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Tom Wilson family fonds
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members. Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed …
- Date Range
- 1861-1982
- Reference Code
- M10 / V701
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 10
- V 701
- Sous-Fonds
- M 10
- V 701
- Accession Number
- 551, 981, 1234, 1578, 1634, 2097, 3039, 7750 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M10 / V701
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1861-1982
- Physical Description
- 2 v. and 2 cm of textual records. -- ca.400 photographs : prints, copy negatives. -- 1 cm of print material
- History / Biographical
- The Wilson family were guides, outfitters and ranchers at Morley, Kootenay Plains, Banff and Nordegg, Alberta, Canada. Thomas Edmonds (Tom) Wilson, 1859- 1933, and Minnie McDougall Wilson, 1865-1936, had six children, including sons John Clark Wilson, 1888-1932, and Thomas Edmonds (Ed) Wilson, 1892-1973. Daughters were Ada, 1886-1967?, Rene, Bessie and Dora. Tom Wilson is credited with the discovery of Lake Louise in July of 1882, while working as a packer on the Canadian Pacific Railway survey through the mountains. In 1883, Wilson established his own business at Banff, Lake Louise and Field, British Columbia. After selling the business in 1904, Tom Wilson operated a horse ranch at Kootenay Plains. He later retired to Banff. Ed Wilson was born at Morley and raised in Banff. Around 1910 he began working for Brewster Trading Company at Banff and, later, Lake Louise. Just before the First World War, he moved to Nordegg, where he worked for the Bighorn Trading Company for many years.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members.
- Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed Wilson, the Wilson family, and early guiding and exploration in the Canadian Rockies (photocopy in two volumes); miscellaneous papers, 1905-1929, including a holograph speech by D. D. Galletly on the cave at Banff; letter and note re sale of horses to Frank Wellman, 1920; letters to Catharine Whyte from Ada Wilson re personal matters and Wilson family history, 1964-1965; transcripts of manuscripts by Tom Wilson and B. M. (Bess) Wilson re the CPR and tourism and 1916 pack trip Lake Louise to Kootenay Plains; letters of Col. Robert O'Hara to Tom Wilson, 1895- 1914, re Mount Assiniboine and Lake O'Hara; letter by Catharine Robb Whyte to Tom Link, 1965, re Lake O'Hara history based partly upon above material; diary, Trip to ranch by B. M. Wilson; essay, The last of the pathfinders by Dorie (Wilson) Legit; programmes, articles, clippings re Tom Wilson, 1924-1982; Eliza Edmonds certificate, 1845, and later clipping.
- Photographs pertain to outfitting and guiding activities of Tom, John and Ed Wilson, including clients, associates and trips throughout the Rocky Mountains; Wilson family, friends and associates; Stoney Indians; Kootenay Plains; Banff people and events; Banff townsite and surrounding area; Canadian Pacific Railway; Nordegg area; 1861-1930. Includes photograph of Tom Wilson at Lake Louise inscribed to A. O. Wheeler, 1932. Many of the early photographs were taken by clients of Tom Wilson. Later, after settling at Kootenay Plains, Wilson was apparently given a camera by Mary Vaux and likely took many of the Stoney Indians views. Ed Wilson was an amateur photographer and likely took most of the views of staff at Lake Louise and of Nordegg.
- Name Access
- Wilson, Ada
- Wilson, Ed
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- modern reference prints
- Creator
- Wilson, Ed
- Wilson, Tom
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Banff Indian Days
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a group of unknown individuals stood between two tipis at Banff Indian Days.
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 366
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M10
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 366
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a group of unknown individuals stood between two tipis at Banff Indian Days.
- Subject Access
- Teepees
- Banff Indian Days
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 650
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a camp scene with tipis set up alongside horses and unknown individuals.
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 357
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M10
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 357
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a camp scene with tipis set up alongside horses and unknown individuals.
- Subject Access
- Stoney Nakoda
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Horses
- Teepees
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 637
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a camp scene with tipis set up alongside horses and unknown individuals.
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 358
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M10
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 358
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a camp scene with tipis set up alongside horses and unknown individuals.
- Subject Access
- Stoney Nakoda
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Horses
- Teepees
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 638
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
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Charlie Rabbit's tipi? (2nd to left)
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of line up of tipis and individuals at Banff Indian Days with Union Jack flag raised next to the first tipi.
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 367
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M10
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 367
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of line up of tipis and individuals at Banff Indian Days with Union Jack flag raised next to the first tipi.
- Subject Access
- Stoney Nakoda
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Teepees
- Banff Indian Days
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 651
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections. Identification made by Stoney Nakoda Elders, not fully certain
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Unidentified children
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of unidentified children gathered next to tipis at Banff Indian Days.
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 368
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M10
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 368
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of unidentified children gathered next to tipis at Banff Indian Days.
- Subject Access
- Stoney Nakoda
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Teepees
- Banff Indian Days
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 652
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Unidentified children
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57025
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of unidentified children gathered next to group of people in front of tipis at Banff Indian Days.
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 369
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M10
- V701
- Sous-Fonds
- V701
- Reference Code
- V701 / LC - 369
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1904-1908
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of unidentified children gathered next to group of people in front of tipis at Banff Indian Days.
- Subject Access
- Stoney Nakoda
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Teepees
- Banff Indian Days
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 653
- Creator
- Wilson, Tom
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.