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- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a bound green record book, H20 x W13 cm. The record book, with "Records" printed on the cover, is comprised of numbered lined pages and contains meeting minutes and membership lists for the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association from March 13th, 1924 to circa 1930. Minutes pertain…
- Date Range
- 1924-c.1930
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7829 / 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Organization record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- 7829 : Accession Number
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 7829
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7829 / 1
- Date Range
- 1924-c.1930
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 13 x 20 cm)
- History / Biographical
- In the 1920's, Banff experienced a steady increase in tourism. This was based on a number of factors, including the introduction of the automobile in the park, the completion of the Banff-Windermere Highway and other roadways, additional accommodation (e.g. campgrounds), and the Canadian Pacific Railway's "Canadian Pacific Rockies" tourist campaign. Local prominent townspeople began to seek more say in the way their town was governed, and thus created organizations like the Banff Advisory Council and the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association. Issues around park boundaries, campgrounds, and park services employees' priorities were particularly important to Banff locals during this decade.
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a bound green record book, H20 x W13 cm. The record book, with "Records" printed on the cover, is comprised of numbered lined pages and contains meeting minutes and membership lists for the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association from March 13th, 1924 to circa 1930. Minutes pertain to different types of meetings: general and executive. Contents pertain to various topics, including the creation of the Association and membership, provincial Liberal candidates, electing members for the Association's executive committee, concerns about who was being appointed to park services, employment in the park, advocating for the dismissal of Jack Warren (a park warden), and park boundary issues.
- Notes
- Created by the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association.
- Dave White originally had the lease for 222 Otter Street and transferred the lease to Sam Armstrong in 1915, who had it until 1927. Sam Armstrong was a member of the Rocky Mountain Liberal Association.
- Membership included representatives from Banff, Canmore, Exshaw, and East End. Meetings were generally held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Banff and the Canmore Hotel.
- Most of the minutes were taken by W. Alexander and James Smith, who both acted as secretary at some point in the Association's history.
- Name Access
- Brewster, Jim
- Armstrong, Sam
- Atkin, Gilbert M.
- Crosby, Lou
- Alexander, William A. (Bill)
- Warren, Jack
- Subject Access
- Banff
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Park policy
- Politics and government
- Records
- Wardens
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canmore
- Exshaw
- Language
- English
- Category
- Politics
- Government
- Biographical Source Notes
- Based on the contents of the item
- Hart, E.J. Banff: a History of the Park and Town. Banff: Summerthought Publishing, 2015.
- M317
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Crosby family manuscripts and visual materials inventory
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- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.
- Date Range
- ca.1895-1975
- Reference Code
- M486 / V152 / Blueprints
- Description Level
- 7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
- GMD
- Textual record
- Blueprint
- Part Of
- Crosby family fonds
- Description Level
- 7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
- Fonds Number
- M 486
- V152
- Series
- Inventory listing only
- Sous-Fonds
- M486
- V152
- Accession Number
- n/a
- Reference Code
- M486 / V152 / Blueprints
- Date Range
- ca.1895-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 Box
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.
- Name Access
- Crosby, Gertrude
- Crosby, Lou
- Subject Access
- Family
- commercial
- Education
- sports & leisure
- tourism
- Mountaineering
- Travel
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Crosby, Louis S.
- Crosby, Gertrude
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Content Details
- Inventory listing: Blueprints: Blueprints for garage and conservatory (rolled) A4 envelope w blueprints of garage and extension Blueprint of Dennyplane Junior (damaged) Blueprint of Banff cemetry
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Banff Highland Gathering Lithograph Poster
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Poster with lithograph colour image of art by Louis Moen (Scotsman playing bagpipes in kilt, with Banff Springs Hotel in the background), promoting the 1931 Banff Highland Gathering. Includes text describing event and date.
- Date Range
- ca. 1931
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 92 O.S.
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Textual record
- Poster
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 5 / 92 O.S.
