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Aileen Harmon fonds
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- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and photographs by and about Aileen Harmon, as well as collected items. Textual records include: letter from Harmon to the Director of Alberta's provincial parks re addition of Yamnuska area to Bow Valley Provincial Park, 1973; brief, from Harvie Heights and Bow Va…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1924] - 2015
- Reference Code
- M287 / V262
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M287 / V262
- Sous-Fonds
- M287
- V262
- Accession Number
- 1876
- 1915
- 1916
- 2302
- 2932
- 3082
- 3380
- 3383
- 3411
- 7753
- 2016.8596
- Reference Code
- M287 / V262
- Date Range
- [ca. 1924] - 2015
- Physical Description
- 26.5 cm of textual records. -- 33 photographs (26 prints : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 30 cm or smaller -- 6 negatives : b&w nitrate negatives ; 12.5 x 10 cm -- 1 transparency : col. slide ; 35 mm)
- History / Biographical
- Aileen Harmon (1912 - 2015), daughter of Byron Harmon, worked as a government naturalist at Banff, Alberta, Canada and was involved in local natural history groups and activities. Aileen was a founding member, alongside Bruce Gordon, of the Bow Valley Naturalists, and was also on the Board of The Canadian Wildlife Federation and The Society of Alberta Naturalists. Aileen moved to Mill Bay on Vancouver Island, B.C. in 1981 following the end of a lengthy career with Parks Canada. During her retirement years, Aileen travelled extensively, reaching all seven continents. She also authored an autobiographical book, titled "Tales of My Mountain Life", in 2004. Aileen passed away on January 9, 2015 at the age of 102.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and photographs by and about Aileen Harmon, as well as collected items. Textual records include: letter from Harmon to the Director of Alberta's provincial parks re addition of Yamnuska area to Bow Valley Provincial Park, 1973; brief, from Harvie Heights and Bow Valley subdivision residents to public hearings on land use and resource development in the eastern slopes, 1973; letter re James Hector, 1979; notes on career, 2003; notes on Catharine Whyte for CBC recording, 2004; Christmas cards and collected articles, ca.1960. Photographs, made by and collected by Aileen Harmon, pertain to Aileen Harmon and friends, skiing, Skoki area, Mount Yamnuska, Banff Indian Days. Includes photographs by Byron Harmon. Added content from accession 2016.8596 : ca. 25 cm of textual records including personal correspondence, guest book, original writing and notes by Aileen Harmon, personal travel journals from a 1931 packing trip and 1933 ski trip to Skoki, drafts of autobiographical book "Tales of My Mountain Life", articles pertaining to or written by Aileen Harmon, Christmas cards, and letters of condolence to Carole Harmon following Aileen's passing. Also 26 print photographs, 6 negative photographs from a 1937 hiking trip, and one transparency. Fonds consists of one series : Series I - Personal records
- Name Access
- Harmon, Aileen
- Harmon, Carole
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Memorial
- Parks Canada
- Hiking
- Mountains
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Basic description only
- Category
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Group of hikers on a grassy ledge
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of six unidentified men and women with their backs to the camera looking out over a mountain valley - Catharine Whyte possibly third from left
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 96
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 96
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of six unidentified men and women with their backs to the camera looking out over a mountain valley - Catharine Whyte possibly third from left
- Language
- English
- Title Source
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- Processing Status
- Processed
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Hikers at rest
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of two hikers - one standing with a walking stick and the other seated on a rock - looking out towards a lake with mountains rising in the background - possibly the Lake O'Hara area
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 93
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 93
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of two hikers - one standing with a walking stick and the other seated on a rock - looking out towards a lake with mountains rising in the background - possibly the Lake O'Hara area
- Language
- English
- Title Source
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- Processed
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Hikers at rest
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of three unidentified hikers - one man standing with a walking stick, one man seated on a rock, one woman standing with her hands in her pockets - looking out over an unidentified mountain valley
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 94
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 94
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of three unidentified hikers - one man standing with a walking stick, one man seated on a rock, one woman standing with her hands in her pockets - looking out over an unidentified mountain valley
- Language
- English
- Title Source
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Hikers at rest
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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of six unidentified hikers sitting and standing looking out towards a mountain in the distance - possibly Mt. Schaffer
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 109
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 109
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of six unidentified hikers sitting and standing looking out towards a mountain in the distance - possibly Mt. Schaffer
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Hikers at rest
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of five unidentified hikers sitting and standing on a steep grassy slope looking down on a small lake - all hikers have their backs to the camera
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 113
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 113
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of five unidentified hikers sitting and standing on a steep grassy slope looking down on a small lake - all hikers have their backs to the camera
- Language
- English
- Title Source
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Hikers looking over a lake
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of an unidentified man standing on a rocky slope next to an unidentified seated woman [her back is to the camera] with a large lake and mountain range in the distance
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 92
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 92
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of an unidentified man standing on a rocky slope next to an unidentified seated woman [her back is to the camera] with a large lake and mountain range in the distance
- Language
- English
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Hikers on a ladder
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of two unidentified hikers climbing up a rough wooden ladder against a steep rocky slope - a mountain peak is visible in the distance - taken from below
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 116
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 116
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of two unidentified hikers climbing up a rough wooden ladder against a steep rocky slope - a mountain peak is visible in the distance - taken from below
- Language
- English
- Title Source
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- Processed
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Hikers taking a rest
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of three unidentified hikers resting on a patch of grass with a rocky hill rising up behind them - a painter's box is visible in the bottom right
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 76
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 76
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of three unidentified hikers resting on a patch of grass with a rocky hill rising up behind them - a painter's box is visible in the bottom right
- Language
- English
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Peter and Catharine Whyte posing
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter [standing] and Catharine [sitting] Whyte on a large rock with a mountain ridge in the background
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 99
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 99
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter [standing] and Catharine [sitting] Whyte on a large rock with a mountain ridge in the background
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
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- Processed
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Unidentified hikers
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of four unidentified hikers on a steep rocky slope - unidentified mountain range in the distance
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 107
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 107
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of four unidentified hikers on a steep rocky slope - unidentified mountain range in the distance
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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