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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; Print; 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

GMD: Textual record; Photograph; Print; Newspaper clipping; Published record; Scrapbook; Album

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

Category: Exploration and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure; Tourism; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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Newton family fonds

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Part Of: Newton family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of views made along the railway and vicinity by professional photographers. Consists of views by Cornelius J. Soule (6 items); O. B. Buell (1 item); and attributed to Boorne and May (4 items). Includes views of Cascade Mountain; Devil's Lake (Lake Minnewanka); Banff hot springs; Cas…

Date Range: [before 1887]

Reference Code: V425

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Newton family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V425

Sous-Fonds: V425

Accession Number: 3632

Reference Code: V425

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [before 1887]

Physical Description: 11 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: Mr. and Mrs. Newton, of Grand Manon Island, New Brunswick, made a honeymoon trip across Canada on the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1887

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of views made along the railway and vicinity by professional photographers. Consists of views by Cornelius J. Soule (6 items); O. B. Buell (1 item); and attributed to Boorne and May (4 items). Includes views of Cascade Mountain; Devil's Lake (Lake Minnewanka); Banff hot springs; Castle Mountain and Silver City; Kicking Horse canyon and river; Golden, B.C.; Columbia River; and CPR mainline

Name Access: Boorne and May; Buell, O. B.; Newton, Mr. and Mrs.; Soule, Cornelius J.

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific Railway; Exploration, discovery and travel; Hot Springs, Banff; Minnewanka, Lake; Silver City

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: Language is English

Related Material: Related photographs may be found in Boorne and May fonds (V10), Unknown photographer fonds (V691) and Professional photographers collection (V650)

Creator: Newton, Mr. and Mrs.

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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Professional photographers collection

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Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Scope & Content: Collection contains credited and uncredited professional photographs, mainly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. Includes unidentified photographs and individual photographs which cannot be placed in other fonds or collections. Eighteen albumen prints are uncred…

Date Range: [ca.1885-ca.1925]

Reference Code: V650

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: Professional photographers collection

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 650

Sous-Fonds: V 650

Accession Number: 1883, 1924, 1987, 2581, 3119, 3855, 5386, 5430, 6221, 6586, 6603

Reference Code: V650

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Responsibility: Collection was assembled by the Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Date Range: [ca.1885-ca.1925]

Physical Description: ca.60 photographs : prints. -- 1 photograph album (67 prints)

Scope & Content: Collection contains credited and uncredited professional photographs, mainly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. Includes unidentified photographs and individual photographs which cannot be placed in other fonds or collections.; Eighteen albumen prints are uncredited views along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Glacier, B.C. and Canmore, Alberta, ca.1895. Also includes views by Bailey Bros., H. O. Dodge, Alexander Henderson, T. J. Hileman, B. W. Kilburn, Neelands Bros., W. J. Oliver, Henry Greenwood Peabody, Prest Photo Company (William Archie Prest), and others.; Nineteen prints, received as contents of 5 album pages, are travel views between Banff, the Pacific Coast and Washington, U.S.A. Includes views of Lake Minnewanka, Banff Springs Hotel and Glacier, B.C. Views are by Wm. Notman & Son, Boorne & May and other unidentified professional photographers. Also includes snapshot views.; Album is presentation album of professional views taken along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Victoria, B.C. and Banff, Alberta, September to October 1889, by an unknown photographer. Includes views of Banff and area, Field and Glacier areas, Fraser Canyon, Vancouver and Victoria. Album was possibly produced by of for the CPR. Views are similar to those produced by other professional photographers working along the railway. Images in album are accompanied by hand-written captions and exact dates.

Name Access: Bailey Brothers; Boorne and May; Dodge, H. O.; Henderson, Alexander; Hileman, T. J.; Kilburn, B. W.; Notman, William and son; Oliver, W. J.; Peabody, Henry Greenwood; Prest, William Archie; Professional photographers (collection)

Subject Access: Arts; Canadian Pacific Railway; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description; selected modern reference prints; reference computer access: Images database; on-line access: Alberta InSight database

Related Material: Other photographs by railway photographers may be found in fonds and collections under individual names. See: Boorne and May, Macmunn, Notman, Smyth, Thom, Thompson, Trueman, and others.

Creator: Professional photographers (collection)

Category: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of collection

Processing Status: Processed

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B. C. 1887 : a ramble in British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1888

Author: Lees, James Arthur

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Call Number: 02.5 K83l

Author: Lees, James Arthur

Responsibility: by J. A. Lees and W. J. Clutterbuck

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: viii, 387p. : ill., port., map, facsim

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Kootenay region

Accession Number: 400; 3069

Call Number: 02.5 K83l

Collection: Archives Library

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Banff Springs Hotel advertisement

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1888

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.368

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Banff Springs Hotel; Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1, no.23 (December 1888)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Banff Train Station

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with trains and train cars stopped on the tracks, people walking along the wooden platform, and horse-drawn carriages clustered around the building - taken from above

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 672

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 672

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with trains and train cars stopped on the tracks, people walking along the wooden platform, and horse-drawn carriages clustered around the building - taken from above

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific Railway; Buildings; Horses; Trains

