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Photograph album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions17558
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album pertains to travels to Lake Louise, Field, Glacier House and expeditions from 1904-1908 seasons. Includes the following locations: Lake Louise, Field BC, Glacier House, Ross Peak, Badger Pass, Pipestone, Ptarmigan and Molar Pass, Nashan Valley, Wilcox Pass, Pinto summit, Mount Columbia, Mou…
- Date Range
- 1898-[1908]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
3 images
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V527
- Series
- II.B. Photographs: albums
- Sous-Fonds
- V527
- Accession Number
- 7731
- Reference Code
- V527 / PD - 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Responsibility
- Photographers include Mary Schaffer, Elliott Barnes, [Henrietta] Tuzo, and possibly J. N. Collie. Album includes annotations by Mary Schaffer, as well as later annotations by unknown person
- Date Range
- 1898-[1908]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (781 prints)
- Scope & Content
- Album pertains to travels to Lake Louise, Field, Glacier House and expeditions from 1904-1908 seasons. Includes the following locations: Lake Louise, Field BC, Glacier House, Ross Peak, Badger Pass, Pipestone, Ptarmigan and Molar Pass, Nashan Valley, Wilcox Pass, Pinto summit, Mount Columbia, Mount Athabasca, Nakimu Caves, Illecillewaet Glacier, Athabasca Glacier, Hornady Glacier, Peyto Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Elliott Barnes ranch, Jimmy Simpson cabins, Vermilion Lakes. People include: Stoney Indians, Beaver family, A. P. Coleman and party (on Wilcox Pass 1907), Jimmy Simpson, Swift family, Tom Wilson, Sid Unwin, Mollie Adams, Elliott Barnes and others. Also includes landscape views from J. N. Collie trips of 1889 and 1902; flora and fauna. It appears that several photographs were removed from the album, prior to donation.
- Related Material
- Some images related to album V527 / PD - 4
- Title Source
- Title based on item.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Unidentified Indigenous people at Yale
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- Part Of
- Charles Macmunn fonds
- Scope & Content
- Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Reference Code
- V256 / PD 1 - 20
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Charles Macmunn fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V256
- Sous-Fonds
- V256
- Reference Code
- V256 / PD 1 - 20
- Parallel Title
- 62. Indian group at Yale
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm
- Scope & Content
- Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- First nations
- Railways
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Charles Macmunn (Victoria, BC)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Unidentified Indigenous people fishing in British Columbia
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- Part Of
- Charles Macmunn fonds
- Scope & Content
- Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Reference Code
- V256 / PD 1 - 25
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Charles Macmunn fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V256
- Sous-Fonds
- V256
- Reference Code
- V256 / PD 1 - 25
- Parallel Title
- 277. Indians fishing
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm
- Scope & Content
- Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)
- Subject Access
- Discovery and exploration
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Railways
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Charles Macmunn (Victoria, BC)
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Unidentified Indigneous people, Yale
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32566
- Part Of
- Charles Macmunn fonds
- Scope & Content
- Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Reference Code
- V256 / PD 1 - 26
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Charles Macmunn fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V256
- Sous-Fonds
- V256
- Reference Code
- V256 / PD 1 - 26
- Parallel Title
- 273. Indian fishing group, Yale
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm
- Scope & Content
- Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- First nations
- Railways
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Charles Macmunn (Victoria, BC)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Charles Macmunn fonds
- Scope & Content
- Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Reference Code
- V256 / PD 1 - 33
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Charles Macmunn fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V256
- Sous-Fonds
- V256
- Reference Code
- V256 / PD 1 - 33
- Parallel Title
- 275. Indian Rancherie, Fraser River
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm
- Scope & Content
- Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- First nations
- Railways
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Charles Macmunn (Victoria, BC)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Indigenous Cemetery
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32579
- Part Of
- Charles Macmunn fonds
- Scope & Content
- Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Reference Code
- V256 / PD 1 - 39
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Charles Macmunn fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V256
- Sous-Fonds
- V256
- Reference Code
- V256 / PD 1 - 39
- Parallel Title
- 262. Indian Cemetery, Yale
- Other Title Info
- Original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm
- Scope & Content
- Print is from "Macmunn's Views of Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria and Surroundings" (presentation album of 144 views)
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- First nations
- Railways
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Charles Macmunn (Victoria, BC)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sen…
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Drawing
- Postcard
- Private record
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M555
- V777
- Sous-Fonds
- M555
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Responsibility
- Some materials produced by Catharine (Adams) Elkin
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 21 cm of textual records -- 16 postcards -- 3 drawings -- 1 photograph album : 107 b&w photographs
- History / Biographical
- Mary Wright (Molly) Adams was born on 15 October 1868. in Ridgefield Connecticut. She was the third of five children born to Cornelia Ann Cook (1830-1902) and Daniel Lucius Adams (1814 - 1899) She died in Kobe, Japan on 23 January 1909 and was buried there.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sent between Molly's extended family members [including members of the Adams, Cook and Wright families], ca.1844 and 1866. Textual records primarily consist of correspondence sent between Molly Adams and various friends and family members [ca.1891-1909].
