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- Part Of
- David McDougall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting. Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Govern…
- Date Range
- 1845-1947
- Reference Code
- M557 / V779
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Painting
- Textual record
- Blueprint
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- David McDougall fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 557
- V 779
- Sous-Fonds
- M557
- V779
- Accession Number
- 2017.8667
- Reference Code
- M557 / V779
- Date Range
- 1845-1947
- Physical Description
- 39cm of textual records. – 1 painting
- History / Biographical
- David McDougall, son of George Millward McDougall and Elizabeth Chantler McDougall, was born on May 14, 1845 in Owen Sound, Ontario. David had four siblings: John, Eliza, Lubby, and Nellie. David married Annie McKenzie in 1871 in Manitoba. Together, they had six children, including their daughter named Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall (1872-1965). Georgina was the wife of Norman Luxton and an active member in Banff and the mother of Eleanor Georgina Luxton (1908-1995). David was an early pioneer of Calgary and Banff, who helped build both community life and their economies. While David’s father and brother were both members of the clergy and did missionary work in Morley, Alberta, David become a successful businessman. He established a general merchant store in Morley where he was a dealer in cattle, horses, furs, and curios. In addition to managing his own business block in Calgary, David also owned properties in Edmonton and Calgary. In Banff, David and Annie owned the Mount Royal Hotel for six years until they sold it to Jim Brewster in August 14, 1913. David died in December 6, 1927 and Annie died in 1939.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of six series: 1. Business Correspondence; 2. Cheques, Receipts, Invoices; 3. Personal Documents; 4. Miscellaneous; 5. Blueprints; 6. Painting. Series 1 consists of business related correspondence to various companies, individuals, and two branches of the Canadian Government. Government correspondence pertains to taxes and by-laws for McDougall’s properties. Series 2 contains invoices, receipts, cheques, and bank statements pertaining to McDougall’s business and properties. Series 3 contains personal letters and legal documents. Materials includes handwritten letters, property transactions and proof of ownership on properties. Series 4 contains cheque books, Dominion Travellers’ Hotel Guide, event program featuring Commissioner Coombs and “Safety First Guarantee” slip. Series 5 contains blueprints of Mount Royal Hotel and McDougall business block, Calgary 1911. The last series consist of a painting of George Noble photograph of Banff Ave, 1929.
- Name Access
- McDougall, David
- Subject Access
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Labour
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Law and justice
- Access Restrictions
- No restriction on access. Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply.
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- See Luxton Family fonds
- Creator
- McDougall, David
- Biographical Source Notes
- Luxton, Eleanor G. Latch String Out. Banff: Summerthought Publishing, 2015. “The Morleyville Story.” McDougall Stoney Mission Society. http://www.mcdougallstoneymission.com/docs/The_Morleyvillle_Story.pdf
- Title Source
- Title based on provenance of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0259
- Description
- Porcelain with gold, blue, red over glaze enamels. Design consists of gourd, birds, wild cherries, fan, calligraphy. Trimmed foot with blue border design. Signed base. Bowl rim trimmed in gold and indented in five places to create scallop design.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 5.9 cm
- Description
- Porcelain with gold, blue, red over glaze enamels. Design consists of gourd, birds, wild cherries, fan, calligraphy. Trimmed foot with blue border design. Signed base. Bowl rim trimmed in gold and indented in five places to create scallop design.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0259
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0260
- Description
- Small porcelain dish with gold, black, orange over glaze enamels. Sun scene with crane and pine. Trimmed foot with cobalt border design, signed base. Writing: Shigara (the drawer).
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- Small porcelain dish with gold, black, orange over glaze enamels. Sun scene with crane and pine. Trimmed foot with cobalt border design, signed base. Writing: Shigara (the drawer).
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0260
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0261
- Description
- Porcelain dish with gold, black over glaze enamels in carp and plant design. Trimmed foot with cobalt border design, signed base. Writing: Sei Getsu Ga (artist)
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 6.2 cm
- Description
- Porcelain dish with gold, black over glaze enamels in carp and plant design. Trimmed foot with cobalt border design, signed base. Writing: Sei Getsu Ga (artist)
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0261
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0262
- Description
- Small porcelain dish with black, green, yellow over glaze enamels. Turtles, water lilies and shoreline design. Trimmed foot with cobalt border design, signed base. Writing: Shunzan Hitsu (artist).
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.9 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- Small porcelain dish with black, green, yellow over glaze enamels. Turtles, water lilies and shoreline design. Trimmed foot with cobalt border design, signed base. Writing: Shunzan Hitsu (artist).
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0262
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0263
- Description
- Small porcelain dish with gold and blue over glaze enamels, with Japanese sun fan and calligraphy design. Trimmed foot with cobalt border design, signed base. Writing: Nani Wa - old name for city of Osaka. Enoshima (artist).
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 5.9 cm
- Description
- Small porcelain dish with gold and blue over glaze enamels, with Japanese sun fan and calligraphy design. Trimmed foot with cobalt border design, signed base. Writing: Nani Wa - old name for city of Osaka. Enoshima (artist).
