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Herbert E. Sampson fonds
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- Part Of
- Herbert E. Sampson fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photograph albums, 1911-1956, a scrapbook, 1922-1939, and loose prints pertaining to Sampson's alpine career, Alpine Club of Canada camps, climbs, activities and mountaineering in general. Scrapbook includes a postcard from Gustave A. Gambs re Mount Robson.
- Date Range
- 1911-1956
- Reference Code
- M76 / V174
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Herbert E. Sampson fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 76
- V 174
- Sous-Fonds
- M 76
- V 174
- Accession Number
- 327, 496, 2287
- Reference Code
- M76 / V174
- Date Range
- 1911-1956
- Physical Description
- 5 photograph albums (ca.300 prints). -- 24 photographs : prints. -- 1 textual record
- History / Biographical
- Herbert E. Sampson, 1871-1962, was a lawyer and mountaineer at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Sampson was a life member of the Alpine Club of Canada, 1910, President, 1930-1932, and Honorary President, 1945. He attended all but six annual mountaineering camps between 1911 and 1956 and made over seventy-five ascents, including two first ascents.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photograph albums, 1911-1956, a scrapbook, 1922-1939, and loose prints pertaining to Sampson's alpine career, Alpine Club of Canada camps, climbs, activities and mountaineering in general. Scrapbook includes a postcard from Gustave A. Gambs re Mount Robson.
- Name Access
- Sampson, Herbert E.
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- 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: basic description
- Creator
- Sampson, Herbert E.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Southern Alberta research project
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55619
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materia…
- Date Range
- [ca.1845-1920]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Cabinet card
- Diary
- Organization record
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Tintype
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6
- GMD
- Cabinet card
- Diary
- Organization record
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Tintype
- Date Range
- [ca.1845-1920]
- Physical Description
- 29 cm of textual records -- 29 photographs (28 b&w prints, 1 tintype) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materials in sub-series believed to have been collected by Eleanor Luxton, possibly on behalf of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association or as part of Eleanor's personal research.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Agriculture
- Animals
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Community life
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Correspondence
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Farmland
- Finances
- Genealogy
- History
- Homestead
- Immigration and homesteading
- Inventory
- Land use
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Manufacturing
- Municipal views
- Oil
- Postcards
- Portrait
- Property
- Real estate business
- Research
- Settlement
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some restrictions may apply - fragile materials
- Language
- English
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Family and personal life
- Environment
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Natural resources
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Souvenir postcard scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54622
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing postcards likely collected by Eleanor Luxton during national and international travels. Locations include Hawaii, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Panama, and Japan. scrapbook has small textual page attached to inside titled "Interesting Facts …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Postcard
- Textual record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 3
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by Curt Teich & Co., Nikkosha, Western Publishing & Novelty Co., and H.S. Crocker Co., Inc.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (158 prints : b&w and col. postcards ; 9 x 14 cm -- 1 textual record)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing postcards likely collected by Eleanor Luxton during national and international travels. Locations include Hawaii, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Panama, and Japan. scrapbook has small textual page attached to inside titled "Interesting Facts About Canada" with statistics from 1936.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Landscapes
- Sports
- Businesses
- Hotels
- Commerce and industry
- Government
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Quebec
- Montreal
- United States of America
- San Francisco
- California
- Hawaii
- Hong Kong
- Panama
- Japan
- New York
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Use caution when handling as postcards may fall out - item stored with unbleached cotton string fastening it shut to prevent misplacing contents
- Consider removing metal bindings to prevent future rust damage
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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Travel and correspondence scrapbook [Spain, Greece, Egypt, Ireland, Hawaii, England]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54630
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending …
- Date Range
- 1954
- 1959 - 1962
- 1967
- 1968
- 1970
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Scrapbook
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Newspaper clipping
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C / 1
- Date Range
- 1954
- 1959 - 1962
- 1967
- 1968
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (59 b&w and col. prints ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm or smaller -- 3 newspaper clippings - 2 textual records)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing photograph prints, postcard prints, newspaper clippings, and two typed pages pertaining to John McDougall and the "Indian Uprising" in Alberta in 1880, and Marion Carson. Visual content pertains to various members and friends of the Luxton family attending domestic and international trips between 1954 and 1970, including trips to Victoria, B.C., Hawaii, Italy, Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland, India, Greece and England.
- Notes
- Some items are heavily annotated on back, some dates and locations provided on pages of scrapbook
- Many items loose in scrapbook
- Name Access
- McLean, Nell
- McDougall, George
- Mitchell, Frank
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Buildings
- Events
- Animals
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Hawaii
- Italy
- Rome
- Egypt
- Cairo
- Spain
- Greece
- Athens
- Ireland
- Killarney
- England
- London
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Handle with caution as some items are stored loose in album and may fall out
- Item has been secured with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together
- Pages have been interleaved to protect photographs from other materials
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel scrapbook of commercial postcard prints and souvenirs
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the At…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- 1932
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Postcard
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 1
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by George S. Cladds [?], Byron Harmon, Gerta Christoffersen, Detroit Publishing Co., and A.C. Leighton
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook : ca. 200 b&w and col. postcards ; 14 x 21.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the Athabasca River; portrait paintings of unidentified Indigenous girls by artist Gerta Christoffersen; scenes from Australia, Brussels, Venice, Bermuda, Fiji, Portugal, London, Windsor Castle, California, Mexico, the Grand Canyon, Montana, Niagara Falls, Maine, Ohio and Pennsylvania; and sketched art by A.C. Leighton depicting horses and riders. Many postcards are colorized.
- Notes
- A few postcards are annotated, mostly blank
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Landscapes
- Environment
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- Art
- Biography
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- England
- London
- Australia
- Belgium
- Italy
- Venice
- Bermuda
- Fiji
- Portugal
- United States of America
- California
- Maine
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Lake Louise
- Massachusetts
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Athabasca Falls
- Niagara Falls
- British Columbia
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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