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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75. M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including cor…
- Date Range
- ca.1870-2002
- Reference Code
- M521 / V75
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M521
- V75
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- V75
- Accession Number
- 5296, 5391, 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / V75
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- ca.1870-2002
- Physical Description
- 154 cm of textual records. -- 1304 photographs (1190 prints, 95 negatives, 19 transparencies). -- 6 photograph albums.
- History / Biographical
- The Wardle family was comprised of husband and wife, James Morey Wardle (June 26,1888 - May 18,1971) and Maud Leette (Roney) Wardle (May 24,1889 - December 1,1969), and their one child, Dorothy Hope Wardle (May 23,1919 - July 20,2003). James Wardle, born in Chiliwack, British Columbia, was a civil engineer and public servant. He was the Superintendent of Banff National Park from 1918-1921, Chief Engineer for Parks Canada from 1921-1935, and Deputy Minister of the Interior from 1935-1936. He is primarily known as a highway design engineer, particularly for building the Banff-Windermere, Banff-Lake Louise, and Banff-Jasper highways. He was a councillor for the Municipality of Rockcliffe Park in Ontario and he was the President of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Banff from 1925-1929. Mount Wardle in Vermillion was named after him in 1921. James married Leette on November 4, 1913, with whom he had one child, Dorothy. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy (also known as Dot and Dorie) grew up in Banff, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario, due to her father's position with the federal government. She was educated at the Mountain School in Banff and at the Elmwood School in Ottawa. All three family members were graduates of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. James graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Leette graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and in 1942, Dorothy also earned a Bachelor's degree. Dorothy was prominent in student life and active in athletics. In 1941, Dorothy became the first woman elected as President of the Alma Mater Society and during her academic career, Dorothy was a member of the Levana Intercollegiate Debative, University Centenary Committee, and Queen’s War Aid Commission. Dorothy spent her career as a freelance writer however, upon graduation she served as the first Secretary-In-Charge of Records at Carleton College (now Carleton University) from 1942-1944 in Ottawa and in the mid-1950s worked as a secretary for the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary. Dorothy pursued a lifelong interest in traveling, art, and antiques. Although she was fiercely proud and protective of Banff and the Park, and remained a volunteer and patron of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Dorothy eventually settled in Sidney, British Columbia and shared an apartment with Sheila Iris Ritchie, with whom Dorothy travelled extensively. After her death in 2003, Dorothy, "Dorie," was laid to rest alongside her parents in the Old Banff Cemetery.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.
- M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including correspondence with Carl Rungius and Mrs. Helen Brett, and Christmas and other greeting cards from Peter and Catharine Whyte). Series III: Queen's University, 7.5 cm, 1911-1980 (including graduation certificates for each family member and records pertaining to Dorothy's participation on the Alma Mater Society). Series IV: Travel, 44.5 cm, ca.1950-1988 (includes hand-written notebooks meticulously detailing their travels).
- V75 consists of two series, 79.5 cm, ca. 1912-2001. Series I: Wardle Family, ca. 1912-1971, 6 albums, 31 cm of photograph prints and negatives (including family trips, trail rides in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and family gatherings). Series II: Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001, 34 cm of photograph prints, negatives, and transparencies (including Dorothy's travels in Alberta and British Columbia, overseas, and various outings with friends).
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James
- Rungius, Carl
- Brett, Helen
- Keyte, Freeman
- Hart, E. J. (Ted)
- Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard)
- Brewster, Pat
- Peyto, Bill
- Brett, Robert George
- Sanson, Norman
- White, Clifford
- Drummond-Davies, Nora
- Mills, Ike
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Whyte, Jon
- Robinson, Dean
- Warren, Mary Schaffer
- Simpson, George
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Greenham, Margaret
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Personal and Family Life
- Banff
- Old Banff Cemetery
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Cabins
- Travel
- Picnics and picnicking
- Holidays
- Scenery
- Christmas
- Dogs
- Horses
- Mountain
- Canoes and canoeing
- Hiking
- Wildlife
- War Memorial
- Highland Games
- Bow River Bridge
- Golfing
- Anniversary
- Horseback riding
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Education
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Winter Festival
- Women
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Skiing
- European travel
- Beach
- Calgary Herald
- Geography
- Government
- Newspaper
- Politics
- Research
- Banff Public Library
- National parks and reserves
- Park policy
- Parks Canada
- Wardens
- Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch
- Community life
- Mines and mineral resources
- History
- Immigration and homesteading
- Settlement
- Organizations
- World War II
- Biographical
- Professional and Personal Life
- Grizzly Bears
- Fire fighters
- Sunshine Village
- Teahouses
- Banff Indian Days
- Regalia
- Calgary Stampede
- Mountain guides
- Mountain School
- The Albertan
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- Homestead Hotel
- Banff Centre
- Hot Springs
- Superintendents
- Automobiles
- Natural history
- Records
- Calendar
- Finances
- Leases
- Legal and Financial
- Property
- Recreation
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Alberta
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Castle Mountain
- Bankhead
- British Columbia
- Glacier National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Silver City
- Victoria
- Scotland
- Revelstoke
- Yoho National Park
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Plain of Six Glaciers
- Lake Agnes
- Lake Louise
- Lake Minnewanka
- Lake O'Hara
- Bow River
- Calgary
- Sidney
- San Francisco
- United States
- Europe
- Germany
- Switzerland
- France
- Spain
- Monaco
- Italy
- Denmark
- Austria
- Quebec
- Windermere
- New York
- Assiniboine
- Ghost River
- High River
- Quebec City
- New Brunswick
- Maine
- Great Divide
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Columbia Icefield
- Washington
- Philadelphia
- Atlantic City
- Larch Valley
- Cascade Mountain
- Panama
- Sulphur Mountain
- Field
- Emerald Lake
- Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump
- Takkakaw Falls
- Jasper National Park
- Athabasca Falls
- Okanagan
- Kananaskis
- Hoodoos
- Powell River
- Montreal
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Dorothy also donated artwork (by Carl Rungius) to Art and Heritage.
