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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 99 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, black binding tape, and red dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides also have paper labels adhered to the glass noting the original title and Reel location - all slides in thi…
- Date Range
- 1943-1947
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - G1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Transparency
99 images
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.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - G1
- GMD
- Film
- Transparency
- Parallel Title
- G1. Dark bindings, red dots. -- 1943-1947
- Date Range
- 1943-1947
- Physical Description
- 99 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 99 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, black binding tape, and red dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides also have paper labels adhered to the glass noting the original title and Reel location - all slides in this collection have been pulled from various Reels taken by Lillian Gest from trips between 1943 and 1947. Their removal is noted in the slide title notebook SL I (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Topics include images pertaining to the Canadian Rockies, Banff and area, camps and hikes, wildlife, flora, friends and associates. Titles: 1. Three Sisters R93-1 2. Juncture Bow & Spray R. R84-13 3. Banff Ave & Gardens 89-5 4. Gardens - Mt Rundle 107-34 5. Poppies & Mt Cascade 82-9 6. [Poppies & Mt Cascade] 108-14 7. [Poppies & Mt Cascade] 108-10 8. Summer house in Gardens 108-8 9. Sunshine Recorder 108-15 10. From Healy Creek Road 92-18 11. Beaver Dam 85-18 12. Cow Moose at Stream 43-3 13. [Cow Moose] n. highway 43-4 14. [Cow Moose] and calf 92-6 15. [Cow Moose] in Vermillion Lake 92-9 16. Two moose & calf 92-6 17. Moose – Mt Rundle 92-7 18. Sheep in Paddock 110-8 19. [Sheep in Paddock] 110-9 20. Fawn (dan) 21. Doe and fawn 113-30 22. Polly at Norquay Hut 70-20 23. L.G on Rundle Ridge 89-4 24. Mary Read on Sulphur Mt. 85-17 25. Banff & Lakes fr. Tunnel Mt 113-6 26. [Banff] Springs Hotel [fr. Tunnel] 133-5 27. Party on Sulphur Mt. 85-14 28. Emmie [on Sulphur Mt.] 85-16 29. Caroline at [Sulphur Mt.] Hut 109-4 30. Ram on Sulphur Mt. 79-4 31. [Ram on Sulphur Mt.] 79-7 32. Indigenous Chiefs 57-1 33. Indigenous woman on horseback 57-2 34. Indigenous Boy on horseback 57-12 35. Indigenous Encampment 58-8 36. Indigenous Encampment 58-7 37. Trail-Riders Fatigue Pass 88-12 38. [Trail-Riders] down [Fatigue Pass] 88-18 39. [Trail-Riders] on Skyline 88-16 40. [Trail-Riders] cross Brewster Ck. 88-8 41. Skyline Hikers Camp 96-18 42. [Skyline Hikers Camp] 96-14 43. Tepees and Mt. Cathedral 97-15 44. Lake Louise – poppies – horses 101-27 45. [Lake] O’Hara fr. Plateau 98-11 46. Opabin Lake & meadows 55-9 47. Whistling Marmot 102-8 48. Ptarmigan 55-7 49. Twin Falls 52-13 50. Forest Fire 33-3 51. View up Consolation Valley 71-5 [MISSING] 52. David Woods & gopher hole 104-21 53. [David Woods & gopher hole] 104-22 54. Rock Rabbit & Lake Louise 83-11 55. Chalice cup 81-6 56. Dryas by rock 53-9 57. Alpine savifrage 96-6 58. Hare’s Tail sedge 83-3 59. Delphiniums & butterflies 47-1 60. Just a Trail 75-11 61. Mt. Athabaska 42-18 62. Num-Ti-Gah Lodge – Bow L. 107-15 63. Kay – glacial Lake below Nich. Pk. 107-14 64. L.G at Lake Kimetonk 106-5 65. Witty on Paradise Pk. 86-17 66. Alpine Party on Mt. Bell 72-8 67. From Mt. Odaray 56-15 68. On Forbes glacier 37-9 69. [On Forbes] Trip 37-12 70. [On] ridge Mt. Temple 95-8 71. Christ on Mt. Chris 35-3 72. Climbers slopes of Astley 113-14 73. Summit Mt. Astley 113-22 74. Bugaboo Camp fr. Stream 104-3 75. [Bugaboo] Peaks fr. campfire 104-1 76. [Bugaboo] Ken & Don 104-2 77. [Bugaboo] Mens Tents 104-24 78. [Bugaboo] Sunday Service 104-20 79. [Bugaboo] Sunday Service 104-19 80. [Bugaboo] Quintet No 3 104-10 81. [Bugaboo Quintet] No 3 & moon 104-7 82. Party en route to No 3 104-10 83. Rope on four – Quintet 104-13 84. Brad on Quintet 104-15 85. View fr. [Quintet] No 2 104-11 86. Poll, Mary, Brad – Summit 104-14 87. Party on rocks – Ascent 104-12 88. [Party on rocks] – descent 104-16 89. Three Climbers for Pigeon 104-23 90. Glacier Tour 105-5 91. [Glacier Tour] 105-2 92. Cliffs at Snowpatch 104-26 93. Rex cuts steps 105-6 94. [Rex cuts steps] nearer 104-32 95. Ronny Feuz 99-9 96. In Buttercup Meadow 53-3 97. C.H Waterton Lake 123-9 98. L.G [Waterton Lake] 122-22 99. BHG – Browne living room 78-13 100. Rainbow Emerald Lake 106-8
- Notes
- This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material. Slide numbering and titles as originally organized, as noted on a title list adhered to the inside of the box lid.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Read, Mary
