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Bruno Engler fonds

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provin…

Date Range: [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995

Reference Code: M323 / S40 / V190

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 323; S 40; V 190

Sous-Fonds: M 323; S 40; V 190

Accession Number: 188, 1300, 2622, 2998, 3468, 3496, 5507, 6200, 6770 (unproc), 7045(unproc), 7436 (unproc)

Reference Code: M323 / S40 / V190

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995

Physical Description: ca.31,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca.150 prints). -- 50 motion pictures: 1 original, 8 copies on 3 video cassettes, 41 film reels: 16mm, 35mm. -- 18 sound recordings: audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 5 electronic records: computer diskettes. -- 3 maps. -- 15 cm textual records.

History / Biographical: Bruno Engler, 1915-2001, was a mountain guide, ski instructor, photographer and film maker at Banff and Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Engler arrived from Switzerland in 1939 and initially worked as a mountain guide and ski instructor for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sunshine ski area and for Deer Lodge at Lake Louise, Alberta. During the Second World War, he served as a mountain warfare instructor for the Canadian Army. Following the war, Engler worked as a free-lance photographer for the National Film Board and others; as coach of the University of Alberta Ski Team; and as a technical advisor, cameraman and actor for numerous movies made in the Banff area. Throughout his career, Engler worked as a still and motion picture photographer, both for the movie industry and for governments at all levels, as well as operating his own business, Alpine Films of Banff, Alberta.

Scope & Content: Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provincial parks; scenic views of western Canada, particularly mountain landscapes; some portraits and candid shots of local and international personalities. Photographs pertaining to film making include helicopter rescue; highway construction; Norquay, Sunshine, and Lake Louise ski areas' histories; Banff events and buildings; Canmore events and buildings; professional and amateur ski races; scenic mountain and wildlife; mountaineering and highway accidents; mountain guiding trips including Pierre Trudeau, Roland Michener and Peter Lougheed. Fonds consists of four series: Photography, Motion Pictures, Sound Recordings, and Textual records. Photography series consists of four sub-series established by the photographer: I. Old file, 1949-1970; II. Main file, alphabetical A - Z, 1950-1976; III Sunshine file, [1939], 1950-1975; IV. Warden file, 1954-1976.; Motion pictures on video cassettes are footage of skiing at Sunshine, 1930s; Clifford White films, 1930s, from WMCR Archives collection (V682); "Snow Capers" by Thomas Mead, 1946, includes Engler; "Ski Pro's Holiday" by George Encil, 1950?; "Mount Bulyea" by George Encil, 1950?, includes Engler; "Diary of a Mountain Man," a CBC documentary feature on Bruno Engler broadcast on "20/20" in 1965 (ca.27 minutes); "Great Days in the Rockies" by National Film Board of Canada, 1983; "Mountain Man" by Banff Centre, 1985, re Engler. Original film is "Sunshine 1940" and includes Brewster Transport ski buses travelling from train station to Sunshine Lodge, skiers, guide, lessons, games, rope tow, ski action, slalom, Bruno Engler, other. 16mm and 35mm film reels, 1946-1964 are films produced by the National Film Board.; Sound recordings, electronic records and and related textual material pertain to interviews with Bruno Engler, 1987, done by Brian Patton and Jon Whyte for Bruno Engler autobiography project. Interviews covered Engler's life, but are not complete to 1987. Transcripts, prepared from recordings by Brenda Goeres, are not verbatim. Audio tape cassettes consist of portions of content of audio tape reels.; Textual records include corporate records, newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to film making, cast and crew listings and schedules for various movies, ski racing, mountain guiding trips and ski race listings. Also included is documentation pertaining to film making with producer National Film Board including letters, film stock footage, press releases, and film summaries; maps indicate film location shots for Arctic Rampage.

Name Access: Engler, Bruno

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Government; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description; electronic finding aid

Related Material: Duplicate or further transcripts for sound recordings are found in Jon Whyte fonds (M88).

