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Byron Harmon fonds

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon. I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass…

Date Range: [ca.1890-ca.1975]

Reference Code: V263

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 263

Sous-Fonds: V 263

Accession Number: 235, 980, 1549, 1622, 2588, 2656, 2770, 2792, 2895, 3005, 3394, 3423, 3657, 3807, 3824, 3859, 3988, 4028, 4076, 5052, 5181, 5205, 5254, 5381, 6070, 6127, 6587, 6602

Reference Code: V263

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Published record

Other Title Info: Also known as the Byron Harmon Photos fonds.

Date Range: [ca.1890-ca.1975]

Physical Description: ca.10,500 photographs (and ca.35 cm) : prints, postcards, negatives, transparencies, motion pictures, sample products

History / Biographical: Byron Hill Harmon, 1876-1942, was a professional photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was born near Tacoma, Washington, USA and operated a portrait studio there for a time. In 1903, while travelling around the United States and Canada as an itinerant photographer, he decided to settle in Banff and by 1907 had produced enough mountain views to begin selling a line of postcards. Between 1906 and 1913, Harmon was official photographer for the Alpine Club of Canada and made trips in numerous mountain areas, such as the Bugaboos (1910) and Mount Robson (1911, 1913). Harmon personally financed trips into other areas, such as Tonquin Valley (1918) and Lake of the Hanging Glaciers (1920, 1922), producing both still photographs and motion pictures for commercial sale. After his last major expedition in 1924 across Saskatchewan Glacier, through to Maligne Lake and back to Banff by packtrain, Harmon devoted most of his time to photographing scenes along the railway, skiing in the Assiniboine and Skoki regions, and the annual rides and hikes of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. At the same time he managed several businesses, including a drug store, fountain lunch, theatre and book store. In his later years, Harmon spent much time travelling and photographing in other parts of the world. The business, Byron Harmon Photos, was managed successively by his son, Don Harmon, then his grand-daughter, Carole Harmon.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of the photographic records and sample materials of Byron Harmon Photos, the photographic business of Byron Harmon and his successors; as well as the personal photographs of Byron Harmon.; I. Scenic / commercial, 1907-1975, ca.7600 items. Primary component of series is film and glass negatives, 1907-1942, ca.6500 items. Also includes: postcard negatives and positives and production negatives to ca.1955; original prints; a wide range of sample products, such as postcards, enlargements and framing prints, calendars and viewbooks, mainly by Harmon business, some by other photographers; and lantern slides, ca.1913-192-, pertaining to Columbia Icefield Expedition, mountaineering, mountain landscapes, Indians, wildlife, Canadian Pacific Railway and Asian travel. Scenic / commercial series pertains to annual camps and expeditions of the Alpine Club of Canada in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1907-1913; private movie-making expeditions in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks; mountain scenic views, primarily for postcard purposes; Banff events and development; skiing; birds and animals. Includes some material by Don Harmon and Lloyd Harmon, sons of Byron Harmon.; II. Personal, 189- to 194-, ca.370 items. Includes: family photographs and views received from others; motion picture out-takes pertaining to world travels, 1930s; and 35 mm. transparencies, ca.1940, pertaining mainly to world travels, also mountain and prairie scenics.

Notes: For more information on the Byron Harmon photographs, see "Great Days in the Rockies: The Photographs of Byron Harmon, 1906-1934" (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978) or "Byron Harmon, Mountain Photographer" by Carole Harmon and Bart Robinson (Banff: Altitude Publishing, 1992)

Name Access: Harmon, Byron

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

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: series description; selected modern reference prints; digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database

Related Material: Byron Harmon postcards can also be found in the Postcard general file (V466)

Creator: Harmon, Byron

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

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

Processing Status: Processed

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Xmas negs

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Alberta or British Columbia

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 2816

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 2816

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Alberta or British Columbia

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Canada

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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E-24. Woman feeding bear, Elsie Brooks

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 2893

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 2893

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, copy, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Subject Access: Environment and Nature; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Alberta

Conservation: Reprocessed / archival quality gold-toned, 1973

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

Images

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Making friends, Elsie & bear

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 2897

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 2897

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, copy, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

Images

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Beaver family

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Morley Beaver and family Stoney First Nation

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1925]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3123

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sous-Fonds: V263

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Accession Number: 2770

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3123

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Western Indian squaw & papoose

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1925]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, copy, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Morley Beaver and family; Stoney First Nation

Subject Access: Family and personal life; First nations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Original identifications made by Byron Harmon, his staff and Harmon family

Processing Status: Processed

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John Salter (Yarhyerîgen) (Star), Stoney Nakoda

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of photograph of John Salter (Yarhyerîgen) (Star) stood next to horse.

Date Range: [ca. 1903-1942]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3178

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sous-Fonds: V263

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3178

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: E-21. John Salter

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [ca. 1903-1942]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Item consists of photograph of John Salter (Yarhyerîgen) (Star) stood next to horse.

Name Access: Salter, John

Subject Access: Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

Title Source: Title is based on contents of item

Processing Status: Processed

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Nancy Daniel

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Stoney First Nation

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3196

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3196

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [between 1903 and 1942]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Stoney First Nation

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Alberta

Creator: Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta)

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Nancy Ear carrying a child

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Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Stoney First Nation

Date Range: [ca.1910-1920]

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3250

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Byron Harmon fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V263

Series: I. Scenic / commercial series

Sous-Fonds: V263

Sub-Series: A.1.a. Negatives, Main series : 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Accession Number: 2770

Reference Code: V263 / NA - 3250

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Parallel Title: Indian woman with child : [Mrs. Peter Ear]

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [ca.1910-1920]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : negative, 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Stoney First Nation

Name Access: Ear, Nancy; Harmon, Byron

Subject Access: Family and personal life; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney; Stoney Nakoda

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Harmon, Byron (Banff, Alberta)

Title Source: Information provided by Stoney Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives. Information was also cross-referenced with newspaper article in Crag & Canyon in 1950; The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

Content Details: Nancy Ear, married to Peter Ear* [maiden name unknown] . Information was also cross-referenced with newspaper article in Crag & Canyon in 1950