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Brochure production
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54929
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notes, clippings and drafts of brochures to be published by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. File also includes several illustrations of trail maps to be included in brochures, correspondence pertaining to brochure production, model release forms and three duplicate b&w pr…
- Date Range
- 1980-1985
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 29 & 30
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Organization record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / V : Administrative records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 29 & 30
- Date Range
- 1980-1985
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (21.5 x 28 cm or smaller) -- 3 photographs : b&w prints ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notes, clippings and drafts of brochures to be published by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. File also includes several illustrations of trail maps to be included in brochures, correspondence pertaining to brochure production, model release forms and three duplicate b&w prints depicting several trail riders on horseback [image used in 1980 brochure].
- Notes
- Six "Holiday on Horseback" brochures removed from file. Items are duplicates of brochures processed in series M545 / II and will be offered for return to Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.
- File contents organized by date and stored in two folders [see "Content Details"]
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Advertising
- Tourism
- Travel
- Organizations
- Membership
- Businesses
- Geography
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Trails
- Hotels
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Prints placed in mylar and stored in folder with related textual material to preserve context
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Communications
- Commerce and industry
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies bulletins from 1931-1974 [some annotated] and one "Skyline Trails" bulletin [1960]. Content pertains to views and events from previous trips, schedules and planned destinations of trail rides, and membership lists.
- Date Range
- 1931
- 1939
- 1941-1942
- 1944-1945
- 1948-1953
- 1955-1957
- 1960-1962
- 1964
- 1970
- 1972
- 1974
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 8 to 11
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Organization record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 8 to 11
- Date Range
- 1931
- 1939
- 1941-1942
- 1944-1945
- 1948-1953
- 1955-1957
- 1960-1962
- 1964
- 1970
- 1972
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies bulletins from 1931-1974 [some annotated] and one "Skyline Trails" bulletin [1960]. Content pertains to views and events from previous trips, schedules and planned destinations of trail rides, and membership lists.
- Notes
- Brochures are organized by date [see "Content Details"]
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Administration
- Membership
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Camping
- Entertainment
- Travel
- Tourism
- Publication
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Moraine Lake
- Lake Louise
- Stewart Canyon
- Spray Lakes
- Larix Lake
- Fatigue Pass
- Ptarmigan Lake
- Mount Assiniboine
- Deception Pass
- Wolverine Plateau
- Simpson Pass
- Wonder Pass
- Kananaskis
- Johnston Creek
- Panther River
- Red Deer
- Lake O'Hara
- Pulsatilla Pass
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- M545 / III / 8 : 1931-1948
- M545 / III / 9 : 1949-1953
- M545 / III / 10 : 1955-1962
- M545 / III / 11 : 1964-1974
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Holiday on Horseback brochures
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54808
- Scope & Content
- File consists of annual brochures for Warner Guiding and Outfitting Ltd. titled "Holiday on Horseback", 1978-2009. Brochures include excursion dates, price lists, information pertaining to the history of the company, and contact information.
- Date Range
- 1978-1988
- 1990-1993
- 1995-1999
- 2001-2002
- 2004-2006
- 2008-2009
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 6 to 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 6 to 7
- Date Range
- 1978-1988
- 1990-1993
- 1995-1999
- 2001-2002
- 2004-2006
- 2008-2009
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of annual brochures for Warner Guiding and Outfitting Ltd. titled "Holiday on Horseback", 1978-2009. Brochures include excursion dates, price lists, information pertaining to the history of the company, and contact information.
- Notes
- Items are arranged by date [see "Content Details"]
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Administration
- Businesses
- Guiding
- Guides
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Tourism
- Travel
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- M545 / III / 6 : 1978 - 1988
- M545 / III / 7 : 1990 - 2009
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 43 b&w prints of various activities involving horses. Includes Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies trips, packtrains, tourist rides, Parks Canada Wardens on horseback, and various rodeos - also includes contact sheets.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1956-1983]
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / H / vii / PA - 01 to PA - 43
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
9 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, H : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- vii : Horses
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / H / vii / PA - 01 to PA - 43
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1956-1983]
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 43 b&w prints of various activities involving horses. Includes Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies trips, packtrains, tourist rides, Parks Canada Wardens on horseback, and various rodeos - also includes contact sheets.
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Dogs
- First Nations
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Indigenous Peoples
- Mountains
- Parks Canada
- Portrait
- Scenery
- Tourism
- Wardens
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- V190 / VI / H / vii / NA - 01 to NA - 02
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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July 1995 [Palliser Pass trail ride]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57504
- Part Of
- Bruce Hatfield fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of negative photographs depicting scenes from a 1995 trail ride with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Palliser Pass.
