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472. VIA Canadian, M-113, Lake Louise
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- "The Canadian" passenger train, Canadian Pacific Railway, at "Morant's Curve" near Lake Louise, Banff National Park AB
- Date Range
- [c. 1930 - 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A / 1 / b / A4 / NA - 472
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Series
- I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- 1.c. Darkroom files : colour I
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A / 1 / b / A4 / NA - 472
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- [c. 1930 - 1980]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 5.71 x 5.71 cm
- Scope & Content
- "The Canadian" passenger train, Canadian Pacific Railway, at "Morant's Curve" near Lake Louise, Banff National Park AB
- Name Access
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Train
- Trains
- Photography
- Scenery
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Morant's Curve
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- NA
- Finding Aid
- yes
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- The A4 denotes part I (one) of the colour series ; A5 deontes part II (two)
- Processing Status
- Processed
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2500 Year Old Douglas Fir (Sooke, B.C.)
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 66 b&w negative photographs (55 mm). Content pertains to the felling and transportation of a 2500 year old fir tree near Sooke, B.C. which was used for an exhibition in London. Images depict felled fir tree, logging machinery and employees, etc.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1960 - ca. 1975]
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 6
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / I / A : Photography : Negatives and Transparencies
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 6
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1960 - ca. 1975]
- Physical Description
- 66 Photographs: negatives, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 66 b&w negative photographs (55 mm). Content pertains to the felling and transportation of a 2500 year old fir tree near Sooke, B.C. which was used for an exhibition in London. Images depict felled fir tree, logging machinery and employees, etc.
- Notes
- Contains numerous duplicates of several original images.
- Subject Access
- Transportation
- Forestry
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Aileen Harmon fonds
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- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and photographs by and about Aileen Harmon, as well as collected items. Textual records include: letter from Harmon to the Director of Alberta's provincial parks re addition of Yamnuska area to Bow Valley Provincial Park, 1973; brief, from Harvie Heights and Bow Va…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1924] - 2015
- Reference Code
- M287 / V262
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M287 / V262
- Sous-Fonds
- M287
- V262
- Accession Number
- 1876
- 1915
- 1916
- 2302
- 2932
- 3082
- 3380
- 3383
- 3411
- 7753
- 2016.8596
- Reference Code
- M287 / V262
- Date Range
- [ca. 1924] - 2015
- Physical Description
- 26.5 cm of textual records. -- 33 photographs (26 prints : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 30 cm or smaller -- 6 negatives : b&w nitrate negatives ; 12.5 x 10 cm -- 1 transparency : col. slide ; 35 mm)
- History / Biographical
- Aileen Harmon (1912 - 2015), daughter of Byron Harmon, worked as a government naturalist at Banff, Alberta, Canada and was involved in local natural history groups and activities. Aileen was a founding member, alongside Bruce Gordon, of the Bow Valley Naturalists, and was also on the Board of The Canadian Wildlife Federation and The Society of Alberta Naturalists. Aileen moved to Mill Bay on Vancouver Island, B.C. in 1981 following the end of a lengthy career with Parks Canada. During her retirement years, Aileen travelled extensively, reaching all seven continents. She also authored an autobiographical book, titled "Tales of My Mountain Life", in 2004. Aileen passed away on January 9, 2015 at the age of 102.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and photographs by and about Aileen Harmon, as well as collected items. Textual records include: letter from Harmon to the Director of Alberta's provincial parks re addition of Yamnuska area to Bow Valley Provincial Park, 1973; brief, from Harvie Heights and Bow Valley subdivision residents to public hearings on land use and resource development in the eastern slopes, 1973; letter re James Hector, 1979; notes on career, 2003; notes on Catharine Whyte for CBC recording, 2004; Christmas cards and collected articles, ca.1960. Photographs, made by and collected by Aileen Harmon, pertain to Aileen Harmon and friends, skiing, Skoki area, Mount Yamnuska, Banff Indian Days. Includes photographs by Byron Harmon. Added content from accession 2016.8596 : ca. 25 cm of textual records including personal correspondence, guest book, original writing and notes by Aileen Harmon, personal travel journals from a 1931 packing trip and 1933 ski trip to Skoki, drafts of autobiographical book "Tales of My Mountain Life", articles pertaining to or written by Aileen Harmon, Christmas cards, and letters of condolence to Carole Harmon following Aileen's passing. Also 26 print photographs, 6 negative photographs from a 1937 hiking trip, and one transparency. Fonds consists of one series : Series I - Personal records
- Name Access
- Harmon, Aileen
- Harmon, Carole
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Memorial
- Parks Canada
- Hiking
- Mountains
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Basic description only
- Category
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Alaska Cruises
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 168 negative photographs (colour, b&w) and 54 colour transparencies. Content pertains to cruise ships, glaciers and scenery, travellers, activities in British Columbia and Alaska. Includes ships: Princess Kathleen (betw.1948 and 1952), Princess Marguerite II and Princess Patricia.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1965]
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 41
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- Fonds Number
- M300/ S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / I / A : Photography : Negatives and Transparencies
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 41
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 222 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w, colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 168 negative photographs (colour, b&w) and 54 colour transparencies. Content pertains to cruise ships, glaciers and scenery, travellers, activities in British Columbia and Alaska. Includes ships: Princess Kathleen (betw.1948 and 1952), Princess Marguerite II and Princess Patricia.
