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Murray family fonds

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Part Of: Murray family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds includes photographs of Rocky Mountain Tours buses at various locations; photographs by F. V. Longstaff, several of which are inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. George Murray; Longstaff Christmas cards, n.d., 1944-1960; and an article by Longstaff titled "Historical Notes on Glacier House." The artic…

Date Range: 1887-1960

Reference Code: M142 / V453

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Murray family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 142; V 453

Sous-Fonds: M 142; V 453

Accession Number: 450, 941

Reference Code: M142 / V453

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1887-1960

Physical Description: 33 photographs : prints. -- .5 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: George Murray, 1904-1968, and Gertrude Murray, 1891-1979, were residents of Banff, Alberta, Canada. George Murray was an employee of Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Company from 1941 until 1957 and was later employed by Brewster Transport Company. The Murrays were friends of Major F. V. (Frederick Victor) Longstaff, 1879-1961, a mountaineer, architect and historian from Victoria, B.C.

Scope & Content: Fonds includes photographs of Rocky Mountain Tours buses at various locations; photographs by F. V. Longstaff, several of which are inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. George Murray; Longstaff Christmas cards, n.d., 1944-1960; and an article by Longstaff titled "Historical Notes on Glacier House." The article includes photographic illustrations of the Lake O'Hara region and the interior of Abbot Pass Hut.

Name Access: Murray, George; Murray, Gertrude

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Glacier House

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description for photographs.

Creator: Murray, George; Murray, Gertrude

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Richard (Dick) H. Russell fonds

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Part Of: Richard (Dick) H. Russell fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of 167 transparencies pertaining to camps, pack train, bears, sheep, moose, hunting, flowers, landscapes (Glacier Park, Mt. Mckinley Park), 1959-1963.

Date Range: 1959-1963

Reference Code: V110

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Part Of: Richard (Dick) H. Russell fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 110

Sous-Fonds: V 110

Accession Number: 7772 (unproc)

Reference Code: V110

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1959-1963

Physical Description: 167 photographs: transparencies

History / Biographical: Richard "Dick" H. Russell b.1938, is one of the son's of Andy Russell and Kay Russell and grandson of Bert Riggall. Dick grew up at the Hawk's Nest ranch on the N.E. boundary of Waterton Lake National Park with his sister, Anne and three brothers, Charlie, Gordon, and John. Dick and his brother Charlie worked with Andy Russell on his documentary film "Grizzly Country," ca.1969.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of 167 transparencies pertaining to camps, pack train, bears, sheep, moose, hunting, flowers, landscapes (Glacier Park, Mt. Mckinley Park), 1959-1963.

Name Access: Russell, Richard H. (Dick)

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Glacier National Park; McKinley, Mount; Pack trips

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: No finding aid

Creator: Russell, Dick

Category: Arts; Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Bio file, Russell fonds

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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Andromeda

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Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993 – 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: VtP.02.01

Description: An ice floe fans out from top right, across centre, to left foreground. The mountain is in various colours with yellow dominant. Cloudy sky tlc and top.

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Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Title: Andromeda

Date: 1993 – 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 142.2 x 218.4 cm

Description: An ice floe fans out from top right, across centre, to left foreground. The mountain is in various colours with yellow dominant. Cloudy sky tlc and top.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier

Credit: Purchased from Peter von Tiesenhausen, Demmitt, 1994

Catalogue Number: VtP.02.01

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Andy Russell's campfire stories

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Author: Russell, Andy

Call Number: 05 R91a

Author: Russell, Andy

Responsibility: Andy Russell; with illustrations by Don Brestler

Published Date: 1998

Physical Description: 317 p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Outfitters trail guides packers; Ranching; Waterton Glacier International Peace Park; Wildlife

ISBN: 0-7710-7882-X

Accession Number: 1-19-99 31,500

Call Number: 05 R91a

Collection: Archives Library

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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.01

Description: The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 56.0 x 76.0 cm

Description: The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier; Athabasca

Credit: Purchased from Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 1994

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.01

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Banff Park Warden Ice Climbing

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to Parks Canada Wardens ice climbing and rescue training on Victoria Glacier above Lake Louise. Includes shots of them hiking up, detailed shots of warden's putting on their crampons and tying knots, cutting steps in the glacier, and practicing c…

Date Range: 1956

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 38

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Film; Motion picture

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file

Sous-Fonds: V190

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 38

GMD: Film; Motion picture

Date Range: 1956

Physical Description: 1 motion picture (1 film reel: 380'): 16 mm, original, b&w, silent

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to Parks Canada Wardens ice climbing and rescue training on Victoria Glacier above Lake Louise. Includes shots of them hiking up, detailed shots of warden's putting on their crampons and tying knots, cutting steps in the glacier, and practicing crevasse rescues. The original label on the case reads "Title: Banff Park Warden Ice Climbing, Camera: B. Engler, Date: 1956, Footage 380ft."

Subject Access: Activities; Climbing; Glaciers; Lake Louise; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Parks Canada; Parks Canada Warden; Victoria Glacier; Winter

Geographic Access: Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Below Gordon Glacier

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1951

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.31

Description: Rocks and trees in foreground, mountain in silhouette behind.

Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Below Gordon Glacier

Date: 1951

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 18.2 cm

Description: Rocks and trees in foreground, mountain in silhouette behind.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Gordon Glacier

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.31

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Bow Glacier after Sunset, August 1997

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Artist: Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: CaJ.18.03

Description: A dark print of Bow Lake after sunset. Bow Lake is visible in the centre of the image. In the foreground is a shadowed grassy area with trees. Mountains and Bow Glacier are behind the lake and the sky is quite light.

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Artist: Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon

Title: Bow Glacier after Sunset, August 1997

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Description: A dark print of Bow Lake after sunset. Bow Lake is visible in the centre of the image. In the foreground is a shadowed grassy area with trees. Mountains and Bow Glacier are behind the lake and the sky is quite light.