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Background for Assessing the Status of the Banff / Central Rockies Grizzly Bear Population

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Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to Douglas Leighton "Citizen's Report NO. 1: Background for Assessing the Status of the Banff / Central Rockies Grizzly Bear Population" Included is notes and editorial remarks, and layout, one digital copy on disc.
Date Range
2000 - 2001
Reference Code
M133 / 1 - 2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Digital born
Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M133 / V222
Sous-Fonds
M133
Accession Number
2020.24
Reference Code
M133 / 1 - 2
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Digital born
Date Range
2000 - 2001
Physical Description
2 cm textual records
1 CD ; digital copy
Scope & Content
File pertains to Douglas Leighton "Citizen's Report NO. 1: Background for Assessing the Status of the Banff / Central Rockies Grizzly Bear Population" Included is notes and editorial remarks, and layout, one digital copy on disc.
Name Access
Leighton, Douglas
Subject Access
Grizzly Bears
Language
English
Creator
Douglas Leighton
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to Douglas Leighton's career, includes: resume, job applications and acceptance letters, letters from publishers,correspondence, newspaper clippings and photography contracts and award.
Date Range
1950
1953
1980
1982
1983
1989
2002
2003
Reference Code
M133 / 7
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M133 / V222
Sous-Fonds
M133
Accession Number
2020.24
Reference Code
M133 / 7
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Date Range
1950
1953
1980
1982
1983
1989
2002
2003
Physical Description
2 cm textual records
Scope & Content
File pertains to Douglas Leighton's career, includes: resume, job applications and acceptance letters, letters from publishers,correspondence, newspaper clippings and photography contracts and award.
Name Access
Leighton, Douglas
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Valhalla Wilderness Park
Language
English
Creator
Douglas Leighton
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Douglas Leighton fonds

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Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual and visual records. Visual records are made up of approximately 13,650 colour transparencies. transparencies pertain to personal life and career as an professional photographer, and naturalist. Textual records pertain to background for assessing the status of the Banff / …
Date Range
1953 - 2018
Reference Code
M133 / V222
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Textual record
Private record
Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 133
V 222
Sous-Fonds
M 133
V 222
Accession Number
6592, 7752, 2015.15 (unprocessed)
Reference Code
M133 / V222
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Textual record
Private record
Date Range
1953 - 2018
Physical Description
ca.13,650 col. slide photographs -- 51 prints -- 58 negatives -- textual records
History / Biographical
Douglas (Doug) Leighton was born in Banff, Alberta, August 7, 1953. His family moved to Penticton, British Columbia in 1963 where he began using a camera at the early age of ten years old. At a young age, Doug was an enthusiastic birder, during his 20's Doug went on to become a Park Naturalist with British Columbia Parks for eight years until he returned to Banff in 1985 to pursue a professional photography career. In 1992 Doug moved from Banff to Golden, British Columbia and finally in 2005 Doug with his wife Myriam moved to Blaeberry, British Columbia. Doug died on March 28, 2018. Doug was a photographer and writer. Doug's photographs have been published by National Geographic Society, Audubon Society Books, Time-Life Books, Canadian Geographic, Equinox, and Nature Canada Magazine among others. IN 1989 a portfolio of his work was selected for the National Museum of Natural Science "The Nature of Photography" exhibition which celebrated 150 years of photography in Canada. Doug is also known for his best selling photographic books "The Canadian Rockies" 1993, "Alberta" and "Greater Vancouver" 1995.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual and visual records. Visual records are made up of approximately 13,650 colour transparencies. transparencies pertain to personal life and career as an professional photographer, and naturalist. Textual records pertain to background for assessing the status of the Banff / Central Rockies grizzly bear population / Douglas Leighton : [report], January 15, 2001; and photographs by Douglas Leighton of Jon Whyte, Ted Hart, Leslie Taylor and the Cascades of Time gardens. Unprocessed sous-fonds consists of Douglas Leighton's Grizzly Research 1999-2018
Notes
Douglas Leighton fonds arrangement Sous fonds M133 M133 / 1-2 Sous fonds V222 Series I: Personal Subseries A: Photograph prints Subseries B: Colour transparencies Subseries C: NegativesXXX Series II: AnimalsXXXSubseries A: UngulatesXXXSubseries B: Fish Reptiles and InsectsXXXSubseries C: BirdsXXXSubseries D: Mammals Series III: Trips, Topics and EventsXXXSubseries A: Gang RanchXXXSubseries B: Forest FiresXXXSubseries C: FishingXXXSubseries D: SkiingXXX Series IV: Scenic ViewsXXXSubseries A: AerialsXXXSubseries B: British ColumbiaXXXSubseries C: AlbertaXXX Series V: Plants Series VI: Published
Name Access
Leighton, Douglas
Subject Access
Environment
Access Restrictions
Copyright applies
Privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
No finding aid
Creator
Leighton, Douglas
Category
Environment
Biographical Source Notes
Obituary - biofile
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
Unprocessed
Less detail
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Douglas Leighton fonds

