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- Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation fonds 4
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- Banff Crag and Canyon fonds 1
- Banff Municipal Committee fonds 1
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- Gordon Burles fonds 1
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Digitization project for preservation and access : sound and moving image
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57430
- Scope & Content
- S37_37_57-83_107_112 - Indigenous related interviews and recordings, Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. - 92 files:55 10.0 GB (10,750,816,567 bytes) - .wav and .mp3 V555_nf_13 - , Andy Russell wildlife/fishing, Andy Russell fonds. - 8 Files, 5 Folders: 538 GB (578,445,370,768 bytes) - .mov and .mp4 …
- Date Range
- 2019-2020
- Reference Code
- M124_V192_S38_RG-3_1 Audio-visual reference area: portable storage
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M124
- V692
- S38
- Sous-Fonds
- .
- Reference Code
- M124_V192_S38_RG-3_1 Audio-visual reference area: portable storage
- Date Range
- 2019-2020
- Physical Description
- electronic record : 833 GB on 1 portable hard drive (.mov, .mp4, .wav, .mp3)
- History / Biographical
- Digitized analog films, sound recordings of various fonds
- Scope & Content
- S37_37_57-83_107_112 - Indigenous related interviews and recordings, Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. - 92 files:55 10.0 GB (10,750,816,567 bytes) - .wav and .mp3
- V555_nf_13 - , Andy Russell wildlife/fishing, Andy Russell fonds. - 8 Files, 5 Folders: 538 GB (578,445,370,768 bytes) - .mov and .mp4
- V635_NF_3_Riding High with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds. - 275 GB (295,844,115,591 bytes). - .mov, .mp4
- Reproduction Restrictions
- TBD
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Digitization project for preservation and access : sound and moving image
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57431
- Scope & Content
- Recognizing Relations compilation DVD consisting of: V8_nf_accn6660-1,2; V28_nf-3, 5; V225_nf-4,14; V293_nf-176; V439_nf-1,24; V682_nf-9; V683_iii_e_nf_1,2,3; V552_nf-3
- Date Range
- 2019
- Reference Code
- M124_V192_S38_RG-3_2 Audio-visual reference area: portable storage
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M124
- V692
- S38
- Sous-Fonds
- .
- Reference Code
- M124_V192_S38_RG-3_2 Audio-visual reference area: portable storage
- Date Range
- 2019
- Physical Description
- electronic record : 242 GB on 1 portable hard drive (.mov, .mp4, .wav, .mp3)
- History / Biographical
- Digitized analog films
- Scope & Content
- Recognizing Relations compilation DVD consisting of: V8_nf_accn6660-1,2; V28_nf-3, 5; V225_nf-4,14; V293_nf-176; V439_nf-1,24; V682_nf-9; V683_iii_e_nf_1,2,3; V552_nf-3
- Reproduction Restrictions
- TBD
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Digitization project for preservation and access : sound and moving image
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57432
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- V683_i_f_nf-2,4,5; iii/e/nf-1,4 - Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. - (Whyte2_set 1)_95.9 GB (103,009,848,837 bytes), 11 files, 2 folders v293_nf-221,240-1, 240-4 - Eddie Hunter fonds (Whyte2_set 2), 67.7 GB (72,710,909,148 bytes), 15 files, 2 folders v690_nf-1,2,3,4. - Jon Whyte fonds (Whyte2_set 3…
- Date Range
- 2020-2021
- Reference Code
- M124_V192_S38_RG-3_3 Audio-visual reference area: portable storage
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M124
- V692
- S38
- Sous-Fonds
- .
