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Articles, collected writings and notes

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of files of articles and stories by numerous authors collected for the High River and southern Alberta ranching research projects

Date Range: [1956 to 1961]

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 - 160 to 183

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: LUX / II / B4 - 160 to 183

Date Range: [1956 to 1961]

Physical Description: ca.25 cm of textual records : typescripts

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of files of articles and stories by numerous authors collected for the High River and southern Alberta ranching research projects

Notes: Files were created as part of Glenbow-Alberta Institute research projects, 1956-1961

Access Restrictions: Reproduction may be restricted due to conservation concerns

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (LUX/II/B4 - 160 to 183) :; * Re: people (biographies), East Longview Hill, Tongue Creek, early founding and settling of High River, pioneers of High River (alphabetical listing), ranches, Roman Catholic churches of southern Alberta, Calgary (2 cm) (B4-160); * Re: people (biographies), Fort Whoop Up, Gladys Ridge district, Turner Valley, ranching, Longview, Macleod, Mitford, Creek, Cayley, NWMP, Bow Island, Davisburg, whiskey forts, sun dance (3 cm) (B4-161, 162); * Re: people (biographies, obituaries), pioneer life, Pakan, explorers of western Canada, history of law enforcement in Alberta, Turner Valley and Black Diamond, Bow Island, Fish Creek, Pine Creek and Davisburg, Fort Whoop Up, Fort Standoff, Fort Kipp, High River, Hudson's Bay Company, first Missouri steamboats, correspondence with Montana Historical Society (1930), Fort Benton (3.5 cm) (B4-163 to 165); * Manuscript: Alberta cow country / by Guy Weadick, 124 p. (1 cm) (B4-166); * Re: people (biographies), Tongue Creek, ranching, history of the Roman Catholic churches in southern Alberta, East Longview Hill, polo ponies, St. Joseph's Indian Industrial School. Including 2 newsclippings (3 cm) (B4-167, 168); * Re: people (biographies), southern Alberta, High River, Fort Whoop Up, Fort Standoff and Fort Kipp. Includes: correspondence between Saskatchewan Historical Society and Historian Society of Montana re Little Bear; newsclipping (.5 cm) (B4-169); * Re: people (biographies), Smoky Lake, Reverend J. H. Ruttan, Rossville Mission, High River, the press in Western Canada, Medicine Hat, Cochrane, western plains Claresholm, NWMP in the foothills, ranching. Includes newsclippings (3.5 cm) (B4-170 to 172); * Re: people (biographies), Raymond, Claresholm, Diamond City, Lethbridge, T. L. Ranch, James Redfern, Taber, Medicine Hat, Fish Creek, Pine Creek and Davisburg, Turner Valley and Black Diamond (1.5 cm) (B4-173); * Re: people (biographies), Macleod Gazette, glacial geology from Turner Valley to Coleman, High River, churches, E. P. Ranch, western polo, Raymond, Gladys Ridge district, Midnapore, Stavely, The Highwood (index and article), Glenbow, oil districts, Bow Island, schools, Okotoks (3 cm) (B4-174, 175); * Re: people (biographies), Tongue Creek, western plains and foothills of Alberta, High River, early medicine in Calgary, law enforcement in Alberta, Claresholm, Beaver Creek Valley, irrigation in the Palliser Triangle area (2 cm) (B4-176, 177); * Notes and drafts re: From travois to track, the western Canadian horse / by Doreen Runciman (1.5 cm) (B4-178); * Story: The Legend of Turtle Mountain / Laurie Stanley, 2 p. (B4-179); * Manuscript: History of early days at Pincher Creek, 66p., author unknown (.5 cm) (B4-180); * Manuscript: A history of the High River district, author unknown, 206p (3 cm) (B4-181 to 183)

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Banking records

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of: account books, 1922-1944, 6 v.; deposit books, 1943-1944, 1955-1956, 2 v.; cheque stubs, 1906-1959, ca. 1 m

Date Range: 1906-1959

Reference Code: LUX / I / C3 - 1 to 19

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: I.C. Business, legal and financial

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / I / C3 - 1 to 19

Date Range: 1906-1959

Physical Description: ca.1 m and 8 v. of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of: account books, 1922-1944, 6 v.; deposit books, 1943-1944, 1955-1956, 2 v.; cheque stubs, 1906-1959, ca. 1 m

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Content Details: CONTENTS OF FOLDERS (LUX / I / C3 - 1 to 19) :; 1 Account books, 1922-1944, 6 v.; 2 Deposit books, 1943-1944, 1955-1956, 2 v.; 3 Cheque stubs, 1906, 1918, 1922, 1923; 4 Cheque stubs, 1923 Feb - 1927 June; 5 Cheque stubs, 1927 June - 1931 Jan; 6 Cheque stubs, 1931; 7 Cheque stubs, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948; 8 Cheque stubs, 1944; 9 Cheque stubs, 1953, 1954; 10 Cheque stubs, 1955; -; 11 Cheque stubs, 1955, 1956; 12 Cheque stubs, 1956, 1957; 13 Cheque stubs, 1956, 1957; 14 Cheque stubs, 1957; 15 Cheque stubs, 1957, 1958; 16 Cheque stubs, 1958; 17 Cheque stubs, 1958, 1959; 18 Cheque stubs, 1959; 19 Cheque stubs, 1959

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Canadian and western history research papers : Research

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of research notes relating to western Canadian history.

