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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.01

Description: The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 56.0 x 76.0 cm

Description: The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier; Athabasca

Credit: Purchased from Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 1994

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.01

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Avalanche Zones

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 58 b&w prints of various avalanche areas and slides around Banff National Park, mostly focussed along stretches of highways and in and around ski areas, including backcountry ski areas like Assiniboine.

Date Range: [ca. 1977-1990]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / vi / d / PA - 01 to PA - 58

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, A : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: vi : Avalanches, d : Zones

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / vi / d / PA - 01 to PA - 58

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1977-1990]

Physical Description: 58 photographs : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 58 b&w prints of various avalanche areas and slides around Banff National Park, mostly focussed along stretches of highways and in and around ski areas, including backcountry ski areas like Assiniboine.

Subject Access: Aerial photography; Avalanches; Banff-Jasper Highway; Backcountry skiing; Lake Louise Ski Area; Mountains; Ski areas; Sunshine Ski Resort; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Alberta; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park; British Columbia

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / A / vi / d / NA - 01 to NA - 09

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Baby Dress

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Date: 1836

Material: fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1187

Description: Small cream coloured baby dress with puff sleeves. Lace around neckline, sleeves, and at bodice. Two ties are in bows at the neckline and just below. Circle of lace approx. 9 cm above hem of dress. Waist of dress is 20 cm, width at bottom 77.5 cm.

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Title: Baby Dress

Date: 1836

Material: fibre

Dimensions: 64 x 77.5 cm

Description: Small cream coloured baby dress with puff sleeves. Lace around neckline, sleeves, and at bodice. Two ties are in bows at the neckline and just below. Circle of lace approx. 9 cm above hem of dress. Waist of dress is 20 cm, width at bottom 77.5 cm.

Subject: households; clothing; children; Mary Schaffer Warren

Credit: Gift of Shelagh Nolan Lester, Calgary, 2005

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1187

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Banff and Yoho National Parks Photographs

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to climbing, skiing, ski touring, camps, facilities and landscape views in Banff and Yoho National Parks. Includes the construction of Bow Hut.

Date Range: 1944-1990

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 29 / NS - 1 to 493

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M7 / V46

Series: I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities

Sous-Fonds: V46

Accession Number: 7181

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 29 / NS - 1 to 493

GMD: Negative

Other Title Info: Alternate title: Banff, Yoho etc from 1950, Gl lake

Date Range: 1944-1990

Physical Description: 493 photographs : transparencies, 35mm, col

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to climbing, skiing, ski touring, camps, facilities and landscape views in Banff and Yoho National Parks. Includes the construction of Bow Hut.

Notes: LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 29 ) :; * Alta 47, Atha 47 - 1947; * Landscape/s and hut - 1948; * M50 : Maligne Lake and camp - 1950; * SG 51 : glacier, climbing - 1951; * Mount Hooker area, camps, landscape view/s (S53), climbing - 1953; * EC55 : Mount Edith Cavell - 1955; * Moat Lake 57, Athz 57, T57, Eremite 57: landscape view/s, camp, hut - 1957; * Landscape view/s - 1958; * Mal62, Maligne 62, Col 62, Colum 62 : landscape view/s, horse trail - 1962; * Landscape view/s - 1968; * F76 : flora - 1976; * Winter landscape view/s and hut - 1978

Name Access: Hind, Bob

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Backcountry skiing; Buildings and facilities; Construction; Exploration; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding

Geographic Access: Bow Hut; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 27) :; * Mountain landscape views - 1947; * Ski touring, Skoki area; skiing at Mount Norquay - 1948; * Skiing in Sunshine area - 1949; * Ski meet : ski meet at Mount Norquay, includes Banff Winter Carnival queen and John Hunter, Stoney First Nation - 1950; * F50 : Fay Hut, climbing, landscape views. Includes some photographs by MH - 1950; * KL, KH, Baker, Wapta : Castle Mountain, Wapta cabin and car, landscape views - 1950; * B51 : Banff Springs Hotel panorama, Cascade of Times garden, bears - 1951; * S51 : Skoki area, ski touring and landscape views - 1951; * Cos 51 : wildlife - 1951; * Y51 : Stanley Mitchell Hut in winter, ski touring group, Yoho area landscape - 1951; * EIC 51 : landscape views - 1951; * Hiking in Lake O'Hara area - 1951; * Sk52 : Skoki area, ski touring and landscape views - 1952; * Skoki area, Mount Whyte - 1953; * Banff climbing, landscape views, Lake Louise area, camps, Skoki area, Mount Whyte - 1954; * Climbing, Skoki Lodge, landscape views - 1955; * Ski touring, Sunshine area, Mount Temple and Skoki areas, landscape views, Skoki Lodge. Includes label: Class III, Marj Bugler - 1956; * Mount Cory, climbing and landscape views - 1957; * Mountain rescue - 1957; * Banff area, climbing and landscape views - 1958; * Mount Ishbel, Pilot Mountain, climbing - 1959; * Ice school, snow school, Banff townsite, Yoho area, climbing Mount Cory, Mount Edith, Mount Ishbel, St. Nic - 1960; * Skoki : includes Skoki Lodge, ski touring - [1960?]; * Banff : Vermilion Lakes, Bow Falls, wildlife, Mount Norquay - [1960?]; * Banff : Banff area, Mount Norquay, chairlift - [ca.1960]; * Yoho : group at Stanley Mitchell Hut - [ca.1960]; * Lake Louise - [ca.1960]; * Emerald : Mount Burgess, Kicking Horse River, ski touring at Sunshine and Mount Temple areas, Mount Norquay ski area, landscape views and people, Peyto Lake, Emerald Lake, Banff-Jasper Highway - [ca.1960]; * Yoho area, Stanley Mitchell Hut, climber, snowman, climbing Mount Cory, Banff views - 1961; * Bow Lake - 1962; * Mount Temple, Banff area - 1963; * GL recce : Glacier Lake area reconnaissance views, horses and ski touring - 1964; * Glacier Lake, Alpine Club of Canada camp, botany, glacier climbing - 1965; * Larch Valley, Moraine Lake, Mount Inglismaldie, Dolomite Peak - 1966; * Ski touring, Hole-in-the-Wall, landscape, botany - 1967; * Bow Hut construction, Shadow Lake cabin, children, landscape views - 1968; * Yoho landscape, Stanley Mitchell Hut, children hiking - 1969; * Lake O'Hara area - 1969; * Castleguard Meadows camp, hiking and landscape, Saskatchewan Glacier Hut - 1944-1972; * Glacier Lake camp (summer), hiking, botany, landscape. Includes competition entries by MGH and RG Hind: Class I, II and IV - 1973; * Banff area, hiking and landscape, including Heart Mountain, Emerald Lake - 1974; * Banff Indian Days, Healy Creek - 1975; * Mountain glacier - 1976; * Pilot Mountain area (fall/winter) and ski touring; man - 1977; * Camp (summer), hiking, landscape views - 1978; * Landscape views, man, woman - 1980; * Snow crystals, Yoho map - 1981; * Bow River? view - 1982; * Cathy wedding; woman at Cascade Mountain - 1983; * Banff area, Moraine Lake tourist - 1984; * Man and woman at Castle Mountain - 1987; * Chateau Lake Louise dinner group - 1990

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Trilogy

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Date: 1995 – 1996

Medium: oil on reclaimed wood door

Catalogue Number: CaM.02.02

Description: The painting is divided into three sections. Each section features a different house from the Banff area. Two wide blue stripes divide the three sections from each other. The first home on the left side is seen through small groups of trees. This log home with a wrap around verandah was built in 19…

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Title: Banff Trilogy

Date: 1995 – 1996

Medium: oil on reclaimed wood door

Dimensions: 45.7 x 203.2 cm

Description: The painting is divided into three sections. Each section features a different house from the Banff area. Two wide blue stripes divide the three sections from each other. The first home on the left side is seen through small groups of trees. This log home with a wrap around verandah was built in 1920 by Norman Luxton for Dr. Brett of the Brett Sanitarium. The current owner is John Peck and official address is 514 Buffalo Street. The second home is white in colour and was built in 1913 by Joseph Bannerman and it’s location in Banff is 602 Buffalo Street. The third home featured on this painting is currently owned by Mr. Blake O’Brian and is located at 214 Muskrat Street, Banff.