- Reference Code
- M124_V192_S38_RG-3_3 Audio-visual reference area: portable storage
- Date Range
- 2020-2021
- Physical Description
- electronic record : 1,22 TB on 1 portable hard drive (.mov, .mp4, .wav, .mp3)
- History / Biographical
- Digitized analog films
- Scope & Content
- V683_i_f_nf-2,4,5; iii/e/nf-1,4 - Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. - (Whyte2_set 1)_95.9 GB (103,009,848,837 bytes), 11 files, 2 folders
- v293_nf-221,240-1, 240-4 - Eddie Hunter fonds (Whyte2_set 2), 67.7 GB (72,710,909,148 bytes), 15 files, 2 folders
- v690_nf-1,2,3,4. - Jon Whyte fonds (Whyte2_set 3), 7.05 GB (7,580,815,590 bytes), 8 files, 2 folders
- v225_nf-1 to 25. - Lillian Gest fonds (Whyte2_set 4), 764 GB (820,869,595,352 bytes), 95 files, 2 folders
- 08.3 W69 NF -(Whyte2_set 5) The Pathfinder (ARC Library); 08.3 B22f NF - Dreamstreams (ARC Library); v14_accn.; 1 - Swept Away / Alberta Mountain Council; v274_nf-1 The Argument for Ascending / Alberta Mountain Council (131 GB (140,954,109,702 bytes), 12 files, 2 folders
- Notes
- 2 One Touch portable hard-drives. 1.22 TB in copy 1; 1.04 TB in copy 2 - difference in set 5 - 129 GB (139,127,405,646 bytes) 11 Files, 2 Folders
- Reproduction Restrictions
- TBD
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Digitization project for preservation and access : sound and moving image
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57433
- Scope & Content
- s47_Chic Scott fonds_audio cassettes_16.6 GB for mp3 (17,896,157,257 bytes), 115 Files, 0 Folders + 73.3 GB (78,717,726,384 bytes) for .wav v40_Chic Scott fonds_hi-8_1.41 TB for avi (1,561,162,084,864 bytes) 127 Files, 0 Folders + 297 GB (318,943,622,132 bytes) 129 Files, 0 Folders for mp4 v40_16mm…
- Date Range
- 2021
- Reference Code
- M124_V192_S38_RG-3_4 Audio-visual reference area: portable storage
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M124
- V692
- S38
- Sous-Fonds
- .
- Reference Code
- M124_V192_S38_RG-3_4 Audio-visual reference area: portable storage
- Date Range
- 2021
- Physical Description
- electronic record : 2.17 TB on 1 portable hard drive (.mov, .mp4, .wav, .mp3, avi)
- History / Biographical
- Digitized analog films, hi-8 videocassettes, audio cassettes
- Scope & Content
- s47_Chic Scott fonds_audio cassettes_16.6 GB for mp3 (17,896,157,257 bytes), 115 Files, 0 Folders + 73.3 GB (78,717,726,384 bytes) for .wav
- v40_Chic Scott fonds_hi-8_1.41 TB for avi (1,561,162,084,864 bytes) 127 Files, 0 Folders + 297 GB (318,943,622,132 bytes) 129 Files, 0 Folders for mp4
- v40_16mm films_Chic Scott fonds; v46_Bob Hind fonds; v80_Morris Parry fonds; v89_Edwin Mills fonds; v79_Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds - 30.6 GB (32,933,968,648 bytes) 36 Files, 0 Folders for mp4; 351 GB (377,759,961,537 bytes) 35 Files, 0 Folders for .mov;
- Notes
- 1 My Passport portable hard drive
- Reproduction Restrictions
- TBD
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Banff Crag and Canyon fonds
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- Part Of
- Banff Crag and Canyon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of records in the form of drafts, columns, notes, press releases and photographs in numbered and dated files. Also includes photographic prints pertaining to town and national park events, including the Banff National Park Centennial in 1985, acquired separately from above records.
- Date Range
- 1972-2003
- Reference Code
- M129 / V147
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Part Of
- Banff Crag and Canyon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 129
- V 147
- Sous-Fonds
- M129/V147
- Accession Number
- 1560, 2056, 2264, 5176, 5203, 5394, 5623,7783 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M129 / V147
- Date Range
- 1972-2003
- Physical Description
- ca.40 cm of textual records. -- ca. 84,528 photographs: ca.10,528 prints, ca.74,000 negatives, 7 computer diskettes, 3 CD-ROM, 2 zip disks.
