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- Alpine Club of Canada fonds 8
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds 5
- Kidney family fonds 3
- Luxton family fonds 3
- Soapy Smith fonds 3
- Lillian Gest fonds 2
- Archives General File Collection 1
- Brewster Transport Company Ltd. fonds 1
- Dorothy Wardle fonds 1
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds 1
- O. Kathleen Wilson fonds 1
- Underwood and Underwood Publishers fonds 1
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Alberta Hotel on Banff Avenue with a horse-drawn carriage out front
- Date Range
- [ca. 1885-1945]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 674
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 674
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1885-1945]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Alberta Hotel on Banff Avenue with a horse-drawn carriage out front
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Cascade Mountain
- Horses
- Hotels
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff and area businesses, townsite, scenic views
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Ho…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-1900]
- [1896-1898]
- 1904-1905
- [ca.1910-1920]
- 1912
- 1914
- [ca.1930-1935]
- 1933
- 1941
- [ca.1950-1960]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D6 : Other activities and interests
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182
- Responsibility
- PA-182 produced by Canadian Pacific
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-1900]
- [1896-1898]
- 1904-1905
- [ca.1910-1920]
- 1912
- 1914
- [ca.1930-1935]
- 1933
- 1941
- [ca.1950-1960]
- Physical Description
- 50 photographs ; b&w prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Hotel and Banff Springs Hotel; the Park Museum and Information Bureau; early views of Banff Springs Hotel [1904]; Vermillion River Bungalow Camp and the Lake Louise Chalet; Paddy J. Nolan’s home [built by Norman Luxton]; a postcard print titled “Starved Bachelors Retreat Banff Alberta"; swimming at the Cave and Basin[?] and Banff Upper Hot Springs; the Crag and Canyon office [ca.1905]; Skoki Lodge; and the office of photographers Wilson and Fear [1896-1898].
- Notes
- Photographs LUX/I/D6c/PA-181 and 182 [depicting Wilson and Fear storefront] are copies of the same image but annotated with different dates [ca.1896 and ca.1898]. Based on context and dating of related images in Whyte Museum archives, actual image date may be closer to [ca.1894].
- Material Details
- LUX/I/D6c/PA-173 has three red sun-shaped stickers attached to back left corner, red ribbon attached to back right corner
- Name Access
- Wilson, John
- Fear, George
- Fear, William (Bill)
- Nolan, Paddy J.
- Luxton, Norman
- Smyth, S. A.
- Subject Access
- Bow River Boat House
- Pack trips
- Horses
- Teepees
- Boats
- Property
- Land use
- Hotels
- Fire
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Photography
- Businesses
- Tourism
- Hot Springs
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Newspaper
- Organizations
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Vermilion Lakes
- Lake Louise
- Bow River
- Sulphur Mountain
- Cave and Basin
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-163 to 168 have duplicate negative copies processed as LUX/I/D6c/NA-41 to 46
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff and area landscapes, natural views
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 42 photographs pertaining to landscape views, wildlife, and hiking and horseback riding trips within Banff National Park and the surrounding area. Includes images of Goat Cave, trips through Johnston Canyon and Marble Canyon, the Banff animal paddock, CPR trains travelling through …
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-1920]
- 1921
- 1923
- ca.1930-1940]
- 1940
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / PA - 91 to 132
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- 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 / D6 : Other activities and interests
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / PA - 91 to 132
- Responsibility
- Item LUX/I/D6c/PA-129 produced by A.S. Williams
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-1920]
- 1921
- 1923
- ca.1930-1940]
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 42 photographs : b&w prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 42 photographs pertaining to landscape views, wildlife, and hiking and horseback riding trips within Banff National Park and the surrounding area. Includes images of Goat Cave, trips through Johnston Canyon and Marble Canyon, the Banff animal paddock, CPR trains travelling through the Canadian Rockies, and hoodoo rock formations. One photograph depicts unidentified riders on horseback during winter, annotated “Carnival 1923” [Banff Winter Carnival?]
- Notes
- Two individuals in photos identified by their titles and last names [“Mrs. Hutchings” and “Mr. Edwards”], but first names not confirmed
- Items PA-108 to 119 in file consist of 6 unique images and one duplicate of each image [12 photographs total]
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Wildlife
- Animals
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Hiking
- Landscapes
- Trains
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Animal Paddock
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Mountain Goat
- Geological formation
- Geology
- Elk
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Banff
- Johnston Canyon
- Marble Canyon
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff area, 50th anniversary party, family photographs
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- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 64 photographs including 2 postcard prints. Content pertains to various members of the Kidney and Woodworth families and close friends, the 50th wedding anniversary of Ulysses and Annie LaCasse in 1968, events hosted by the Order of the Eastern Star Spray Valley chapter, Maud Kidne…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- 1921
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
- 1948
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
- 1951
- 1965
- 1967 - 1970
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / E / PA - 204 to 260
- 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 / E : Maude Kidney Collection
- Accession Number
- 3109
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / E / PA - 204 to 260
- Date Range
- [ca. 1910]
- 1921
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
- 1948
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
- 1951
- 1965
- 1967 - 1970
- Physical Description
- 64 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 64 photographs including 2 postcard prints. Content pertains to various members of the Kidney and Woodworth families and close friends, the 50th wedding anniversary of Ulysses and Annie LaCasse in 1968, events hosted by the Order of the Eastern Star Spray Valley chapter, Maud Kidney's 71st birthday, social events in Calgary, and the Girls Flower Club in Banff.