- Hinman, Caroline
- Woods, David
- Feuz, Ronny
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Administration
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Automobiles
- Backpacking
- Banff Indian Days
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Climbing
- Club
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- Fishing
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Glaciers
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horses
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Landscapes
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- National parks and reserves
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Organizations
- Outfitters
- Pack trips
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Recreation
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Stoney Nakoda
- Swiss Guides
- Tourism
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Trails
- Travel
- Wildlife
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Lake O'Hara
- Lake Louise
- Emerald Lake
- Waterton
- Waterton National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from original box and rehoused in slide sleeves and acid-free folders. Locate missing slide.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Loose trail riders album photographs
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 black and white photographs pertaining to trail ride(s) ca. 1940 - ca. 1945 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Photographs may originally have been part of an album produced by Jeanne Nelson in 1943.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PA - 155 to 178
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / I : Events and Activities
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PA - 155 to 178
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : b&w prints ; 8.5 x 6 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 black and white photographs pertaining to trail ride(s) ca. 1940 - ca. 1945 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Photographs may originally have been part of an album produced by Jeanne Nelson in 1943.
- Notes
- Possibly related to album V635 / I / PD - 2
- Subject Access
- Trails
- Travel
- Mountain
- Landscapes
- Packing
- Horses
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Individual photographs have tape on reverse, possibly separated from an album. Tape may need to be removed in the future if it poses a physical risk to the photographs.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Miscellaneous and Collected Materials
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 11.5 cm of textual records, 32 x 42 cm or smaller. Records include: Book of Common Prayer (1872); The Pocket Cook Book by Elizabeth Woody (1942); Guide to Marks of Origin on British and Irish Silver Plate from mid-16th Century to the Year 1943 and Old Sheffield Plate Makers' Marks,…
- Date Range
- 1872-1986
- 1872
- 1911
- 1920
- 1928
- 1934-1935
- 1939
- 1942-1943
- 1950
- 1977
- 1986
- Reference Code
- M521 / II / C / 1-6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Newspaper clipping
- Organization record
- Published record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- M521 / II : Wardle Family
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- Sub-Series
- M521 / II / C : Miscellaneous and Collected Materials
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / II / C / 1-6
- Date Range
- 1872-1986
- 1872
- 1911
- 1920
- 1928
- 1934-1935
- 1939
- 1942-1943
- 1950
- 1977
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 11.5 cm of textual records (32 x 42 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 11.5 cm of textual records, 32 x 42 cm or smaller. Records include: Book of Common Prayer (1872); The Pocket Cook Book by Elizabeth Woody (1942); Guide to Marks of Origin on British and Irish Silver Plate from mid-16th Century to the Year 1943 and Old Sheffield Plate Makers' Marks, 1743-1860 (1943); four booklets related to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies (1934-1950); a booklet titled "Sir George Simpson Centennial Celebration" (1928); an assortment of recipes; "The Margaret P. Hess Collection" booklet published by the University of Calgary (1977) and a related Calgary Herald newspaper clipping (1986); one Carl Rungius postcard; and six miscellaneous postcards depicting a former school teacher of Leette Wardle (1911), James Wardle at the Cave and Basin (1920), the Wardles in San Francisco (n.d.), two unidentified men (n.d.), and visitors to the Banff Springs Hotel (n.d.).
