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Bill Gibbons fonds
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- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographic business records of professional photographer Bill Gibbons in three series: I. Commercial black and white series, ca.1945-ca.1958, ca.5400 photographs; II. Canadian Rockies colour series, ca.1945-ca.1990, predominant ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.8000 photographs; III. Other …
- Date Range
- [ca.1945-ca.1990]
- Reference Code
- M532 / V227
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 532
- V 227
- Sous-Fonds
- M 532
- V 227
- Accession Number
- 194, 275, 1991, 2020, 5753, 5756, 6760, 7936, 7237
- Reference Code
- M532 / V227
- Responsibility
- Fonds consists of the private business records of Bill Gibbons. Some photographs may have been made by employees.
- Date Range
- [ca.1945-ca.1990]
- Physical Description
- ca.13,404 photographs: negatives, prints, transparencies, albums, postcards. -- 2.5 cm textual records
- History / Biographical
- W. J. L. "Bill" Gibbons, 1914-1994 , was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1945 until 1959. Gibbons came to Canada in 1941 and settled in Banff after the war with his wife, Ella Mae (Becker), a Banff native. He established British Photographic Laboratories, with partners Lou Crosby and Jack Anderson, in the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, moving later to street-level. Bill and Ella Mae Gibbons travelled throughout the mountain parks photographing views for sale in the Banff shop. These were offered as hand-coloured prints, with much of the colouring done or supervised by Ella Mae.
- Later the business expanded to include colour postcards and slide sets. Gibbons employed other photographers, such as Bruno Engler, for specialty work, such as ski photography, and the Banff studio also did portraiture. Gibbons himself did most of the 4 x 5 format landscape work and made extensive use of models, many of who were young women employed by his Banff store. In 1959, Gibbons sold his business to a group of Banff businessmen and moved to Vancouver. In subsequent years, he continued to be active as a photographer and in publishing, working in different areas of the world. He made several photographic trips through the mountain parks, ca.1966-1972.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographic business records of professional photographer Bill Gibbons in three series: I. Commercial black and white series, ca.1945-ca.1958, ca.5400 photographs; II. Canadian Rockies colour series, ca.1945-ca.1990, predominant ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.8000 photographs; III. Other black and white series, ca. 1947, 4 photographs.
- I. Commercial black and white series consists of six sub-series: A. Portraits and documentary views, 1945-1950, 2437 negatives (individual and group portraits, weddings, conferences, events, buildings, facilities and places; Banff and area); B. Banff School of Fine Arts, ca.1949, 277 negatives (privately produced views of classes, group portraits, activities, buildings and facilities); C. "S" sub-series, ca.1950, 1220 negatives (scenic views in the vicinity of Banff, Lake Louise, Banff-Jasper Highway, Jasper National Park, Radium and Columbia Valley, British Columbia and Pacific Coast, First Nations views); D. "T" sub-series, ca.1950, 482 negatives (scenic and commercial views, mainly Jasper, Banff-Jasper Highway and Lake Louise areas); E. Rolliflex and panorama negatives, 1949-1958, 584 negatives (Banff Winter Carnival, Banff School of Fine Arts, and Banff and area); F. Other, ca.1945-1951, 364 items (material similar to that in other series, some unidentified). Accompanied by small number of prints and postcards; also, publication: "Photographing the Canadian Rockies" by Bill J. L. Gibbons, 1948.
- II. Canadian Rockies colour series consists of four sub-series: A. CR1 to CR84, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.260 prints; B. CR1 to CR443, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.5130 photographs; C. CR35-2 to CR35-81, ca.1966-ca.1972, ca.2310 photographs; D. Other photographs, ca.1945-ca.1990. Series consists primarily of commercial colour negatives and corresponding proof prints pertaining to Banff, Jasper and Yoho National Parks, also some transparencies and oversize display prints.
- III. Other black and white series. Series consists of 2 black and white prints of crash landing at Sunshine with Al Gaetz and Dick Pike, 1947 and two copy negatives with prints of Bruno Engler and Ella Mae Gibbons, ca.1947.
- Textual records are record book, 1945-1953, 62 p; and book layout.
- Name Access
- Gibbons, Bill
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- 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: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- selected modern reference prints
- Creator
- Gibbons, Bill
- Category
- Arts
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Pat Brewster fonds
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- Part Of
- Pat Brewster fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of four series: I. Personal, II. Professional, III. Activities, IV. Brewster family. I. Personal series, 1905-1982, 18 cm of textual records, 160 photographs, 2 sound recordings. Includes correspondence, interview and recorded conversation, address/notebook, artwork, other textua…
- Date Range
- 1841-1983
- Reference Code
- M2 / S21 / V91
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Drawing
- Map
- Poster
- Private record
- Part Of
- Pat Brewster fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M2 / V91 / S21
- Sous-Fonds
- V91
- Accession Number
- 12, 13, 80, 93, 110, 145, 340, 380, 899, 1006, 1110, 1179, 1210, 1235, 1398, 1409, 1440, 1505, 1784, 1874, 2176, 2216, 2303, 2361, 2410, 2643, 2791, 2816, 2880, 2903, 2933, 2940, 3051, 3157, 3181, 3393, 3642, 3733, 3734, 3780, 3821, 3921, 3969, 5028, 5336, 6018
- Reference Code
- M2 / S21 / V91
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Drawing
- Map
- Poster
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1841-1983
- Physical Description
- ca.80 cm of textual material. -- ca.900 photographs : prints, postcards, transparencies, negatives, copy negatives. -- 1 photograph album (50 prints). -- 3 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes
- History / Biographical
- Forrest Oliver "Pat" Brewster, 1896-1982, was a trail guide, outfitter and businessman in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Pat was a native and life-long resident of Banff. As a boy, he was an active Boy Scout and, by age seventeen, was a big game guide. After serving in World War I, Brewster established the first permanent camp at Lake O'Hara for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1926, he took over the Brewster Transport Company outfitting business from his brothers, Bill and Jim. In the 1930s, he became involved in skiing explorations in the Assiniboine, Skoki and Sunshine areas. Pat Brewster was active in community affairs and, in his later years, was an avid historian of the region. He published three books of reminiscences between 1975 and 1982.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of four series: I. Personal, II. Professional, III. Activities, IV. Brewster family.
