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Morley Beaver (right), Tom Wilson (left) at Kooteney Plains
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of two men identified as (left to right) Tom Wilson and Morley Beaver standing with heads of elk, mountain sheep on mountain goat hide in foreground.
- Date Range
- 1900
- Reference Code
- v340 / 5 / a / na66 - 1776
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V340
- Reference Code
- v340 / 5 / a / na66 - 1776
- Date Range
- 1900
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of two men identified as (left to right) Tom Wilson and Morley Beaver standing with heads of elk, mountain sheep on mountain goat hide in foreground.
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- First nations
- Sports and Recreation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- copy negative envelope
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Trip thru Canadian Rockies, Aug. 8 to 28 '17 : [diary]
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item pertains to Caroline Hinman trip. Handwritten entries include small watercolour sketches
- Date Range
- 1917
- Reference Code
- M90 / 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Professional series : Guiding and outfitting
- Accession Number
- 617
- Reference Code
- M90 / 6
- Responsibility
- Attributed to Mavis Benedict, a client of Caroline Hinman
- Date Range
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 textual records (1 v.)
- Scope & Content
- Item pertains to Caroline Hinman trip. Handwritten entries include small watercolour sketches
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Photograph albums
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- Albums pertain to Caroline Hinman trip in areas of Whiteman Pass, Spray Lakes, Mount Assiniboine, Simpson Pass, Healy Creek, Mount Edith, Sawback Lake, Panther River, Red Deer Lake, Ptarmigan Valley. Trip ended at Lake Louise. . Inscribed: 1. Caroline Hinman party, four weeks trip in BNP, 1917; 2…
- Date Range
- 1917
- Reference Code
- V340 / PD - 1, 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Professional series : Guiding and outfitting
- Accession Number
- 617
- Reference Code
- V340 / PD - 1, 2
- Date Range
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 2 photograph albums (184 prints)
- Scope & Content
- Albums pertain to Caroline Hinman trip in areas of Whiteman Pass, Spray Lakes, Mount Assiniboine, Simpson Pass, Healy Creek, Mount Edith, Sawback Lake, Panther River, Red Deer Lake, Ptarmigan Valley. Trip ended at Lake Louise. . Inscribed: 1. Caroline Hinman party, four weeks trip in BNP, 1917; 2. Caroline Hinman party of ten girls on a months trip through the Banff Nat. Park 1917, guide U. LaCasse, cook J. Boyce, packers M. Brooks, H. Deegan
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to Caroline Hinman fonds (see V282 / PD - 3)
- Title Source
- Title based on items
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[Member of Caroline Hinman's party swimming]
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a woman swimming - two women sitting on shore in background
- Date Range
- 1917
- Reference Code
- v340 / 2 / 18 / na66 - 1910
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V340
- Reference Code
- v340 / 2 / 18 / na66 - 1910
- Date Range
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of a woman swimming - two women sitting on shore in background
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Caroline Hinman, photographer
- Title Source
- copy negative envelope
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Columbia Icefield expedition photographs
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a 500 mile expedition led by Lewis Freeman in the Columbia Icefield area. Freeman was accompanied by Ulysse LaCasse, Byron Harmon, Soapy Smith and Rob Bapti. Album includes published text pertaining to Castleguard camp, Mount Athabaska (Athabasca) and Saskatchewan Glacier camps (4…
- Date Range
- 1924
- Reference Code
- V340 / PD - 3
- V340 / 14, 15 (PA)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Professional series : Guiding and outfitting
- Accession Number
- 617, 936
- Reference Code
- V340 / PD - 3
- V340 / 14, 15 (PA)
- Date Range
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (71 prints + .5 cm of text). -- 2 photographs : prints
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a 500 mile expedition led by Lewis Freeman in the Columbia Icefield area. Freeman was accompanied by Ulysse LaCasse, Byron Harmon, Soapy Smith and Rob Bapti. Album includes published text pertaining to Castleguard camp, Mount Athabaska (Athabasca) and Saskatchewan Glacier camps (4 p.) and an article titled "Mountains of the Columbia Icefield 1923" (England : Ballantyne Press, 19 p.)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Feet we meet : trail riders number / Cora Johnstone Best and "Pal" Audrey Forfar Shippam : [publication]
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Professional series : Guiding and outfitting
- Accession Number
- 617
- Reference Code
- M90 / 7
- Date Range
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 1 print material item
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Ulysses LaCasse fonds
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series: I. Professional series, ca.1910-1949; II. Professional / personal life series, ca.1896-ca.1967. Professional series contains volumes of textual records, photograph albums and photographs in two sub-series: A. Warden and civil service papers and photographs, and B. Gui…
- Date Range
- [ca.1896-ca.1967]
- Reference Code
