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A/EL-2 Jack Doughty-Davis interview transcript
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21938
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Jack Doughty-Davis interview with MaryAlice H. Stewart, March 26, 1997 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, April 2002. Interview content relates to the following: Biographical details; genealogy Work history; military service Eleanor Luxton as Jack Doughty-Davis’ school teacher Visiting Eleanor Luxto…
- Date Range
- 2002
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F3 i
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. F. Collected Material Series
- Sous-Fonds
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F3 i
- Date Range
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 11 pp. textual records
- Scope & Content
- Jack Doughty-Davis interview with MaryAlice H. Stewart, March 26, 1997 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, April 2002. Interview content relates to the following: Biographical details; genealogy Work history; military service Eleanor Luxton as Jack Doughty-Davis’ school teacher Visiting Eleanor Luxton later years; visit to Eleanor Luxton’s Banff home; recollection of the Luxton home Jack Doughty-Davis’ education; career; military service history Doughty-Davis’ work with the federal government Doughty-Davis’ impressions of Eleanor Luxton; his friends Norman Luxton Growing up in Banff stories Norman Luxton’s dogs Doughty-Davis’ father designed ice castle for Banff Winter Carnival
- Finding Aid
- Electronic finding aid and printed interview summary available
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- Processing Status
- Processed
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A/EL-3 Iris Steele interview transcript
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21939
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Iris Steele interview with MaryAlice H. Stewart, March 31, 1997 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, April 2002. Interview content relates to the following: Iris Dorothy Cutting Steele; born in Regina; father was retired from Royal Northwest Mounted Police in Regina; four children in family; lived on …
- Date Range
- 2002
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F3 i
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. F. Collected Material Series
- Sous-Fonds
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F3 i
- Date Range
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 8 pp. textual records
- Scope & Content
- Iris Steele interview with MaryAlice H. Stewart, March 31, 1997 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, April 2002. Interview content relates to the following: Iris Dorothy Cutting Steele; born in Regina; father was retired from Royal Northwest Mounted Police in Regina; four children in family; lived on Beaver Street, Muskrat Street, Marten Street; attended school in Banff from Grade 2 to Grade 11 Eleanor Luxton was “best teacher in the school”; admired; not stern but thoughtful; interested in all her students Eleanor Luxton’s travels included Hawaii, Panama Canal; reading to her students on Friday afternoons; treat with chocolate bars; read from her diaries of her trips; Eleanor Luxton’s attractive appearance Mrs. Luxton – very stern looking; Norman characterized as dashing Uncle Lou at “Sign of the Goat” – Lou called Iris Steele’s mother “Mrs. Seargent” Lou’s children – Bill, Minota and Olive; Olive married Charlie Beil Norman characterized as “very interesting, very handsome man”; blanket coats; Mrs. Gammon made blanket coats Display at store: half man, half fish Eleanor Luxton taught Iris Steele Grade 7 and Grade 8; Eleanor Luxton helped students who were having a difficult time Iris was amazed at Eleanor Luxton standing up to give a talk at Peter Whyte art gallery opening Iris’s family moved to Calgary briefly and Eleanor Luxton had a handkerchief shower. Iris’s father (b. 1873) came from England to join his brother at Pincher Creek; had never ridden a horse before became well known for breaking horses; he joined the RNWP in 1894 and took mail across the summit in Klondike gold rush; contacted typhoid fever; Cutting was 53 years old when Iris was born; Iris’s mother was born in England; Iris’s sister was 16 years in the Interpol office in England; Iris’s married life in Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto
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- Electronic finding aid and printed interview summary available
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A/EL-4 Jim Miller interview transcript
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21940
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Jim Miller interview with MaryAlice H. Stewart, March 31,1997 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, March 2002. Interview content relates to the following: James Robert Gordon Miller born in Alberta; first wife Marion Pilkey; second wife Evelyn [?]; Marion was Eleanor Luxton’s nurse in early 1960s Jim …
- Date Range
- 2002
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F3 i
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. F. Collected Material Series
- Sous-Fonds
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F3 i
- Date Range
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 12 pp. textual record
- Scope & Content
- Jim Miller interview with MaryAlice H. Stewart, March 31,1997 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, March 2002. Interview content relates to the following: James Robert Gordon Miller born in Alberta; first wife Marion Pilkey; second wife Evelyn [?]; Marion was Eleanor Luxton’s nurse in early 1960s Jim Miller’s recollections of Marion helping Eleanor Luxton to walk and nursing care Miller’s moved to Pincher Creek (Jim in Banking); bringing Eleanor Luxton to Pincher Creek for visits; motor home trip to Vancouver RV trip back from the U.S. with Eleanor Luxton Millers moved to Banff; rented store for men’s wear business; Eleanor Luxton built home for them on the Bow River (McDougall lot) Banff Springs Hotel dinner incident Mrs. Luxton completely bed-ridden; fire in basement of Luxton house; believed to have been set; Eleanor and Marion went to Banff to clean up house after the fire; Eleanor moved back to Banff; getting guns back to Banff Norman – anecdote Marion’s death in 1989 from pancreatic cancer; Jim Miller’s recollections of taking Eleanor to Oldtimers at Stampede in car and wheelchair; Eleanor Luxton’s M.S.; Ron Duke’s daughter Kathy; taking Eleanor out with him on bookkeeping errands in Banff; trips in later years with Evelyn (Jim’s second wife) and Eleanor Luxton to Jasper and Edmonton Jim Miller’s recollections of Eleanor Luxton’s M.S. attacks and remission; Eleanor’s poetry and use of dictation for her writing
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- Electronic finding aid and printed interview summary available
- Title Source
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A/EL-6 Doug Light interview transcript
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Doug Light interview with MaryAlice Stewart, June 1999 and transcribed [2002]. File also includes notes taken by archival staff (March 2007) on the Doug Light interview recording.