- James Morey Wardle fonds (Library and Archives Canada)
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- glass; skin; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0069
- Description
- A beaded belt with narrow short buckskin strap at one end and small metal buckle on buckskin strap at other. Beadwork on canvas with light green background having four diamond shapes outlined in red and blue spaced along its length. At the centre between two of the diamonds are two stepped triangle…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- glass; skin; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 89.0 cm
- Description
- A beaded belt with narrow short buckskin strap at one end and small metal buckle on buckskin strap at other. Beadwork on canvas with light green background having four diamond shapes outlined in red and blue spaced along its length. At the centre between two of the diamonds are two stepped triangles with their points together made of small squares of red, blue, yellow and green beads. At each side between two diamonds is an orange white orange diagonal stripe and a dark red blue dark red diagonal line with a blue and red stepped "X" between. The long edges have red and white beaded edging. Belt is lined with muslin.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0069
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- Date
- 1969 – 1972
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0072
- Description
- An unused, heavily beaded, medium length belt. Bead pattern is dominant black ground, with staircase figures in orange boundaries around green, red, and black beads, and staircase diamonds bordered configuration is in a black rectangle, and black rectangles form panels which are divided, and belt b…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1969 – 1972
- Material
- fibre; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 76.0 cm
- Description
- An unused, heavily beaded, medium length belt. Bead pattern is dominant black ground, with staircase figures in orange boundaries around green, red, and black beads, and staircase diamonds bordered configuration is in a black rectangle, and black rectangles form panels which are divided, and belt bordered by pearly white beads. Plain cotton backing, buckskin ties at each end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- Reba Bearspaw
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0072
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- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0082
- Description
- A delicate loosely woven loom woven bead belt with no backing material. Woven alternating areas of small black, jet?, cylindrical beads, dyed blue wooden hair pipe shaped beads, and cylindrical small iridescent blue beads. Edges of belt are irregular caused by different sizes of beads used, a small…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1960 – 1979
- Material
- glass; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 78.0 cm
- Description
- A delicate loosely woven loom woven bead belt with no backing material. Woven alternating areas of small black, jet?, cylindrical beads, dyed blue wooden hair pipe shaped beads, and cylindrical small iridescent blue beads. Edges of belt are irregular caused by different sizes of beads used, a small buckskin thong at each corner for fastening belt.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0082
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0087
- Description
- Beaded on cotton belt with buckskin tabs at ends and ties. The bead pattern is a sky blue ground of rectangles separated by other bands of blue laid crosswise. The long rectangles contain elongated diamonds of red, white, blue and dark blue beads, lying in the length of the rectangle. The smaller c…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 82.2 cm
- Description
- Beaded on cotton belt with buckskin tabs at ends and ties. The bead pattern is a sky blue ground of rectangles separated by other bands of blue laid crosswise. The long rectangles contain elongated diamonds of red, white, blue and dark blue beads, lying in the length of the rectangle. The smaller cross bars contain more regular diamonds. The edges are trimmed with skyline bead fringe. Backing is a commercial cotton floral print.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0087
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0089
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt, fairly narrow, with buckskin tabs and ties, cotton backed. Dominant yellow bead colour ground on which orange "butterflies" are bordered alternately by black and blue beads, no border beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 78.2 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded belt, fairly narrow, with buckskin tabs and ties, cotton backed. Dominant yellow bead colour ground on which orange "butterflies" are bordered alternately by black and blue beads, no border beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0089
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- Date
- 1965 – 1979
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0106
- Description
- A completely beaded belt on blue denim with green flowered cotton lining. Round buckskin flap at each end with single buckskin thong attached at centre. White background covered with a series of orange diamonds outlined in green, and orange stepped diamonds outlined in green with white centres. Sub…
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1979
- Material
- glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 79.5 cm
- Description
- A completely beaded belt on blue denim with green flowered cotton lining. Round buckskin flap at each end with single buckskin thong attached at centre. White background covered with a series of orange diamonds outlined in green, and orange stepped diamonds outlined in green with white centres. Substantial border along each edge of orange and green hands worked in lazy stitch. Edging of white beads interrupted with a single green bead.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0106
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0113
- Description
- A heavily beaded Indigenous belt on canvas with buckskin tabs at either end, but no ties, cotton backed. Design is a powder blue ground with regularly placed geometric figures of stepped diamonds formed in squares of blue and red, indigo and red, blue indigo and red, and at the middle two chevrons …
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 115.0 cm
- Description
- A heavily beaded Indigenous belt on canvas with buckskin tabs at either end, but no ties, cotton backed. Design is a powder blue ground with regularly placed geometric figures of stepped diamonds formed in squares of blue and red, indigo and red, blue indigo and red, and at the middle two chevrons of indigo and red.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0113
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0114
- Description
- Black brown orange on white ground. Occasional loosening of beads. Inconsistencies in pattern, signed by "Leanne Bearspaw", looks like child's printing .