- History / Biographical
- The Banff Crag and Canyon, est. 1900, is a weekly newspaper published every Tuesday in Banff, Alberta, Canada by Bowes Publishers Limited. The newspaper is directed at local area residents and visitors covering news, sports and entertainment in the Town of Banff and area.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of records in the form of drafts, columns, notes, press releases and photographs in numbered and dated files. Also includes photographic prints pertaining to town and national park events, including the Banff National Park Centennial in 1985, acquired separately from above records.
- Name Access
- Banff Crag and Canyon
- Subject Access
- Communications
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Basic description only
- Creator
- Banff Crag and Canyon
- Category
- Communications
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Banff Municipal Committee fonds
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- Part Of
- Banff Municipal Committee fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of minutes, agendas, correspondence and other records of Banff Municipal Committee. Includes audio tapes and machine-readable records.
- Date Range
- 1986-1989
- Reference Code
- M134
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Government record
- Part Of
- Banff Municipal Committee fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 134
- Sous-Fonds
- M134
- Accession Number
- 5636, 5744
- Reference Code
- M134
- Date Range
- 1986-1989
- Physical Description
- ca.30 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Banff Municipal Committee was an interim body composed of Banff School District Trustees and appointees of the Minister of the Environment to administer Canadian Parks Service responsibilities in Banff townsite, Banff National Park, between 1986 and 1989.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of minutes, agendas, correspondence and other records of Banff Municipal Committee. Includes audio tapes and machine-readable records.
- Name Access
- Banff Municipal Committee
- Subject Access
- Government
- Access Restrictions
- Access and use restricted
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Banff Municipal Committee
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Banff Public Library fonds
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- Part Of
- Banff Public Library fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence re establishment and premises, 1949-1961; constitution and minutes, 1949-2006; miscellaneous textual items, including poster, blueprint and calendar of community events, 1974-1976; and a sound recording of the Banff Library/Seniors Centre opening ceremony, April 20,…
- Date Range
- 1949-2007
- Reference Code
- M71 / S32 / V785
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Motion picture
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Banff Public Library fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 71
- S 32
- V785
- Sous-Fonds
- M71 / S32 / V785
- Accession Number
- 200, 429, 1010, 1919, 2043, 2548, 4074, 2017.8661
- Reference Code
- M71 / S32 / V785
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Motion picture
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1949-2007
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records. -- 1 sound recording : audio tape reel; 217cm of unprocessed textual and visual material
- History / Biographical
- The Banff Public Library, also known as the Banff Library, was initially sponsored by local service groups in various premises, including the Banff Clinic, 1949-1961, a home on the Whyte property, 1961-1967, and in the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation building (now Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies) from 1968-1985. In 1985, the Banff Public Library relocated to the lower floor of the new Banff Library/Seniors Centre, and in 1990 the library came under the jurisdiction of the new Town of Banff.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence re establishment and premises, 1949-1961; constitution and minutes, 1949-2006; miscellaneous textual items, including poster, blueprint and calendar of community events, 1974-1976; and a sound recording of the Banff Library/Seniors Centre opening ceremony, April 20, 1985. Unprocessed Includes: Box 1 consists of Banff Public Library minutes 1949 to 1994 Box 2 consists of Banff Public Library minutes 1995 to 2006 Box 3 consists of: Banff Public Library Needs Assessment, 1987, Banff Public Library Collection Assessment Project January – April 1995, Banff Public Library Renovations 1998, Banff Public Library Bylaws & Policy (1983?), Banff Public Library Plan of Service, By-Laws & Policy (1994?), Banff Public Library Rules & Regulations (1953-54?), George Stacey, Proposed