- GMD
- Textual record
- Poster
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- ca. 1931
- Physical Description
- Poster: lithograph; colour
- History / Biographical
- The Banff Highland Gathering (September 3-5, 1931) was part of a series of cultural events which were directed by John Murray Gibbon between 1927 - 1931 and held across Canada. Gibbon was a publicist for the CPR for thirty years, and coined the concept of Canadian culture as a 'mosaic'.
- Scope & Content
- Poster with lithograph colour image of art by Louis Moen (Scotsman playing bagpipes in kilt, with Banff Springs Hotel in the background), promoting the 1931 Banff Highland Gathering. Includes text describing event and date.
- Notes
- Poster was stored in poster tube titled "BANFF HIGHLAND GAMES POSTER" Shipping label: "648 MEETING PLACE SANDWICH BOX 55 BANFF ALTA T0L0C0" Also has red stamp on white sticker: " TORONTO ONT. 8 IV '83 "
- Subject Access
- Highland games
- tourism
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff Highland Gathering
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Item must be stored in acid-free barrier to prevent further damage, and to protect adjacent items as this poster has adhesives/ink stains
- Creator
- Louis Moen, Canadian Pacific (?)
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cpr-festivals-emc https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/article/john-murray-gibbon-emc
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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"Hotel Closed" Sign
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / II / D : Personal and Family Materials : Collected Material
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)
- Physical Description
- 1 Poster/sign, printed construction paper
- Scope & Content
- Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.
- Name Access
- Morant, Ivy
- Morant, Nicholas
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Inventory listing - unprocessed
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- Part Of
- Pat Boswell fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of Pat Boswell scrapbooks, correspondence and other materials pertaining to expeditions including the 1960 Canadian Icefields Expedition, with Hans Gmoser, Philippe Delasalle and others
- Date Range
- 1953-1998
- Reference Code
- M547
- Description Level
- 7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Pat Boswell fonds
- Description Level
- 7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]
- Fonds Number
- M547
- Sous-Fonds
- .
- Accession Number
- 8238
- Reference Code
- M547
- Date Range
- 1953-1998
- Physical Description
- .
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of Pat Boswell scrapbooks, correspondence and other materials pertaining to expeditions including the 1960 Canadian Icefields Expedition, with Hans Gmoser, Philippe Delasalle and others
- Creator
- Pat Boswell
- Content Details
- Inventory listing: 1 Title: Report on the Canadian Icefields Expedition 1960 and Proposal for the Development of a High Level Ski Route Between Lake Louise and Jasper (Blue duotang) Cont. Description: Personnel list, a detailed outline of the route of the expedition. Detailed trip description, including food calculations, weather conditions, the mood of the trip. Included are personal and communal equipment lists. Report ends with recommendation of the development of a high level ski route in the area, including the improvement and creation of trails. Phys. Description: 8 1/2 x 11 paper contained in duotang, 23 pages of report, EC. Map attached and folded showing the route of the 1960 Icefields Expedition, MC. 2 Title: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Société Radio-Canada (Manila envelope) Cont. Description: 20 photocopies and three originals of letters dated Jan 26-Feb 5, 1965 regarding the program “Wall of Ice.” Most writers comment on the music. A CBC Transmittal Form states “we’ve received approx. 35 letters suggesting the “wall of Ice appear on Hrond Page (?) Challenge.” 1 short newspaper clipping in plastic sheet describing the route and schedule. 