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Part Of
Dorothy Cranstone fonds
Scope & Content
Album photographs pertains to Banff area and Kingston, Ontario. photographs are of cemetery in Kingston, Kingston town, Ya Ha Tinda Ranch, Banff townsite, the Moore and Whyte Home. People in the photograhs include Dortothy Cranstone, Pat Brewster, and John White.
Date Range
1920 - 1980
Reference Code
V150 / I / PD - 3, 4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Part Of
Dorothy Cranstone fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M 524
V 150
Series
V150 / I : Personal Photographs
Sous-Fonds
M 524
V 150
Reference Code
V150 / I / PD - 3, 4
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Date Range
1920 - 1980
Physical Description
2 albums (43 photographs : col. ; 8 x 8 cm)
Scope & Content
Album photographs pertains to Banff area and Kingston, Ontario. photographs are of cemetery in Kingston, Kingston town, Ya Ha Tinda Ranch, Banff townsite, the Moore and Whyte Home. People in the photograhs include Dortothy Cranstone, Pat Brewster, and John White.
Name Access
Cranstone, Dorothy
Brewster, Pat
Whyte, John
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
Access and use restricted for portion
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Cranstone, Dorothy
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on accession records
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Banff and Canmore hockey, Sceneograph skiing photos

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Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 28 photographs pertaining to Banff and Canmore minor hockey teams and downhill skiing. Includes group photographs of the Banff Juveniles and Canmore Junior Legionnaires teams, individual players, and a hockey awards ceremony. File also includes 10 "Sceneograph" brand photographs, t…
Date Range
1921
[ca. 1925 - ca. 1930]
1934
[ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
1941 - 1942
1944 - 1945
Reference Code
V324 / IV / B / PA - 108 to 131
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M74 / V324
Series
V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records
Sous-Fonds
V324
Sub-Series
V324 / IV / B : 1921 - 1945
Accession Number
2016.8581
Reference Code
V324 / IV / B / PA - 108 to 131
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Responsibility
"Sceneograph" photos [set of 10] produced by Gowen Sutton Co., Ltd. in Vancouver
Date Range
1921
[ca. 1925 - ca. 1930]
1934
[ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
1941 - 1942
1944 - 1945
Physical Description
28 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 26 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 28 photographs pertaining to Banff and Canmore minor hockey teams and downhill skiing. Includes group photographs of the Banff Juveniles and Canmore Junior Legionnaires teams, individual players, and a hockey awards ceremony. File also includes 10 "Sceneograph" brand photographs, titled "Skiing in the Canadian Rockies".
Notes
File contains duplicates
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
Name Access
MacAulay, Jack
Bleskan, Joe "Shorty"
Ashley, Albert
Keyath, Albert
Hunter, Eddie
Craig, Tom
Wilson, Axie
Anderson, Tommy
Stenton, Joe
Craig, Bill
Wheatley, Curly
Sirr, Justin
Smith, Lorne
Wilson, Danny
Saddington, Mousie
Krowchuk, Tony
Subject Access
Winter sports
Sports
Hockey
Skiing
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Canmore
Bankhead
British Columbia
Vancouver
Access Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Banff area, 50th anniversary party, family photographs

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Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 64 photographs including 2 postcard prints. Content pertains to various members of the Kidney and Woodworth families and close friends, the 50th wedding anniversary of Ulysses and Annie LaCasse in 1968, events hosted by the Order of the Eastern Star Spray Valley chapter, Maud Kidne…
Date Range
[ca. 1910]
1921
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
1948
[ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
1951
1965
1967 - 1970
Reference Code
V324 / IV / E / PA - 204 to 260
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M74 / V324
Series
V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records
Sous-Fonds
V324
Sub-Series
V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection
Accession Number
3109
Reference Code
V324 / IV / E / PA - 204 to 260
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
[ca. 1910]
1921
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1940]
1948
[ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
1951
1965
1967 - 1970
Physical Description
64 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 64 photographs including 2 postcard prints. Content pertains to various members of the Kidney and Woodworth families and close friends, the 50th wedding anniversary of Ulysses and Annie LaCasse in 1968, events hosted by the Order of the Eastern Star Spray Valley chapter, Maud Kidney's 71st birthday, social events in Calgary, and the Girls Flower Club in Banff.
