Textual records series. -- [ca.1887]-1994
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of unpublished reports and management plans; visitor registers, summit registers, cabin and fire lookout registers (some with photographs); register of pack parties, Banff National Park, 1922-1933; maps and plans, including annotated warden service maps; warden records; surveyor not…
- Reference Code
- M317
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- III. Textual records
- Reference Code
- M317
- Physical Description
- ca.250 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of unpublished reports and management plans; visitor registers, summit registers, cabin and fire lookout registers (some with photographs); register of pack parties, Banff National Park, 1922-1933; maps and plans, including annotated warden service maps; warden records; surveyor notebooks; and transcripts and ephemera pertaining to ceremonies and events. Reports pertain to archaeological sites and research, national parks history, warden service, coal mining in the Bankhead area, predator studies, Cave and Basin, Radium Hot Springs, Ya Ha Tinda Ranch and other sites
- Access Restrictions
- Reproduction and use is restricted for some records
- Finding Aid
- Partial inventory available in printed form
- Separate online database Parks Canada M317 V488 S23 Finding Aid
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series III of the Parks Canada fonds. Related records can be found in Rocky Mountains Park fonds (M410)
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
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Sound recordings series. -- 1977-1985
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of: A. Yoho National Park human history study, 1977, 20 cassettes; B. Memoirs of the Warden Service oral history project, 1984, 15 interviews (29 cassettes), conducted by Maryalice Harvey Stewart, accompanied by report; C. Other, 1980-1985, 3 items, includes rededication ceremonies …
- Reference Code
- S23
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- II. Sound recordings
- Reference Code
- S23
- Physical Description
- ca.55 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes, audio tape reel
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of: A. Yoho National Park human history study, 1977, 20 cassettes; B. Memoirs of the Warden Service oral history project, 1984, 15 interviews (29 cassettes), conducted by Maryalice Harvey Stewart, accompanied by report; C. Other, 1980-1985, 3 items, includes rededication ceremonies for Kootenay National Park and for the Park Museum, Banff, also recording pertaining to Castleguard Caves
- Access Restrictions
- Reproduction and use is restricted
- Finding Aid
- Reference copies and printed list and tape summaries available
- Online database Parks Canada M317 V488 S23 Finding Aid
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series II of the Parks Canada fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and accompanying documentation
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Photographs series. -- 1903-1965
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Includes six sub-series: A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s- 1950s), ca.1750 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private and government buildings, dwellings, roads and utilitie…
- Reference Code
- V488
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I. Photographs
- Reference Code
- V488
- Physical Description
- ca.13,000 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies. -- 7 motion pictures
- Scope & Content
- Includes six sub-series: A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s- 1950s), ca.1750 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private and government buildings, dwellings, roads and utilities; resource and wildlife development and management; visitor facilities; lodges, hotels and bungalow camps; warden and fire protection activities; Banff events; Norman Sanson trips and expeditions. B. Banff National Park warden service photographs, motion pictures and documentation pertaining to wardens, warden activities and cabins, wildlife management; ca.11,000 items. C. Lantern slides, 2 sets (accn.3783); includes CPR lecture set, ca.1915, 145 items, and Canadian Rockies lecture set, ca.1920, 54 items, accompanied by lecture notes. D. Cave and Basin project; copies of mainly snapshot prints acquired by the Cave and Basin restoration and re-development project, 1981-1985, from various individuals, 204 items; E. Other, ca.90 items; prints, transparencies, copy negatives and video recording of various content. Includes colour transparencies by Jack Holroyd and Bruce Gordon, 1966-1974, re Banff buildings and Protection Mountain mine; photographs of Bankhead, its people and activities used for project Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town by Ben Gadd, 1989; and video recording, "Saskatchewan Glacier Clean-up 1994"
- Access Restrictions
- Access requires permission of the Head Archivist. Reproduction and use is restricted for video recording and some photographs
- Finding Aid
- Preliminary inventory available in printed form for Banff National Park photograph collection
- Separate online database Parks Canada M317 V488 S23 Finding Aid
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series I of the Parks Canada fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Print collection re: Banff National Park warden service, work camps, forest fire management, film making, wildlife management, warden equipment, recreation, bungalow camps, and weather
- Date Range
- 1935 - 1960
- Reference Code
- V488 / I. B. / Box 4 - U129
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- V488
- Series
- I. Photographs series
- Sous-Fonds
- V488
- Sub-Series
- I. B. Banff National Park warden service photographs
- Accession Number
- 3783
- Reference Code
- V488 / I. B. / Box 4 - U129
- Date Range
- 1935 - 1960
- Physical Description
- PHOTOGRAPHS : prints (approx. 3.5 m.)
- Scope & Content
- Print collection re: Banff National Park warden service, work camps, forest fire management, film making, wildlife management, warden equipment, recreation, bungalow camps, and weather
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- 106 - Warden telephones, telephone lines - 1941; 109 - Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Mount Assiniboine camp - 1941; 114 - Publicity photos, Baxter Lake - 1949; 117 - Moving Pictures, Films - Son of Lassie [film making] - 1944-1953, Fort Walsh - Bankhead - photos and blueprint - 1954; 121-11-1, Tunnel Mountain Campground - 1953; 126 - Visitors, 1939-1956; 150-5 Mosquito Control, Beavers - 1943; 165-2 - Alternative Work Camp, Healy Creek, Cuthead, Lake Louise - 1942-1946; 180 - Fire Protection, Signs, fire hazards, water supply - 1940-1941; 181-1-Forest Protection - Insects, 1942; 182-3 - National Forestry Program, Bow Summit Forestry Camp, Cascade River camp - 1939; 184 - Inspection Trip of Northern Areas -1937, BNP, Ya-Ha Tinda Ranch; 185 - Forest Fires, Lake Minnewanka, Saskatchewan River, Goat Creek - 1940-1941; 185-1-Warden School, equipment, group photos - 1939 - 1941; 189 - Warden Cabins, backcountry, Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch construction - 1937-1964; 190 - Forest Observation Lookouts, Tunnel Mountain, Sawback, Beehive, Castle Mountain, fire finders, Sunset Lookout - buildings and construction - 1941-1946; 192-Radio Communication, equipment - 1946; 193-2- Aeroplane Landing Field - Canmore, residences, log buildings - 1949 -1954; 201 - Administration - dry and dead timber, Erickson Mine Camp - Cuthead - 1943; 212 - Bears, bear traps - 1941; 230 - Animal Paddock, 1940-1941; 272 - Beaver, dams, traps - 1946; 296, Spray River fish survey - 1949; 296-1 Fish Hatchery, BNP - 1949-1957; 299 - Elk slaughter, buffalo slaughter, skinning shed - 1944; 300 - Game, rescuing moose - 1941-1945; 311 - Special celebration, dedications ceremony - Waterton/Glacier boundary cairn - 1939-1947; 312-6 - Winter Carnival. 1940-1948; 311-4- Banff Indian Days, 1937-1938; 312-1 - Toboggan Slide, 1945; 316-6 - Recreation Grounds, BNP - 1945-1956, Fundy NP - 1951; 316-7 - Central Park, 1939-1954; 316-9 - Tennis Courts, Tunnel Mountain , Grizzly Street. - 1948; 325 - Historical sites and monuments, plaques - 1958; 324 - Natural features, Saskatchewan River Canyon - 1960; Bungalow Camp, negs - Mrs. Hicks Bungalow Camp - 1939, Becker's Bungalows -1945, animals in the townsite; 331-1 - Weather, Superintendent's residence, storms - 1939; Mount Hector District, Slide -1938, avalanche - 1961
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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