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- Alpine Club of Canada fonds 79
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Transportation
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to transportation: Canadian Pacific Railway, railway travel and ships, derived from various sources. Includes two transparencies by Mary Schaffer
- Date Range
- 1831-1885
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 810 to 830
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.A. Photographs: lantern slides
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 810 to 830
- Date Range
- 1831-1885
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : transparencies; glass
- Scope & Content
- Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to transportation: Canadian Pacific Railway, railway travel and ships, derived from various sources. Includes two transparencies by Mary Schaffer
- Finding Aid
- Copy prints are available for reference use
- Location (Copy)
- Reference prints are available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Content Details
- LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :
- #810 - Driving the Golden Spike, by Donald Smith; #on CPR, Nov. 7, 1885 / Notman
- #811 - The first engine built by the Canadian Pacific Railway
- #812 - Winnipeg in 1870
- #813 - Quebec Bridge, Quebec
- #814 - DeWitt Clinton and Train 1831 / Chas. Beseler
- #815 - Canadian Pacific Railway, arrival of the first through train at the seaboard of British Columbia
- #816 - [Group at driving of last spike on the CPR, Nov. 7, 1885]
- #817 - [Unidentified locomotive]
- #818 - Passengers boarding standard sleeper
- #819 - Plowing thro. the snow, of the Selkirks & Glacier
- #820 - [Passengers on platform beside Montreal and Boston railway car]
- #821 - Wapta & Safety Switch
- #822 - Red Sucker Tunnel, Lake Superior
- #823 - [Map of Dominion of Canada]
- #824 - [Unidentified railway tunnel]
- #825 - Prospect Point Vancouver Steamer "Beaver"
- #826 - [Unidentified ocean liner]
- #827 - [Empress of Britain in lock of Panama Canal]
- #828 - [Man padding pont] / E.B. Thompson
- #829 - The ferry near Berthier, Que.
- #830 - Forest fire
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Hut and clubhouse registers. -- 1909-1994.
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of registers placed and maintained in ACC huts and clubhouses. Includes registers for: A. O. Wheeler Hut, Abbot Pass Hut, Banff Clubhouse, Balfour Pass Hut, Bow (Glacier) Hut, Canmore Clubhouse, Elizabeth Parker Hut, Fairy Meadows Hut, Fay Hut, Fryatt Hut, Glacier Circle Hut, G…
- Date Range
- [190?]
- Reference Code
- M200 / I.C.1.
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M200 / V14 / S6
- Series
- I.C.1.
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Accession Number
- 1040
- 1299
- 2141
- 2376
- 3160
- 3296
- 3298
- 3382
- 3560
- 3757
- 3970
- 5114
- 5200
- 5215
- 5330
- 5462
- 5463
- 5538
- 5591
- 5631
- 5635
- 6376
- 6457
- 6465
- 6470
- 6623
- 6766
- Reference Code
- M200 / I.C.1.
- Date Range
- [190?]
- Physical Description
- 90+ textual records.
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of registers placed and maintained in ACC huts and clubhouses. Includes registers for: A. O. Wheeler Hut, Abbot Pass Hut, Banff Clubhouse, Balfour Pass Hut, Bow (Glacier) Hut, Canmore Clubhouse, Elizabeth Parker Hut, Fairy Meadows Hut, Fay Hut, Fryatt Hut, Glacier Circle Hut, Graham Cooper Bivouac Hut, Great Cairn Hut, Memorial Hut, Mount Robson Hut, Mount Seymour Cabin, Neil Colgan Hut, Peter and Catharine Whyte Hut (Peyto Hut), R. C. Hind Hut, Ralph Forster Hut, Sapphire Col Hut, Saskatchewan Glacier Hut, Seaver Cabin, Scott Duncan Hut, Stanley Mitchell Hut, Vermilion Cabin and Wates-Gibson Memorial Hut.
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Inventory available in this database; select Alpine Club of Canada - inventory from list
- Related Material
- Forms Sub-series I.C.1. Hut and clubhouse registers of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Other records pertaining to huts and clubhouses are found in Series I.A. Administrative records, sub-series 1 to 3. Registers for government cabins can be found in the Parks Canada fonds (M317).
- Title Source
- Title based on material.
