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Collected Material Series
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21912
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of textual records, photographs and video and sound recordings collected by Eleanor Luxton. Contents include various published and unpublished materials, including sheet music, correspondence, books about Canadian and Indigenous history, magazines, souvenir publications, travel guid…
- Date Range
- 1875-[2004]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Textual record
- Photograph
- Sound recording
- Video
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F
- Date Range
- 1875-[2004]
- Physical Description
- 37.0 cm textual records.-- photographs.-- 74 cm sound recordings
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of textual records, photographs and video and sound recordings collected by Eleanor Luxton. Contents include various published and unpublished materials, including sheet music, correspondence, books about Canadian and Indigenous history, magazines, souvenir publications, travel guides, and pamphlets; visual materials, including commercial postcards, portraits of Georginal Luxton and other family members, photographs of the Tilikum on display in Victoria, and a portfolio of illustrated Stoney Nakoda portraits by R.H. Palenske; oral histories recorded and collected by Eleanor Luxton; and a VHS copy of "Qualicum Wind".
- Notes
- Series consists of four sub-series:
- Textual records
- Photographs
- Oral Histories (includes printed interview transcripts; transcripts in electronic format written to CD Rom and 3.5" floppy disk; supporting documentation; the recorded interviews on audio cassettes and R120 DAT tapes)
- Audiovisual and sound records
- Finding Aid
- Electronic finding aid available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Commercial Leases - Block 1, Lot 20
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22250
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Files consist of copies of commercial leases for Eleanor Luxton's Banff property Block 1, Lot 20. Includes one folder of notes and photographs compiled by Eleanor Luxton pertaining to the addition of a new roof at 203 Caribou Street in Banff.
- Date Range
- 1977-1990
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / D / 83 to 85
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Newspaper clipping
- Plan
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- II.D. Business, Legal and Financial Series
- Sous-Fonds
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / D / 83 to 85
- Other Title Info
- Title based on contents of file
- Date Range
- 1977-1990
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records -- 21 photographs : col. prints ; 15 x 10 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Files consist of copies of commercial leases for Eleanor Luxton's Banff property Block 1, Lot 20. Includes one folder of notes and photographs compiled by Eleanor Luxton pertaining to the addition of a new roof at 203 Caribou Street in Banff.
- Notes
- One illustrated layout plan and three-dimensional drawing depicting the front of the Magpie and Stump restaurant in Banff was removed from folder LUX/II/D/85. Item has been moved to oversize storage, with reference number LUX/II/D/220.
- Subject Access
- Property
- Leases
- Construction
- Businesses
- Labour
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Category
- Labour
- 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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Personal Correspondence
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53984
- Part Of
- Dorothy Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Catharine Robb Whyte and other Banff residents. Correspondents include Mrs. Bredbeck, Catharine Whyte, Jay and Tony Brandreth, Cyril Chapman, Sally Weaver, Esther McNutt, Dorothy Preston, Aileen Harmon, and Mark White. …
- Date Range
- 1970 - 1980
- Reference Code
- M59 / II / 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M59 / V689
- Series
- II. Correspondence
- Sous-Fonds
- M59
- Accession Number
- 5380
- Reference Code
- M59 / II / 3
- Date Range
- 1970 - 1980
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual material
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Catharine Robb Whyte and other Banff residents. Correspondents include Mrs. Bredbeck, Catharine Whyte, Jay and Tony Brandreth, Cyril Chapman, Sally Weaver, Esther McNutt, Dorothy Preston, Aileen Harmon, and Mark White. Subjects include Christmas greetings, Catharine’s travels, a letter in response to Whyte’s correction letter sent to Reader’s Digest in regards to them misspelling Peter Whyte’s name in a publication, Jimmy Simpson, pow wow at Morley, Nancy Newbury, Murray Adaskin, Hans Gmoser, Frank Kaquitts and the Indian Cultural Conference, Catharine’s passing, and the executing of Catharine’s will. File also includes Catharine Robb Whyte’s 1970, 1971, and 1978 Christmas letters, a published travel diary with an accompanying hand drawn map.
- Storage Range
- M59 / I / 23 to M59 / II / 4
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Indigenous Peoples
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title supplied by archival assistant
- 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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Antique Maps of India and Germany, Walter Wilcox Mounts
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54204
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 13 antique maps, 6 of which depict regions in India and 7 which depict regions in Germany. Content pertains to a small map collection originally issued to Tim Ffrench (?) during WWII which were later owned by Nicholas Morant. Some maps of reserves contain personal annotations and h…
- Date Range
- 1868
- 1892
- 1894
- 1903
- 1904
- 1917
- 1921
- 1950
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 54 to 66 O.S. & V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 96 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Map
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- M300 & V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 54 to 66 O.S. & V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 96 O.S.
- GMD
- Map
- Textual record
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1868
- 1892
- 1894
- 1903
- 1904
- 1917
- 1921
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 13 Maps: print; b&w, and set of 4 rag paper mounts
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 13 antique maps, 6 of which depict regions in India and 7 which depict regions in Germany. Content pertains to a small map collection originally issued to Tim Ffrench (?) during WWII which were later owned by Nicholas Morant. Some maps of reserves contain personal annotations and highlighted/coloured routes; none of German maps are annotated. File also contains set of 4 rag paper mounts, annotated. 3 naming artist Walter Wilcox (likely formerly held his works but are now blank). One labelled 'Model'.
