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Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword), Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword) in regalia.
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3166
- 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 - 3166
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Chief John Hunter
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword) in regalia.
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Kaquitts, Benjamin
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Reprocessed / archival quality gold-toned, 1973
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Original identifications made by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family Identification made through cross-referencing with other fonds and images from the Recognizing Relations project in 2014.
- Content Details
- Original identifications made by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family Ben Kaquitts(Knife Carrier)(Mi-hra-ge) Identification made through cross-referencing with other fonds and images from the Recognizing Relations project in 2014.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bill McLean, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Updated description: Bill McLean, Stoney Nakoda. Son of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo)]*
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3221
- 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 - 3221
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Updated description: Bill McLean, Stoney Nakoda. Son of George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo)]*
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- McLean, Bill
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney
- 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.
- .
- Content Details
- [Updated description: Bill McLean, Stoney Nakoda. Son of George McLean (Walking Buffalo)(Tatâga Mani)]*
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Byron Harmon fonds
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon. I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- V263
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 263
- Sous-Fonds
- V 263
- Accession Number
- 235, 980, 1549, 1622, 2588, 2656, 2770, 2792, 2895, 3005, 3394, 3423, 3657, 3807, 3824, 3859, 3988, 4028, 4076, 5052, 5181, 5205, 5254, 5381, 6070, 6127, 6587, 6602
- Reference Code
- V263
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Published record
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Byron Harmon Photos fonds.
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.10,500 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : prints, postcards, negatives, transparencies, motion pictures, sample products
- History / Biographical
- Byron Hill Harmon, 1876-1942, was a professional photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was born near Tacoma, Washington, USA and operated a portrait studio there for a time. In 1903, while travelling around the United States and Canada as an itinerant photographer, he decided to settle in Banff and by 1907 had produced enough mountain views to begin selling a line of postcards. Between 1906 and 1913, Harmon was official photographer for the Alpine Club of Canada and made trips in numerous mountain areas, such as the Bugaboos (1910) and Mount Robson (1911, 1913). Harmon personally financed trips into other areas, such as Tonquin Valley (1918) and Lake of the Hanging Glaciers (1920, 1922), producing both still photographs and motion pictures for commercial sale. After his last major expedition in 1924 across Saskatchewan Glacier, through to Maligne Lake and back to Banff by packtrain, Harmon devoted most of his time to photographing scenes along the railway, skiing in the Assiniboine and Skoki regions, and the annual rides and hikes of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. At the same time he managed several businesses, including a drug store, fountain lunch, theatre and book store. In his later years, Harmon spent much time travelling and photographing in other parts of the world. The business, Byron Harmon Photos, was managed successively by his son, Don Harmon, then his grand-daughter, Carole Harmon.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon.
- I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indians, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon.
- II. Personal, 189- to 194-, ca.370 items. Includes: family photographs and views received from others; motion picture out-takes pertaining to world travels, 1930s; and 35 mm. transparencies, ca.1940, pertaining mainly to world travels, also mountain and prairie scenics.
- Notes
- For more information on the Byron Harmon photographs, see "Great Days in the Rockies: The Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934" (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978) or "Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer" by Carole Harmon and Bart Robinson (Banff: Altitude Publishing, 1992)
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series description
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Byron Harmon postcards can also be found in the Postcard general file (V466)
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Rockies : a series of eighteen hand colored Vandyck photogravures
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1937?
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Publisher
- Banff : Byron Harmon
- Call Number
- F1090 C3 H3
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Publisher
- Banff : Byron Harmon
- Published Date
- 1937?
- Call Number
- F1090 C3 H3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Chief Louis Arbel, Ktunaxa
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Chief Louis Arbel of the Ktunaxa (Kootenay) Nation, son of Abel Morningstar, posed on horseback in front of tipi.
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 6095
- 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 - 6095
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Indians & teepees
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1915-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Chief Louis Arbel of the Ktunaxa (Kootenay) Nation, son of Abel Morningstar, posed on horseback in front of tipi.
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- 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.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Christine Holloway (Kiska Wîyâ) (Mountain Sheep Woman), Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Christine Holloway (Kiska Wîyâ) (Mountain Sheep Woman).
