setName:"Parks Canada fonds" found 555 records - Research Collections

Banff townsite rent review survey photographs

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Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Banff townsite rent review survey photographs, predominently 1937-1938. Some negatives to these prints are already in the V488 / accession number

Reference Code: V488 / oversize (across from "E")

Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Series: I. Photographs series

Sub-Series: I. A. Banff National Park photograph collections

Accession Number: 7903

Reference Code: V488 / oversize (across from "E")

Scope & Content: Banff townsite rent review survey photographs, predominently 1937-1938. Some negatives to these prints are already in the V488 / accession number

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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Banff townsite rent review survey photographs

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Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Banff townsite rent review survey photographs, predominently 1937-1938. Some negatives to these prints are already in the V488 / accession number

Reference Code: V488 / oversize (across from "E")

Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Series: I. Photographs series

Sub-Series: I. A. Banff National Park photograph collections

Accession Number: 7903

Reference Code: V488 / oversize (across from "E")

Scope & Content: Banff townsite rent review survey photographs, predominently 1937-1938. Some negatives to these prints are already in the V488 / accession number

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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Banff-Windermere Highway construction

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Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the transcript of an interview conducted by Clint Fillion and Murray Christmas with Oswald McGuiness, who was a surveyor for the route.

Date Range: [ca. 1914-1930]

Reference Code: M317 / III / 71

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Government record; Textual record

Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M317 / S23 / V488

Series: III. Textual records

Sous-Fonds: M317

Accession Number: 1969

Reference Code: M317 / III / 71

GMD: Government record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca. 1914-1930]

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (11 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm)

Scope & Content: File pertains to the transcript of an interview conducted by Clint Fillion and Murray Christmas with Oswald McGuiness, who was a surveyor for the route.

Name Access: Fillion, Clint; Christmas, Murray; McGuiness, Oswald

Subject Access: Banff-Windermere highway; National Parks; Parks Canada

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

Access Restrictions: Reproduction and use is restricted for some records

Language: English

Related Material: Constitutes Series III of the Parks Canada fonds

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Buffalo Badge Sketch

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Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 print of a sketch of a buffalo that was used for copper and bronze badge. These buffalo badges were used to mark paid entrance to the National Parks from 1925-1938 and were fixed to a car's front radiator with wire. This sketch shows a standing buffalo, a design used from 1932-19…

Date Range: 1977

Reference Code: V488 / I / F / PA - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M317 / S23 / V488

Series: I.F. Other

Sous-Fonds: V488

Accession Number: 8134

Reference Code: V488 / I / F / PA - 2

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1977

Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 20 x 25.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 print of a sketch of a buffalo that was used for copper and bronze badge. These buffalo badges were used to mark paid entrance to the National Parks from 1925-1938 and were fixed to a car's front radiator with wire. This sketch shows a standing buffalo, a design used from 1932-1938. Also includes the envelope the print was stored in. Written on the front are details of what the sketch is of and that it was give to Jim Sime from Fergus Lothian in 1977.

Name Access: Lothian, Fergus; Sime, Jim

Subject Access: Buffalo; Automobiles; Parks; Parks Canada

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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"Buffalo Medicine" [charm]

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Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of documents pertaining to the "Buffalo Medicine" charm manufactured and distributed by the Parks publicity bureau from 1920-1922. The charm was a small metal piece housed in a paper pouch and accompanied by a leaflett that related the legend of the charm. The charms were made in batc…

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1922]

Reference Code: M317 / III / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Published record; Textual record

1 website

Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M317 / S23 / V488

Series: III. Textual records series

Sous-Fonds: M317

Accession Number: 8134

Reference Code: M317 / III / 1

GMD: Published record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1922]

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (3 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm and 10.5 x 16.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of documents pertaining to the "Buffalo Medicine" charm manufactured and distributed by the Parks publicity bureau from 1920-1922. The charm was a small metal piece housed in a paper pouch and accompanied by a leaflett that related the legend of the charm. The charms were made in batches of 10,000 and were popular collectors items. The first batch made in 1920 were made of alluminum, but the design was changed for the second and final issue. Includes a typed letter to Jim Sime from Fergus Lothian regarding the charm and material related to early Park fire prevention ; the leaflet that accompanied a "Buffalo Medicine" charm ; a typed text page meant to accompany the charm while on display.