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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
- 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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Retro-reels : Hans Gmoser - filmmaker remembered
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- The DVD used segments of footage from films in the Hans Gmoser fonds (V68: Skis over McKinley 1963, High road to skiing, Rendezvous in the Selkirks, Ski trails, Vagabonds, Glacier skiing Caribous, Skis over McKinley, Bugaboo Spire) as well as interviews by Guy Clarkson for the Banff Centre Gmoser …
- Date Range
- 2006
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7795 (located in Downstairs storage with original film and sound recordings)
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 7795
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7795 (located in Downstairs storage with original film and sound recordings)
- Date Range
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 9 digital video discs : sd., col. with b&w sequences
- History / Biographical
- Joint production with Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, The Banff Centre, Canadian Mountain Holidays and filmmaker Guy Clarkson, tribute DVD screened at Banff Mountain Film Festival, November 4, 2006.
- Scope & Content
- The DVD used segments of footage from films in the Hans Gmoser fonds (V68: Skis over McKinley 1963, High road to skiing, Rendezvous in the Selkirks, Ski trails, Vagabonds, Glacier skiing Caribous, Skis over McKinley, Bugaboo Spire) as well as interviews by Guy Clarkson for the Banff Centre Gmoser 2006 project with Jim Davies, Franz Dopf and Philippe DeleSalle
- Notes
- "Retro-reels: Hans Gmoser - filmmaker remembered" copyright belongs to The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and Guy Clarkson
- The original and master for interviews by Guy Clarkson for the Retro-reels project is at The Banff Centre. Copyright belongs to [The Banff Centre?] and Guy Clarkson
- Access Restrictions
- No reproduction unless authorized by copyright holders
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Rocky Mountain Scenery : Artistic and Geological
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Edgar Dewdney photographic album "Rocky Mountain Scenery : Artistic and Geological." Photographer: Topley Studios (Ottawa). Includes early Banff townsite and surrounding area: Pilot Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Peechee, Sawback Range, also Ghost River Canyon region, Hoodoos, Crowsnest Mounta…
- Date Range
- ca. 1890
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7827 / oversize
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 7827
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7827 / oversize
- Date Range
- ca. 1890
- Physical Description
- 1 photographic album
- History / Biographical
- Edgar Dewdney was born in Devonshire, England and came to Canada in 1859. He was a surveyor and civil engineer. Became a member of the British Columbia Assembly, 1869-1872, sat in the House of Commons as a Conservative member, 1872-1879 and 1888-1892. Dewdney also served as an Indian Affairs Commissioner for Manitoba and the Northwest Territories from 1879 to 1888, was Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories,1881 to1892 and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1892 to 1897.
- Scope & Content
- Edgar Dewdney photographic album "Rocky Mountain Scenery : Artistic and Geological." Photographer: Topley Studios (Ottawa). Includes early Banff townsite and surrounding area: Pilot Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Peechee, Sawback Range, also Ghost River Canyon region, Hoodoos, Crowsnest Mountain and Crowsnest Pass region. -- Gift of Yantara Loretta Walker, 2000.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Jasper Park, Jasper Collieries, Pocahontas area. Includes photograph of the Punch Bowl by D.B.D. [Donaldson Bogart Dowling], 1910. Same image appears on page 17, Plate V, in Department of the Interior Report, 1911 "Report of the Commissioner of Dominion Parks." -- Purchased from Michae…
- Date Range
- ca. 1910
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7828
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7828
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7828
- Date Range
- ca. 1910
- Physical Description
- 2 photographic albums
- Scope & Content
- Pertains to Jasper Park, Jasper Collieries, Pocahontas area. Includes photograph of the Punch Bowl by D.B.D. [Donaldson Bogart Dowling], 1910. Same image appears on page 17, Plate V, in Department of the Interior Report, 1911 "Report of the Commissioner of Dominion Parks." -- Purchased from Michael Horsley, The Galloping Horse in 2004.
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a bound green record book, H20 x W13 cm. The record book, with "Records" printed on the cover, is comprised of numbered lined pages and contains meeting minutes and membership lists for the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association from March 13th, 1924 to circa 1930. Minutes pertain…
- Date Range
- 1924-c.1930
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7829 / 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Organization record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- 7829 : Accession Number
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 7829
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7829 / 1
- Date Range
- 1924-c.1930
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 13 x 20 cm)
- History / Biographical
- In the 1920's, Banff experienced a steady increase in tourism. This was based on a number of factors, including the introduction of the automobile in the park, the completion of the Banff-Windermere Highway and other roadways, additional accommodation (e.g. campgrounds), and the Canadian Pacific Railway's "Canadian Pacific Rockies" tourist campaign. Local prominent townspeople began to seek more say in the way their town was governed, and thus created organizations like the Banff Advisory Council and the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association. Issues around park boundaries, campgrounds, and park services employees' priorities were particularly important to Banff locals during this decade.
