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Dorothy Wardle fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Record…
Date Range
ca. 1870 - ca. 1998
1870s-1880s
ca.1918 - ca. 1960s
1986-1998
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997-1998
Reference Code
M521 / I / A / 3-4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Newspaper clipping
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
Dorothy Wardle fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M521 / V75
Series
M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers
Sous-Fonds
M521
Sub-Series
M521 / I / A : Research and Writing
Accession Number
7504
Reference Code
M521 / I / A / 3-4
GMD
Newspaper clipping
Private record
Textual record
Date Range
ca. 1870 - ca. 1998
1870s-1880s
ca.1918 - ca. 1960s
1986-1998
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997-1998
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 30 x 35 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Records were filed in an envelope that was titled "Book Notes." Notable people include James Wardle, J.B. Harkin, Pat Brewster, Arthur Unwin, Dr. Brett, Norman Sanson, and Bill Peyto, among others. Notable places and topics include the organization of the Department of the Interior, the Banff-Windemere Highway, Rocky Mountain Park and Park Wardens, Kootenay National Park fires, coal and precious metal mines (e.g. Bankhead, Silver City), trail riding and hiking, research about James Wardle and his accomplishments, Ya-Ha-Tinda, and various parks (e.g. Glacier, Revelstoke, Elk Island, Kootenay, and Yoho). Other records include a handwritten letter to the Auld family in Scotland (cousins of Sheila Ritchie) with a story about Glenbow and a highland cow from Oban, Scotland; personal reflections on the Banff area and mountains in general; notes that Dorothy took while doing research at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the Banff Public Library; and a variety of newspaper clippings.
Notes
Includes request slips and stationary from the archives at the Whyte Museum.
Potentially includes a handwritten list of Dorothy's written works.
Newspaper clippings primarily from the Times Colonist, which is published in Victoria, British Columbia.
Name Access
Wardle, Dorothy
Wardle, James M.
Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard)
Brewster, Pat
Peyto, Bill
Brett, Robert George
Sanson, Norman
Subject Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Banff Public Library
National parks and reserves
Newspaper
Parks Canada
Park policy
Research
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Wardens
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch
Hiking
Community life
History
Mines and mineral resources
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
Bankhead
British Columbia
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Castle Mountain
Glacier National Park
Kootenay National Park
Silver City
Victoria
Yoho National Park
Scotland
Revelstoke
Language
English
Conservation
Some of the slips of paper are taped together. Was unable to remove them without damaging the materials. May present conservation issues in the future.
Creator
Wardle, Dorothy
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Transportation
Politics
Natural resources
Family and personal life
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Title was written on an envelope containing these materials.
Processing Status
Processed
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Brett Family Photographs

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Part Of
Brett family fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to photographs of Banff people and places; Brett family, friends and associates. Some duplication with albums
Date Range
[ca.1875-ca.1935]
Reference Code
V83 / V / B / PA - 1 to 321
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
  13 images  
Part Of
Brett family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M1 / V83
Series
V.B. Brett family series : photographs
Sous-Fonds
V83
Accession Number
5, 20, 58, 78, 102, 354, 1164, 1532, 5042, 2022.35
Reference Code
V83 / V / B / PA - 1 to 321
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
[ca.1875-ca.1935]
Physical Description
322 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to photographs of Banff people and places; Brett family, friends and associates. Some duplication with albums
Notes
LIST OF IMAGES :
1 [Graduation portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett, 1872]
2 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett, ca.1878]
3 [Wedding portrait of Dr. R. G. Brett and Louise Hungerford Brett, 1878]
4 [Wedding portrait of Louise Hungerford Brett, 1878]
5 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett]
6 Louise Brett, July 10th, 1886
7 [Portrait of Raymond Montague Rooper? and Dr. Robert G. Brett, ca.1890]
8 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett]
9 R. G. Brett, Xmas 1910
10 [Dr. Robert G. Brett]
11 [Portrait of Louise H. Brett, Sept. 1900]
12 For Harry with love from Mother Banff, Sept. 1900 [Portrait of Louise H. Brett]
13 [Louise H. Brett, ca.1900]
14 [Dr. Robert G. Brett in buggy with horse Billie]
15 [Earle Brett, unidentified nurse, Dr. Robert G. Brett, unidentified boy, unidentified nurse and Raymond Rooper in front of Brett house, ca.1895]
16 [Louise H. Brett with dogs]
17 Father's winter rig. One that took with Effie & the boy [Dr. Brett's cutter]
18 [Dr. Robert G. Brett in launch at New York?]
