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Lindow family fonds
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- Part Of
- Lindow family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes papers pertaining to personal finances and to the Canadian Rockies Tourist Association; also includes membership cards, clippings and annotated map. Photographs pertain to Banff events, including Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days, parades; Holiday Inn Lodge; automobile trips i…
- Date Range
- 1915-1978, predominant 1947-1978
- Reference Code
- M155 / V271
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Lindow family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 155
- V 271
- Sous-Fonds
- M 155
- V 271
- Accession Number
- 5670, 5862, 6340
- Reference Code
- M155 / V271
- Date Range
- 1915-1978, predominant 1947-1978
- Physical Description
- ca.250 photographs (ca.100 prints, ca.150 transparencies). -- .5 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Carl William Lindow, 1888-1958, and Iva Madeline Lindow, 1894-1989, operated the Holiday Inn Lodge, a rooming house at 311 Marten Street, Banff, Alberta, Canada, for nearly forty years. They had two children, Carl Jr. and Maxine.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes papers pertaining to personal finances and to the Canadian Rockies Tourist Association; also includes membership cards, clippings and annotated map.
- Photographs pertain to Banff events, including Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days, parades; Holiday Inn Lodge; automobile trips in Banff, Yoho, Jasper and Kootenay National Parks; winter views of Skoki and Temple Lodges and Sunshine ski area; filming of motion picture "Saskatchewan," 1953; wildlife; scenic postcards, 1920s-1930s; Banff-Lake Louise black and white promotional photographs, 1950s; Canadian Pacific Railway and trains. Transparencies are mainly by Carl Lindow.
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Employment
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Access and use restricted
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Accompanied by publications, brochures, posters, menus and artifacts transferred to library and Heritage collections.
- Creator
- Lindow (family)
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Lindow Family Postcards
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- Part Of
- Lindow family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains 41 postcards, b&w, colour, some captioned. File pertains to various views in the Rocky Mountains. Subjects include Bow Falls; Public Swimming Pool, Banff, AB; Mount Sir Donald; Mount Stephen; Sinclair Canyon; Radium Hot Springs; The New Admistration Building, Banff, Alberta; Banff, Mo…
- Date Range
- ca.1915-1978,
- ca.1947-1978
- Reference Code
- V271 / PG - (1 to 41)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Lindow family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 155
- V 271
- Sous-Fonds
- V 271
- Accession Number
- 5862
- 6340
- Reference Code
- V271 / PG - (1 to 41)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- ca.1915-1978,
- ca.1947-1978
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 41 postcards, b&w, colour
- History / Biographical
- See fond level description
- Scope & Content
- File contains 41 postcards, b&w, colour, some captioned. File pertains to various views in the Rocky Mountains. Subjects include Bow Falls; Public Swimming Pool, Banff, AB; Mount Sir Donald; Mount Stephen; Sinclair Canyon; Radium Hot Springs; The New Admistration Building, Banff, Alberta; Banff, Mount Rundle from Vermillion Lakes; Bow River Valley; Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park; Banff Springs Hotel, Bow Valley; Johnson Canyon, Falls; Banff - Windermere Road; Castle Mountain; Mount Temple; Gateway, Kootenay National Park; Banff, Cascade Mountain; Cathedral Mountain near Field; Victoria Glacier; Emerald Lake with Mount Burgess near Field; Mount Rundle and view of town; Three Sisters Mountain; C.P.R. Hotel Lake Louise (Chateau Lake Louise); Mount Assiniboine; Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks; Lake Louise with Mount LeFroy; Lake Louise; Sunshine Ski Lodge; Castle Mountain in winter; climber repelling in foreground and Athabasca Glacier in background; John Hinde; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Mount Rundle and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Publishers and photographers include Western Card Company; Gowen, Sutton Co. LTD.; Bruno Engler; Byron Harmon; G. Morris Taylor; Tichnor Bros.; Northern Photo Services; Byron Harmon Photos; Peter White.
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Employment
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Access and use restricted
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Accompanied by publications, brochures, posters, menus and artifacts transferred to library and Heritage collections.
