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Travels in Europe

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 album comprised of 32 black and white and colour photographs, 16.5 x 11 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family's travels to various European countries in 1952 and 1957. File documents the family's travels to the Scotland, England, Wales, France, Holland, and Spain.

Date Range: 1952-1957; 1952; 1957

Reference Code: V75 / I / PD - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Private record; Photograph print

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: V75 / I : Wardle Family, c.1912-1971

Sous-Fonds: V75

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: V75 / I / PD - 6

GMD: Album; Private record; Photograph print

Date Range: 1952-1957; 1952; 1957

Physical Description: 1 album (32 photographs : b&w and col. ; 16.5 x 11 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 album comprised of 32 black and white and colour photographs, 16.5 x 11 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family's travels to various European countries in 1952 and 1957. File documents the family's travels to the Scotland, England, Wales, France, Holland, and Spain.

Notes: Album is red with "Jumbo 51 Photo Album" written on the front with gold and a gold border.; Most of the photograph prints are captioned on the back with who is in the photograph, where it was taken, and when (year).; There are copies or doubles of photographs inserted behind some of the photographs, which have been kept in the location they were found in.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; European travel; Leisure

Geographic Access: Scotland; England; France; Spain; Europe

Language: English

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

Category: Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Album, Canadian and American Rocky Mountains

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album compiled by Molly Wright Adams containing ca.107 photographs. Images pertain to Molly's travels in the American and Canadian Rocky Mountains in 1904.

Date Range: 1904

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Print

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M555; V777

Series: V777 / II : Personal and collected records

Sous-Fonds: V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: V777 / II / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Print

Responsibility: Produced by Molly W. Adams

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 1 photo album (ca. 107 photographs : b&w prints)

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album compiled by Molly Wright Adams containing ca.107 photographs. Images pertain to Molly's travels in the American and Canadian Rocky Mountains in 1904.

Notes: Some pages include annotations below photographs

Name Access: Adams, Molly

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Mountains; Landscape; Travel; Exploration; Environment; Recreation; Hiking

Geographic Access: United States of America; Rocky Mountains; Canada; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Materials in file are fragile - handle with caution

Language: N/A

Conservation: Pages interleaved with acid-free issue paper in 2018

Category: Exploration and travel; Family and personal life; Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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The Cookies and Some of the People They Passed

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Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of a trip to Europe in 1914 interspersed with typed-text pages telling a story titled "The Cookies and Some of the People They Passed."

Date Range: 1914

Reference Code: V282 / I / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Photograph

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Caroline Hinman fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V282

Series: I. Photograph albums

Sous-Fonds: V282

Accession Number: 1933

Reference Code: V282 / I / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Photograph

Date Range: 1914

Physical Description: 1 album : 53 prints, 63 p. text, typewritten.

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of a trip to Europe in 1914 interspersed with typed-text pages telling a story titled "The Cookies and Some of the People They Passed."

Name Access: Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Architecture; Boats; Buildings; European travel; Family and personal life; Travel; Writing

Geographic Access: United States of America; Europe

Access Restrictions: Access to original restricted. Microfilm copy available for reference use.

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Elizabeth Aleen Aked Travel Album

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Part Of: Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds

Scope & Content: Album contains 140 b&w prints and colour postcards, tipped in. Photograph and memorabilia album documents Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda First Nations at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff …

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V74 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Postcard; Print

Part Of: Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V 74

Sous-Fonds: V74

Accession Number: 7850

Reference Code: V74 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Postcard; Print

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: 140 b&w prints; postcards; col.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description for biographical history.

Scope & Content: Album contains 140 b&w prints and colour postcards, tipped in. Photograph and memorabilia album documents Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda First Nations at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, Snowsqualmie Pass, Columbia River, Chukanut Drive (Washington), Puget Sound, Aked and her parents. Album also includes newsclippings and pamphlet pertaining to Banff Indian Days, pamphlets from Radium Hotsprings lodge and hot springs, and the Banff Springs Golf course pamphlet.

Name Access: Elizabeth Aleen Aked

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Aked, Elizabeth Aleen

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Fern Brewster album

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1922-ca.1930]. -- 1 photograph album (217 prints). -- Album pertains to Fern Brewster, family, friends, activities; includes movie stars - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, Estelle Taylor; scenes from movies being filmed, some from Banff area,…

Date Range: [1922-1930]

Reference Code: V90 / PD - 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album

13 images

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436 / V90

Series: II. Fern Brewster

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V90 / PD - 10

GMD: Photograph; Album

Date Range: [1922-1930]

Physical Description: 1 album (217 photographs : b&w)

Scope & Content: Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1922-ca.1930]. -- 1 photograph album (217 prints). -- Album pertains to Fern Brewster, family, friends, activities; includes movie stars - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, Estelle Taylor; scenes from movies being filmed, some from Banff area, including "Valley of Silent Men", "The Alaskan", "Thief of Bagdad"; Lou Crosby, Peter Whyte, Phil Moore, Edmee Moore, Oliver Kahdahl, Jim and Dell Brewster; also includes some views from Hawaiian trip, ca.1922-1930. -- Condition is fragile. -- Title based on item.