Library Philosophy 1981, and Banff Public Library Goals & Objectives 1998, and Minutes of the Banff Library/Seniors’ Centre Building Committee. Also included is Proposed Banff Seniors’s Centre/Library Complex: Proposed Financing and funds, Proposal for Architectural Services, Budget for Construction and Consulting costs, Site Plan. Documents regarding establishing a Building Committee: Letter from George Stacey, Secretary-Treasurer, Banff Library Board to W. R. Roberge, Chairman, Banff School District No. 102 requesting School District representation on the Building Committee and List of Committee members Other various documents included are: Library Building Program Checklist, Review and remarks of the Building Committee’s visit to Lacombe, Space & design requirements; Fundraising, Planning, Clippings, One file “Banff Public Library up to 1962 clippings (incl. 1949 & before), Nine files labelled 1990-91, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 containing newspaper clippings, advertisements, and programme posters. Also included: library logo contest c. 1985, One blue receipt book containing receipts for fundraising donations for the new library at 101 Bear St. c. 1982-83, Seniors’ Centre: Plans, Anticipated Needs and Suggestions, Library Citizen Survey, and Space Plan April 1981 Leasehold Correspondence
- Letter; E. J. Hart, Administrator, Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation to George Stacey, Secretary/Treasurer Banff Library Board
- Letter; George Stacey, Secretary/Treasurer Banff Library Board to Cliff White, President, Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation
- Letter; Lee Racine, Building and Development Officer, Parks Canada, Banff Township Office to Patricia Langridge, Chairperson Banff Library/Seniors’ Centre Building Committee
- Letter; Patricia Langridge, Chairperson Banff Library/Seniors’ Centre Building Committee to Mr. Tom Ross, Acting Superintendent, Banff National Park
- Letter; E. J. Hart, Administrator, Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation to Patricia Langridge, Chairperson Banff Library/Seniors’ Centre Building Committee
- Letter: Patricia E. McNamee, Librarian/Secretary/Treasurer, Banff Public Library to Patricia Langridge, Chairperson Banff Library/Seniors’ Centre Building Committee
- Letter: Patricia E. McNamee, Librarian/Secretary/Treasurer, Banff Public Library to Patricia Langridge, Chairperson Banff Library/Seniors’ Centre Building Committee Box 4 Two small green photograph albums
- Banff Public Library 1984-1989
- Banff Public Library 2003-2007 Programming, staff events, renovations
- Fourteen photos mounted on foam core with a sheet of paper describing the images. Copied and mounted by Chic Scott for a library celebration c. 2005. Box 5 Two guest books containing visitor comments from 1999 and 2000 One file of negatives – ca. 1970? to 2000? and 1 CD-R disc containing 109 J-PEG photos dating 2000-2007 One VHS containing the Much Music Snowjob event, March 1995 containing a segment filmed in the library (staff Margaret Watson & Max Elliott). Special program event posters
- Name Access
- Banff Public Library
- Subject Access
- Education
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- box list for unprocessed material
- Creator
- Banff Public Library
- Category
- Education
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Bill Waterworth fonds
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- Part Of
- Bill Waterworth fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes a framed collage, 2 photograph albums, 1 loan for copy scrapbook, and miscellaneous certificates and other ephemera. The collage consists of 14 b&w photographs of Stoney First Nations in the Kootenay Plains and Morley areas, 1877-1927. Identification of photographs include images of …
- Date Range
- [ca.1877]-2009
- Reference Code
- M215 / S54 / V176
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Framed print
- Machine-readable data file
- Photograph
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Bill Waterworth fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 215
- S 54
- V 176
- Sous-Fonds
- M 215
- S 54
- V 176
- Accession Number
- 8012, 8066
- Reference Code
- M215 / S54 / V176
- Date Range
- [ca.1877]-2009
- Physical Description
- tbd
- History / Biographical
- Bill Waterworth (1922-2009) was born on Marten Street in Mrs. Thomson's nursing home in Banff. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of 18. On September 19, 1942, Waterworth was shot down over the French coast just short of completing his 33rd mission. Waterworth avoided capture by German patrols for two weeks before being captured and taken prisoner by the Gestapo. He was sent by boxcar to a Prisoner of War camp - Stalag VIIIB/344 - in Lamsdorf, Germany where he remained for three years.