- Creator
- Lindow (family)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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McGuinness Family
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- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of: one postcard inside a protective cover (H9 x W14.5 cm) one hand-written note (H14.5 x W15 cm) one 13-page hand-written memoir/family history by Oswald A. McGuinness (H28 x W21.5 cm) one envelope (H40 x W23 cm) Content includes: McGuinness family tree; history of the McGuinness f…
- Date Range
- 1953-1977
- Reference Code
- M460 / II / 1-4
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M460
- Series
- M460 / II : McGuinness Family
- Sous-Fonds
- M460
- Accession Number
- 2018.9000
- Reference Code
- M460 / II / 1-4
- Date Range
- 1953-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (16 pages ; 23 x 40 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of:
- one postcard inside a protective cover (H9 x W14.5 cm)
- one hand-written note (H14.5 x W15 cm)
- one 13-page hand-written memoir/family history by Oswald A. McGuinness (H28 x W21.5 cm)
- one envelope (H40 x W23 cm)
- Content includes: McGuinness family tree; history of the McGuinness family and their time in Belleville, Ontario; Robert's role as inspecting engineer in the Banff Springs expansion; Robert's artwork on the CPR postcard depicting the spiral tunnels; and the envelope that was used to gift the above items to the Whyte Museum
- Notes
- Oswald A. McGuinness is the younger brother of Father Robert McGuinness. Oswald was a surveyor and helped build the road from Invermere to Calgary, and he lived in Invermere
- The McGuinness family tree goes back to Oswald and Robert's great-grandparents, from Ireland to England and then to Ontario
- In the hand-written note, which is undated and the author is unknown although it is possible that it was written by Flora McGuinness when she gave it to Mark Nightingale, an association between Robert and the building of the Bow River Bridge is made
- Mark Nightingale also gifted 3 newspaper clippings located in M460 / I / B / 3-5
- M460 / II / 1 : created by the Canadian Pacific Railway
- M460 / II / 3 : created by Oswald A. McGuinness
- Name Access
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- McGuinness, Oswald A.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Banff
- Art
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Ontario
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Religions
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Robert J. McGuinness fonds
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- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series: I. St. Mary's Parish, ca.1945-1983, 0.16 cm, and contains two sub-series: A. Architecture, ca.1945-1983 (architectural plans, general information); B. Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings (pertaining to Father McGuinness and St. Mary's Parish), 1950-1978. II. McGuinn…
- Date Range
- 1940-1950
- 1954
- 1955
- 1960
- 1977
- 1978
- 1980-1983
- Reference Code
- M460
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Plan
- Postcard
- Private record
- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 460
- Sous-Fonds
- M 460
- Accession Number
- 960
- 3707
- 2018.9000
- Reference Code
- M460
- Date Range
- 1940-1950
- 1954
- 1955
- 1960
- 1977
- 1978
- 1980-1983
- Physical Description
- 1.11 cm of textual records (34 pages : 29 x 42 cm or smaller) -- 9 architectural drawings : annotations ; 89 x 58 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- Originally from ancient Iveagh, which is now County Down, Ireland, the McGuinness family eventually migrated to Liverpool at an unknown time. The McGuinness family were provision merchants in Liverpool, but found supplies limited so they emigrated to Canada. Born on June 20, 1886 in Liverpool, Father Robert James McGuinness moved to Belleville, Ontario, Canada with his family in 1890. He had 7 brothers and sisters, including Oswald A. McGuinness, who settled in Invermere, British Columbia. Robert attended St. Lawrence College in Ampleforth, Yorkshire, and completed his studies at St. Servan in Rhiems, France, qualifying as an engineer. He held a position with the federal government upon his return to Canada, however when World War I broke out Robert served in the 29th Battalion of CRTS building pontoons behind European battle lines. After returning to Canada, Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as an architectural engineer, which brought him west to Banff, Alberta. Robert was the resident architectural engineer overlooking the construction of the Banff Springs Hotel expansion in the 1920's. In the late 1920's, Robert traveled to Rome to enter the seminary and four years later he was ordained as a priest. After serving as priest in Calgary, Robert was appointed Catholic priest in Banff in 1936, where he lived and worked until his death in 1961. To fulfill a personal dream, Robert designed and supervised the construction of the new church building and grounds for St. Mary's Parish (St. Mary's of the Assumption) which was completed in 1951. During his years in Europe, Robert visited ancient churches and cathedrals which influenced the design of the church, primarily the Norman Chateau architectural style. Robert was also a talented artist. Some of his work can be seen in galleries in New York and in Banff. His work has been reproduced for Canadian Pacific Railway tourism material, including the Spiral Tunnels postcard included in this fonds. Robert died in Calgary on June 17, 1961, just shy of his 75th birthday, after being ill for a few months.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series:
- I. St. Mary's Parish, ca.1945-1983, 0.16 cm, and contains two sub-series: A. Architecture, ca.1945-1983 (architectural plans, general information); B. Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings (pertaining to Father McGuinness and St. Mary's Parish), 1950-1978.
- II. McGuinness Family, 1953-1977, 1 cm (private records, including handwritten notes, a memoir, and a postcard).
- Notes
- . IYounger brother Oswald was a surveyor who built the road from Invermere to Calgary
- There is some indication that Robert had a role in the construction of the Bow River Bridge or the collection of the stones used for the bridge, but this is unconfirmed
- Name Access
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- Subject Access
- Architecture
- Art
- Banff
- Buildings
- Churches
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Family and personal life
- Professional and Personal Life
- Religions
- St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Ontario
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- 08.3 / Si 3m / Pam
- 08.3 / B22 stm / Pam
- 08.3 / Sa 2 / Pam
- Creator
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Religions
- Biographical Source Notes
- Based on contents of the fonds
- https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/g/o/g/Laurie-Goggin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0444.html
- "St. Mary's of the Assumption" pamphlet printed by the Crag and Canyon in Banff (08.3/Sa 2/Pam)
- http://www.stmarysparishbanff.ca/history/
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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