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Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Scope & Content
Sous-fonds consists of Douglas Leighton's Grizzly Resaerch 1999 - 2018 List of files 1. 2005 ALBERTA - working texts for book project, early explorers (Henday-Thompson-Henry+) 2. 2009 NAME – working texts for book project following history of the grizzly bear’s name (see #8) 3. 2011 PLAINS GRIZZ…
Date Range
ca. 1999 - 2018
Reference Code
M133 / V222
Description Level
2 / Sous-fonds
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Digital born
Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Description Level
2 / Sous-fonds
Fonds Number
M133 / V222
Sous-Fonds
M133
Accession Number
2020.15
Reference Code
M133 / V222
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Digital born
Date Range
ca. 1999 - 2018
Physical Description
.
Scope & Content
Sous-fonds consists of Douglas Leighton's Grizzly Resaerch 1999 - 2018 List of files 1. 2005 ALBERTA - working texts for book project, early explorers (Henday-Thompson-Henry+) 2. 2009 NAME – working texts for book project following history of the grizzly bear’s name (see #8) 3. 2011 PLAINS GRIZZ - working texts for book project on the history of the ‘Plains Grizzly’ 4. 2012 PLAINS GRIZ - reworking #3 texts; some additional research but some text still ‘messed up’ 5. 2015 FUR TRADER RECS – grizzly bears records of Canadian fur traders, tables and lists 6. 2015 TABLES – historic recs, compilations, fur trade, others; best edited versions of many in #18. 7. ABORIGINAL HUNTING – mostly working notes, tables, texts on hunting methods, weapons, religion 8. BOOK NAME Sep 09 – working updated texts from #2 9. BUFFER ZONES – working tables, texts on historic inter-tribal and other buffer zones 10. CA 1850 (1841-60) – Canadian historic records other than fur traders 11. CA 1880 (1861-1900) – Canadian historic records other than fur traders 12. CALIFORNIA – working texts and historic records; note best Portola text in LGH 2018 13. CANADIAN ROCKIES – grizzly bear and other wildlife records and misc 14. CYPRESS HILLS 2010 - working texts for project which expanded into #3,4 project 15. ESGBP GRIZZ POPULATION ANALYSIS* - not included on most discs; analysis of research results 16. GRIZZLY – BIO – ECO – research notes, tables on grizzly biology, behavior, ecology, etc 17. LEIG GRIZ HIST – FUR TRADE MISC – misc. fur trade records, texts, include Fort Colville research 18. LEIGHTON GRIZZLY HISTORY 2018 – files edited, updated, organized and sent out in 2018; BEST 19. NORTH CASCADES – research files, texts on history of grizzly bear in North Cascades Ecosystem 20. SHORT STORY – ALL – various working reiterations of condensed ‘short story’ of grizzly bear history 21. SPANISH CA RECORDS – early Spanish historic records 22. THE MYTH – ALL – various working texts on The Myth, historic pop estimates and historic range maps 23. US NW GRIZZLY RECORDS 1825- US historic records except Spanish and LEWIS and CLARK (in #6,18)
Name Access
Leighton, Douglas
Subject Access
Grizzly Bears
Access Restrictions
Access restriction on folder ESGBP GRIZZ POP ANALYSIS
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Unprocessed
Less detail
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Personal photographs

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Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Scope & Content
Files consist of photographs of Douglas Leighton as a child, Douglas Leighton's school photographs, a photograph of Douglas Leighton and Colleagues when he worked for British Columbia Parks.
Date Range
ca. 1950
1995
1988
1999
2000
Reference Code
V222 / I / A / PA - 1 to PA - 51
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
  4 images  
Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M133
V222
Series
V222 / I : Personal
Sous-Fonds
V222
Sub-Series
V222 / I / A : Prints
Accession Number
2020.24
Reference Code
V222 / I / A / PA - 1 to PA - 51
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
ca. 1950
1995
1988
1999
2000
Physical Description
51 photographs : b&w and col. ; 17 x 12.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Files consist of photographs of Douglas Leighton as a child, Douglas Leighton's school photographs, a photograph of Douglas Leighton and Colleagues when he worked for British Columbia Parks.
Name Access
Leighton, Douglas
Subject Access
Tourism
Holidays
Portrait
Family
Geographic Access
Banff, AB
Penticton, BC
Language
English
Creator
Douglas Leighton
Category
Family and personal life
Environment
Exploration and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Images
thumbnail
thumbnail
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Personal photographs

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Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Scope & Content
Files consist of negatives and contact sheets of Douglas Leighton, his family and friends.
Date Range
ca. 1990 - ca. 2000
Reference Code
V222 / I / C / NA - 1 to NA - 58
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Transparency
Photograph
Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M133
V222
Series
V222 / I : Personal
Sous-Fonds
V222
Sub-Series
V222 / I / C : Prints
Accession Number
2020.24
Reference Code
V222 / I / C / NA - 1 to NA - 58
GMD
Transparency
Photograph
Date Range
ca. 1990 - ca. 2000
Physical Description
58 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
Scope & Content
Files consist of negatives and contact sheets of Douglas Leighton, his family and friends.
Name Access
Leighton, Douglas
Subject Access
Family
Geographic Access
Banff, AB
Penticton, BC
Language
English
Creator
Douglas Leighton
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Woodpecker, Owls, Nighthawk, Ducks and Grouse

