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- Alpine Club of Canada fonds 77
- Ben Gadd fonds 43
- Chic Scott fonds 22
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds 11
- Aileen Harmon fonds 7
- Colleen Skidmore fonds 6
- First ascent and summit note collection 4
- Bruno Engler's Veteran's Race fonds 3
- Malcolm Geddes fonds 3
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds 3
- Douglas Leighton fonds 2
- Kidney family fonds 2
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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Life membership certificate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55747
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one blank life membership certificate for the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.
- Date Range
- 2010-2021
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 63 (oversize)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545
- V635
- Series
- M545 / V : Administrative records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 2021.37
- Reference Code
- M545 / V / 63 (oversize)
- Date Range
- 2010-2021
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate (28 cm x 40 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one blank life membership certificate for the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Membership
- Organizations
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Miscellaneous club records
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55760
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Includes blank letterhead, blank carbon copy letterhead, a Burwash Landing Walking Tour brochure, and a poem about the centennial of the ACC 1967 Yukon expedition written by Caroline Carver [printed email].
- Date Range
- [ca. 1980-2017]
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 331M / 02
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- I.A.1.k. Administration: other / miscellaneous
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Accession Number
- 2021.32
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 331M / 02
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- [ca. 1980-2017]
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Includes blank letterhead, blank carbon copy letterhead, a Burwash Landing Walking Tour brochure, and a poem about the centennial of the ACC 1967 Yukon expedition written by Caroline Carver [printed email].
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Geographic Access
- Burwash Landing
- Yukon
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on material
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel guides - United States, Italy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55928
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Olympic National Park and other destinations in the United States and Italy.
- Date Range
- [ca.1990-2010]
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / A / i / 14
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Published record
- Textual record
- Map
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / I : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / A / i / 14
- Date Range
- [ca.1990-2010]
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of travel guides collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to Olympic National Park and other destinations in the United States and Italy.
- Subject Access
- Geography
- Travel
- Tourism
- Tourist information
- National parks and reserves
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Washington
- Hawaii
- Italy
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Operation Bow-Athabasca exhibit proposals
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56252
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one draft outline and one final copy of a funding proposal for an exhibit titled Operation Bow-Athabasca, which was displayed at the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre in 2012. Exhibit pertains to geological surveying which was completed by staff of the Geological Survey of Canad…
- Date Range
- 2010-2011
- Reference Code
- M590 / III / D / 116
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / III : Professional records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 III / D : Other contracts and projects
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / III / D / 116
- GMD
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Produced by Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre, Roger MacQueen
- Date Range
- 2010-2011
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one draft outline and one final copy of a funding proposal for an exhibit titled Operation Bow-Athabasca, which was displayed at the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre in 2012. Exhibit pertains to geological surveying which was completed by staff of the Geological Survey of Canada between 1965 and 1967.
- Notes
- Draft outline in file is annotated with additional notes, possibly written by Ben Gadd
- Subject Access
- Research
- Environment
- Geology
- Natural history
- Museums
- Surveying
- Surveys
- Finances
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canmore
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Cornelia Cook Adams and Catharine Cook transcribed letters
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56759
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of transcribed correspondence between members of the Cook, Wright and Adams families. File includes letters between Catharine Cook, Mary Wright, Cornelia Cook Adams and "Arianna" [ranging between 1844-1866]; and a letter sent from Cornelia to her brother, Roger Cook Adams, pertaining …
- Date Range
- 1844-1850
- 1860-1866
- 1944
- Reference Code
- M555 / I / B / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M555
- V777
- Series
- M555 / I : Correspondence
- Sous-Fonds
- M555
- Sub-Series
- M555 / I / B : Extended family correspondence
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- M555 / I / B / 1
- Date Range
- 1844-1850
- 1860-1866
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of transcribed correspondence between members of the Cook, Wright and Adams families. File includes letters between Catharine Cook, Mary Wright, Cornelia Cook Adams and "Arianna" [ranging between 1844-1866]; and a letter sent from Cornelia to her brother, Roger Cook Adams, pertaining to the transcribed letters [ca.1944].
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Correspondence
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- New York
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mt. Stephen and Ringrose Peak summit registers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57555
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two summit registers retrieved by Paul Zizka between 2019 and 2020. Includes Mt. Stephen summit register (Sept. 9, 1987 - Sept. ? 2020) and two pages from the Ringrose Peak summit register (July 28, 1990 - Aug. 2019).
- Date Range
- 1987 - 2020
- 1990 - 2019
- Reference Code
- M235 / accn. 2023.40
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M235
- Sous-Fonds
- M235
- Accession Number
- 2023.40
- Reference Code
- M235 / accn. 2023.40
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1987 - 2020
- 1990 - 2019
- Physical Description
- 2 summit registers
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two summit registers retrieved by Paul Zizka between 2019 and 2020. Includes Mt. Stephen summit register (Sept. 9, 1987 - Sept. ? 2020) and two pages from the Ringrose Peak summit register (July 28, 1990 - Aug. 2019).
- Subject Access
- Mountaineering
- Summit
- Records
- Geographic Access
- Mount Stephen
- Ringrose Peak
- Access Restrictions
- Potential mold exposure - protective gloves/mask required
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Edith Cavell summit notes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57556
- Scope & Content
- File consists of loose summit notes from Mt. Edith Cavell, ca. 2014-2022, which were retrieved by Paul Yardley.
- Date Range
- 2014 - 2022
- Reference Code
- M235 / accn. 2023.03
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M235
- Sous-Fonds
- M235
- Accession Number
- 2023.03
- Reference Code
- M235 / accn. 2023.03
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 2014 - 2022
- Physical Description
- 2 cm textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of loose summit notes from Mt. Edith Cavell, ca. 2014-2022, which were retrieved by Paul Yardley.
- Subject Access
- Mountaineering
- Summit
- Geographic Access
- Jasper National Park
- Mount Edith Cavell
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some pages isolated in clear bag due to signs of mold damage.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Letters, certificates, scrapbook pages, ration book, notebook and publication pertaining to Julie Moore Raymond, James W. Brown and Brown family geneaology. Also includes a restaurant menu for 1812 House, Farmingham, Mass., the former Brown family residence.
- Date Range
- 1838-1950
- Reference Code
- M307 / V / 71
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M307 / V439
- Series
- V. Moore and Browne families series
- Sous-Fonds
- M307
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M307 / V / 71
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1838-1950
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Letters, certificates, scrapbook pages, ration book, notebook and publication pertaining to Julie Moore Raymond, James W. Brown and Brown family geneaology. Also includes a restaurant menu for 1812 House, Farmingham, Mass., the former Brown family residence.
- Notes
- Bond issued by the Confederate States of America for 500 dollars, 1863, 1 item.
- Discharge document of James W. Brown, from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, 1849, 1 item. Military commission certificate of James W. Brown, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1948 Held in oversize "B"
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Trail Riders brochures and pamphlets
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54804
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies brochures and pamphlets published and distributed between 1963 and 2011, two colour postcards [n.d.] pertaining to the Trail Riders, and three brochures promoting the Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Items contain information about pricin…
- Date Range
- 1963-2011
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 2
- Date Range
- 1963-2011
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies brochures and pamphlets published and distributed between 1963 and 2011, two colour postcards [n.d.] pertaining to the Trail Riders, and three brochures promoting the Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Items contain information about pricing, trail ride itineraries and destinations, important dates, and registration information.
- Notes
- File contains some duplicates
- Some items are annotated
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Advertising
- Tourism
- Trails
- Travel
- Communications
- Organizations
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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