- I. Personal series, 1905-1982, 18 cm of textual records, 160 photographs, 2 sound recordings. Includes correspondence, interview and recorded conversation, address/notebook, artwork, other textual records, photographs.
- II. Professional series, 1892-1982, 47.5 cm of textual records, 266 photographs, 1 sound recording. Includes papers pertaining to various Brewster family and other businesses, writing papers and sound recording, and photographs pertaining to guiding and outfitting, tourism promotion and other.
- III. Activities series, 1841-1983, 6.5 cm of textual records, 262 photographs. Pertains to genealogical research, other activities and collected material.
- IV. Brewster family series, 1841-1981, 2.5 cm of textual records, 132 photographs. Pertains to Brewster family, Jack Brewster, John Brewster, Pearl Brewster Moore and the Moore family.
- Name Access
- Brewster, Pat
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- reference copies and summaries for sound recordings
- Creator
- Brewster, Pat
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Philip Godsell, Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God)
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- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Philip Godsell and Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) in performance or ceremony at Banff Indian Days.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3732
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M532 / V227
- Sous-Fonds
- V227
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3732
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Banff Indian Days, Banff Springs Hotel
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 Negative
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Philip Godsell and Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) in performance or ceremony at Banff Indian Days.
- Name Access
- Gibbons, Bill
- Godsell, Philip
- Kaquitts, Tom
- McLean, George
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- NA-3878-20 Title: Walking Buffalo, Stoney shaman, lighting medicine pipe, Banff, Alberta
- Creator
- Gibbons, Bill
- Title Source
- Original Title based on contents of file
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Marlene OneSpot (left, seated)
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- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Marlene OneSpot (left, seated)]*
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3635
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V227
- Sous-Fonds
- V227
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3635
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 Negative
- Scope & Content
- [Marlene OneSpot (left, seated)]*
- Name Access
- Gibbons, Bill
- OneSpot, Marlene
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gibbons, Bill
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Content Details
- [Marlene's mother was Bluebird woman, married to Isaiah Powderface -looks like Morley Stampede, 1 day event on Dominion Day.]* .
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- Processed
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Three unidentified women, Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman), possibly Katherine, Ernie Kehr, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo). Standing - Philip and Jean Godsell
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- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Three unidentified women, Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman), Katherine?, Ernie Kehr, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo). Standing - Philip and Jean Godsell.]*
- Date Range
- [ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3736
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M532 / V227
- Sous-Fonds
- V227
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3736
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Banff Indian Days, Banff Springs Hotel
- Date Range
- [ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 Negative
- Scope & Content
- [Three unidentified women, Eliza Hunter (Wîchîyânâgish) (Young Woman), Katherine?, Ernie Kehr, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo). Standing - Philip and Jean Godsell.]*
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gibbons, Bill
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images. Ernie Kehr was called Mâkochî oksâ hni, meaning 'going around the world', in reference to his world travels
- Content Details
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Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God), Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) during a performance with tipis and people seated in the background.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3724
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M532 / V227
- Sous-Fonds
- V227
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3724
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Banff Indian Days, Banff Springs Hotel
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 Negative
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God) during a performance with tipis and people seated in the background.
- Name Access
- Gibbons, Bill
- Kaquitts, Tom
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- NA-3878-13, Title: Chief Bearspaw, Stoney, dancing the celumet [sic] stem,Banff, Alberta, 1949
- Creator
- Gibbons, Bill
- Title Source
- Original Title based on contents of file [Can tell it is him by regalia and antics- looks like Banff Springs evening show]
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Content Details
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Two unknown men in regalia
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- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Movie location for "The Man in Green"] [Unknown men]
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3353
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V227
- Sous-Fonds
- V227
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3353
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 Negative
- Scope & Content
- [Movie location for "The Man in Green"] [Unknown men]
- Name Access
- Gibbons, Bill
- Subject Access
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gibbons, Bill
- Title Source
- This image is part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
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- Processed
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Unidentified woman on horse
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- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown woman on horse]
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3695
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M532 / V227
- Sous-Fonds
- V227
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3695
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Indian squaw on horse
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 Negative
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown woman on horse]
- Notes
- Please note: Photographs within archival collections often contain caption and title text originally recorded by their creators. This information is part of a document's custodial history and are indications of nineteenth and early twentieth-century perceptions of Indigenous peoples. Researchers should interpret captions and titles within that context;.
- Name Access
- Gibbons, Bill
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gibbons, Bill
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
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Unknown man on horse, Banff Indian Days
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- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown man on horse]
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3691
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Bill Gibbons fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M532 / V227
- Sous-Fonds
- V227
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V227 / 3691
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 Negative
- Scope & Content
- [Unknown man on horse]
- Name Access
- Gibbons, Bill
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gibbons, Bill
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
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