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The passing of KAH-KEE-SEE-KOO-CHIN: The last of Canada's cannibals / by Fred A. Bagley. -- [before 1945]. -- 1 textual record (10 p.). -- Fred A. Bagley, 1858-1945, was a North West Mounted Police officer before retiring to Banff, Alberta. -- Manuscript is a dramatized account of a 1879 case invol…
Date Range
1945
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 534
Description Level
6 / Item
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Archives General File Collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Sous-Fonds
M8
Accession Number
534
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 534
Date Range
1945
Physical Description
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Scope & Content
The passing of KAH-KEE-SEE-KOO-CHIN: The last of Canada's cannibals / by Fred A. Bagley. -- [before 1945]. -- 1 textual record (10 p.). -- Fred A. Bagley, 1858-1945, was a North West Mounted Police officer before retiring to Banff, Alberta. -- Manuscript is a dramatized account of a 1879 case involving a Cree First Nation man hanged for murder and cannibalization of his family at Fort Saskat- chewan in the North West Territories. Bagley guarded the prisoner. Manuscript was written many years after the crime. -- Gift of Muriel Gratz, 1969.
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Samuel E. S. Allen papers : 1945. -- Copy made ca.1985. -- 1 textual record. -- Samuel E. S. Allen, 1874-1945, was a mountaineer from Philadelphia, U.S.A. who first visited the Rockies and Selkirks in 1891. He returned in 1893 to climb in the Lake Louise area with Walter D. Wilcox, a fellow Yale s…
Date Range
1945
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 4082
Description Level
6 / Item
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Archives General File Collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Sous-Fonds
M8
Accession Number
4082
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 4082
Date Range
1945
Physical Description
Textual Record
Scope & Content
Samuel E. S. Allen papers : 1945. -- Copy made ca.1985. -- 1 textual record. -- Samuel E. S. Allen, 1874-1945, was a mountaineer from Philadelphia, U.S.A. who first visited the Rockies and Selkirks in 1891. He returned in 1893 to climb in the Lake Louise area with Walter D. Wilcox, a fellow Yale student. Allen explored Paradise Valley and in subsequent years explored the Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks and Lake O'Hara regions, making numerous ascents and assigning many Stoney Nakoda names to geographic features. Soon after, his career was cut short by mental illness. -- Papers are last will and testament and probate proceedings. -- Gift of Mary Ann Kae, 1985.
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Stoney Nakoda Songs & Dances recorded by Ernest A. Kehr at Banff Indian Days

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Date Range
1951
Reference Code
S8 / accn. 7944
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6 / Item
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Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
S8
Sous-Fonds
S8
Accession Number
7944
Reference Code
S8 / accn. 7944
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
1 - 78 rpm record
History / Biographical
Ernest A. Kehr was from New York and was a regular visitor to the Banff area. Kehr was inducted into the Stoney Nakoda and corresponded regularly with Norman Luxton - see Luxton family fonds.
Notes
Not available for reference use in present form.
Subject Access
Banff Indian Days
Stoney Nakoda
Indigenous
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Kurt Lukas, Hans Gmoser, Franz Dopf on Yamnuska '55

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File consists of one 35mm transparency slide depicting Kurt Lukas, Hans Gmoser, and Franz Dopf on Mt. Yamnuska in 1955. Photograph was taken by Scottish climber Johnny Morgan.
Date Range
1955
Reference Code
V8 / 2023.33 / NS - 1
Description Level
5 / File
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Photograph
Transparency
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Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
V8
M8
S8
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2023.33
Reference Code
V8 / 2023.33 / NS - 1
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Photograph
Transparency
Responsibility
Produced by Johnny Morgan
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 transparency slide : col. ; 35 mm
Scope & Content
File consists of one 35mm transparency slide depicting Kurt Lukas, Hans Gmoser, and Franz Dopf on Mt. Yamnuska in 1955. Photograph was taken by Scottish climber Johnny Morgan.
Name Access
Lukas, Kurt
Gmoser, Hans
Dopf, Franz
Subject Access
Climbing
Mountaineers
Mountaineering
Recreation
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Mount Yamnuska
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Reproduction Restrictions
No restrictions
Language
English
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
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Original title used
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Letter and Photographs

