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The Hannes Schneider Ski Technique

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1938

Author: Rybizka, Benno

Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company

Call Number: 01.5 R95t

Author: Rybizka, Benno

Responsibility: Benno Rybizka

Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company

Published Date: 1938

Physical Description: xvi, 109 pages : illustrations, plates, 2 portraits

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Skiing; Guidebook; Sports; Austria

Abstract: Pertains to the ski technique developed by Hannes Schneider as explained by his former assistant Benno Rybizka - includes photographs

Contents: Foreward by Hannes Schneider Introduction Equipment Learn to Walk and Climb Downhill Running The First Two Fundamental Exercises The Third Fundamental Exercise Speed Turns Jump Turns and Terrain Jumps Skiing and the Hannes Schneider Technique

Notes: Inscribed “ Elizabeth Rummel - Howard Carlson, Assiniboine, March 1940”; Benno Rybizka - former assistant to Hannes Schneider at St. Anton am Arlberg in the Austrian Tyrol

Accession Number: TBD

Call Number: 01.5 R95t

Collection: Archives Library

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Snow canvas : ski, men and mountains with the Leica

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1937

Author: Kruckenhauser, Stefan

Publisher: Berlin : Hellmut Eisner

Edition: English ed

Call Number: TR821 K7

Author: Kruckenhauser, Stefan

Edition: English ed

Publisher: Berlin : Hellmut Eisner

Published Date: 1937

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Skiing

Call Number: TR821 K7

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Guide du skieur dans les Alpes Valaisanne

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1930-1939

Author: Kurz, Marcel

Publisher: Lucerne : Club Alpin Suisse

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: DQ825 K87 I

Author: Kurz, Marcel

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: Lucerne : Club Alpin Suisse

Published Date: 1930-1939

Physical Description: 128 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Volume 1 of 3

Subjects: Guidebooks; Skiing; Valais (Canton)

Notes: Vol. 3 missing

Call Number: DQ825 K87 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Guide du skieur dans les Alpes Valaisanne

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1930-1939

Author: Kurz, Marcel

Publisher: Lucerne : Club Alpin Suisse

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: DQ825 K87 II

Author: Kurz, Marcel

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: Lucerne : Club Alpin Suisse

Published Date: 1930-1939

Physical Description: 128 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Volume 2 of 3

Subjects: Guidebooks; Skiing; Valais (Canton)

Notes: Vol. 3 missing

Call Number: DQ825 K87 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Canadiana

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1936

Author: Brian, Rupert

Publisher: The Sportsman

Call Number: 01.5 B86c Pam

Author: Brian, Rupert

Responsibility: by Rupert Brian

Publisher: The Sportsman

Published Date: 1936

Physical Description: 4 pages ; illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Assiniboine, Mount; Banff; Lake Louise ski area; Norquay, Mount; Ski areas; Skiing; Skoki; Sunshine ski area

Notes: Contents: All aboard the ski specials -- Fine feathers -- The great outdoors -- Never trust a rabbit; Clipping from the December 1936 issue of The Sportsman; Contains an advertisement titled Winter Sports Banff and the Canadian Rockies; Original copy of the article

Call Number: 01.5 B86c Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Peaks and trails in the Canadian Alps

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1934

Author: Harmon, Byron

Publisher: National Geographic Vol. 65, No. 5, May 1934

Call Number: P

Author: Harmon, Byron

Publisher: National Geographic Vol. 65, No. 5, May 1934

Published Date: 1934

Physical Description: p.627-642, illustrations

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Assiniboine, Mount; Glaciers; Lake Louise; Robson, Mount; Sir Donald, Mount; Skiing; Skoki Lodge; Sulphur Mountain; Takakkaw Falls; Wildlife

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Banff Indian Days posters

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil pain…

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

18 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

Responsibility: Published and artwork attributed to Ernie Kehr, W.L. Kihn, G.H.W. Ashley, Crag & Canyon Press, Palenske, Canadian Pacific and Multi Color Poster

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Physical Description: 14 posters : colour and b&w ; 35 x 56 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil paint process mounted on cardboard made in Canada and distributed by Exhibits Branch Canadian Pacific, lithographic prints, and a mounted drawing attributed to Palenske. Some have annotations or stamps on the back.

