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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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Diary for Banff ski trip : [1930]
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- Diary pertains to a ski trip from Jasper to Banff, January 15 to January 30, 1930, by Jasper skiers Frank Burstrum, Vern Jeffrey, A. L. Withers, Doug Jeffrey and Joe Weiss. Warden search team was Ulysse LaCasse and Walter Childe
- Date Range
- Photocopy made in 1990
- Reference Code
- M90 / 10
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.B. Personal / professional series : Other material
- Accession Number
- 5747
- Reference Code
- M90 / 10
- Responsibility
- Attributed by donor to Vern Jeffrey
- Date Range
- Photocopy made in 1990
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records (5 p.)
- Scope & Content
- Diary pertains to a ski trip from Jasper to Banff, January 15 to January 30, 1930, by Jasper skiers Frank Burstrum, Vern Jeffrey, A. L. Withers, Doug Jeffrey and Joe Weiss. Warden search team was Ulysse LaCasse and Walter Childe
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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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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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Warden Scrapbook #1
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of photographs of warden activities, including wolf management; group warden portraits; Castle Mountain area; Joe Smith of Silver City; burled trees; LaCasse family members, including grandchildren; and Ulysses LaCasse, ca.1937-1960. Also includes memos sent between Ul…
- Date Range
- 1946-1947
- Reference Code
- M90 / 8 / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M90 / V340
- Sous-Fonds
- M90
- Sub-Series
- II / A Personal / professional series : Scrapbooks
- Accession Number
- 617
- Reference Code
- M90 / 8 / 1
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1946-1947
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (1 v.)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of photographs of warden activities, including wolf management; group warden portraits; Castle Mountain area; Joe Smith of Silver City; burled trees; LaCasse family members, including grandchildren; and Ulysses LaCasse, ca.1937-1960. Also includes memos sent between Ulysses LaCasse and K.B. Mitchell, Chief Park Warden and photographs taken by Nicholas Morant.
- Name Access
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Mitchell, K.B.
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Subject Access
- Animal Paddock
- Banff Zoo
- Bears
- Castle Mountain
- Conservation
- Ecology
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Guides
- National parks and reserves
- Parks Canada
- Wardens
- Wildlife
- Wolves
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Johnston Canyon
- Bow Valley
- Castle Mountain
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file. #1 written on cover
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Warden and Guiding Scrapbook #2
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of photographs (ca.1910-1927) pertaining to: warden and guiding activities, including camps; cabins, Silver City, Sunshine area, Wilson Ranch in Kootenay Plains, construction at Healey Creek; personal photographs of the Canadian Siberian Expedition; Banff activities, in…
- Date Range
- 1910-1927
- Reference Code
- M90 / 8 / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M90 / V340
- Sous-Fonds
- M90
- Sub-Series
- II / A Personal / professional series : Scrapbooks
- Accession Number
- 617
- Reference Code
- M90 / 8 / 2
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1910-1927
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records (30 pages ; 26.5 x 33 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of photographs (ca.1910-1927) pertaining to: warden and guiding activities, including camps; cabins, Silver City, Sunshine area, Wilson Ranch in Kootenay Plains, construction at Healey Creek; personal photographs of the Canadian Siberian Expedition; Banff activities, including Armistice Day celebration, Bretton Hall fire, ice harvesting; and Ila LaCasse skiing career; ca.1910-1927. Also includes textual records consist of newspaper clippings; Brewster Trading Co. calendar, 1909; and panoramic view of Vladivostock composed of 6 postcards
- Name Access
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- LaCasse, Ila
- Subject Access
- Great Divide
- Sunshine area
- Guiding
- Horse packing
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Hunting
- Construction
- Skiing
- Banff Ski Club
- Cabins
- Travel
- War
- Geographic Access
- Sunshine
- Castle Mountain
- Kootenay Plains
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Siberia
- Language
- English
- Creator
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file. #2 written on the cover
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of warden correspondence, 1929-1949, pertaining to administration; supplies and uniforms; wildlife management; wardens supplying elk antlers for cutlery and animals for zoos; land use; quartz mining at Eldon; law enforcement. Also includes genealogy notes and research; newspaper…
- Date Range
- 1919-[ca.1967]
- Reference Code
- M90 / 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.A. Personal / professional series : Scrapbooks
- Accession Number
- 617
- Reference Code
- M90 / 9
- Date Range
- 1919-[ca.1967]
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (1 v.)
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of warden correspondence, 1929-1949, pertaining to administration; supplies and uniforms; wildlife management; wardens supplying elk antlers for cutlery and animals for zoos; land use; quartz mining at Eldon; law enforcement. Also includes genealogy notes and research; newspaper clippings pertaining to Second World War, supply boats, Eskimo and Beaver; First World War certificate of thanks; and photographs pertaining to camp at Mount Assiniboine
- Creator
- Scrapbook was annotated ca.1967
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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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- 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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