- Date Range
- 1995
- Reference Code
- V819 / NA - 1 to 14
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Bruce Hatfield fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M597
- V819
- Sous-Fonds
- V819
- Accession Number
- 2023.29
- Reference Code
- V819 / NA - 1 to 14
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Responsibility
- Produced by Bruce Hatfield
- Date Range
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 14 col. neg. film strips (49 images) : 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of negative photographs depicting scenes from a 1995 trail ride with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Palliser Pass.
- Name Access
- Hatfield, Bruce
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Camping
- Environment
- Exploration
- Flowers
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Landscape
- Leisure
- Organizations
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Pack trips
- Pack trains
- Recreation
- Swimming
- Tourism
- Trails
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Palliser Pass
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Pamphlets, programmes, books, other publications
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55117
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of pamphlets, event programmes, information booklets, song books, bound publications and other published materials collected by members of the Luxton family. Content pertains to community events, including Banff and Calgary area trapshooting tournaments and organization meetings; an e…
- Date Range
- 1892
- 1905
- 1914
- [1920-1925]
- 1921-1922
- 1924-1928
- 1930
- 1932-1937
- 1939-1940
- 1943
- 1950
- 1955-1959
- 1977
- 1981
- 1986
- 1988
- 1990
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 67 to 70
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 67 to 70
- Date Range
- 1892
- 1905
- 1914
- [1920-1925]
- 1921-1922
- 1924-1928
- 1930
- 1932-1937
- 1939-1940
- 1943
- 1950
- 1955-1959
- 1977
- 1981
- 1986
- 1988
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 12.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of pamphlets, event programmes, information booklets, song books, bound publications and other published materials collected by members of the Luxton family. Content pertains to community events, including Banff and Calgary area trapshooting tournaments and organization meetings; an exhibit opening at the Glenbow Museum [1981]; scientific theory and human evolution; Japanese study books; Canadian and global politics; international travel; and various other subjects.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Academics
- Advertising
- Art
- Banff Community High School
- Animals
- Businesses
- Calgary Gun Club
- Ceremony
- Commerce and industry
- Community events
- Community life
- Dancing
- Education
- Glenbow Foundation
- History
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Industry
- Japanese
- Language
- Military
- Museums
- Municipal views
- Music
- Organizations
- Politics
- Politics and government
- Public events
- Publication
- Recreation
- Research
- Religions
- Royal Visit
- Royal tours
- School
- Science and technology
- Shooting
- Ski lodges and cabins
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and recreation
- Tourism
- Travel
- War
- World War I
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- United States of America
- Japan
- Tokyo
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Japanese
- Latin
- Category
- Arts
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Government
- Military
- Politics
- Religions
- Science and technology
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Items in file are organized into 4 file folders based on contents: LUX / II / F1 / 67 : Pamphlets, event programs and booklets LUX / II / F1 / 68 : Booklets and small publications LUX / II / F1 / 69 : Books and bound publications LUX / II / F1 / 70 : Loose and other published materials
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal scrapbook, early Banff and Morley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54634
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing personal photographs, small clippings, wax seals, and blank and annotated postcards. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton, relatives and friends of the Luxton family. Includes individual and group photographs of numerous unidentified individuals on horseback …
- Date Range
- 1908
- 1910
- [ca. 1910 - ca. 1920]
- 1911
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
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 / 2
- Date Range
- 1908
- 1910
- [ca. 1910 - ca. 1920]
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (42 b&w prints ; 10 x 21.5 cm or smaller -- 3 postcards - 0.5 cm of textual records -- 25 wax seals)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing personal photographs, small clippings, wax seals, and blank and annotated postcards. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton, relatives and friends of the Luxton family. Includes individual and group photographs of numerous unidentified individuals on horseback and on foot, posing by family homes and ranches [likely in and around the Bow Valley]; and unidentified members of an Indigenous community [likely Stoney community members in Morley]. Scrapbook also contains various small clippings and symbols / pictures pertaining to academies, clubs and political groups based in Canada, England and the United States; invitations sent to Mr. and Mrs. McDougall to attend an Old Timers' Association event in 1908, and one in 1910 in Calgary ; four blank postcards depicting attractions in London, England; four annotated Christmas cards mailed to the Luxton family; one annotated postcard sent to Mrs. George H. Ross [May Ross] from Georgina Luxton [?]; and 25 wax seals attached to one scrapbook page.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Luxton, Georgina
- Ross, May
- McDougall, David
- McDougall, Annie
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association
- Subject Access
- Community events
- Community life
- Family and personal life
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Ranches
- Travel
- Tourism
- Education
- Christmas
- Politics and government
- Club
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Bow Valley
- Morley
- England
- London
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Album has been interleaved with acid-free paper to protect photographs from adhesive stains and other risky materials on adjacent pages
- Album has been secured with unbleached cotton string to protect damaged binding
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Blank postcards, Christmas cards, and annotated postcard were previously part of contents from album processed as file LUX / III / B3 / PD - 1 pertaining to David and Anne McDougall
