topic:"Film making" found 12 records - Research Collections

Douglas Sinclair fonds

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Part Of: Douglas Sinclair fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of five 16mm film reels with visual content pertaining to skiing in Banff, Lake Louise and Chile. Films included in fonds: "Herman Godner and Party ski in Rockies (Old B&W Silent)" "Banff and Lake Louise Skiing (Silent and Colour) Old Ski- Banff and Lake Louise- Temple, Skoki area"…

Date Range: [ca.1950-1970]

Reference Code: V806

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Film

Part Of: Douglas Sinclair fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V806

Sous-Fonds: V806

Accession Number: 2021.28

Reference Code: V806

GMD: Film

Date Range: [ca.1950-1970]

Physical Description: 5 film reels : b&w and col. film ; 16mm

History / Biographical: Douglas Sinclair was a film producer whose work primarily focused on topics related to Canadian wildlife and landscapes, skiing, national parks, and the Canadian Rockies.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of five 16mm film reels with visual content pertaining to skiing in Banff, Lake Louise and Chile.; Films included in fonds: "Herman Godner and Party ski in Rockies (Old B&W Silent)" "Banff and Lake Louise Skiing (Silent and Colour) Old Ski- Banff and Lake Louise- Temple, Skoki area" "Skiing in Portillo Chile Sound and Colour Running Time 18 min" "Ski Material at Grey Rockes Enos at Banff with Merm and Wurtle Twins" (Silent, B&W) "Let's Go Skiing with Lucile Wheeler at Banff"

Notes: Further information about films provided by donor Dianne Wheeler, available in Douglas Sinclair case file.

Name Access: Sinclair, Douglas; Wheeler, Lucile; Godner, Herman

Subject Access: Skiing; Winter sports; Sports and recreation; Films and film making

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Lake Louise; Chile

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright status unknown

Language: English

Creator: Douglas Sinclair

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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Iva and Len Smith fonds

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Part Of: Iva and Len Smith fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal and professional papers of Iva Smith, 1904-1973, and of Len Smith, 1935-1963; personal papers of Zaidee Stewart, 1905-1950; Smith family photographs, ca.1890-ca.1960; also newsclippings, tourist information, other print material. Iva Smith papers include personal correspo…

Date Range: [ca.1890]-1973

Reference Code: M367 / V590

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Iva and Len Smith fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 367; V 590

Sous-Fonds: M 367; V 590

Accession Number: 833, 955, 1129, 1989, 2182, 2511

Reference Code: M367 / V590

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1890]-1973

Physical Description: 39 cm of textual records. -- ca.525 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 1 photograph album (ca.75 prints)

History / Biographical: Iva (Stewart) Smith , 1894-1975, and Leonard James Smith, 1890-1969, were business operators at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Iva Stewart and her mother Zaidee Stewart, 1875-1962, came to Banff as visitors in 1913 and decided to stay. Iva operated the Canadian Pacific Railway station news stand from 1914 until ca.1924. She married Len Smith in 1922.; After working at various other CPR facilities, including Lake Louise Chalet in the 1920s and Wapta Bungalow Camp, ca.1931, Iva Smith became manager of Becker's Bungalows on Tunnel Mountain in Banff, ca.1935 Len Smith worked at the Bow River boat house and was Captain of the "Lake Minnewanka" for over thirty years. He was also an ice-maker at Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge and Banff, Alberta for forty-five years. Zaidee M. Stewart worked at the boat operation tea house and wrote poetry, publishing "Banff Holiday" in 1950.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal and professional papers of Iva Smith, 1904-1973, and of Len Smith, 1935-1963; personal papers of Zaidee Stewart, 1905-1950; Smith family photographs, ca.1890-ca.1960; also newsclippings, tourist information, other print material.; Iva Smith papers include personal correspondence, 1904-1973, and business papers pertaining to the CPR news stand, 1914-1924. Len Smith professional papers pertain to his work as boat engineer. Zaidee Stewart papers include correspondence, diaries, poetry and papers re the publication "Banff Holiday."; Family photographs pertaining to Iva and Len Smith, family, friends and associates, activities, careers, trips and world travels; Banff people, places and events, especially Banff Winter Carnival and Banff Indian Days; film making, including Pajamas (1926) and Eternal Love (1928); Lake Louise and Lake Minnewanka areas; canoeing; scenic views; and other collected items.

