topic:"Education" found 2 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

History / Biographical: The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.

Scope & Content: Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Education; Tourism; Travel and Exploration; Trains

Biographical Source Notes: https://cpconnectingcanada.ca/#building-the-railway

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Scope & Content: File consists of 25 photographs [most loose, some with matboards/backings, one in book-style folder]. Content pertains mostly to natural landscapes, plants, wildlife, mountain scenes, etc. in the Canadian Rockies. Other photographs pertain to 1912 Banff Midgets hockey team, RCMP officers, Jack Kidn…

Scope & Content: File consists of 25 photographs [most loose, some with matboards/backings, one in book-style folder]. Content pertains mostly to natural landscapes, plants, wildlife, mountain scenes, etc. in the Canadian Rockies. Other photographs pertain to 1912 Banff Midgets hockey team, RCMP officers, Jack Kidney and friends [ca. 1935], Freddie Hare visiting Forest Kidney at Mineral Springs Hospital in 1978, an ice sculpture by Charlie Beil outside of the Mount Royal Hotel, an early elementary school class photograph [ca. 1900?], and Fred Woodworth's World War I memorial in Ypres.

Notes: 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.

Name Access: Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Woodworth, Fred; Dalgleish, Harry; Brewster, Pat; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Dalgleish, Aubrey; MacDonald, Archie; Woodworth, Percy; Sibbald, Hugh; Alexander, Bobby; MacAulay, Jack; Crosby, Rob; Edwards, Rupe; Locke, Gerald; Edwards, Chess; Beil, Charlie

Subject Access: Sports; Hockey; Ice sculpture; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Horses; Mountain; Animals; Moose; Mineral Springs Hospital; School; Children; World War I; Memorial

Conservation: Some items have been placed in mylar sleeves or interleaved with acid-free paper to prevent surface damage

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

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