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King George VI and British royal family [ca. 1935 - 1951]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to King George VI's coronation and Queen Elizabeth; newspaper clippings relating to British West Indies, Australia and other Empire colonies as well as related stories. Scrapbook also includes articles relating to King George VI and family. Also …

Date Range: [1935-1940]; 1939; 1951

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Postcard; Published record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 15

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Postcard; Published record

Date Range: [1935-1940]; 1939; 1951

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to King George VI's coronation and Queen Elizabeth; newspaper clippings relating to British West Indies, Australia and other Empire colonies as well as related stories. Scrapbook also includes articles relating to King George VI and family. Also included are two file folders containing:; four postcards bearing images of the King and Queen's visit to Belfast, troops inspections and two publications titled: "Their Majesties' Canadian Visit, 1939" and a timetable of Pilot train and boats and itinerary of activities [placed in a mylar sleeve and file folder].; booklet and b&w photographs relating to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's Royal Visit, 1939 [placed in a file folder].

Subject Access: Politics; Public events; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Royalty; Trains; Travel; Newspaper; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Jasper; England; London

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Postcard prints and other inserts have been placed in mylar inside scrapbook

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Politics; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Newsworthy Articles Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing 1925 newspaper clippings from The Bulletin pertaining to the Locarno Security Pact ; January, 1959 Herald Magazine news-clippings relating to Bow River Lodge Anniversary ; Article written by David G. Ross "A Strategy of Mountains" ; Newspaper articles on a va…

Date Range: 1925-1963

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 34

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 34

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1925-1963

Physical Description: 5.5 cm of textual records (19 pages ; 25.5 x 31 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook containing 1925 newspaper clippings from The Bulletin pertaining to the Locarno Security Pact ; January, 1959 Herald Magazine news-clippings relating to Bow River Lodge Anniversary ; Article written by David G. Ross "A Strategy of Mountains" ; Newspaper articles on a variety of subjects ; July 1963 The Calgary Herald articles pertaining to Camp Hector ; 1962 articles from The Calgary Herald ; February 1958 article on Chief Crowfoot ; March 1959 article re birthday celebrations for Walking Buffalo ; March 1960 articles from The South Side Mirror - The Weekly Star relating to Mrs. Dowler, a Glenmore resident ; A variety of newspaper clippings unsorted and placed in between the pages of the scrapbook ; December 1928 copy of The Alberta Sentinel ; Clippings of b&w published photographs of mountains, lamas at a monastery, and various ethnographic photographs.

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Anniversary; Glenmore Dam; Military; Missionaries; Mountains; Newspaper; Oldtimers; Organizations; Stoney; Stoney Nakoda

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Canmore; Morley; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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General accounts

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to business, properties, rentals, banking, house and personal accounts

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1960]

Reference Code: LUX / I / C1 / 60 to 71

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Textual record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / C : Business, legal and financial

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / I / C1 / 60 to 71

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1960]

Physical Description: 11 v. and ca.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to business, properties, rentals, banking, house and personal accounts

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Content Details: LIST OF VOLUMES (LUX / I / C1 - 60 to 71):; * [Account ledger], ca.1905, 1 v. Entries pertain to Merchants Bank, H. E. Sibbald, David McDougall, and personal accounts. Some entries are dated 1906 and 1907 (folder 60); * Transient ledger : [sheets], 1911, 1.5 cm. Re house, bar, livery and curio accounts (folder 61) - Oversize storage; * [Account ledger], 1912-1928, 1 v. Re businesses (curio, coal, livery, other) and personal accounts (folder 62); * Purchase and general accounts : [ledger sheets], 1914-1928, 4 sheets. Re properties. Involves Byron Lee Smith and Robert Vass (folder 63) - Oversize storage; * Purchase and general accounts : [ledger sheets], 1915-1927, 1.5 cm. Re properties, businesses, insurance and personal accounts (folder 63) - Oversize storage; * [Account ledger], 1917, 1 v. Re mainly horse and hay accounts with individuals and businesses (folder 64) - Oversize storage; * Daily statement of business : [cash and charge records], 1917-1918, 2 v. (folder 65) - Oversize storage; * [Property record books], 1907-1928, 3 v. Property records describe Luxton properties, enhancements, rents, furnishings, renters, etc. Books cover 1918-1922 (with loose items back to 1907), 1922-1925, and 1923-1928. Includes loose items (folder 66); * [Account book], 1925-1936, 1 v. Re personal accounts, including sundries and banking, also curio shop etc (folder 67) - Oversize storage; * [Account ledger], 1932-1945, 1 v. Re business, rental and personal accounts (folder 68); * [Account sheets], 1935-1939, .5 cm. Re sundries, banking, curio store, personal and car accounts (folder 68B) - Oversize storage; * [Account sheets], 1943-1944, .5 cm. Re business, property and personal accounts (folder 69) - Oversize storage; * [Account ledger], 1948-1956, 1 v. Re properties, business leases, rents and taxes (folder 70); * [Account book sheets], before 1962, .5 cm. Re accounts with Stoney individuals, perhaps at Morley (folder 71)

