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Kanada 1927 Photo Album

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927. Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, h…

Date Range: 1927

Reference Code: V8 / PD / 2020.04

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Private record

1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession number : 2020.04

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2020.04

Reference Code: V8 / PD / 2020.04

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Private record

Date Range: 1927

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 432 photographs : b&w ; 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: Dimitri Georgevitch de Leuchtenberg (1898-1972), Duke of Leuchtenberg was a member of the Franco-Russian Beauharnais house. In 1927 the Marquis Nicholas degli Albizzi invited Dimitri and his wife Catherine (1900-1991) to join him for the summer at the cabin he had subleased from A.O. Wheeler at Mount Assiniboine. Albizzi and Dimitri were cousins. The Duke and Duchess de Leuchtenberg lived in Germany following the Russian Civil War and in 1931 began annual winter trips to Quebec to visit Albizzi and his new winter sports station in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in the Laurentians mountains in Quebec. The Duke worked for Albizzi as a ski school instructor. In 1937 he was chosen to be a member of the Canadian Ski School Committee and in 1938 was a founding member of the Ski Instructor's Alliance. In 1939 the Duke de Leuchtenberg bought the Saint-Sauveur station from Albizzi and moved his family permanently to Quebec, Canada.

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album, comprising ca. 432 photographs, 10.5 x 16 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to a trip through Banff to Mount Assiniboine by the Duke Dimitri and Duchess Catherine Leuchtenberg in 1927. Photographs document travel on horseback to the Mount Assiniboine Lodge, hiking up Mount Assiniboine, swimming and boating on Lake Magog, horses, camping, and other leisure activies.

Notes: The album is titled "Kanada 1927" with a photo of Mount Assiniboine on the first page. Not all of the photos in the album are captioned, some are captioned partially or entriely in Russian. Frequently used names in captions: Duma = Dimitri Kata = Catherine Kora = Albizzi Translated version of album captions available in Chic Scott fonds (see "Related Material")

Name Access: Albizzi, Marquis Nicholas degli; Albizzi, Nicholas delgi; Leuchtenberg, Dimitri

Subject Access: Backcountry skiing; Banff; Boats; Brewster Mountain Pack Trains; Cabins; Cross-country skiing; Family; Family and personal life; Glaciers; Guide; Horseback riding; Horses; Leisure; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine Lodge; Mountaineering; Swimming; Travel

Geographic Access: Banff; Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine; Lake Magog; Banff National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English; Russian

Related Material: Translation of album captions located in Chic Scott fonds (M57/S47/V40), donated as part of accn. 2021.15

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.royalhistorian.com/how-a-romanov-duke-popularized-skiing-in-quebecs-laurentian-mountains/; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitri_Georgevitch_de_Leuchtenberg; Lytton Gooch, Jane. Mount Assiniboine: Images in Art. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 2007. pg. 37-38.

Title Source: Original title in album

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow Valley and area

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends…

Date Range: 1921

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

230 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: V8 / 2015.8557

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2015.8557

Reference Code: V8 / 2015.8557 PD-1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1921

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: b&w

History / Biographical: Edith Berenice Dunsworth (nee Stenton) was born in Banff on May 20, 1927. Berenice is the daughter of Joseph Alexander Stenton and Elizabeth Florence Stenton (nee Williams). Berenice had one sister, Marguerite Flora Lineker (nee Stenton). Berenice was married to Dr. Brian Dunsworth (19??-2014). Berenice's grandparents were George and Flora McKenzie and George was likely a son of the Stanford family. Berenice remembers her grandparent's house was next door to the Stanford house. Berenice's other grandparents were Percy and Elizabeth Williams who settled in Bankhead, near Banff, when they arrived from England ca.1910.

Scope & Content: Album consists of 94 pages of b&w photographs; 1 carte des visites and postcard. Photographs feature locations such as Banff, Bankhead, Lake Louise, Marble Canyon, Vermilion Lakes, and other Rocky Mountain areas. The album has some pictures of the Stanford house in Banff as well as family, friends, and events. Of note are photographs of "Peter White" and "The Artists' Cottage Mrs. Drummond." Photographs are mostly annotated and tipped into album pages with photo corners. The inside cover of first page is inscribed: "To Beth from Rose Aug 20/21. Some photographs are missing from some pages and a few loose photographs are tucked in behind others.

