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Miscellaneous

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 109 black and white and colour photograph prints, 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller. File documents various unidentified family members and friends, travels and outings, special events (e.g. weddings, graduations), holidays (e.g. Easter), official portraits (including a National Film Board o…

Date Range: c.1912-1971; 1913; 1919; 1932-1940; 1942-1957; 1948; 1952; 1960; 1967; 1970-1971

Reference Code: V75 / I / PA - 1 to 116

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Private record

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: V75 / I : Wardle Family, c.1912-1971

Sous-Fonds: V75

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: V75 / I / PA - 1 to 116

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Private record

Date Range: c.1912-1971; 1913; 1919; 1932-1940; 1942-1957; 1948; 1952; 1960; 1967; 1970-1971

Physical Description: 109 photographs : b&w and col. ; 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 109 black and white and colour photograph prints, 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller. File documents various unidentified family members and friends, travels and outings, special events (e.g. weddings, graduations), holidays (e.g. Easter), official portraits (including a National Film Board of Canada portrait of James Wardle), and sports and leisure (e.g. canoeing, golf). File also includes photographs of Carl Rungius (on his birthday in 1954), Betty Ormond in Peru (with a message addressed to "Dorrie" written on the back of the print), graduation photograph of James Wardle from Queen's (c.1912), and travel photographs from the United States in 1948 (New York, Washington, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City) and Amsterdam, Netherlands (1952). Notable places the photographs depict include Banff (including Banff Train Station), the Great Divide, St. Lawrence River (the Wardle family had a cottage here), Sunshine trail, Mt. Athabasca, Columbia Icefields, Lake O'Hara, Montreal, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Paris (France), Ghost River, Ottawa, Peru, Lake Minnewanka, Elk Island, and Maligne Lake.

Notes: Most (but not all) photographs are annotated on the back identifying who is in the photograph, when it was taken, and where.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.; Rungius, Carl

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Travel and Exploration; European travel; Skiing; Canoes and canoeing; Horseback riding; Picnics and picnicking; Weddings; Scenery; Mountain; Beach; Golfing

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Banff National Park; Great Divide; Columbia Icefield; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Lake O'Hara; Maligne Lake; Moraine Lake; Montreal; Quebec; Ontario; Ottawa; France; Ghost River; Peru; United States; New York; Washington; Philadelphia; Atlantic City

Language: English

Related Material: V75 / I / NA-13

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Daytimers

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1926 & 1927 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 33 : June 11-12 page with piece of paper entries regard office work and club house. July 21-22 page marked with piece of paper entries regard office work and ACC. July 31-August 1 page marked with piece of paper en…

Date Range: 1926-1927

Reference Code: M546 / 33 to 34

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 2014.8312

Reference Code: M546 / 33 to 34

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1926-1927

Physical Description: 4.3 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 7.5 x 12 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1926 & 1927 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 33 : June 11-12 page with piece of paper entries regard office work and club house. July 21-22 page marked with piece of paper entries regard office work and ACC. July 31-August 1 page marked with piece of paper entries regard camps. August 14-15 page marked with piece of paper entries regard Assiniboine camp and ascent. January 24 work on article for Logan report. March continued work on Logan report and C. N. P. A. report throughout May. Travels on Vancouver Island in May. Daily notations of weather, day to day activities, office work, correspondence, watching hockey games and other leisure. M546 / 34 : July 29-30 with piece of paper entries regarding travel around Banff, Jasper and Field. Daily notations of day to day activities, office work, correspondence, leisure. Continued work on C. N. P. A. Extensive documentation of chores. August travel around Freshfield River and House River. Hole in paper near spine on page August 11-12.

Name Access: Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Subject Access: Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Anniversary; Backpacking; Birthday; Camps; Climbing; Correspondence; Discovery and exploration; Family and personal life; Finances; Hiking; Hockey; Holidays; Leisure; Mountains; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Mount Logan; Photography; Professional and Personal Life; Sports and recreation; Record keeping; Travel; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; Work

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Rocky Mountains; Selkirks; Assiniboine; Athabasca Falls; Sunwapta Falls; Saskatchewan River Crossing; Calgary; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Hector Slide; Vancouver Island; Sidney; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada; Spokane; Washington; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Wheeler, Arthur O.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Tom Wilson Scrapbook

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.

Date Range: 1881-1968

Reference Code: M10 / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M10 / V701

Series: M10 / 1

Sous-Fonds: M10

Accession Number: 1634

Reference Code: M10 / 2

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1881-1968

Physical Description: 4.5 cm of textual records (146 pages ; 25.5 x 29 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.

