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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds 34
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Archives General File collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions451
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches…
- Date Range
- [after 1890]
- Reference Code
- M8 / S8 / V8
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Framed print
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Diary
- Plan
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 8
- S 8
- V 8
- Sous-Fonds
- M8 / S8 / V8
- Accession Number
- Numerous. Access to material via accession number is available through the online database
- Reference Code
- M8 / S8 / V8
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Framed print
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Diary
- Plan
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [after 1890]
- Physical Description
- 57 cm textual records. -- 50 cm of photographs : prints. -- 189 photographs (15 framed prints, 51 transparencies, 79 negatives; 44 copy negatives). -- 3 photograph albums (139 prints). -- 6 motion pictures. -- 9 sound recordings
- Scope & Content
- The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches, poetry, plans and others; photographs in the form of prints, negatives, transparencies, albums, postcards, etc.; sound recorded interviews and programmes; and motion pictures. Material pertains broadly to the Banff area and many other areas within the Archives collecting mandate.
- Notable items include: Walter Wilcox letter; George Kinney report; interviews with Bill Round and Edward Feuz; original copy of Treaty Number Seven; Mary Schaffer material, including letters, notes, photograph and report; reports on the Nakimu Caves; film pertaining to Banff Winter Carnival; Georgia Engelhard letters and photos; plans for buildings and structures; George Noble photograph; W. S. Park photograph.
- Name Access
- Archives General File
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: electronic database
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title describes nature of collection. Individual titles in accession-level inventory have generally been assigned.
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54876
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 74 photographic prints and 14 postcards (3 annotated), and 2 menus from the Sulphur Mountain Chalet. Photographs and postcards are of the Banff area
- Date Range
- ca. 1940 - 1965
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8307
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- 2014.8307
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2014.8307
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8307
- Date Range
- ca. 1940 - 1965
- Physical Description
- 74 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm or smaller
- 05 cm of textual records (13 x 9 cm)
- History / Biographical
- Tunstall family from Edmonton, AB. Mother- Mary Tunstall Senior; Mary- Clerk of U of A; Dora- housewife; Evelyn -left to do work on Alaska Navy-- Mary, Dora and Evelyn were aunts of Dennis Stansfield
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 74 photographic prints and 14 postcards (3 annotated), and 2 menus from the Sulphur Mountain Chalet. Photographs and postcards are of the Banff area
- Name Access
- Tunstall, Dora
- Tunstall, Mary
- Missal, Dora
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Johnston Canyon
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record
- Title Source
- based on contents
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Nellie Adeline Gray Harris fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions631
- Part Of
- Nellie Adeline Gray Harris fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the travel diary of Nellie Adeline Gray Harris for the period June 27 - July 11, 1953. The diary relates to Harris' vacation taken with her husband, Glyn Harris. The Harris' travelled from Edmonton to Calgary, through Banff, past the Columbia Icefields, and then up to Jasper. Th…
- Date Range
- 1953-1961
- Reference Code
- M29 / V57
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Textual record
- Diary
- Part Of
- Nellie Adeline Gray Harris fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M29 / V57
- Sous-Fonds
- M29 / V57
- Accession Number
- 7835 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M29 / V57
- Date Range
- 1953-1961
- Physical Description
- 87 photographs: prints. -- 1 textual item
- History / Biographical
- Nell Harris (née Gray) was born June 20, 1925 in LaRiviere, Manitoba, the daughter of Garnet and Frances Gray. She moved to Winnipeg and married Glyndwr Harris in 1949 and their daughter Ellyn June Harris was born in 1951. The family moved to Edmonton and then to Calgary ca.1957. Nellie Adeline Gray Harris died in 1997.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of the travel diary of Nellie Adeline Gray Harris for the period June 27 - July 11, 1953. The diary relates to Harris' vacation taken with her husband, Glyn Harris. The Harris' travelled from Edmonton to Calgary, through Banff, past the Columbia Icefields, and then up to Jasper. The diary is accompanied by photographs and postcards from the trip and other photographs taken 1955-1961.
- Name Access
- Harris, Nellie Adeline Gray
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright applies
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Harris, Nellie Adeline Gray
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record, accompanying notes
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Nellie Adeline Gray Harris Travel Photographs postcards
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55586
- Part Of
- Nellie Adeline Gray Harris fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 13 postcards from around Banff National Park.
- Date Range
- 1953-1955
- Reference Code
- V57 / PG - 01 to 13
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Nellie Adeline Gray Harris fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M29 / V57
- Sous-Fonds
- V57
- Accession Number
- 7835
- Reference Code
- V57 / PG - 01 to 13
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- 1953-1955
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 13 postcards, col. & b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 13 postcards from around Banff National Park.
- Notes
- One postcard has a note written on it in pencil.
- Name Access
- Harris, Nellie
- Harris, Gray
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bears
- Big Horn Sheep
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cabins and shelters
- Cascades of Time Garden
- Cave and Basin
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Holidays
- Mount Norquay Chairlift
- Mount Norquay Ski Area
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Picnics and picnicking
- Portrait
- Recreation
- Scenery
- Souvenir
- Tourism
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Columbia Icefield
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright applies
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M29
- 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.
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Rocky Mountain Postcards
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 black and white and colour postcards. File contains miscellaneous views of the Rocky Mountains. Subjects include Castle Mountain, Lake Louise, Victoria Glacier, Sinclair Canyon, Three Sisters, Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, Emerald Lake and Mount Burgess, Mount Ste…
- Date Range
- [ca.1930 - ca.1940]
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 5398 / PG - (1 to 24)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 5398
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 5398 / PG - (1 to 24)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [ca.1930 - ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 24 postcards, b&w, colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 24 black and white and colour postcards. File contains miscellaneous views of the Rocky Mountains. Subjects include Castle Mountain, Lake Louise, Victoria Glacier, Sinclair Canyon, Three Sisters, Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, Emerald Lake and Mount Burgess, Mount Stephen and Kicking Horse River, Cathedral Mountain, Pilot Mountain, the Great Divide monument, Banff main street with Cascade Mountain, Chateau Lake Louise swimming pool, Mount Temple, Mount Fairview, Mount Saddleback, Mount Aberdeen, Bow Falls, Lake Louise lakeside trail with Mount Lefroy, the Giant Steps in Paradise Valley, Mount Assiniboine with Lake Magog, Banff Springs Hotel, Mount Rundle with Echo River, West Portal of the Connaught Tunnel at Glacier, B.C., and Spiral Tunnels at Field, British Columbia. Photographers and publishers include Byron Harmon and The Camera Products Co.
- Geographic Access
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- 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.
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