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Ben Gadd fonds
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, …
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- V810
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- 2024.01
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Physical Description
- ca. 7.9 metres of textual records -- ca. 274 maps -- 29 VHS tapes -- ca.15 discs with digital files -- 21 cassettes -- photographs -- oversized materials -- USB stick with 15 sldeshows
- History / Biographical
- Ben Gadd (1946-) is a retired naturalist, guide, geologist, instructor, freelance writer and award-winning author based in the Canadian Rockies. Ben was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1946. He met his wife, Cia (Langdon) Gadd at Colorado College in 1965, and the couple married four weeks later. Ben and Cia had two sons, Will and Toby. Ben and his family relocated to Jasper in the late 1960s. Ben later attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science in 1972. Between 1976 and 1980, Ben taught classes at Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology; he later taught additional classes at Grant MacEwan College and Lakeland College. From 1981, Ben also worked as a seasonal naturalist/guide for Parks Canada. Ben left Parks Canada in 1985 to start an independent naturalist guiding business with Cia based in Jasper and other parts of the Canadian Rockies, which the couple continued to operate for over two decades. Ben published his best-known work, "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", through his publishing company Corax Press in 1986. The second edition of "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" received multiple awards after its release in 1995. Ben's fiction book, "Raven's End" won the title of Best Canadian Rockies Book at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in 2001 and became a Canadian bestseller. Overall, Ben has authored or co-authored 11 books and received nearly one dozen awards for his achievements as a writer, researcher and guide. Ben continued to lead guided hikes and school programs until his retirement in 2016.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other related material. Materials donated in 2024 include one USB stick containing
- Notes
- Ben Gadd fonds arrangement: Series I : Personal records - Subseries A : Travel guides and maps - Subseries B : Education and early writings - Subseries C : Personal interest files - Subseries D : Other personal and collected Series II : Research and publication records - Subseries A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Subseries B : Other publications Series III : Professional records - Subseries A : Parks Canada Records - Subseries B : Interpretive guiding - Subseries C : Teaching records - Subseries D : Other contracts and projects Series IV : Legal and financial records - Subseries A : Legal records - Subseries B : Financial records
- Subject Access
- Education
- Research
- Publication
- Environment
- Geology
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Academics
- Guiding
- Guides
- Businesses
- Finances
- Conservation
- Wildlife
- Natural history
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Lethbridge
- United States of America
- Colorado
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions apply
- Language
- English
- French
- Dutch
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Douglas Leighton fonds
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- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records. Visual records are made up of approximately 13,650 colour transparencies. transparencies pertain to personal life and career as an professional photographer, and naturalist. Textual records pertain to background for assessing the status of the Banff / …
- Date Range
- 1953 - 2018
- Reference Code
- M133 / V222
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 133
- V 222
- Sous-Fonds
- M 133
- V 222
- Accession Number
- 6592, 7752, 2015.15 (unprocessed)
- Reference Code
- M133 / V222
- Date Range
- 1953 - 2018
- Physical Description
- ca.13,650 col. slide photographs -- 51 prints -- 58 negatives -- textual records
- History / Biographical
- Douglas (Doug) Leighton was born in Banff, Alberta, August 7, 1953. His family moved to Penticton, British Columbia in 1963 where he began using a camera at the early age of ten years old. At a young age, Doug was an enthusiastic birder, during his 20's Doug went on to become a Park Naturalist with British Columbia Parks for eight years until he returned to Banff in 1985 to pursue a professional photography career. In 1992 Doug moved from Banff to Golden, British Columbia and finally in 2005 Doug with his wife Myriam moved to Blaeberry, British Columbia. Doug died on March 28, 2018. Doug was a photographer and writer. Doug's photographs have been published by National Geographic Society, Audubon Society Books, Time-Life Books, Canadian Geographic, Equinox, and Nature Canada Magazine among others. IN 1989 a portfolio of his work was selected for the National Museum of Natural Science "The Nature of Photography" exhibition which celebrated 150 years of photography in Canada. Doug is also known for his best selling photographic books "The Canadian Rockies" 1993, "Alberta" and "Greater Vancouver" 1995.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records. Visual records are made up of approximately 13,650 colour transparencies. transparencies pertain to personal life and career as an professional photographer, and naturalist. Textual records pertain to background for assessing the status of the Banff / Central Rockies grizzly bear population / Douglas Leighton : [report], January 15, 2001; and photographs by Douglas Leighton of Jon Whyte, Ted Hart, Leslie Taylor and the Cascades of Time gardens. Unprocessed sous-fonds consists of Douglas Leighton's Grizzly Research 1999-2018