Name Access: Smith, Iva; Smith, Len; Stewart, Zaidee

Subject Access: Community life; Family and personal life; Films and film making

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

Related Material: Artifacts transferred to Heritage collections, Whyte Museum

Creator: Smith, Iva; Smith, Len

Category: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Pocaterra family fonds

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Part Of: Pocaterra family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of biographical information on the Pocaterras, 1956-1972; article on the Coleman-Kananaskis Road, with annotations, 1952; and photographs by George Pocaterra of the filming of the movie "Saskatchewan".

Date Range: [1953], 1956-1972

Reference Code: M38 / V505

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

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

Part Of: Pocaterra family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 38; V 505

Sous-Fonds: M 38; V 505

Accession Number: 213, 449, 950, 1701

Reference Code: M38 / V505

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

Date Range: [1953], 1956-1972

Physical Description: 4 textual records. -- 9 photographs : prints; copies

History / Biographical: George W. Pocaterra, 1882-1972, rancher, was a pioneer of the Kananaskis region, 1906. On a visit to his native Italy in 1933, he met Norma Piper, 1898-1983, a coloratura soprano of Calgary, and they married in 1936. The Pocaterras returned to Alberta on the eve of the Second World War.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of biographical information on the Pocaterras, 1956-1972; article on the Coleman-Kananaskis Road, with annotations, 1952; and photographs by George Pocaterra of the filming of the movie "Saskatchewan".

Name Access: Pocaterra, George

Subject Access: Arts; Coleman-Kananaskis Road; Family and personal life; Films and film making

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

Creator: Pocaterra, George W/

Category: Arts; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed

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Walter Ashdown fonds

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Part Of: Walter Ashdown fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal and professional correspondence, 1954-1971; personal papers, 1919-1972; professional papers, 1930-1971; newsclippings and ephemera, n.d. 1952-1972; photographs and motion pictures, ca.1930-ca.1975. Photographs were created and collected by Walter Ashdown and pertain to As…

Date Range: 1919-[ca.1975]

Reference Code: M126 / V28

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: Walter Ashdown fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 126; V 28

Sous-Fonds: M 126; V 28

Accession Number: 819, 894, 1023, 1054, 1318, 1631, 2237

Reference Code: M126 / V28

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1919-[ca.1975]

Physical Description: 26 cm of textual records. -- 54 photographs : prints. -- 2 photograph albums (309 prints). -- 13 motion pictures

History / Biographical: Walter Ashdown, 1890-1975, was a chauffeur at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Ashdown emigrated to Canada in 1904 and farmed for several years before becoming a private chauffeur, ca.1913, to prominent Calgarians prior to the First World War. He served as a dispatch rider and driver in France, returning to Canada in 1919. The following year he commenced employment with Brewster Transport Co., retiring ca.1970. During his long career, Ashdown was Brewster's chauffeur to celebrities, including royalty, politicians and actors. His 1930 drive of 81 miles in 82 minutes to deliver life-saving equipment to the Monarch Mine near Field, B.C. was widely publicized. In 1970, Ashdown received an award for one million accident-free miles.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of personal and professional correspondence, 1954-1971; personal papers, 1919-1972; professional papers, 1930-1971; newsclippings and ephemera, n.d. 1952-1972; photographs and motion pictures, ca.1930-ca.1975. Photographs were created and collected by Walter Ashdown and pertain to Ashdown, family, friends and associates; travels and activities; Brewster Transport Company; buses and touring cars; Banff people, places and events. Motion pictures, ca.1959-ca.1970, n.d., are home movies with several subjects on each reel, including Walter Ashdown, family and friends, activities, mountain views and wildlife.

Name Access: Ashdown, Walter

Subject Access: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Films and film making; Transportation

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description; motion picture summaries; microfilm copies of albums

Creator: Ashdown, Walter

Category: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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William Larsen fonds

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Part Of: William Larsen fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to events, activities and places at Banff; includes Marilyn Monroe, also filming of motion picture "Saskatchewan."