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal Trip Diaries
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to nine diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1925-1939 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and Alaska. Includes: M67 / 1 - 1 : top-bound red leather diary, dated 1925 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff and Jasper Nation…
- Date Range
- 1925-1939
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 1 - 1 to 1 - 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
9 images
10 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i. Diaries
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 1 - 1 to 1 - 9
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1925-1939
- Physical Description
- 9.5 cm of textual records (9 volumes ; 11 x 17.7 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to nine diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1925-1939 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and Alaska. Includes: M67 / 1 - 1 : top-bound red leather diary, dated 1925 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff and Jasper National Parks organized by Caroline Hinman. M67 / 1 - 2 : black leather diary, titled Europe 1390: Can Rs 1931 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover (paper is now loose). Pertains to a trip to Switzerland and France in 1930 and the 1931 annual Alpine Club of Canada backpacking trip around the Mount Assiniboine and Kootenay National Park areas. Also includes a list of names and addresses and a poem possibly written by Gest at the back of the diary. M67 / 1 -3 : red leather diary, dated 1933 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip organized by Caroline Hinman. M67 / 1 - 4 : red leather diary, dated 1934 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover, torn in the bottom left corner. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff National Park into Jasper National Park organized by Caroline Hinman. Also includes notes on other events from the rest of the summer. M67 / 1 - 5 : black paper diary, dated 1935 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to Walking trip through glacier Park June 26 to July 5 ; Lake Magog Camp ACC July 13 to Aug 2 ; Banff Aug 2 to Aug 25 ; Fay Hut Aug 26 to Sept 1 ; O'Hara Sept 3 to 8 ; Motor trip home. Includes total milages of trips and a list of food taken on the seven day Fay Hut trip. M67 / 1 - 6 : brown leather diary, dated 1936 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a visit to Banff before driving to Edmonton and then Jasper to begin the annual Alpine Club of Canada trip. Title of insert two reads "Aplinists Will Scale Mt. Brussels" - clipping is adheared to the page and cannot be removed. M67 / 1 - 7 : brown leather diary, dated 37 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to various trips and visits made by Gest to Banff and around Banff National Park. Includes details of visits to town, hikes, climbs, and motor car trips. The diary is written on the right hand pages until Gest ran out of room, at which point she returns to the front of the book and continues on the left hand pages. M67 / 1 - 8 : black leather diary, dated 38 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips Lillian Gest took to Banff, Lake Louise, Big Bend, and the Alpine Club of Canada camp at the Columbia Icefields during the summer of 1938. M67 / 1 - 9 : brown leather diary, dated 39 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips to Glacier Park, Goodsir Park, and a motor car trip to Washington and Oregon during the summer of 1939. Also includes title lists for reels (possibly pictures/slide shows), as well as a list of flower names at the back of the diary. Also includes loose items, mostly consisting of newspaper clippings, Alpine Club of Canada pamphlet, and three handwritten pages of loose paper.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned. Special note: to read M67 / 1 - 7 begin reading only the right hand pages. Towards the end of the diary Lillian Gest runs out of room and continues the entries at the beginning on the left hand pages.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Record keeping
- Sports and leisure
- Tourism
- Trails
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Pipestone Pass
- Saskatchewan River
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Personal Trip Diaries
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55193
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1940-1947 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 2 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 40 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken to Jasper Park Lodge, G…
- Date Range
- 1940-1947
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 2 - 1 to 2 - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
6 images
7 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i. Diaries
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 2 - 1 to 2 - 6
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1940-1947
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11.5 x 18 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1940-1947 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 2 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 40 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken to Jasper Park Lodge, Glacier Lake Camp, the Icefields Chalet, and Emerald Lake during the summer of 1940. Includes details of movies and photographs taken at the back of the diary. M67 / 2 - 2 : black leather diary, dated 41 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips to the Chateau Lake Louise. Twin Falls, and Emerald Lake taken during the summer of 1941. At least part of the summer was spent attending a motor car tour organized by Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of names and addresses of other people who attended Hinman's tour, as well as details on milage and on films and photographs taken. M67 / 2 - 3 : black plastic 6-ring diary. Pertains to a collection of trip notes, mostly trips throughout the Canadian Rockies, from summer 1942 to summer 1945. Mostly consists of place names, people, and trip highlights - not much detail. M67 / 2 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 42 43 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to Alpine Club of Canada Camp at Consolation Lakes (July 19-24) and a stay at Deer Lodge at Lake Louise (Aug 16-22) in 1942, an informal ACC Camp at Lake O'Hara and a stay at Deer Lodge (Aug 16-18). For both summers she notes "In Browne House, Banff" which possibly could have been a home available for rent. Also includes details pertaining to the various costs of the trips (years not specified), the fish hatchery, a list of home movies from 1942, a list of stills (no date), and a list of equipment used at the ACC Camp in 1943. M67 / 2 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 44 45 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken by Lillian Gest during the summers of 1944 and 1945. 