19 [Dr. Robert G. Brett in launch at New York?]
20 [Dr. G. J. Johnson, Dr. John E. Clough with Mrs. Clough, Miss Johnson, Dr. Brett and nurse]
21 [Group of people on lawn. Back row: Louise Brett, second from left, Harry Brett, 3rd from left, Dr. Robert G. Brett, far right. Front row: Earle Brett, 2nd from right]
22 [Lieutenant-Governor Brett in car on new Banff bridge, ca.1923]
23 [RCMP group at celebration of 50th anniversary of signing of Treaty Seven?, 1927?]
24-28 [RCMP at Blackfoot Crossing for celebration of 50th anniversary of signing of Treaty Seven?, 1927?]
29 [RCMP at Edmonton, ca.1925]
30 [Lieutenant-Governor Robert G. Brett cutting ribbon at opening of Banff-Windermere Highway, June 23, 1923]
31 [Lieutenant-Governor Robert G. Brett and group in front of car, August 30, 1925]
32-38 [Lieutenant-Governor Robert G. Brett, ca.1925]
39 [Louise Brett and unidentified women, ca.1930]
40 [Portrait of Earle Brett, 1887]
41 [Portrait of Earle Brett, 1889] 18 months old
42-43 Vienna, Earle Six years old [portraits, 1894]
44 Earle Brett, aged 13 years, Banff, Sept.1900
45-46 [Portrait of Earle Brett, ca.1905]
47 [Earle Brett, far right, with group, ca.1910]
48 [Group includes Harry Brett, Helen Brett, Maidie & Earle Brett in Upper Hot Springs pool, ca.1910]
49 [Earle and Maidie Brett with others in Upper Hot Springs pool, ca.1910]
50 [Earle and Maidie Brett, ca.1910]
51 [Catherine Brett in front of Brett House, ca.1914]
52 [Catherine Brett and Mrs. Earle Brett near Brett Drugstore, ca.1915]
53-54 [Catherine Brett, ca.1916]
55 [Portrait of Harry Brett, ca.1889]
56 [Harry Brett, ca.1895]
57 [Harry Brett working in his studio] Feb. 1899
58 [Harry Brett, right front seat, on sightseeing bus, 1899]
59 [Dr. Harry Brett's graduation portrait, 1902]
60 [Group portrait of medical students includes Harry Brett, left, Stuart McKidd, centre, and Algernon Lindsay, second from right, ca.1900]
61 [Group portrait of medical students includes Harry Brett, left front), Stuart McKidd, left back, and Algernon Lindsay, right front), ca.1900]
62 [Group of medical students including Harry Brett, centre rear), ca.1900]
63-65 [Humorous postcards of Harry Brett]
66 [Group of women with Harry Brett, back row, and Algernon Lindsay, seated]
67 [Group out on trail includes Howard Sibbald, Mrs. Jimmy Simpson, Kina Sibbald, Mary Sibbald, Harry Brett, Del Sibbald]
68 [Harry and Helen Brett]
69 [Harry Brett sitting on rustic bench with women]
70 [Harry Brett on horse Billie]
71 [Harry Brett]
72 [Dr. Harry Brett beside the Brett Hospital]
73 [Harry Brett, ca.1912]
74 [Harry Brett and Mrs. Louise Brett? picking fruit off tree]
75 After the battle, Banff Bonspiel, prize winners 1913 [left to right: Dr. Lyman, George Hunter, Harry Brett (skip), Scot Ashley]
76 [Curling at Banff - left to right: John Wilson, Bill Ritchie, Arthur Saddington, Harry Brett, ca.1912]
77-78 [Curlers posed in front of Brett Hospital]
79 [Helen Brett, Catherine Brett, Maidie Brett, Harry Brett, on lawn near tennis court, ca.1913]
80 [Harry & Helen Brett and unidentified nurse on steps of Brett Hospital, ca.1910]
81 [Nurse Helen Brett and another nurse]
82 [Nurses attending patient at Sanitarium operating room, Helen Brett, centre]
83 [Portrait of Helen Brett]
84 [Helen Brett on Tunnel Mountain]
85 [Portrait of Raymond Montague Rooper?]
