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Ray Wardell fonds
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- Part Of
- Ray Wardell fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger an…
- Date Range
- 1993
- Reference Code
- M252
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ray Wardell fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 252
- Sous-Fonds
- M 252
- Accession Number
- 6505
- Reference Code
- M252
- Date Range
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records (ca.130 p.)
- History / Biographical
- Ray Wardell, 1922-1994, was an engineer at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1948 until 1958, and lived at Oakville, Ontario until his death. Wardell worked on early construction at Mount Norquay ski area and rose to the position of Superintendent of Construction and Maintenance for the Banff Chairlift Corporation.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger and safety services, Upper Terminal Tea Room and improvements to Mount Norquay Lodge. Contents include technical details, construction photographs and articles from trade journals
- Name Access
- Wardell, Ray
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Wardell, Ray
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bankhead publication book launch
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence, book order forms and other documents pertaining to a book launch and promotional work for Ben Gadd's book, "Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town", in 1989.
- Date Range
- 1989
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / B / 40
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / II : Research and publication records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / II / B : Other publications
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / B / 40
- Date Range
- 1989
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence, book order forms and other documents pertaining to a book launch and promotional work for Ben Gadd's book, "Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town", in 1989.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Research
- Correspondence
- History
- Publication
- Promo
- Settlement
- Advertising
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Bankhead
- Reproduction Restrictions
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- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Published writing, 1988
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of published materials produced by Ben Gadd in 1988. File includes drafts of a speech titled "Grizzly Bears Need Friends, Too", newspaper article drafts, and interview notes produced by Ben for use by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Date Range
- 1988
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / B / 27
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- S61
- V810
- Series
- M590 / II : Research and publication records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / II / B : Other publications
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / B / 27
- Responsibility
- Produced by Ben Gadd
- Date Range
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of published materials produced by Ben Gadd in 1988. File includes drafts of a speech titled "Grizzly Bears Need Friends, Too", newspaper article drafts, and interview notes produced by Ben for use by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Publication
- Newspaper
- Public Speaking
- Environment
- Wildlife
- Animals
- Bears
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Jasper
- Calgary
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.03
- Description
- The mountain, a realistic rendering of Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, is light blue and grey, covers most of the picture, cloudy sky top edge, foreground left is a road, to the right of road is a clump of yellow trees among some evergreens and grasses
1 image
- Title
- Cascade
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 42.2 x 58.1 cm
- Description
- The mountain, a realistic rendering of Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, is light blue and grey, covers most of the picture, cloudy sky top edge, foreground left is a road, to the right of road is a clump of yellow trees among some evergreens and grasses
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Cascade Mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Janet Holly Middleton, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.03
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Autumn Leaves Falling
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- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.08
- Description
- The small red fox on the left side of the image is standing on a grey slab of stone.Two other similar slabs are near by and are seperated from the first by two wide cracks. All around the grey rock area the trees are turning fall colors. The red, yellow and orange leaves are falling off the trees …
- Title
- Autumn Leaves Falling
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- The small red fox on the left side of the image is standing on a grey slab of stone.Two other similar slabs are near by and are seperated from the first by two wide cracks. All around the grey rock area the trees are turning fall colors. The red, yellow and orange leaves are falling off the trees onto the ground. Some of the trees on the left and a few in the background on the right have white bark. The fox in the foreground on the left is looking back over his shoulder to the right.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian;animal;fox
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.08
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Towards Wildhorse Creek
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- Artist
- Marilyn Kinsella
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiM.05.01
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a mountain landscape. The top third is a pale blue wash, fading lighter near the mountain range, a snow covered peak is dominant centre. A dark blue slope indicating forest in bottom left while a light brown slope dominates the right bottom.
1 image
- Artist
- Marilyn Kinsella
- Title
- Towards Wildhorse Creek
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 55.0 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a mountain landscape. The top third is a pale blue wash, fading lighter near the mountain range, a snow covered peak is dominant centre. A dark blue slope indicating forest in bottom left while a light brown slope dominates the right bottom.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Eleanor G Luxton, Banff, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- KiM.05.01
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From Sulphur Mountain III
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- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KhJ.05.01
- Description
- The top part of a mountain dominates the top half of the picture, it is shrouded in clouds and fog.
1 image
- Title
- From Sulphur Mountain III
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 55.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- The top part of a mountain dominates the top half of the picture, it is shrouded in clouds and fog.
