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Banff Advocate and Rocky Mountain Recorder
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Banff Advocate and Rcoky Mountain Park District Recorder Newspapers.
- Date Range
- 1919 - 1924
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2017.8654 / 2 - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- M8 / 2017.8654
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 2017.8654
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2017.8654 / 2 - 3
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1919 - 1924
- Physical Description
- 4 cm Textual Records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Banff Advocate and Rcoky Mountain Park District Recorder Newspapers.
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Lantern Slides
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
- Date Range
- [c. 1890]
- Reference Code
- V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Transparency
- Lantern slide
4 images
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- Accession Number : 7919
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 7919
- Reference Code
- V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
- Date Range
- [c. 1890]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
- Subject Access
- Lantern slide
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Social Studies Report with prints
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- A typed text report on Banff 14 pages long - the text has been heavily edited throughout with white-out and additional pieces of paper glued overtop of written text. Accompanying the text are 26 images and 4 maps, two of which are hand-drawn as overlays of the others. The report follows the story o…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1969]
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2021.17
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / S8 / V8
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Sub-Series
- Accession number: 2021.17
- Accession Number
- 2021.17
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2021.17
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1969]
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (32 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- A typed text report on Banff 14 pages long - the text has been heavily edited throughout with white-out and additional pieces of paper glued overtop of written text. Accompanying the text are 26 images and 4 maps, two of which are hand-drawn as overlays of the others. The report follows the story of a family named West from Calgary visiting their cousins, the Cunninghams, in Banff sometime in the late 1960s, which is also when it is believed the report was written. It is unclear if the families are real or fictitious. The report describes in some detail the history of the area, features around town, environment, commerce, wildlife, and community and ends with a series of questions, presumably posed to students. The accompanying prints relate to the topics in the report and are numbered to correspond correctly - some prints have typed text notations attached either to the back or the front along an edge. Two prints show the town of Banff from the top of Tunnel Mountain and a Mylar sheet has been laid overtop of each with landmarks, streets, and buildings noted in blue ink. Contents of the images include the afore mentioned aerial views, the Administration Building grounds, shops along Banff Avenue (which clearly show shop-front windows, signs, cars, and peoples' outfits), the original Whyte Museum building, the Banff High School, the Cave & Basin cave and pools, various wildlife, and Banff Indian Days.
- Notes
- Some prints came from the Canadian Government Travel Bureau, as indicated either in the typed notations or stamped on the back of the print.
- Subject Access
- Academics
- Animal Paddock
- Animals
- Architecture
- Automobiles
- Banff Avenue
- Banff Community High School
- Banff High School
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Library
- Bears
- Big Horn Sheep
- Bison
- Bridges
- Buffalo Block
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Castle Mountain
- Cave and Basin
- Chairlifts and gondolas
- Children
- Deer
- First Nations
- History
- Historical Banff
- Holidays
- Indigenous Peoples
- Mountains
- Photography
- School
- Tourism
- Travel
- Vintage
- White Block
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright : Copyright on textual records resides with author/s until date calculated by term rules in copyright legislation
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Springs Hotel Menus
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1cm of textual records, contents include menus from a Canadaian Pacific Railway dinner and a hand painted watercolour painting of Eagle Pass.
- Date Range
- 1916 - 1919
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2017.8654 / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- M8 / 2017.8654
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 2017.8654
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2017.8654 / 1
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1916 - 1919
- Physical Description
- 1 cm Textual Records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1cm of textual records, contents include menus from a Canadaian Pacific Railway dinner and a hand painted watercolour painting of Eagle Pass.
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Tourism
- Commerce and industry
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bow Valley and area
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends…
- Date Range
- 1921
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
230 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- V8 / 2015.8557
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2015.8557
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1
- Date Range
- 1921
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album: b&w
- History / Biographical
- Edith Berenice Dunsworth (nee Stenton) was born in Banff on May 20, 1927. Berenice is the daughter of Joseph Alexander Stenton and Elizabeth Florence Stenton (nee Williams). Berenice had one sister, Marguerite Flora Lineker (nee Stenton). Berenice was married to Dr. Brian Dunsworth (19??-2014). Berenice's grandparents were George and Flora McKenzie and George was likely a son of the Stanford family. Berenice remembers her grandparent's house was next door to the Stanford house. Berenice's other grandparents were Percy and Elizabeth Williams who settled in Bankhead, near Banff, when they arrived from England ca.1910.