Date Range: [1869-1970]

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278

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: LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278

Date Range: [1869-1970]

Physical Description: 15 cm textual material

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of research notes relating to western Canadian history.

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278 ) : * 9 research notebooks, Canadian and western history research * 1 research notebook * 9 articles: "Fort Owen - A Chronology"; "Ukrainians in Canada"; "Esterhazy - Saskatchewan's Fifty-Year Old Magyar Settlement"; "Pioneer Spirit: Kaposvar The Oldest Hungarian Colony, 1886-1926"; Comment on "Pioneer Spirit"; "Steinbach: The First Mennonite Settlement in Western Canada"; "Icelanders in Canada"; "The Church and the Pioneering Life in Scandia"; "Across the Prairies Two Centures Ago." * 1 research notebook * 1 research notebook * 0.7 cm research notes * 1 research notebook * 0.3 cm collected correspondence re Buffalo Hunt [1910-1974] * 3.0 cm collected essays, correspondence and articles[1869-1955]

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian and western history research papers : topical file series

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists primarily of research files pertaining to western Canadian history.

Date Range: [1970?]

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 - 213 to 268

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: LUX / II / B4 - 213 to 268

Date Range: [1970?]

Physical Description: 0.3 m textual material

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists primarily of research files pertaining to western Canadian history.

Access Restrictions: No reproduction

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (LUX / II / B4 - 213 to 268) : * Banff discovery hot springs (Glbw), 1 item * John Bunn, Gl, .5 cm. Thomas Bunn family tree * P. Burns' birthday, Vancouver Sun July 5/31, 1 cm - Mr. and Mrs. Senator Patrick Burns. Includes newspaper clippings * Calgary, 1.5 cm. Hudson's Bay Company, early history of Calgary * Collicut, Frank, 4 items. Frank Collicutt * Coste, E., 3 items. Eugene Coste * Costello, 7 items. John W. Costello, Dr. Thomas J. Costello and Dr. Michael C. Costello * Cushing, W. H., 6 items. William Henry Cushing * Edmonton, C H Stout Edm. city archives, 8 items * Emerson, George, 1 item * Ewing Mrs. E. a, 2 items. Mrs. A .F. Ewing * Freeze (I. S.) cross ref to others in his reminiscences, 2 items * Glenn, John, 4 items * Graham, Mrs. John (Lillian Hardisty) (Glbw), 5 items * Malcolm Groat Ed c a, 5 items * Hardisty, Richard, Senator, (Glbw), .5 cm. Includes item on Senator James Lougheed * Henderson house (Glbw), 1 item * Hull, W. R., 7 items. William Roper Hull * Indians (Glbw), 1 item * Jacques, G. E., 5 items. George E. Jacques * King, G. C., 1 item. George Clift King * King, Ernie, 2 items. Edward King * Lindsay, N. J., 4 items. Neville James Lindsay * Livingstone Sam, 4 items. Sam Livingston * Lougheed, Sen. (Glbw), 4 items. Senator James A. Lougheed * McDougall, Rev. Geo. (Glbw), 11 items. Reverend George Millwund McDougall; McDougall - Hardisty genealogy * John Alexander McDougall, E c a, 1 item * McDougall, John, family register Glenbow, death, 0.5 cm * Mrs. John McDougall (Glbw), .5 cm. Alberta pioneer women * Ella McLeod, E c a, 1 item. Miss Etta McLeod, Edmonton pioneer women * Missions, 3 items * Morleyville, Annie & David McDougall, .5 cm. Smoky Lake photographs * Murdoch, George, Mayor (Gl), 7 items * Nolan, P. S., 5 items. Patrick James Nolan, "Paddy" Nolan * Frank Oliver, E c a, 1 item (21 p.), Report * Packan, E c a, 1 cm. Pakan (Fort Victoria) Alberta, topographical traverse and diagrams * Chief Pakan, 1 item * Pearce, Wm., .5 cm. William Pearce. Also includes Colonel James Walker * Rky Mt. House (Glbw), 2 items. Rocky Mountain House. Also includes Senator James Lougheed * Donald, Olive Ross, E c a, 5 items * Rouleau, 3 items. Dr. Edward Hector and Albert Rouleau * Short, James, 4 items. Mrs. Janet Lafferty Short * Sibbald, Andrew (Glbw), 1 item * Smallpox, Glenbow, 1 item (12 p.), Report * Sparrow, Evelyn (E. M. Plunkett), 1 cm. Sparrow family history * Thomas, R. C., 7 items. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cadogan Thomas * Van Wart, J. G., 1 item * Walker, Col. James, 1 item * Weather (Glbw), 1 item. Re cold Alberta temperatures * Winnipeg, 4 items. Winnipeg map 1869; Winnipeg town sketch 1869 * F. C. Young, 2 items. Frederick Campbell Young; * David Thompson - Rocky Mountain House, 8 items. * Colonel James MacLeod, 1.5 cm * Essay "The Work of Explorers in Western Canada", 9 pp. * 1 letter, 8 pp. addressed to Miss Wright; 9 pp. of essays including "Feathers", "Banff, Ancient and Present", "A Word about the Sarcees." * Indian Folklore and stories around S. Alberta, 1 cm.