Notes: Possibly unassociated shipping packing material addressed to Norman Luxton at the Trading Post from E.A. Kehr found in box - this has not been assigned a number. D3-10, a lithographic promotional material from 1936 has an identical design to LUX / II / F1 / 47, an Indian Days poster from 1928 Items LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 were originally associated with LUX / I / D3a / 6, which contains brochures and a flyer from Banff Indian Days LUX / I / D3 / 8, Palenske may have potentionally used photograph LUX / I / D3a / PA-26 as reference

Material Details: Some posters have foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface, adhesives, and perhaps mounting additives.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Kehr, Ernie; Palenske, Reinhold H.; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Banff Indian Days

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 43 photographs pertaining to Banff Indian Days events. Includes images of ceremonies and events, teepees on display and Stoney Nakoda individuals in traditional regalia.

Date Range: [1920-1950]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 16 / PA - 1 to 42 & NA - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

56 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 / D3a / 16 / PA - 1 to 42 & NA - 1

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [1920-1950]

Physical Description: 43 photographs (42 b&w prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller -- 1 b&w negative)

Scope & Content: File consists of 43 photographs pertaining to Banff Indian Days events. Includes images of ceremonies and events, teepees on display and Stoney Nakoda individuals in traditional regalia.

Notes: Negative photograph is stored in mylar, in folder with prints. File also contains one negative duplicate which is not included in numbering

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Banff Indian Days; Cultural pluralism; Community events; Events; Recreation; Teepees

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Morley

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Some items stored in mylar or archival envelopes

Category: Cultural pluralism; First nations; Indigenous Peoples; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Indian Days parade

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one glass negative photograph pertaining to a Banff Indian Days parade [ca.1920-1940]. Photograph depicts a procession of several unidentified Stoney Nakoda people on horseback.

Date Range: [ca.1920-1940]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / NG - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

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 / D3a / NG - 1

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [ca.1920-1940]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of one glass negative photograph pertaining to a Banff Indian Days parade [ca.1920-1940]. Photograph depicts a procession of several unidentified Stoney Nakoda people on horseback.

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Parades; Events; Community events; Cultural pluralism; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Fragile - restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Fragile - restrictions may apply

Language: N/A

Category: First nations; Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Banff Winter Carnival photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of prints and negatives depicting Banff Winter Carnival events including ski jumping, hockey, figure skating, log chopping competitions, toboggan races, swimming contests, dog sled races, ice sculptures and queen contests between 1920 and 1949, primarily from the 1920s. Includes snows…

Date Range: 1920-1922; 1922; [ca. 1940s]; 1942; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 2 / NA - 01 to NA - 93 LUX / I / D3b / 2 / PA - 01 to PA - 71

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Print; Photograph print

212 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 2 / NA - 01 to NA - 93 LUX / I / D3b / 2 / PA - 01 to PA - 71

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Print; Photograph print

Date Range: 1920-1922; 1922; [ca. 1940s]; 1942; 1949

Physical Description: 164 photographs : 93 b&w negatives ; 14 x 8 cm or smaller : 71 b&w prints ; 23.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: Banff Winter Carnival, also known as Winter Sports of the Canadian Rockies, was the first post-war winter sports programme held in Banff, Alberta. The organization had Banff directors, Calgary directors and Directors-at-large from Alberta and outside the province. A wide variety of social and sports events took place under the organization's direction.

Scope & Content: File consists of prints and negatives depicting Banff Winter Carnival events including ski jumping, hockey, figure skating, log chopping competitions, toboggan races, swimming contests, dog sled races, ice sculptures and queen contests between 1920 and 1949, primarily from the 1920s. Includes snowshoe hikes, Sunshine Ski Camp, and personal motor trips to Lake Minnewanka. File includes photographs and prints by Lou Crosby, Dan McCowan, Byron Harmon. Some prints are stamped or annotated by the photographer and include processing receipts and original housing envelopes.