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Banff Indian Days camp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions16419
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Photographs. -- [ca.1940]. -- 2 photographs : prints; oversize. -- Photographs are of Banff Indian Days camp, ca.1945, by Norman Vanderlinder, Calgary; and Mount Rundle, ca.1935, by George Noble, hand-tinted. -- Gift of Carolyn Fleming, 1990. Norman Vanderlinder (b.ca.1900) was the donor's great-un…
- Date Range
- 1940 - 1945
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 5876
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 5876
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 5876
- Date Range
- 1940 - 1945
- Physical Description
- .
- Scope & Content
- Photographs. -- [ca.1940]. -- 2 photographs : prints; oversize. -- Photographs are of Banff Indian Days camp, ca.1945, by Norman Vanderlinder, Calgary; and Mount Rundle, ca.1935, by George Noble, hand-tinted. -- Gift of Carolyn Fleming, 1990. Norman Vanderlinder (b.ca.1900) was the donor's great-uncle.
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'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt.' Harry Pollard Framed Print
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- 1 framed print, black and white, titled 'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt'. Attached clear plastic pocket at back of the frame holding a biographical article about Harry Pollard (presumably the creator of the photograph).
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 9 O.S.
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Framed print
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M300 / V500 / S20
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 9 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 Framed Photograph: print; b&w
- History / Biographical
- Harry Pollard (1880 - 1968) was a famous photographer in Western Canada, who was notable for his photography of Canadian Indigenous peoples and cultures. From the Provincial Archives of Alberta: "In 1924 the Associated Screen News, a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), hired [Harry] Pollard to photograph their global ocean cruises for promotional purposes. It was this job that took him around the world 14 times".
- Scope & Content
- 1 framed print, black and white, titled 'Hermit's Hut Castle Mt'. Attached clear plastic pocket at back of the frame holding a biographical article about Harry Pollard (presumably the creator of the photograph).
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Access Restrictions
- This item is not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of its identified copyright owner(s).
- Reproduction Restrictions
- This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified copyright owner(s).
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Details.aspx?ObjectID=PR0125&dv=True&deptID=1
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"Hotel Closed" Sign
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / II / D : Personal and Family Materials : Collected Material
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)
- Physical Description
- 1 Poster/sign, printed construction paper
- Scope & Content
- Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.
- Name Access
- Morant, Ivy
- Morant, Nicholas
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Indoor Group Photo at Banff Winter Carnival
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54435
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- 12.5" x 16" silver gelatin print depicting a community gathering at the Banff Winter Carnival.
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca. 1940]
- Reference Code
- V8 /2019.37/PA-1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2019.37
- Reference Code
- V8 /2019.37/PA-1
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print; b&w
- History / Biographical
- Image is from the Banff Winter Carnival, date unknown. Many of the figures are named by the donor on an accompanying photocopy of the print.
- Scope & Content
- 12.5" x 16" silver gelatin print depicting a community gathering at the Banff Winter Carnival.
- Notes
- In addition to those named in the name access, there is also a figure identified on the photocopy as Mrs. Ferguson (first name unknown).
- Name Access
- Smith, Helen
- Wignall, Christine
- Styles, Shirley
- Squires, Joe
- Squires, Margaret
- Wielie, Honey
- Wielie, Hank
- Steeves, Kay
- Mazzilo, Shirley
- Wavier, Lila
- Smith, Harry
- Black, Alma
- Subject Access
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Community events
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
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"Light and Shadow' by W.R. Macaskill
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54226
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Black and white large framed print, titled 'Light and Shadow', of 2 sailing ships by photographer W.R. Macaskill; signed copy (no date)
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 6 O.S.
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M300 / V500 / S20
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / PC - 6 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 Framed Photograph: print; b&w
- History / Biographical
- W.R. Macaskill (1886 - 1956) was a Canadian photographer from Nova Scotia, famous for his images of schooners and other ships in the coastal Maritimes region of Canada. Macaskill was especially well known for his photographs of the Bluenose schooner.
- Scope & Content
- Black and white large framed print, titled 'Light and Shadow', of 2 sailing ships by photographer W.R. Macaskill; signed copy (no date)
- Name Access
- Macaskill, W. R.