- Date Range
- [2002]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F3 i
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. F. Collected Material Series
- Sous-Fonds
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F3 i
- Date Range
- [2002]
- Physical Description
- 47 pp. textual records
- Scope & Content
- Doug Light interview with MaryAlice Stewart, June 1999 and transcribed [2002]. File also includes notes taken by archival staff (March 2007) on the Doug Light interview recording.
- Access Restrictions
- Doug Light interview and transcript is restricted. Permission of the ELHF is required.
- Finding Aid
- Electronic finding aid and printed transcript is available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Agnes Kaquitts, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Agnes Kaquitts (pronounced Heg-a-nesh by Stoney Nakoda speakers) stood in front of a tipi.
- Date Range
- ca.1910
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3a / 7 / NG - 10
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
3 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D / 3 : Organizations
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I / D : Personal and professional
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3a / 7 / NG - 10
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- ca.1910
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Agnes Kaquitts (pronounced Heg-a-nesh by Stoney Nakoda speakers) stood in front of a tipi.
- Name Access
- Kaquitts, Agnes
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Scratches on negative and edge tape is peeling off
- Title Source
- Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
- The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Airplane on Bow River]
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of an airplane on the Bow River.
- Date Range
- 1929
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / NA - 65
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D / 6 : Other activities and interests
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / NA - 65
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 1photograph: b&w negative ; 15.2 x 9 cm
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of an airplane on the Bow River.
- Notes
- Annotated envelope with LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66 indicates this is Fred McCall's landing of the Stinson Detrioter on the Bow River in January 1929
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- McCall, Fred
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Bow River
- Related Material
- LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Airplane on Bow River]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57544
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of an airplane on the Bow River.
- Date Range
- 1929
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
3 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D / 6 : Other activities and interests
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 1photograph: b&w negative ; 15.2 x 9 cm
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a b&w photograph negative of an airplane on the Bow River.
- Notes
- Annotated George Noble processing envelope indicates this is Fred McCall's landing of the Stinson Detrioter on the Bow River in January 1929
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- McCall, Fred
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Bow River
- Related Material
- LUX / I / D6c / NA - 66
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Alberta 50th Jubilee
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54755
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a brochure titled "Alberta Herefords 1905 - 1955" and an open letter by Margaret Maw which was published on behalf of Calgary Power Ltd. Content pertains to Alberta's Jubilee celebrations, marking 50 years from the province's incorporation into Canada.
- Date Range
- 1955
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 40
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 40
- Date Range
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a brochure titled "Alberta Herefords 1905 - 1955" and an open letter by Margaret Maw which was published on behalf of Calgary Power Ltd. Content pertains to Alberta's Jubilee celebrations, marking 50 years from the province's incorporation into Canada.
- Notes
- File contains two duplicates of letter by Margaret Maw
- Name Access
- Maw, Margaret
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Businesses
- Animals
- Anniversary
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Farmland
- Community life
- Commerce
- Industry
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Alberta and Canada Politics Scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22413
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper articles, correspondence, and ephemera relating to Dr. George H. Ross, Liberal Candidate East Calgary Constituency, 1940 ; Canada and the War, 1940 ; Mackenzie King policies. Includes newspaper clippings, telegrams, typed and hand written letters, …
- Date Range
- 1940
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 / 29
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 / 29
- Date Range
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 5.5 cm of textual records (43 pages ; 27.5 x 31 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper articles, correspondence, and ephemera relating to Dr. George H. Ross, Liberal Candidate East Calgary Constituency, 1940 ; Canada and the War, 1940 ; Mackenzie King policies. Includes newspaper clippings, telegrams, typed and hand written letters, and minutes for the Agricultural Supplies Committee.
- Name Access
- Ross, George
- Mackenzie King, WIlliam Lyon
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Advertising
- Communications
- Communities
- Government
- Laws and legislation
- Lecture
- Newspaper
- Politics
- Politics and government
- Public Speaking
- War
- World War II
- Geographic Access
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Alberta business and news publication history
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of three textual publications and a subject index booklet for a separate publication [accompanying publication not present in fonds]. Content pertains to the history of the Calgary Herald [ca. 1905]; the Alberta Division Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; the history of Calgary's…
- Date Range
- [1905]
- 1950
- 1955
- [1956-1960]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 39
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 39
- Date Range
- [1905]
- 1950
- 1955
- [1956-1960]
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (4 volumes ; 23 x 29.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of three textual publications and a subject index booklet for a separate publication [accompanying publication not present in fonds]. Content pertains to the history of the Calgary Herald [ca. 1905]; the Alberta Division Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; the history of Calgary's business and financial development; and Alberta's economy.
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Businesses
- Buildings
- Construction
- Commercial products
- Commerce
- Industry
- History
- Anniversary
- Calgary Power Ltd.
- Finances
- Newspaper
- Publication
- Natural resources
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Land use
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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