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Records in this series consist of miscellaneous newspaper clippings; Stampede passes; programs; material relating to High School graduation ceremonies; correspondence between the McCardell family and Mr. Chas Logan and others, including photographs; and reports of the Canadian Medical Association C…
- Date Range
- 1836-1970
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- III.D. Other Material
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D
- Date Range
- 1836-1970
- Physical Description
- 8.0 cm textual records. -- photographs: 16 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- Records in this series consist of miscellaneous newspaper clippings; Stampede passes; programs; material relating to High School graduation ceremonies; correspondence between the McCardell family and Mr. Chas Logan and others, including photographs; and reports of the Canadian Medical Association Committee.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal Documents
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- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Scope & Content
- One of three files pertaining to Personal Documents.
- Date Range
- 1880-2013
- Reference Code
- M224 / 30
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV.C. Textual records
- Accession Number
- 8111
- Reference Code
- M224 / 30
- Date Range
- 1880-2013
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records.
- Scope & Content
- One of three files pertaining to Personal Documents.
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Sports and Recreation
- Title Source
- Supplied title.
- Content Details
- Canadian Passport July 15, 1983-July 15, 1988 Canadian Passport June 30, 1988- June 30, 1993 Canadian Passport April 6, 1993-April 6, 1998 Canadian Passport Feb 18, 1998-Feb 18, 2003 Photocopy of Johann Wolfgang Gmoser’s Canadian Passport Jan 28, 2003-2008. Photocopy of Johann Wolfgang Gmoser’s Austrian Passport February 3, 2003-2013 Photocopy of passport? From an individual born in 1880.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Brewster family papers
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- Part Of
- Pat Brewster fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of letters, legal papers, receipts, typescript, newsclippings, ephemera including Fred Brewster, Jack Brewster, Jim Brewster, Willie and James Brewster, Bill Brewster, Pearl B. Moore, Philip A. Moore, Dalton Gordon Brewster, Sarah I. Brewster
- Date Range
- 1841-1977
- Reference Code
- M2 / 102
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual Records
- Part Of
- Pat Brewster fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M2 / V91 / S21
- Series
- IV.A. Brewster family series : Brewster family
- Sous-Fonds
- M2
- Reference Code
- M2 / 102
- GMD
- Textual Records
- Date Range
- 1841-1977
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of letters, legal papers, receipts, typescript, newsclippings, ephemera including Fred Brewster, Jack Brewster, Jim Brewster, Willie and James Brewster, Bill Brewster, Pearl B. Moore, Philip A. Moore, Dalton Gordon Brewster, Sarah I. Brewster
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Life Insurance certificate for George Alexander Brewster, 1888. Held in Oversize storage "B" Window display card from Teepee Inn in old Brett building, ca.1950.
- Drawing of two men titled "Here is my tip" by P. Spohn, ca.1971. Reverse is Paris restaurant paper mat showing view from Mount Norquay.
- Ink drawing of bears scaring pack train titled "Wuff" by Stan J. Carr, 1974, also signed "Windy"
- Ink drawing titled "Swimming the Bow at Hillsdale 1913" by Stan J. Carr, 1974. Carr writes about event to Pat Brewster on the reverse side.
- Pencil drawing of Bassett Hound by Eadie, ca.1975.
- Pencil cartoon of cow wrangling by W. Eadie, ca.1975.
- Pencil cartoon animal heads by W. Eadie, ca.1975, reverse has various ways of writing W. Eadie.