- M90 / V340
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Tintype
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 90
- V 340
- Sous-Fonds
- M 90
- V 340
- Accession Number
- 139, 617, 936, 1097, 1219, 2659, 5747
- Reference Code
- M90 / V340
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Tintype
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- [ca.1896-ca.1967]
- Physical Description
- ca.15 cm of textual records. -- 4 photograph albums (ca.360 prints). -- ca.70 photographs : prints, copy negatives, negatives, tintype
- History / Biographical
- Ulysses LaCasse (or Ulysse; or La Casse), 1888-1972, was a trail guide and national park warden at Lake Louise and Banff, Alberta, Canada. LaCasse came to Banff in 1908 and worked in various cooking jobs including trail cook for surveys and trail outfits. He guided Caroline Hinman's trail riding groups before joining the Canadian Army in Europe and Siberia. LaCasse accompanied Byron Harmon, Soapy Smith and Louis Freeman on their five hundred mile expedition through the Canadian Rockies, 1924. LaCasse was a long-time warden in the Castle Mountain and Lake Louise districts
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series: I. Professional series, ca.1910-1949; II. Professional / personal life series, ca.1896-ca.1967. Professional series contains volumes of textual records, photograph albums and photographs in two sub-series: A. Warden and civil service papers and photographs, and B. Guiding and outfitting papers and photographs. Professional / personal life series contains volumes of textual records, as well as photographs, in two sub-series: A. Scrapbooks, and B. Other material.
- Textual records consist of warden journals, 1934-1949, and scrapbooks, 1911-1961. Journals record weather conditions, wildlife observations, enforcement, construction and maintenance duties, etc. around Castle Mountain and Lake Louise. Scrapbooks contain correspondence and memoranda, 1929-1948, from LaCasse's civil service career. Textual records also include diary of Mavis Benedict, 1917, kept during Caroline Hinman pack trips; copy of a ski trip diary; and biographical notes on LaCasse, ca.1950. Photograph albums pertain to a Caroline Hinman trip in the Mount Assiniboine area, 1917; Columbia Icefield expedition, 1924; and horse trips in the Canadian Rockies, ca.1925.
- Name Access
- Benedict, Mavis
- Hinman, Caroline
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Subject Access
- Banff National Park - Wardens
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Pack trips
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- 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
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Warden diaries
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- Volumes are diaries recording warden activities and weather
- Date Range
- 1934-1949
- Reference Code
- M90 / 1 to 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.A. Professional series : Warden and civil service
- Accession Number
- 617
- Reference Code
- M90 / 1 to 5
- Date Range
- 1934-1949
- Physical Description
- 5 v. of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Volumes are diaries recording warden activities and weather
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of volumes
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to road and bridge construction, fish stocking, firefighting equipment, wardens and warden cabins, elk at buffalo paddock, Panther Falls and Rockbound Lake areas
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]-1937
- Reference Code
- V340 / 1 to 13 (LC)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.A. Professional series : Warden and civil service
- Accession Number
- 139, 1219, 2659
- Reference Code
- V340 / 1 to 13 (LC)
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]-1937
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : copy negatives
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to road and bridge construction, fish stocking, firefighting equipment, wardens and warden cabins, elk at buffalo paddock, Panther Falls and Rockbound Lake areas
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Scenic and guiding photographs
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- Photographs pertain to Banff, Mount Assiniboine, Baker Lake and Kicking Horse River areas; Jimmy Simpson cabin at Bow Lake; McAleenan party trip near Simpson Pass, 1917; and Caroline Hinman party trip, ca.1920. Scrapbook pertains to horse trips in Mount Assiniboine and Bow Lake areas, ca.1925,
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-ca.1925]
- Reference Code
- V340 / 16 to 21 (PA), V340 / 22 to 25 (LC)
- V340 / PD - 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Professional series : Guiding and outfitting
- Accession Number
- 936, 2659
- Reference Code
- V340 / 16 to 21 (PA), V340 / 22 to 25 (LC)
- V340 / PD - 4
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-ca.1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (112 prints). -- 10 photographs (6 prints, 4 copy negatives)
- Scope & Content
- Photographs pertain to Banff, Mount Assiniboine, Baker Lake and Kicking Horse River areas; Jimmy Simpson cabin at Bow Lake; McAleenan party trip near Simpson Pass, 1917; and Caroline Hinman party trip, ca.1920. Scrapbook pertains to horse trips in Mount Assiniboine and Bow Lake areas, ca.1925,
- Access Restrictions
- Access to negatives is by appointment only
- Finding Aid
- Reference prints are available for copy negatives
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file and album
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