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Banff Indian Days posters
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil pain…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- 1936
- 1937
- 1949
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Poster
- Drawing
- Published record
18 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations
- Sous-Fonds
- I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14
- Responsibility
- Published and artwork attributed to Ernie Kehr, W.L. Kihn, G.H.W. Ashley, Crag & Canyon Press, Palenske, Canadian Pacific and Multi Color Poster
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- 1936
- 1937
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 14 posters : colour and b&w ; 35 x 56 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil paint process mounted on cardboard made in Canada and distributed by Exhibits Branch Canadian Pacific, lithographic prints, and a mounted drawing attributed to Palenske. Some have annotations or stamps on the back.
- Notes
- Possibly unassociated shipping packing material addressed to Norman Luxton at the Trading Post from E.A. Kehr found in box - this has not been assigned a number. D3-10, a lithographic promotional material from 1936 has an identical design to LUX / II / F1 / 47, an Indian Days poster from 1928 Items LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 were originally associated with LUX / I / D3a / 6, which contains brochures and a flyer from Banff Indian Days LUX / I / D3 / 8, Palenske may have potentionally used photograph LUX / I / D3a / PA-26 as reference
- Material Details
- Some posters have foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface, adhesives, and perhaps mounting additives.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Advertising
- Community events
- Banff Indian Days
- Indigenous Peoples
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Hawaii, Japan, China cruise album
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cru…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1937]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / PD - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Drawing
- Scrapbook
254 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 - 2
- Date Range
- [ca. 1937]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (255 b&w and col. prints ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller -- 1 diagram ; 6 x 4 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cruise ship, as well as cruise staff members and on-board entertainment; landscapes, monuments and buildings; surfing; historic sites; dockyard scenes with unidentified workers; local individuals and families; and fishing and harvesting. Album also includes small tissue-like paper sheet with hand-drawn diagram of mechanical parts and measurements with annotations [possibly belonging to Eleanor Luxton, n.d.]
- Notes
- Most photographs are annotated on the lower front in white text with contextual information - location, name of landmark, etc.
- Date provided is based on dating of similar items pertaining to cruise to Hawaii, Japan and China collected by Eleanor Luxton. Photographs are likely from the same trip, but not confirmed.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Cruise ships
- Boats
- Fishing
- Landscapes
- Buildings
- Statue
- Community life
- Commerce and industry
- Dockyard
- Labour
- Farmland
- Hotel
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Hawaii
- Japan
- Kyoto
- Yokohama
- Kamakura
- China
- Canton
- Guangzhou
- Shanghai
- Repulse Bay
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Japanese
- Conservation
- Paper diagram in album has been placed in mylar sleeve and kept in original location
- Consider removing metal ring bindings on album if they pose a risk of rust damage in future
- Album has been secured with unbleached cotton string to prevent loose items from falling out
- Related Material
- LUX / II / E / 5
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Commerce and industry
- Labour
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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A Native Heritage
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one large booklet/portfolio containing biographical information, illustrations, and 10 copies of painted colour portraits all pertaining to Indigenous chiefs. Individuals depicted are: Crowfoot [Southern Blackfoot], Old Sun [Northern Blackfoot], Red Crow [Southern Blood tribe], Bul…
- Date Range
- [1970-1980]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 55
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Drawing
- Painting
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 55
- Responsibility
- Art produced by Mort Graham
- Date Range
- [1970-1980]
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 38 x 48 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one large booklet/portfolio containing biographical information, illustrations, and 10 copies of painted colour portraits all pertaining to Indigenous chiefs. Individuals depicted are: Crowfoot [Southern Blackfoot], Old Sun [Northern Blackfoot], Red Crow [Southern Blood tribe], Bull Head [Sarcee], Eagle Tail [North Piegans], Poundmaker [Cree], Medicine Calf [Southern Blood tribe], Big Bear [Cree], Big Plume [Sarcee], and Pakan [Wood Cree]. Collection also includes historical information pertaining to Indigenous history in Western Canada written by Dr. James G. MacGregor, and a map depicting Indigenous treaty boundaries in and around the Rocky Mountains.
- Notes
- Date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist
- Name Access
- Graham, Mort
- MacGregor, James
- Subject Access
- Indigenous Peoples
- History
- Art
- Artist
- Portrait
- Biography
- Geography
- Government
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- United States of America
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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University and college notes
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of study notes and research material related to the fields of Haematology and Urinology, Mechanical Engineering, Commerce and English. File includes a letter responding to a repair request for a microscope sent by Eleanor Luxton in 1953, hand-drawn illustrations and diagrams, molecula…
- Date Range
- 1940-1941
- 1953-1956
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / B1 / 147
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Drawing
- 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 / B1 : Personal education
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / B1 / 147
- Date Range
- 1940-1941
- 1953-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of study notes and research material related to the fields of Haematology and Urinology, Mechanical Engineering, Commerce and English. File includes a letter responding to a repair request for a microscope sent by Eleanor Luxton in 1953, hand-drawn illustrations and diagrams, molecular science notes, and an information package for first year English students at McGill University [1953-1954].