Name Access: Tom Wilson

Subject Access: Banff High School; School; Guide; Guiding; Exploration; Discovery and exploration; Newspaper; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Banff; Calgary; Lake Louise; Alberta; Banff National Park; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Tom Wilson Scrapbook

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.

Date Range: 1881-1968

Reference Code: M10 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M10 / V701

Series: M10 / 1

Sous-Fonds: M10

Accession Number: 1634

Reference Code: M10 / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1881-1968

Physical Description: 4.5 cm of textual records (146 pages ; 29 x 36 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a scrapbook of newsclippings pertaining to the life and achievements of Tom Wilson.

Name Access: Tom Wilson

Subject Access: Banff High School; School; Guide; Guiding; Exploration; Discovery and exploration; Newspaper; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Banff; Calgary; Lake Louise; Alberta; Banff National Park; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel and home records

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and…

Date Range: [ca.1900] - 1992

Reference Code: LUX / II / E

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Textual record; Photograph; Print; Negative; Transparency

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E

GMD: Textual record; Photograph; Print; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1900] - 1992

Physical Description: 27.5 cm of textual records (5 scrapbooks ; 0.5 cm newspaper clippings) -- 7 albums -- 1,345 photographs (1,083 b&w and col. prints ; 257 b&w and col. negatives ; 5 col. transparency slides)

Scope & Content: Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and a celebration marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; Canadian trips, including the Okanagan region, Seebe and Jasper National Park; and the Luxton family home in Banff.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Exploration; Home

Geographic Access: Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Alberta; British Columbia; Banff; Quebec; United States of America; Panama; Japan; China

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Whyte Museum recordings

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Part Of: Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of two recordings produced by Maryalice Harvey Stewart for use by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File includes one interview of Noel Odell led by Maryalice, pertaining to the Everest 1924 expedition, World War II and other aspects of Noel's life; and one recording of a 1977…

Date Range: [ca.1975-1987]; 1977

Reference Code: S13 / I / B / 13 to 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Cassette; Sound recording

Part Of: Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M9; S13; V605

Series: S13 / I : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: S13

Sub-Series: S13 / I / B : Research and other professional records

Accession Number: 7412

Reference Code: S13 / I / B / 13 to 14

GMD: Cassette; Sound recording

Responsibility: Recordings produced by Maryalice Harvey Stewart

Date Range: [ca.1975-1987]; 1977

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings : cassettes

History / Biographical: Noel Odell (1890 - 1987) was a geologist and mountaineer. Noel was born and educated in England, and became an avid climber in the United Kingdom, joining the Alpine Club in 1916. Noel is known primarily for his involvement in the 1924 Everest expedition, during which two climbers, Andrew Irvine and George Mallory, died during their summit attempt. In 1936, Noel and fellow climber Bill Tilman summited Nanda Devi in India, which at the time was the highest completed summit in the world. Noel served with the Royal Engineers in World War I and II, worked as a petroleum and mining consultant, and taught geology at various universities around the world.

Scope & Content: File consists of two recordings produced by Maryalice Harvey Stewart for use by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File includes one interview of Noel Odell led by Maryalice, pertaining to the Everest 1924 expedition, World War II and other aspects of Noel's life; and one recording of a 1977 lecture presented by Maryalice at a conference about log structures.

Notes: Contents in file: S13 / I / B / 13 : "Trip with Noel Odell Banff - Jasper - Edmonton Airport" S13 / I / B / 14 : "Tuesday October 25, 1977 conference on log structures (Tour of mountain sites)"

Name Access: Stewart, Maryalice Harvey; Odell, Noel

Subject Access: Interview; Research; Museums; Mountaineering; Exploration; Biography; World War I; World War II; Lecture; Public events; Log structures; Land use; Property; Professional and Personal Life

Geographic Access: Mount Everest; Canada; Alberta; Banff

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Land, settlement and immigration

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116 Lake St. John. Rapids below Quatchman Falls (No.32). 8/29/95

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: 1895

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 116

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sub-Series: C. Travel 1895

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 116

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1895

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: Quebec

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

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1939 Western US and Canadian Rockies Trip [1/2]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 3 to 13

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 3 to 13

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

Parallel Title: R3 to R13, 1939 Box 1. -- 1939PHYS 172 transparencies : colour. V225 / NS - 1