- Subject Access
- Boating
- Ship
- Photography
- Sailing
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Nova Scotia
- Access Restrictions
- This item is not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
- Reproduction Restrictions
- This item is not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of its identified owner(s).
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Item must be stored flat to prevent strain on the frame.
- Creator
- W.R. Macaskill
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://novascotia.ca/archives/macaskill/essay.asp?Language=English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Marjorie Youhill Photograph Album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54491
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one bound album of 158 black and white photographs and one train ticket, H18.5 x W28.5 cm. Photographs pertain to travels in Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise, Yoho National Park, Kootenay National Park, and Vancouver Island. Other points of interest that are depicted in the photographs …
- Date Range
- [c.1948]
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8260 / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Private record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- 2014.8260 : Accession Number
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2014.8260
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8260 / PD - 1
- GMD
- Album
- Private record
- Date Range
- [c.1948]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (159 photographs : b&w ; 28.5 x 18.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- Marjorie Youhill, born c.1910s, was born, raised, and worked in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was a Christian Scientist, had one stepsister, and never married. Marjorie retired in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where she died at the Glengarry Hospital. She left her financial estate to Loreen Dunklee, her cousin.
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one bound album of 158 black and white photographs and one train ticket, H18.5 x W28.5 cm. Photographs pertain to travels in Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise, Yoho National Park, Kootenay National Park, and Vancouver Island. Other points of interest that are depicted in the photographs include: Banff Springs golf course, Bow Falls, Cave and Basin, Sulphur Mountain Chalet, Takakkaw Falls, and Lakes O'Hara and McArthur.
- Notes
- Album also contains a train ticket for the Canadian Pacific Railway traveling from Winnipeg to Banff, dated August 7, 1948.
- Name Access
- Youhill, Marjorie
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Golfing
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Sulphur Mountain Chalet
- Sulphur Mountain lookout
- Hiking
- Lake O'Hara region
- Cave and Basin
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Family and personal life
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canmore
- Cave and Basin
- Kootenay National Park
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Sulphur Mountain
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- Information provided on the gift agreement
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Miscellaneous views of Banff Indian Days
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Photographs. -- [ca.1900-ca.1940]. -- 13 photographs : prints. -- Miscellaneous views of Banff Indian Days, royal visits, etc. -- Gift of Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, 1972. -- In part, copies of originals in possession of Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery.
- Date Range
- ca. 1900 - ca. 1940
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 1451
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 1451
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 1451
- Date Range
- ca. 1900 - ca. 1940
- Physical Description
- .
- Scope & Content
- Photographs. -- [ca.1900-ca.1940]. -- 13 photographs : prints. -- Miscellaneous views of Banff Indian Days, royal visits, etc. -- Gift of Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, 1972. -- In part, copies of originals in possession of Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery.
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Percy Moreland May letter and photographs.
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Letter is to his daughter, Betty May, 1938, including sketch of Chinese houseboy. Photocopies include P. M. May's obituary and Google search results on his artwork. Photographic views includes: portrait of P. M. May, Banff area views (1933) and also colour print of Mt. Edith Cavell (1963) by Jo Tho…
- Date Range
- 1933-1963
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7920
- V8 / accn. 7920
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7920
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7920
- V8 / accn. 7920
- Date Range
- 1933-1963
- Physical Description
- 4 textual record ;
- 11 photographs: prints & negative
- History / Biographical
- Percy Moreland May (1886-1966) was born in Birkenhead, England and came to Canada in 1925. Visited the Rockies ca. 1933. Percy M. May had painted with A. Y. Jackson, knew Arthur Lismer and regularly exhibited his works with the Montreal Arts Club.
- Scope & Content
- Letter is to his daughter, Betty May, 1938, including sketch of Chinese houseboy. Photocopies include P. M. May's obituary and Google search results on his artwork. Photographic views includes: portrait of P. M. May, Banff area views (1933) and also colour print of Mt. Edith Cavell (1963) by Jo Thomas.
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Photograph of Banff Winter Carnival taken by Lewis Taylor.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21757
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Date Range
- ca. 1940-1944
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7917
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7917
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7917
- Date Range
- ca. 1940-1944
- Physical Description
- 1 b/w copy print.
- History / Biographical
- Lewis Taylor was a member of the RAF, stationed in Alberta during World War II.
