objectType:"Textual record" found 20 records - Research Collections

1723 Copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ Possibly Morant’s (?) and Japanese Stamp Collection

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 books; one 18th century, one 20th century stamp book. Includes 1723 copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ by Humphrey Prideaux; missing front/back covers, replaced with plain brown paper covers. Handwritten title ‘Mahomet’ written on front cover and side binding in different handwritings; …

Date Range: 1723; [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 91 and 95

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / V500 / S20

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: Unknown

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 91 and 95

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant (?), Nicholas Morant

Date Range: 1723; [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 2 books (1 published, 1 stamp book)

History / Biographical: Humphrey Prideaux (1648-1724) was born in Cornwall and eventually became a Doctor of Divinity. Prideaux was an author of multiple textual works pertaining to faith and particularly Christianity. He was the Dean of Norwich from 1702 until his death in 1724.

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 books; one 18th century, one 20th century stamp book. Includes 1723 copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ by Humphrey Prideaux; missing front/back covers, replaced with plain brown paper covers. Handwritten title ‘Mahomet’ written on front cover and side binding in different handwritings; front believed to be by Nicholas Morant (?), side unknown. Also includes book of Japanese stamps collected by Nicholas Morant; many not dated, various designs and sizes, annotated on covers with Nicholas Morant's personal ink stamp.

Storage Range: In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 75 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 91

Subject Access: Religion; Biography; Stamps; Postage

Geographic Access: England; Japan; Canada

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified owner(s).

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified owner(s).

Language: English

Conservation: 'Mahomet' book must be stored with protective barrier to prevent further damage (i.e. acid-free paper).

Creator: Humphrey Prideaux, Nicholas Morant

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/prideaux

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Accounting books

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Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 accounting books, 1871 to 1904 are accounting books from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The remaining accounting books are for Deer Lake Lodge and include charge accounts, dismemberments and receipts. XXX

Date Range: 1871; 1872; 1873; 1891; 1901; 1902; 1904; 1912; 1914; 1931; 1932; 1939; 1954; 1955

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 1 to 24 O.S

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M486 / V152

Series: M486 / II : Deer Lake Lodge

Sous-Fonds: M486

Sub-Series: M486 / II / B : Financials

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 1 to 24 O.S

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1871; 1872; 1873; 1891; 1901; 1902; 1904; 1912; 1914; 1931; 1932; 1939; 1954; 1955

Physical Description: 24 cm of textual records (24 volumes)

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 accounting books, 1871 to 1904 are accounting books from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The remaining accounting books are for Deer Lake Lodge and include charge accounts, dismemberments and receipts. XXX

Name Access: Crosby, Louis; Crosby, Lou

Subject Access: Administration; Finances

Geographic Access: Banff, Alberta; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Accounting books

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Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 13 folders of samples from accounting books. Accounting books or ledger from Deer Lake Lodge and include charge accounts, dismemberments and receipts. XXX

Date Range: ca. 1923; ca. 1935; 1937; 1932; 1939; 1954; 1955; 1961

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 25 to 37 O.S

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M486 / V152

Series: M486 / II : Deer Lake Lodge

Sous-Fonds: M486

Sub-Series: M486 / II / B : Financials

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 25 to 37 O.S

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: ca. 1923; ca. 1935; 1937; 1932; 1939; 1954; 1955; 1961

Physical Description: 13 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of 13 folders of samples from accounting books. Accounting books or ledger from Deer Lake Lodge and include charge accounts, dismemberments and receipts. XXX

Name Access: Crosby, Louis; Crosby, Lou

Subject Access: Administration; Finances; Lake LouiseTrading Company; Deer Lodge

Geographic Access: Banff, Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Administrative notebook, board records

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one bound volume containing handwritten notes and tally charts dated 1908. Contents possibly related to early administrative records of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association

Date Range: 1908

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6 / 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6 / 6

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1908

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 17 x 27.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one bound volume containing handwritten notes and tally charts dated 1908. Contents possibly related to early administrative records of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association

Notes: Charts in volume refer to "board" and provide list of names below, with daily checklist. Context not known.

Name Access: Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association

Subject Access: Administration; Organizations

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Collected clippings, McDougall and Luxton family

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of various collected news articles pertaining to community events and friends and members of the McDougall and Luxton families, which are attached to 4 large pages. Materials appear to be a loose/separated section of a large scrapbook. Individuals described in articles include Annie M…

Date Range: 1917; 1937; 1948-1949

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / 36 (oversize)

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Published record; Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Other material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / 36 (oversize)

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Published record; Textual record

Date Range: 1917; 1937; 1948-1949

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (4 pages : 20.5 x 34 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of various collected news articles pertaining to community events and friends and members of the McDougall and Luxton families, which are attached to 4 large pages. Materials appear to be a loose/separated section of a large scrapbook. Individuals described in articles include Annie McDougall, Eleanor Luxton, Elizabeth (Boyd) Chantler McDougall, Rev. John McDougall, May Bagley, Norman Sanson, and others. File also includes articles pertaining to the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association.

Notes: Articles are from various publications, including The Albertan, the Calgary Daily Herald, and the Family Herald.