86 [Portrait of Mrs. Donna Rooper, sister of Louise Brett), ca.1891]
87 [Portrait of Mrs. Donna Rooper & baby] Trevor G.H. Rooper, 18 months old
88-89 Trevor Hungerford Rooper, four months old
90 [Portrait of Trevor Rooper & Lionel Rooper]
91 [Portrait of Mrs. Neville (Katie) Lindsay, Louise Brett's sister)]
92 [Portrait of Mrs. Katie Lindsay] Jan. 1900
93 [Neville Lindsay's children]
94 [Algernon Lindsay?]
95 Hazel Lindsay 1914
96 Hazel Lindsay 1915
97 Lionel Lindsay, Bournemouth
98 [Mrs. Emmo McDermid]
99 [Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McDermid & son William] 1900
100 [Alida McDermid, 1895]
101 [William McDermid] 1895
102 [Brenda Louise Hungerford]
103-104 [Portraits of unidentified Brett relatives]
105 [Portrait of unidentified female relative?]
106 [Unidentified man in uniform]
107 [Catherine Brett with half brothers Robert & John Robarts, ca.1920]
108 [Herbert Robarts with stepdaughter Catherine Brett and sons Robert & John, ca.1924]
109 [Portrait of priest? in robe] 1904
110 [Portrait of J. F. Betts]
111 [Portrait of Louis Castellain, 1896]
112 [Portrait of Alexander Hugh Ferguson]
113 [Portrait of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Borden?]
114-115 [Portraits of unidentified men]
116 [Portrait of unidentified man] 1900
117-120 [Portraits of unidentified men]
121 [Man in uniform]
122-131 [Portraits of unidentified people]
132 J.H. McIllree [Assistant Commissioner, NWMP]
133 Lily McIllree
134-136 [Portraits of soldiers]
137 Geo. H. Hogbin
138 George Paris [ca.1902]
139 Dr. O.A. Lyman
140 Ralph Douglas
141 [Buffalo Child Long Lance?]
142 [Man sitting on wharf]
143 [Portrait of man with bulldog]
144 [Portrait of Banff Curling Club members, 1908-1909]
145 Ottawa, May 11th, 1896 [Group portrait]
146 Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Austin, Feby. 1896
147 [Wedding portrait, couple unidentified]
148 Mary Inglis, 1922
149-150 [Unidentified portraits]
151 [Portrait of Edna Kells]
152-154 [Unidentified portraits]
155 Elma Taylor, Jan. 1st, 1897
156 Marion Castellain, 1898
157-163 [Unidentified portraits]
164 Margaret G. Allan
165 Yokohama [woman wearing Japanese costume]
166-167 [Nurse]
168 [Graduation portrait of Norlaine]
169 [Portrait of Norah]
170 No.2 Mary Clarissa
171 No.3 Helen Alphonsus
172 No.4 Gertrude Philomena
173 No.5 Catharine Harriet
174 [Portrait of Catherine Brett?]
175 [Portrait of Julian Eltinger?]
176 [Unidentified children]
177 Charles David Crawley Age 4 months, 1916
178-182 [Portraits of unidentified boys]
183-186 [Portraits of unidentified girl]
187 Isobel Valerie Jones Oct. 1910
188 [Portrait of girl]
189 [Portrait of unidentified children]
190 Robin & Evelyn Inglis
191 [Portrait of unidentified children]
192 Geo Paris on the beach Victoria, 1919
193 Mrs. Geo [Ida] Paris at Victoria, 1919
194 [Left to right-Ted Paris, Herb Paris, George Paris, Mrs. George (Ida) Paris, Cyril Paris, Georgie Paris, ca.1912]
195 Mrs. George Paris, Dr. Johnstone, Lena Boyd
196 How is this for a Banff Sport? Some sport eh? [Unidentified man]
197 [Man playing hockey on Mather's skating rink]
198 [Sanitarium Hotel workers playing with a monkey]
199 I thought you would like one of "Pete" M.B. [couple sitting on lawn with monkey]
200 [Man with wolfhounds]
201 [Mrs. Longworthy]
202 [Group of women sitting on lawn]
203-206 [Unidentified women]
207 Lena Lyman 1915
208 [Woman and child sitting on steps]
209 [Children sitting on steps]
210 [Unidentified child]
211 [Group of people at costume party]
212 [Group of people in costumes out in front of Bretton Hall]
213 [Group by car in front of lake, ca.1920]
214 [Winter camp near Banff]
