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Robert J. McGuinness fonds
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- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series: I. St. Mary's Parish, ca.1945-1983, 0.16 cm, and contains two sub-series: A. Architecture, ca.1945-1983 (architectural plans, general information); B. Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings (pertaining to Father McGuinness and St. Mary's Parish), 1950-1978. II. McGuinn…
- Date Range
- 1940-1950
- 1954
- 1955
- 1960
- 1977
- 1978
- 1980-1983
- Reference Code
- M460
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Plan
- Postcard
- Private record
- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 460
- Sous-Fonds
- M 460
- Accession Number
- 960
- 3707
- 2018.9000
- Reference Code
- M460
- Date Range
- 1940-1950
- 1954
- 1955
- 1960
- 1977
- 1978
- 1980-1983
- Physical Description
- 1.11 cm of textual records (34 pages : 29 x 42 cm or smaller) -- 9 architectural drawings : annotations ; 89 x 58 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- Originally from ancient Iveagh, which is now County Down, Ireland, the McGuinness family eventually migrated to Liverpool at an unknown time. The McGuinness family were provision merchants in Liverpool, but found supplies limited so they emigrated to Canada. Born on June 20, 1886 in Liverpool, Father Robert James McGuinness moved to Belleville, Ontario, Canada with his family in 1890. He had 7 brothers and sisters, including Oswald A. McGuinness, who settled in Invermere, British Columbia. Robert attended St. Lawrence College in Ampleforth, Yorkshire, and completed his studies at St. Servan in Rhiems, France, qualifying as an engineer. He held a position with the federal government upon his return to Canada, however when World War I broke out Robert served in the 29th Battalion of CRTS building pontoons behind European battle lines. After returning to Canada, Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as an architectural engineer, which brought him west to Banff, Alberta. Robert was the resident architectural engineer overlooking the construction of the Banff Springs Hotel expansion in the 1920's. In the late 1920's, Robert traveled to Rome to enter the seminary and four years later he was ordained as a priest. After serving as priest in Calgary, Robert was appointed Catholic priest in Banff in 1936, where he lived and worked until his death in 1961. To fulfill a personal dream, Robert designed and supervised the construction of the new church building and grounds for St. Mary's Parish (St. Mary's of the Assumption) which was completed in 1951. During his years in Europe, Robert visited ancient churches and cathedrals which influenced the design of the church, primarily the Norman Chateau architectural style. Robert was also a talented artist. Some of his work can be seen in galleries in New York and in Banff. His work has been reproduced for Canadian Pacific Railway tourism material, including the Spiral Tunnels postcard included in this fonds. Robert died in Calgary on June 17, 1961, just shy of his 75th birthday, after being ill for a few months.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series:
- I. St. Mary's Parish, ca.1945-1983, 0.16 cm, and contains two sub-series: A. Architecture, ca.1945-1983 (architectural plans, general information); B. Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings (pertaining to Father McGuinness and St. Mary's Parish), 1950-1978.
- II. McGuinness Family, 1953-1977, 1 cm (private records, including handwritten notes, a memoir, and a postcard).
- Notes
- . IYounger brother Oswald was a surveyor who built the road from Invermere to Calgary
- There is some indication that Robert had a role in the construction of the Bow River Bridge or the collection of the stones used for the bridge, but this is unconfirmed
- Name Access
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- Subject Access
- Architecture
- Art
- Banff
- Buildings
- Churches
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Family and personal life
- Professional and Personal Life
- Religions
- St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Ontario
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- 08.3 / Si 3m / Pam
- 08.3 / B22 stm / Pam
- 08.3 / Sa 2 / Pam
- Creator
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Religions
- Biographical Source Notes
- Based on contents of the fonds
- https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/g/o/g/Laurie-Goggin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0444.html
- "St. Mary's of the Assumption" pamphlet printed by the Crag and Canyon in Banff (08.3/Sa 2/Pam)
- http://www.stmarysparishbanff.ca/history/
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Springs : the story of a hotel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6084
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1973
- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Edition
- [1st ed.]
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22r c.1
- 08.3 B22r c.2
- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Edition
- [1st ed.]