Name Access: McDougall, Annie; Luxton, Eleanor; McDougall, Elizabeth (Chantler); McDougall, John; Sanson, Norman; Bagley, May; Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Newspaper; Publication; Obituary; Organizations; Biography; Community events

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Morley

Language: English

Conservation: Items are stored in mylar

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Community event records, publications and booklets

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of news clippings, programs, booklets, newsletters, invitations, correspondence and other documents pertaining to marriages, community clubs and events, death notices and World War II with connections to the Bow Valley and surrounding areas. Includes news clippings and invitations ann…

Date Range: [ca. 1920 - ca. 1925]; [ca. 1930]; 1932; 1935; 1936; 1940; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941; 1943 - 1945

Reference Code: M74 / IV / B / 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

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 / B : 1921 - 1945

Accession Number: 3109; 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / IV / B / 3

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: [ca. 1920 - ca. 1925]; [ca. 1930]; 1932; 1935; 1936; 1940; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]; 1941; 1943 - 1945

Physical Description: 2.25 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of news clippings, programs, booklets, newsletters, invitations, correspondence and other documents pertaining to marriages, community clubs and events, death notices and World War II with connections to the Bow Valley and surrounding areas. Includes news clippings and invitations announcing marriages between Ben Woodworth and Edith Chambers, Margaret Dunsmore and Clifford Dethlefsen, and the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William Vicary; an obituary and letter of condolence from William McCardell for the death of Elizabeth Woodworth, 1936; event programmes for a nursing school graduation naming Margaret Dunsmore, Spray Valley Chapter meetings from 1944 and 1945, the Banff High School auditorium opening and the 23rd Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association Roundup; 9 copies of "The Cascadian" Banff High School newsletters, 1935 - 1945; a list of burial locations for deceased members of the Independent Order of Oddfellows in and near Banff ca. 1940; and other loose correspondence and poetry.

Notes: Booklet "Poems of the Rank and File" first published 1920, date provided in entry [ca.1920 - ca. 1925] is estimate for specific physical copy; Date of news clipping pertaining to the marriage of Benjamin Woodworth and Edith May Chambers [ca. 1935] given based on age of bride, identified in a 1921 census listing as 10 years old [born ca. 1911], and other individuals listed. [Source: https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/1921census/alberta/edith-may-chambers_6600209]; Some dates provided are estimates by Processing Archivist based on contents and additional research

Name Access: Woodworth, Ben; Chambers, Edith; Dunsmore, Margaret; Dethlefsen, Clifford; Vicary, William; McCardell, William H.; Woodworth, Elizabeth; Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association

Subject Access: Weddings; Obituary; Personal and Family Life; Banff High School; Poetry; Community events; World War II; Military; Rebekah Assembly Banff Lodge No. 34; Anniversary

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Ontario; Edmonton

Language: English

Conservation: More fragile and older items have been placed in acid-free tissue or mylar for preservation; Banff High School programme from 1940 placed in mylar due to adhesive stain on front

Category: Family and personal life; Military

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Correspondence from Europe

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Part Of: Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of handwritten letters and 6 postcards which Molly Wright Adams sent to her sister, Catharine (Adams) Elkin, between 1891 and 1903. Contents pertain to Molly's travels in Europe, including trips to Switzerland, Italy, England, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Date Range: 1891; 1893; 1896; 1902-1903

Reference Code: M555 / I / A / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard

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 / A : Molly Wright Adams correspondence

Accession Number: 2018.8685

Reference Code: M555 / I / A / 1

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard

Date Range: 1891; 1893; 1896; 1902-1903

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (6 postcards -- letters)

Scope & Content: File consists of handwritten letters and 6 postcards which Molly Wright Adams sent to her sister, Catharine (Adams) Elkin, between 1891 and 1903. Contents pertain to Molly's travels in Europe, including trips to Switzerland, Italy, England, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Notes: Items in file are accompanied by two envelopes addressed to Catharine Elkin and her husband, Dr. William Elkin.

Name Access: Adams, Molly; Elkin, Catharine (Adams)

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Family and personal life; Correspondence

Geographic Access: United States of America; Europe; Italy; Switzerland; England; Germany; Netherlands

Access Restrictions: Some materials in file are fragile - assistance from staff required

Language: English

Conservation: Some materials stored in mylar sleeves

Category: Exploration and travel; Family and personal life; Tourism

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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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

GMD: Textual record; Blueprint

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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Deer Lodge Ledgers

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Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of of 3 ledgers, information includes charge accounts, recipts, disembursments and other accounting details form Deer Lodge.XXX

Date Range: 1923; 1924; 1926; 1927; 1929; 1930; 1931

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 38 to 40 O.S

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M486 / V152

Series: M486 / II : Deer Lake Lodge

Sous-Fonds: M486

Sub-Series: M486 / II / B : Financials

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 38 to 40 O.S

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1923; 1924; 1926; 1927; 1929; 1930; 1931

Physical Description: 3 volumes

Scope & Content: File consists of of 3 ledgers, information includes charge accounts, recipts, disembursments and other accounting details form Deer Lodge.XXX

Name Access: Crosby, Louis; Crosby, Lou

Subject Access: Administration; Finances; Deer Lodge

Geographic Access: Banff, Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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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

59 images 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 / 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