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File consists of 2 pages typed letter from Margery to Kathleen; 6 black and white prints of Banff and Lake Louise, July and September 1957, annotated on back
Date Range
1957
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8321
Description Level
5 / File
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Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
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Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8
V8
S8
Series
V8 / 2014.8321
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2014.8321
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8321
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
6 photographs : b&w ; 6 x 4 cm and 2 pages of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 pages typed letter from Margery to Kathleen; 6 black and white prints of Banff and Lake Louise, July and September 1957, annotated on back
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff National Park
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Exploration and travel
Tourism
Title Source
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Mountain scenery, Banff Indian Days by G. Howard Smith, also includes portrait of photographer. -- Gift of Nora Smith's estate, c/o Jennifer Donnelly, 2008.
Date Range
ca. 1950-ca. 1960
Reference Code
V8 / accn. 7892
Description Level
6 / Item
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Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
7892
Reference Code
V8 / accn. 7892
Date Range
ca. 1950-ca. 1960
Physical Description
8 prints
Scope & Content
Mountain scenery, Banff Indian Days by G. Howard Smith, also includes portrait of photographer. -- Gift of Nora Smith's estate, c/o Jennifer Donnelly, 2008.
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Photograph of Banff Winter Carnival taken by Lewis Taylor.

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Date Range
ca. 1940-1944
Reference Code
V8 / accn. 7917
Description Level
6 / Item
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Description Level
6 / Item
Accession Number
7917
Reference Code
V8 / accn. 7917
Date Range
ca. 1940-1944
Physical Description
1 b/w copy print.
History / Biographical
Lewis Taylor was a member of the RAF, stationed in Alberta during World War II.
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Photographs by Robert Hallett showing A. Y. Jackson at the Homestead Hotel (July 1946) and also with Banff School of Fine Arts students (sitting in front with A. Y. Jackson is Lorne Finkbiener of Winnipeg) at the Homestead Hotel (1945).

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Date Range
1945-1946
Reference Code
V8 / accn. 7918
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6 / Item
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Description Level
6 / Item
Accession Number
7918
Reference Code
V8 / accn. 7918
Date Range
1945-1946
Physical Description
3 b/w negatives
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Percy Moreland May letter and photographs.

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21761
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Letter is to his daughter, Betty May, 1938, including sketch of Chinese houseboy. Photocopies include P. M. May's obituary and Google search results on his artwork. Photographic views includes: portrait of P. M. May, Banff area views (1933) and also colour print of Mt. Edith Cavell (1963) by Jo Tho…
Date Range
1933-1963
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 7920
V8 / accn. 7920
Description Level
6 / Item
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Description Level
6 / Item
Accession Number
7920
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 7920
V8 / accn. 7920
Date Range
1933-1963
Physical Description
4 textual record ;
11 photographs: prints & negative
History / Biographical
Percy Moreland May (1886-1966) was born in Birkenhead, England and came to Canada in 1925. Visited the Rockies ca. 1933. Percy M. May had painted with A. Y. Jackson, knew Arthur Lismer and regularly exhibited his works with the Montreal Arts Club.
Scope & Content
Letter is to his daughter, Betty May, 1938, including sketch of Chinese houseboy. Photocopies include P. M. May's obituary and Google search results on his artwork. Photographic views includes: portrait of P. M. May, Banff area views (1933) and also colour print of Mt. Edith Cavell (1963) by Jo Thomas.
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Janez Pristov photographs and manual

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Date Range
1952-1988
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 7992; V8 / accn. 7992
Description Level
6 / Item
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Description Level
6 / Item
Accession Number
7992
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 7992; V8 / accn. 7992
Date Range
1952-1988
Physical Description
1 textual record. 1967 Canadian Ski School Manual in French and English.-- 14 photographs: 12 prints, 2 postcards. Images pertaining to the life of Janez Pristov including his home in Slovenia and his involvement with film by Bruno Engler "Little Big Man" and 1988 Olympics.
History / Biographical
Janez Pristov was born in Kranjska gora. He was a volunteer for the 1988 Olympics in the ski jumping event and worked for the Voyageur Inn Ski School in 1962.
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