- Credit
- Purchased from Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- KhJ.05.01
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Our Bear/Red Toy Box
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- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- oil; chalk on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- BoT.02.01
- Description
- Top half of picture is predominantly red, a little yellow and light blue, yellow top left corner, down left side and foreground, written in red at top: for Brian. A teddy bear with blue polka dot pants is sitting in bottom left corner, behind and to the left of him a house, across the bottom our b…
1 image
- Title
- Our Bear/Red Toy Box
- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- oil; chalk on canvas
- Dimensions
- 96.7 x 71.2 cm
- Description
- Top half of picture is predominantly red, a little yellow and light blue, yellow top left corner, down left side and foreground, written in red at top: for Brian. A teddy bear with blue polka dot pants is sitting in bottom left corner, behind and to the left of him a house, across the bottom our bear/red toy box 86 Boyle.
- Subject
- whimsical
- teddy bear
- Therese (Terri) Boyle
- Credit
- Purchased from Therese Boyle, Edmonton, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- BoT.02.01
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- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- KeI.02.04
- Description
- A farm scene with pink, grey and purple foothills behind, and dust devils in front rising to a turbulent sky. The lower one-third is the grey road lined by green on both sides through the fields; on the viewer’s left are fields in gold, green, grey, purple and brown, and on the viewer’s left of the…
1 image
- Title
- Dust Devils
- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 137.0 cm
- Description
- A farm scene with pink, grey and purple foothills behind, and dust devils in front rising to a turbulent sky. The lower one-third is the grey road lined by green on both sides through the fields; on the viewer’s left are fields in gold, green, grey, purple and brown, and on the viewer’s left of the road, a red shed with a purple roof, then a white farmhouse with a purple roof, and another shed partially obscured by the dust funnel rising up to mingle with clouds in the sky. Further to the left another red building with a purple roof and to the left of that another dust funnel (dust devil) rising up to the storm clouds and sheets of weather in the sky. Three-quarters of the painting is the purple,pink and grey clouds and several storm sheets creating a large foreboding sky. Signed on the bottom left corner with the artist’s logo.
- Credit
- Gift of Johannes Thiessen, Calgary, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- KeI.02.04
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Kananaskis Moss and Pine Needles
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- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- FoD.02.01
- Description
- The entire canvas is filled with a realistic rendering (from a photograph) of a forest floor, light green moss dominates the centre, spreading out to top right and lower left, top left corner is mottled white, overlaid are varied coloured long grasses and pine needles
1 image
- Title
- Kananaskis Moss and Pine Needles
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 101.0 x 152.0 cm
- Description
- The entire canvas is filled with a realistic rendering (from a photograph) of a forest floor, light green moss dominates the centre, spreading out to top right and lower left, top left corner is mottled white, overlaid are varied coloured long grasses and pine needles
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- FoD.02.01
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Susan Hammond Mellen fonds
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- Part Of
- Susan Hammond Mellen fonds
- Scope & Content
- Back country cabins of Banff National Park, a summary report / by Susan Hammond Mellen, 1983, includes textual report, master map and inventory site forms with photographs where applicable.
- Date Range
- 1983
- Reference Code
- M462
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Map
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Susan Hammond Mellen fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 462
- Sous-Fonds
- M 462
- Accession Number
- 3674
- Reference Code
- M462
- Date Range
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm of textual records and photographs
- History / Biographical
- Susan Mellen and researchers documented thirty locations of back country log structures from among two hundred possible locations in Banff National Park during 1983. The project was submitted to Alberta Culture Historic Sites with sponsorship from the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation.
- Scope & Content
- Back country cabins of Banff National Park, a summary report / by Susan Hammond Mellen, 1983, includes textual report, master map and inventory site forms with photographs where applicable.
- Name Access
- Mellen, Susan Hammond
- Subject Access
- Buildings and facilities
- Environment
- Log structures
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Mellen, Susan Hammond
- Category
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Lookout #2, Pacific Rim
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- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HaA.05.01
- Description
- An English Sheepdog, facing to the left, is standing on a beach near the water's edge. The sand is gray/blue, the ocean is green/blue with white highlights.
1 image
- Title
- Lookout #2, Pacific Rim
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 70.7 cm
- Description
- An English Sheepdog, facing to the left, is standing on a beach near the water's edge. The sand is gray/blue, the ocean is green/blue with white highlights.