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 172 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric Brooks, Phyllis Munday, John Wheeler, the Kingmans, Walter and Paula Bloch-Hiller, Sig[?], B.H.G., Andrew Kramer, Ernest [Feuz], and Rudolph [Aemmer?]. Titles: Reel 3 1939? 8 - Horses on road near [illegible] 9 - Road near St. Mary's w. clouds 16 - [Rodeo bucking] 17 - [Rodeo bucking] 18 - Rodeo people on fence 19 - [Rodeo] fence and chutes 20 - [Rodeo fence and chutes] 21 - [Rodeo fence and chutes] Reel 4 2 - Calf-roping 3 - Two med. Lake fr. Mt. Henry 7 - Meadow of flowers 8 - Shooting star [flower] 9 - Rabbit 10 - Fishermen by bridge 11 - Lower Two Med. Lake 12 - Pompeely's [?] Pillar? 15 - [Beargrass] (best) 16 - Queen cup 17 - [Queen cup] 19 - BH.G. - Trick Falls trail Reel 5 1939? 1 - Trick Falls best 2 - [Trick Falls] more to left 3 - BH.G. arm on stump 4 - BH.G. on bridge - Trick Falls trail 5 - Old tree above Two Med. 7 - Two med Lake fr. Astor Creek shoulder 8 - Mary [?] glacier Lake from our balcony - South [?] 9 - Looking across lake [from our balcony] west 10 - Lake Josephine and wharf w. boats 11 - Same without Mt. [illegible] 12 - Trail to Grinnell Gl. 13 - Grinnell Lake 14 - Grinnell Lake 15 - Ptarmigan Lake - Polly and Kay 16 - [Ptarmigan Lake] fr. trail to tunnel 17 - At [Ptarmigan Lake] tunnel - Polly, Kay, L.G. [Lillian Gest] 18 - [At Ptarmigan Lake tunnel] CCC and Polly Reel 6 1. A[?] Pass and Lake Helen 2. Crossley Lake and tents 3. [Crossley Lake] no tents 4. Towards Indian Pass 6. Towards Ahew[?] Pass - Lake 7. Lake Elizabeth (?) Kay and Polly 8. Polly wading 9. [Polly wading] 10. [Polly wading] 11. Kay [wading] 12. [Kay wading] 13. [Kay wading] w. foot up 14. [Kay wading] near shore 15. Lake Helen - reflections - down valley 16. Mt. and snow bank Ahew[?] Pass 17. At hell on Swift current pass - P. and K. 18. Polly on trail to marry[?] from pass Reel 7 1939 1. People under eating fly 2. Ms. Munday and Kingmans 3. Boys pealing potatoes 4. N. Tower w. clouds 5. Aletta[?] at tent 6. Laundry at lady's quarters 7. Sauna 8. Sox and boots near tent 9. Tent and stream 10. Survey station peak - "Black and white" 11. Party leaving camp 12. Same - Ennis party before leaving 13. Head of valley fr. rocky flats 15. Hanbury fr. rocky flats 16. Chancellor in clouds 17. N. Tower and clouds 18. Mt. Hanbury[?] 19. N. Tower 20. Mt. Hanbury[?] fr. nearer camp Reel 8 1939 Camp ACC 1. Goodsir N. Tower at sunset 2. Party on alplands[?] en route to Vaux 3. Chancellor from [alplands[?] en route to Vaux] 4. N. Tower and G. from same 5. Party on rocks - Roger getting out rope 6. Chancellor - twin peaks appear 7. Up the route to High Camp 9. Party standing on Vaux Glacier 10. High Camp - Roger in distance 12. Party on glacier 13. [Party on glacier] closer - diff background 14. [Party on glacier] on ice axes 15. Lunch on top 16. Chancellor fr. Vaux 17. Church Service 18. [Church Service] sun out 19. N. Tower at sunset 20. N. Tower [at sunset] Reel 9 1. Aylards [?] and Miss Gullion 2. Mr. Laird and Miss Burns 3. Eric Brooks 4. Grahams and party 5. [Grahams and party] 6. [Grahams and party] 7. Peckham, Helen Yellmer [?] and John Wheeler 8. Packers and horse 9. Mrs. Forbes, Peckham, Kingman 10. Woodie Kingman 11. Walter Bloch-Hillen and Miss Gullion 12. Woodie Kingman - close up 13. Andrew Kiamer 14. Packer and horse 15. Group watching packing 16. ? , Ernest, Rudolph 17. Ernest and clincher on trail by tent 18. Major Tweedy - hand out 19. [Major Tweedy] close-up of same 20. Paula Bloch-Hillen Reel 10 1. Head of Ice RIver valley 2. Party on trail to zinc Creek camp 3. Mt Chancellor 4. [Mt Chancellor] with cloud 5. [Mt Chancellor] and Kay on trail 6. S. Tower Goodsir fr. zinc Creek 7. N. [Tower Goodsir fr. sinc Creek] 8. Chancellor fr. zinc Creek trail w. Polly 9. Tent and figure - Zinc Creek camp 10. S. Tower fr. Zinc Col. 11. Chancellor [fr. Zinc Col.] 12. Zinc Mt. 13. Goodsirs from Martius Ridge 14. Rex's rope on [Martius Ridge] 15. Same and Martius Peak 16. View probably towards wash[illegible] 17. Andrew on summit 18. Goodsirs again 19. Rex;s rope 20. Eric on horseback Reel 11 1. Hans Fuhrer 2. Taking down tent 4. Eating fly supports 5. Pile of duffle 6. Tweedy and one of men taking down fly 7. Rangers cabin and guides 8. Kay on bridge over Lodalite Creek 9. Car on road, Yoho in distance 10. Same further to right - less of car 11. Mt. Hector from road 12. Polly and Katie 13. Mt Chephron and road 14. Road working up Mistaya bel. Patterson[?] 15. Mt Weed from lower Mistaya valley 16. Polly Kay Phyl - up Mistaya valley to Chephron 18. Waterfowl lake and up Mistaya valley 19. Same - but more to left 20. Mt. [illegible] ? Reel 12 1. Peyto Lookout - view to north 2. Katie w. movie camera; Peyto lookout 3. Up Peyto glacier to Mt. Rhonda (?) 4. Banff and Mt. Cascade 5. Gopher and lunch box gimmell[?] gl. 7. Jim Whilt 8. Jim and party at lunch place - gimmell gl. 9. Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake 10. [Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake] 11. Sherbourne Lake and view up valley 12. Flowers along road to many[?] 13. Annette, Sam and rig 14. [Annette, Sam and rig] 15. Chief Mt. and road 16. Brown eyed Susan 17. Close up [Brown eyed Susan] 19. Mother at Price of Wales Reel 13 1. Prince of Wales Hotel 2. Waterton Lake, Mt. Cleveland in dist. 4. [Waterton Lake] village fr. Prince of Wales 5. [Waterton Lake village fr. Prince of Wales] 6. Fawn by tree 7. Fawn in bush 8. Chief Mt. and tiny lake 9. Appekunny Falls 10. [Appekunny Falls] lower part 11. Falls aobve Appenkunny 12. Flower decked falls ab. Appenkunny 13. Flowers by falls 14. Same - nearer 15. Fireweed by stream 16. Meadow of flowers by stream 17. Monkey flowers 19. Coffee pot, fire, cup and rucksask