Date Range: Copies made 1989

Reference Code: V441

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Part Of: William Larsen fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 441

Sous-Fonds: V 441

Accession Number: 5710

Reference Code: V441

Date Range: Copies made 1989

Physical Description: 13 photographs : transparencies

History / Biographical: William Larsen, 1897-1981, was a pastor and barber at Calgary and Banff, Alberta, Canada. Larsen worked at Banff Springs Hotel barber shop during summers before 1940. In 1940, he moved permanently to Banff, where he was eventually pastor at the Full Gospel Church and had his own barber shop in the Mount Royal Hotel.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to events, activities and places at Banff; includes Marilyn Monroe, also filming of motion picture "Saskatchewan."

Name Access: Larsen, William; Monroe, Marilyn

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Films and film making

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

Language: Language is English

Creator: Larsen, William

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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Movie: Far Country

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 89 b&w prints of production photos from the shoot of "Far Country," mostly shots from filming on location at the Athabasca Glacier and Mount Edith Cavell, as well as posed and set photographs of actors, extras, and crew.

Date Range: 1953-1954

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / g / PA - 01 to PA - 89

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

10 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: x : Movies, g : Far Country

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / g / PA - 01 to PA - 89

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1953-1954

Physical Description: 89 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: "Far Country," 1954, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, and Walter Brennan. A Wyoming cowboy drives a herd of cattle from Skagway, Alaska, to the Klondike hoping to make a profit selling to beef-starved miners in Dawson City, Yukon. But he is bedeviled by a corrupt Skagway sheriff-judge and his gang. After his partner is killed on their gold claim, the cowboy takes the law into his own hands. Location filming for all mountain scenes filmed in Jasper National Park (Athabasca Glacier, Mount Edith Cavell). Bruno Engler appeared in costume as an extra while filming on location at the Athabasca Glacier, part of his role as safety officer for the film. At one point the crew was setting up under an icefall Engler deemed dangerous, ordering them out from under it - soon after, an avalanche came down and buried the location they'd been in. Fred Brewster provided 80 horses and 50 longhorn cattle from his Jasper outfit for the film. Also includes the October 1953 edition of "Universal International Studio Club News" newsletter covering the filming of "Far Country."

Scope & Content: File pertains to 89 b&w prints of production photos from the shoot of "Far Country," mostly shots from filming on location at the Athabasca Glacier and Mount Edith Cavell, as well as posed and set photographs of actors, extras, and crew.

Notes: Images of a woman and child posed in front of a cabin are Bruno Engler's wife and daughter.

Name Access: Engler, Angel

Subject Access: Animals; Athabasca Glacier; Banff Springs Hotel; Banff townsite; Buildings; Cattle; Children; Films and film making; Glaciers; Horses; Mountains; Mount Edith Cavell; Movie Stars; Women

Geographic Access: Jasper; Jasper National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Conservation: Some prints have glue residue and black paper fibers across the backs of them, possibly from having been adhered into an album

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Biographical Source Notes: Hollywood in the Canadian Rockies, by Brian Patton, e-book.

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Movie Stars - o.s.

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 25 b&w oversize prints of movie stars. Consisting of mostly head-shot-style portraits, some may have been enlarged from film stills. Not all are identified, one print is mounted on foamcore.

Date Range: 1953-1988

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / b / PA - 01 to PA - 25 o.s.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

11 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: x : Movies, b : Movie Stars

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / b / PA - 01 to PA - 25 o.s.

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1953-1988

Physical Description: 25 photographs : b&w ; 27.8 x 35.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 25 b&w oversize prints of movie stars. Consisting of mostly head-shot-style portraits, some may have been enlarged from film stills. Not all are identified, one print is mounted on foamcore.

Name Access: Bottom, Timothy; Brennan, Walter; Eggar, Samantha; Gwynne, Fred; Kidder, Margot; Purl, Linda

Subject Access: Banff townsite; Columbia Icefield; Films and film making; Horses; Movie Stars; Sulphur Mountain; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Peter Whyte papers and photographs

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930. Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences a…

Date Range: 1905-1964

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.B. Peter Whyte papers and photographs series

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / I / B

Date Range: 1905-1964

Physical Description: 73 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.2000 prints, ca.1400 negatives, 3 albums of ca.300 prints).

