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Ethel McKnight annotated postcard collection
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of souvenir postcards sent to Ethel McKnight from various friends and relatives between ca.1909-1945. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Items are annotated with personal messages to Ethel.
- Date Range
- 1909
- [1910-1920]
- 1919
- 1929-1930
- 1940-1945
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 1430 / 1 to 25
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8
- V8
- S8
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 1340
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 1430 / 1 to 25
- Date Range
- 1909
- [1910-1920]
- 1919
- 1929-1930
- 1940-1945
- Physical Description
- 25 annotated postcards
- Scope & Content
- File consists of souvenir postcards sent to Ethel McKnight from various friends and relatives between ca.1909-1945. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Items are annotated with personal messages to Ethel.
- Notes
- One item in file is souvenir booklet
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Mountains
- Landscapes
- Swimming
- Recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canmore
- Jasper National Park
- British Columbia
- Yoho National Park
- Emerald Lake
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Postcards are stored in mylar sleeves
- Related Material
- M8/accn.3151
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Pack Trip, Hiking, and Tourist Activities
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57290
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 80 Kodachrome slides 35 mm slides (1957 - 59). Content of slides includes pack trips and tourist activities in and around Banff National Park and Calgary. Locations include Peyto Lake, Field, Lake Louise, Bow Falls, and Spray Valley.
- Date Range
- ca. 1970 - 1985
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2016.8580
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8
- V8
- S8
- Series
- V8 / 2016.8580
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 2016.8580
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2016.8580
- Date Range
- ca. 1970 - 1985
- Physical Description
- 80 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 80 Kodachrome slides 35 mm slides (1957 - 59). Content of slides includes pack trips and tourist activities in and around Banff National Park and Calgary. Locations include Peyto Lake, Field, Lake Louise, Bow Falls, and Spray Valley.
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Language
- English
- Category
- Exploration and travel
- Tourism
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a bound green record book, H20 x W13 cm. The record book, with "Records" printed on the cover, is comprised of numbered lined pages and contains meeting minutes and membership lists for the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association from March 13th, 1924 to circa 1930. Minutes pertain…
- Date Range
- 1924-c.1930
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7829 / 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Organization record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- 7829 : Accession Number
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 7829
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7829 / 1
- Date Range
- 1924-c.1930
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 13 x 20 cm)
- History / Biographical
- In the 1920's, Banff experienced a steady increase in tourism. This was based on a number of factors, including the introduction of the automobile in the park, the completion of the Banff-Windermere Highway and other roadways, additional accommodation (e.g. campgrounds), and the Canadian Pacific Railway's "Canadian Pacific Rockies" tourist campaign. Local prominent townspeople began to seek more say in the way their town was governed, and thus created organizations like the Banff Advisory Council and the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association. Issues around park boundaries, campgrounds, and park services employees' priorities were particularly important to Banff locals during this decade.
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a bound green record book, H20 x W13 cm. The record book, with "Records" printed on the cover, is comprised of numbered lined pages and contains meeting minutes and membership lists for the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association from March 13th, 1924 to circa 1930. Minutes pertain to different types of meetings: general and executive. Contents pertain to various topics, including the creation of the Association and membership, provincial Liberal candidates, electing members for the Association's executive committee, concerns about who was being appointed to park services, employment in the park, advocating for the dismissal of Jack Warren (a park warden), and park boundary issues.
- Notes
- Created by the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association.
- Dave White originally had the lease for 222 Otter Street and transferred the lease to Sam Armstrong in 1915, who had it until 1927. Sam Armstrong was a member of the Rocky Mountain Liberal Association.
- Membership included representatives from Banff, Canmore, Exshaw, and East End. Meetings were generally held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Banff and the Canmore Hotel.
- Most of the minutes were taken by W. Alexander and James Smith, who both acted as secretary at some point in the Association's history.
- Name Access
- Brewster, Jim
- Armstrong, Sam
- Atkin, Gilbert M.
- Crosby, Lou
- Alexander, William A. (Bill)
- Warren, Jack
- Subject Access
- Banff
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Park policy
- Politics and government
- Records
- Wardens
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canmore
- Exshaw
- Language
- English
- Category
- Politics
- Government
- Biographical Source Notes
- Based on the contents of the item
- Hart, E.J. Banff: a History of the Park and Town. Banff: Summerthought Publishing, 2015.
- M317
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Site plan of the old Exshaw Townsite
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 blue print of Exshaw town-site layout, 1 photocopy of the townsite layout and 1 hand drawn plan of Exshaw townsite.
- Date Range
- ca. 1970
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2020.82
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Blueprint
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- 2020.82
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 2019.82
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2020.82
- Date Range
- ca. 1970
- Physical Description
- .05 cm of textual records (3 pages ; 89 x 61 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- The Lafarge Canada Exshaw Plant Expansion and demolished of town The expansion was announced in 1972 when residents were notified by letter that the cement plant was expanding onto the land then occupied by the town of Exshaw. Plant Manager Tom Pierce visited every family affected by the expansion and explained that the plant had to expand or it would be closed. The demolition began in July of 1973 and was completed in two phases. Forty seven homes were affected by the expansion, ten of which were privately owned. The houses owned by the company were offered to their tenants for one dollar, and the owners of privately owned houses on company land were given a sum equalling half the appraised value of the house. The home owners then moved the houses onto lease land not needed for the plant expansion or onto private lots within the community. Other sites demolished as part of the expansion were the elementary school, the general store, the Protestant church, the Portland Hotel, the curling and skating rinks, and the entirety of Main Street, which was known as Portland Avenue, except for the St. Catholic Church. The Portland Hotel was constructed in 1906 and had been the social hub of the community. It was located at the top of Portland Avenue and served as a community centre, restaurant and dance hall. At that time, the existing plant was also demolished and replaced, and a new 600 foot kiln was installed.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 blue print of Exshaw town-site layout, 1 photocopy of the townsite layout and 1 hand drawn plan of Exshaw townsite.
- Geographic Access
- Exshaw
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.mdbighorn.ca/DocumentCenter/View/696/CONTEXT_PAPER_ONLY?bidId=
- Title Source
- Title Based on contents
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The Way it Was: Trailminders of the Bow Valley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54921
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook about the Trailminders organization based out of Canmore. Includues newspaper clippings, photocopies of newspaper clippings, Trailminders newsletters, photographs, and notice posters for community events like weekend walks, presentations, and lectures/talks.
- Date Range
- 1992-2007
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2020.09
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / S8 / V8
- Series
- Accession number : 2020.09
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 2020.09
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2020.09
- Date Range
- 1992-2007
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (57 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook about the Trailminders organization based out of Canmore. Includues newspaper clippings, photocopies of newspaper clippings, Trailminders newsletters, photographs, and notice posters for community events like weekend walks, presentations, and lectures/talks.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Administration
- Advertising
- Public events
- Trails
- Volunteering
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Canmore
- Bow Valley
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Personal information on page 2
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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