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Luxton Museum construction and displays
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55016
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 78 photographs pertaining to the Luxton Museum and its displays, including the museum’s construction and the interior views of the museum and its displays. Some photographs depict Indigenous individuals [including John Hunter and unidentified Cree and Stoney Nakoda men] posing as m…
- Date Range
- 1951-1957
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3e / PA - 1 to 78
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
146 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D3 : Organizations
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3e / PA - 1 to 78
- Responsibility
- Photographs LUX/I/D3e/PA-74 and 76 produced by Bruno Engler; LUX/I/D3e/PA -77 and 78 produced by Ernest Kehr
- Date Range
- 1951-1957
- Physical Description
- 78 photographs : b&w prints ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 78 photographs pertaining to the Luxton Museum and its displays, including the museum’s construction and the interior views of the museum and its displays. Some photographs depict Indigenous individuals [including John Hunter and unidentified Cree and Stoney Nakoda men] posing as models for display mannequins used in the Luxton Museum.
- Notes
- First three items in file signed on reverse side by “Roy”[?] [Ray?]; individual not further identified
- File contains some duplicates
- Material Details
- Items LUX/I/D3e/PA-4 to 16 labelled as “Polaroid” photographs on back. Same items have folded paper attached to left side partly covering images
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Hunter, John
- Subject Access
- Businesses
- Buildings
- Construction
- Museums
- Education
- History
- Indigenous Peoples
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- British Columbia
- Victoria
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Item LUX/I/D3e/PA-63 has related negative photographs processed under reference codes LUX/I/D3e/NA-1 to 9
- Category
- Education
- Indigenous Peoples
- Labour
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Southern Alberta research project
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55619
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materia…
- Date Range
- [ca.1845-1920]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Cabinet card
- Diary
- Organization record
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Tintype
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6
- GMD
- Cabinet card
- Diary
- Organization record
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Tintype
- Date Range
- [ca.1845-1920]
- Physical Description
- 29 cm of textual records -- 29 photographs (28 b&w prints, 1 tintype) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materials in sub-series believed to have been collected by Eleanor Luxton, possibly on behalf of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association or as part of Eleanor's personal research.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Agriculture
- Animals
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Community life
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Correspondence
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Farmland
- Finances
- Genealogy
- History
- Homestead
- Immigration and homesteading
- Inventory
- Land use
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Manufacturing
- Municipal views
- Oil
- Postcards
- Portrait
- Property
- Real estate business
- Research
- Settlement
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some restrictions may apply - fragile materials
- Language
- English
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Family and personal life
- Environment
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Natural resources
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Souvenir photographs travel album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54624
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Photograph
- Album
352 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 2
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 360 b&w and col. prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and local scenics in Panama, buildings and landscapes, the 1939 World Fair in New York, boats and dockyard views, art portraits, Niagara Falls, monuments and statues. Most items are captioned with their respective subjects / locations, 4 items are colorized [rest are b&w].
- Notes
- Some items are postcard prints, vast majority are photograph prints
- Material Details
- Photographs are secured with paper corner fasteners attached to pages with adhesive
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Art
- Portrait
- Indigenous Peoples
- Buildings
- Memorial
- Statue
- Events
- Boats
- Fishing
- Landscapes
- Animals
- Farmland
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Ontario
- Niagara Falls
- Toronto
- Quebec
- Montreal
- United States of America
- New York
- Chicago
- Panama
- Cuba
- Havana
- Access Restrictions
- Caution when handling - some items are loose
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Consider removing metal bindings from album in future. Currently no signs of rust or damage to album
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Souvenir postcard album, Cuba
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54626
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards and one postcard print. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting [including bananas, pineapples an…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1905]
- 1904
- 1909
- 1911
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Photograph
- Photograph print
98 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 3
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by Harris Bros. Co., and Curt Teich & Co.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1905]
- 1904
- 1909
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 1 album (96 col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm and 8 cm x 13.5 cm -- 1 print : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album of colorized commercial postcards and one postcard print. Content pertains to tourist attractions and communities within Havana and other rural regions of Cuba. Subjects include unidentified local families and individuals, crop harvesting [including bananas, pineapples and cane sugar], livestock, dockyard and wharf scenes, a street carnival and other community events in Havana, city views, Cuba's 1909 presidential inauguration, a mass burial site, cathedrals, landmarks, and botanical gardens. Most items not dated or annotated. Postcard print has personal message addressed to "David" [likely David McDougall] in 1909, and one postcard depicting mass burial site has personal message to David McDougall from Mr. Adam Mackenzie.
- Notes
- One postcard and b&w postcard print are annotated on back
- Many items are duplicates of postcards in album LUX / II / E / PD - 4
- Name Access
- McDougall, David
- Mackenzie, Adam
- Subject Access
- Tourism
- Travel
- Farmland
- Animals
- Churches
- Memorial
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Commerce
- Community events
- Horses
- Transportation
- Grave
- Garden
- Boats
- Industry
- Natural resources
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- Cuba
- Havana
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Handle with caution if temporarily removing item[s] from album as corner insert spaces holding postcards may tear easily
- Related Material
- LUX / II / E / PD - 4
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Natural resources
- Transportation
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Trading Post photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55018
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop [later renamed the Banff Indian Trading Post] which was owned by Norman Luxton. File includes images of the building’s interior and exterior, Norman feeding a pet bear outside of the Trading Post, taxidermy displays, individ…
- Date Range
- 1904
- 1906
- 1910
- [ca.1940-1945]
- 1949
- [ca.1950-1955]
- 1956-1959
- 1961
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3e / PA - 85 to PA - 113
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
48 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and Professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D3 : Organizations
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3e / PA - 85 to PA - 113
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by Ernest Kehr [PA-96 and PA-101], A.S. Williams [PA-104], George Luxton [PA-105], and Ronald J. Cooke [PA-106].
- Date Range
- 1904
- 1906
- 1910
- [ca.1940-1945]
- 1949
- [ca.1950-1955]
- 1956-1959
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 29 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20.5 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop [later renamed the Banff Indian Trading Post] which was owned by Norman Luxton. File includes images of the building’s interior and exterior, Norman feeding a pet bear outside of the Trading Post, taxidermy displays, individuals posing with a dog outside of the Trading Post, and the “Man Fish” of Lake Minnewanka on display.
- Notes
- Item LUX / I / D3e/PA-107 is a copy negative photograph
- Subject Access
- Businesses
- Buffalo
- Animals
- Bears
- Buildings
- Taxidermy
- Commerce and industry
- Professional and Personal Life
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel and correspondence scrapbook [Spain, Greece, Egypt, Ireland, Hawaii, England]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54630
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending …
- Date Range
- 1954
- 1959 - 1962
- 1967
- 1968
- 1970
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Scrapbook
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Newspaper clipping
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / 1
- Date Range
- 1954
- 1959 - 1962
- 1967
- 1968
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (59 b&w and col. prints ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm or smaller -- 3 newspaper clippings - 2 textual records)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending domestic and international trips between 1954 and 1970, including trips to Victoria, B.C., Hawaii, Italy, Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland, India, Greece and England.
- Notes
- Some items are heavily annotated on back, some dates and locations provided on pages of scrapbook
- Many items loose in scrapbook
- Name Access
- McLean, Nell
- McDougall, George
- Mitchell, Frank
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Buildings
- Events
- Animals
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Hawaii
- Italy
- Rome
- Egypt
- Cairo
- Spain
- Greece
- Athens
- Ireland
- Killarney
- England
- London
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Handle with caution as some items are stored loose in album and may fall out
- Item has been secured with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together
- Pages have been interleaved to protect photographs from other materials
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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