1 advertisement for the program. Phys. Description: Manila envelope, creased, ripped bottom flap, MC. Loose 8 ½ x 11 photocopied letters, EC. Three original letters, EC. CBC Transmittal Form, small original, EC. Newspaper clipping, yellowing, incomplete, MC. Program advertisement, small on glossy paper, creased, MC. 3 Title: The Telegram Toronto, Weekend Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 32 Aug. 6, 1960. Cont. Description: Front page noted in pencil, “Pages 16-19”. Article: “Six Men Cheated Death on the Great Divide” by Stephen Franklin, Photos by Kurt Lukas. Interviews with Hans Gmoser and Philippe Delesalle. Article describes the failure of the exhibition and the recommendations made by the team to the National Parks Board. Phys. Description: 1 issue of magazine, yellowed paper, some edges of pages are torn, front page is ripped at the top, MC. 4 Title: The Ottawa Citizen, Weekend Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 39 Sept. 28, 1963 Cont. Description: Article “Eight Men Climb a Wall of Ice” pages 6-10, 16. Description of the expedition the storm, and Gmoser’s return to Banff. Four loose duplicate pages; 2 of page 10, 2 of page 16. Phys. Description: 1 issue of magazine, yellowed paper, two-thirds of page 6 is missing, MC. Four loose pages of the article were inserted between pages 14-16, pages have minimal rips, MC. 5 Title: The Ottawa Citizen, Weekend Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 39 Sept. 28, 1963 Cont. Description: Article “Eight Men Climb a Wall of Ice” pages 6-10, 16. Description of the expedition the storm, and Gmoser’s return to Banff. Phys. Description: 1 issue of magazine, EC. 6 Title: The Telegram Toronto, Weekend Picture Magazine, Vol. 3 No. 6- Feb. 7, 1953 Cont. Description: Article: “High-Mountain Holiday,” pages 2-5. Short article describing the Alpine Club of Canada’s annual ski camp in the Mount Assiniboine area. The article and photographs by Harry Rowed follows Dorothy Allan, Pat Boswell, and Murray Snively. (Same article as 7) Phys. Description: 1 issue of magazine, significant rips on edges of all three pages of the article, PC. 7 Title: The Standard, Weekend Picture Magazine, Comics, Novel, 10 cents, Vol. 3, No. 6, Montreal, Feb. 7. 1953 Cont. Description: : Article: “High-Mountain Holiday,” pages 2-5. Short article describing the Alpine Club of Canada’s annual ski camp in the Mount Assiniboine area. The article and photographs by Harry Rowed follows Dorothy Allan, Pat Boswell, and Murray Snively. (Same article as 6) Phys. Description: 1 issue of magazine, top right of front cover is dirty, minimal ripping, MC. 8 Title: (Orange Folder with brown tie) Cont. Description: Correspondence regarding preparation, purchasing and donation of supplies for expedition(s?). Majority of the letters are between Hans Gmoser and Pat Boswell. The letters discuss selling the film to CBC, promotional CBC appearances by Gmoser, and financial agreements. Later letters regard exchange of slides with others on the trip, and preparation for the CBC production. Letters date from September 1959-February 1964. Two contracts, one signed, one unsigned for the film rights to CBC for the “ The First Ascent of the North Wall of Mount McKinley.”Payment information from Weekend Magazine Montreal. Lists of climbing equipment, receipts, scripts for the film, introduction drafts for the Canadian IceFields Expedition 1960, a map of the mountain, 1963 Canadian Mount McKinley Expedition income and expenses sheet. In side pocket: Letter to Hans Gmoser from P. A. Boswell, January 5, 1960- Describes an argument between Harry Dempster and Peter Bennett. (Is this the letter mentioned by Steph Boswell on the post it note attached to her papers. Phys. Description: Loose papers in an orange file folder. Majority of the papers are EC, with a small selection creased, in MC. 8 Title: Scrapbook (Brown, scuffed front page) Cont. Description: Newspaper clippings and photographs from articles in which Pat Boswell appears. Including trips at Assiniboine 1953, and the 1954 Canadian Icefields Ski expedition. The articles cover prior to the trip, and the return of the skiers after poor weather. February 7, 1953-April 14, 1954. Phys. Description: 1 large brown scrapbook, loose pages, PC. Black and white, and colour newspaper clippings, black and white photographs glued in. Glue is failing, pictures and clippings peeling off. PC. 1954 Canadian Icefields Expedition Statement of Expenses. MC. 9 Title: Scrapbook (Brown) Cont. Description: Articles pertaining to the 1960 McKinley expedition. Feb 17, 1960- May 2, 1998. Phys. Description: 1 large brown scrapbook, majority of pages are loose. PC. Black and white, and colour newspaper clippings glued in, some glue is failing. MC. Three loose pieces, a newspaper clipping,” Skies Over McKinley” pamphlet, “Skiing the Skyline of the Rockies: An Expedition with No Ulterior Motive.” EC. Loose article from 1998. EC.