215 [Winter scene]
216-217 [Unidentified woman]
218 [Group of coal miners]
219 [Group includes, back row)-Jimmy Larkin, Walter Peyto, Ben Woodworth, Harry Robinson, Ned Tabuteau;, front row)-Harry Davis, Jack MacCormick, Joe Dawmey]
220 [Bob Lothian driving the Sanitarium Hotel bus]
221 Sanitarium Hotel, Banff [ca.1910 photograph by S.J. Thompson]
222 [Demolition of Bretton Hall Hotel, ca.1933]
223 National Park Drug Store [2nd Brett Drug Store]
224 [The Brett Hospital]
225 [The Brett Block, ca.1912]
226 [Mr. & Mrs. Bevan Ashton and Phillip, Brett residence in background]
227 [Dr. Robert G. Brett's house]
228 March 1900 [Dr. Robert G. Brett's house in winter]
229 Not so very good of the house but the best I could get hold of M.B. [Dr. Robert G. Brett's house showing addition]
230 [Interior view of Senator Forget's house, formerly Dr. Brett's house]
231 [Beach House, Lake Minnewanka, ca.1890, photograph by A. B. Thom]
232 [Original NWMP barracks on Banff Avenue]
233 The Royal Party at Banff [Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York in carriage, escorted by NWMP, 1901, photograph by S. J. Thompson]
234 [Canon H. Tully Montgomery, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1939]
235 [View from Sanitarium Hotel window of Banff townsite, 1886]
236 [Banff townsite from Brett Sanitarium, ca.1908]
237 [Group of men including NWMP officer on bridge across Bow River, ca.1890, photograph by John Woodruff]
238 [Bridge across Spray River]
239 [Swimmers in the Cave & Basin pool, ca.1890 photograph by John Woodruff]
240-241 [Unidentified man jumping horse behind Banff Ave., ca.1905]
242 This is a snapshot I took of the Regatta on Vermilion Lakes. Sept. 11th, 1908 / Neville Lindsay
243 [Canoes at boathouse with Mount Rundle in background]
244 [People on launch "The Lady of the Lake,"]
245 [Mathers cabin on Bow River, ca.1890]
246 Bow Valley from Grand View Villa
247 A view taken from Sulphur Mountain showing the Bow Valley and River, Tunnel Mountain on the left and Lake Minnewanka in the distance, Sept. 10th, 1908 / Neville Lindsay
248 [Bow River and view of the Goat Range]
249 [Bow Valley]
250 [Group of people by Bow River below Bow Falls]
251 [Vermilion Lakes in winter]
252 Desolation [Sundance?] Canyon
253 [Group of people at Sundance? Canyon]
254 [Woman on bridge at Sundance? Canyon]
255 [Unidentified mining operation?]
256 [Fountain at The Sanitarium?]
257 Driving the Golden Spike, by Hon. D.A. Smith, on C.P.R., Nov. 7, 1885, 9:30 a.m.[Donald Smith driving in the Last Spike at Craigellachie, BC] / [Ross, Best & Co.]
258 [Mount Stephen House, Field, B.C. / A.W. Palmer]
259 Field, B.C. Steam engine [No.732]
260 Muir's 2nd Tunnel-6th Crossing Kicking Horse [River] No. 63
261 [Dr. Robert G. Brett? at the Great Divide]
262 [Winter scene, photograph by Byron Harmon]
263 [Indigenous burial platform with teepee]
264 [Passengers on boat "Northland Echo,"]
265 [View of knick-knack shelf]
266 [Wedding announcement of Minnie McCardell & Thomas Davidson, 1917]
267 [Unidentified buildings beside lake?]
268 [Unidentified animal park?]
269 [Unidentified city beside lake]
270 [Unidentified square with statue]
271 [House in Bournemouth, England-Lindsay's?]
272-273 [Unidentified family on porch]
274-275 Whitehall, N.Y.
276 Our Armoury [Whitehall, New York?]
277 Comical [?] band on boat
278 [Unidentified view of river along CPR line / A. B. Thom]
279 [Arch decorated honouring Queen Victoria, unidentified location]
280 [Man boating on unidentified lake]
281 [House in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia]
282 [Interior of unidentified church?]