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Coal sales accounts

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of coal accounts ledger books. Each volume has an index, either separate or at the beginning of the volume. One volume includes a portion pertaining to the King Edward livery, 1912 (folder 55)

Date Range: 1912, 1922-1929

Reference Code: LUX / I / C1 - 55 to 59

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: I.C. Business, legal and financial

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / I / C1 - 55 to 59

Date Range: 1912, 1922-1929

Physical Description: 7 v. of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of coal accounts ledger books. Each volume has an index, either separate or at the beginning of the volume. One volume includes a portion pertaining to the King Edward livery, 1912 (folder 55)

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

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Correspondence

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Records in this sub-series consist of letters, cards, notes, and telegrams among the various Luxton, Ross, and McDougall family members.

Date Range: 1904-1964

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: III.A.1. Family : Correspondence

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / III / A1

Date Range: 1904-1964

Physical Description: 0.2 m textual records

Scope & Content: Records in this sub-series consist of letters, cards, notes, and telegrams among the various Luxton, Ross, and McDougall family members.

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Correspondence

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Records in this sub-series consist of letters, notecards and postcards. Three photographs are also included in this sub-series as they form part of the correspondence.

Date Range: 1888-1963

Reference Code: LUX / III / B1

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: III.B.1. Georgina Luxton : Correspondence

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / III / B1

Date Range: 1888-1963

Physical Description: 13 cm textual records.-- photographs: 3 prints

Scope & Content: Records in this sub-series consist of letters, notecards and postcards. Three photographs are also included in this sub-series as they form part of the correspondence.

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Course papers, University of Alberta

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists mainly of notes and assignments from Luxton's attendance at the University of Alberta, as an undergraduate student in arts, 1926-1930, and as a graduate student in history, 1930-1933

Date Range: 1927-1933

Reference Code: LUX / II / B1 / 33 to 85

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: II.B.1. Professional : personal education

Sous-Fonds: II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / II / B1 / 33 to 85

Date Range: 1927-1933

Physical Description: ca.65 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists mainly of notes and assignments from Luxton's attendance at the University of Alberta, as an undergraduate student in arts, 1926-1930, and as a graduate student in history, 1930-1933

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Content Details: FILE LIST (LUX / II / B1 - 33 to 85) :; * History, 1927-1933 (folders 33 to 52); * Political economy, 1928-1929 (folder 53); * French, 1929 (folders 54, 55); * English / Literature, 1928-1932. Title of file 64 is: Aileen M. Harmon, English 57 essay (folder 56 to 67); * Education, 1930-1931 (folders 68 to 72); * Educational psychology, 1930-1931 (folder 73); * Psychology, ca.1930-1931. Title of file 76 is: Psych 51 experiment, final draft, Bucklebank, Luxton, Mackay, McLaggan (folder 74 to 76); * Philosophy, 1929 (folders 77, 78); * Philosophy lecture series, bound, and lecture notes, between 1930 and 1933 (folders 79 to 82); * Philosophy, between 1927 and 1933 (folder 83); * Other, ca.1930. Includes course notes for Latin and French (folder 84, 85)

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Crag and Canyon newspaper accounts

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of account ledgers pertaining to advertising accounts and paper products purchases (tickets, envelopes, cards, menus, passes, etc.) of Banff businesses, organizations and individuals

Date Range: 1903-1913

Reference Code: LUX / I / C1 - 43 to 45

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: I.C. Business, legal and financial

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / I / C1 - 43 to 45

Date Range: 1903-1913

Physical Description: 3 v. of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of account ledgers pertaining to advertising accounts and paper products purchases (tickets, envelopes, cards, menus, passes, etc.) of Banff businesses, organizations and individuals

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

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Curio store accounts

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to purchase, inventory and sale of goods and services for Luxton's curio stores, including the Sign of the Goat. Accounts pertain mainly to the purchase, inventory and sale of a wide variety of goods including: curios, souvenirs, publications, post cards, notions, furs, skins,…

Date Range: 1904-1962

Reference Code: LUX / I / C1 / 1 to 42

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

4 Electronic Resources

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / C : Business, legal and financial

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / I / C1 / 1 to 42

Date Range: 1904-1962

Physical Description: 43 cm of textual records (34 v., 2.5 cm and 41 p.)