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Banff Indian Days brochures

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of promotional materials in the form of brochures and a flyer for Banff Indian Days. Some brochures are annotated [possibly containing edits before being published]. Contains duplicates of some items.

Date Range: 1938-1953

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Published record; Textual record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 6

GMD: Published record; Textual record

Responsibility: Some items published by Crag & Canyon Presses

Date Range: 1938-1953

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records : 12 items ; 15.6 x 24.0 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of promotional materials in the form of brochures and a flyer for Banff Indian Days. Some brochures are annotated [possibly containing edits before being published]. Contains duplicates of some items.

Notes: Copies of items may be found in LUX / II / F1 / 20. One flyer and two brochures with annotations have been digitized as other materials have been digitized and may found in LUX / II / F1 / 20.; Reference copies of Banff Indian Days posters were included in this file, however they were stored with additional Banff Indian Day posters and may now be found at LUX / I / D3. The associated items are LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Finding Aid: Reference copies of oversize posters are provided [now found in LUX / I / D3]

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Banff Indian Days operations

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of records pertaining to operations, including: pass, patron and subscription lists; letters, reports and notes; newspaper clipping; draft letter to the Board of Trade, outlines Luxton's suggestions for Indian Days.

Date Range: 1916; 1922; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1950; [1952]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record; Textual record; Newspaper clipping

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 4

GMD: Private record; Textual record; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1916; 1922; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1950; [1952]

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records : 16 texts ; 21.3cm x 35.3cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of records pertaining to operations, including: pass, patron and subscription lists; letters, reports and notes; newspaper clipping; draft letter to the Board of Trade, outlines Luxton's suggestions for Indian Days.

Notes: Original drawing in newspaper clipping LUX / I / D3a / 4 / 9 may be found as LUX / I / D3 / 02

Name Access: Eaton, Earle Hooker; Brewster, Jim; Luxton, Norman; Twoyoungmen, Jacob; Bearspaw, David; Powderface, Johnny; Rollinmud, Isaac; Rider, Jonas; Jimmy John, Moses; Hunter, Judas; Round, William E. (Bill), Sr.; Crawler, George; Brigham, Edward M., Jr.

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Homestead Hotel; Union Milk Company Limited; Crag and Canyon newspaper; Dave White and Sons Ltd.; Lux Theatre; Dominion Cafe; Hudson's Bay Company

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Fletcher P. Brady fonds

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Part Of: Fletcher P. Brady fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of scrapbook, 1932-1948, pertaining to activities of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Accompanied by Trail Rider publications, ca.1929-1966.

Date Range: [ca.1929]-1966

Reference Code: M119

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Scrapbook

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Part Of: Fletcher P. Brady fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 119

Sous-Fonds: M 119

Accession Number: 901

Reference Code: M119

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca.1929]-1966

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Fletcher P. Brady was a towerman with the New England Association of Railroad Veterans in Providence, Rhode Island. In the 1930s, he served as an officer of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists mainly of scrapbook, 1932-1948, pertaining to activities of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Accompanied by Trail Rider publications, ca.1929-1966.

Name Access: Brady, Fletcher P.

Subject Access: Sports, recreation and leisure; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Horses; Horseback riding; Horse packing; Guiding; Guides

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Kootenay National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Brady, Fletcher P.

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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News scrapbook

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman an…

Date Range: 1933; 1935 - 1940; 1947; 1950; 1956; 1960 - 1965; 1968; 1969; 1974

Reference Code: M74 / IV / C / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / IV / C : 1946 - 1970

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / IV / C / 1

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Articles mainly published by the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald

Date Range: 1933; 1935 - 1940; 1947; 1950; 1956; 1960 - 1965; 1968; 1969; 1974

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 52 pages ; 31 x 39 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman and Georgina Luxton, Jimmy Simpson Sr. and Jim and Fern Brewster; articles on achievements by Jimmy Simpson Sr., Norman Luxton, Norman B. Sanson and others; and other news including opinion articles, sports updates and articles on construction/expansion projects and local events held in Banff.