Name Access: White, Peter; Whyte, Peter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Portrait of unidentified men

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: 1 album containing ca. 33 black and white prints pertaining to family trip to Banff

Date Range: 1920

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8309

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Series: V8 / 2014.8309

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: V8 / 2014.8309

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8309

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Date Range: 1920

Physical Description: 1 album (33 photographs : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm)

Scope & Content: 1 album containing ca. 33 black and white prints pertaining to family trip to Banff

Subject Access: Tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Tourism; Exploration and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Family Album of Trip to Banff

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: 1 album containing ca. 33 black and white prints pertaining to family trip to Banff

Date Range: 1920

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8309

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Series: V8 / 2014.8309

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: V8 / 2014.8309

Reference Code: V8 / 2014.8309

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Date Range: 1920

Physical Description: 1 album (33 photographs : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm)

Scope & Content: 1 album containing ca. 33 black and white prints pertaining to family trip to Banff

Subject Access: Tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Tourism; Exploration and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Cutting downed timber, Fay Trip from Jasper to Hudson's Hope, 1914

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentifed person cutting downed trees with an ax - three horses in foreground

Date Range: 1914

Reference Code: v8 / lc / na66 - 82

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V8

Reference Code: v8 / lc / na66 - 82

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: 1914

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentifed person cutting downed trees with an ax - three horses in foreground

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Labour; Sports and Recreation; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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Clearing downed timber on the Pine River, Fay Trip from Jasper to Hudson's Hope, 1914

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Image of two unidentified men clearing downed timber with axes.

Date Range: 1914

Reference Code: v8 / lc / accn 2768 / na66 - 93

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V8

Reference Code: v8 / lc / accn 2768 / na66 - 93

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: 1914

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of two unidentified men clearing downed timber with axes.

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Labour; Sports and Recreation; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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Samuel Prescott Fay, Robert Cross, Bob Jones, Jack Symes, and Fred Brewster at Hudson's Hope; Fay Trip from Jasper to Hudson's Hope, 1914

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Scope & Content: Image of five men identified as Samuel Prescott Fay, Robert Cross, Bob Jones, Jack Symes, and Fred Brewster standing in front of a log structure with sod roof

Date Range: 1914

Reference Code: v8 / lc / accn 2768 / na66 - 102

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

1 image

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V8

Reference Code: v8 / lc / accn 2768 / na66 - 102

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy

Date Range: 1914

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative : copy negative

Scope & Content: Image of five men identified as Samuel Prescott Fay, Robert Cross, Bob Jones, Jack Symes, and Fred Brewster standing in front of a log structure with sod roof

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Labour; Sports and Recreation; Transportation

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: copy negative envelope

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Archives General File collection

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches…

Date Range: [after 1890]

Reference Code: M8 / S8 / V8

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Album; Framed print; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Diary; Plan; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 8; S 8; V 8

Sous-Fonds: M8 / S8 / V8

Accession Number: Numerous. Access to material via accession number is available through the online database

Reference Code: M8 / S8 / V8

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Album; Framed print; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Diary; Plan; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [after 1890]

Physical Description: 57 cm textual records. -- 50 cm of photographs : prints. -- 189 photographs (15 framed prints, 51 transparencies, 79 negatives; 44 copy negatives). -- 3 photograph albums (139 prints). -- 6 motion pictures. -- 9 sound recordings

Scope & Content: The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches, poetry, plans and others; photographs in the form of prints, negatives, transparencies, albums, postcards, etc.; sound recorded interviews and programmes; and motion pictures. Material pertains broadly to the Banff area and many other areas within the Archives collecting mandate.; Notable items include: Walter Wilcox letter; George Kinney report; interviews with Bill Round and Edward Feuz; original copy of Treaty Number Seven; Mary Schaffer material, including letters, notes, photograph and report; reports on the Nakimu Caves; film pertaining to Banff Winter Carnival; Georgia Engelhard letters and photos; plans for buildings and structures; George Noble photograph; W. S. Park photograph.

Name Access: Archives General File

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First Nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: electronic database

Creator: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title describes nature of collection. Individual titles in accession-level inventory have generally been assigned.

Processing Status: Processed

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[Pack trip album]

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a photograph album pertaining to unidentified pack trip to the Red Deer Valley, Big Horn Creek, Molar, Ptarmigan Pass and Deception Pass and Ya-Ha-Tinda areas of Alberta with guides "Tex Vernon Wood, and Bert "Red" Johnson - the two other people on the trip may be A.O. Wheeler and…

Date Range: [ca.1915]

Reference Code: V8 / accn 2190 / PD

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V8

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2190

Reference Code: V8 / accn 2190 / PD

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1915]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (62 prints)

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a photograph album pertaining to unidentified pack trip to the Red Deer Valley, Big Horn Creek, Molar, Ptarmigan Pass and Deception Pass and Ya-Ha-Tinda areas of Alberta with guides "Tex Vernon Wood, and Bert "Red" Johnson - the two other people on the trip may be A.O. Wheeler and his second wife and former hostess and secretary of the Alpine Club of Canada Banff chapter, Emmaline Savatard.