- Notes
- Contains duplicates. Negatives and transparencies are stored in separate file boxes.
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Transportation
- Ship
- Cruise ships
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- United States of America
- Alaska
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Algonquin Hotel, Digby Pines, Ascot and Le Baron Motels
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.
- Date Range
- 1964
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 25
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / I / A : Photography : Negative and Transparencies
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 25
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 78 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w and colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.
- Notes
- Some of photographs are duplicates. Negatives and transparencies stored in separate file boxes.
- Subject Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Hotel
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- Quebec
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Assiniboine Area
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- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Mount Assiniboine area, landscapes, cars and camp 1950, climbing 1952, Mount Assiniboine Lodge 1985.
- Date Range
- 1950-1991
- Reference Code
- V46 / I / A / 35 / NS - 1 to 61
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M7 / V46
- Series
- I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
- Sous-Fonds
- V46
- Accession Number
- 7181
- Reference Code
- V46 / I / A / 35 / NS - 1 to 61
- GMD
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1950-1991
- Physical Description
- 61 photographs : transparencies, 35mm, col
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Mount Assiniboine area, landscapes, cars and camp 1950, climbing 1952, Mount Assiniboine Lodge 1985.
- Name Access
- Hind, Bob
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Backpacking
- Cabins and shelters
- Environment
- Guide
- Guiding
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Professional and Personal Life
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Mount Assiniboine
- Assiniboine Provincial Park
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff and Yoho National Parks Photographs
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- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to climbing, skiing, ski touring, camps, facilities and landscape views in Banff and Yoho National Parks. Includes the construction of Bow Hut.
- Date Range
- 1944-1990
- Reference Code
- V46 / I / A / 29 / NS - 1 to 493
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
8 images
- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M7 / V46
- Series
- I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
- Sous-Fonds
- V46
- Accession Number
- 7181
- Reference Code
- V46 / I / A / 29 / NS - 1 to 493
- GMD
- Negative
- Other Title Info
- Alternate title: Banff, Yoho etc from 1950, Gl lake
- Date Range
- 1944-1990
- Physical Description
- 493 photographs : transparencies, 35mm, col
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to climbing, skiing, ski touring, camps, facilities and landscape views in Banff and Yoho National Parks. Includes the construction of Bow Hut.