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Category: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Government; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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"Movie Actors" Prints

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 35 b&w print photographs (some mounted on cardboard, poster board or other paper backing). Content pertains to portraits of various film actors who were active between 1950 - 1990. Figures include Paul Newman, Bob Logan, Lorne Greene, Oliver Reed, Lee Majors, Leigh Ann Austin, Fred…

Date Range: 1953; 1968; [ca. 1970 - ca. 1980]; 1975; 1978; 1979; 1980; [ca. 1980 - ca. 1990]; 1985

Reference Code: V190 / I / F / 16 / PA - 1 to 35

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

2 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / V190 / S40

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: V190 / I / F / 16 : Films and Film Making : Movie Actors

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / I / F / 16 / PA - 1 to 35

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Bruno Engler

Date Range: 1953; 1968; [ca. 1970 - ca. 1980]; 1975; 1978; 1979; 1980; [ca. 1980 - ca. 1990]; 1985

Physical Description: 35 Photographs: prints; b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 35 b&w print photographs (some mounted on cardboard, poster board or other paper backing). Content pertains to portraits of various film actors who were active between 1950 - 1990. Figures include Paul Newman, Bob Logan, Lorne Greene, Oliver Reed, Lee Majors, Leigh Ann Austin, Fred Gwynne, Michael J. Reynolds, Linda Purl, and John McIntyre; also some unidentified actors. Several of the photographs in this file are signed by the actors depicted in them, with brief messages to Bruno Engler.

Name Access: Newman, Paul; Logan, Bob; Greene, Lorne; Reed, Oliver; Majors, Lee; Austin, Leigh Ann; Gwynne, Fred; Reynolds, Michael J.; Purl, Linda; McIntyre. John

Subject Access: Film; Filmaking; Television

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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"Movie Actors" Prints

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 photographs, b&w. Content pertains to numerous film actors who were active between 1950 - 1995. Actors include Tom Beringer, Barbara Hershey, Mike Farrell, Bob Wilkie, Fred Davis, Frank Mills, Bob Logan, Donald Pleasence, John Amos, Margot Kidder, Elliott Gould and Fred Gwynne; …

Date Range: 1953; 1958; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1965; 1968; [ca. 1970 - ca. 1980]; 1976; [ca. 1980 - ca. 1990]; 1984; 1986; 1994; 1995

Reference Code: V190 / I / F / 16 / PA - 36 to 59

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / V190 / S40

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: V190 / I / F / 16 : Films and Film Making : Movie Actors

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / I / F / 16 / PA - 36 to 59

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Bruno Engler

Date Range: 1953; 1958; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]; 1965; 1968; [ca. 1970 - ca. 1980]; 1976; [ca. 1980 - ca. 1990]; 1984; 1986; 1994; 1995

Physical Description: 24 photographs: prints; b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 photographs, b&w. Content pertains to numerous film actors who were active between 1950 - 1995. Actors include Tom Beringer, Barbara Hershey, Mike Farrell, Bob Wilkie, Fred Davis, Frank Mills, Bob Logan, Donald Pleasence, John Amos, Margot Kidder, Elliott Gould and Fred Gwynne; also some unidentified actors. File also contains some images of active filming / film sets, including "Niky, Dog of the North", filmed in Kananaskis (1958).

Name Access: Beringer, Tom; Hershey, Barbara; Farrell, Mike; Wilkie, Bob; Davis, Fred; Mills, Frank; Logan, Bob; Pleasence, Donald; Amos, John; Kidder, Margot; Gould, Elliott; Gwynne, Fred

Subject Access: Film; Filmaking; Dog

Geographic Access: Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Kananaskis

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Luxton Museum, Banff, 1958

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Inside envelope description: [none] 23 Psalm

Date Range: 1958

Reference Code: V190 / I.C.i. - 7 / NA - 05

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V190

Series: I. Old file

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: I.C.i. Commercial properties and developments : Banff

Reference Code: V190 / I.C.i. - 7 / NA - 05

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1958

Physical Description: 1 negative : 9.5 x 12 cm.

Scope & Content: Inside envelope description: [none]; 23 Psalm

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Education; First nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

Processing Status: Processed

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Luxton Museum, Banff, 1958

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Inside envelope description: [none] 23 Psalm

Date Range: 1958

Reference Code: V190 / I.C.i. - 7 / NA - 06

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V190

Series: I. Old file

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: I.C.i. Commercial properties and developments : Banff

Reference Code: V190 / I.C.i. - 7 / NA - 06

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1958

Physical Description: 1 negative : 9.5 x 12 cm.

