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Mather family fonds
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- Part Of
- Mather family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series: I. Mather family; II. Bow River Boat House Ltd.; III. Other material. I. Mather family, 1895-1945, 2.5 cm of textual records, ca.900 photographs (negatives, prints), 3 photograph albums (486 prints), 4 cartographic records. Textual records consist of marriage and b…
- Date Range
- 1895-1953
- Reference Code
- M87 / V397
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Mather family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 87
- V 397
- Sous-Fonds
- M 87
- V 397
- Accession Number
- 309, 594, 1788, 2153, 2788, 3121, 3264
- Reference Code
- M87 / V397
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1895-1953
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records. -- ca.900 photographs : negatives, prints. -- 3 photograph albums (486 prints)
- History / Biographical
- The Mather family were boat house operators at Banff, Alberta, Canada. William Mather, 1868-1927, emigrated to Ontario from Scotland in 1880 and came west ca.1888 to work for the Eau Claire Lumber Company on the Spray River near Banff. He worked for Raymond M. Rooper's boat house business on the Bow River and, in 1899, purchased the business. The Mather business included steamer tours in the summer and also involved winter sports on the Bow River. William Mather and Margaret McRavey Mather had four children, Jennie, Leslie, Allan and Hazel. With William Mather's death in 1927, the family incorporated its interests as the Bow River Boat House Limited, with Allan Mather as manager. The operation expanded to Lake Minnewanka in 1939. After Allan Mather's death in 1951, the business was sold to Ed Mader
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series: I. Mather family; II. Bow River Boat House Ltd.; III. Other material.
- I. Mather family, 1895-1945, 2.5 cm of textual records, ca.900 photographs (negatives, prints), 3 photograph albums (486 prints), 4 cartographic records. Textual records consist of marriage and birth certificates, 1896-1900; boathouse and property records, 1895-1917; estate papers, 1928-1943; agreements, 1929, 1931; and, stock certificates, 1929-1945. Photographs consist of: Mather family negatives, [before ca.1945?]; Jennie Mather photographs, [ca.1910-ca.1930]; Leslie Mather photographs, ca.1910-ca.1940; Other photographs, ca.1910-ca.1930. Photographs pertain to Mather family, activities, friends; Mather home and properties; boats and boating on Lake Minnewanka and the Bow River; winter sports, including skating, hockey and skiing; hiking, floods, Banff area mountain views and Rocky Mountain scenic views
- II. Bow River Boat House Ltd., 1929-1951, 7.5 cm of textual records. Series consists of agreements and certificates, 1938-1950; correspondence re Minnewanka bungalow camp, 1941-1942; financial statements, 1937-1951. Maps show locations of Mather and Bow River Boat House Ltd. leaseholds.
- III. Other material, [192-]-1953, 3 cm of textual records.
- Name Access
- Mather, Allan
- Mather, Jennie
- Mather, Leslie
- Mather, William
- Subject Access
- Bow River Boat House
- Family and personal life
- Minnewanka, Lake
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Mather, William
- Mather, Allan
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Jennie Mather photographs
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- Part Of
- Mather family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Photographs pertain to Banff people, places and activities; Mather family and friends.
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- V397 / PA - 1 to 135
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
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- Part Of
- Mather family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- V397
- Series
- IV.B. Mather family photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V397
- Reference Code
- V397 / PA - 1 to 135
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 135 photographs : prints
- Scope & Content
- Photographs pertain to Banff people, places and activities; Mather family and friends.
- Finding Aid
- Detailed item list available in print form.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS - V397/PA :
- 1 [Allan Mather and others]
- 2 [J. E. Hutchins; Leslie Mather and others]
- 3 George Noble
- 4 George Paris in front of the boat house [ca.1945]
- 5 [Zoo construction]
- 6 [Skiers, including Peter Whyte]
- 7 [Cyril Paris, Peter Whyte and others skiing]
- 8-9 [World champion ski jumpers, including Henry Hall, Andres Haugen and Hans Hansen]
- 10-11 [Carnival Queen Dahlia Schagel; attendants Jenny (Mather) Percy, Fern (Brewster) Dooley, Sid (Sylvia Brewster) Graves]
- 12 Queen Emilie Mason & Stoney Nakoda Chiefs
- 13 [George Paris and Jenny Mather at Banff skating rink]
- 14 Jenny Mather and Harold McHugh
- 15 Jenny Mather and Curtis Leonard
- 16 [Banff curling rink]
- 17 [Banff skating rink, skaters]