- Notes
- Maps were originally stored together in one poster tube labelled: "MAPS OF GERMANY INDIA See notes inside" Shipping label: PLS HOLD Armand To Nicholas Morant 222 Melville Ave Westmount Montreal" (with two 3 - cent stamps attached) Note inside, written by Nicholas Morant: "These maps were among those issued to Capt. Tim Ffrench (?) preparatory to intelligence work done during W. War II" Signed "Nick M." Wilcox mounts were stored in brown paper packaging with several other blank mounts (disposed of). Labelled section of original paper packaging has been stored with mounts in oversize box for reference.
- Geographic Access
- Germany
- India
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified owners
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified owners.
- Language
- English
- German
- Conservation
- Items must be kept only with items of similar materials, and stored with protective acid-free barriers to prevent further damage.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Spring and fall round-ups
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of typed correspondence, event summaries, inventories, order forms, room booking documents, name tags, posters, handwritten planning notes and other textual documents pertaining to annual Spring and Fall Round-up events hosted by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies between 1963 a…
- Date Range
- 1963
- 1964
- 1966
- 1968 - 1981
- 1984 - 1986
- 1995
- 1996
- 2001
- Reference Code
- M545 / I / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / I : Events and Activities
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / I / 1
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1963
- 1964
- 1966
- 1968 - 1981
- 1984 - 1986
- 1995
- 1996
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (ca. 125 pages ; 21.5 x 35.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of typed correspondence, event summaries, inventories, order forms, room booking documents, name tags, posters, handwritten planning notes and other textual documents pertaining to annual Spring and Fall Round-up events hosted by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies between 1963 and 2001.
- Notes
- Items dated between 1963-1981 are part of accn. 5939, and items 1984 and later are from accn. 8235
- Subject Access
- Event
- Event planning
- Advertising
- Community events
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items with ink staining have been placed in mylar sheets to prevent damage to adjacent items. Consider encasing other items in the future if ink begins to stain.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Sleigh Ride '81 and Calgary Stampede 1999 events
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of a receipt from Elkana Stables attached to handwritten notes, pertaining to expenses and the organization of a 1981 Trail Riders sleigh ride event; and 1 handwritten page of ride lists with a note at the top re: Calgary Stampede event dates for 1999.
- Date Range
- 1980
- 1981
- 1999
- Reference Code
- M545 / I / 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / I : Events and Activities
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5939
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / I / 5
- Date Range
- 1980
- 1981
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 0.2 cm of textual records (3 pages ; 21 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a receipt from Elkana Stables attached to handwritten notes, pertaining to expenses and the organization of a 1981 Trail Riders sleigh ride event; and 1 handwritten page of ride lists with a note at the top re: Calgary Stampede event dates for 1999.
- Notes
- Sleigh ride items are from accn. 5939, Calgary Stampede item is from accn. 8235
- Subject Access
- Horses
- Stables
- Events
- Calgary Stampede
- Winter sports
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Bragg Creek
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Ride documents by year, 1961 - 1984
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of ca. 300 assorted documents pertaining to trail rides organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, organized by year between 1961 and 1984. Includes organizational notes, participant lists, small pamphlets, and other documents from individual trail rides.
- Date Range
- 1961 - 1984
- Reference Code
- M545 / I / 8 to 31
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / I : Events and Activities
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- Reference Code
- M545 / I / 8 to 31
- Date Range
- 1961 - 1984
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records (ca. 550 pages ; 21 x 35.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of ca. 300 assorted documents pertaining to trail rides organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, organized by year between 1961 and 1984. Includes organizational notes, participant lists, small pamphlets, and other documents from individual trail rides.
- Notes
- Folders are organized chronologically, by date [one file folder per year] and by individual ride number within each year. See "Content Details" for list of folders and corresponding years
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Businesses
- Trails
- Packing
- Organizations
- Administration
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- File numbers and corresponding years:
- M545/I/8 : 1961
- M545/I/9 : 1962
- M545/I/10 : 1963
- M545/I/11 : 1964
- M545/I/12 : 1965
- M545/I/13 : 1966
- M545/I/14 : 1967
- M545/I/15 : 1968
- M545/I/16 : 1969
- M545/I/17 : 1970
- M545/I/18 : 1971
- M545/I/19 : 1972
- M545/I/20 : 1973
- M545/I/21 : 1974
- M545/I/22 : 1975
- M545/I/23 : 1976
- M545/I/24 : 1977
- M545/I/25 : 1978
- M545/I/26 : 1979
- M545/I/27 : 1980
- M545/I/28 : 1981
- M545/I/29 : 1982
- M545/I/30 : 1983
- M545/I/31 : 1984
- Processing Status
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Riders lists 1958 to 1983
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54382
- Scope & Content
- File consists of printed participant/riders lists for numerous trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies between 1958 and 1982. Includes small pamphlet-shaped lists, standard printed pages and thin tissue pages.
- Date Range
- 1958-1976
- 1978
- 1980-1983
- Reference Code
- M545 / II / 1 to 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / II : Members, Staff, Personal Content
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- Reference Code
- M545 / II / 1 to 3
- Date Range
- 1958-1976
- 1978
- 1980-1983
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of printed participant/riders lists for numerous trail rides led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies between 1958 and 1982. Includes small pamphlet-shaped lists, standard printed pages and thin tissue pages.
- Notes
- File contains some duplicates
- Subject Access
- Administration
- Organizations
- Membership
- Trails
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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