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- Unprocessed
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Summit Note from Unnamed Mountain
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- Scope & Content
- Handwritten record of mountain ascent (unnamed mountain located 2.2 km NNE of Mount Folk), written on scrap piece from coconut biscuit box. Author unknown, dated 1964(?). Provides multiple names of climbers, and references Alpine Club and Vancouver. Names written include: Paddy Sherman(?), Werner H…
- Date Range
- ca. 1964 (?)
- Reference Code
- M235 / accn. 8121
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Private record
- Textual record
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M235
- Sous-Fonds
- M235
- Accession Number
- 8121
- Reference Code
- M235 / accn. 8121
- Responsibility
- Whyte Museum
- Date Range
- ca. 1964 (?)
- Physical Description
- 1 Textual record: handwritten on cardboard in pencil
- History / Biographical
- Recovered July 17, 2011 by David P. Jones of Golden, B.C.; original author/owner unknown. Was originally stored upside down in old rusty sardine can and punctured with several holes caused by lightning.
- Scope & Content
- Handwritten record of mountain ascent (unnamed mountain located 2.2 km NNE of Mount Folk), written on scrap piece from coconut biscuit box. Author unknown, dated 1964(?). Provides multiple names of climbers, and references Alpine Club and Vancouver. Names written include: Paddy Sherman(?), Werner Himmelsbach, Ralph Hutchinson, Don MacLaurin, Joe Hutton, and Bren Moss.
- Subject Access
- Summit
- Mountain
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Item must be stored separate from other materials and kept in carefully controlled physical conditions to prevent further damage.
- Creator
- Unknown
- Biographical Source Notes
- Notes provided in accession record (2011) by Lena Goon
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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A wartime log : a remembrance from home through the Canadian Y.M.C.A.
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- Part Of
- Bill Waterworth fonds
- Scope & Content
- Bill Waterworth enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of 18. On September 19, 1942, Waterworth was shot down over the French coast just short of completing his 33rd mission. Waterworth avoided capture by German patrols for two weeks before being captured and taken prisoner by the G…
- Date Range
- [ca.1940]-1999
- Reference Code
- M215 / LC 1 / accn 8066
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Photograph
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Bill Waterworth fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M 215
- S 54
- V 176
- Sous-Fonds
- M 215
- S 54
- V 176
- Accession Number
- 8066 - loan for copy
- Reference Code
- M215 / LC 1 / accn 8066
- Date Range
- [ca.1940]-1999
- Physical Description
- electronic record : 7.66 GB, 147 files
- 190 pages digitized from original
- Scope & Content
- Bill Waterworth enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of 18. On September 19, 1942, Waterworth was shot down over the French coast just short of completing his 33rd mission. Waterworth avoided capture by German patrols for two weeks before being captured and taken prisoner by the Gestapo. He was sent by boxcar to a Prisoner of War (POW) camp - Stalag VIIIB/344 - in Lamsdorf, Germany where he remained for three years. In 1943 the Red Cross issued each P.O.W. a blank 151 page logbook "A Wartime Log : A Remembrance from Home Through the Canadian Y.M.C.A." Waterworth treasured this log during his captivity and compiled it as a scrapbook collecting photographs, artwork by fellow prisoners, newsclippings, parcel lists and letters from home. In January 1945 the prisoners were forced to march from Poland to France, and he carried his log throughout the ordeal. His sense of history and purpose with the Wartime Log continued throughout his life, with follow-up stories of fellow POWs and of their reunions through to 1999.
- Loan for copy in 2009 and digitized.
- Name Access
- Waterworth, Bill
- Language
- Language is English
- Location (Original)
- Returned to Waterworth family
- Location (Copy)
- O:\m_textual\m215_waterworth_archivalmaster
- Location Copy Filename
- m215_lc_1_accn8006
- Related Material
- S1 / 162 - Whyte Museum Oral History Prograamme : Bill Waterworth's Wartime Log interview with Bill Waterworth by Head Archivist E. J. (Ted) Hart, May 28, 2009
- 08 M22a - Almost a lifetime / John McMahon
- Creator
- Waterworth, Bill
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Original title page
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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