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Dan McCowan and Mary McCowan fonds
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series. I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E…
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 55
- V 408
- Sous-Fonds
- M 55
- V 408
- Accession Number
- 323, 694, 3263, 6756, 6892
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Physical Description
- ca.50 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.1000 negatives, ca.1540 lantern slides, ca.770 transparencies 35mm, 117 prints). -- 4 graphic records
- History / Biographical
- Dan McCowan, 1882-1956, was a naturalist, lecturer and writer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland in 1907. There he met Mary Ethel Fee, 1888-1973, a teacher, and they married in 1921. Mary McCowan shared an interest in Dan's work, hand-coloured his lantern slides and accompanied him on his tours. Dan McCowan was an active photographer and naturalist and lectured at hospitals during and following the First World War. He was later recommended to Sir Edward Beatty, CPR President and hired by the CPR to promote the scenic beauties and natural history of the mountains, which he did for 26 years. For a period his lantern slide presentations included motion pictures. During the 1940s, he used natural colour Kodachrome slide photography. While in England in 1936, McCowan was made a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society. From ca.1907 onwards, he wrote for magazines and newspapers. The first of six books was published in 1936; the last in 1955. Beginning ca.1937, McCowan wrote and broadcast radio talks on natural history on CBC. These were heard widely in Canada and the United States. In 1939, McCowan accompanied the King and Queen on a portion of their railway tour through the mountains, providing information on natural history and residents. During the Second World War, he toured extensively on behalf of the YMCA. The McCowans retired to Cloverdale (now Surrey), B.C., ca.1951.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series.
- I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E. Ephemera.
- Correspondence includes incoming letters re writing, business and broadcasting. Writing is in the form of notes and notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts, newspaper articles and other materials.
- Photography includes negatives, lantern slides, 35mm transparencies and prints. Material pertains to flora, fauna, people, places and scenery, also family, activities and events. Photographs of Banff personalities and visitors are available in negative and lantern slide form, 254 items.
- Lantern slides were designed for lectures such as: "On skyline trails in the Canadian Rockies"; "On nature trails at Banff and Lake Louise"; "A naturalist in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Snow peaks and flower meadows in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Over the hills and far away: a pictorial review of the Canadian Rockies"; "Victory Day, May 8th 1945, Dan McCowan presents: Bye-gone days in Banff" (exact titles were based on title slides).
- II. Mary E. (Fee) McCowan series consists of diaries, 1926-1957, photocopied from 12 volumes (19 cm); and letters from Dan McCowan, 1943. Diaries discuss joint travels, activities, lecture tours for CPR (Canada, U.S., U.K.), Banff, trail rides, skyline hikes, and Royal Visit, 1939
- Notes
- Both Dan and Mary McCowan have written identifications on the slide mounts
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- 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
- in-house electronic finding aid
- online finding aid
- item list and modern reference prints for photographs of Banff personalities and visitors
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to McCowan family photographs (V407)
- Creator
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Mabel Brinkley fonds
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- Part Of
- Mabel Brinkley fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal, professional and literary papers and photographs. Personal papers date from 1954 to 1959. Professional papers include: National Blue Baby Association, 1951-1955; and David Thompson Memorial Foundation, 1957-1959. Literary papers include: general papers, 1956, 1959; an…
- Date Range
- 1951-1959
- Reference Code
- M316 / V94
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Mabel Brinkley fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 316
- V 94
- Sous-Fonds
- M 316
- V 94
- Accession Number
- 1381
- Reference Code
- M316 / V94
- Date Range
- 1951-1959
- Physical Description
- 39 cm of textual records. -- 29 photographs : prints. -- 1 photograph album (46 prints)
- History / Biographical
- Mabel Brinkley, d.1959, also known as Mrs. R. D. Brinkley and Ruth Brinkley, was a writer who lived in the United States and at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Brinkley claimed to have had a successful career as a writer before coming to Canada in 1955. She came to Banff to work on a local history to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of Alberta. A manuscript for one of several planned volumes was completed, but never published.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal, professional and literary papers and photographs. Personal papers date from 1954 to 1959. Professional papers include: National Blue Baby Association, 1951-1955; and David Thompson Memorial Foundation, 1957-1959. Literary papers include: general papers, 1956, 1959; and Banff Jubilee Books, 1955-1957.
- Literary papers consists mainly of notes and drafts for "In The Shadow of the Peaks," a Banff local history based on extensive interviews and submissions by and about long-time Banff residents, including Charlie Beil, Jim Boyce, Nicholas de Grandmaison, Dan McCowan, Ike Mills, Casey Oliver, Dorothy Oxborough, Walter Painter, Carl Rungius, Andrew Sibbald, George Simpson, D. M. Soole and Tom Wilson.
- Photographs collected by Mabel Brinkley, probably in the course of her research, pertain to Banff and area, people, places and scenic views; also Indians, unknown location.
- Name Access
- Beil, Charlie
- Boyce, Jim
- Brinkley, Mabel
- de Grandmaison, Nicholas
- McCowan, Dan
- Mills, Ike
- Oliver, Casey
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Painter, Walter
- Rungius, Carl
- Sibbald, Andrew
- Simpson, George
- Soole, D. M.
