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Bruno Engler fonds

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provin…

Date Range: [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995

Reference Code: M323 / S40 / V190

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 323; S 40; V 190

Sous-Fonds: M 323; S 40; V 190

Accession Number: 188, 1300, 2622, 2998, 3468, 3496, 5507, 6200, 6770 (unproc), 7045(unproc), 7436 (unproc)

Reference Code: M323 / S40 / V190

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995

Physical Description: ca.31,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca.150 prints). -- 50 motion pictures: 1 original, 8 copies on 3 video cassettes, 41 film reels: 16mm, 35mm. -- 18 sound recordings: audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 5 electronic records: computer diskettes. -- 3 maps. -- 15 cm textual records.

History / Biographical: Bruno Engler, 1915-2001, was a mountain guide, ski instructor, photographer and film maker at Banff and Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Engler arrived from Switzerland in 1939 and initially worked as a mountain guide and ski instructor for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sunshine ski area and for Deer Lodge at Lake Louise, Alberta. During the Second World War, he served as a mountain warfare instructor for the Canadian Army. Following the war, Engler worked as a free-lance photographer for the National Film Board and others; as coach of the University of Alberta Ski Team; and as a technical advisor, cameraman and actor for numerous movies made in the Banff area. Throughout his career, Engler worked as a still and motion picture photographer, both for the movie industry and for governments at all levels, as well as operating his own business, Alpine Films of Banff, Alberta.

Scope & Content: Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provincial parks; scenic views of western Canada, particularly mountain landscapes; some portraits and candid shots of local and international personalities. Photographs pertaining to film making include helicopter rescue; highway construction; Norquay, Sunshine, and Lake Louise ski areas' histories; Banff events and buildings; Canmore events and buildings; professional and amateur ski races; scenic mountain and wildlife; mountaineering and highway accidents; mountain guiding trips including Pierre Trudeau, Roland Michener and Peter Lougheed. Fonds consists of four series: Photography, Motion Pictures, Sound Recordings, and Textual records. Photography series consists of four sub-series established by the photographer: I. Old file, 1949-1970; II. Main file, alphabetical A - Z, 1950-1976; III Sunshine file, [1939], 1950-1975; IV. Warden file, 1954-1976.; Motion pictures on video cassettes are footage of skiing at Sunshine, 1930s; Clifford White films, 1930s, from WMCR Archives collection (V682); "Snow Capers" by Thomas Mead, 1946, includes Engler; "Ski Pro's Holiday" by George Encil, 1950?; "Mount Bulyea" by George Encil, 1950?, includes Engler; "Diary of a Mountain Man," a CBC documentary feature on Bruno Engler broadcast on "20/20" in 1965 (ca.27 minutes); "Great Days in the Rockies" by National Film Board of Canada, 1983; "Mountain Man" by Banff Centre, 1985, re Engler. Original film is "Sunshine 1940" and includes Brewster Transport ski buses travelling from train station to Sunshine Lodge, skiers, guide, lessons, games, rope tow, ski action, slalom, Bruno Engler, other. 16mm and 35mm film reels, 1946-1964 are films produced by the National Film Board.; Sound recordings, electronic records and and related textual material pertain to interviews with Bruno Engler, 1987, done by Brian Patton and Jon Whyte for Bruno Engler autobiography project. Interviews covered Engler's life, but are not complete to 1987. Transcripts, prepared from recordings by Brenda Goeres, are not verbatim. Audio tape cassettes consist of portions of content of audio tape reels.; Textual records include corporate records, newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to film making, cast and crew listings and schedules for various movies, ski racing, mountain guiding trips and ski race listings. Also included is documentation pertaining to film making with producer National Film Board including letters, film stock footage, press releases, and film summaries; maps indicate film location shots for Arctic Rampage.

Name Access: Engler, Bruno

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Government; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description; electronic finding aid

Related Material: Duplicate or further transcripts for sound recordings are found in Jon Whyte fonds (M88).

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Category: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Government; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Proposed plans for Stoney Nakoda Band Administration Building

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Proposed plans for Stoney Nakoda Band Administration Building, 1968, 2 items.

Date Range: 1968

Reference Code: M36 / 1494 / O.S. / "G"

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: M36 / 1494 / O.S. / "G"

Date Range: 1968

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Scope & Content: Proposed plans for Stoney Nakoda Band Administration Building, 1968, 2 items.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Reminiscences & stories, Pete, Banff, etc. : [notes]. -- 1949-1965, [n.d.]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Notes taken by Catharine from conversations with Peter Whyte and others. Includes poem by Peter Whyte.

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1960]

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 24

Description Level: 5 / File

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.1. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 24

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1960]

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records : handwritten and typescript

Scope & Content: Notes taken by Catharine from conversations with Peter Whyte and others. Includes poem by Peter Whyte.

Name Access: Brett, Robert George; Browne, Agnes

Subject Access: Whyte, Peter; Fay, Charles; Currie, Flossie; Chateau Lake Louise - Fire; Stoney Nakoda; WHITE, DAVE SR.; Banff Indian Days; Haugen, Lars; Skiing; Films and film making; Ski jumping; Noble, George

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Notes]. -- 1963-1965

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Mainly typewritten copies of historical notes from previous files.