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to purchase, inventory and sale of goods and services for Luxton's curio stores, including the Sign of the Goat. Accounts pertain mainly to the purchase, inventory and sale of a wide variety of goods including: curios, souvenirs, publications, post cards, notions, furs, skins, taxidermy, trophy heads, glassware and jewellery, photographic views.

Notes: Volumes occasionally contain information pertaining to other businesses

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Content Details: LIST OF VOLUMES (LUX / I / C1 - 1 to 42):; * [Order and sales ledger], 1904-1905, 1 v. (folder 1); * Curio store cash book, July 24 / 05, 1905-1906, 1 v. (folder 2); * Book I for 1906, from April 3rd, 1906 to July 27th, 1906 : [cash and sales book], 1906, 1 v. (folder 3); * Book II for 1906, from July 27th, 1906 to Sept. 17th, 1906 : [cash and sales book], 1906, 1 v. (folder 4); * Book III for 1906, from Sept.18th, 1906 to July 8th, 1907 : [cash and sales book], 1906-1907, 1 v. (folder 5); * [Account ledger], 1906-1914, 1 v. Re furrier and taxidermy business (folder 6); * Inventory of stock returned from branch curio store, Sept.24/07, 1907, 1 v. (folder 7); * Stock put in branch curio store near CPR hotel, May 1907 : [stock book], 1907, 1 v. (folder 8); * The Branch Curio Store, Banff Alta, May 1907 : [account book], 1907, 1 v. (folder 9); * Banff Alta, season 1908 account book, 1908, 1 v. Re curio shop and livery business (folder 10); * From Jan 2nd, 1908 to Sept. 2nd, 1908 : [account book], 1908, 1 v. (folder 11); * Curio stock, Nov 1908 to November 1909, also stock taken Nov. 11/10 : [stock book] 1908-1912, 1 v. (folder 12); * Stock book from branch store, 1911-1912, 1 v. (folder 13); * Curio store sales book 1913, 1913-1915, 1 v. (folder 14); * Curio store : [account book], 1915, 1 v. (folder 15); * [Account book], 1917, 1 v. Re May to August 1917 (folder 16); * [Account book], 1917, 1 v. Re July to October 1917 (folder 17); * [Account book], 1917, 1 v. Re August to December 1917 (folder 18); * [Ledger], 1928-1933, 1 v. (folder 19) - Oversize storage; * Inventory summary : [curio store inventory], 1932-1935, 9 p. (folder 20) - Oversize storage; * [Account book], 1935-1942, 1 v. Re curio store accounts and personal expenses (folder 21); * Inventory sheets, 1935-1945, 1.5 cm. Re game heads, furs, beadwork, curios (folder 22) - Oversize storage; * Fur dealer's record (N. K. Luxton, dealer), 1936-1944, 1 v. (folder 23); * Fur dealer's record, 1937, 1949, 1 v. (folder 24); * [Account book], 1942-1944, 1 v. Re curio store accounts (folder 25); * [Account ledger], 1944-1945, 1 v. Re curio store accounts (folder 26); *[Inventory and stock ledger], 1945-1946, 1 v. (folder 27); *Stock sheets, 1948-1953, 1 cm (5 sets). Sets are: April 1948 - March 1949, April 1949 - March 1950, April 1950 - March 1951, April 1951 to March 1952, April 1952 to March 1953. (folder 28, 29, 30); * [Account ledger], 1950-1952, 1 v. (folder 31); * [Account book], 1952-1953, 1 v. (folder 32); * [Sales ledger], 1954-1956, 1 v. (folder 33); * [Sales ledger], 1956-1958, 1 v. (folder 34); * [Expense book], 1956-1958, 1 v. (folder 35); * [Sales ledger], 1958, 1 v. (folder 36); * [Sales ledger], 1959-1960, 1 v. (folder 37); * Sales sheets, 1960-1962, 14p. (2 sets) (folder 38); * [Sales ledger], 1960-1961, 1 v. (folder 39); * [Expense and inventory ledger], 1961, 1 v. (folder 40); * Stoney Indians 1961 received : [account sheets], 1961, 2 p. (folder 41) - Oversize storage; * Inventory : [account sheets], before 1962, 16p. (3 sets). Appears to pertain to native arts, goods and supplies. One set is titled "Fort St. James" (folder 42)