- Notes
- LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 29 ) :
- * Alta 47, Atha 47 - 1947
- * Landscape/s and hut - 1948
- * M50 : Maligne Lake and camp - 1950
- * SG 51 : glacier, climbing - 1951
- * Mount Hooker area, camps, landscape view/s (S53), climbing - 1953
- * EC55 : Mount Edith Cavell - 1955
- * Moat Lake 57, Athz 57, T57, Eremite 57: landscape view/s, camp, hut - 1957
- * Landscape view/s - 1958
- * Mal62, Maligne 62, Col 62, Colum 62 : landscape view/s, horse trail - 1962
- * Landscape view/s - 1968
- * F76 : flora - 1976
- * Winter landscape view/s and hut - 1978
- Name Access
- Hind, Bob
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Backcountry skiing
- Buildings and facilities
- Construction
- Exploration
- Glaciers
- Guides
- Guiding
- Geographic Access
- Bow Hut
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 27) :
- * Mountain landscape views - 1947
- * Ski touring, Skoki area; skiing at Mount Norquay - 1948
- * Skiing in Sunshine area - 1949
- * Ski meet : ski meet at Mount Norquay, includes Banff Winter Carnival queen and John Hunter, Stoney First Nation - 1950
- * F50 : Fay Hut, climbing, landscape views. Includes some photographs by MH - 1950
- * KL, KH, Baker, Wapta : Castle Mountain, Wapta cabin and car, landscape views - 1950
- * B51 : Banff Springs Hotel panorama, Cascade of Times garden, bears - 1951
- * S51 : Skoki area, ski touring and landscape views - 1951
- * Cos 51 : wildlife - 1951
- * Y51 : Stanley Mitchell Hut in winter, ski touring group, Yoho area landscape - 1951
- * EIC 51 : landscape views - 1951
- * Hiking in Lake O'Hara area - 1951
- * Sk52 : Skoki area, ski touring and landscape views - 1952
- * Skoki area, Mount Whyte - 1953
- * Banff climbing, landscape views, Lake Louise area, camps, Skoki area, Mount Whyte - 1954
- * Climbing, Skoki Lodge, landscape views - 1955
- * Ski touring, Sunshine area, Mount Temple and Skoki areas, landscape views, Skoki Lodge. Includes label: Class III, Marj Bugler - 1956
- * Mount Cory, climbing and landscape views - 1957
- * Mountain rescue - 1957
- * Banff area, climbing and landscape views - 1958
- * Mount Ishbel, Pilot Mountain, climbing - 1959
- * Ice school, snow school, Banff townsite, Yoho area, climbing Mount Cory, Mount Edith, Mount Ishbel, St. Nic - 1960
- * Skoki : includes Skoki Lodge, ski touring - [1960?]
- * Banff : Vermilion Lakes, Bow Falls, wildlife, Mount Norquay - [1960?]
- * Banff : Banff area, Mount Norquay, chairlift - [ca.1960]
- * Yoho : group at Stanley Mitchell Hut - [ca.1960]
- * Lake Louise - [ca.1960]
- * Emerald : Mount Burgess, Kicking Horse River, ski touring at Sunshine and Mount Temple areas, Mount Norquay ski area, landscape views and people, Peyto Lake, Emerald Lake, Banff-Jasper Highway - [ca.1960]
- * Yoho area, Stanley Mitchell Hut, climber, snowman, climbing Mount Cory, Banff views - 1961
- * Bow Lake - 1962
- * Mount Temple, Banff area - 1963
- * GL recce : Glacier Lake area reconnaissance views, horses and ski touring - 1964
- * Glacier Lake, Alpine Club of Canada camp, botany, glacier climbing - 1965
- * Larch Valley, Moraine Lake, Mount Inglismaldie, Dolomite Peak - 1966
- * Ski touring, Hole-in-the-Wall, landscape, botany - 1967
- * Bow Hut construction, Shadow Lake cabin, children, landscape views - 1968
- * Yoho landscape, Stanley Mitchell Hut, children hiking - 1969
- * Lake O'Hara area - 1969
- * Castleguard Meadows camp, hiking and landscape, Saskatchewan Glacier Hut - 1944-1972
- * Glacier Lake camp (summer), hiking, botany, landscape. Includes competition entries by MGH and RG Hind: Class I, II and IV - 1973
- * Banff area, hiking and landscape, including Heart Mountain, Emerald Lake - 1974
- * Banff Indian Days, Healy Creek - 1975
- * Mountain glacier - 1976
- * Pilot Mountain area (fall/winter) and ski touring; man - 1977
- * Camp (summer), hiking, landscape views - 1978
- * Landscape views, man, woman - 1980
- * Snow crystals, Yoho map - 1981
- * Bow River? view - 1982
- * Cathy wedding; woman at Cascade Mountain - 1983
- * Banff area, Moraine Lake tourist - 1984
- * Man and woman at Castle Mountain - 1987
- * Chateau Lake Louise dinner group - 1990
- Processing Status
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Banff Springs Hotel and Golf Course Views
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Consists of 39 negative photographs (colour and b&w) and 10 colour transparencies. Content pertains to views of Banff Springs Hotel golf course, various views of the hotel (interior and exterior) and surrounding property, and images of the Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel in Banff. Interior views inc…
- Date Range
- 1966
- [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 9
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / I / A : Photography: Negatives and Transparencies
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 9
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1966
- [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]
- Physical Description
- 49 Photographs: negatives and transparencies, colour and b&w
- Scope & Content
- Consists of 39 negative photographs (colour and b&w) and 10 colour transparencies. Content pertains to views of Banff Springs Hotel golf course, various views of the hotel (interior and exterior) and surrounding property, and images of the Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel in Banff. Interior views include lounges and dining room.