History / Biographical: Peter Whyte, 1905-1966, was an artist, photographer, outdoor enthusiast, traveller and philanthropist at Banff, Alberta. Born in Banff, Alberta to pioneer Banff merchant Dave White and Annie (Curren) White, Peter Whyte took advantage of the many opportunities for winter sports afforded by the mountains, becoming an accomplished skier and ski jumper. He was one of the region's first native-born painters with an intimate knowledge of the mountains. Whyte studied cartooning by correspondence and was encouraged by resident and visiting artists to pursue an art career, first at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1923-1924, and in 1925 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where he met Catharine Robb.; Peter Whyte's varied activities included driving Hollywood stars to mountain motion picture locations, escorting groups of Chinese workers for the Canadian Pacific Railway, painting with Belmore Browne and J. E. H. MacDonald and travelling around the world by steamer. Following his marriage to Catharine, their painting flourished and their involvement in early ski development at Skoki occupied their winters. The accidental death of one of their ski guests had a profound effect on Pete and they left the ski business to travel.; During the war, Whyte seved in the reserve army, Banff Company of the Calgary Highlanders and later with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer. He served briefly as an official war artist. In civilian life he resumed his art career, explored new photographic technologies and sculpted. Cataracts interupted his work during the 1950's. Declining health plagued Whyte and after a protracted illness he died in 1966. The Peter Whyte Foundation (later the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation) was named in his honor.

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following sub-series: 1. Personal papers, 1905-1956; 2. Correspondence, 1909-1962; 3. Financial, legal and business papers, 1914-1964; 4. Professional activities and interests, 1920-1961; 5. Photographs, ca.1900-1930.; Textual records pertain to Whyte's interests, influences and friendships prior to his marriage; also to Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte's travels, artwork, photography and skiing. Includes material arising from Whyte's Army and Air Force career and his involvement in the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Correspondents include Belmore Browne, John Murray Gibbon, Lawren Harris, J. E. H. McDonald, Aldro Hibbard, Carl Rungius.; Photographs consist of 1390 negatives and ca.500 corresponding prints by Peter Whyte dating from the time he began photography, ca.1920, until his marriage to Catharine Robb in 1930. Negative formats include vest pocket (4 x 6 cm) and Ica roll film (8.3 x 11 cm). Material pre-dating 1920 may have been taken by another family member. Photographs pertain to scenic views in the Banff-Lake Louise area, Banff and area events, friends and activities, mountain trips and world travels. Also includes prints of friends, relatives and promotional views of national parks collected by Peter Whyte and photograph albums assembled by Whyte pertaining to family and friends, winter sports, Banff Winter Carnival and motor trips.

Subject Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Films and film making M; Photography M; Royal Canadian Air Force M; Skiing; Whyte, Catharine Robb M; World War II, 1939-1945 M

Access Restrictions: Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.

Finding Aid: Sub-series-level outline available. Inventory available in printed form and through this database. Photographs are described at the sub-series level only. Printed inventory provides more detail than the database for photographs.

Related Material: Constitutes Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. Other photographs by Peter Whyte are found in Sous-fonds I, Series C.

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Content Details: Forms part of Sous-fonds I, Series B of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. With the acquisition of a vest pocket camera around 1920, at approximately 15 years of age, Peter Whyte's very prolific photographic career began. (While vest pocket images -- 4 x 6 cm. negatives -- appear in the White family collection as early as 1917, none of these can be positively identified as being taken by Peter; it seems more likely that the camera was utilized by Annie, Clifford, or even Lila, and then handed down to Peter.) The earliest photograph of Peter handling a camera was taken on a family trip to the western U.S. in 1921. Indeed, many of his early photographs were taken on these family motor camping trips. In late 1922 or early 1923, Peter acquired an Ica roll film camera (3 x 4 inch negative) which he used throughout his marriage to Catharine Robb and into the early 1930s. A large number of photographs were made with this camera, particularly in the 1923-1924 period. During his trip around the world in 1929, he returned briefly to the vest pocket format, probably for the sake of convenience.

Processing Status: Processed.

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Portraits

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 33 b&w prints of several unidentified people, mostly posed in a studio setting. Includes mostly headshot-style portraits, a photo of a bridge construction over 40 Mile Creek, and a ceremony featuring Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip from their 1954 Royal visit.

Date Range: [ca. 1959-1970]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / v / PA - 01 to PA - 33

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

6 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, P : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: v : Portraits

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / v / PA - 01 to PA - 33

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1959-1970]

Physical Description: 33 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 33 b&w prints of several unidentified people, mostly posed in a studio setting. Includes mostly headshot-style portraits, a photo of a bridge construction over 40 Mile Creek, and a ceremony featuring Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip from their 1954 Royal visit.