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Published Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 115p. : ill., ports., plans
- Accession Number
- 3349 deaccessioned
- 8000
- 18500
- 7899 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22r c.1
- 08.3 B22r c.2
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- Archives Library
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History of Mount Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8141
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Gest, Lillian
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon
- Call Number
- 08.3 As7g Pam c.1
- 08.3 As7g Pam c.2
- Author
- Gest, Lillian
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 60p. : ill., port., map
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Copy 2 is signed by the author
- Accession Number
- 3130
- Call Number
- 08.3 As7g Pam c.1
- 08.3 As7g Pam c.2
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- Archives Library
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Kootenay mosaic
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1971
- Author
- Graham, Clara
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Evergreen
- Call Number
- 08.3 K83g
- Author
- Graham, Clara
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Evergreen
- Published Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 112p. : ill., map
- Accession Number
- 4000
- Call Number
- 08.3 K83g
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- Archives Library
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Tales of the Kootenays
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6139
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- 1938
- Author
- Smyth, Fred J
- Publisher
- Vancouver : J.J. Douglas
- Call Number
- 08.3 K83sm
- Author
- Smyth, Fred J
- Responsibility
- with historical sketches by the author and others
- Publisher
- Vancouver : J.J. Douglas
- Published Date
- 1977
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 205p. : ill., ports
- Accession Number
- 9500
- Call Number
- 08.3 K83sm
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- Archives Library
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A courageous patrol
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8189
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1970
- Author
- Langdon, S.R
- Call Number
- 08.3 P31l Pam
- Author
- Langdon, S.R
- Published Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- p.53-58
- Subjects
- Peace River
- Notes
- From RCMP Quarterly, vol.35, no.3
- Call Number
- 08.3 P31l Pam
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- Archives Library
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They came west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6076
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Brewster, Forrest Oliver (Pat)
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22bt c.1
- 08.3 B22bt c.2
- 08.3 B22bt c.3
- 08.3 B22bt c.4
- Responsibility
- editing and design: Jon Whyte
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 62p. : ill., port., facsim
- Notes
- Cover title: They came west : Pat's tales of the early days
- Contents: When I was five - includes Bill Brewster and brother John Brewster in 1886, Ed Loder lime kiln, story of Pat Brewster haircut with an axe;t Brewster as a five year old (p.11-16); Ed Loder (p.12); Howard Whitmere of Brewster Dairy (p.19-21); Mrs. Irving and daughter, the spiritualists (p.19-20); Princess Patricia and the Duke of Connaught visit of 1914 (p.21-22); Frank Oliver , newspaperman (p.21-27); ; stories of George Brewster (p.28-47) inclulding George Brewster and Tom Wilson at Silver City and social scene at the Montreal Hotel and the courting of David McDougall's daughter and niece, and stories of George in Finlay River in the Peace River area and prospecting in the Nordegg and Ghost Lake areas and resulting tensions with indians (p. 41-45) Kid Price, prospector (p.39-40); North-west Mounted Police (p.47-51): Fred Bagley, Sergeant Browning, Sergeant Taylor, Sergeant Casey Oliver, Inspector Harper, Michael Denis "Paddy" Ryan, Constable Stanley, Frank Bouchet (who was admitted to the Hockey Hall of Fame); locations of barracks (p.50-52); hockey (p.53-55) including Fred Pratt and photograph of the Banff Sulphur Rocks hockey team; Philip Moore, Powderface and the King of Siam (p.56-57); Cobb family (p.59); history of Banff's Lynx Street (p.61)
- Accession Number
- 3201
- 5533
- 7989
- 2014.8385
- 2019.68
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22bt c.1
- 08.3 B22bt c.2
- 08.3 B22bt c.3
- 08.3 B22bt c.4
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- Archives Library
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Big Hill Country
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Cochrane and Area Historical Society
- Call Number
- 08.3 C64
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 804p. : ill., ports., map., facsim
- Subjects
- Biography
- Accession Number
- 9500
- Call Number
- 08.3 C64
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- Archives Library
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Crowsnest and its people
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Crowsnest Pass Historical Society
- Call Number
- 08.3 C88c
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- xii, 914p. : ill., port., maps
- Subjects
- Biography
- Accession Number
- 12000
- Call Number
- 08.3 C88c
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- Archives Library
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The history of Glacier House