283 [Unidentified building] Ekaterinodar, South Russia. 9/12/19
284 "Valley Home" built by Joseph Saunders in 1804
285 [House in Pasadena, California]
286 [Dr. A. McDermid's house, Winnipeg, Manitoba, ca.1885 / T. R. Colpitts]
287 Bird's eye view of Banff, from Tunnel Mountain / Boorne & May [ca.1887]
288 "Killing" Western Canada Ranching Series 1912 by A. E. Brown
289 A deep ford Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
290 Out for a "Pull" Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
291 Day Herd Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
292 First to camp Western Canada Ranching Series 1912 by A.E. Brown
293 Round-up Camp on Milk River Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
294 Brett Hospital, Banff / D. White, Banff, Alta.
295 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett, Lt.-Governor of Alberta, ca.1920 / by A. L. Hess]
296 [Earle Brett riding a horse]
297 [Portrait of Mrs. Louise Brett, ca.1920 / A. L. Hess]
298 [Dr. R.G. Brett's Banff residence, Harry and Earle Brett on horseback, ca.1895]
299 Dr. R.G. Brett's Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff, Alberta / S. J. Thompson]
300 St. John's College Dramatic Society in "Heroes" 1908. -- [includes Earle Brett]
301 [Duke and Duchess of Connaught welcomed by Dr. R.G. Brett, Banff, Chinese boy at left is Goon Sir Wing, 1912]
302-303 [Masquerade party in the Brewster Hall. ca.1907]
304 [Sanitarium tally-ho carrying a group of people with sign "I'm a going to live anyhow until I die" ca.1905]
305 [Portrait of a woman in English riding clothes]
306 [Portrait of a woman leafing through a magazine]
307 [Portrait of a baby, ca.1921]
308 [Portrait of a woman]
309 [Portrait of General Harold MacDonald]
310 [Portrait of a priest?; underneath is photograph of young woman, 1912]
311 [A private residence in Ontario?, ca.1900]
312 [Curling team with Wiser's Red Letter Trophy - back left to right: Jim & Jock McCowan, Bull Ritchie, Jack ?, D.C. Bain - front left to right: Harry Brett, Arthur Saddington, ca.1915]
313 Kiwanis Club of Calgary, 1920
314 Cricket Club, Banff. August 1897 / R. H. Trueman [Earle Brett, front right, George Paris, back left, Harry Brett, back centre]
315 Dr. Brett's private residence and Sanitarium Hotel / R. H. Truman [with Earle Brett, Louise Brett? and Harry Brett, ca.1900]
316 [Portrait of Dr. Harry Brett]
317 [Mary Sibbald, Harry Brett, Hugh Sibbald and unidentified, ca.1905- 1910]
318 Canadian Industrial Congress, Edmonton, June 4 & 5, 1920
319 [Portrait of Harry Brett]
320 [Portrait of Lady Byng]
321 [Portrait of Julian Hedworth George Byng, Governor-General of Canada, 1921-1926]
322 [Portrait of Harry Brett]
Name Access
Brett, Helen
Brett, Louise
Brett, Reginald H. (Harry)
Brett, Robert G.
Brett, Robert George
Subject Access
Activities
Children
Family
Family and personal life
Exploration
Government
Landscapes
Last Spike
Military
Mountains
Photography
Portrait
Professional and Personal Life
Travel
Trains
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
British Columbia
Alberta
Canada
New York City
New York
United States of America
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Exploration and travel
Government
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Dorothy Wardle fonds

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Part Of
Dorothy Wardle fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75. M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including cor…
Date Range
ca.1870-2002
Reference Code
M521 / V75
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Postcard
Transparency
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Dorothy Wardle fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M521
V75
Sous-Fonds
M521
V75
Accession Number
5296, 5391, 7504
Reference Code
M521 / V75
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Postcard
Transparency
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
ca.1870-2002
Physical Description
154 cm of textual records. -- 1304 photographs (1190 prints, 95 negatives, 19 transparencies). -- 6 photograph albums.