Notes
File contains duplicates
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
Name Access
MacAulay, Herb
Kidney, Maude
LaCasse, Ulysses
LaCasse, Annie
Whyte, Catharine
Wells, Fred
Unwin, Vera
Thomas, Hattie
Peyto, Annie
Harrison, Nellie
Smith, Helen
Harbidge, Violet
Moore, Pearl
Serra, Dante
LaCasse, Flo
Boyce, Jim
Craig, Bill
McCowan, Bill
Dube, Arthur
Barnes, George
Peyto, Stan
Peyto, Ines
Gratz, Muriel
Bunn, Mary
Bunn, Bill
Woodworth, Joe
Woodworth, Benjamin Frederick
Woodworth, Percy
Lester, Ken
Stafford, Rose
Shaw, Ed
Beattie, Doris
Beattie, Florence
Stafford, Lou
Davidson, Minnie
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Landscapes
Anniversary
Community events
Order of the Eastern Star
Horses
Banff Winter Carnival
Banff Indian Days
Mountain
Girls Flower Club Banff
Hotel
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Cave and Basin
Sulphur Mountain
Calgary
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Some photographs with large volumes of annotations in ink, and one item with adhesive residue, have been placed in mylar to prevent transference onto adjacent items in file.
Category
Family and personal life
Environment
Cultural pluralism
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Banff community, clubs, sports

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Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 photograph prints with matboard backings. Content pertains to a boys' Canmore hockey team group photograph, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. posing with a moose, a group photograph of the Kiwanis Club's regional presidents in 1962 including Forest "Pop" Kidney, the Banff Curling Club ca. 1…
Date Range
1910
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1935]
1962
Reference Code
V324 / IV / E / PA - 1 to 5 (O.S.)
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M74 / V324
Series
V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records
Sous-Fonds
V324
Sub-Series
V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection
Accession Number
3109
Reference Code
V324 / IV / E / PA - 1 to 5 (O.S.)
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
1910
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1935]
1962
Physical Description
5 photographs : b&w prints ; 31.5 x 37 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 photograph prints with matboard backings. Content pertains to a boys' Canmore hockey team group photograph, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. posing with a moose, a group photograph of the Kiwanis Club's regional presidents in 1962 including Forest "Pop" Kidney, the Banff Curling Club ca. 1910, and a class photograph of students, possibly from Banff High School.
Notes
Most dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
Name Access
Holmes, Louis
Watts, Wes
Edwards, Jack
Michaeluk, Art
Hoggard, Wilfred
Jensen, Walter
Wilson, Bill
McLeod, Doris
Ross, Jean
Burkett, Elsie
Language, Edith
Dingal, Olive
Howard, Jack
Clark, Alex
Roots, Jim
Kidney, Forest H. (Pop)
Subject Access
Kiwanis Club
Community events
Club
Sports
Curling
School
Banff High School
Animals
Buffalo
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Canmore
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Items have been placed flat in oversize storage, interleaved with acid-free paper
Category
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
Names provided by previous researcher: V324 / IV / E / PA - 1 (O.S.) : Front row: Louis Holmes, Wes Watts, Jack Edwards, Art Michaeluk, Wilfred Hoggard Back row: Walter Jensen, Bill Wilson "Canmore Team" V324 / IV / E / PA - 2 (O.S.) : "Benjamin Woodworth in Buffalo Paddocks Banff National Park" V324 / IV / E / PA - 5 (O.S.) : Doris McLeod, Jean Ross, Elsie Burkett, Edith Language, Olive Dingal, Jack Howard, Alex Clark, Jim Roots
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Banff Minor Hockey album, Jack MacAulay coach

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Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album containing 62 print photographs [40 b&w, 22 colour] including some in loose envelopes inside album, 2 newspaper clippings and a Banff Minor Hockey green ribbon from 1968. Content pertains to members of the Banff hockey teams who played between 1908 and ca. 1980…
Date Range
1908
1912
1926
1928
1934
1938
1940 - 1943
[ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
1964
1965
1970 - 1972
[ca. 1975]
1979
Reference Code
V324 / III / B / PD - 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Newspaper clipping
