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Mountain Goats, Lake McArthur, Alberta

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Artist: Dwayne Harty

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HaD.02.01

Description: An oil painting depicting three adult female mountain goats and three kids near a rocky crag in front of a mountain lake. Blue cloudy sky above mountain with glacier.

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Artist: Dwayne Harty

Title: Mountain Goats, Lake McArthur, Alberta

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 77.0 x 110.0 cm

Description: An oil painting depicting three adult female mountain goats and three kids near a rocky crag in front of a mountain lake. Blue cloudy sky above mountain with glacier.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake; animals, mountain goats; Lake McArthur; Dwayne Harty

Credit: Gift of Dwayne Harty, Moose, USA, 2012

Catalogue Number: HaD.02.01

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F.H. Riggall and packhourse crossing Boundary Creek

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts Bert Riggall and packhorse crossing Boundary Creek with Phillip R. Goodwin, artist of New York, in August, 1909.

Date Range: 1909

Reference Code: V26 / III / A1 / PA - 7

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M376 / V26

Series: III. Professional Photography: Guiding and Hunting Trips

Sous-Fonds: V26

Sub-Series: Goodwin and Proctor Trips

Accession Number: 7201

Reference Code: V26 / III / A1 / PA - 7

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1909

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print

Scope & Content: Image depicts Bert Riggall and packhorse crossing Boundary Creek with Phillip R. Goodwin, artist of New York, in August, 1909.

Name Access: Goodwin, Phillip R.; Riggall, Bert

Subject Access: Environment and Nature; Pack trips; Exploration; Horses; Horse packing

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Boundary Creek

Language: N/A

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Environment

Title Source: Title based on subject of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Sketchbook

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of one sketchbook. Sketch book consists of watercolour paintings

Date Range: 1909

Reference Code: M8 / 134

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: 134

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: M8 / 134

Reference Code: M8 / 134

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1909

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of one sketchbook. Sketch book consists of watercolour paintings

Name Access: Welby, W.A

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Creator: Welby, W.A

Title Source: Title based on contents

Processing Status: Processed

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1908 Calgary Exhibition souvenir album

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one souvenir album pertaining to the Calgary Exhibition held in 1908. Album contains 28 b&w photographs which depict staff involved with the exhibition, views of exhibition grounds, a parade, and other related subjects.

Date Range: 1908

Reference Code: V756 / III / C / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M39; V756

Series: V756 / III : Personal and family records

Sous-Fonds: V756

Sub-Series: V756 / III / C : Other personal and family records

Accession Number: 2015.8558

Reference Code: V756 / III / C / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1908

Physical Description: 1 album (28 photographs : b&w ; 28 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of one souvenir album pertaining to the Calgary Exhibition held in 1908. Album contains 28 b&w photographs which depict staff involved with the exhibition, views of exhibition grounds, a parade, and other related subjects.

Subject Access: Activities; Community events; Events; Horses; Leisure; Public events; Recreation; Souvenir; Tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Language: English

Conservation: Item has been interleaved

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Stoney Nakoda portrait copies - Byron Harmon

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 copies of portrait photographs of Stoney Nakoda men taken by Byron Harmon in 1906. Portraits depict Sampson Beaver, Silas Abraham and Chief Hector Crawler.

Date Range: 1906

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 123 to 127

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Other material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 123 to 127

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Photographs produced by Byron Harmon, 1906

Date Range: 1906

Physical Description: 5 photographs :b & w prints ; 23.5 x 30 cm and 9.5 x 23.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 5 copies of portrait photographs of Stoney Nakoda men taken by Byron Harmon in 1906. Portraits depict Sampson Beaver, Silas Abraham and Chief Hector Crawler.

Name Access: Beaver, Sampson; Abraham, Silas; Crawler, Hector

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Portrait; Photography

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions apply

Language: English

Category: First nations; Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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J. W. Kelly fonds

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Part Of: J. W. Kelly fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a portion of a photograph album pertaining to the 1906 Alpine Club of Canada camp in Yoho Valley, B.C. Also includes views of Banff, Alberta and Field, B.C. and areas.

Date Range: 1906

Reference Code: V634

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: J. W. Kelly fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 634

Sous-Fonds: V 634

Accession Number: 5746

Reference Code: V634

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1906

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (44 prints)

History / Biographical: J. W. Kelly, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was an original member of the Alpine Club of Canada

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a portion of a photograph album pertaining to the 1906 Alpine Club of Canada camp in Yoho Valley, B.C. Also includes views of Banff, Alberta and Field, B.C. and areas.

Name Access: Kelly, J. W.

Subject Access: Sports, recreation and leisure

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

Language: Language is English

Creator: Kelly, J. W.

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on inscription in album: "Photos by J. W. Kelly during stay in Yoho Valley, July 9 to 21, 1906."

Processing Status: Processed

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Alexander Lambie fonds

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Part Of: Alexander Lambie fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains mainly to the 1906 Yoho camp at Summit Lake, B.C. Also includes some views of Yoho area and Banff, Alberta area, ca.1906.