- Land title photocopy re John Brewster title to land in the 40th township, 26 range West, 4th meridian in the District of Alberta, NWT, ca.1890? Held in oversize "H"
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Original documents gathered for research
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Original documents collected by Eleanor Luxton for Glenbow-Alberta Institute research projects, 1956-1961. It is believed that these items were borrowed from individuals and families and were to be returned
- Date Range
- 1829-1956
- Reference Code
- Possible transfer to Glenbow
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- II.B.4. Professional : historical research
- Sous-Fonds
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- Possible transfer to Glenbow
- Date Range
- 1829-1956
- Physical Description
- 40 cm of textual and photographic records
- Scope & Content
- Original documents collected by Eleanor Luxton for Glenbow-Alberta Institute research projects, 1956-1961. It is believed that these items were borrowed from individuals and families and were to be returned
- Content Details
- LIST OF ITEMS:
- * Visitor register, 1908, 1 vol. Source unknown. 1 page only used
- * Expense registers, 1901-1913, 2 vol. Source unknown. Pertain to agriculture, timber, leases, wages, household expenses, other, 1901-1908, 1909-1913
- * Inventory and sales register, 1901-1909, 1 vol. Source unknown. Includes: list of tools [&] waggons; list of cost of house and out buildings; cattle bought and on hand; cattle sold; horses purchased from Hamilton & Parslow of Calgary
- * Account book, 1908, 1 vol. Source unknown. Pertains to room and board
- * Oil and gas prospects of the prairie provinces / O. Bryant, Nov. 1920, 1 vol: annotated typescript
- * News of the war, 1900 : [scrapbook], 1900-1901, 1 vol. Pertains to the Boer War, particularly regarding Fred Morden, Morden family and other Pincher Creek and southern Alberta residents. Includes clippings, letters, notes, photographs; some are loose
- * Diary, 1892-1898, 1 vol. Source unknown. Fragile: loose and missing pages
- * Isabell Beatrice Sheppard diaries, 1890-1891, 2 vol. One volume is signed by Sheppard. Other diary is not signed but exhibits the same handwriting. Fragile: loose and missing pages
- * August to December 1886, Journal of a 4 months holiday to Canada and the United States / J. L. Douglas, 1886, 1 vol
- * The Hansons of Osmanthorp, recorded by John Hanson : typescript, 1829, 1 vol
- * Frank McHugh scrapbook, 1901-1956, 1 vol. Pertains to life of Frank McHugh, including polo and other sports, war service, activities, other. Consists of photographic prints and negatives, clippings, letters, postcards, notes, ephemera. Includes numerous loose and separated items
- * Textual records, 1907-1958, 8 items. Consists of stories "The Women of the West" and "Incident of the Great War", also notes, letters, receipts, annotated postcard
- * Photographs, ca.1870-ca.1925, 28 prints, 1 tintype. Pertain mainly to Calgary, individuals (portrais and candids), families, homes, polo, ranching and farming, High River, other. Some acquired from Mrs. Hogge of Okotoks; others appear to have been acquired from a Mrs. Worden
- * Calgary Alberta directory : [publication], March 1885, 1 vol
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Southern Alberta research project
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- 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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The Hansons of Osmanthorp
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one bound volume of genealogical research pertaining to the family of John Hanson in Osmanthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England. Content includes records from 1640 onwards, including general timelines, birth and death records, and transcriptions of earlier written accounts.
- Date Range
- [ca.1829-1846]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 1
- GMD
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Compiled by John Hanson
- Date Range
- [ca.1829-1846]
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (1 volume : 193 pages ; 21 x 27.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one bound volume of genealogical research pertaining to the family of John Hanson in Osmanthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England. Content includes records from 1640 onwards, including general timelines, birth and death records, and transcriptions of earlier written accounts.
- Notes
- Original date of volume creation listed as 1829; however, includes information added as late as 1846.
- Material Details
- Includes coloured illustration of building (annotated) between pages 74 and 75
- Geographic Access
- England
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Life membership certificate
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of one blank life membership certificate for the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.
- Date Range
- 2010-2021
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 63 (oversize)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545
- V635
- Series
- M545 / V : Administrative records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 2021.37
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 63 (oversize)
- Date Range
- 2010-2021
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate (28 cm x 40 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one blank life membership certificate for the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Membership
- Organizations
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Miscellaneous club records
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Includes blank letterhead, blank carbon copy letterhead, a Burwash Landing Walking Tour brochure, and a poem about the centennial of the ACC 1967 Yukon expedition written by Caroline Carver [printed email].
- Date Range
- [ca. 1980-2017]
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 331M / 02
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- I.A.1.k. Administration: other / miscellaneous
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Accession Number
- 2021.32
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 331M / 02
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- [ca. 1980-2017]
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Includes blank letterhead, blank carbon copy letterhead, a Burwash Landing Walking Tour brochure, and a poem about the centennial of the ACC 1967 Yukon expedition written by Caroline Carver [printed email].
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Geographic Access
- Burwash Landing
- Yukon
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on material
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