- Notes
- Fonds consists of two series: Series I : Correspondence [contains two sub-series: I / A : Molly Wright Adams ; I / B : Extended family] Series II : Personal and collected records
- Name Access
- Adams, Molly
- Schaffer, Mary
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Family
- Correspondence
- Travel
- Exploration
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Connecticut
- New York
- Europe
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Biographical Source Notes
- Searching for Mary Schaffer: Women Wilderness Photography by Colleen Skidmore
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Jon Whelan fonds
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- Part Of
- Jon Whelan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertainin…
- Date Range
- [1880-2022]
- Reference Code
- M595 / V818
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Photograph
- Newspaper clipping
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Album
- Part Of
- Jon Whelan fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M595
- V818
- Sous-Fonds
- M595
- V818
- Accession Number
- 2022.39
- Reference Code
- M595 / V818
- Date Range
- [1880-2022]
- Physical Description
- 3 bankers boxes
- History / Biographical
- Jon Whelan (1952-2022) was a researcher, historian, and collector based in Banff, Alberta. Jon had a special interest in topics related to Banff National Park and Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Jon conducted independent research, as well as research for various authors and historians, from the 1980s onwards. Jon was also an active participant in municipal politics in Banff. "For most of Jon’s life, he was engaged in community affairs and fearless in voicing an opinion. He was successful in raising public awareness and his tenacity achieved a personal goal, which was to initiate the use of video for regular Town of Banff council meetings. He dedicated himself to the concerns of Banff residents." -Barry Kelly, Rocky Mountain Outlook, July 30, 2022
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertaining to Canadian Pacific, Banff, travel and tourism within Canada, and related subjects.
- Name Access
- Whelan, Jon
- Subject Access
- Research
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Tourism
- Travel
- Recreation
- Publication
- Newspaper
- History
- Community events
- Reproduction Restrictions
- restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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White & Curren Family Cabinet Card Album
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 30 b&w cabinet cards, 4 b&w tin types, 3 b&w prints, slipped into apertures, some captioned. Prints, cabinet cards, and tintypes relate to portraits of family and friends of the White and Curren Families. Individuals pictured in the album include: John D. Curren, May Whyte Campbell, …
- Date Range
- ca.1895
- Reference Code
- V683 / V / A / PD - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / V / A : White/Curren Family Personal Series
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- 1152
- Reference Code
- V683 / V / A / PD - 6
- Date Range
- ca.1895
- Physical Description
- Photograph Album: 1 photograph album (37 b&w prints) --
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 30 b&w cabinet cards, 4 b&w tin types, 3 b&w prints, slipped into apertures, some captioned. Prints, cabinet cards, and tintypes relate to portraits of family and friends of the White and Curren Families. Individuals pictured in the album include: John D. Curren, May Whyte Campbell, Annie Curren, the 2nd Mrs.John Curren, Mrs. Florence, Bill Peyto, Mary Lamb (I.Lamb's sister), Mike Kavanaugh, Bella Curren (sister of Annie White), Dave Whyte, Elizabeth White Jones (sister of Dave White), Fred W. Atkinson, and Jim McGravy. Photographic Studios noted on the cabinet cards include: Taylor and Sons, Kirkaldy, est. 1868; Trask, Philidelphia; R.H.Trueman & co., Vancouver, BC; Weese, Artist, Bellville; Wilbur M. Lee, Oconto, Wis; Byron Harmon, Banff; A.E.McDiarmid, Calgary, NWT; Trueman&Caple, Vancouver; A.Lamb, photographer.
- Subject Access
- Family
- Friends
- Portraits
- Cabinet Cards
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of object.
- Content Details
- Commercial cabinet card album. Front and back covers are covered in velvet. The front cover features a botanical motif and the word ‘album’ in low-relief. The cover is stained and has been damaged. Some of the velvet on the front page and spine has been worn off. Velvet on back cover is mostly intact. Album has a metal clasp that no longer closes. Album contains 28 pages, 3 empty apertures. Two of the empty apertures contain sketches possibly by Peter Whyte (pages 1 and 17). Sketches are done in pencil on backing paper of the apertures. Sketches are profiles of unknown subjects.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Wilson - McCowan photograph album
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- Part Of
- McCowan (family) fonds
- Scope & Content
- Photograph album contains ca. 200 b&w prints. This album pertains to Banff and area between 1911 and ca. 1950. Prints document McCowan family in Scotland, views of Comrie, Scotland, WWI - 82nd Battalion, portraits of Dunc, Bill and Jock McCowan, wedding of Dunc and Mary McCowan, view of Banff, misc…
- Date Range
- ca. 1890 - ca. 1950
- Reference Code
- V407 / I / A / PD - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Part Of
- McCowan (family) fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V407 / M135
- Series
- V407 / I - Visual Materials
- Sous-Fonds
- V407
- Sub-Series
- V407 / I / A - Albums
- Accession Number
- 7730
- Reference Code
- V407 / I / A / PD - 2
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Date Range
- ca. 1890 - ca. 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album : ca. 200 photographs ; b&w
- Scope & Content
- Photograph album contains ca. 200 b&w prints. This album pertains to Banff and area between 1911 and ca. 1950. Prints document McCowan family in Scotland, views of Comrie, Scotland, WWI - 82nd Battalion, portraits of Dunc, Bill and Jock McCowan, wedding of Dunc and Mary McCowan, view of Banff, misc. family photos, wildlife, Banff Winter Carnival, curling, skating, sledding, skiing, fishing, canoeing, Banff Zoo, dog sledding, fires, WWII - 6th Platoon, trail rides, events, Tom Wilson, Charlie Beil Christmas cards, Peter and Catharine Whyte Christmas cards.
- Notes
- Album covers removed
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Bill McCowan
- Title Source
- From accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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