Name Access: Crosby, Lou; Brewster, Dell; Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim; Kaldahl, Oliver; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Whyte, Peter

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

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Hawaii

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Hawaii, Japan, China cruise album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cru…

Date Range: [ca. 1937]

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Drawing; Scrapbook

254 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 2

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Drawing; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca. 1937]

Physical Description: 1 album (255 b&w and col. prints ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller -- 1 diagram ; 6 x 4 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cruise ship, as well as cruise staff members and on-board entertainment; landscapes, monuments and buildings; surfing; historic sites; dockyard scenes with unidentified workers; local individuals and families; and fishing and harvesting. Album also includes small tissue-like paper sheet with hand-drawn diagram of mechanical parts and measurements with annotations [possibly belonging to Eleanor Luxton, n.d.]

Notes: Most photographs are annotated on the lower front in white text with contextual information - location, name of landmark, etc.; Date provided is based on dating of similar items pertaining to cruise to Hawaii, Japan and China collected by Eleanor Luxton. Photographs are likely from the same trip, but not confirmed.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Cruise ships; Boats; Fishing; Landscapes; Buildings; Statue; Community life; Commerce and industry; Dockyard; Labour; Farmland; Hotel

Geographic Access: United States of America; Hawaii; Japan; Kyoto; Yokohama; Kamakura; China; Canton; Guangzhou; Shanghai; Repulse Bay

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English; Japanese

Conservation: Paper diagram in album has been placed in mylar sleeve and kept in original location; Consider removing metal ring bindings on album if they pose a risk of rust damage in future; Album has been secured with unbleached cotton string to prevent loose items from falling out

Related Material: LUX / II / E / 5

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Commerce and industry; Labour; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Photograph Album

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Part Of: John Amatt fonds

Scope & Content: V788/E contains one photographs album with 49 colour photographs pertaining to the Baffin Island trip in 1974

Date Range: 1974

Reference Code: V788 / E

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: John Amatt fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M563 / V788 / S57

Series: V788 / E

Sous-Fonds: V788

Accession Number: 2017.8659

Reference Code: V788 / E

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1974

Physical Description: 1 photograph album : 49 photographs ; colour

History / Biographical: John Amatt (May 19, 1945 - ) was an educator, expedition leader, public speaker, and founder of One Step Beyond WorldWide. He was a climber, business manager, spokesman and press liason for the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition.

Scope & Content: V788/E contains one photographs album with 49 colour photographs pertaining to the Baffin Island trip in 1974

Name Access: Amatt, John

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Calgary; Camps; Canada; Climbing; Communications; Daily routines; Education; Winter Sports; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Organizations; Sports; Transportation; Travel

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: John Amatt

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Science and technology; Transportation

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.adventureattitude.com/bio.htm

Title Source: Title based on contents

Processing Status: Processed

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Reference file

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of scanned paper duplicates of materials donated in accession 2018.8685; includes scans of letters, one journal, postcards, planners and one album which belonged to Molly Wright Adams.

Date Range: 2018

Reference Code: M555 / V777

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record; Textual record; Album

Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M555; V777

Sous-Fonds: M555; V777

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: M555 / V777

GMD: Private record; Textual record; Album

Responsibility: Materials scanned in 2018

Date Range: 2018

Physical Description: Scanned copies of text and one album

Scope & Content: File consists of scanned paper duplicates of materials donated in accession 2018.8685; includes scans of letters, one journal, postcards, planners and one album which belonged to Molly Wright Adams.

Notes: Reference scans for file M555/I/A/3 materials not included

Name Access: Adams, Molly

Subject Access: Correspondence; Family and personal life; Travel; Tourism; Recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; United States of America; Japan

Language: English

Category: Exploration and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure; Tourism

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Souvenir photographs travel album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and…

Date Range: [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1939

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Album

352 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PD - 2

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Album

Date Range: [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1939

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 360 b&w and col. prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and local scenics in Panama, buildings and landscapes, the 1939 World Fair in New York, boats and dockyard views, art portraits, Niagara Falls, monuments and statues. Most items are captioned with their respective subjects / locations, 4 items are colorized [rest are b&w].

Notes: Some items are postcard prints, vast majority are photograph prints

Material Details: Photographs are secured with paper corner fasteners attached to pages with adhesive

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Art; Portrait; Indigenous Peoples; Buildings; Memorial; Statue; Events; Boats; Fishing; Landscapes; Animals; Farmland

Geographic Access: Canada; Ontario; Niagara Falls; Toronto; Quebec; Montreal; United States of America; New York; Chicago; Panama; Cuba; Havana

Access Restrictions: Caution when handling - some items are loose

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Consider removing metal bindings from album in future. Currently no signs of rust or damage to album

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Souvenir postcard album, Cuba

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting, livestock, boating scenes, market vendors, community ev…

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]; 1909

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PD - 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Postcard

102 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PD - 4

GMD: Album; Postcard

Responsibility: Some items produced by Harris Bros. Co., and Curt Teich & Co.

Date Range: [ca. 1900 - ca. 1910]; 1909

Physical Description: 1 album (101 col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting, livestock, boating scenes, market vendors, community events, city views, Cuba's 1909 presidential inauguration, tourist attractions and landmarks in Havana, rural villages, and Cuban landscapes.