- Notes
- File contains duplicates
- Some 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
- MacAulay, Herb
- Kidney, Maude
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- LaCasse, Annie
- Whyte, Catharine
- Wells, Fred
- Unwin, Vera
- Thomas, Hattie
- Peyto, Annie
- Harrison, Nellie
- Smith, Helen
- Harbidge, Violet
- Moore, Pearl
- Serra, Dante
- LaCasse, Flo
- Boyce, Jim
- Craig, Bill
- McCowan, Bill
- Dube, Arthur
- Barnes, George
- Peyto, Stan
- Peyto, Ines
- Gratz, Muriel
- Bunn, Mary
- Bunn, Bill
- Woodworth, Joe
- Woodworth, Benjamin Frederick
- Woodworth, Percy
- Lester, Ken
- Stafford, Rose
- Shaw, Ed
- Beattie, Doris
- Beattie, Florence
- Stafford, Lou
- Davidson, Minnie
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Landscapes
- Anniversary
- Community events
- Order of the Eastern Star
- Horses
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Indian Days
- Mountain
- Girls Flower Club Banff
- Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Cave and Basin
- Sulphur Mountain
- Calgary
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some photographs with large volumes of annotations in ink, and one item with adhesive residue, have been placed in mylar to prevent transference onto adjacent items in file.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff Avenue looking towards Cascade Mountain - people on horseback, the Burns Block, and the Dave White Block all visible
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1940]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 8 / PA - 656
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 8 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Banff and Area Skiing
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 8 / PA - 656
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1940]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff Avenue looking towards Cascade Mountain - people on horseback, the Burns Block, and the Dave White Block all visible
- Subject Access
- Automobiles
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Cascade Mountain
- Horses
- White Block
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Brewster Transport Company Ltd. Photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1073
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to photographs of Brewster Transport operations, buses, scenic views, other
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900-1970]
- Reference Code
- V92 / VI / PA - 1 to 705
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
27 images
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M82 / S12 / V92
- Series
- VI. Brewster Transport / Brewster-Rocky Mtn. Grayline
- Sous-Fonds
- V92
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V92 / VI / PA - 1 to 705
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900-1970]
- Physical Description
- ca.770 photographs (705 prints, ca.50 negatives, 13 transparencies) : some oversize.
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to photographs of Brewster Transport operations, buses, scenic views, other
- Notes
- Portion (67 items) were removed from binder (see V92/ PA - 649 to 705). #PA / 644-648 oversize.
- Name Access
- Brewster, Fred
- Brewster, Jim
- Brewster, Pat
- Subject Access
- Brewster Brothers
- Brewster Mountain Pack Trains
- Brewster Trading Company Ltd.
- Brewster Transport Company Ltd.
- Commerce and industry
- Commercial products
- Horses
- Garage
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access to negatives is by appointment only
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on material.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Rockies Album
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of 1 photograph album by the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to ACC camps and climbs that took place during the summers of 1920 & 1921 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Banff, Sunshine, Assiniboine, Lake Louise, and Spray Lake areas, and includes black and white …
- Date Range
- 1920-1921
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 55P / PD - 27
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- IV.B. Other material: photographic
- Sous-Fonds
- V14
- Accession Number
- 5200
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 55P / PD - 27
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1920-1921
- Physical Description
- 1 album (98 photographs : b&w and col. ; 32.5 x 25.6 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of 1 photograph album by the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to ACC camps and climbs that took place during the summers of 1920 & 1921 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Banff, Sunshine, Assiniboine, Lake Louise, and Spray Lake areas, and includes black and white photographs, all of which are annotated. A black leather album, it has "PHOTOGRAPHS" stamped into the top left corner of the front cover with "1920 and 1921" written in white ink below it.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Backpacking
- Bow River
- Bow Valley
- Buildings
- Camps
- Castle Mountain
- Climbing
- Clothing and dress
- Club
- Environment and Nature
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Horses
- Landscapes
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- Period costume
- Photography
- Portrait
- Scenery
- scenic
- Trails
- Transportation
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Alberta
- Assiniboine
- Assiniboine Provincial Park
- Yoho National Park
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Commercial postcards
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- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are a…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
- 1912 - 1916
- 1922
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / E / PG - 1 to 20
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- 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 / PG - 1 to 20
- GMD
- Postcard
- Responsibility
- Produced by Byron Harmon, V & Sons, Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd., Vancouver, George Noble, Novelty Mfg. Co. Ltd., Montreal
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]
- 1912 - 1916
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 20 postcards : b&w and col. ; 14 x 9 cm and 13.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 20 commercial postcards, mostly produced by Byron Harmon, of Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Content pertains to winter sports (hockey, snowshoeing, skiing, curling, ski jumping, etc.), wildlife, the town of Banff and some locations in Eastern British Columbia. Some postcards are annotated with dates/brief details. One postcard dated 1913 contains letter addressed to Flora Woodworth from her cousin, Mary Woodworth, with stamp affixed [see "Full Text"].