Date Range: 1906

Reference Code: V345

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Alexander Lambie fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 345

Sous-Fonds: V345

Accession Number: 5355

Reference Code: V345

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1906

Physical Description: 52 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: Alexander Lambie, 1870-1945, was a survey party member, cook and writer at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Lambie came to Canada from Scotland in 1904. He was a member of the Alaska Boundary Survey team in 1905 and was cook for the first Alpine Club of Canada camp at Yoho, British Columbia in 1906. Later Lambie wrote and published children's stories, poems, novels and completed a manuscript on his early work with the survey.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains mainly to the 1906 Yoho camp at Summit Lake, B.C. Also includes some views of Yoho area and Banff, Alberta area, ca.1906.

Name Access: Lambie, Alexander

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel

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

Language: Language is English

Creator: Lambie, Alexander

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1906

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.22

Description: A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)

Date: 1906

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Leonard Leacock, 1968

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.22

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Rosa acicularis (Prickly Wild Roses)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1906

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.20

Description: Pink wild rose blossoms and buds, with yellow centres, emerging from a thick bunch of green leaves.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Rosa acicularis (Prickly Wild Roses)

Date: 1906

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 17.5 cm

Description: Pink wild rose blossoms and buds, with yellow centres, emerging from a thick bunch of green leaves.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Leonard Leacock, 1976

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.20

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Cypripedium calceolus (Yellow Lady's Slipper)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1906

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.21

Description: A single plant with brown root, broad, long green leaves with a yellow flower at the top.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Cypripedium calceolus (Yellow Lady's Slipper)

Date: 1906

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: A single plant with brown root, broad, long green leaves with a yellow flower at the top.

Subject: botanical; flower; Lady’s Slipper

Credit: Gift of Leonard Leacock, 1968

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.21

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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1904

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.35

Description: A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at t…

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]

Date: 1904

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 16.5 cm

Description: A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at the top and “arctostaphylos uva-urs: at bottom.

Subject: bearberry

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.35

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Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.18

Description: A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.18

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Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.17

Description: Six purple flowers hang from tops of long green stems; buds and small leaves on stems; brown root and a cluster of green leaves at stem end.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: Six purple flowers hang from tops of long green stems; buds and small leaves on stems; brown root and a cluster of green leaves at stem end.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.17

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Rubus parviflorus (Mountain Raspberry) (Thimbleberry)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.16

Description: A single white flower is centred on top of a long stem, with 3 buds, 3 large green leaves behind the flower, one leaf has a hole and browned; the 2 stems come from the centre bottom of the painting. …

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Rubus parviflorus (Mountain Raspberry) (Thimbleberry)

Date: 1903

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 17.5 cm

Description: A single white flower is centred on top of a long stem, with 3 buds, 3 large green leaves behind the flower, one leaf has a hole and browned; the 2 stems come from the centre bottom of the painting.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.16

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Epilobium glaberrimum (Smooth Willowherb)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.14

Description: A complete plant with roots, stem and flowers; light pink/purple flowers.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Epilobium glaberrimum (Smooth Willowherb)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.7 cm

Description: A complete plant with roots, stem and flowers; light pink/purple flowers.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.14

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Epilobium ciliatum glandulosum (Fringed Willowherb)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.10

Description: One thick brown stem at the centre bottom unfurls into numerous stems covered with green leaves and a few delicate light pink/purple flowers at the topRe: au verso: tlc E. Davuricum (not MS’s writing) a circled 3, Epilobium davuricumaccording to Jennifer Royale March 2016 this is Epilobium ciliatu…

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Epilobium ciliatum glandulosum (Fringed Willowherb)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 18.0 cm

Description: One thick brown stem at the centre bottom unfurls into numerous stems covered with green leaves and a few delicate light pink/purple flowers at the topRe: au verso: tlc E. Davuricum (not MS’s writing) a circled 3, Epilobium davuricumaccording to Jennifer Royale March 2016 this is Epilobium ciliatum glandulosum (Fringed Willowherb)

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.10

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Sambucus racemosa (Elderberry)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.08

Description: A bunch of small red berries top a straight green stem; green leaves extend out on stems from each side.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Sambucus racemosa (Elderberry)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: A bunch of small red berries top a straight green stem; green leaves extend out on stems from each side.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.08

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Epilobium halleanum (Hall's Willowherb)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.05

Description: Four pink flowers top long green stems coming from one stem. Leaves are light green, broad, and bracted.Re: au verso: tlc Epilobium coloratum according to Jennifer Royale March 2016 this is Epiobium Halleanum common name Hall’s Willowherb.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Epilobium halleanum (Hall's Willowherb)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 18.0 cm

Description: Four pink flowers top long green stems coming from one stem. Leaves are light green, broad, and bracted.Re: au verso: tlc Epilobium coloratum according to Jennifer Royale March 2016 this is Epiobium Halleanum common name Hall’s Willowherb.