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Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs of Bird from British Columbia and Alberta. Some of the birds include woodpecker, owls, nighthawk, ducks, grouse, and hawks
Date Range
1983
1984
1989
1991 - 1993
1995
1996
1998
1999
2002
2005
Reference Code
V222 / II / C / 4 / NS - 1 to 131
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
  13 images  
Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M133
V222
Series
V222 / II : Animals
Sous-Fonds
V222
Sub-Series
V222 / II / C : Birds
Accession Number
2020.24
Reference Code
V222 / II / C / 4 / NS - 1 to 131
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Date Range
1983
1984
1989
1991 - 1993
1995
1996
1998
1999
2002
2005
Physical Description
131 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs of Bird from British Columbia and Alberta. Some of the birds include woodpecker, owls, nighthawk, ducks, grouse, and hawks
Name Access
Leighton, Douglas
Subject Access
Birds
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Suffield, Alberta
Ladner, BC
Nelson, BC
Canmore, Alberta
Writing on Stone Provincial Park
Jasper National Park
Brooks, Alberta
Language
English
Creator
Douglas Leighton
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Images
thumbnail
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British Columbia area

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Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs of scenic views, tourism and people doing winter and summer activities in British Columbia.
Date Range
1976
1979
1981
1983 - 1988
1990 - 1997
1999
2002
Reference Code
V222 / IV / B / 13 / NS - 1 to 136
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M133
V222
Series
V222 / IV : Scenic Views
Sous-Fonds
V222
Sub-Series
V222 / IV / B: British Columbia
Accession Number
2020.24
Reference Code
V222 / IV / B / 13 / NS - 1 to 136
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Date Range
1976
1979
1981
1983 - 1988
1990 - 1997
1999
2002
Physical Description
136 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs of scenic views, tourism and people doing winter and summer activities in British Columbia.
Name Access
Leighton, Douglas
Subject Access
Activities
Tourism
scenic
Geographic Access
New Denver, BC
Kaslo, BC
Nelson, BC
Kootenay National Park
Radium, BC
Vahalla Wilderness Park
Edgewater, BC
Glacier National Park
Comox, BC
Top of the World Provincial Park
British Columbia
Language
English
Creator
Douglas Leighton
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Tourism
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Alberta "active best"

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Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, flowers, waterfalls and glaciers.
Date Range
1987 - 1989
1991 - 1993
1995
1996
1998
2000 - 2002
2006
Reference Code
V222 / VI / C / 3 / NS - 1 to 146
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M133
V222
Series
V222 / VI : Publication
Sous-Fonds
V222
Sub-Series
V222 / VI / C: Compiled for publication
Accession Number
2020.24
Reference Code
V222 / VI / C / 3 / NS - 1 to 146
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Date Range
1987 - 1989
1991 - 1993
1995
1996
1998
2000 - 2002
2006
Physical Description
146 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, flowers, waterfalls and glaciers.
Name Access
Leighton, Douglas
Subject Access
British Columbia
Geographic Access
Alberta
Lake Louise, AB
Banff National Park
Banff
Exshaw, AB
Calgary, AB
Jasper, AB
Edmonton, AB
Canmore, AB
Language
English
Creator
Douglas Leighton
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Natural resources
Environment
Commerce and industry
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Canadian Rockies and other "active best"

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56446
Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, waterfalls and glaciers.
Date Range
1978
1981 - 1983
1987
1988
1990
1993 - 1995
1997
1998
2003
2006
2007
Reference Code
V222 / VI / C / 4 / NS - 1 to 119
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
  4 images  
Part Of
Douglas Leighton fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M133
V222
Series
V222 / VI : Publication
Sous-Fonds
V222
Sub-Series
V222 / VI / C: Compiled for publication
Accession Number
2020.24
Reference Code
V222 / VI / C / 4 / NS - 1 to 119
GMD
Photograph
Transparency
Date Range
1978
1981 - 1983
1987
1988
1990
1993 - 1995
1997
1998
2003
2006
2007
Physical Description
119 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs compiled by Douglas Leighton for publication. Includes photographs of landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, mountains, hotel, tourists, plants, waterfalls and glaciers.
Name Access
Leighton, Douglas
Subject Access
British Columbia
Geographic Access
Alberta
British Columbia
Banff National Park
Banff
Calgary, AB
Edmonton, AB
Kootenay, BC
Yoho National Park
Jasper National Park
Cranbrook, BC
Vancouver, BC
Language
English
Creator
Douglas Leighton
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Natural resources
Environment
Commerce and industry
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Images
thumbnail
thumbnail
thumbnail
thumbnail
Less detail
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