- Notes
- Transparencies and negatives stored in separate file boxes. Items in this entry include duplicate copies of the same image in different formats (i.e. transparencies/negatives, b&w/colour, varying dimensions) including outer view of front of Banff Springs Hotel and surrounding forest/grounds. Mostly consists of size 5x7 images
- Subject Access
- Hotel
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Golf
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Banff Springs Hotel Interiors and Exteriors
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 b&w negative photographs. Content pertains to the Banff Springs Hotel - includes inner views of terrace with models, and views of hotel golf course.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1955]
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 26
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / I / A : Photography : Negatives and Transparencies
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 26
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 5 Photographs: negatives; b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 b&w negative photographs. Content pertains to the Banff Springs Hotel - includes inner views of terrace with models, and views of hotel golf course.
- Notes
- Contains some duplicate images of Banff Springs Hotel golf course. V500 / I / A7 / 26 - portion transferred to V500 / I / A7 / 10 (Oil and gas)
- Subject Access
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Hotel
- Golfing
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Ben Gadd fonds
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, …
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- V810
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- 2024.01
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Physical Description
- ca. 7.9 metres of textual records -- ca. 274 maps -- 29 VHS tapes -- ca.15 discs with digital files -- 21 cassettes -- photographs -- oversized materials -- USB stick with 15 sldeshows
- History / Biographical
- Ben Gadd (1946-) is a retired naturalist, guide, geologist, instructor, freelance writer and award-winning author based in the Canadian Rockies. Ben was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1946. He met his wife, Cia (Langdon) Gadd at Colorado College in 1965, and the couple married four weeks later. Ben and Cia had two sons, Will and Toby. Ben and his family relocated to Jasper in the late 1960s. Ben later attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science in 1972. Between 1976 and 1980, Ben taught classes at Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology; he later taught additional classes at Grant MacEwan College and Lakeland College. From 1981, Ben also worked as a seasonal naturalist/guide for Parks Canada. Ben left Parks Canada in 1985 to start an independent naturalist guiding business with Cia based in Jasper and other parts of the Canadian Rockies, which the couple continued to operate for over two decades. Ben published his best-known work, "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", through his publishing company Corax Press in 1986. The second edition of "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" received multiple awards after its release in 1995. Ben's fiction book, "Raven's End" won the title of Best Canadian Rockies Book at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in 2001 and became a Canadian bestseller. Overall, Ben has authored or co-authored 11 books and received nearly one dozen awards for his achievements as a writer, researcher and guide. Ben continued to lead guided hikes and school programs until his retirement in 2016.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other related material. Materials donated in 2024 include one USB stick containing
- Notes
- Ben Gadd fonds arrangement: Series I : Personal records - Subseries A : Travel guides and maps - Subseries B : Education and early writings - Subseries C : Personal interest files - Subseries D : Other personal and collected Series II : Research and publication records - Subseries A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Subseries B : Other publications Series III : Professional records - Subseries A : Parks Canada Records - Subseries B : Interpretive guiding - Subseries C : Teaching records - Subseries D : Other contracts and projects Series IV : Legal and financial records - Subseries A : Legal records - Subseries B : Financial records
- Subject Access
- Education
- Research
- Publication
- Environment
- Geology
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Academics
- Guiding
- Guides
- Businesses
- Finances
- Conservation
- Wildlife
- Natural history
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Lethbridge
- United States of America
- Colorado
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions apply
- Language
- English
- French
- Dutch
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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