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Curtiss-Wright Corp. staff and family photographs album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of…

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

203 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Scrapbook

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Associated Screen News Ltd., Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Byron Harmon

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941 - 1944; 1950; 1954; 1956; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1967 - 1969

Physical Description: 1 album (193 b&w photographs ; 20 x 25.5 cm or smaller -- 2 textual records)

Scope & Content: File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of Eleanor Luxton as a child and as an adult, group and individual portraits of mostly unidentified individuals [likely immediate and extended family and friends of Eleanor, including Norman and Georgina Luxton], unidentified children playing, images from the Calgary Stampede parade [ca. 1940s], unidentified Indigenous groups and individuals [possibly Stoney Nakoda community members during Banff Indian Days], Dr. Casey's Ranch [1944], and a family picnic. File also includes one small textual record describing a 1943 Curtiss-Wright Corporation staff event, as well as an annotated Christmas card from Ruth and Frank Neustadt [n.d.].

Notes: Some items are annotated on back; Items not in chronological or other clear order

Material Details: Album has clear plastic layer on surface of front and back covers; Green plastic stitched around border of both covers and side bindings

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Ross, George; McDougall, George; Smith, Mary; Smith, Archie; Casey, Anne Ross; Ross, Jean; Knight, Sidney S.; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; Neustadt, Ruth; Neustadt, Frank

Subject Access: Travel; Family and personal life; Businesses; Children; Community events; Picnics and picnicking; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel; Events

Geographic Access: Bermuda; Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Calgary; United States of America; New York; Arizona; Phoenix

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Loose items in album have been placed in mylar

Category: Family and personal life; Commerce and industry

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Luxton and McDougall family memorials, tombstones

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 photographs pertaining to Luxton and McDougall family members visiting ancestral graves and memorials, including a dedication plaque for Rev. George McDougall and the graves of Flora McDougall, Georgina (McDougall) Luxton, and Thomas and Elizabeth Luxton.

Date Range: 1979; 1981

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 / PA - 1 to 7

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / B : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / B4 : Historical research

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 / PA - 1 to 7

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1979; 1981

Physical Description: 7 photographs: b&w prints ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm and 9 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 photographs pertaining to Luxton and McDougall family members visiting ancestral graves and memorials, including a dedication plaque for Rev. George McDougall and the graves of Flora McDougall, Georgina (McDougall) Luxton, and Thomas and Elizabeth Luxton.

Notes: Items LUX/II/B4/PA-6 and 7 are accompanied in file by a scanned copy of a letter from Jean Ken[?] to Eleanor Luxton pertaining to Thomas Luxton.; Some items are annotated

Name Access: Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Eleanor; McDougall, George; McDougall, Flora; Luxton, Thomas; Luxton, Elizabeth

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Memorial; Genealogy; Grave

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Victoria

Language: English

Conservation: Items are stored in mylar

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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McDougall and Ross family photographs - identified

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 54 photographs pertaining to members of the McDougall family, including professional portraits and family photographs. Individuals in photographs include: George McDougall; Annie (McKenzie) McDougall; David Nawash McDougall; John McDougall; Elizabeth (Chantler) McDougall; Dora and …

Date Range: [1860-1920]

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / PA - 125 to 178

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / C : Extended family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / C2 : McDougall and Ross families papers and photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C2 / PA - 125 to 178

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [1860-1920]

Physical Description: 54 photographs : b&w prints ; 22 x 29 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 54 photographs pertaining to members of the McDougall family, including professional portraits and family photographs. Individuals in photographs include: George McDougall; Annie (McKenzie) McDougall; David Nawash McDougall; John McDougall; Elizabeth (Chantler) McDougall; Dora and Ada Wilson; May (McDougall) Ross; George and Jean Ross; Georgina (McDougall) Luxton; Douglas McDougall; Libby Young; and Fred Graham and Jean (McDougall) Graham.

Notes: Most photographs in file are annotated

Name Access: McDougall, Annie; McDougall, Annie McKenzie (Hall); McDougall, David; McDougall, Elizabeth (Chantler); McDougall, George; McDougall, John; McDougall, May; Luxton, Georgina; Ross, George; Ross, Jean; Ross, May; Wilson, Ada; Wilson, Dora; Young, Libby; Graham, Fred; Graham, Jean

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Portrait; Children; Homestead; Photography

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Morley; Calgary; Cochrane; Ontario; Hamilton; Quebec; Montreal; British Columbia; Victoria

Access Restrictions: Materials are fragile - handle with caution

Reproduction Restrictions: Materials are fragile - handle with caution

Language: English

Conservation: Some items stored in mylar

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Newspaper clippings local news and history

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one page of song lyrics and 18 newspaper clippings published by the Calgary Herald, the Winnipeg Free Press and The Albertan [mostly 1961 and 1962]. Content pertains to the history of the Bow Valley and Calgary from the late 19th century and onwards; biographies for famous locals i…

Date Range: 1938; [ca. 1960]; 1961; 1962

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 6

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Items published by the Calgary Herald, Winnipeg Free Press, and The Albertan

Date Range: 1938; [ca. 1960]; 1961; 1962

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of one page of song lyrics and 18 newspaper clippings published by the Calgary Herald, the Winnipeg Free Press and The Albertan [mostly 1961 and 1962]. Content pertains to the history of the Bow Valley and Calgary from the late 19th century and onwards; biographies for famous locals including John, George, and David McDougall, May Ross, Dr. R.G. Brett and others; wedding anniversaries, birthday announcements and obituary articles for friends of the Luxton family; the sale of Norman Luxton's gift shop in Banff; McDougall Day and the Calgary Stampede; the 75th anniversary of the Bank of Montreal; Chief Walking Buffalo; and other miscellaneous news.

Name Access: McDougall, David; McDougall, George; McDougall, John; McDougall, Annie; Chief Walking Buffalo; Brett, Robert G.; Shiels, Bob; Burns, Pat; Ross, May; Drummond, Thomas Howard; Collicutt, Frank; Collicutt, Maggie; Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; Parlby, Irene; McKay, Grant

Subject Access: Anniversary; Biography; Businesses; Calgary Herald; Commerce and industry; Community events; Community life; Events; Family and personal life; Genealogy; History; Hudson's Bay Company; Immigration and homesteading; Calgary Stampede; Music; Obituary; Politics and government; Travel; Winnipeg Free Press

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; Banff National Park; Banff; Manitoba; Winnipeg; Edmonton

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Metal paperclip has been removed from two items

Category: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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