- Notes
- Some 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
- Harmon, Byron
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Sports
- Winter sports
- Hockey
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Mountain
- Landscapes
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Animals
- Bears
- Hunting
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Hotel
- Ice sculpture
- Horses
- Ski jumping
- Children
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- British Columbia
- Field
- Bow River
- Glacier
- Cascade Mountain
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Heavily annotated postcard with affixed stamp [item V324 / IV / E / PG - 12] has been placed in mylar to prevent ink transfer.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1925, Lake Louise to Jasper and Return with side trip to Mount Robson
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1925 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. The trip, carried out on horseback, began at Robson Pass and worked north to Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park before returning to Lake Louise. Photographs from Bow Pass show 18 inches…
- Date Range
- 1925
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph albums
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 4
- Date Range
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 1 album (475 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 14.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1925 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. The trip, carried out on horseback, began at Robson Pass and worked north to Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park before returning to Lake Louise. Photographs from Bow Pass show 18 inches of snow on the ground, August 22, 1925. Also includes photographs from a side trip to Mount Robson, enlargements, and greeting cards with trip photographs from Florence Dibell Bartlett, Caroline Hinman, Mary Goddard Potter, and Samuel C. Edmonds. Inserts pertain to the greeting card from Samuel C. Edmonds and the overview/advertisement for the 1925 trip that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing route, expectations, and prices.
- Notes
- Please note: language used pertaining to First Nations included herein is outdated and offensive. Blank pages not scanned Inserts free floating with album
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Camping
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Climbing
- Coyote
- Dogs
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Horse packing
- Indigenous Peoples
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountain Goat
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Transportation
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Paradise Valley
- Saskatchewan River
- Castleguard Meadows
- Thompson Pass
- Banff National Park
- Maligne Lake
- Medicine Lake
- Nigel Pass
- Jasper National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Kanada 1927 Photo Album
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927. Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, h…
- Date Range
- 1927
- Reference Code
- V8 / PD / 2020.04
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- Accession number : 2020.04
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2020.04
- Reference Code
- V8 / PD / 2020.04
- Date Range
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 432 photographs : b&w ; 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- Dimitri Georgevitch de Leuchtenberg (1898-1972), Duke of Leuchtenberg was a member of the Franco-Russian Beauharnais house. In 1927 the Marquis Nicholas degli Albizzi invited Dimitri and his wife Catherine (1900-1991) to join him for the summer at the cabin he had subleased from A.O. Wheeler at Mount Assiniboine. Albizzi and Dimitri were cousins. The Duke and Duchess de Leuchtenberg lived in Germany following the Russian Civil War and in 1931 began annual winter trips to Quebec to visit Albizzi and his new winter sports station in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in the Laurentians mountains in Quebec. The Duke worked for Albizzi as a ski school instructor. In 1937 he was chosen to be a member of the Canadian Ski School Committee and in 1938 was a founding member of the Ski Instructor's Alliance. In 1939 the Duke de Leuchtenberg bought the Saint-Sauveur station from Albizzi and moved his family permanently to Quebec, Canada.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927. Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, hiking up Mount Assiniboine, swimming and boating on Lake Magog, horses, camping, and other leisure activies.
- Notes
- The album is titled "Kanada 1927" with a photo of Mount Assiniboine on the first page. Not all of the photos in the album are captioned, some are captioned partially or entriely in Russian. Frequently used names in captions: Duma = Dimitri Kata = Catherine Kora = Albizzi Translated version of album captions available in Chic Scott fonds (see "Related Material")
- Subject Access
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Boats
- Brewster Mountain Pack Trains
- Cabins
- Cross-country skiing
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Glaciers
- Guide
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Leisure
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine Lodge
- Mountaineering
- Swimming
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Lake Magog
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Russian
- Related Material
- Translation of album captions located in Chic Scott fonds (M57/S47/V40), donated as part of accn. 2021.15
- Biographical Source Notes
- http://www.royalhistorian.com/how-a-romanov-duke-popularized-skiing-in-quebecs-laurentian-mountains/
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitri_Georgevitch_de_Leuchtenberg
- Lytton Gooch, Jane. Mount Assiniboine: Images in Art. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 2007. pg. 37-38.
- Title Source
- Original title in album
- Processing Status
- Processed
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