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a bound green record book, H20 x W13 cm. The record book, with "Records" printed on the cover, is comprised of numbered lined pages and contains meeting minutes and membership lists for the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association from March 13th, 1924 to circa 1930. Minutes pertain to different types of meetings: general and executive. Contents pertain to various topics, including the creation of the Association and membership, provincial Liberal candidates, electing members for the Association's executive committee, concerns about who was being appointed to park services, employment in the park, advocating for the dismissal of Jack Warren (a park warden), and park boundary issues.
- Notes
- Created by the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association.
- Dave White originally had the lease for 222 Otter Street and transferred the lease to Sam Armstrong in 1915, who had it until 1927. Sam Armstrong was a member of the Rocky Mountain Liberal Association.
- Membership included representatives from Banff, Canmore, Exshaw, and East End. Meetings were generally held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Banff and the Canmore Hotel.
- Most of the minutes were taken by W. Alexander and James Smith, who both acted as secretary at some point in the Association's history.
- Name Access
- Brewster, Jim
- Armstrong, Sam
- Atkin, Gilbert M.
- Crosby, Lou
- Alexander, William A. (Bill)
- Warren, Jack
- Subject Access
- Banff
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Park policy
- Politics and government
- Records
- Wardens
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canmore
- Exshaw
- Language
- English
- Category
- Politics
- Government
- Biographical Source Notes
- Based on the contents of the item
- Hart, E.J. Banff: a History of the Park and Town. Banff: Summerthought Publishing, 2015.
- M317
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Includes views around Banff, Cave & Basin, Sundance Canyon, also Waterton and Glacier National Park. -- 1923-1924. -- Gift of Lorraine Wardall, n.d.
- Date Range
- 1923, 1924-1925
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7833
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7833
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7833
- Date Range
- 1923, 1924-1925
- Physical Description
- 10 b/w prints
- History / Biographical
- Photographs had belonged to Lorraine Wardall's mother. Family was related to Laurendeau, who was a baker in Banff, ca. 1890.
- Scope & Content
- Includes views around Banff, Cave & Basin, Sundance Canyon, also Waterton and Glacier National Park. -- 1923-1924. -- Gift of Lorraine Wardall, n.d.
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Greeting cards
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- 2 Christmas cards from Mr. R. E. Knight and Ronald. -- Includes 56 stamps from different countries: Belgium, Chile, China, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Italian Eritrea, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nyassa, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Saargebiet, Spain, Tannou Touva,U.S.A. -- Received from Dean Goard…
- Date Range
- 1937
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7840
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7840
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7840
- Date Range
- 1937
- Physical Description
- textual records
- Scope & Content
- 2 Christmas cards from Mr. R. E. Knight and Ronald. -- Includes 56 stamps from different countries: Belgium, Chile, China, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Italian Eritrea, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nyassa, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Saargebiet, Spain, Tannou Touva,U.S.A. -- Received from Dean Goard & Ann via Jean Finlay, 2005.
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Biographical information on the Hannam family. Including a photograph of wooden headstone. Also Whyte Museum photocopies of archival photographs identifying members of Hannam family. -- Gift of Robert S. Hannam, 2006.
- Date Range
- n.d.
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7841
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7841
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 7841
- Date Range
- n.d.
- Physical Description
- textual record
- Scope & Content
- Biographical information on the Hannam family. Including a photograph of wooden headstone. Also Whyte Museum photocopies of archival photographs identifying members of Hannam family. -- Gift of Robert S. Hannam, 2006.
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- William, George & John Smith. -- Gift of Mrs. Marie Smith (McDonald), n.d.
- Date Range
- n.d.
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7843
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7843
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7843
- Date Range
- n.d.
- Physical Description
- 1 b/w print
- Scope & Content
- William, George & John Smith. -- Gift of Mrs. Marie Smith (McDonald), n.d.
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- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- First picinic in Banff, ca. 1913 ; Masquerade Ball, March 14, 1911 ; Daughter of the Peaks, Lake Minnewanka ; Maligne Lake, Jasper by W. J. Oliver ; also handwritten note by Bob Edwards re: Banff. -- Gift of Agnes McMillen, Calgary via Robert (Bob) Edwards.
- Date Range
- ca. 1911-1913
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7844
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Accession Number
- 7844
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn. 7844
- Date Range
- ca. 1911-1913
- Physical Description
- 4 prints, b/w, oversize ;
- 1 handwritten note by Robert (Bob) Edwards
- Scope & Content
- First picinic in Banff, ca. 1913 ; Masquerade Ball, March 14, 1911 ; Daughter of the Peaks, Lake Minnewanka ; Maligne Lake, Jasper by W. J. Oliver ; also handwritten note by Bob Edwards re: Banff. -- Gift of Agnes McMillen, Calgary via Robert (Bob) Edwards.
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