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1904 Lease between King Edward VII and Joseph Sadler

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of April 1, 1904 Lease between King Edward VII and Joseph Sadler. Lot 14 Blk 6 Banff Townsite. Ref. No. 874633 Document is affixed with a red seal with embossed crown - the Minister of the Interior.
Date Range
1904
Reference Code
M8 / 2014.8348
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Textual record
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8
V8
S8
Series
M8 / 2014.8348
Sous-Fonds
M8
Accession Number
2014.8348
Reference Code
M8 / 2014.8348
GMD
Photograph
Textual record
Date Range
1904
Physical Description
1 cm Textual Records
Scope & Content
File consists of April 1, 1904 Lease between King Edward VII and Joseph Sadler. Lot 14 Blk 6 Banff Townsite. Ref. No. 874633 Document is affixed with a red seal with embossed crown - the Minister of the Interior.
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff National Park
Language
English
Category
Land, settlement and immigration
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Annie Wiseman postcard collection

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of 31 postcards collected by Annie (Creagh) Wiseman between ca.1920-1940. Postcards pertain to natural views and tourist attractions in Banff, Lake Louise, the Great Divide, Kicking Horse Canyon and other nearby areas. Some postcards are annotated with correspondence sent between Anni…
Date Range
[ca.1920-1940]
Reference Code
V8 / 2022.10
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Postcard
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8
V8
S8
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2022.10
Reference Code
V8 / 2022.10
GMD
Postcard
Date Range
[ca.1920-1940]
Physical Description
31 commercial postcards
History / Biographical
Annie (Creagh) Wiseman (1891-1972) was born in Deptford, England, where she married Stanley Wilfred Ernest Wiseman. The couple had one daughter, Ethel, before moving to Winnipeg. The family returned to England following the outbreak of World War I, in which Stanley served as a Private in the 61st Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Annie and Ethel later returned to Winnipeg, where Stanley joined them following a serious injury which he sustained in active duty. In Winnipeg, Annie and Stanley had two more children: a daughter (Hilda) and a son (Stanley). Stanley Sr. worked as a foreman for Canadian Pacific Railway, which enabled Annie to travel throughout the Canadian Rockies and other regions by train for free or a reduced price. Annie collected postcards from her travels, which included numerous visits to Banff National Park. Annie, Stanley Sr. and their two youngest children permanently settled in Victoria, B.C. in 1935.
Scope & Content
File consists of 31 postcards collected by Annie (Creagh) Wiseman between ca.1920-1940. Postcards pertain to natural views and tourist attractions in Banff, Lake Louise, the Great Divide, Kicking Horse Canyon and other nearby areas. Some postcards are annotated with correspondence sent between Annie, her children (including Hilda and Ethel), and friends of the Wiseman family.
Name Access
Wiseman, Annie
Subject Access
Travel
Tourism
Mountains
Landscape
Hotels
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Banff National Park
Bow Lake
Castle Mountain
Sulphur Mountain
Canmore
Lake Louise
Field
Language
English
Category
Tourism
Exploration and travel
Biographical Source Notes
https://cgwp.uvic.ca/person.php?pid=181701
Most information in bio collected from donor, Annie Wiseman's granddaughter, Patty Pitts (daughter of Hilda [Wiseman] Pitts)
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Banff Advocate and Rocky Mountain Recorder