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1970
- Author
- Marsh, John Stuart
- Publisher
- Golden : Golden & District Historical Society
- Call Number
- 08.3 G45m Pam
- Author
- Marsh, John Stuart
- Publisher
- Golden : Golden & District Historical Society
- Published Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 4p. : ill
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 1051
- Call Number
- 08.3 G45m Pam
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- Archives Library
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The Monkman Pass highway
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Stacey, E.C
- Publisher
- Beaverlodge : Beaverlodge & District Historical Association
- Call Number
- 08.3 M74s Pam
- Author
- Stacey, E.C
- Publisher
- Beaverlodge : Beaverlodge & District Historical Association
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 44p. : ill., port., map
- Accession Number
- 2228
- 10000
- Call Number
- 08.3 M74s Pam
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- Archives Library
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Cranbrook heritage report
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Cranbrook Archives, Museum & Landmark Foundation
- Call Number
- 08.3 C85 Pam
- Responsibility
- [sgd] Garry W. Anderson
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 48p. : ill
- Accession Number
- 5763
- Call Number
- 08.3 C85 Pam
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- Archives Library
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East Kootenay saga
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Scott, David
- Publisher
- New Westminster : Nunaga
- Call Number
- 08.3 K83s
- Author
- Scott, David
- Responsibility
- David Scott, Edna H. Hanic
- Publisher
- New Westminster : Nunaga
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 128p. : ill., maps, ports
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 7500
- Call Number
- 08.3 K83s
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- Archives Library
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History of Moraine Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8183
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1970
- Author
- Gest, Lillian
- Call Number
- 08.3 M79g Pam
- Author
- Gest, Lillian
- Published Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 39p. : ill., map
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Names, Geographical
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 857
- 4083
- Call Number
- 08.3 M79g Pam
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A frontier guide to mystic Jasper and the Yellowhead Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6124
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1973
- Author
- Anderson, Frank W
- Call Number
- 08.3 J31
- Author
- Anderson, Frank W
- Published Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 56p. : ill., map., ports
- Series
- Frontier book, 30
- Accession Number
- 6500
- Call Number
- 08.3 J31
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A Golden guide
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1971
- Author
- Marsh, John Stuart
- Call Number
- 08.3 G56m Pam
- Author
- Marsh, John Stuart
- Responsibility
- by John Stuart Marsh, Dale Brown, Marlis Lindsay, Melanie Miller and Roy Sackeroff
- Published Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 20p. : ill., maps
- Accession Number
- 17500
- Call Number
- 08.3 G56m Pam
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Oh! the Coal Branch : a chronicle of the Alberta Coal Branch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6165
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Ross, Toni
- Call Number
- 08.3 R73
- Author
- Ross, Toni
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- viii, 339p. : ill., ports., facsim
- Subjects
- Biography
- Accession Number
- 7000
- Call Number
- 08.3 R73
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Beaverlodge to the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6087
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Beaverlodge and District Historical Society
- Call Number
- 08.3 B38
- Responsibility
- editor: E.C. Stacey
- artist: Euphemia MacNaught
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 576p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Biography
- Notes
- Accompanied by Supplement (348p.)
- Accession Number
- 10000
- Call Number
- 08.3 B38
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Canmore : the story of an era
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6093
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1975
- Author
- Appleby, Edna
- Publisher
- Calgary : D.W. Friesen
- Call Number
- 08.3 C16ap
- Author
- Appleby, Edna
- Publisher
- Calgary : D.W. Friesen
- Published Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 163p. : ill., ports., facsim
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- Accession Number
- 5142
- 8000
- Call Number
- 08.3 C16ap
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The Committee's Punch Bowl
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6146
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Moore, A. W
- Call Number
- 08.3 M78
- Author
- Moore, A. W
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- p.50-51 : ill
- Subjects
- Simpson, Sir George
- Thompson, David
- Notes
- In R.C.M.P. Quarterly
- Accession Number
- 2203
- Call Number
- 08.3 M78
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- Archives Library
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