- Notes
- Book of Common Prayer inscribed with: “Martha Morey, November 4, 1872. New Westminster, BC. From her mother.” It belonged to James Wardle's mother.
- The Pocket Cook Book contains annotations and written notes tucked in among the pages of the book.
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies booklets kept because the Wardles participated in trail rides and there are photos/mentions of James and Dorothy, and possibly Leette.
- The "Sir George Simpson Centennial Celebration" booklet contains a photograph print between pages 32 and 33.
- Some of the postcards are annotated on the back, specifically the postcard depicting the Banff Springs Hotel which is addressed to Dorothy.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Simpson, George
- Rungius, Carl
- Subject Access
- Hiking
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Artist
- Art
- Leisure
- Recreation
- Religions
- Calgary Herald
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Cave and Basin
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- San Francisco
- United States
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Religions
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mount Assiniboine Trail Ride Album (1943)
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- Scope & Content
- One photograph album containing 111 b&w photographs. Content pertains to a July-August 1943 trip with Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies which included multiple locations: Banff, Canmore, Spray Lakes, Wonder Pass, Mount Assiniboine, Simpson Summit, Larix Lake, Citadel Pass and Healy Creek. Second…
- Date Range
- 1943
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PD - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / I : Events and Activities
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PD - 2
- Responsibility
- Created by Jeanne Nelson of Calgary (?)
- Date Range
- 1943
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (111 prints)
- Scope & Content
- One photograph album containing 111 b&w photographs. Content pertains to a July-August 1943 trip with Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies which included multiple locations: Banff, Canmore, Spray Lakes, Wonder Pass, Mount Assiniboine, Simpson Summit, Larix Lake, Citadel Pass and Healy Creek. Second half of album pertains to Sky Line Hike Camp trip through Goat Creek and Spray River in August, 1943. Photographs depict group shots of riders on horseback and individuals hiking, swimming, scenic views of mountains, lakes, etc., portraits/individual shots of trip attendees, and views of teepees and campsites. Album also contains 3 newspaper clippings with articles related to trips, Trail Riders ticket for Miss Jeanne Nelson (July 30th - August 3rd, 1943) and 2 small booklets (one pertaining to each of two trips depicted in album). Pamphlet for Trail Riders packing trip is covered in signatures of trip attendees. Photos depict individuals including Carl Rungius, Jeanne Nelson, Wilf Bennett, Jean Stewart, and Peggy Robinson.
- Notes
- Possibly related to photographs in file V635 / I / PA - 155 to 178
- Name Access
- Nelson, Jeanne
- Subject Access
- Camping
- Hiking
- Travel
- Mountain
- Lake
- Horses
- Swimming
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canmore
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Interleave pages with acid-free tissue paper to prevent further deterioration of photographs. Consider replacing metal spiral binding in the future if rusting becomes a risk to rest of album.