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0263
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0264
- Description
- Porcelain dish with gold, red, green over glaze enamels. Design of man with broom and keg of sake on the inside of bowl. Trimmed foot, cobalt border design.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Porcelain dish with gold, red, green over glaze enamels. Design of man with broom and keg of sake on the inside of bowl. Trimmed foot, cobalt border design.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0264
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0272
- Description
- Sauce dish with an orange and brown glaze, a trimmed foot, and a pouring spout on rim.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 3.6 x 8.4 cm
- Description
- Sauce dish with an orange and brown glaze, a trimmed foot, and a pouring spout on rim.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0272
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0286
- Description
- Shell shaped porcelain dish with cobalt slip and transparent over glaze. Painted decoration of 2 handled pots and birds. Glaze abraded in bowl.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 6.8 x 9.3 cm
- Description
- Shell shaped porcelain dish with cobalt slip and transparent over glaze. Painted decoration of 2 handled pots and birds. Glaze abraded in bowl.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0286
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0290
- Description
- A small plate with 3 cobalt slip cranes in design, transparent overglaze.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 7.6 cm
- Description
- A small plate with 3 cobalt slip cranes in design, transparent overglaze.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0290
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0299
- Description
- Gold lustre butterfly design in and outside of dish. Pink slip with centre yellow and green enamel over glaze flower centre , pink represents petals. Crack runs from rim to rim through base. Rim has been tool shaped and applied with gold lustre, cobalt signature on bottom. Writing: Kanzan seisei…
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.6 x 6.4 cm
- Description
- Gold lustre butterfly design in and outside of dish. Pink slip with centre yellow and green enamel over glaze flower centre , pink represents petals. Crack runs from rim to rim through base. Rim has been tool shaped and applied with gold lustre, cobalt signature on bottom. Writing: Kanzan seisei or Kanzan sehseh or Kanzan sese.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0299
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0313
- Description
- Roughly trimmed foot, beige slip, showing oxide pitting, with red and green over glaze enamels. Calligraphy inside bowl. Floral design on exterior. 3 chips in rim. Signature stamp on bottom.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.8 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Roughly trimmed foot, beige slip, showing oxide pitting, with red and green over glaze enamels. Calligraphy inside bowl. Floral design on exterior. 3 chips in rim. Signature stamp on bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0313
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0317
- Description
- Possibly slab based, handled, bowl with green, brightly coloured glaze. Quickly thrown and trimmed.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 6.4 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Possibly slab based, handled, bowl with green, brightly coloured glaze. Quickly thrown and trimmed.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0317
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0333
- Description
- 2.0 cm. chip inside rim, 1.0 cm. chip outside rim. Inside bowl white slip with cobalt shrimp decoration within circle. Outside was tooled while being thrown, possibly temmoku, brown, glaze with mustard coloured glaze which may have been created by combination with inner white glaze. Signed on bot…
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.1 x 10.3 cm
- Description
- 2.0 cm. chip inside rim, 1.0 cm. chip outside rim. Inside bowl white slip with cobalt shrimp decoration within circle. Outside was tooled while being thrown, possibly temmoku, brown, glaze with mustard coloured glaze which may have been created by combination with inner white glaze. Signed on bottom.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0333
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0353
- Description
- Irregular, oblong shaped dish with petal design inside and leaf design outside. Transparent glaze with cobalt slip decoration. Foot ridge shaped, entire body was press moulded.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 6.5 x 10.7 cm
- Description
- Irregular, oblong shaped dish with petal design inside and leaf design outside. Transparent glaze with cobalt slip decoration. Foot ridge shaped, entire body was press moulded.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0353
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0354
- Description
- Dish with a transparent glaze with cobalt decoration. Landscapes in petal shaped design inside dish, outside trailing vine design and border design around ridged base, was press moulded.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 10.8 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Dish with a transparent glaze with cobalt decoration. Landscapes in petal shaped design inside dish, outside trailing vine design and border design around ridged base, was press moulded.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0354
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- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0365
- Description
- A small shallow bowl with a transparent glaze with cobalt landscape decoration, trimmed foot.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1935
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 7.6 cm
- Description
- A small shallow bowl with a transparent glaze with cobalt landscape decoration, trimmed foot.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0365
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0409 a,b
- Description
- (a) Shallow, footed bowl, grey and gold lacquer over red, bound leaf design which extends over and under rim. 1.0 cm. crack at rim, small amount of laquer loss at rim. (b) Shallow, footed bowl, gold and black lacquer over red. Two cranes under flowering plum tree inside bowl, gold plum blossoms …
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 10.3 cm
- Description
- (a) Shallow, footed bowl, grey and gold lacquer over red, bound leaf design which extends over and under rim. 1.0 cm. crack at rim, small amount of laquer loss at rim. (b) Shallow, footed bowl, gold and black lacquer over red. Two cranes under flowering plum tree inside bowl, gold plum blossoms outside dish. Price tag "?1.00" on outside.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0409 a,b
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0410 a,b
- Description
- Smaller dish black, gold and silver lacquer over red. Three cranes at pond. Gold lacquer loss on one rock; "+ 1.-" on sticker on bottom, gold laquer loss on one crane. Larger dish black and gold lacquer over red. 2 turtles in water. Small stain in dish; "+1.00" on bottom, gold larger loss on one t…
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- Smaller dish black, gold and silver lacquer over red. Three cranes at pond. Gold lacquer loss on one rock; "+ 1.-" on sticker on bottom, gold laquer loss on one crane. Larger dish black and gold lacquer over red. 2 turtles in water. Small stain in dish; "+1.00" on bottom, gold larger loss on one turtle.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0410 a,b
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- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0412
- Description
- Shallow footed bowl. Deep ridged foot which is lacquered in red inside. Bowl exterior is varnished wood, bowl interior red lacquer with silver, gold and black decoration of three woman carrying twig bundles overhead. Extensive hairline cracking apparently caused by wood warpage.
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- Title
- Sauce Dish
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 11.8 x 12.4 cm
- Description
- Shallow footed bowl. Deep ridged foot which is lacquered in red inside. Bowl exterior is varnished wood, bowl interior red lacquer with silver, gold and black decoration of three woman carrying twig bundles overhead. Extensive hairline cracking apparently caused by wood warpage.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0412
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