waterworth by Head Archivist E. J. (Ted) Hart, May 28, 2009
- Creator
- Waterworth, Bill
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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(L-R top) Annie House, unknown, Elizabeth Bearspaw, (bottom) Jean Hunter with children, girl on right is future Mrs. Tom Simeon
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Wapta mnûtha Wîyâbi (Big Horn Women), (L-R top) Annie House, unknown, Elizabeth Bearspaw, (bottom) Jean Hunter with children and girl on right is future Mrs. Tom Simeon.
- Date Range
- ca.1904
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC-334c
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC-334c
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- ca.1904
- Physical Description
- 1 Copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Wapta mnûtha Wîyâbi (Big Horn Women), (L-R top) Annie House, unknown, Elizabeth Bearspaw, (bottom) Jean Hunter with children and girl on right is future Mrs. Tom Simeon.
- Name Access
- Bearspaw, Elizabeth
- Hunter, Jean
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations numbers: RR 322 and RR 611
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Banff Indian Days panoramic photographs
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Files consists of panorama photographs of Banff Indian Days, largely photographs of unidentified Indigenous people, and camp at the base of Cascade Mountain. Possibly includes photos of Tom Wilson and Jack Clarke.
- Date Range
- [ca.1910s]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3a / 11
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
11 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 / D / 3 : Organizations
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3a / 11
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1910s]
- Physical Description
- 11 photograph : b&w negatives ; 30.2 x 9.8 cm
- Scope & Content
- Files consists of panorama photographs of Banff Indian Days, largely photographs of unidentified Indigenous people, and camp at the base of Cascade Mountain. Possibly includes photos of Tom Wilson and Jack Clarke.
- Notes
- Some photographs have copy prints of varying paper textures. One negative, NA - 41, has a hand-coloured print. NA - 35 is annotated "Copyright Lux Banff" and NA - 39 is annotated "Copyright Luxton Banff" NA - 36 is not in the folder.
- Name Access
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Cascade Mountain
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- 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
Electronic Resources
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Erling Strom interview
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- Date Range
- 1969
- Reference Code
- S1 / 23
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- N/A
- Reference Code
- S1 / 23
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
- Interviewer: Sue (Corless) Davies
- Date Range
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Name Access
- Albizzi, Nicholas degli
- Bagley, Jim
- Linley, Alfred
- McKinley, Mount
- Mills, Ike
- Vernon-Wood, Ruth
- Weiss, Joe
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Banff Ski Club
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Columbia Icefield
- Mount Assiniboine Lodge
- Skiing
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Flora (Crawler) McLean with baby, Elizabeth (McLean) Bearspaw, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo)
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Flora (Crawler) McLean with baby, Elizabeth (McLean) Bearspaw and George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) sat together in front of a tipi.
- Date Range
- ca.1910-1930
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 305
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M10
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 305
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- ca.1910-1930
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Flora (Crawler) McLean with baby, Elizabeth (McLean) Bearspaw and George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) sat together in front of a tipi.
- Name Access
- McLean, George
- McLean, Flora
- Bearspaw, Elizabeth
- Subject Access
- Stoney Nakoda
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 580
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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George Hunter and unidentified individual
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of George Hunter, son of John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), and unknown individual stood together next to a horse and tipi.
- Date Range
- ca.1915-1940
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 316
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M10
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 316
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- ca.1915-1940
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of George Hunter, son of John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), and unknown individual stood together next to a horse and tipi.
- Name Access
- Hunter, George
- Subject Access
- Stoney Nakoda
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 591
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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George Hunter, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of George Hunter, the father of John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), seated with a pipe in his mouth.
- Date Range
- ca.1910-1930
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 300a
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M10
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 300a
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- ca.1910-1930
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of George Hunter, the father of John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), seated with a pipe in his mouth.
- Name Access
- Hunter, George
- Subject Access
- Stoney Nakoda
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 574
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
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- Processed
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Gussie Abraham
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Gussie Abraham, Elders say Gussie pronounced with a "K" by Stoney Nakoda speakers, posed on horseback.
- Date Range
- ca.1904-1920
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 317
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M10
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 317
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- ca.1904-1920
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Gussie Abraham, Elders say Gussie pronounced with a "K" by Stoney Nakoda speakers, posed on horseback.
- Name Access
- Abraham, Gussie
- Subject Access
- Stoney Nakoda
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 592
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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