- Creator
- Jeanne Nelson (?)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal Trip Diaries
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1940-1947 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 2 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 40 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken to Jasper Park Lodge, G…
- Date Range
- 1940-1947
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 2 - 1 to 2 - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
6 images
7 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i. Diaries
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 2 - 1 to 2 - 6
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1940-1947
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11.5 x 18 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1940-1947 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 2 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 40 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken to Jasper Park Lodge, Glacier Lake Camp, the Icefields Chalet, and Emerald Lake during the summer of 1940. Includes details of movies and photographs taken at the back of the diary. M67 / 2 - 2 : black leather diary, dated 41 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips to the Chateau Lake Louise. Twin Falls, and Emerald Lake taken during the summer of 1941. At least part of the summer was spent attending a motor car tour organized by Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of names and addresses of other people who attended Hinman's tour, as well as details on milage and on films and photographs taken. M67 / 2 - 3 : black plastic 6-ring diary. Pertains to a collection of trip notes, mostly trips throughout the Canadian Rockies, from summer 1942 to summer 1945. Mostly consists of place names, people, and trip highlights - not much detail. M67 / 2 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 42 43 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to Alpine Club of Canada Camp at Consolation Lakes (July 19-24) and a stay at Deer Lodge at Lake Louise (Aug 16-22) in 1942, an informal ACC Camp at Lake O'Hara and a stay at Deer Lodge (Aug 16-18). For both summers she notes "In Browne House, Banff" which possibly could have been a home available for rent. Also includes details pertaining to the various costs of the trips (years not specified), the fish hatchery, a list of home movies from 1942, a list of stills (no date), and a list of equipment used at the ACC Camp in 1943. M67 / 2 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 44 45 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken by Lillian Gest during the summers of 1944 and 1945. 1944 includes travelling from Toronto to Banff, staying at the Browne House (presumably a guest house or other such rental property), annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in Paradise Valley, Trial Riders of the Canadian Rockies trip to Fatique Pass and Eohippus Lake. 1945 inlcudes travelling from Toronto to Banff, staying at the Browne House, annual ACC Camp in Larch Valley, Sky Line Trail Hikers trip in Lake O'Hara (Aug 3-6), and a trip with A. Harmon [?] to graveyard cabin and Summet Pass. Also includes a list of people met during these trips, a list of equipment left in the Browne House (1944), trees local to the Canadian Rockies, and a small sketch of downtown Banff focussed around the Bow River Bridge. M67 / 2 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 46 47 in red paint on the front cover. Trips taken during the summer of 1946 include staying at the Chateau Lake Louise (June 29-July 12), Emerald Lake [Lodge?] (July 12-Aug 2), annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in the Bugaboos (July 13-24), Mitchell Hut, Yoho (July 26-30), Banff (Aug 2-Sept 3), and Bow Lake (Aug 3-9). Trips in 1947 included time spent in Calgary during the Stampede, annual ACC Camp, pack trip organized by Caroline Hinman, and time spent around the town of Banff. Also includes list of people met during trips, and milage and details about trip from Banff to Merion (September 1947). Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers, Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, and the Calgary Stampede, postcard, tellegram, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Record keeping
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Tourism
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Pipestone Pass
- Saskatchewan River
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal Trip Diaries
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout …
- Date Range
- 1948-1957
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
6 images
7 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i. Diaries
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1948-1957
- Physical Description
- 7.3 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout Banff National Park during the summer of 1948. Includes milage list and list/details of people met around Banff, including bankers, hotel staff, cleaning ladies, and the boy hired to cut the grass. Also notes the passing of Soapy Smith that winter. M67 / 3 - 2 : black leather diary, date 49 50 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various motor car, hiking, horseback (orgranized by Caroline Hinman), and leisure trips taken around Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Parks during the summer of 1949. Trips taken during the summer of 1950 mostly consist of Alpine Club of Canada activities and Camps and with the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Also includes details on milages for different motor car trips and people met over both summers. M67 / 3 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 51 52 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various trips taken during the summers of 1951 and 1952. 1951 includes travel from the Paoli, Pennsylvania to Banff, stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, a camp based in Lake O'Hara (possibly as part of the Alpine Club of Canada), a night spent at the residence of Aileen Harmons [?], a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and another stay at the Banff Springs Hotel. 