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Archives General File collection

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches…
Date Range
[after 1890]
Reference Code
M8 / S8 / V8
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Motion picture
Film
Video
Photograph
Album
Framed print
Negative
Photograph print
Postcard
Transparency
Sound recording
Cassette
Reel to reel
Textual record
Diary
Plan
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 8
S 8
V 8
Sous-Fonds
M8 / S8 / V8
Accession Number
Numerous. Access to material via accession number is available through the online database
Reference Code
M8 / S8 / V8
GMD
Motion picture
Film
Video
Photograph
Album
Framed print
Negative
Photograph print
Postcard
Transparency
Sound recording
Cassette
Reel to reel
Textual record
Diary
Plan
Private record
Published record
Date Range
[after 1890]
Physical Description
57 cm textual records. -- 50 cm of photographs : prints. -- 189 photographs (15 framed prints, 51 transparencies, 79 negatives; 44 copy negatives). -- 3 photograph albums (139 prints). -- 6 motion pictures. -- 9 sound recordings
Scope & Content
The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches, poetry, plans and others; photographs in the form of prints, negatives, transparencies, albums, postcards, etc.; sound recorded interviews and programmes; and motion pictures. Material pertains broadly to the Banff area and many other areas within the Archives collecting mandate.
Notable items include: Walter Wilcox letter; George Kinney report; interviews with Bill Round and Edward Feuz; original copy of Treaty Number Seven; Mary Schaffer material, including letters, notes, photograph and report; reports on the Nakimu Caves; film pertaining to Banff Winter Carnival; Georgia Engelhard letters and photos; plans for buildings and structures; George Noble photograph; W. S. Park photograph.
Name Access
Archives General File
Subject Access
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
First Nations
Sports, recreation and leisure
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: electronic database
Creator
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
First nations
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title describes nature of collection. Individual titles in accession-level inventory have generally been assigned.
Processing Status
Processed
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Shining mountains : ancient ones, episode 1 [DVD video]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13349
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2005
Author
Clarkson, Guy
Publisher
Canada : Raven HD productions
Call Number
04 Sh6 DVD v.1
Author
Clarkson, Guy
Responsibility
Directed by Guy Clarkson
Produced by Guy Clarkson, Bonnie Thompson
Production agency: Shining Mountains Film Production Ltd., National Film Board of Canada
Publisher
Canada : Raven HD productions
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
1 digital video disc (48:52) : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Series
Shining mountains
Subjects
Archaeology
Development
Environment
Glaciers
Hydrology
Indians
Waterton
Wolves
Notes
Pertains to: climate change, archeological sites including Indian Pit Houses at the Banff Springs Hotel golf course, Indian tools uncovered at Ya Ha Tinda Ranch,pictographs at Grotto Canyon, and sacred Indian medicine and rites
Accession Number
7738
Call Number
04 Sh6 DVD v.1
Collection
Archives Library
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Shining mountains : land of riches, episode 2 [DVD video]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13350
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2005
Author
Clarkson, Guy
Publisher
Canada : Raven HD productions
Call Number
04 Sh6 DVD v.2
Author
Clarkson, Guy
Responsibility
Directed by Guy Clarkson
Produced by Guy Clarkson, Bonnie Thompson
Production agency: Shining Mountains Film Production Ltd., National Film Board of Canada
Publisher
Canada : Raven HD productions
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
1 digital video disc (46:52) : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Series
Shining mountains
Subjects
Exploration
Sandford, Robert W
Yellowstone to Yukon wildlife corridor [Y2Y]
Notes
Includes interviews with Richard Smith using a dogsledding team on the traditional fur trade routes; Brian Patton following the David Thompson route at Howse Pass; Bob Sandford discussing CPR history while travelling on a vintage Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive; Lisa Christensen at Lake O'Hara discussing railway school artists and the Group of Seven; Henry Vaux Jr. and Dan McCarthy at Illecillewaet Glacier discussing glacier studies from the early Vaux family records to current; Barry Blanchard, Bonnie Hamilton and Pat Morrow on mountaineering and photography at Mount Assiniboine
Accession Number
7738
Call Number
04 Sh6 DVD v.2
Collection
Archives Library
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Shining mountains : On the edge, episode 3 [DVD video]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13351
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2005
Author
Clarkson, Guy
Publisher
Canada : Raven HD productions
Call Number
04 Sh6 DVD v.3
Author
Clarkson, Guy
Responsibility
Directed by Guy Clarkson
Produced by Guy Clarkson, Bonnie Thompson
Production agency: Shining Mountains Film Production Ltd., national Film Board of Canada
Publisher
Canada : Raven HD productions
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
1 digital video disc (46:47) : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Series
Shining mountains
Subjects
Caribou
Casinos
Hunting
Kootenay Indians
Hydrology
Land use
Waterton
Notes
Pertains to recreational users and developers and their impact on the environment: Interview with Hans Gmoser in the Bugaboos on the advent of helicopter skiing; Tony Parisi in Valemount B.C. on snowmobiling; David Schindler on detrimental effects of tourism on the water supply; Chief Sophie Pierre at St. Eugene Mission resort on the perceived "right" of users to the back country; Kevin van Tiegham and the issue of development outside National Parks boundary areas; Park Wardens Scott Ward and Ross Heatherington re: managing on the ecosystem as a whole rather than specifically in a national park; Southern Alberta Land Trust and John Russell for the Nature Conservancy and the role of ranching lands acting as a buffer vs. the fragmentation and development of ranch land for acreages such as Jim Gardner's "Heaven on earth estates"
Accession Number
7738
Call Number
04 Sh6 DVD v.3
Collection
Archives Library
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Shining mountains : Once and future wild, episode 4 [DVD video]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13352
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2005
Author
Clarkson, Guy
Publisher
Canada : Raven HD productions
Call Number
04 Sh6 DVD v.4
Author
Clarkson, Guy
Responsibility
Directed by Guy Clarkson
Produced by Guy Clarkson, Bonnie Thompson
Production agency: Shining Mountains Film Production Ltd., national Film Board of Canada
Publisher
Canada : Raven HD productions
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
1 digital video disc (46:46) : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Series
Shining mountains
Subjects
Bears, Grizzly
Fire ecology
Wolves
Yellowstone to Yukon wildlife corridor [Y2Y]
Notes
Partial contents: interview between Harvey Locke and Andy Russell; issue of radio collars for wildlife; Wayne Sawchuk and the protection of Northern Rockies Muskwa Ranges area
Accession Number
7738
Call Number
04 Sh6 DVD v.4
Collection
Archives Library
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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