- Subject
- seascape
- animal, dog
- Credit
- Purchased from Mira Godard Gallery, Gallery, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- HaA.05.01
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Johnson's Canyon - Young Grizzlies
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- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.16
- Description
- Walking and standing beside a stream of water are two bears. One is closer then the other and is walking toward the viewer on the right side of the image. The other bear is back further and is looking at the first bear. Light green and dark green trees are on both sides of the water. Between the tr…
- Title
- Johnson's Canyon - Young Grizzlies
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 30.6 x 40.7 cm
- Description
- Walking and standing beside a stream of water are two bears. One is closer then the other and is walking toward the viewer on the right side of the image. The other bear is back further and is looking at the first bear. Light green and dark green trees are on both sides of the water. Between the trees and the water some yellow grass helps makes the seperation. The water in some areas has reflections from the trees and tends to be a blue and purple colour. Far in the distance there is a purple, blue mountain with some snow on it's peak. The sky above is a light to medium grey.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- animal
- grizzly bear
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.16
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Lake Louise, Evening
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- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FeT.07.01
- Description
- Green foreground and blue lake across bottom two thirds of picture; sides of two dark green mountains meet off centre with white glacier and clouds in chasm,a little blue sky shows through.
1 image
- Title
- Lake Louise, Evening
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.8 x 27.7 cm
- Description
- Green foreground and blue lake across bottom two thirds of picture; sides of two dark green mountains meet off centre with white glacier and clouds in chasm,a little blue sky shows through.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Purchased from Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- FeT.07.01
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Going to Church 1907
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- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- McI.05.01
- Description
- The bottom quarter of the picture shows people walking all directions, all are dressed up, some have umbrellas and some have dogs on the leash. The next quarter is the road; there are four horse and buggy teams - two horse and two one horse buggies, there are people in them. Two couples with two ch…
1 image
- Title
- Going to Church 1907
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 54.5 cm
- Description
- The bottom quarter of the picture shows people walking all directions, all are dressed up, some have umbrellas and some have dogs on the leash. The next quarter is the road; there are four horse and buggy teams - two horse and two one horse buggies, there are people in them. Two couples with two children each are crossing the road at the left. The next quarter shows a string of houses and the church, with many more people walking. The top quarter of the picture is a pale blue sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Irene McCaugherty, Fort MacLeod, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- McI.05.01
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Breaking From Cover - Whitetails Alarmed
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- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.11
- Description
- Running from the right corner of this painting are three deer and there are four running from the cc of the image to the left. Only one deer in the right corner has antlers. The trc has a group of trees yellow and green in colour and in the distance on the right side there are more green trees and …
- Title
- Breaking From Cover - Whitetails Alarmed
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 40.7 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- Running from the right corner of this painting are three deer and there are four running from the cc of the image to the left. Only one deer in the right corner has antlers. The trc has a group of trees yellow and green in colour and in the distance on the right side there are more green trees and some yellow bushes. Behind the trees in the far distance are blue grey mountains and a light blue sky. The foreground under the deer is a brown dirt with some rocks in the bc area.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.11
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- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiP.05.01
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- Title
- Foothills
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 41.0 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of Phil Michaud, Banff, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- MiP.05.01
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- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiP.05.02
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- Title
- Hayfield
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 21.5 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of Phil Michaud, Banff, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- MiP.05.02
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Part of the Sawback Range
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- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.02
- Description
- In the foreground are rocks of different size and colour ranging from a pale yellow to blue grey hue. The distant Rockie Mountains, are very sharp and resemble the teeth of a wood saw. The distant mountains are grey and blue, while the larger rocks in the mid ground are tones of brown and yellow. T…
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- Title
- Part of the Sawback Range
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 60.96 x 72.20 cm
- Description
- In the foreground are rocks of different size and colour ranging from a pale yellow to blue grey hue. The distant Rockie Mountains, are very sharp and resemble the teeth of a wood saw. The distant mountains are grey and blue, while the larger rocks in the mid ground are tones of brown and yellow. The very bottom of the image is light to medium yellow in colour and is free of any rocks with a signature in the blc. Above the mountains in the background the sky is white, mid blue and blue grey in colour.
- Credit
- Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.02
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Bankhead publication contract meeting minutes
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of meeting minutes pertaining to a proposed writing contract for a publication about Bankhead, which was offered to Ben Gadd by Parks Canada in 1980. File includes correspondence sent to Ben Gadd from Parks Canada staff discussing amendments to the initial contract agreement and Ben's…
- Date Range
- 1980
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / B / 37
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / II : Research and publication records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / II / B : Other publications
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / B / 37
- Date Range
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of meeting minutes pertaining to a proposed writing contract for a publication about Bankhead, which was offered to Ben Gadd by Parks Canada in 1980. File includes correspondence sent to Ben Gadd from Parks Canada staff discussing amendments to the initial contract agreement and Ben's progress with the publication.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Parks Canada
- Settlement
- Research
- History
- Government
- Publication
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Bankhead
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Government
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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