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Ben Gadd fonds

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, …

Date Range: 1956-2018

Reference Code: M590 / V810 / S61

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Digital image; Drawing; Negative; Newspaper clipping; Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard; Published record; Textual record; Video; Transparency

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M590; V810

Sous-Fonds: M590; V810

Accession Number: 2021.20; 2024.01

Reference Code: M590 / V810 / S61

GMD: Digital image; Drawing; Negative; Newspaper clipping; Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard; Published record; Textual record; Video; Transparency

Date Range: 1956-2018

Physical Description: ca. 7.9 metres of textual records -- ca. 274 maps -- 29 VHS tapes -- ca.15 discs with digital files -- 21 cassettes -- photographs -- oversized materials -- USB stick with 15 sldeshows

History / Biographical: Ben Gadd (1946-) is a retired naturalist, guide, geologist, instructor, freelance writer and award-winning author based in the Canadian Rockies. Ben was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1946. He met his wife, Cia (Langdon) Gadd at Colorado College in 1965, and the couple married four weeks later. Ben and Cia had two sons, Will and Toby. Ben and his family relocated to Jasper in the late 1960s. Ben later attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science in 1972. Between 1976 and 1980, Ben taught classes at Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology; he later taught additional classes at Grant MacEwan College and Lakeland College. From 1981, Ben also worked as a seasonal naturalist/guide for Parks Canada. Ben left Parks Canada in 1985 to start an independent naturalist guiding business with Cia based in Jasper and other parts of the Canadian Rockies, which the couple continued to operate for over two decades. Ben published his best-known work, "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", through his publishing company Corax Press in 1986. The second edition of "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" received multiple awards after its release in 1995. Ben's fiction book, "Raven's End" won the title of Best Canadian Rockies Book at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in 2001 and became a Canadian bestseller. Overall, Ben has authored or co-authored 11 books and received nearly one dozen awards for his achievements as a writer, researcher and guide. Ben continued to lead guided hikes and school programs until his retirement in 2016.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other related material. Materials donated in 2024 include one USB stick containing

Notes: Ben Gadd fonds arrangement: Series I : Personal records - Subseries A : Travel guides and maps - Subseries B : Education and early writings - Subseries C : Personal interest files - Subseries D : Other personal and collected Series II : Research and publication records - Subseries A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Subseries B : Other publications Series III : Professional records - Subseries A : Parks Canada Records - Subseries B : Interpretive guiding - Subseries C : Teaching records - Subseries D : Other contracts and projects Series IV : Legal and financial records - Subseries A : Legal records - Subseries B : Financial records

Name Access: Gadd, Ben; Gadd, Cia

Subject Access: Education; Research; Publication; Environment; Geology; Tourism; Family and personal life; Personal and Professional Life; Academics; Guiding; Guides; Businesses; Finances; Conservation; Wildlife; Natural history; Sports and recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Kootenay National Park; Lethbridge; United States of America; Colorado; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions apply

Language: English; French; Dutch

Category: Education; Environment; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Lantern slides -- 1925-1931

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Part Of: Leonard Leacock fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas. Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass …

Date Range: 1925-1931

Reference Code: V353 / I / B / PS-1 to PS-40

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

42 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Leonard Leacock fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M372 / V353 / S24

Series: V353 / I : Photography

Sous-Fonds: V353

Sub-Series: V353 / I / B : Photography: lantern slides

Accession Number: 6756

Reference Code: V353 / I / B / PS-1 to PS-40

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: 1925-1931

Physical Description: 41 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas. Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass while others are transparencies on celullose film mounted between 2 glass panes. There is no order to the different mediums. Slides were accompanied with 7 typed text papers listing the slide numbers and details of the images. See Notes for list.

Notes: [1] Sahdow Lake [2] Summer scene in Banff [3] Eifell Lake (some of the Ten Peaks) [4] Pinnacle Mt. from Mt. Temple [5] Consolation Mts. Biden and Quadra [6] Un-named lake between Consolation Valley and Boom Lake [7] Clouds on Mt. Cathedral [8] Mt. Cathedral [9] Glacier on east sloped of Mt. Narao, near Wapta [10] Descending Mt. Narao [11] Mt. Cathedral Lake O'Hara [12] Mt. Cathedral near Lake O'Hara [13] Alpine Club House in Lake O'Hara meadows [14] Lake O'Hara [15] On shores of Lake Margaret [16] Waterfall in Opabin Pass, Mt. Biddle [17] Chateau Lake Louise [18] Twin Falls Yoho Park [19] Below Twin Falls [19a] Below Twin Falls [20] Below Twin Falls [21] On Burgess Pass Trail [22] President group from Burgess Pass trail [23] Hoodoos up Hoodoo Creek [24] Shadow Lake [25] Road up to Mt. Norquay [26] On the trail in winter [27] Winter in Banff [28] Cloud of ridge [29] On shore of Shadow Lake [30] A short rest [31] Shadow Lake [32] Bow River near Banff -- Mt. Borgeau [33] Mt. Rundle by moonlight -- Banff [34] A promise of spring -- Forty Mile Creek [35] Winter [36] Sheep country in the foothills [37] The Golden West [38] Banff Springs Hotel [39] Amid the glaciers -- Mt. Balfour [40] Mt. Temple

Name Access: Leacock, Leonard

Subject Access: Photography; Lantern slide; Climbing; Environment and Nature; Fossils; Glaciers; Horses; Horseback riding; Hiking; Landscapes; National parks and reserves; Scenery; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Lake O'Hara; Jasper; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Jasper National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: N/A

Conservation: Slides cleaned prior to scanning. If possilbe, locate missing slide PS-104.

Finding Aid: List available

Related Material: Corresponding negatives exist for some lantern slides Accompanying lantern slide notes moved to M372 / 14-18

Creator: Leacock, Leonard

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

Electronic Resources

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