objectType:"Map" found 5 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC broc…

Date Range: 1885-1944

Reference Code: M546 / V771

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 546; V 771

Sous-Fonds: M546 / V771

Accession Number: 2016.8598; 2014.8312; 8144; 8160

Reference Code: M546 / V771

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1885-1944

Physical Description: 62 vol. of textual material. -- 66 vol. of photograph albums

History / Biographical: Arthur Oliver Wheeler (1860-1945) DLS, ALS, BCLS, was born in Ireland, arriving in Canada in 1876. Wheeler was a mountaineer, co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada (1906), and Dominion Land Surveyor. In 1913, Wheeler was appointed Boundary Commissioner and tasked with photo surveying the Alberta / British Columbia interprovincial boundary.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC brochures and notices addressed to ACC members. Volume one covers the period 1902 to 1913; volume two includes materials from 1914 to 1940. A inventory of both volumes, compiled by ACC member Paul Geddes, is also included. Additionally there are 7 volumes of notes corresponding to the photographs A.O. Wheeler took. Photographic material consists of 66 albums which contain approximately 5000 photographs, black and white positive prints from glass negatives, all 12 x 16 cm. The first album is dated 1915, the last 1924. Some of the albums contain a small map printed on linen. Each album contains an index to the photographs taken for the Alberta - British Columbia Interprovincial Boundary photo survey and are organized by Station, Bearing, and Subject.

Name Access: Alberta/British Columbia Boundary Survey; Dominion of Canada Land Surveyor; Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Subject Access: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Government

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: electronic finding aid

Creator: Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Baja California Sur, Mexico

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Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 36 cm or smaller. File pertains to a project Murray Hay worked on for Glacier Bay Tours and Cruises (based out of Alaska). File is comprised of handwritten and faxed correspondence between Hay and Steve Cowart, Manager, Creative Services. Corresponde…

Date Range: ca.1998

Reference Code: M570 / IV / A / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Map

Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M570 / V795

Series: M570 / IV : Murray Hay Personal Papers

Sous-Fonds: M570

Sub-Series: M570 / IV / A : Correspondence

Accession Number: 2019.41

Reference Code: M570 / IV / A / 1

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Map

Date Range: ca.1998

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (21.5 x 36 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 36 cm or smaller. File pertains to a project Murray Hay worked on for Glacier Bay Tours and Cruises (based out of Alaska). File is comprised of handwritten and faxed correspondence between Hay and Steve Cowart, Manager, Creative Services. Correspondence is in regards to the map of Baja California Sur, Mexico Hay was to create for the company's promotion of their cruise to the area.

Notes: Originally filed with draft material related to this project [see related material].

Name Access: Hay, Murray; Cowart, Steve

Subject Access: Advertising; Artist; Cartography; Map; Tourism; Travel; Tourist information

Geographic Access: Mexico; Baja California Sur

Language: English

Related Material: V795 / II / D / ii / 2-3

Category: Communications; Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Baja California Sur, Mexico

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Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 11 maps : mss. and reproductions, some col., annotations ; 43 x 94 cm or smaller. File pertains to a project Murray Hay worked on for Glacier Bay Tours and Cruises (based out of Alaska). File includes 11 original hand-drawn and reproduced drafts, including annotations, of a map dep…

Date Range: ca.1990-ca.1999; ca. 1998

Reference Code: V795 / II / D / ii / 2-3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Drawing; Map; Private record

Part Of: Murray Hay fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M570 / V795

Series: V795 / II : Unpublished Material

Sous-Fonds: V795

Sub-Series: V795 / II / D : International / ii : Miscellaneous

Accession Number: 2019.41

Reference Code: V795 / II / D / ii / 2-3

GMD: Drawing; Map; Private record

Date Range: ca.1990-ca.1999; ca. 1998

Physical Description: 11 maps : mss. and reproductions, some col., annotations ; 43 x 94 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 11 maps : mss. and reproductions, some col., annotations ; 43 x 94 cm or smaller. File pertains to a project Murray Hay worked on for Glacier Bay Tours and Cruises (based out of Alaska). File includes 11 original hand-drawn and reproduced drafts, including annotations, of a map depicting the Baja California Sur region and the cruise's route in this area.

Notes: Originally filed with correspondence related to this project [see related material]. "For Steve Cowart" is also written on at least one map (who Murray Hay is corresponding with in M570 / IV / A / 1). Items not in oversize stored in downstairs vault.

Name Access: Hay, Murray; Cowart, Steve

Subject Access: Advertising; Artist; Cartography; Map; Tourism; Tourist information; Travel; Geography

Geographic Access: Mexico; Baja California Sur

Language: English

Related Material: M570 / IV / A /1

Creator: Hay, Murray

Category: Communications; Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.