- Notes
- Douglas Leighton fonds arrangement Sous fonds M133 M133 / 1-2 Sous fonds V222 Series I: Personal Subseries A: Photograph prints Subseries B: Colour transparencies Subseries C: NegativesXXX Series II: AnimalsXXXSubseries A: UngulatesXXXSubseries B: Fish Reptiles and InsectsXXXSubseries C: BirdsXXXSubseries D: Mammals Series III: Trips, Topics and EventsXXXSubseries A: Gang RanchXXXSubseries B: Forest FiresXXXSubseries C: FishingXXXSubseries D: SkiingXXX Series IV: Scenic ViewsXXXSubseries A: AerialsXXXSubseries B: British ColumbiaXXXSubseries C: AlbertaXXX Series V: Plants Series VI: Published
- Name Access
- Leighton, Douglas
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright applies
- Privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Leighton, Douglas
- Category
- Environment
- Biographical Source Notes
- Obituary - biofile
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
- Unprocessed
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Aerial photographs
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- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of aerial photographs of terrain in British Columbia and Alberta. Including Banff National Park, Canmore, Kananaskis, Kootenay National Park and Jasper National Park. Images include glaciers, lakes, mountain ranges, forest, highways, and trails.
- Date Range
- 1993
- 1996
- 1997
- 1987
- Reference Code
- V222 / IV / A / 2 / NS - 1 to 134
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M133
- V222
- Series
- V222 / IV : Scenic Views
- Sous-Fonds
- V222
- Sub-Series
- V222 / IV / A: Aerial Photographs
- Accession Number
- 2020.24
- Reference Code
- V222 / IV / A / 2 / NS - 1 to 134
- Date Range
- 1993
- 1996
- 1997
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 134 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of aerial photographs of terrain in British Columbia and Alberta. Including Banff National Park, Canmore, Kananaskis, Kootenay National Park and Jasper National Park. Images include glaciers, lakes, mountain ranges, forest, highways, and trails.
- Name Access
- Leighton, Douglas
- Subject Access
- Photo Survey
- Photography
- Mountain
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jumbo Mountain
- Toby Creek
- Kootenay National Park
- Canmore, Alberta
- Kananaskis
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Jasper National Park
- Mt. Robson
- Assininboine Provincial Park
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Douglas Leighton
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Aerial photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56182
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of aerial photographs of terrain in British Columbia and Alberta. Includes photographs of Jasper National Park and Banff National Park. Images include glaciers, lakes, mountain ranges, forest, highways, and trails.
- Date Range
- 1987
- 1988
- 1993
- 1994
- Reference Code
- V222 / IV / A / 3 / NS - 1 to 125
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M133
- V222
- Series
- V222 / IV : Scenic Views
- Sous-Fonds
- V222
- Sub-Series
- V222 / IV / A: Aerial Photographs
- Accession Number
- 2020.24
- Reference Code
- V222 / IV / A / 3 / NS - 1 to 125
- Date Range
- 1987
- 1988
- 1993
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 125 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of aerial photographs of terrain in British Columbia and Alberta. Includes photographs of Jasper National Park and Banff National Park. Images include glaciers, lakes, mountain ranges, forest, highways, and trails.
- Name Access
- Leighton, Douglas
- Subject Access
- Photo Survey
- Photography
- Mountain
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Douglas Leighton
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Aerial photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56184
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of aerial photographs of terrain in Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, Jasper National Park. Images include glaciers, lakes, mountain ranges, forest, highways, and trails.
- Date Range
- 1987
- 1995
- 1996
- Reference Code
- V222 / IV / A / 5 / NS - 1 to 105
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M133
- V222
- Series
- V222 / IV : Scenic Views
- Sous-Fonds
- V222
- Sub-Series
- V222 / IV / A: Aerial Photographs
- Accession Number
- 2020.24
- Reference Code
- V222 / IV / A / 5 / NS - 1 to 105
- Date Range
- 1987
- 1995
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 105 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of aerial photographs of terrain in Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, Jasper National Park. Images include glaciers, lakes, mountain ranges, forest, highways, and trails.
- Name Access
- Leighton, Douglas
- Subject Access
- Photo Survey
- Photography
- Mountain
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Assiniboine Provinvial Park
- Columbia Icefields
- Yoho National Park
- Kananaskis
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Douglas Leighton
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Aerial photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56185
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of aerial photographs of terrain in British Columbia and Alberta. Including photographs of Kananaskis, Canmore, Invermere, Yoho National Park.
