topic:"military" found 44 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Boer War scrapbook, Pincher Creek obituaries and correspondence

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing two unidentified portraits of men and one family photograph, as well as collected correspondence, newspaper clippings and other documents. Content mostly pertains to the deaths of James Frederick Morden, Robert John Kerr and Ovide Smith of Pincher Creek, Al…

Date Range: 1880; 1900-1902; 1907; 1910; 1914

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6 / 13 (O.S.)

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Photograph; Print; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6 / 13 (O.S.)

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Photograph; Print; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1880; 1900-1902; 1907; 1910; 1914

Physical Description: 5.5 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 119 pages ; 24.5 x 31 cm) -- 3 photographs : 2 b&w cabinet cards and 1 b&w print ; 27.5 x 22 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing two unidentified portraits of men and one family photograph, as well as collected correspondence, newspaper clippings and other documents. Content mostly pertains to the deaths of James Frederick Morden, Robert John Kerr and Ovide Smith of Pincher Creek, Alberta while fighting in Honing Spruit, South Africa in 1900 during the Boer War. Contents include condolence letters sent to James Morden's wife, as well as various related newspaper articles and a booklet commemorating the erection of a plaque at Pincher Creek Memorial Hospital in 1902 in their honour. Scrapbook contents also include other obituary articles commemorating James Frederick Morden's father and mother, Albert Milton Morden and Sarah Morden; and Adelaide Maud Hewetson of Pincher Creek.

Notes: Scrapbook possibly compiled by James Frederick Morden's wife (name unknown).

Name Access: Morden, James Frederick; Kerr, Robert John; Smith, Ovide; Morden, Sarah; Morden, Albert Milton; Hewetson, Adelaide Maud

Subject Access: Military; War; Obituary; Memorial; History; Newspaper; Correspondence

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Pincher Creek; South Africa

Access Restrictions: Contains loose materials - handle with caution

Language: English

Category: Military

Title Source: Title based on contnts of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Brewster family collected photographs

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of collected photographs depicting Fern and Jim Brewster, as well as friends, extended family members and other unidentified individuals. Images depict local events, including Banff Indian Days and Banff Winter Carnival; a funeral ceremony, possibly for Jim Brewster; professional and …

Date Range: [ca.1900-1950]

Reference Code: V90 / VI / PA - 5 to 134

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V90; M436

Series: V90 / VI : Later acquisitions

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: 2023.09

Reference Code: V90 / VI / PA - 5 to 134

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1900-1950]

Physical Description: 130 photograph prints : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of collected photographs depicting Fern and Jim Brewster, as well as friends, extended family members and other unidentified individuals. Images depict local events, including Banff Indian Days and Banff Winter Carnival; a funeral ceremony, possibly for Jim Brewster; professional and candid portraits [mostly unidentified]; military events; views of Banff and surrounding landmarks; and related subjects.

Notes: Some photographs are annotated

Name Access: Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim

Subject Access: Family; Family and personal life; Community life; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Banff Winter Carnival; Military; Funeral

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: N/A

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure; Military; Environment; Cultural pluralism; Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Burned Photographs [unlisted- file 1 of 5]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 23 photographs pertaining to various friends and extended members of the Luxton/McDougall family. File includes images of Fred and Jean Graham's house in Calgary, Mr. [Ed?] and Mrs. Youmans, Flora McDougall, David McDougall and family, Ada Luxton, school friends of Jean (McDougall)…

Date Range: 1890-1915

Reference Code: LUX / III / C3 / PA - 80 to 102

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

42 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / C : Extended family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / C3: Other extended family

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C3 / PA - 80 to 102

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1890-1915

Physical Description: 23 photographs : b&w prints; 18 x 11 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: Harold Malloch Luxton [1884-1915] was the youngest child of parents Sarah Jane Luxton and William Fisher Luxton. Harold served as a member of the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment, 31st Battalion) during World War I, and was killed in action on December 18, 1915 at the age of 31. Harold is buried at the Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery in Belgium.