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of Banff Advocate and Rcoky Mountain Park District Recorder Newspapers.
Date Range
1919 - 1924
Reference Code
M8 / 2017.8654 / 2 - 3
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
M8 / 2017.8654
Sous-Fonds
M8
Accession Number
2017.8654
Reference Code
M8 / 2017.8654 / 2 - 3
GMD
Textual record
Date Range
1919 - 1924
Physical Description
4 cm Textual Records
Scope & Content
File consists of Banff Advocate and Rcoky Mountain Park District Recorder Newspapers.
Geographic Access
Banff
Alberta
Language
English
Category
Tourism
Arts
Commerce and industry
Exploration and travel
Family and personal life
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 photographs of Banff Cafe staff and building
Date Range
ca. 1920 - 1930
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8283
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
2014.8283
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2014.8283
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8283
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
ca. 1920 - 1930
Physical Description
8 photographs : b&w ; 12.5 x 8 cm
History / Biographical
Lester Gus Zarkos, b.1921 Brandon, MB. His parents and younger sister arrived Banff 1926. Lester's parents had the cafe on Banff Avenue (old location - Grizzly House) and lived upstairs. Parents separated. Lester's father Samuel Zarkos, d. 1933 (buried in old Banff Cemetary). Lester moved with his mother Alice to Chicago and lived between Chicago and St. Paul's MN until his mother died, ca. 1935. Lester joined RCAF as a rear gunner. Never saw action and returned to Banff following the war. Lester worked at Banff Cafe as waiter. Lester and his uncle Paul Zarkos of Calgary opened a deli on Banff Ave and operated it for a number of years. Lester relocated to Calgary in 1956 and worked as waiter, maitre d', and returned to Banff in 1966 where he operated Banff Delicatessen on Banff Ave. He married H.G. in 1951. H.G. was from Nanton, Alberta and she worked at the Banff Post Office. Following Mount Royal Hotel fire, the family left and returned to the space - Welch's Chocolate Shop. 3 children: Paulette Jean, b.1952; Leslie David, b.1953, d. 1974; Carolyn Anne, b. 1955.
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 photographs of Banff Cafe staff and building
Name Access
Zarkos, Lester
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff National Park
Language
English
Category
Commerce and industry
Biographical Source Notes
Accession record
Title Source
Title based on contents
Processing Status
Processed
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Banff correspondence

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 letters addressed to Jo Thomas from Pat and 4 annotated postcards
Date Range
1964 - 1978
Reference Code
M8 / 2014.8274
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
2014.8274
Sous-Fonds
M8
Accession Number
2014.8274
Reference Code
M8 / 2014.8274
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
1964 - 1978
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 letters addressed to Jo Thomas from Pat and 4 annotated postcards
Name Access
Thomas, Jo
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff National Park
Language
English
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Transportation
Title Source
Title based on contents
Processing Status
Processed
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Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
Item consists of the back of an unknown individual on a bucking horse at Banff Indian Days.
Date Range
ca.1926
Reference Code
V8 / accn 3797 / pa - 4
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
  1 image  
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M8
V8
S8
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
3797
Reference Code
V8 / accn 3797 / pa - 4
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
ca.1926
Physical Description
1 photograph print
Scope & Content
Item consists of the back of an unknown individual on a bucking horse at Banff Indian Days.
Subject Access
Banff Indian Days
Indigenous Peoples
First Nations
Stoney Nakoda
Sports
Horses
Geographic Access
Alberta
Related Material
Recognizing Relations number: RR 535
Title Source
Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
Processing Status
Processed
Images
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Banff Lantern Slides

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
Date Range
[c. 1890]
Reference Code
V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Transparency
Lantern slide
  4 images  
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
Accession Number : 7919
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
7919
Reference Code
V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
GMD
Transparency
Lantern slide
Date Range
[c. 1890]
Physical Description
4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm
Scope & Content
Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
Subject Access
Lantern slide
Tourism
Geographic Access
Banff
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Conservation
All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.
Title Source
Title based on contents of series
Processing Status
Processed
Images
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thumbnail
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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of 74 photographic prints and 14 postcards (3 annotated), and 2 menus from the Sulphur Mountain Chalet. Photographs and postcards are of the Banff area
Date Range
ca. 1940 - 1965
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8307
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Postcard
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
2014.8307
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2014.8307
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8307
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Postcard
Date Range
ca. 1940 - 1965
Physical Description
74 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm or smaller
05 cm of textual records (13 x 9 cm)
History / Biographical
Tunstall family from Edmonton, AB. Mother- Mary Tunstall Senior; Mary- Clerk of U of A; Dora- housewife; Evelyn -left to do work on Alaska Navy-- Mary, Dora and Evelyn were aunts of Dennis Stansfield
Scope & Content
File consists of 74 photographic prints and 14 postcards (3 annotated), and 2 menus from the Sulphur Mountain Chalet. Photographs and postcards are of the Banff area
Name Access
Tunstall, Dora
Tunstall, Mary
Missal, Dora
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff National Park
Johnston Canyon
Language
English
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Transportation
Environment
Biographical Source Notes
Accession record
Title Source
based on contents
Processing Status
Processed
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Banff Social Studies Report with prints