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M74 / V324
Series
V324 / III : Jack MacAulay records
Sous-Fonds
V324
Sub-Series
V324 / IV / C : 1946 - 1980
Accession Number
2016.8581
Reference Code
V324 / III / B / PD - 1
GMD
Album
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Newspaper clipping
Responsibility
Some images produced by Bruno Engler
Date Range
1908
1912
1926
1928
1934
1938
1940 - 1943
[ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
1964
1965
1970 - 1972
[ca. 1975]
1979
Physical Description
1 album (62 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller) -- 2 newspaper clippings -- 1 fabric ribbon
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album containing 62 print photographs [40 b&w, 22 colour] including some in loose envelopes inside album, 2 newspaper clippings and a Banff Minor Hockey green ribbon from 1968. Content pertains to members of the Banff hockey teams who played between 1908 and ca. 1980. Includes group shots of hockey teams in various years, some featuring Jack MacAulay as coach; individual portraits and posed photographs, including Herb MacAulay ca. 1965; print depicting Herb Ollis feeding a bear in 1938; and 2 newspaper clippings from 1979 pertaining to Banff's hockey team. Individuals named in photographs include: Tommy Craig, Axie Wilson, Tommy Anderson, Joe Stenton, Bill Craig, Curly Wheatley, Cyril Paris, Fulton Dunsmore, Ernie Leacock, Mousie Saddington, Johnny Woodworth, Jack Brown, Joe Smith, Gerald Powderface, Clifford Powderface, Charles Powderface, and others.
Notes
Some prints are annotated on reverse side with date, description, individuals in photographs, etc.
Negative photographs removed from album [see "Conservation" note]
Some photographs stamped on reverse side or in envelope attributing work to Bruno Engler
Album has been placed in sub-sub-series V324 / III / B [date range 1946 - 1980] for the sake of organization as the majority of photographs are dated within or near this range
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist based on context and format
Name Access
Engler, Bruno
Ollis, Herb
MacAulay, Jack
MacAulay, Herb
Craig, Tom
Craig, Bill
Anderson, Tommy
Wilson, Axie
Wheatley, Curly
Stenton, Joe
Paris, Cyril
Dunsmore, Fulton
Leacock, Ernie
Saddington, Mousie
Smith, Joe
Woodworth, John
Brown, Jack
Powderface, Charles
Powderface, Clifford
Powderface, Gerald
Subject Access
Hockey
Sports
Bear
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Access Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
6 negatives originally stored in album have been removed for conservation reasons and will be stored in downstairs vault with other V324 negatives under V324 / IV / C / NA
Newspaper clippings have some folding, torn edges and general aging effects, fair condition
Newspaper clippings have been left in original position inside album to preserve original order. Consider storing separately if condition deteriorates further
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Dorothy Cranstone fonds

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Part Of
Dorothy Cranstone fonds
Scope & Content
The Dorothy Cranstone fonds consists of papers, clippings, photographs and ephemera. Textual records include cards and letters from Peter and Catharine Whyte, 1947-1966; visitors to the Moore House, 1975-1981; Moore House visitors book, 1974-1983; transcript of Philip Moore 1903 trip diary (hologra…
Date Range
[ca.1900]-1998
Reference Code
M524 / V150
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Dorothy Cranstone fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 524
V 150
Sous-Fonds
M 524
V 150
Accession Number
2259, 4014, 5335, 5411, 5471, 5582, 5879, 6006, 6350, 6775, 7722(unproc)
Reference Code
M524 / V150
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
[ca.1900]-1998
Physical Description
ca.400 photographs : prints, copy negatives. -- 3 photograph albums (430 prints). -- 15 cm textual records
History / Biographical
Dorothy Cranstone, 1904-1996, was a businesswoman and hotel worker at Banff, Alberta. Cranstone worked at the Banff Springs Hotel, 1929-1940, as Assistant Housekeeper, and later as Housekeeper at the Mount Royal Hotel. She went on to operate a gift shop in the Mount Royal Hotel. For many years, Cranstone was companion to Pearl (Brewster) Moore and later to Pat Brewster. She also worked for the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies as custodian of the Moore Home and as museum hostess.