Notes: Titles on box lid: Glacier before camp; Camp; Camp - trip back; Glacier after camp. Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see notebook SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Prescott, Polly; Prescott, Kay; Brooks, Eric; Munday, Phyllis; Wheeler, John Oliver; Kingman, Henry S.; Bloch-Hiller, Walter; Bloch-Hiller, Paula; Kramer, Andrew; Feuz, Walter

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada; Washington; United States of America

Language: NA

Conservation: Removed from original boxes and rehoused in slide sleeves and acid-free folders.

Related Material: M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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1943 Canadian Rockies Summer & Autumn Trip

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1943 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various…

Date Range: 1943

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 79 to 83

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

45 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 79 to 83

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

Parallel Title: R79-1 to R124-15. -- 1943-1947 V225 / NS - 4

Date Range: 1943

Physical Description: 50 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1943 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook. Titles: Reel 79 Aug 1 - 1943 1. Rams on cliff morning 8. Mt. Rundle and lake shore 13. Cascade and meadow 14. Sheep in swamp 16. Mama sheep and baby - again 17. one baby sheep 18. 2 baby sheeps 19. 2 baby sheeps flaw in film Reel 80 Aug 15 - 1943 3. Ewe and others [in swamp - Rundle] 4. Ews and lams in swamp [Rundle] 5. Moose in Vermilion sundown 7. Goat at animal paddock 9. Crowd on opabin glacier 10. Crowd at Mac Arthur Lake at lunch 11. Crowd on opabin glacier 13. /Same not so good\ Crowd strung out on glacier 14. Same - end of line of people 16. Emmy[?], Big Tom and Denny near lake 17. Crowd on meadows - opabin Reel 81 Aug 21 - 1943 3. Crowd around the dining table 7. Mt. Biddle from Yukness ridge 12. Phyl and Aletta on Yukness 13. Towards Yoho and Balfour fr. Yukness over Wiwaxy col. 15. Ronny with pot at fire Linda Lake 16. Ronny with fish at Linda Lake 17. Walter's T. Model Ford - W. and Ronny and Mr. Stewart[?] Reel 82 Sept 2 -1943 1. Gopher by tree en route to Linda Lake 2. Ronny w. rucksack 3. Tom, Aletta, Phyl starting for Abbot Pass 4. Mother and Sig[?] looking out window 5. Spray River when I fished - Cascade Mt. 7. Mother at bearspaw table better 12. Mother and bear alarms[?] on step 13. L.G. bringing in faggots [sticks] from yard 14. Fish in pond 15. Fish hatchery fr. viewpoint [illegible] 17. Doe in backwater down Bow R. [illegible] 19. View across BOw to Hoodoos and Cascade Reel 83 Sept 7 - 1943 1. Boe valley fr. Lake Agnes 4. Trail boulders and Lake Agnes 8. Victoria ridge fr. Fairview slopes 10. Same nearer 15. Sig - and Mt. Rundle fr [Admin gardens] 16. Browne porch and BNG reading [illegible] 17. SIg and 2 companions starting fr. Spray V. 19. DH.G. on hammock 20. ALong the Great Divide by B. Browne.