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
A typed text report on Banff 14 pages long - the text has been heavily edited throughout with white-out and additional pieces of paper glued overtop of written text. Accompanying the text are 26 images and 4 maps, two of which are hand-drawn as overlays of the others. The report follows the story o…
Date Range
[ca. 1965-1969]
Reference Code
M8 / 2021.17
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Print
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / S8 / V8
Sous-Fonds
M8
Sub-Series
Accession number: 2021.17
Accession Number
2021.17
Reference Code
M8 / 2021.17
GMD
Textual record
Print
Date Range
[ca. 1965-1969]
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records (32 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
A typed text report on Banff 14 pages long - the text has been heavily edited throughout with white-out and additional pieces of paper glued overtop of written text. Accompanying the text are 26 images and 4 maps, two of which are hand-drawn as overlays of the others. The report follows the story of a family named West from Calgary visiting their cousins, the Cunninghams, in Banff sometime in the late 1960s, which is also when it is believed the report was written. It is unclear if the families are real or fictitious. The report describes in some detail the history of the area, features around town, environment, commerce, wildlife, and community and ends with a series of questions, presumably posed to students. The accompanying prints relate to the topics in the report and are numbered to correspond correctly - some prints have typed text notations attached either to the back or the front along an edge. Two prints show the town of Banff from the top of Tunnel Mountain and a Mylar sheet has been laid overtop of each with landmarks, streets, and buildings noted in blue ink. Contents of the images include the afore mentioned aerial views, the Administration Building grounds, shops along Banff Avenue (which clearly show shop-front windows, signs, cars, and peoples' outfits), the original Whyte Museum building, the Banff High School, the Cave & Basin cave and pools, various wildlife, and Banff Indian Days.
Notes
Some prints came from the Canadian Government Travel Bureau, as indicated either in the typed notations or stamped on the back of the print.
Subject Access
Academics
Animal Paddock
Animals
Architecture
Automobiles
Banff Avenue
Banff Community High School
Banff High School
Banff Indian Days
Banff Library
Bears
Big Horn Sheep
Bison
Bridges
Buffalo Block
Buildings
Businesses
Castle Mountain
Cave and Basin
Chairlifts and gondolas
Children
Deer
First Nations
History
Historical Banff
Holidays
Indigenous Peoples
Mountains
Photography
School
Tourism
Travel
Vintage
White Block
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Alberta
Canada
Access Restrictions
Copyright : Copyright on textual records resides with author/s until date calculated by term rules in copyright legislation
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Banff Springs Hotel Menus

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File consists of 1cm of textual records, contents include menus from a Canadaian Pacific Railway dinner and a hand painted watercolour painting of Eagle Pass.
Date Range
1916 - 1919
Reference Code
M8 / 2017.8654 / 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
M8 / 2017.8654
Sous-Fonds
M8
Accession Number
2017.8654
Reference Code
M8 / 2017.8654 / 1
GMD
Textual record
Date Range
1916 - 1919
Physical Description
1 cm Textual Records
Scope & Content
File consists of 1cm of textual records, contents include menus from a Canadaian Pacific Railway dinner and a hand painted watercolour painting of Eagle Pass.
Geographic Access
Banff
Alberta
Language
English
Category
Tourism
Commerce and industry
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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