Scope & Content: File consists of 23 photographs pertaining to various friends and extended members of the Luxton/McDougall family. File includes images of Fred and Jean Graham's house in Calgary, Mr. [Ed?] and Mrs. Youmans, Flora McDougall, David McDougall and family, Ada Luxton, school friends of Jean (McDougall) Graham, and Harold [Malloch] Luxton in his Canadian Infantry uniform, 1914.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Home; Portrait; Education; School; Military; World War I

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; Morley

Language: English

Conservation: Items are stored in mylar

Category: Family and personal life; Education; Military

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/155306

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Forest Kidney personal and World War I photographs

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 framed black and white photograph [8 cm x 14 cm] depicting a child [possibly Forest Kidney] and an unnamed man, and 44 unframed black and white prints depicting Forest Kidney and friends from ca. 1916 and ca. 1920. Content pertains to Forest Kidney's military service with the 51s…

Date Range: 1895; [ca. 1916]; [ca. 1920]

Reference Code: V324 / II / A / PA - 1 to 43

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / II : Forest Kidney records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / II / A : 1895 - 1920

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / II / A / PA - 1 to 43

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1895; [ca. 1916]; [ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 45 photographs : b&w prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 framed black and white photograph [8 cm x 14 cm] depicting a child [possibly Forest Kidney] and an unnamed man, and 44 unframed black and white prints depicting Forest Kidney and friends from ca. 1916 and ca. 1920. Content pertains to Forest Kidney's military service with the 51st Battalion in Petawawa, Ontario during World War I and some images of Forest with unnamed friends in the Bow Valley post-war. Includes group photographs of the 51st Battalion and some postcard-style prints. Most individuals in photographs are not identified and most images are not dated.

Notes: Some dates are estimations provided by the Processing Archivist

Name Access: Kidney, Forest H. (Pop)

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Military; World War I; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Ontario; Petawawa; Cave and Basin; Bow Valley

Language: English

Conservation: Multiple items have been placed in mylar due to rough adhesive materials on back and/or age and fragility of items.

Category: Family and personal life; Military

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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North-West Mounted Police and Canadian Women’s Army Corps

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 photographs pertaining to the North-West Mounted Police and the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Photographs depict two officers and a horse outside of a NWMP barracks; Sergeant Major Flintoff on horseback in a residential area; and a group photograph of the No. 10 Platoon - B Compan…

Date Range: [ca.1900-1920]; 1943

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 684 to 686 (O.S.)

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

3 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I E4 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 684 to 686 (O.S.)

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1900-1920]; 1943

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w prints ; 35.5 x 26 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: The Canadian Women's Army Corps was authorized as an organization by the Canadian Government in 1941, and was officially integrated into the Canadian Army in March 1942.

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 photographs pertaining to the North-West Mounted Police and the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Photographs depict two officers and a horse outside of a NWMP barracks; Sergeant Major Flintoff on horseback in a residential area; and a group photograph of the No. 10 Platoon - B Company of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (1943). Jean Mary Ross is pictured in the group photograph.

Notes: Item LUX/I/E4/PA-685 annotated on bottom right corner; writing is faded and mostly illegible

Name Access: Ross, Jean

Subject Access: Military; Portrait; Government

Language: English

Category: Government; Military; Law and justice

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.warmuseum.ca/learn/dispatches/the-canadian-womens-army-corps-1941-1946/#tabs

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal photographs

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 53 photographs pertaining to friends and family members of Maud and Forest Kidney, mostly taken in or near Banff. Includes images of children on horseback, a postcard print dated 1922 of Solomon's Temple in Buxton [England], landscapes and views from hiking and camping trips, a pic…

Date Range: 1922; [ca. 1925 - ca. 1930]; 1929; 1937; [ca. 1939 - ca. 1945]; 1940 - 1942; 1944; [ca. 1945]

Reference Code: V324 / IV / B / PA - 56 to 108

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / B : 1921 - 1945

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / IV / B / PA - 56 to 108

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1922; [ca. 1925 - ca. 1930]; 1929; 1937; [ca. 1939 - ca. 1945]; 1940 - 1942; 1944; [ca. 1945]

Physical Description: 53 photographs : b&w prints ; 19 x 24 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 53 photographs pertaining to friends and family members of Maud and Forest Kidney, mostly taken in or near Banff. Includes images of children on horseback, a postcard print dated 1922 of Solomon's Temple in Buxton [England], landscapes and views from hiking and camping trips, a picnic with members of the Round family, numerous photos of unnamed individuals and groups [likely friends of the Woodworth and Kidney families and extended family members], and Doreen and Bill Round skiing.

