setName:"Frances K. Montgomery and Gaie Taylor fonds" found 3 records - Research Collections

Scope & Content: Motion picture consists of Manitoulin Island views, group crossing river on lake on raft with cow on board, Kacawonc Lake, swimming, boating

Scope & Content: Motion picture consists of Manitoulin Island views, group crossing river on lake on raft with cow on board, Kacawonc Lake, swimming, boating

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Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Photographs, 1929-1976; II. Motion pictures, 1936-1964; III. Textual records, 1959-1994. Photographs and films pertain mainly to travel and camping in Europe, Ontario, western Canada and the United States. ACC camps in the Bugaboos, 1959, Fryatt Creek, 1960, …

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

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

Physical Description: ca.1060 photographs (ca.400 transparencies, ca.380 negatives, ca.280 prints). -- 23 motion pictures. -- 7 textual records

History / Biographical: Frances Kathleen Montgomery, 1904-1989, and Esme Gabrielle (Gaie) Neufville Taylor, 1910-1994, met during their service in the Canadian Women's Army Corps during the Second World War. After the war they shared a house in London and Waterloo, Ontario. Montgomery was a university professor in Romance languages; Taylor worked as a secretary and writer. Montgomery retired in 1971 and the women moved to Victoria, B.C. They were avid photographers, gardeners, readers, climbers and campers. Montgomery and Taylor travelled throughout Ontario and west to Alberta, B.C. and the United States. They attended several Alpine Club of Canada camps between 1959 and 1969

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Photographs, 1929-1976; II. Motion pictures, 1936-1964; III. Textual records, 1959-1994. Photographs and films pertain mainly to travel and camping in Europe, Ontario, western Canada and the United States. ACC camps in the Bugaboos, 1959, Fryatt Creek, 1960, Maligne Lake, 1962, and others are documented. Montgomery appears to have made the 35 mm photographs and the films, while Taylor appears to have made the 127-format negatives and superslide transparencies. Textual items are a letter and newsclippings on climbing

Notes: Photographs retained were selected from approximately 3800 items, mainly prints and transparencies, which included much duplication

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

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

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; electronic finding aid

Related Material: Accompanied by hiking and climbing artifacts transferred to heritage collections, Whyte Museum

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