Date Range: 1963 - 1965

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 28

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.1. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: N/A

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 1 / a / iv / 28

Date Range: 1963 - 1965

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records : typewritten

Scope & Content: Mainly typewritten copies of historical notes from previous files.

Name Access: De Riviere, Henri; Hunter, Elijah; Two Youngman, Jacob; Whyte, Peter

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Curling; Ski jumping; Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies; Banff Winter Carnival; Skoki Lodge

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Enclosures]. -- 1862-1920, 1930-1959, [n.d.]

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Scope & Content: Enclosures from letters to Catharine from her mother, includes letters from family friends and relatives. Includes old family letters 1862 - 1920, f.181. Mildred Owen is first cousin to Edith Mary B. Clarke is the sister of Edith's father, Edward S. Morse; Jenny Brooks is Edith's friend from chil…

Date Range: 1860 - 1920

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / b / ii / 180 - 185

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: N/A

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / b / ii / 180 - 185

Date Range: 1860 - 1920

Physical Description: 6 files of textual records

Scope & Content: Enclosures from letters to Catharine from her mother, includes letters from family friends and relatives. Includes old family letters 1862 - 1920, f.181. Mildred Owen is first cousin to Edith Mary B. Clarke is the sister of Edith's father, Edward S. Morse; Jenny Brooks is Edith's friend from childhood; Dorothy Wayman is the author of a biography of Edward S. Morse.

Name Access: Robb, Edith Morse; Roddy, Frances (Newbury); Robb, Kitty; Owen, Mildred; Johnsen, Hanne; Clarke, Mary B.; Miyaoka, Tsunejiro; Barry, Jane; Brooks, Jenny; Spurling, Billy; Wayman, Dorothy; Morse, John E.; Robb, Russell Sr.; Caird, Jean; Agge, Anne

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Brown, Annora : [correspondence]

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Scope & Content: Annora Brown was an artist from Fort Macleod, Alta. & moved to Sidney, B.C. in 1965. Note on original file: "Mother was a Cody." Addition of 2 letters in 2018: M36/219/45 and M36/219/46

Date Range: 1957-1971

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 219

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record; Textual record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 219

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Responsibility: Responsibility: Annora Brown

Date Range: 1957-1971

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records, includes newsclippings

Scope & Content: Annora Brown was an artist from Fort Macleod, Alta. & moved to Sidney, B.C. in 1965. Note on original file: "Mother was a Cody." Addition of 2 letters in 2018: M36/219/45 and M36/219/46

Name Access: Brown, Annora; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Phillips, Walter J.; Whyte, Catharine

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Kostas : [correspondence].

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Scope & Content: Includes reports regarding cancer research by Browne. Dr. Kalomiris is a medical student involved with cancer research, who received financial support from Catharine.

Date Range: 1968-1975

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 330

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.5. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / c / 330

Responsibility: Responsibility: Constantine (Costis) Kalomiris, Browne, J.S.L.

Date Range: 1968-1975

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Includes reports regarding cancer research by Browne. Dr. Kalomiris is a medical student involved with cancer research, who received financial support from Catharine.

Subject Access: Kalomiris, Constantine; Browne, J.S.L.; Cancer -Research

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[Letters, printed matter]

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Scope & Content: Includes old letters written by Edward Sylvester Morse sent to Catharine by Margaret Watkins. Includes Catharine's carbon copies of outgoing letters. Includes copy of readings and sermon of funeral mass for Ulysses LaCasse.

Date Range: 1874-1971

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / d / 574

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / d / 574

Date Range: 1874-1971

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Includes old letters written by Edward Sylvester Morse sent to Catharine by Margaret Watkins. Includes Catharine's carbon copies of outgoing letters. Includes copy of readings and sermon of funeral mass for Ulysses LaCasse.

Name Access: Aldhelm-White, Ted

Subject Access: Watkins, Margaret; Morse, Edward Sylvester; Gammon, Murray; LaCasse, Ulysses; Peyto, Walter; Chretien, Jean; Nicoll, Jim; Jarvis, Lucy; Millar, Chuck

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[Christmas cards]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Handmade and printed Christmas cards which were sent out annually by Peter and Catharine. Cards weredesigned by Peter and Catharine, printed, then hand-colored. Printed Christmas letters were enclosed from 1962 on. After Peter's death, Catharine often had Peter's paintings printed as cards. See fi…

Date Range: 1929-1978

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / e / i / 589

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / e / i / 589

Date Range: 1929-1978

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Handmade and printed Christmas cards which were sent out annually by Peter and Catharine. Cards weredesigned by Peter and Catharine, printed, then hand-colored. Printed Christmas letters were enclosed from 1962 on. After Peter's death, Catharine often had Peter's paintings printed as cards. See file 590 for Christmas letters.

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Printed Christmas letters sent out annually by Peter and Catharine, summarizing activities and news fromthe past year. Catharine continued this tradition on her own after Peter's death in 1966. These letters contain information on events and people in the Banff area. Throughout the 1970s, there is…

Date Range: 1962-1978

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / e / i / 590

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2 / e / i / 590

Date Range: 1962-1978

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Printed Christmas letters sent out annually by Peter and Catharine, summarizing activities and news fromthe past year. Catharine continued this tradition on her own after Peter's death in 1966. These letters contain information on events and people in the Banff area. Throughout the 1970s, there is information on Catharine's extensive travels and involvement with various organizations.