Notes: Newspaper articles attached to inside of scrapbook cover wide range of dates. Scrapbook has been placed in sub-series M74 / IV / C [1946 - 1970] as a large portion of articles fall within specified dates.; Some articles are loose in scrapbook

Material Details: Most newspaper clippings attached inside with adhesive, some items loose.

Name Access: Wheatley, Alice; Wheatley, Frank; Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Georgina; LaCasse, Annie; LaCasse, Ulysses; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Kidney, Maude; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Sanson, Norman; Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim; Harmon, Byron; Brett, Robert G.

Subject Access: Businesses; Calgary Herald; Community events; Commerce and industry; Crag and Canyon newspaper; Family and personal life; Funeral; Hockey; Sports; Travel; Tourism; Townsite development; Skiing; Politics; Photography; Advertising; Industry; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Calgary

Access Restrictions: Physical access may be restricted due to fragile state

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Item has been tied with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together and prevent loss or misplacement of loose articles inside; Item stored flat and separately from other materials to prevent further physical damage; Consider digitizing contents of scrapbook and limiting access to the physical copy due to its poor condition and risk of loose contents

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Land, settlement and immigration; Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Slides Notebooks

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover. 51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949. 51 - 2 : "S…

Date Range: 1939-1981

Reference Code: M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record; Textual record

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities, photography

Sous-Fonds: M67

Sub-Series: i.a. textual material, notebooks

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Date Range: 1939-1981

Physical Description: 4.5 cm of textual records (4 volumes ; 10.8 x 17.6 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover. 51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949. 51 - 2 : "SL II" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1949 and 1955. 51 - 3 : "SL III" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1955 and 191965. 51 - 4 : "SL IV" (Slides Book IV) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1966 and 1981. Also includes folder of loose material from the notebooks.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Waterton; Waterton National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier National Park; Montana; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada; Washington; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Eleanor Luxton early childhood and family album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby…

Date Range: [ca. 1904]; [1907 or 1908]; 1908; [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]; [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1940]; 1964

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Scrapbook

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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 / PD - 3

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca. 1904]; [1907 or 1908]; 1908; [ca. 1910 - ca. 1912]; [ca. 1917 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1940]; 1964

Physical Description: 1 album (54 b&w prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller -- 2 newspaper clippings)

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album containing 54 photograph prints and 2 newspaper clippings pertaining to Norman Luxton winning a turkey shooting contest [ca. 1940] and an Old Timers Association event attended by Eleanor Luxton in Calgary in 1964. Photographs pertain to Eleanor Luxton as a baby and young child with her parents, posing with chickens and a turkey on a farm, with other small children [unidentified] and standing by the Bow River; portrait photographs of Eleanor as a young girl [roughly ages 5 to 12 years old]; a wedding celebration [possibly that of Norman and Georgina Luxton in 1904]; and images of a pregnant woman and a man on a farm [likely Georgina Luxton and possibly her father, David McDougall, ca. 1908]

Notes: One photograph of Eleanor Luxton as a young child, posing alone and smiling in a dark dress, was moved to its current location from album LUX / III / A3 / PD - 2.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Norman; McDougall, David; Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association

Subject Access: Animals; Children; Birds; Farmland; Property; Community events; Family and personal life; Dogs; Weddings

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Bow River; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Item has been interleaved with acid-free paper to protect photographs; Loose images have been placed in mylar; Item secured with unbleached string to prevent loose items from falling out

Category: Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Winter Carnival papers

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of minutes, brochures, notes, notebook, letterhead, posters, event programs pertaining to the Banff Winter Carnival from 1920-1954, primarily from 1920-1927. File includes event planning notes and information about things such as dog racing code, event passes, competition trophies and…

Date Range: 1917-1928, 1954

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Corporate record; Organization record; Textual record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 1

GMD: Corporate record; Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: 1917-1928, 1954

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (21 x 27 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: Banff Winter Carnival, also known as Winter Sports of the Canadian Rockies, was the first post-war winter sports programme held in Banff, Alberta. The organization had Banff directors, Calgary directors and Directors-at-large from Alberta and outside the province. A wide variety of social and sports events took place under the organization's direction.

Scope & Content: File consists of minutes, brochures, notes, notebook, letterhead, posters, event programs pertaining to the Banff Winter Carnival from 1920-1954, primarily from 1920-1927. File includes event planning notes and information about things such as dog racing code, event passes, competition trophies and prize information, and planning notes.