1952 includes many trips involving stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and other luxury hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper, as well as trips with the ACC, the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of people met during both summers at various locations, highlights of Banff news (including the deaths of Hal Waterhouse and Col. Phillip Moore, marriages, construction work, and illnesses), lists of equipment, and telephone numbers. M67 / 3 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 53 54 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to a 1953 trip that started in Banff (with stay at Banff Springs Hotel) before going to Jasper where Lillian Gest participated in an Alpine Club of Canada Camp, then a few days in Lake O'Hara (staying in the lodge) before returning to Banff and then heading home to Pennsylvania. The summer of 1954 consisted of a motor car trip originating in Pennsylvania that worked west through Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana before reatching Banff. Also includes lists of mileages, people met during both summers, telephone numbers, information about flying with Air Canada (most likely in 1953), and the deaths of the Mexican tourists on Mt. Victoria, July 30, 1954. M67 / 3 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 54 55 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of Lillian Gest's 1954 motor car trip, detailing the second half from Banff back to Pennsylvania and the 1955 trips to Banff, Mount Robson, the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Vancouver. Also includes lists of people Gest met in various locations throughout 1955 and a brief list of changes in Banff, including tree cutting for the new Trans Canada Highway, the opening of the new Timberline Hotel, and expansions of the Mount Royal Hotel and the Upper Hot Springs. M67 / 3 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 56 57 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various hiking, motor car, and scenic trips taken by Lillian Gest throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summers of 1956 and 1957. Also includes lists of people met both summers, phone numbers for people both in Banff and in Pennsylvania, details pertaining to an Alpine Club of Canada 1956 photo competition that Gest entered, and a brief list of mostly construction-related updates from Banff and Lake Louise. One small newspaper clipping insert dated Aug 24, 1956 notes the funeral details for Mary Thorpe Gest. Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, tellegrams, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Community
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Parks Canada
- Record keeping
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tourism
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Pipestone Pass
- Saskatchewan River
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Vancouver
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Pennsylvania
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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- Part Of
- John Williams fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 41 b&w prints pertaining to various trail rides and backcountry horseriding trips with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.
- Date Range
- 1910 - ca.1944
- Reference Code
- V208 / PA - 01 to PA - 41
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
3 images
- Part Of
- John Williams fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V208
- Sous-Fonds
- V208
- Accession Number
- 6591
- 5653
- Reference Code
- V208 / PA - 01 to PA - 41
- Date Range
- 1910 - ca.1944
- Physical Description
- 41 photographs : b&w ; 21.4 x 16.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 41 b&w prints pertaining to various trail rides and backcountry horseriding trips with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.
- Name Access
- Williams, John
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Camps
- First Nations
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Indigenous Peoples
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Pack trips
- Stoney Nakoda
- Teepees
- Tipi
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Williams, John
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Trail ride album
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- Scope & Content
- Photograph album contains 182 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides in July/August, 1945 through Baker Creek, Ptarmigan Lake, Skoki and Lake Louise; and Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur and Odaray Trail. Images depict riders on horseback, scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, forests and land…
- Date Range
- 1945
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PD - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / I : Events and Activities
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / I / PD - 3
- Responsibility
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Date Range
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (182 prints)
- Scope & Content
- Photograph album contains 182 black and white prints pertaining to trail rides in July/August, 1945 through Baker Creek, Ptarmigan Lake, Skoki and Lake Louise; and Lake O'Hara, Lake McArthur and Odaray Trail. Images depict riders on horseback, scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, forests and landscapes, individual and group photographs of riders, and campsites. Most photographs not annotated and people in photographs not named. Album also contains three pamphlets pertaining to 1945 trail rides with lists of locations and attendees.
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Hiking
- Packing
- Horses
- Mountain
- Waterfall
- Landscapes
- Trail
- Lake
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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potentially offensive content.
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