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Photographs by Robert Hallett showing A. Y. Jackson at the Homestead Hotel (July 1946) and also with Banff School of Fine Arts students (sitting in front with A. Y. Jackson is Lorne Finkbiener of Winnipeg) at the Homestead Hotel (1945).
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21758
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- Archives General File Collection
- Date Range
- 1945-1946
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7918
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
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- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7918
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7918
- Date Range
- 1945-1946
- Physical Description
- 3 b/w negatives
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Riding High in the Canadian Rockies
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Films are "Riding High in the Canadian Rockies," pertaining to trail riding in Banff and the Rocky Mountains, camps, scenic views; and film pertaining to Banff Indian Days. -- Title based on accession record. -- Purchase from Colophon Books, Vancouver, 1980. -- Film summaries and video reference c…
- Date Range
- 1920 - 1950
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 6660
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 6660
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 6660
- Date Range
- 1920 - 1950
- Physical Description
- 2 motion pictures
- Scope & Content
- Films are "Riding High in the Canadian Rockies," pertaining to trail riding in Banff and the Rocky Mountains, camps, scenic views; and film pertaining to Banff Indian Days. -- Title based on accession record. -- Purchase from Colophon Books, Vancouver, 1980. -- Film summaries and video reference copies available.
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Stoney Nakoda family in Banff
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Photographs. -- [before 1950]. -- 2 photographs : prints. -- Stoney Nakoda family in Banff, n.d.; 3 unidentified women (on reverse: me & friends at summer school, Banff), n.d. -- Source unknown
- Date Range
- 1900 - 1950
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7226
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 7226
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7226
- Date Range
- 1900 - 1950
- Physical Description
- .
- Scope & Content
- Photographs. -- [before 1950]. -- 2 photographs : prints. -- Stoney Nakoda family in Banff, n.d.; 3 unidentified women (on reverse: me & friends at summer school, Banff), n.d. -- Source unknown
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- The passing of KAH-KEE-SEE-KOO-CHIN: The last of Canada's cannibals / by Fred A. Bagley. -- [before 1945]. -- 1 textual record (10 p.). -- Fred A. Bagley, 1858-1945, was a North West Mounted Police officer before retiring to Banff, Alberta. -- Manuscript is a dramatized account of a 1879 case invol…
- Date Range
- 1945
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 534
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 534
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 534
- Date Range
- 1945
- Physical Description
- .
- Scope & Content
- The passing of KAH-KEE-SEE-KOO-CHIN: The last of Canada's cannibals / by Fred A. Bagley. -- [before 1945]. -- 1 textual record (10 p.). -- Fred A. Bagley, 1858-1945, was a North West Mounted Police officer before retiring to Banff, Alberta. -- Manuscript is a dramatized account of a 1879 case involving a Cree First Nation man hanged for murder and cannibalization of his family at Fort Saskat- chewan in the North West Territories. Bagley guarded the prisoner. Manuscript was written many years after the crime. -- Gift of Muriel Gratz, 1969.
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- Scope & Content
- Samuel E. S. Allen papers : 1945. -- Copy made ca.1985. -- 1 textual record. -- Samuel E. S. Allen, 1874-1945, was a mountaineer from Philadelphia, U.S.A. who first visited the Rockies and Selkirks in 1891. He returned in 1893 to climb in the Lake Louise area with Walter D. Wilcox, a fellow Yale s…
- Date Range
- 1945
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 4082
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 4082
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 4082
- Date Range
- 1945
- Physical Description
- Textual Record
- Scope & Content
- Samuel E. S. Allen papers : 1945. -- Copy made ca.1985. -- 1 textual record. -- Samuel E. S. Allen, 1874-1945, was a mountaineer from Philadelphia, U.S.A. who first visited the Rockies and Selkirks in 1891. He returned in 1893 to climb in the Lake Louise area with Walter D. Wilcox, a fellow Yale student. Allen explored Paradise Valley and in subsequent years explored the Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks and Lake O'Hara regions, making numerous ascents and assigning many Stoney Nakoda names to geographic features. Soon after, his career was cut short by mental illness. -- Papers are last will and testament and probate proceedings. -- Gift of Mary Ann Kae, 1985.
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