History / Biographical
The Wardle family was comprised of husband and wife, James Morey Wardle (June 26,1888 - May 18,1971) and Maud Leette (Roney) Wardle (May 24,1889 - December 1,1969), and their one child, Dorothy Hope Wardle (May 23,1919 - July 20,2003). James Wardle, born in Chiliwack, British Columbia, was a civil engineer and public servant. He was the Superintendent of Banff National Park from 1918-1921, Chief Engineer for Parks Canada from 1921-1935, and Deputy Minister of the Interior from 1935-1936. He is primarily known as a highway design engineer, particularly for building the Banff-Windermere, Banff-Lake Louise, and Banff-Jasper highways. He was a councillor for the Municipality of Rockcliffe Park in Ontario and he was the President of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Banff from 1925-1929. Mount Wardle in Vermillion was named after him in 1921. James married Leette on November 4, 1913, with whom he had one child, Dorothy. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy (also known as Dot and Dorie) grew up in Banff, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario, due to her father's position with the federal government. She was educated at the Mountain School in Banff and at the Elmwood School in Ottawa. All three family members were graduates of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. James graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Leette graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and in 1942, Dorothy also earned a Bachelor's degree. Dorothy was prominent in student life and active in athletics. In 1941, Dorothy became the first woman elected as President of the Alma Mater Society and during her academic career, Dorothy was a member of the Levana Intercollegiate Debative, University Centenary Committee, and Queen’s War Aid Commission. Dorothy spent her career as a freelance writer however, upon graduation she served as the first Secretary-In-Charge of Records at Carleton College (now Carleton University) from 1942-1944 in Ottawa and in the mid-1950s worked as a secretary for the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary. Dorothy pursued a lifelong interest in traveling, art, and antiques. Although she was fiercely proud and protective of Banff and the Park, and remained a volunteer and patron of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Dorothy eventually settled in Sidney, British Columbia and shared an apartment with Sheila Iris Ritchie, with whom Dorothy travelled extensively. After her death in 2003, Dorothy, "Dorie," was laid to rest alongside her parents in the Old Banff Cemetery.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.
M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including correspondence with Carl Rungius and Mrs. Helen Brett, and Christmas and other greeting cards from Peter and Catharine Whyte). Series III: Queen's University, 7.5 cm, 1911-1980 (including graduation certificates for each family member and records pertaining to Dorothy's participation on the Alma Mater Society). Series IV: Travel, 44.5 cm, ca.1950-1988 (includes hand-written notebooks meticulously detailing their travels).
V75 consists of two series, 79.5 cm, ca. 1912-2001. Series I: Wardle Family, ca. 1912-1971, 6 albums, 31 cm of photograph prints and negatives (including family trips, trail rides in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and family gatherings). Series II: Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001, 34 cm of photograph prints, negatives, and transparencies (including Dorothy's travels in Alberta and British Columbia, overseas, and various outings with friends).
Name Access
Wardle, Dorothy
Wardle, James
Rungius, Carl
Brett, Helen
Keyte, Freeman
Hart, E. J. (Ted)
Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard)
Brewster, Pat
Peyto, Bill
Brett, Robert George
Sanson, Norman
White, Clifford
Drummond-Davies, Nora
Mills, Ike
McLean, George
Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
Kaquitts, Frank
Oxborough, Dorothy
Whyte, Jon
Robinson, Dean
Warren, Mary Schaffer
Simpson, George
Gibbon, John Murray
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Greenham, Margaret
Subject Access
Arts
Environment
Personal and Family Life
Banff
Old Banff Cemetery
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Cabins
Travel
Picnics and picnicking
Holidays
Scenery
Christmas
Dogs
Horses
Mountain
Canoes and canoeing
Hiking
Wildlife
War Memorial
Highland Games
Bow River Bridge
Golfing
Anniversary
Horseback riding
Indigenous Peoples
Stoney Nakoda
Education
Snowshoes and snowshoeing
Banff Winter Carnival
Banff Winter Festival
Women
Trails
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Sports and leisure
Skiing
European travel
Beach
Calgary Herald
Geography
Government
Newspaper
Politics
Research
Banff Public Library
National parks and reserves
Park policy
Parks Canada
Wardens
Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch
Community life
Mines and mineral resources
History
Immigration and homesteading
Settlement
Organizations
World War II
Biographical
Professional and Personal Life
Grizzly Bears
Fire fighters
Sunshine Village
Teahouses
Banff Indian Days
Regalia
Calgary Stampede
Mountain guides
Mountain School
The Albertan
Crag and Canyon newspaper
Homestead Hotel
Banff Centre
Hot Springs
Superintendents
Automobiles
Natural history
Records
Calendar
Finances
Leases
Legal and Financial
Property
Recreation
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Canmore
Alberta
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Castle Mountain
Bankhead
British Columbia
Glacier National Park
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Related Material
Dorothy also donated artwork (by Carl Rungius) to Art and Heritage.
James Morey Wardle fonds (Library and Archives Canada)
Creator
Wardle, Dorothy
Wardle, James M.
Wardle, Leette
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