Scope & Content: Inside envelope description: [none]; 23 Psalm

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Education; First nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Luxton Museum, Banff, 1958

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Inside envelope description: [none] 23 Psalm

Date Range: 1958

Reference Code: V190 / I.C.i. - 7 / NA - 11

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V190

Series: I. Old file

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: I.C.i. Commercial properties and developments : Banff

Reference Code: V190 / I.C.i. - 7 / NA - 11

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1958

Physical Description: 1 negative : 9.5 x 12 cm.

Scope & Content: Inside envelope description: [none]; 23 Psalm

Subject Access: Buildings and memorials; Education; First nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Creator: Bruno Engler

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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T.C.H. Miscellaneous. -- 1957-1959

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Views of Bow River Bridge at Lake Louise, panorama from Mount Norquay, road engineers convention at the Banff School of Fine Arts, guard railings near Canmore.

Date Range: August 1957; 1958; September 1958; October 1958; 1959; February 23, 1959

Reference Code: V190 / I.D.i. - 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V190

Series: I. Old file

Sub-Series: I.D.i. Government operations and project : Trans Canada Highway

Reference Code: V190 / I.D.i. - 5

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: August 1957; 1958; September 1958; October 1958; 1959; February 23, 1959

Physical Description: ca.22 negatives : 9.5 x 12 cm. or smaller

Scope & Content: Views of Bow River Bridge at Lake Louise, panorama from Mount Norquay, road engineers convention at the Banff School of Fine Arts, guard railings near Canmore.

Geographic Access: Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Title Source: Title taken from original negative envelope

Images

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Sundance

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Preparation of a Sundance.

Date Range: 1957-1976

Reference Code: V190 / II.A.ix. - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V190

Series: II.A. Main file: Alphabetical files

Sous-Fonds: V190

Reference Code: V190 / II.A.ix. - 1

Parallel Title: Indians. -- 1957-1976

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: 1957-1976

Physical Description: ca.69 negatives: 9.5 x 12 cm. or smaller

Scope & Content: Preparation of a Sundance.

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; Morley

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Retained file

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1990]

Reference Code: V190 / VI

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Film; Motion picture; Negative; Newspaper clipping; Photograph; Photograph print; Print; Transparency

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file

Sous-Fonds: V190

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI

GMD: Film; Motion picture; Negative; Newspaper clipping; Photograph; Photograph print; Print; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1990]

Physical Description: ca. 17,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca. 150 prints). -- ca. 12.5 cm textual records. -- 42 reels of film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Name Access: Engler, Bruno

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Aerial photography; Airplanes; Animals; Architecture; Art; Automobiles; Avalanches; Banff Centre; Banff Indian Days; Banff School of Fine Arts; Banff Winter Carnival; Bow Valley; Buildings and facilities; Businesses; Chairlifts and gondolas; Community events; Environment and Nature; Filmaking; Films and film making; Fire; First Nations; Helicopter skiing; Helicopters; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise Ski Area; Landscapes; Mount Assiniboine; Mount Norquay Ski Area; Mountains; Movie Stars; Parks Canada Warden; Photography; Public events; Scenery; Search and rescue; Ski areas; Sports and recreation; Sunshine Ski Area; Trans-Canada Highway; Wardens

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Canmore; Alberta; British Columbia

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Action on Skis

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 38 b&w prints of people skiing. Includes action shots of people skiing at Norquay, Lake Louise, and Sunshine, the Norquay parking lot, ski jumping, ski racing, and an unidentified person paragliding on skis at Norquay.

Date Range: [ca. 1948-1980]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 38

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Print

12 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, A : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: ii : Action on Skis

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 38

GMD: Photograph print; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1948-1980]

Physical Description: 38 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 38 b&w prints of people skiing. Includes action shots of people skiing at Norquay, Lake Louise, and Sunshine, the Norquay parking lot, ski jumping, ski racing, and an unidentified person paragliding on skis at Norquay.