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Stoney Nakoda portrait copies - Byron Harmon

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 copies of portrait photographs of Stoney Nakoda men taken by Byron Harmon in 1906. Portraits depict Sampson Beaver, Silas Abraham and Chief Hector Crawler.

Date Range: 1906

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 123 to 127

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Other material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 123 to 127

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Photographs produced by Byron Harmon, 1906

Date Range: 1906

Physical Description: 5 photographs :b & w prints ; 23.5 x 30 cm and 9.5 x 23.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 copies of portrait photographs of Stoney Nakoda men taken by Byron Harmon in 1906. Portraits depict Sampson Beaver, Silas Abraham and Chief Hector Crawler.

Name Access: Beaver, Sampson; Abraham, Silas; Crawler, Hector

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Portrait; Photography

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions apply

Language: English

Category: First nations; Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Maud Woodworth album, 1912

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photo album created by Maud Woodworth in 1912, containing 158 black and white print photographs. Pertains to Maud Woodworth with family members and friends, unidentified Indigenous communities and individuals (possibly Stoney Nakoda in Morley), landscape views, animals (including b…

Date Range: 1912

Reference Code: V324 / I / A / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / I : Maud (Woodworth) Kidney records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / I / A : 1894 - 1920

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / I / A / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Produced by Maud Woodworth

Date Range: 1912

Physical Description: 1 album (158 photographs : b&w ; 9.5 x 14 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of photo album created by Maud Woodworth in 1912, containing 158 black and white print photographs. Pertains to Maud Woodworth with family members and friends, unidentified Indigenous communities and individuals (possibly Stoney Nakoda in Morley), landscape views, animals (including bears, deer, and dogs), one view of Banff Springs Hotel, swimming in sulphur hot springs, hunting, hiking, and camping in the Bow Valley. Individuals are unnamed, or captions have faded and become illegible.

Notes: Inside front cover reads: "1912 Maudie Woodworth Banff, Alta."

Name Access: Woodworth, Maude; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Subject Access: Animals; Dog; Bear; Family; Swimming; Hotel; Landscapes; Mountain; Hiking; Deer; Hunting; Children; Family and personal life; Horses; Camping

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Bankhead; Bow Valley

Language: English

Conservation: Pages have been interleaved with acid-free tissue. Monitor in case of further moisture/humidity damage

Creator: Maud Woodworth

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow Valley and area

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends…

Date Range: 1921

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

230 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: V8 / 2015.8557

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2015.8557

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1921

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: b&w

History / Biographical: Edith Berenice Dunsworth (nee Stenton) was born in Banff on May 20, 1927. Berenice is the daughter of Joseph Alexander Stenton and Elizabeth Florence Stenton (nee Williams). Berenice had one sister, Marguerite Flora Lineker (nee Stenton). Berenice was married to Dr. Brian Dunsworth (19??-2014). Berenice's grandparents were George and Flora McKenzie and George was likely a son of the Stanford family. Berenice remembers her grandparent's house was next door to the Stanford house. Berenice's other grandparents were Percy and Elizabeth Williams who settled in Bankhead, near Banff, when they arrived from England ca.1910.

Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends, and events. Of note are photographs of "Peter White" and "The Artists' Cottage Mrs. Drummond." Photographs are mostly annotated and tipped into album pages with photo corners. The inside cover of first page is inscribed: "To Beth from Rose Aug 20/21. Some photographs are missing from some pages and a few loose photographs are tucked in behind others.

Name Access: White, Peter; Whyte, Peter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1924, to the Columbia Icefields

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1924 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. Includes photographs of campsites, mountains, glaciers, rivers, people, and horses - many people photographed are marked in the album with initials, full names unknown. Also includes so…

Date Range: 1924

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

1 image 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.b. Photographic material / photograph albums

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 3

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1924

Physical Description: 1 album (517 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 15 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1924 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. Includes photographs of campsites, mountains, glaciers, rivers, people, and horses - many people photographed are marked in the album with initials, full names unknown. Also includes some enlarged photographs and greeting cards with trip photographs from Caroline Hinman, Eliza Campbell and Florence Bartlett. Inserts pertain to overviews/advertisements for trips dated 1922 and 1923 that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing route, expectations, and prices.