1944 includes travelling from Toronto to Banff, staying at the Browne House (presumably a guest house or other such rental property), annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in Paradise Valley, Trial Riders of the Canadian Rockies trip to Fatique Pass and Eohippus Lake. 1945 inlcudes travelling from Toronto to Banff, staying at the Browne House, annual ACC Camp in Larch Valley, Sky Line Trail Hikers trip in Lake O'Hara (Aug 3-6), and a trip with A. Harmon [?] to graveyard cabin and Summet Pass. Also includes a list of people met during these trips, a list of equipment left in the Browne House (1944), trees local to the Canadian Rockies, and a small sketch of downtown Banff focussed around the Bow River Bridge. M67 / 2 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 46 47 in red paint on the front cover. Trips taken during the summer of 1946 include staying at the Chateau Lake Louise (June 29-July 12), Emerald Lake [Lodge?] (July 12-Aug 2), annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in the Bugaboos (July 13-24), Mitchell Hut, Yoho (July 26-30), Banff (Aug 2-Sept 3), and Bow Lake (Aug 3-9). Trips in 1947 included time spent in Calgary during the Stampede, annual ACC Camp, pack trip organized by Caroline Hinman, and time spent around the town of Banff. Also includes list of people met during trips, and milage and details about trip from Banff to Merion (September 1947). Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers, Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, and the Calgary Stampede, postcard, tellegram, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Record keeping
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Tourism
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Pipestone Pass
- Saskatchewan River
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Personal Trip Diaries
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout …
- Date Range
- 1948-1957
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
6 images
7 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i. Diaries
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1948-1957
- Physical Description
- 7.3 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout Banff National Park during the summer of 1948. Includes milage list and list/details of people met around Banff, including bankers, hotel staff, cleaning ladies, and the boy hired to cut the grass. Also notes the passing of Soapy Smith that winter. M67 / 3 - 2 : black leather diary, date 49 50 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various motor car, hiking, horseback (orgranized by Caroline Hinman), and leisure trips taken around Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Parks during the summer of 1949. Trips taken during the summer of 1950 mostly consist of Alpine Club of Canada activities and Camps and with the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Also includes details on milages for different motor car trips and people met over both summers. M67 / 3 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 51 52 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various trips taken during the summers of 1951 and 1952. 1951 includes travel from the Paoli, Pennsylvania to Banff, stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, a camp based in Lake O'Hara (possibly as part of the Alpine Club of Canada), a night spent at the residence of Aileen Harmons [?], a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and another stay at the Banff Springs Hotel. 1952 includes many trips involving stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and other luxury hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper, as well as trips with the ACC, the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of people met during both summers at various locations, highlights of Banff news (including the deaths of Hal Waterhouse and Col. Phillip Moore, marriages, construction work, and illnesses), lists of equipment, and telephone numbers. M67 / 3 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 53 54 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to a 1953 trip that started in Banff (with stay at Banff Springs Hotel) before going to Jasper where Lillian Gest participated in an Alpine Club of Canada Camp, then a few days in Lake O'Hara (staying in the lodge) before returning to Banff and then heading home to Pennsylvania. The summer of 1954 consisted of a motor car trip originating in Pennsylvania that worked west through Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana before reatching Banff. Also includes lists of mileages, people met during both summers, telephone numbers, information about flying with Air Canada (most likely in 1953), and the deaths of the Mexican tourists on Mt. Victoria, July 30, 1954. M67 / 3 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 54 55 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of Lillian Gest's 1954 motor car trip, detailing the second half from Banff back to Pennsylvania and the 1955 trips to Banff, Mount Robson, the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Vancouver. Also includes lists of people Gest met in various locations throughout 1955 and a brief list of changes in Banff, including tree cutting for the new Trans Canada Highway, the opening of the new Timberline Hotel, and expansions of the Mount Royal Hotel and the Upper Hot Springs. M67 / 3 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 56 57 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various hiking, motor car, and scenic trips taken by Lillian Gest throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summers of 1956 and 1957. Also includes lists of people met both summers, phone numbers for people both in Banff and in Pennsylvania, details pertaining to an Alpine Club of Canada 1956 photo competition that Gest entered, and a brief list of mostly construction-related updates from Banff and Lake Louise. One small newspaper clipping insert dated Aug 24, 1956 notes the funeral details for Mary Thorpe Gest. Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, tellegrams, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Community
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Parks Canada
- Record keeping
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tourism
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Pipestone Pass
- Saskatchewan River
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Vancouver
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Pennsylvania
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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