- Scope & Content
- Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends, and events. Of note are photographs of "Peter White" and "The Artists' Cottage Mrs. Drummond." Photographs are mostly annotated and tipped into album pages with photo corners. The inside cover of first page is inscribed: "To Beth from Rose Aug 20/21. Some photographs are missing from some pages and a few loose photographs are tucked in behind others.
- Name Access
- White, Peter
- Whyte, Peter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Pacific Railway Lantern Slides
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Date Range
- [c. 1905]
- Reference Code
- V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Transparency
- Lantern slide
14 images
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- Accession Number: 5486
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 5486
- Reference Code
- V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14
- Date Range
- [c. 1905]
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
- History / Biographical
- The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Name Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Subject Access
- Lantern slide
- Education
- Tourism
- Travel and Exploration
- Trains
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.
- Creator
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://cpconnectingcanada.ca/#building-the-railway
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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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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Indigenous Peoples of Canada
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a class scrapbook produced by Mrs. McCallum and her Grade VI class about the 1922 Banff Indian Days and Banff environs. These pages are a combination of photographs and written text. File also contains pages of photographs depicting scenes of downtown Vancouver, Victoria, and other…
- Date Range
- 1922
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7863
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / S8 / V8
- Series
- Accession Number : 7863
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 7863
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7863
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Parallel Title
- The Red Indians of Canada
- Other Title Info
- Original title.
- Date Range
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (42 pages ; 36 x 29 cm)
- History / Biographical
- Provenance unknown
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a class scrapbook produced by Mrs. McCallum and her Grade VI class about the 1922 Banff Indian Days and Banff environs. These pages are a combination of photographs and written text. File also contains pages of photographs depicting scenes of downtown Vancouver, Victoria, and other scenic views along the west coast of Canada.
- Subject Access
- School
- Banff Indian Days
- Children
- Indigenous Peoples
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Indoor Group Photo at Banff Winter Carnival
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- 12.5" x 16" silver gelatin print depicting a community gathering at the Banff Winter Carnival.
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca. 1940]
- Reference Code
- V8 /2019.37/PA-1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2019.37
- Reference Code
- V8 /2019.37/PA-1
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print; b&w
- History / Biographical
- Image is from the Banff Winter Carnival, date unknown. Many of the figures are named by the donor on an accompanying photocopy of the print.
- Scope & Content
- 12.5" x 16" silver gelatin print depicting a community gathering at the Banff Winter Carnival.
- Notes
- In addition to those named in the name access, there is also a figure identified on the photocopy as Mrs. Ferguson (first name unknown).
- Name Access
- Smith, Helen
- Wignall, Christine
- Styles, Shirley
- Squires, Joe
- Squires, Margaret
- Wielie, Honey
- Wielie, Hank
- Steeves, Kay
- Mazzilo, Shirley
- Wavier, Lila
- Smith, Harry
- Black, Alma
- Subject Access
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Community events
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
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Jack and Merle Brewster photographs
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 18 photograph prints pertaining to Jack and Merle Brewster. Images depict Jack with hunting trophies; local wildlife; Jack and Merle posing together near Jasper; Jack bowling; and related subjects.
- Date Range
- [ca.1920 - 1940]
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2023.42
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8
- V8
- S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2023.42
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2023.42
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1920 - 1940]
- Physical Description
- 18 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 18 photograph prints pertaining to Jack and Merle Brewster. Images depict Jack with hunting trophies; local wildlife; Jack and Merle posing together near Jasper; Jack bowling; and related subjects.
- Notes
- Some images are annotated on the back
- Name Access
- Brewster, Jack Walker
- Brewster, Merle
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Wildlife
- Recreation
- Sports
- Hunting
- Bison
- Buffalo
- Elk
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Jasper
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M436 / V90 [Jim Brewster family fonds]
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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