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First Banff Indian Days [Chief Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) and Tom Wilson front centre]

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Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a group of people posed for a photograph - the two men standing in front centre identified as Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) (left) and Tom Wilson (right).

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: v701 / 4 / na66 - 488

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Tom Wilson family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V701

Sous-Fonds: V701

Reference Code: v701 / 4 / na66 - 488

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of a group of people posed for a photograph - the two men standing in front centre identified as Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) (left) and Tom Wilson (right).

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First nations; Public events; Regalia; Women

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: copy negative envelope

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified Indigenous people in Medicine Hat

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unidentified Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 7

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: V. Lantern slides

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 7

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Parallel Title: Indians at Medicine Hat 6/30/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 transparency : lantern slide

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unidentified Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Notes: Made from negative WMCR-V653/NA-18

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Discovery and exploration

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified group of Indigenous people in Swift Current

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous people and children posed in Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 16

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 16

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indians at Swift Current CPR. 7/9/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous people and children posed in Swift Current, Saskatchewan

Subject Access: Discovery and exploration; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations

Geographic Access: Saskatchewan

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified Indigenous individuals in Medicine Hat

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unknown Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 18

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 18

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indians at Medicine Hat. 6/30/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Scope & Content: Pertains to two unknown Indigenous individuals posed in front of buildings in Medicine Hat

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Discovery and exploration

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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[Indigenous] vehicle in Vancouver (No.87). 7/20/94

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 85

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 85

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Indigenous] head dress in British Columbia Museum. Victoria (No.93). 7/25/94

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 93

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 93

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Collection of [Indigenous] totem poles in museum, Victoria (No.96). 7/25/94

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 94

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 94

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified group of Indigenous individuals in Medicine Hat

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous individuals posed with their backs turned at Medicine Hat

Date Range: 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 19

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: B. Travel 1894

Reference Code: V653 / NA - 19

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indians at Medicine Hat 6/30/94

Date Range: 1894

Physical Description: 1 negative : film

Scope & Content: Pertains to unidentified group of Indigenous individuals posed with their backs turned at Medicine Hat

Subject Access: Discovery and exploration; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)

Processing Status: Processed

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Letter from CPR (1895) re: Death of Burton Wheatley

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last pa…

Date Range: 1895

Reference Code: M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / III / D: Personal and Family Records : Collected Material

Accession Number: 182

Reference Code: M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Corporate record

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway

Date Range: 1895

Physical Description: 1 Textual Record (3 pages): tissue paper; non-annotated

History / Biographical: Burton Wheatley was an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway company, who died during a railway accident in 1894 which occurred at Field Hill, B.C. The Wheatley family were related to Ivy "Willie" Morant (1910-1986), wife of photographer Nicholas Morant.

Scope & Content: Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last page of the document to write the date and witness signatures have not been filled in (likely a copy of a completed form).

Notes: Item was previously numbered as M27/3/O.S./"H" and is entered into database twice; more recently updated as item in Nicholas Morant fonds

Name Access: Wheatley, Burton

Subject Access: Wheatley family; Wheatley, Burton; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific; Engineer; Death

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only; no reproduction

Language: English

Conservation: Must be stored flat in mylar sheets

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.archivesalberta.org/findingaids/whyte/Morant/M300-III%20inv.pdf

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Pearl and George

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Part Of: Moore family fonds

Scope & Content: Pearl and George.

Date Range: 1899

Reference Code: V439 / PA - 183

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

2 images

Part Of: Moore family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V439

Series: Pearl Moore Series

Sous-Fonds: V439

Sub-Series: Personal

Reference Code: V439 / PA - 183

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Parallel Title: "To our faithful guides Pearl and George. Stony [sic] Squaw. Sep. 1899."

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: 1899

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print ; front and back

Scope & Content: Pearl and George.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Environment and Nature

Geographic Access: Alberta

Processing Status: Processed

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Dan Red Eagle

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of (left to right) unidentified, Dan Red Eagle - on horseback wearing fur hats

Date Range: 1921

Reference Code: V683 / II / A / PA - 516

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 / II / A : Peter Whyte: Personal

Sous-Fonds: V683

Reference Code: V683 / II / A / PA - 516

GMD: Photograph

Parallel Title: Dan Red Eagle - Mohawk Indian from NYC

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: 1921

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

Scope & Content: Image of (left to right) unidentified, Dan Red Eagle - on horseback wearing fur hats

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Dan Red Eagle

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Dan Red Eagle wearing a fur had and smoking pipe - standing next to trees

Date Range: 1921

Reference Code: V683 / II / A / PA - 517

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 / II / A : Peter Whyte: Personal

Sous-Fonds: V683

Reference Code: V683 / II / A / PA - 517

GMD: Photograph

Parallel Title: Dan Red Eagle - Mohawk Indian from NYC

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: 1921

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

Scope & Content: Image of Dan Red Eagle wearing a fur had and smoking pipe - standing next to trees

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letter of commendation

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a letter of thanks from Alpine Club of Canada to Bill Peyto on his rescue of Mrs. W. E. Stone after death of her husband on Mount Eon

Date Range: 1922

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 825

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 - 825

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1922

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

Scope & Content: Image of a letter of thanks from Alpine Club of Canada to Bill Peyto on his rescue of Mrs. W. E. Stone after death of her husband on Mount Eon

Name Access: Peyto, Bill

Subject Access: American Alpine Club; Commendation; Guides; Guiding; Mountaineering; Rescue

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Back of Tunnel Mt where Trail or Camp is now - Mountie Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), Bunny Dull, Lew Borzage, Cyril Gardiner

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of (left to right) unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Lew Cody, unidentified, Frank Borzage, John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), unidentified, Bunny Dull, Lew Borzage, Cyril Gardinder - unidentified standing behing with unidentified child, unidentified child in foreground - tip…

Date Range: 1922

Reference Code: V683 / II / A / PA - 271

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 / II / A : Peter Whyte: Personal

Sous-Fonds: V683

Reference Code: V683 / II / A / PA - 271

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1922

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

Scope & Content: Image of (left to right) unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Lew Cody, unidentified, Frank Borzage, John Hunter (Îhre Wapta) (Dry River Rocks), unidentified, Bunny Dull, Lew Borzage, Cyril Gardinder - unidentified standing behing with unidentified child, unidentified child in foreground - tipis in background - stamp at top left reads "Peter White Banff Alberta"

Subject Access: Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Ktunaxa woman and baby

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to Ktunaxa woman with a baby posed in front of a tepee

Date Range: 1923

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3271

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sous-Fonds: V263

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Accession Number: 2770

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3271

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Kootenay squaw & papoose

Date Range: 1923

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Pertains to Ktunaxa woman with a baby posed in front of a tepee

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Ktunaxa; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

Processing Status: Processed

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Unknown woman with horse and travois

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: [Kootenay First Nation woman and travois [at Banff?]]

Date Range: 1923

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 6205

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sous-Fonds: V263

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 6205

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Woman & travois

Date Range: 1923

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: [Kootenay First Nation woman and travois [at Banff?]]

Name Access: Harmon, Byron

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Recognizing Relations Collection

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)

Title Source: Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.; The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.