Scope & Content
The Dorothy Cranstone fonds consists of papers, clippings, photographs and ephemera.
Textual records include cards and letters from Peter and Catharine Whyte, 1947-1966; visitors to the Moore House, 1975-1981; Moore House visitors book, 1974-1983; transcript of Philip Moore 1903 trip diary (holograph and typescript) by Dorothy Cranstone; clippings, 1937-1983, re Pat Brewster, Dorothy Cranstone, Mount Royal Hotel fire and Jim Brewster home; ephemera regarding events attended by Cranstone, including Royal Visit to the Banff Springs Hotel, 1939, Gracie Fields Concert at the Banff Springs Hotel, 1940, and H. R. H. Princess Margaret Rose's visit, 1958. Textual records also include business/financial records for the gift shop operated by Cranstone, 1949-1974; records related to the publication and distribution of Pat Brewster's books, 1983-1987; correspondence records, 1962-1996; legal and business records concerning power of attorney as well as the dispersal of Cranstone's property and estate, 1980-1998. Miscellaneous items pertaining to Pat Brewster include clippings and interview transcripts.
Photographs pertain to Dorothy Cranstone, Pat Brewster, family, friends and associates, travels and activities, and to Banff Springs Hotel staff and guests. Includes photographs of Dorothy Cranstone and Pat Brewster, ca.1900-1985; travel in Europe and Asia, 1964; a trip to Hawaii; artworks by J. Crumine and Nicholas de Grandmaison, 1945, 1940s-1950s; Moore house, 1950s to 1970s; and photographs given to Cranstone by friends.
Albums pertain to Banff Springs Hotel staff and celebrity guests, including the 1939 royal visit, ca.1929-1940; family photographs and Cranstone's life in England ca. 1920-1940.
Name Access
Cranstone, Dorothy
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
Access and use restricted for portion
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
accession record copies for unprocessed material
Related Material
Original of Philip Moore diary is in Moore Family fonds [M307]
Creator
Cranstone, Dorothy
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on accession records
Processing Status
Processed / Unprocessed
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Part Of
Dorothy Cranstone fonds
Scope & Content
Album photographs pertains to Dorothy Cranstone's life and her family in England ca. 1920-1940. Album contains 37 small black and white photographs on 8 pages.
Date Range
1904 - 1920
Reference Code
V150 / I / PD - 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Part Of
Dorothy Cranstone fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M 524
V 150
Series
V150 / I : Personal Photographs
Sous-Fonds
M 524
V 150
Reference Code
V150 / I / PD - 1
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Date Range
1904 - 1920
Physical Description
1 album (37 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm)
Scope & Content
Album photographs pertains to Dorothy Cranstone's life and her family in England ca. 1920-1940. Album contains 37 small black and white photographs on 8 pages.
Name Access
Cranstone, Dorothy
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
Access and use restricted for portion
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Cranstone, Dorothy
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on accession records
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Part Of
Dorothy Cranstone fonds
Scope & Content
Album photographs pertains to Dorothy Cranstone's life and her family in England ca. 1920-1940. Album contains 40 black and white photographs on 24 pages, 9 pages left blank. Also included in the album are 2 envelopes titled:"family pictures..." and "old pictures..." with 14 loose black and white a…
Date Range
1904 - 1950
Reference Code
V150 / I / PD - 2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Part Of
Dorothy Cranstone fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M 524
V 150
Series
V150 / I : Personal Photographs
Sous-Fonds
M 524
V 150
Reference Code
V150 / I / PD - 2
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Date Range
1904 - 1950
Physical Description
1 album (54 photographs : b&w and col. ; 17 x 21 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
Album photographs pertains to Dorothy Cranstone's life and her family in England ca. 1920-1940. Album contains 40 black and white photographs on 24 pages, 9 pages left blank. Also included in the album are 2 envelopes titled:"family pictures..." and "old pictures..." with 14 loose black and white and colour photographs inside.