- 18 [Jack White, Barbara Carpenter, Ruth Carpenter, Allan Mather (double wedding)]
- 19 [Mather's first house]
- 20-21 The Chalet. Lake Minnewanka [ca.1921]
- 22 Stan Haigh (been with us 3 seasons) unloading a typical September cargo
- 23 ["The Swallow" boat at boat house]
- 24 ["Minnewanka" boat with plexiglass cover]
- 25 Devil's Canyon at Lake Minnewanka before the dams
- 26-27 [Mather boat dock on Bow River]
- 28 Jenny Mather on train to Calgary
- 29 Jenny I. Percy and Barbara A. Percy
- 30 Dave White Sr., Annie Curran White and oldest son Clifford White
- 31 "Me" in Coronado leaving a singing engagement . . . Lilian
- 32 [Unidentified women]
- 33 Part of the toboggan slide [Mt. Norquay]
- 34-39 Jennie Mather [as a young girl]
- 40 Jennie [Mather] Percy and baby Barbara Anne Vancouver 1929
- 41-42 Jennie's brother Allan Mather [as a young man]
- 43 Birthplace of Margaret Rodgers [McRavey] Mather
- 44 John Curran, Margaret Rodgers McRavey (Mather) and Annie Curran (White)
- 45 Margaret (McRavey) Mather
- 46 Jennie and Leslie Mather Banff, Alta. 1899
- 47 Outside 1st log cabin in Banff. Near Boathouse. Margaret (Mather) with [daughters] Jennie and Leslie
- 48 Margaret McRavey Mather with daughter Hazel Margaret Mather at time of christening Banff 1908
- 49 Margaret (McRavey) Mather, Jennie Isabel Mather, Leslie Gilmour Mather, Allan Stewart Mather; Verena Bolton [with her mother] Jeannie Mather Bolton
- 50-52 Susan Rodgers McRavey [Curran], mother of Margaret R. Mather
- 53-54 Susan McRavey Baptie Exshaw Alta [Margaret McRavey Mather's sister]
- 55 Margaret (McRavey) Mather's brother James McRavey
- 56 Jennie's paternal grandparents, John and Janet (nee Picken) Mather [William Mather's parents]
- 57 Margaret Mather, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. E.C. Smith, Margaret Smith. Taken at Cottonwood Beach, Washington, U.S.A. in August 1931
- 58 [Allan Mather and others] Niagara Falls Oct. 22/48
- 59 Allan [Mather] Hazel Mary Lee Lake Minnewanka beside boat house Nov.6/48
- 60 Allan [Mather] Hazel Mary Lee [near] Ski jump at Mt. Norquay Nov.6/48
- 61 Allan [Mather], Grace, Lilla, Susan & Mary Lee. Banff. Nov. 7/48
- 62 Lake Minnewanka Banff
- 63-64 Banff and Cascade Mountain [from Administration Grounds] [postcard]
- 65 Main Street and Cascade Mountain 9,796 Ft., Banff . . . [postcard]
- 66 [Banff Springs Hotel from Tunnel Mountain Drive - postcard]
- 67 C.P.R. Banff Springs Hotel and Bow River, Banff, Canadian Rockies [postcard]
- 68 C.P.R. Hotel and Bow Valley, Banff, Canadian Rockies [postcard]
- 69 Bow Valley from C.P.R. Hotel, [terrace] Banff, Canadian Rockies [postcard]
- 70 The boat houses on the Bow River . . . [postcard]
- 71 Bow River Bridge & Mt. Rundle . . . [Brett's third Drug Store?] [postcard]
- 72 The Cave and Basin Swimming Pools . . . [postcard]
- 73 Government Hot Sulphur Bath [Cave and Basin] . . . [postcard]
- 74 Lake Minnewanka [postcard]
- 75 Castle Mountain from C.P.R. track, Canadian Rockies [postcard]
- 76 The Falls, Johnson [Johnston] Canyon, near Banff . . . [postcard]
- 77 [Unidentified view]
- 78 Skating rink [Banff] 1919
- 79 The old skating rink [Banff, n.d.]
- 80 Playoff tie between Vancouver Amazons & Calgary Patricias, [Banff Winter] Carnival 1921.
- 81 Banff Bonspiel Ritchie vs Georgeson 1913.
- 82 Lila [and friend] 1920.
- 83 [Group at Banff Indian Days, includes Mark Poucette, Mrs. Poucette, Pete and Jackie White, reg Smith in front] 1920.
- 84 [Banff Winter Carnival? parade float includes] Jennie Mather, Phoebe Saukler, Dahlia Schagel.
- 85 [Banff Winter Carnival] Queen Emilie Mason, Mayor Osborne of Calgary.
- 86 [Banff Winter Carnival, group in front of Ice Palace]
- 87 William Mather [in boat by Bow River boat dock, ca. 1910]
- 88 [William Mather (white shirt), Leslie, Jennie & Allan Mather, on Bow River boat dock, ca.1910]
- 89 One of John Walker's school picnics at Lake Minnewanka
- 90 Lake Minnewanka [People and boats at boat dock, ca. 1925]
- 91 Building of the Banff Zoo [ca. 1910-12, includes James McRavey, Nils Nilsson]
- 92 [Mather house]
- 93 James S. McRavey
- 94 3311 Bow River and Cascade Mountain, Banff, Alta / R. H. Trueman & Co. Photo, Vancouver, B.C. -- 1900 [oversize]
- 95 ["Mountain Belle" on the Bow River] - [oversize]
- 96-103, 110-111 Calgary to Banff, Feb.14, 1918
- 104-107 [Snow covered road; most with car]
- 108 [Marble Canyon sign]
- 109, 114-115 [Snow formations]
- 112-113 [Calgary to Banff trip?]
- 116 [Unidentified person]
- 117 [Vancouver's Kitsilano Boy's Band, Canadian Champions Toronto, 1931]
- 118-119 [Group at Snohomish, Washington]
- 120-123 [Group fruit picking]
- 124 [Leslie Mather, Jennie Mather and others]
- 125 [Group digging out car]
- 126 [Buses]
- 127 [Fishermen]
- 128 [Shoreline]
- 129 [Empress of Asia]
- 130-131 [Damaged car in repair shop]
- 132 [Unidentified woman]
- 133 [Group by car in unidentified city]
- 134 [Train at Banff Station]
- 135 [Plane wreckage]
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- Processed
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