- In 1946, Bill married Bernice "Bern" Wilson (d. 2003), who was a granddaughter of Tom Wilson. Together they had three children, Lynn, Bunty, and Christie.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes a framed collage, 2 photograph albums, 1 loan for copy scrapbook, and miscellaneous certificates and other ephemera. The collage consists of 14 b&w photographs of Stoney First Nations in the Kootenay Plains and Morley areas, 1877-1927. Identification of photographs include images of John Hunter and George McLean (Chief Walking Buffalo), William Hunter, Paul Beaver, Sampson Beaver, Chief Tom Chinicka, John House, Silas Abraham, Job Beaver, Enos Hunter, Ben Kaquitts, Dan Wildman Sr., Dan Wildman Jr., Moses Hunter, Wildman boy, Enoch Wildman, Tom Kaquitts Jr., Tom Kaquitts Sr., Leebie Crawler, Tom Wilson, Morley Beaver, Nat Hunter, William and Josh Hunter, Mark Poucette, Geo. Kaquitts, Joe Peacemaker, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hunter. Photograph album belonging to Bill Waterworth pertains to aviation training in Calgary, family, friends, and Boy Scout trips and photograph album created by Bernice "Bern" Waterworth (nee Wilson) consists of friends, family, and activities such as skiing and canoeing. The digitized scrapbook is titled "A Wartime Log : A Remembrance from Home Through the Canadian Y.M.C.A.", and pertains to Bill Waterworth's experience as a POW. The original Wartime Log was digitized in 2009, and the original returned to the family.
- Name Access
- Beaver, Sampson
- McLean, George
- Waterworth, Bill
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- Indigenous Peoples
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- War
- WWII
- Access Restrictions
- Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: electronic finding aid for processed material
- Related Material
- S1 / 162 - Whyte Museum Oral History Prograamme : Bill Waterworth's Wartime Log interview with Bill Waterworth by Head Archivist E. J. (Ted) Hart, May 28, 2009
- Creator
- Waterworth, Bill
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Digital photos and files
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 CDs containing 160 photograph files pertaining to Bruno Engler's Memorial Ski Race events held between 2004 and 2011. First CD, titled "Bruno Race 2004", contains 36 photograph files [V783/II/PA-140 to 175] depicting award ceremonies including images of Ann Gammell, "Carmen", "R…
- Date Range
- 2004
- 2005
- 2011
- Reference Code
- V783 / II / PA - 140 to 299
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Machine-readable data file
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M559 / V783
- Series
- V783 / II : 1991 - 2016
- Sous-Fonds
- V783
- Accession Number
- 2018.8688
- Reference Code
- V783 / II / PA - 140 to 299
- Responsibility
- Some photos produced by Malcolm Carmichael
- Date Range
- 2004
- 2005
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 160 photographs : digital files from 3 CDs
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 CDs containing 160 photograph files pertaining to Bruno Engler's Memorial Ski Race events held between 2004 and 2011. First CD, titled "Bruno Race 2004", contains 36 photograph files [V783/II/PA-140 to 175] depicting award ceremonies including images of Ann Gammell, "Carmen", "Rick", "Betty", "Dr. Carmichael" [possibly Malcolm Carmichael], Eddie Hunter, "Elise", Ethan Compton, Leo Berchtold, Ilona Murray, "Nick" and some unidentified individuals, as well as some group photographs of race participants. Second CD, titled "Bruno Engler '05", contains 2 folders, one with 77 race photos [V783/II/PA-176 to 252] and one with 12 photos of "Trapper Rick" [V783/II/PA-253 to 264]. Photos include action shots of multiple unnamed skiers, and skiers going up ski lift. Third CD, titled "Bruno Engler 2011", contains 35 photograph files [V783/II/PA-265 to 299]. Photographs are from 2011 awards night and depict race participants with buffet dinner, award presentations and winners posing with medals and trophies.
- Notes
- "2005" CD files give date modified as June 2004, so possibly dated incorrectly on CD.
- Front of second CD attributes photos to Malcolm Carmichael; potential copyright restrictions on these files
- CDs stored in own folder in same box as other V783 / PA files.