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Banff Train Station

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with trains stopped on the tracks, people on the platform, and horse-drawn carriages gathered around the building

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 683

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 683

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Train Station with trains stopped on the tracks, people on the platform, and horse-drawn carriages gathered around the building

Subject Access: Buildings; Canadian Pacific Railway; Horses; Trains

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Canadian north-west and British Columbia : two speeches

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

Published Date: 1886

Author: Lansdowne, Henry Charles..., Governor-General of Canada

Publisher: Ottawa : Department of Agriculture

Call Number: 02.4 L29 Pam

Author: Lansdowne, Henry Charles..., Governor-General of Canada

Publisher: Ottawa : Department of Agriculture

Published Date: 1886

Physical Description: 32p. : map

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.4 L29 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Pacific : the new highway to the East, across the mountains, prairies and rivers of Canada

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

Published Date: 1888

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway

Call Number: 02.4 C16cpe 1888 Pam

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1888

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 38500

Call Number: 02.4 C16cpe 1888 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Pacific : the new highway to the Orient across the mountains, prairies and rivers of Canada

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

Published Date: 1885

Publisher: [Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway

Edition: 1st ed

Call Number: 02.4 C16cp 1885 Pam

Edition: 1st ed

Publisher: [Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 48p. : ill., map

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Guidebooks

Accession Number: 38500

Call Number: 02.4 C16cp 1885 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian Pacific historic photographs - Alberta

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 31 photograph prints ordered by Eleanor Luxton from Canadian Pacific. Photographs pertain to construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Pacific trains and ships, and historic views of Banff, Calgary, Fort McLeod, Strathcona and Edmonton.

Date Range: 1881 - 1898; 1903; 1927

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 / PA - 8 to 38

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / B : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / B4 : Historical research

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 / PA - 8 to 38

Date Range: 1881 - 1898; 1903; 1927

Physical Description: 31 photographs : b&w prints ; 24 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 31 photograph prints ordered by Eleanor Luxton from Canadian Pacific. Photographs pertain to construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Pacific trains and ships, and historic views of Banff, Calgary, Fort McLeod, Strathcona and Edmonton.

Notes: Prints in file were produced by Canadian Pacific for Eleanor Luxton between 1946 and 1949; original dates of images; Photographs in file are accompanied by Canadian Pacific mailing envelope addressed to Eleanor Luxton

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: History; Canadian Pacific Railway; Trains; Transportation; Labour; Industry; Railways; Advertising

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Edmonton; Fort McLeod; Strathcona

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Items are stored in mylar

Category: Commerce and industry; Labour; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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

Published Date: 1888

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Call Number: 02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.

Responsibility: Sketches by Melton Prior

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: 125 pages

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

Subjects: Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Banff; Glacier House

Abstract: Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway as per Melton Prior who travelled from Montreal to Vancouver on the train and provided a review of the journey which includes sketches of Sir Donald, Great Glacier, Glacier Hotel, Hermit Range, Mount Carroll, Stony Creek Bridge and the interior of a colonial sleeping car.

Notes: In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2591, Saturday December 15, 1888, pp. 720 - 722

Accession Number: 7864

Call Number: 02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1888

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.16

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Banff; Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1 (July 1888)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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

Published Date: 1885

Author: Grant, G.M.

Publisher: New York : The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol.XXX. No. 6, October 1885

Call Number: 08.5 G76c Pam

Author: Grant, G.M.

Publisher: New York : The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol.XXX. No. 6, October 1885

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 8 pages

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 2014.8385

Call Number: 08.5 G76c Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Canadian Pacific Railway : Banff and British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1888

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Call Number: 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.

Responsibility: Sketches by Melton Prior

Publisher: The Illustrated London News

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: 125 pages

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

Subjects: Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Hot springs; Hotels; Sanitarium Hotel; Banff; Glacier House

Abstract: Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff and Mount Stephen including railway access and hotels, hotsprings, sanitarium with associated sketches.

Notes: In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2588, Saturday, November 24, 1888, pp. 613 - 614

Accession Number: 7864

Call Number: 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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The Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 1888

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Call Number: 02.6 In4 Pam oversize

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.465-472 : ill

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway

Accession Number: 17000

Call Number: 02.6 In4 Pam oversize

Collection: Archives Library

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Cascade Mountain, Banff, Alberta

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1888

Call Number: P

Published Date: 1888

Physical Description: p.136, ill.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Cascade Mountain; Banff; Canadian Pacific Railway

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.1 (September 1888); photograph on p.136, description on p.134

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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CPR History

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to b&w prints of CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] hotels and trains throughout Banff National Park. Includes the 1926 fire at the Chateau Lake Louise, the Banff Springs Hotel, a train in motion on tracks, and recovery efforts after the 1910 avalanche that buried a train at Roger's Pass.

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1926]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 20

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

8 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, C : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: vi : CPR History

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / C / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 20

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1926]

Physical Description: 20 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to b&w prints of CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] hotels and trains throughout Banff National Park. Includes the 1926 fire at the Chateau Lake Louise, the Banff Springs Hotel, a train in motion on tracks, and recovery efforts after the 1910 avalanche that buried a train at Roger's Pass.