Notes: Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Browne, Belmore; Kingman, Henry S.; Sampson, Herbert E.; Hendrie, Jimmie; Link, Adeline; Smith, Soapy (Herbert Alonzo)

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Lake O'Hara; Lake MacArthur; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: NA

Conservation: Removed from original boxes and rehoused in slide sleeves and acid-free folders.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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1944 Summer & Autumn Canadian Rockies Trip

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 57 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1944 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various…

Date Range: 1944

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 84 to 89

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

55 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 84 to 89

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

Parallel Title: R79-1 to R124-15. -- 1943-1947 V225 / NS - 4

Date Range: 1944

Physical Description: 57 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 57 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1944 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook. Titles: Reel 84 Aug 4 - 1944 1. Diamond pines 2. Lou and Richard in arms 3. Richard on our porch 4. [Richard] in coach 5. Lou and Richard on chair - their barn 6. [Lou and Richard on] lawn 7. [Lou and Richard on lawn] 8. Richard on blanket on lawn 9. Same 10. Nearer of same 11. [Nearer of same] 12. [Nearer of same] 14. Buffaloes in paddock 15. Ewe and lamb 17. Bow R. backwater opp. Hoodoes. Reel 85 Aug 12 - 1944 3. [Cos moose and calf at Sundance Cr. 4. Mt Pinnacle fr. Paradise Valley 5. Mt. Eiffel [fr. Paradise Valley] 6. Part of Hungabee [fr. Paradise Valley] 7. Mt. Lefroy [fr. Paradise Valley] 11. Twin avalanches fr. Lefroy starting 13. Cow elk and baby Louise Road 19. Beaver swimming Reel 86 Aug 21 - '44 1. Sentinel on the pass and Mt. Lefroy 2. Sentinels on pass early am 3. Ptarmigan on slopes of Eiffel 8. Charley and ptarmigan 10. Crowd watching on hillside 14. Mt. Aberdeen above supply tent 18. L.S. same place [Paradise boulder] Reel 87 Aug 22, 1944 3. L.S. [on Paradise Peak] 6. [Canfield and H. Kingman w. Eric] 7. Kingman and Ken Jones 11. [Sunday service] closer, gabeline up. 12. Same - tents in background 15. Girls on log - tea party upper valley 16. The Richards and red paracol 17. Emmie and chips 19. Col. west moreland - nailing boots 22. Polly meniet[?] gift of Mr. Sampson Reel 88 Aug 22 - 1944 2. [On] summit Dorothy Richards 5. [View fr. Temple] Yoho 6. Party on Suentinel Pass 7. Trail Ride - D[?]erty etc at start 9. Tepee poles at first camp - Fatigne Creek 10. Cook tent and pots - first camp 13. Crowd riding over summit 14. Crowd on aeplands 15. Helen Zilmer[?] on pass - Assin in rear 19. Porky in tree at lunch Reel 89 Sept 15 - 1944 1. BHG at gardens - Mt Cascade 2. Helen Harbison and BH.G. Admin gardens 3. Emmie on Rundle ridge 8. Dan and Mary by back door 9. Dan and his cabin - Mt. Rundle 10. B.B. picture "Along the great Divide" 11. Same 12. BH.G. in chair by porch 13. Browne House Mother in chair 14. Same over exposed 15. BH.G. Admin gardens on bench 16. L.S. Admin gardens 17. Same further away 18. [Illegible] in Mt. Norquay fr. Sundance Rd. 19. Beavers at feeding grounds eve 21. Cow and calf Vermilion Lakes - eve

Notes: Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.