Name Access
Cranstone, Dorothy
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
Access and use restricted for portion
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Cranstone, Dorothy
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on accession records
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Forest Kidney photographs

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Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 photographs pertaining to Forest Kidney and unnamed friends. Includes images of Forest Kidney and friends playing golf, hiking in the Canadian Rockies, playing with a dog outside of Forest's Banff home [ca. 1930], and standing on his front porch [ca. 1945]. Also includes two iden…
Date Range
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1945]
Reference Code
V324 / II / B / PA - 1 to 7
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M74 / V324
Series
V324 / II : Forest Kidney records
Sous-Fonds
V324
Sub-Series
V324 / II / B : 1921 - 1950
Accession Number
2016.8581
Reference Code
V324 / II / B / PA - 1 to 7
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
[ca. 1930 - ca. 1945]
Physical Description
8 photographs : b&w prints ; 8.5 x 14 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 photographs pertaining to Forest Kidney and unnamed friends. Includes images of Forest Kidney and friends playing golf, hiking in the Canadian Rockies, playing with a dog outside of Forest's Banff home [ca. 1930], and standing on his front porch [ca. 1945]. Also includes two identical portrait photographs, possibly used as passport photos or for other legal identification.
Notes
Most dates are estimations provided by the Processing Archivist.
Image of Forest Kidney and two friends posing by pool [ca. 1920 - 1925], possibly at the Cave and Basin, has been moved to V324 / IV / E to be kept with its identical copy
Name Access
Kidney, Forest H. (Pop)
Subject Access
Sports
Golfing
Family and personal life
Animals
Dogs
Hiking
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Graduation, children, Elzear Duquette poster

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Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 portrait photographs in folders/portfolios, and 2 signed paper copies of posters. Content pertains to a graduate photograph [possibly Karin MacAulay?] from nursing school; two unidentified girls; and two signed copies of a poster promoting the book "The Last Trip of the King of t…
Date Range
[ca. 1930]
[ca. 1945]
1969
Reference Code
V324 / IV / E / PA - 26 to 28
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Poster
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M74 / V324
Series
V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records
Sous-Fonds
V324
Sub-Series
V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection
Accession Number
3109
Reference Code
V324 / IV / E / PA - 26 to 28
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Poster
Responsibility
Produced by Matthews of Calgary, George Noble of Banff, and J. Robert Gordon
Date Range
[ca. 1930]
[ca. 1945]
1969
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 28 cm and 21 x 24 cm -- 2 posters : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
History / Biographical
Elzear Duquette (1886 - 1977) was a Canadian known as the "King of the Walk". Duquette gained fame for his long-distance endurance walks across the world. Duquette was known to carry all of his belongings in a cart behind him which he also slept inside at night - he jokingly referred to this as his "coffin". Elzear married Marie Laura Duquette, and they had 8 children together.
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 portrait photographs in folders/portfolios, and 2 signed paper copies of posters. Content pertains to a graduate photograph [possibly Karin MacAulay?] from nursing school; two unidentified girls; and two signed copies of a poster promoting the book "The Last Trip of the King of the Walk" by J. Robert Gordon [one dated 1969]. Both copies are originals signed by Elzear Duquette and an unidentified relative with the same last name [first initials difficult to discern].
Notes
In storage prior to processing, one of two copies of V324 / IV / E / PA - 28 was numbered "Item 27", in addition to item V324 / IV / E / PA - 27 which was originally given the same number. Item organization has been corrected to current reference codes.
Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.
Name Access
Duquette, Elzear
Gordon, J. Robert
Noble, George
Subject Access
Education
School
Medicine
Children
Publication
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Access Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Education
Biographical Source Notes
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Elzear-Duquette
https://www.geni.com/people/Elzear-Duquette/6000000051918902998
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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