- Notes
- Notes and research material likely belonged to Eleanor Luxton during her studies at McGill University in Montreal, and Ottawa; some materials are from Sir George Williams College at Concordia University.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Education
- Research
- Language
- Commerce
- Science and technology
- University
- Medicine
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Quebec
- Montreal
- Ontario
- Toronto
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some items have been secured with archival clips
- Category
- Education
- Science and technology
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Flower illustrations
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 6 coloured illustrations depicting wildflowers. Two items are annotated on reverse sides; one reads "Bell wood" and other is signed "Hugh"[?].
- Date Range
- [1930-1950]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 29
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Drawing
- Painting
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / D : Other material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 29
- Date Range
- [1930-1950]
- Physical Description
- 6 drawings : illustration, pencil and paint ; 16 x 22.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 6 coloured illustrations depicting wildflowers. Two items are annotated on reverse sides; one reads "Bell wood" and other is signed "Hugh"[?].
- Notes
- Artist(s) and date(s) of materials unknown; date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist
- Material Details
- Illustrations traced in pencil and filled in with watercolour paints.
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Lux Theatre sample illustrations
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of hand-drawn sample illustrations produced as potential advertising material or signage for the LUX Theatre in Banff, ca. 1916. Illustrations depict animal and human figures posed in various ways to spell "LUX".
- Date Range
- [ca.1916]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / C4 / 33
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Drawing
8 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / C : Business, Legal and Financial
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / C4 : Topical files
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / C4 / 33
- GMD
- Drawing
- Date Range
- [ca.1916]
- Physical Description
- 7 drawings : illustration, ink ; 39.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of hand-drawn sample illustrations produced as potential advertising material or signage for the LUX Theatre in Banff, ca. 1916. Illustrations depict animal and human figures posed in various ways to spell "LUX".
- Notes
- 4 and 6 have ink lines on the back, in addition to a pencil sketch on 6
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Animals
- Businesses
- Lux Theatre
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Indigenous portrait given to Norman Luxton by W. Langdon Kihn
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one signed copy of a portrait of an unidentified Indigenous man by artist W. Langdon Kihn. Portrait was gifted to Norman Luxton by Kihn in 1922.
- Date Range
- 1922
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D1 / 17
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Drawing
1 image
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D1 : Personal and family life
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D1 / 17
- GMD
- Drawing
- Responsibility
- Produced by W. Langdon Kihn
- Date Range
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing : portrait, pencil and ink ; 29 x 37.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898-1957) was an American artist born in Brooklyn, New York. Kihn was best known for his illustrated portraits of American and Canadian Indigenous people, including members of the Blackfoot, Navajo, Pueblo and Tsimshian communities. The individuals in Kihn's portraits were most often depicted wearing traditional and ceremonial clothing rather than their typical clothes. Kihn's art career began in 1919 when he travelled to Montana and created some of his earliest portraits while visiting the Blackfeet Reservation. Throughout the 1920s, Kihn travelled extensively in Canada and the United States, creating portraits of individuals from a diverse range of Indigenous communities. Many of these portraits were put on display as part of a travelling exhibition organized by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1935, Kihn was commissioned by National Geographic to produce Indigenous portraits for publications; this ultimately led to a two-decade career with National Geographic.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one signed copy of a portrait of an unidentified Indigenous man by artist W. Langdon Kihn. Portrait was gifted to Norman Luxton by Kihn in 1922.
- Notes
- Portrait is signed in the bottom left corner: "To "Norm" Luxton From his friend W. Langdon Kihn. 1922"
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Kihn, W. Langdon
- Subject Access
- Portrait
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Art
- Artist
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- First nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/20/nyregion/art-indian-portraits-by-kihn-exhibited.html
- https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/w-langdon-kihn-papers-7081
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Political caricature, possibly George Ross
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one untitled caricature of a politician, possibly George Ross, signed by artist C. Stafford. Drawing depicts a man with an oversized head raising his fist in the air, standing next to a table holding a scroll which reads "In the interest of the people of Calgary I will fight to a[s…
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-1945]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C2 / 24 (oversize)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Drawing
- 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 / 24 (oversize)
- GMD
- Drawing
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-1945]
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing : black ink on paper ; 39 x 52 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one untitled caricature of a politician, possibly George Ross, signed by artist C. Stafford. Drawing depicts a man with an oversized head raising his fist in the air, standing next to a table holding a scroll which reads "In the interest of the people of Calgary I will fight to a[sic] finish special exemptions".
- Notes
- Drawing not dated, individual represented in drawing not specified
- Material Details
- Black ink on beige/grey construction paper
- Name Access
- Ross, George
- Subject Access
- Art
- Politics
- Government
- Access Restrictions
- Fragile - handle with caution
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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