- Name Access
- Gammell, Ann
- Hunter, Eddie
- Compton, Ethan
- Berchtold, Leo
- Murray, Ilona
- Carmichael, Malcolm
- Subject Access
- Ski racing
- Skiing
- Memorial
- Performance
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Consider transferring digital files from CDs onto archival server and/or saving duplicate files to prevent future content loss
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Gordon Burles fonds
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- Part Of
- Gordon Burles fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists mainly of poems by Gordon Burles, 1970-2017. Manuscripts contain about twenty-seven hundred poems, mainly in free verse, some with revisions. Poems are numbered in chronological order. About 2016 Burles stopped numbering each poem. The year of creation is indicated with each poem.…
- Date Range
- 1970-2017, 2022
- Reference Code
- M196 / V103
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Machine-readable data file
- Private record
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Gordon Burles fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 196
- V 103
- Sous-Fonds
- M 196
- V 103
- Accession Number
- 1199, 1367, 1414, 1674, 2061, 2212, 2239, 2890, 3233, 3769, 3874, 5526, 5689, 5903, 6347, 6487, 6927,7215, 7483, 7486, 7612
- Reference Code
- M196 / V103
- Date Range
- 1970-2017, 2022
- Physical Description
- ca. 36.5 cm textual records + 9 CD-R (textual records). -- 7 photographs : prints, negatives.
- History / Biographical
- James Gordon Burles, b.1949, is a poet, surveyor and civil servant at Banff, Alberta, Canada. A native of Banff, Burles is a student of the Canadian Rockies. In Burles' own words, much of his poetry is inspired by four environments: the life and history of Banff National Park, the town of Banff, the Okanagan Valley, and Calgary.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists mainly of poems by Gordon Burles, 1970-2017. Manuscripts contain about twenty-seven hundred poems, mainly in free verse, some with revisions. Poems are numbered in chronological order. About 2016 Burles stopped numbering each poem. The year of creation is indicated with each poem. Some poems pertain to mountain personalities such as Bill Peyto, Norman Sanson, Margaret Stone, Walter D. Wilcox, Walter J. Phillips, Conrad Kain, and Georgia Engelhard. Many are surrealist or nonsense poems and many deal with the Cemetery Tea House, an imaginary teahouse frequented by various characters.
- Fonds consists of three series: I : Poetry Manuscripts; II : Prose and research; III: Digital typeset copies of published poems
- Some poems deal with Burle's parents and family. The collection also holds fifty-three books and booklets, self-published by the author from 1984 to 2017. The books published from 2003 to 2017 contain all the poems which the author considers worth preserving. Some in one book have been revised in a later book. Some poems were revised more than once. The three books published in 1984, 1986, and 1990 are considered by the author as early works. Only the poems in those books that the author considered worth publishing have been republished in the 2003-2017 books. Names in the poem titles are usually made up.
- Some titles are tongue-in-cheek. There were so many poems that the author resorted to names like "Portrait for Bertrand Clerihew-Guggenheim" to make it easier. Some titles, of course, are obviously connected to the content of the poem. Many titles were long enough to preclude the difficulty of getting the graphic designer to centre the title over the poem! Also included are manuscripts, research materials, articles, and notes etc. regarding Bill Peyto, the Copper Mountain Mine, Banff National Park museum, logging roads in the Johnson Lake area, and the Sanson-Bethune connection.
- Photographs pertain to remains of hay rake and wagon in the Third Vermilion Lake area (1975) and remains of the Queen of the Hills Mine, above Silver City (1977).
- CD-ROMS's contain typeset copies of manuscripts by Gordon Burles in Pagemaker, In Design and .pdf file formats. Manuscripts include "The Jagged Harmony," 2005, "An Avenue Without End," 2005, "That Perfect Elsewhere," n.d., "Much Like A Dream," 2004, "All the Universe of Sight," 2006, "Those Grand Poplars," 2004, "Lords of Many Orchards: Selected Best Poems of Gordon Burles," 2003, "That trellis of tombs: Further Selected Poems of Gordon Burles," 2004, "The Closing of Many Doors: More Poems by Gordon Burles," 2006.
- II : Prose and research includes "Life story of James Gordon Burles," 2022
- Notes
- Books of poetry published by Gordon Burles are located in the Whyte Museum Archives Library 05.1/B92. In 2018 Gordon Burles compiled a listing of the original poems that were edited and re-published. This list is in the M196 document file, and is also a PDF attached to the fonds level record
- Name Access
- Burles, Gordon
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
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- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: file level descriptions with inventory
- Creator
- Burles, Gordon
- Category
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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