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Castle Mountain Battle

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Part Of
Dorothy Wardle fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 127 pages of compiled research, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H28 cm x W21.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the renaming of Castle Mountain to Mt. Eisenhower in 1946 under the William Lyon Mackenzie King administration and the restoration of the Castle name in 1975-1976…
Date Range
ca.1946 - 1987
1946
1975
1987
Reference Code
M521 / I / A / 1-2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Newspaper clipping
Government record
Part Of
Dorothy Wardle fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M521 / V75
Series
M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers
Sous-Fonds
M521
Sub-Series
M521 / I / A : Research and Writing
Accession Number
5391
7504
Reference Code
M521 / I / A / 1-2
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Newspaper clipping
Government record
Date Range
ca.1946 - 1987
1946
1975
1987
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records (127 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
Freeman Keyte was a scientist originally from Ontario who was living in Calgary at the time when Castle Mountain was renamed to Mt. Eisenhower. He argued for the Castle name to be reinstated and communicated with the Geographic Board of Alberta, Members of Parliament, and the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names.
Scope & Content
File consists of 127 pages of compiled research, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H28 cm x W21.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the renaming of Castle Mountain to Mt. Eisenhower in 1946 under the William Lyon Mackenzie King administration and the restoration of the Castle name in 1975-1976. File includes photocopies of government records, newspaper clippings, and other research compiled by Freeman Keyte. It also includes handwritten correspondence between Dorothy and Freeman, Dorothy and Ted Hart, and newspaper clippings that were collected by Dorothy.
Notes
On March 12, 1980, Freeman sent a copy of his findings in a 113-page binder to Dorothy, who then gifted it to the Whyte Museum in 1987.
Included a photocopy of the letter from Dorothy to Ted Hart. The photocopy was discarded. Dorothy filed the original with Freeman's compilation of research as represented in this file.
Records from accn.7504 were filed in an envelope titled, "The Castle Mountain Battle (from Castle to Eisenhower & back to Castle."
Name Access
Wardle, Dorothy
Keyte, Freeman
Hart, E. J. (Ted)
Subject Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Calgary Herald
Geography
Government
Mountains
Newspaper
Politics
Research
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Alberta
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Castle Mountain
Language
English
Creator
Wardle, Dorothy
Keyte, Freeman
Category
Government
Natural resources
Politics
Biographical Source Notes
Rayburn, Alan. Naming Canada: Stories About Place Names from Canadian Geographic. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Title was written on an envelope containing these materials
Processing Status
Processed
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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15029
Part Of
Elliott Barnes fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to various locations, trips and people; most unidentified
Date Range
1905-1911
Reference Code
V48 / I / A / NA - 381 to 418, 495
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Film
Negative
Transparency
  35 images  
Part Of
Elliott Barnes fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
V48
Series
I.A. Negatives : Film
Sous-Fonds
V48
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V48 / I / A / NA - 381 to 418, 495
GMD
Film
Negative
Transparency
Date Range
1905-1911
Physical Description
39 photographs : negatives, film
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to various locations, trips and people; most unidentified
Notes
Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
381 Paradise Valley and creek, [1907?]
382 Men in camp, [1907?]
383 Men packing horse camp near Castle Mountain, [1907?]
384 Horse (Grace), [ca.1906]
385 Horse (Grace) on Badger Pass, [1906?]
386 Horses at Hillsdale, [1907?]
387 Man eating by tent, [1907?]
388 Boatman
389 Hunters
390 Hunter with dogs
391 Elliott Barnes hunting, 1910 or 1911
392 Man on rock
393 Man and women, Alaska coast, 1907
394 Woman in yard
395 Woman in trees
396 River and canyon, [1907?]
397, 398 Falls, [1907?]
399 Stream in winter, [1907?]
400 Stream, [1907?]
401 Lake, [1907?]
402, 403 River, [1907?]
404 Lake, [1907?]
405 Mountain, [1907?]
406 North face of Mount Temple from Paradise Valley, [1907?]
407 Man climbing up waterfall on [Johnston Creek?]
408 Waterfall on [Johnston Creek?]
409 Waterfall
410 Meadow and stream, [1907?]
411 Lake, [1907?]
412 Railroad line along [Bow River?], [1906?]
413 Forest scene in winter, [1906?]
414 [Sawback Range and Bow River?]
415 [Sawback Range?], [1906?]
416 [Elbow River at Calgary?]
417 Cabin on shore of lake, [1906?]
418 Shack
495 Chimneys at site of Rocky Mountain House, 1905
Name Access
Barnes, Elliott
Subject Access
Activities
Buildings
Camps
Cabins and shelters
Horses
Horse packing
Hunting
Landscapes
Mountains
Portrait
Waterfalls
Winter
Geographic Access
Paradise Valley
Castle Mountain
Rocky Mountain House
Banff National Park
Alberta
Canada
Access Restrictions
Access by appointment only
Language
NA
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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