Subject: architecture; homes

Credit: Purchased from Boyne Hill, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: CaM.02.02

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Beaded Jacket

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Date: 1999

Material: skin, deer; glass; fibre;

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1186

Description: An untanned, buckskin jacket with floral beadwork design on the back across the shoulders in flowers with colours red, blue, black, yellow and leaves of green. The area below the beadwork is pinked and fringed. There is mirror image, identical beadwork on each side of the front of the jacket. There…

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Title: Beaded Jacket

Date: 1999

Material: skin, deer; glass; fibre;

Dimensions: 50.0; with arms 167.5 x 88.5 cm

Description: An untanned, buckskin jacket with floral beadwork design on the back across the shoulders in flowers with colours red, blue, black, yellow and leaves of green. The area below the beadwork is pinked and fringed. There is mirror image, identical beadwork on each side of the front of the jacket. There is a zippered front closure and a pinked and beaded portion on each side of the zipper. The beadwork is alternating blue, yellow and red flowers with blue and yellow leaves and stems and then below flowers with colours of red, blue, black, yellow and leaves in green. There are four flowers on each side. On the flat front pockets the borders are pinked and the beadwork is a flower with red petals rimmed with black and a yellow centre. The leaves and stem are green.

Subject: households; clothing; Indigenous; beadwork; Nick Morant; regalia

Credit: Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1186

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Beaded Moccasins

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Date: 1999

Material: skin, animal

Catalogue Number: 103.03.1128 a,b

Description: A pair of men’s cured hide, high-top moccasins, plain, no beadwork; they have pinked tongues and uppers, and long ties threaded through high-tops and tongue where it meets the vamps.

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Title: Beaded Moccasins

Date: 1999

Material: skin, animal

Dimensions: 22.0 x 13.5 x 29.5 sole cm

Description: A pair of men’s cured hide, high-top moccasins, plain, no beadwork; they have pinked tongues and uppers, and long ties threaded through high-tops and tongue where it meets the vamps.

Subject: footwear; Indigenous; Andy Russell; regalia

Credit: Gift of Andy Russell, Waterton Park, 1999

Catalogue Number: 103.03.1128 a,b

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Beaded Purse

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Date: 1835 – 1905

Material: fibre, silk; metal

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0086

Description: A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent co…

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Title: Beaded Purse

Date: 1835 – 1905

Material: fibre, silk; metal

Dimensions: 37.5 cm

Description: A long narrow netted grey silk evening bag with metallic beads laced in the netting. The beading becomes quite heavy at the bottom. The purse has a beaded tassel and a slit opening in the side with two angular metal rings that slip over the purse and secure its contents. Two Canadian ten cent coins dated 1911 and 1917 were found inside this purse.

Subject: households; social customs; crafts; beadwork

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 103.08.0086

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Bears, Pine Martens, Skunks and Badgers

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Part Of: Douglas Leighton fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs of mammals of British Columbia and Alberta. Some of the mammals include skunks, cottontail, badgers, bears, pika, weasel, coyote, ground squirrel, and wolf

Date Range: 1977 - 1979; 1981 - 1993; 1997 - 1999

Reference Code: V222 / II / D / 1 / NS - 1 to 230

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

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Part Of: Douglas Leighton fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M133; V222

Series: V222 / II : Animals

Sous-Fonds: V222

Sub-Series: V222 / II / D : Mammals

Accession Number: 2020.24

Reference Code: V222 / II / D / 1 / NS - 1 to 230

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1977 - 1979; 1981 - 1993; 1997 - 1999

Physical Description: 230 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs of mammals of British Columbia and Alberta. Some of the mammals include skunks, cottontail, badgers, bears, pika, weasel, coyote, ground squirrel, and wolf

Name Access: Leighton, Douglas

Subject Access: Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Nelson, BC; Radium, BC; Canal Flats, BC; Gadsen Provincial Park; Kootenay National Park; Manning Provincial Park; Cochrane, Alberta; Chase, BC