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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds 1817
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- Nicholas Morant fonds 242
- George Noble fonds 154
- Crosby family fonds 93
- Bruno Engler fonds 68
- Bill Gibbons fonds 59
- Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds 54
- Moore family fonds 53
- Bert Riggall fonds 49
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds 44
- George McLean fonds 42
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of views between Morley, Calgary, and Edmonton, including McDougall Church and home, Calgary and Edmonton downtowns, Vulcan, and memorial at Wetaskiwin
- Date Range
- 1941-[ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 17
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.3. Dan McCowan : Photography, 35mm transparencies
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 17
- Date Range
- 1941-[ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : transparencies, 35mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of views between Morley, Calgary, and Edmonton, including McDougall Church and home, Calgary and Edmonton downtowns, Vulcan, and memorial at Wetaskiwin
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Banff-Jasper Highway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15973
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, lakes along the Banff-Jasper Highway
- Date Range
- 1941-[ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 11
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.3. Dan McCowan : Photography, 35mm transparencies
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 11
- Date Range
- 1941-[ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 25 photographs : transparencies, 35mm
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, lakes along the Banff-Jasper Highway
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to roadside black bears, bears and cars, people feeding bears, bears crossing highways, also includes Kermode? bear in zoo
- Date Range
- 1941-[ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 21
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.3. Dan McCowan : Photography, 35mm transparencies
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 21
- Date Range
- 1941-[ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 23 photographs : transparencies, 35mm
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to roadside black bears, bears and cars, people feeding bears, bears crossing highways, also includes Kermode? bear in zoo
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to birds and bird nests; also swan, heron and stork statues on Homestead Hotel, Banff
- Date Range
- [ca.1941-ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 28
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.3. Dan McCowan : Photography, 35mm transparencies
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 28
- Date Range
- [ca.1941-ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : transparencies, 35mm
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to birds and bird nests; also swan, heron and stork statues on Homestead Hotel, Banff
- Title Source
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Correspondence
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15875
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of incoming letters re writing, 1936-1943; business, 1939, 1952; and broadcasting, 1937-1940. Pertain to books, lectures, CBC radio \ broadcasts, royal visit. Includes letters from radio broadcast fans; letters from and pertaining to John Murray Gibbon; correspondence with Dudley St…
- Date Range
- 1936-1952
- Reference Code
- M55 / 1, 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.A. Dan McCowan : Corrrespondence
- Reference Code
- M55 / 1, 2
- Date Range
- 1936-1952
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of incoming letters re writing, 1936-1943; business, 1939, 1952; and broadcasting, 1937-1940. Pertain to books, lectures, CBC radio \ broadcasts, royal visit. Includes letters from radio broadcast fans; letters from and pertaining to John Murray Gibbon; correspondence with Dudley Stamp of Stanstead College accompanied by listings of prints and slides used for books; 1 letter from Leonard Brockington of Odeon Theatres (1952)
- Title Source
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Dan and Mary McCowan
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File includes photographs taken at the McCowan home, 318 Marten Street; also photographs of feeding deer
- Date Range
- 1941-[ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.3. Dan McCowan : Photography, 35mm transparencies
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 1
- Date Range
- 1941-[ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 15 photographs : transparencies, 35mm
- Scope & Content
- File includes photographs taken at the McCowan home, 318 Marten Street; also photographs of feeding deer
- Title Source
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of portraits and candid photographs of Dan McCowan
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- V408 / PA - 26 to 38
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.4. Dan McCowan : Photography, prints
- Reference Code
- V408 / PA - 26 to 38
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : prints; 2 oversize
- Scope & Content
- File consists of portraits and candid photographs of Dan McCowan
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Dan McCowan and Mary McCowan fonds
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series. I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E…
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 55
- V 408
- Sous-Fonds
- M 55
- V 408
- Accession Number
- 323, 694, 3263, 6756, 6892
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Physical Description
- ca.50 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.1000 negatives, ca.1540 lantern slides, ca.770 transparencies 35mm, 117 prints). -- 4 graphic records
- History / Biographical
- Dan McCowan, 1882-1956, was a naturalist, lecturer and writer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland in 1907. There he met Mary Ethel Fee, 1888-1973, a teacher, and they married in 1921. Mary McCowan shared an interest in Dan's work, hand-coloured his lantern slides and accompanied him on his tours. Dan McCowan was an active photographer and naturalist and lectured at hospitals during and following the First World War. He was later recommended to Sir Edward Beatty, CPR President and hired by the CPR to promote the scenic beauties and natural history of the mountains, which he did for 26 years. For a period his lantern slide presentations included motion pictures. During the 1940s, he used natural colour Kodachrome slide photography. While in England in 1936, McCowan was made a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society. From ca.1907 onwards, he wrote for magazines and newspapers. The first of six books was published in 1936; the last in 1955. Beginning ca.1937, McCowan wrote and broadcast radio talks on natural history on CBC. These were heard widely in Canada and the United States. In 1939, McCowan accompanied the King and Queen on a portion of their railway tour through the mountains, providing information on natural history and residents. During the Second World War, he toured extensively on behalf of the YMCA. The McCowans retired to Cloverdale (now Surrey), B.C., ca.1951.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series.
- I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E. Ephemera.
- Correspondence includes incoming letters re writing, business and broadcasting. Writing is in the form of notes and notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts, newspaper articles and other materials.
- Photography includes negatives, lantern slides, 35mm transparencies and prints. Material pertains to flora, fauna, people, places and scenery, also family, activities and events. Photographs of Banff personalities and visitors are available in negative and lantern slide form, 254 items.
- Lantern slides were designed for lectures such as: "On skyline trails in the Canadian Rockies"; "On nature trails at Banff and Lake Louise"; "A naturalist in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Snow peaks and flower meadows in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Over the hills and far away: a pictorial review of the Canadian Rockies"; "Victory Day, May 8th 1945, Dan McCowan presents: Bye-gone days in Banff" (exact titles were based on title slides).
- II. Mary E. (Fee) McCowan series consists of diaries, 1926-1957, photocopied from 12 volumes (19 cm); and letters from Dan McCowan, 1943. Diaries discuss joint travels, activities, lecture tours for CPR (Canada, U.S., U.K.), Banff, trail rides, skyline hikes, and Royal Visit, 1939
- Notes
- Both Dan and Mary McCowan have written identifications on the slide mounts
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- in-house electronic finding aid
- online finding aid
- item list and modern reference prints for photographs of Banff personalities and visitors
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to McCowan family photographs (V407)
- Creator
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Dan McCowan letters of appreciation from American audiences
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of appreciation letters written to Dan McCowan from sports and community associations and clubs throughout the United States of America.
- Date Range
- 1927-1952
- Reference Code
- M55 / 15
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M55 / V408
- Series
- I / D Dan McCowan : Professional activities
- Sous-Fonds
- M55
- Accession Number
- 6892
- Reference Code
- M55 / 15
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1927-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (42 pages ; 23.5 x 28.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of appreciation letters written to Dan McCowan from sports and community associations and clubs throughout the United States of America.
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Communications
- Professional and Personal Life
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to mule deer in the wild and at the McCowan home in Banff
- Date Range
- 1942-[ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 23
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C.3. Dan McCowan : Photography, 35mm transparencies
- Reference Code
- V408 / NS 23
- Date Range
- 1942-[ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : transparencies, 35mm
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to mule deer in the wild and at the McCowan home in Banff
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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