topic:"Tours" found 49 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Scrapbook

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: Processed

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Across Canada and back

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1926?]

Publisher: [Montreal? : Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: 02.4 Ac7t Pam

Publisher: [Montreal? : Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1926?]

Physical Description: 17p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Tours

Accession Number: 5742

Call Number: 02.4 Ac7t Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Across Canada and back

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1928

Publisher: [Montreal? : Canadian Pacific Railway]

Call Number: 02.4 Ac7t 1928 Pam

Responsibility: introduction by Sinclair Laird

Publisher: [Montreal? : Canadian Pacific Railway]

Published Date: 1928

Physical Description: 27p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Tours

Accession Number: 22500

Call Number: 02.4 Ac7t 1928 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Across Canada and back, $325.00 : a 21 day tour ... via Canadian Pacific Railway, Monday, July 20, 1925, under the personal direction of Professor Sinclair Laird

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: [1925]

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: 08.5 Ac7 Pam

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: [1925]

Physical Description: 17p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Tours

Accession Number: 18500

Call Number: 08.5 Ac7 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Activities

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Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, chur…

Date Range: [ca. 1959-1967]

Reference Code: V180 / V / B / i / PA - 01 to PA - 84

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M175 / V180

Series: V.B. Later material / prints

Sous-Fonds: V180

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V180 / V / B / i / PA - 01 to PA - 84

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1959-1967]

Physical Description: 84 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.1 x 20.1 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, churches, school programs, the 1967 Mount Royal Hotel fire, Banff Indian Days, high altitude mountaineering, conferences, boating on the Bow River, and rodeos.