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- Title
- Beaded Belt
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 0.2 x 6.4 x 87.5 cm
- Description
- Black brown orange on white ground. Occasional loosening of beads. Inconsistencies in pattern, signed by "Leanne Bearspaw", looks like child's printing .
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0114
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 cm of textual records (40.5 x 60 cm or smaller) and 25 photographs : b&w (20 x 25 cm or smaller). Records include newspaper clippings, typed articles, research, correspondence, and photograph prints. File pertains to Dorothy's freelance research, notes, original writing, and pub…
- Date Range
- 1933-1978
- 1933-1934
- 1942
- 1953-1954
- 1960-1963
- 1965
- 1969
- 1970
- 1977-1978
- Reference Code
- M521 / I / A / 8-18
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Published record
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- Sub-Series
- M521 / I / A : Research and Writing
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / I / A / 8-18
- Date Range
- 1933-1978
- 1933-1934
- 1942
- 1953-1954
- 1960-1963
- 1965
- 1969
- 1970
- 1977-1978
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records (40.5 x 60 cm or smaller); 25 photographs : b&w (20 x 25 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 cm of textual records (40.5 x 60 cm or smaller) and 25 photographs : b&w (20 x 25 cm or smaller). Records include newspaper clippings, typed articles, research, correspondence, and photograph prints. File pertains to Dorothy's freelance research, notes, original writing, and published articles from The Albertan and The Calgary Herald primarily in the 1960s, and short stories for Reader's Digest in 1933-1934. File documents various people, places, and events significant to Banff, including: the old days, Banff Indian Days, Mountain School, Banff Centre, Banff namesake in Scotland, the teahouses at Lake Louise, hot springs, Indigenous regalia and ceremonies, local guides, and Silver City. File also includes personal notes/stories and correspondence between Dorothy and her parents, and several articles from the Banff Crag and Canyon. Notable people include Cliff and Beverly White, Walking Buffalo (Tatanga Mani, George McLean), George Paris, Margaret Greenham, Ike Mills, and Nora Drummond-Davies.
- Notes
- Correspondence between Dorothy and Mrs. Margaret Greenham, dated April 4, 1942.
- Correspondence between Dorothy and C.R. Walrod from the museum in Kelowna, dated November 4, 1953.
- Correspondence between Dorothy and her parents, dated March 9, 1961.
- M521 / I / A / 10 : title on folder changed to [Indigenous]. Original title was "Indian Story Material."
- M521 / I / A / 10 : photographs of Frank Kaquitts were originally filed in this folder (see: V75).
- M521 / I / A / 16 : title on folder changed to [Indigenous Ceremonial Regalia]. Original title was "Indian Ceremonial Costume."
- Most of the newspaper clippings are glued on a piece of paper like an unbound scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Greenham, Margaret
- White, Clifford
- Drummond-Davies, Nora
- Mills, Ike
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Subject Access
- Grizzly Bears
- Fire fighters
- Boats
- Sunshine Village
- Teahouses
- Lake Agnes Teahouse
- Oldtimers
- Banff Indian Days
- Regalia
- Calgary Stampede
- Guides
- Homestead Hotel
- Hotel
- Mountain School
- Art
- Artist
- Animals
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Bears
- Calgary Herald
- Community life
- Community events
- Hot Springs
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara Trails Club
- Mountain guides
- Newspaper
- Research
- Stoney Nakoda
- The Albertan
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- Banff Centre
- Geographic Access
- Castle Mountain
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Scotland
- Plain of Six Glaciers
- Lake Agnes
- Bow River
- Calgary
- Lake Louise
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Many of the newspaper clippings and other textual records were taped or glued together, and some of the photograph prints are damaged by ink. May present conservation issues in the future.
- Acid-free archival paper was sporadically used to protect prints.
- Should consider digitizing before further degradation.
- Creator
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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