Notes: Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist

Name Access: Round, Doreen; MacAulay, Ted; Georgeson, Jimmy; Dyer, Ron; Dyer, Orme; Barker, Allan; Barker, Walter; Wilson, John; Woodworth, Joe; Atick, Jessie; McCormick, Katy; McDonald, Cecil; Woodworth, Ethel; Kidney, Maude; King, Fred; Round, F. W. E. (Bill), Jr.; Round, Elsie (Espeth)

Subject Access: Family; Family and personal life; Winter; Winter sports; Skiing; World War II; Military; Animals; Horses; Hiking; Deer; Camping; Children; Picnics and picnicking

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Maine; Portland; United States of America; Mount Wilson; Buxton; England

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Water-damaged item has been placed in mylar

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure; Military

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Portrait folders

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 portrait photographs, one of which is hand-coloured. Content pertains to Charles and Hilda Thom on their wedding day, an unidentified boy and girl, World War I Pilot Officer Wallace Kelly, Mary A. Deegan, and Karin MacAulay.

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1914 - ca. 1918]; [ca. 1925 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1945]

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 13 to 18

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V24

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 13 to 18

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1914 - ca. 1918]; [ca. 1925 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1945]

Physical Description: 6 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 18.5 x 27 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 portrait photographs, one of which is hand-coloured. Content pertains to Charles and Hilda Thom on their wedding day, an unidentified boy and girl, World War I Pilot Officer Wallace Kelly, Mary A. Deegan, and Karin MacAulay.

Notes: Dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.

Name Access: Thom, Charles; Thom, Hilda; Kelly, Wallace; Deegan, Mary; MacAulay, Karin

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Portrait; Military; World War I; Children

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Military

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Woodworth family and friends, Brett family

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 19 photograph prints, most printed or matted onto thicker paper backings. Content pertains to a World War I group photograph; family photos; friends at the Cave and Basin, swimming; the Brett family; Billie and Margaret Simpson; printed photo slides of Banff, Lake Louise, and the B…

Date Range: 1895; [ca. 1900]; 1909 - 1911; 1916; 1917

Reference Code: V324 / IV / A / PA - 73 to 91

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / IV / A / PA - 73 to 91

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1895; [ca. 1900]; 1909 - 1911; 1916; 1917

Physical Description: 19 photographs : b&w prints ; 22 x 26.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 19 photograph prints, most printed or matted onto thicker paper backings. Content pertains to a World War I group photograph; family photos; friends at the Cave and Basin, swimming; the Brett family; Billie and Margaret Simpson; printed photo slides of Banff, Lake Louise, and the Bow River; and early school and community group portraits in Banff, one of which has attached annotations/notes. Some items are annotated on back.

Notes: Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist based on context and format of individual photographs.; All items [excluding item V324/IV/A/PA-81, image with attached typed notes] are from accession 2016.8581; Item V324/IV/A/PA-81 is from accession 3109

Name Access: Woodworth, Ben; Woodworth, Maude; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Margaret; Scarth, W.H.; Brett, Reginald H. (Harry); Brett, Robert G.; Morgan, Bill; Cunningham, Ina; Larkin, Benny; Mansell, Marie; Woodworth, Fred

Subject Access: Military; World War I; Horses; Family and personal life; Travel; Animals; Children; Buffalo; Bison; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Cave and Basin; Lake Louise; Bow River

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Military; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Woodworth family, Kidney family, friends

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 40 photographs [including some in book-style folders and one postcard print] pertaining to various members of the Woodworth and Kidney families and their friends in the Banff community. Includes images of boy scouts in Banff, skating on the Bow River, baby portraits [possibly Herb …

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; [ca. 1915 - ca. 1925]; 1933; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1944; [ca. 1950]; 1953; 1963; [ca. 1965]; 1966; 1971

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 166 to 203

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

2 images

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 166 to 203

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Ted Dinsmore, F.W. Round and Silvana

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; [ca. 1915 - ca. 1925]; 1933; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1944; [ca. 1950]; 1953; 1963; [ca. 1965]; 1966; 1971

Physical Description: 40 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 40 photographs [including some in book-style folders and one postcard print] pertaining to various members of the Woodworth and Kidney families and their friends in the Banff community. Includes images of boy scouts in Banff, skating on the Bow River, baby portraits [possibly Herb MacAulay], group photographs and individual portraits, Herb MacAulay and Jack MacAulay playing hockey, the Woodworth residence, bears by a Brewster touring bus, swimming in the Cave and Basin [Forest Kidney and friends], and a family reunion. Other named individuals include Fred and Ben Woodworth, Reverend Tom Lonsdale and Florence Lonsdale, Jack Brown, Ethel [Woodworth] Edwards, and Karin MacAulay.

Notes: Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist; File contains duplicates; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.