Notes: Black pages not scanned Inserts free floating with album.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Camping; Chateau Lake Louise; Climbing; Family and personal life; First Nations; Glaciers; Hiking; Horses; Horseback riding; Horse packing; Indigenous Peoples; Mountains; Mountaineering; Off the Beaten Track; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Paradise Valley; Saskatchewan River; Castleguard Meadows; Thompson Pass; Banff National Park; Twin Falls; Takkakaw Falls; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Access Restrictions: Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.

Language: English

Conservation: Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1925, Lake Louise to Jasper and Return with side trip to Mount Robson

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1925 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. The trip, carried out on horseback, began at Robson Pass and worked north to Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park before returning to Lake Louise. Photographs from Bow Pass show 18 inches…

Date Range: 1925

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

1 image 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.b. Photographic material / photograph albums

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 4

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1925

Physical Description: 1 album (475 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 14.8 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1925 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. The trip, carried out on horseback, began at Robson Pass and worked north to Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park before returning to Lake Louise. Photographs from Bow Pass show 18 inches of snow on the ground, August 22, 1925. Also includes photographs from a side trip to Mount Robson, enlargements, and greeting cards with trip photographs from Florence Dibell Bartlett, Caroline Hinman, Mary Goddard Potter, and Samuel C. Edmonds. Inserts pertain to the greeting card from Samuel C. Edmonds and the overview/advertisement for the 1925 trip that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing route, expectations, and prices.

Notes: Please note: language used pertaining to First Nations included herein is outdated and offensive. Blank pages not scanned Inserts free floating with album

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Camping; Chateau Lake Louise; Climbing; Coyote; Dogs; Family and personal life; First Nations; Glaciers; Hiking; Horses; Horseback riding; Horse packing; Indigenous Peoples; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Off the Beaten Track; Scenery; Transportation; Travel

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Paradise Valley; Saskatchewan River; Castleguard Meadows; Thompson Pass; Banff National Park; Maligne Lake; Medicine Lake; Nigel Pass; Jasper National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Access Restrictions: Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.

Language: English

Conservation: Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Kanada 1927 Photo Album

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927. Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, h…

Date Range: 1927

Reference Code: V8 / PD / 2020.04

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Private record

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession number : 2020.04

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2020.04

Reference Code: V8 / PD / 2020.04

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Private record

Date Range: 1927

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 432 photographs : b&w ; 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: Dimitri Georgevitch de Leuchtenberg (1898-1972), Duke of Leuchtenberg was a member of the Franco-Russian Beauharnais house. In 1927 the Marquis Nicholas degli Albizzi invited Dimitri and his wife Catherine (1900-1991) to join him for the summer at the cabin he had subleased from A.O. Wheeler at Mount Assiniboine. Albizzi and Dimitri were cousins. The Duke and Duchess de Leuchtenberg lived in Germany following the Russian Civil War and in 1931 began annual winter trips to Quebec to visit Albizzi and his new winter sports station in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in the Laurentians mountains in Quebec. The Duke worked for Albizzi as a ski school instructor. In 1937 he was chosen to be a member of the Canadian Ski School Committee and in 1938 was a founding member of the Ski Instructor's Alliance. In 1939 the Duke de Leuchtenberg bought the Saint-Sauveur station from Albizzi and moved his family permanently to Quebec, Canada.

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927. Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, hiking up Mount Assiniboine, swimming and boating on Lake Magog, horses, camping, and other leisure activies.

Notes: The album is titled "Kanada 1927" with a photo of Mount Assiniboine on the first page. Not all of the photos in the album are captioned, some are captioned partially or entriely in Russian. Frequently used names in captions: Duma = Dimitri Kata = Catherine Kora = Albizzi Translated version of album captions available in Chic Scott fonds (see "Related Material")

Name Access: Albizzi, Marquis Nicholas degli; Albizzi, Nicholas delgi; Leuchtenberg, Dimitri

Subject Access: Backcountry skiing; Banff; Boats; Brewster Mountain Pack Trains; Cabins; Cross-country skiing; Family; Family and personal life; Glaciers; Guide; Horseback riding; Horses; Leisure; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine Lodge; Mountaineering; Swimming; Travel

Geographic Access: Banff; Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine; Lake Magog; Banff National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English; Russian

Related Material: Translation of album captions located in Chic Scott fonds (M57/S47/V40), donated as part of accn. 2021.15

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.royalhistorian.com/how-a-romanov-duke-popularized-skiing-in-quebecs-laurentian-mountains/; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitri_Georgevitch_de_Leuchtenberg; Lytton Gooch, Jane. Mount Assiniboine: Images in Art. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 2007. pg. 37-38.