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Creator
- Brinkley, Mabel
- Category
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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McCowan family fonds
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- Part Of
- McCowan family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to the McCowan family, mainly the McCowan brothers and John and Jen (McCowan) Wilson. Content includes Banff personalities and places; activities, including curling, hockey, curling and fishing; events, including floods and fires in the town; Banff personalities and places. Also p…
- Date Range
- 1908-1981, predominant 1908-[ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- M135 / V407
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- McCowan family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 135
- V 407
- Series
- V407
- M135
- Sous-Fonds
- M 135
- V 407
- Sub-Series
- V407 / I / A : Albums
- V407 / I / B : Prints
- V407 / I / C : Negatives
- V407 / I / D : Transparencies
- M135 / II / A : Textual
- Accession Number
- 409
- 779 1141
- 7730
- Reference Code
- M135 / V407
- Responsibility
- Fonds includes photographs by Bill McCowan and Dan McCowan. Negatives are mainly by Dan McCowan. Wilson-McCowan photograph album was assembled by Bill Waterworth
- Date Range
- 1908-1981, predominant 1908-[ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 80 photographs (40 negatives, 38 prints, 2 transparencies). -- 2 photograph albums (ca.800 prints). -- 1 textual record (1 v.)
- History / Biographical
- Bill McCowan, 1897-1975, was a government employee at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland with his family in 1911. His brother, Dan McCowan, was a renowned naturalist and writer. Other siblings were Marie, Jim, Duncan, Rae, Jock and Jennie. Jennie McCowan (1894-1984) married John Clark Wilson (1888-1932), son of Tom and Minnie Wilson. Their daughter, Bernice, married Bill Waterworth.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to the McCowan family, mainly the McCowan brothers and John and Jen (McCowan) Wilson. Content includes Banff personalities and places; activities, including curling, hockey, curling and fishing; events, including floods and fires in the town; Banff personalities and places. Also pertains to World War I events and 82nd Battalion; royal visits; Calgary, Alberta places and events; scenic views, Banff and area, Rocky Mountains; Margaret Ashley, Henry and Mrs. Fonda. Textual item is Jock McCowan scrapbook, 1913-1981.
- Name Access
- McCowan, Bill
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Duncan
- McCowan, Jock
- Wilson, Jennie (McCowan)
- Wilson, John
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Royal tours
- World War I
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to the Dan and Mary McCowan fonds (M55/V408) and through accn. 7730 to Jack (Dave White Jr.) White fonds (V684)
- Creator
- McCowan, Bill
- McCowan, Dan
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Amos Big Stoney, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Amos Big Stoney, Stoney Nakoda]
- Date Range
- [ca.1935]
- Reference Code
- V408 / PS 24-069
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V408
- Series
- I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V408
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V408 / PS 24-069
- Date Range
- [ca.1935]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : transparencies
- Scope & Content
- [Amos Big Stoney, Stoney Nakoda]
- Name Access
- Big Stoney, Amos
- McCowan, Dan
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Glenbow Number: NA 7 135 Title: Amos BigStoney, Stoney
- Creator
- McCowan, Dan
- 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.
- Identification made through cross referencing with materials from Glenbow Archives and other fondsin photographs held in the WMCR archives
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Animals of the Canadian Rockies
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1936
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Publisher
- London : Lovat Dickson
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13a UK edition
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Responsibility
- frontispiece by Carl Rungius
- Publisher
- London : Lovat Dickson
- Published Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- x, 302p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mammals
- Accession Number
- 6892
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13a UK edition
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Animals of the Canadian Rockies
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1936, reprint 1950
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Publisher
- Toronto : Macmillan
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13a 1950
- 04.2 M13a 1950 Copy 2
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Responsibility
- frontispiece by Carl Rungius
- Publisher
- Toronto : Macmillan
- Published Date
- 1936, reprint 1950
- Physical Description
- x, 302p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mammals
- Accession Number
- 6892
- 2024.44
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13a 1950
- 04.2 M13a 1950 Copy 2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Animals of the Canadian Rockies
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1936
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Publisher
- New York : Dodd, Mead
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13a
- 04.2 M13a c. 2
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Responsibility
- frontispiece by Carl Rungius
- Publisher
- New York : Dodd, Mead
- Published Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- x, 302p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mammals
- Accession Number
- 492
- 5142 (signed)
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13a
- 04.2 M13a c. 2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Annie or Della Soldier
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Woman on horse]
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]
- Reference Code
- V408 / PS 24-097
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V408
- Series
- I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V408
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V408 / PS 24-097
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : transparencies
- Scope & Content
- [Woman on horse]
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- McCowan, Dan
- 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.
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Annie Soldier, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Annie Soldier, Stoney Nakoda]*
- Date Range
- [ca.1930]
- Reference Code
- V408 / PS 24-093
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V408
- Series
- I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V408
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V408 / PS 24-093
- Date Range
- [ca.1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : transparencies
- Scope & Content
- [Annie Soldier, Stoney Nakoda]*
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- Soldier, Annie
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Glenbow number: NA 7 139 Title: Mrs.Annie Soldier, Stoney (source: Mary McCowan)
- Creator
- McCowan, Dan
- 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.
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Arthur Rider, Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword) and Dan Wildman Sr. (Thuda Gado) (Bangs on Steel), Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of photograph of Arthur RIder, Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword) and Dan Wildman Sr. (Thuda Gado) (Bangs on Steel).
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]
- Reference Code
- V408 / PS 24-006
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V408
- Series
- I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V408
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- V408 / PS 24-006
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : transparencies
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of photograph of Arthur RIder, Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword) and Dan Wildman Sr. (Thuda Gado) (Bangs on Steel).
- Name Access
- Kaquitts, Benjamin
- McCowan, Dan
- Rider, Arthur
- Wildman, Dan Sr.
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Glenbow: NA 714 113 Title: Three Stoney at Banff, AB (source: Lux museum)
- Creator
- McCowan, Dan
- 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.
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