- Date Range
- [ca, 1920-1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3189
- 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 - 3189
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Squaw, Widow Holloway
- Date Range
- [ca, 1920-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of Christine Holloway (Kiska Wîyâ) (Mountain Sheep Woman).
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Holloway, Christine
- Subject Access
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- see RR 204
- Creator
- Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)
- Title Source
- Original identifications by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family Correction card filed with the Archives by visiting Stoney Elders confirms identification made through Recognizing Relations, a 2014 archives initiative.
- Content Details
- Original identifications by Byron Harmon, his staff or Harmon family Christine Holloway (Isk-way-sis), Stoney Nakoda. Married to Horace [maiden name unknown] Correction card filed with the Archives by visiting Stoney Elders confirms identification made through Recognizing Relations, a 2014 archives initiative.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Collected materials, commercial postcards
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- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 41 commercial postcards, mostly produced in Banff by Byron Harmon. Content pertains to Banff and the Canadian Rockies; sports including snowshoeing, hiking, curling and boating; landscapes nd mountain views; multiple hotels in and near Banff [the Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake L…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1905 - ca. 1910]
- 1912
- 1915
- [ca. 1920]
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
- [ca. 1960]
- Reference Code
- V324 / VI / PG - 1 to 41
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- V324 / VI : Collected materials
- Sous-Fonds
- V324
- Accession Number
- 2016.8581
- Reference Code
- V324 / VI / PG - 1 to 41
- GMD
- Postcard
- Responsibility
- Produced by Byron Harmon, Canadian Postcard Co. Ltd., Valentine - Black Co. Ltd, G & W Fear Photographers, Dexter Press Inc.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1905 - ca. 1910]
- 1912
- 1915
- [ca. 1920]
- [ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 41 postcards : b&w and col. ; 10 x 14.5 cm and 9 x 14 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 41 commercial postcards, mostly produced in Banff by Byron Harmon. Content pertains to Banff and the Canadian Rockies; sports including snowshoeing, hiking, curling and boating; landscapes nd mountain views; multiple hotels in and near Banff [the Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise, Cascade Hotel and Mount Royal Hotel]; Banff's fish hatchery; hoodoo rock formations; animals at the Banff Zoo including bears and buffalo, and other local wildlife; the Cave and Basin; a military base camp in Petawawa, Ontario where Forest Kidney was stationed in World War I; and the Bank of Commerce building in Toronto.
- Notes
- Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Kidney, Forest H. (Pop)
- Subject Access
- Mountain
- Hiking
- Sports
- Winter sports
- Curling
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Hotel
- Banff Spring Hotel
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Cascade Hotel
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Swimming
- Hot Springs
- Landscapes
- Boats
- Geological formation
- Animals
- Buffalo
- Bear
- Train
- Travel
- World War I
- Military
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Cave and Basin
- Robson Glacier
- Bankhead
- Lake Louise
- British Columbia
- Field
- Bow River
- Castle Mountain
- Mount Rundle
- France
- Arras
- Ontario
- Petawawa
- Toronto
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- One item with adhesive stains on back has been placed in mylar to protect adjacent items
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Enos Hunter, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Stoney First Nation]
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3232
- 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 - 3232
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Indians & teepees
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Stoney First Nation]
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Hunter, Enos
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- 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.
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- Content Details
- [Updated description: Enos Hunter, Stoney Nakoda]*
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Entering Connaught Tunnel and Ross Peak
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- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1934
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99-50
1 image
- Variant Title
- Along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Author
- Harmon, Byron
- Responsibility
- Byron Harmon
- Place
- Made in Canada
- Published Date
- ca. 1934
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- b&w
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 6392
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99-50
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Florence and Lawrence Twoyoungmen, Stoney Nakoda
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- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Stoney First Nation]
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Reference Code
- V263 / NA - 3298
- 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 - 3298
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Parallel Title
- Indian children
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- [Stoney First Nation]
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Twoyoungmen, Florence
- Twoyoungmen, Lawrence
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing Relations Collection
- Stoney Nakoda
- Stoney
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff Indian Days Grounds
- 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.
- Content Details
- [Updated description: Florence and Lawrence Twoyoungmen, Stoney Nakoda, Florence later married Sykes Powderface]*
- Processing Status
- Processed
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