- Date Range
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1992
- 1993
- 1995
- 1996
- Reference Code
- V222 / IV / A / 6 / NS - 1 to 194
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M133
- V222
- Series
- V222 / IV : Scenic Views
- Sous-Fonds
- V222
- Sub-Series
- V222 / IV / A: Aerial Photographs
- Accession Number
- 2020.24
- Reference Code
- V222 / IV / A / 6 / NS - 1 to 194
- Date Range
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1992
- 1993
- 1995
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 194 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of aerial photographs of terrain in British Columbia and Alberta. Including photographs of Kananaskis, Canmore, Invermere, Yoho National Park.
- Name Access
- Leighton, Douglas
- Subject Access
- Photo Survey
- Photography
- Mountain
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Kananaskis
- Inveremere
- Yoho National Park
- Canmore, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Douglas Leighton
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Alberta "active best"
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- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, flowers, waterfalls and glaciers.
- Date Range
- 1987 - 1989
- 1991 - 1993
- 1995
- 1996
- 1998
- 2000 - 2002
- 2006
- Reference Code
- V222 / VI / C / 3 / NS - 1 to 146
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M133
- V222
- Series
- V222 / VI : Publication
- Sous-Fonds
- V222
- Sub-Series
- V222 / VI / C: Compiled for publication
- Accession Number
- 2020.24
- Reference Code
- V222 / VI / C / 3 / NS - 1 to 146
- Date Range
- 1987 - 1989
- 1991 - 1993
- 1995
- 1996
- 1998
- 2000 - 2002
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 146 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, flowers, waterfalls and glaciers.
- Name Access
- Leighton, Douglas
- Subject Access
- British Columbia
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Lake Louise, AB
- Banff National Park
- Banff
- Exshaw, AB
- Calgary, AB
- Jasper, AB
- Edmonton, AB
- Canmore, AB
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Douglas Leighton
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton in an album. Album was held in a a non-descript binder. Includes scenic photographs of Alberta.
- Date Range
- 1984
- 1986
- 1987
- Reference Code
- V222 / VI / D / 3 / NS - 1 to 26
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M133
- V222
- Series
- V222 / VI : Publication
- Sous-Fonds
- V222
- Sub-Series
- V222 / VI / D: British Columbia Album
- Accession Number
- 2020.24
- Reference Code
- V222 / VI / D / 3 / NS - 1 to 26
- Date Range
- 1984
- 1986
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 26 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton in an album. Album was held in a a non-descript binder. Includes scenic photographs of Alberta.
- Name Access
- Leighton, Douglas
- Subject Access
- Alberta
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Jasper, AB
- Icefields, AB
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Castle Mountain, AB
- Lethbridge, AB
- Waterton National Park
- Sawback Range
- Calgary, AB
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Douglas Leighton
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff "active best"
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- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, waterfalls and glaciers.
- Date Range
- 1978
- 1979
- 1984
- 1986 - 1993
- 1995
- 1996
- Reference Code
- V222 / VI / C / 2 / NS - 1 to 155
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M133
- V222
- Series
- V222 / VI : Publication
- Sous-Fonds
- V222
- Sub-Series
- V222 / VI / C: Compiled for publication
- Accession Number
- 2020.24
- Reference Code
- V222 / VI / C / 2 / NS - 1 to 155
- Date Range
- 1978
- 1979
- 1984
- 1986 - 1993
- 1995
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 155 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, waterfalls and glaciers.
- Name Access
- Leighton, Douglas
- Subject Access
- British Columbia
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Lake Louise, AB
- Banff National Park
- Banff
- Exshaw
- Canmore
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Douglas Leighton
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Park geology sheet
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a draft, final copy and related correspondence pertaining to a fact sheet titled "The Geology of Banff National Park", which Ben Gadd produced for Parks Canada in 1980.
- Date Range
- 1980
- Reference Code
- M590 / III / D / 27
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / III : Professional records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / III / D : Other contracts and projects
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / III / D / 27
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a draft, final copy and related correspondence pertaining to a fact sheet titled "The Geology of Banff National Park", which Ben Gadd produced for Parks Canada in 1980.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Parks
- Parks Canada
- Government
- National parks and reserves
- Natural history
- Research
- Education
- Environment
- Publication
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Government
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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