Title Source: Original title in album

Processing Status: Processed

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Indigenous community events, Georgina Luxton

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to various members of the Stoney Nakoda community in Mini Thni [?] [Morley] with Georgina Luxton. Images were possibly taken during Banff Indian Days festivities. Images in file are accompanied by a photograph order form in Eleanor Luxton's name from Georg…

Date Range: 1934

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 622 to 637

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

18 images

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 sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 622 to 637

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1934

Physical Description: 16 photographs : b&w prints ; 8 x 6 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to various members of the Stoney Nakoda community in Mini Thni [?] [Morley] with Georgina Luxton. Images were possibly taken during Banff Indian Days festivities. Images in file are accompanied by a photograph order form in Eleanor Luxton's name from George Noble Photographer in Banff, dated 1934, and an annotated personal note on a business card of Paul Standard.

Notes: Most individuals in photographs are not identified

Name Access: Luxton, Georgina; Standard, Paul

Subject Access: Events; Community events; Indigenous Peoples; Cultural pluralism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Morley; Banff

Language: N/A

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

Category: Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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With the Apline Club 1935

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Part Of: Edwin W. Mills fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 album comprised of 99 black and white photographs. Album pertains to ACC camps, Mount Assinibione area, Lake Ohara, Athabasca Icefields, Jasper, and hitsorical cairns.

Date Range: 1935

Reference Code: V89 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: Edwin W. Mills fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M 152; V 89

Sous-Fonds: V89

Accession Number: 7749

Reference Code: V89 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1935

Physical Description: 1 album (99 photographs : b&w ; 37 x 22 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 album comprised of 99 black and white photographs. Album pertains to ACC camps, Mount Assinibione area, Lake Ohara, Athabasca Icefields, Jasper, and hitsorical cairns.

Notes: Includes newspaper clippings of Charlkes Woodsworth climbing accident that occurred on trip

Name Access: Mills, Edwin W.

Geographic Access: Assiniboine; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Mills, Edwin W.

Title Source: Title given by creator

Processing Status: Processed

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Trail ride photograph album

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: Album contains 50 b&w photographs (prints) with some photographs missing from their holders. Content pertains to trail ride through Kananaskis Ranch and Brewster Ranch between July and August 1936. Includes images of riders on horses, lunch stops, scenic views and camping areas from trips. Some por…

Date Range: 1936

Reference Code: V635 / I / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: V635 / I : Events and Activities

Sous-Fonds: V635

Accession Number: 5757

Reference Code: V635 / I / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Nelson family (?)

Date Range: 1936

Physical Description: 1 photograph album : 50 prints; b&w

Scope & Content: Album contains 50 b&w photographs (prints) with some photographs missing from their holders. Content pertains to trail ride through Kananaskis Ranch and Brewster Ranch between July and August 1936. Includes images of riders on horses, lunch stops, scenic views and camping areas from trips. Some portraits and group shots of people from trip include George Vaux, John Murray Gibbon, Jeanne and George Hisler (?), also Carl Rungius (photo missing). Album also has 4 newspaper clippings attached inside pertaining to 1936 packing trip depicted in album, booklet on July 31-August 4, 1936 trip with annotated list of travellers and 2 tickets for the same trip signed by Mr. and Mrs. Nelson.

Subject Access: Packing; Travel; Exploration; Horses; Mountains; Scenery; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Nelson family of Calgary (?)

Title Source: Titled based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Trail Ride of 1937

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assi…

Date Range: 1937

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Lantern slide; Photograph; Transparency

27 images

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Series: V797 / II : Lantern Slides

Sous-Fonds: V797

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27

GMD: Lantern slide; Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1937

Physical Description: 27 photographs : col. slides

Scope & Content: File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assiniboine, with several landscape photographs but mostly of the hikers.

Notes: Jean wrote an article about her experience in the form of an article and a poem [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures.; Slides are numbered on the back. Some are missing, the new number and order was imposed by Archive and Library Assistant for clarity.; Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."