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Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition

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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook about the Alpine Club of Canada's expedition to the Yukon for Canada's centenial in 1967. Includes mostly photocopies of newspaper and magazine and newspaper clippings in regards to the mountains climbed and the club members that participated.
Date Range
1967
Reference Code
M200 / AC 123 / 1 - 18
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Scrapbook
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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M200 / S6 / V14
Sous-Fonds
M200
Accession Number
131
Reference Code
M200 / AC 123 / 1 - 18
GMD
Scrapbook
Date Range
1967
Physical Description
6.5 cm of textual material (131 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook about the Alpine Club of Canada's expedition to the Yukon for Canada's centenial in 1967. Includes mostly photocopies of newspaper and magazine and newspaper clippings in regards to the mountains climbed and the club members that participated.
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Activities
Airplanes
Alpine Club House
Alpine Club of Canada
Backpacking
Centennial
Club
Exploration
Geology
Magazine
Newspaper
Scouting
Sports and recreation
Geographic Access
Yukon
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Language
English
Conservation
Great: slight yellowing of newspaper clippings.
Appraisal
Blank pages not scanned
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Letters to Mother [July - December 1955]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 43 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 27, 1955. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [m…
Date Range
1955
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 137
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Postcard
Private record
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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 137
GMD
Postcard
Private record
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records (71 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 43 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 27, 1955. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], errand trips to Calgary, Catharine's nephew Rusty arriving [he worked at Bow Lake helping with hunting parties in July], trips to Bow Lake, Banff Indian Days, a climbing tragedy on Mt. Temple in July wherein several young boys died, visits to the Campbell's ranch in Cowley, attending a Sun Dance ceremony near Fort Macleod, camping and sketching trips around Banff National Park, the Alberta Jubilee celebrations, a trip to Concord in October [they took the train down and drove back in a newly purchased Jeep], construction of the new Trans-Canada Highway through Banff, working on the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas parties. Also includes postcards and notecards.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters written on Num-Ti-Jaw Lodge letterhead, one written on Banff Shell Station letterhead.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
Simpson, Billie
Robb, Russell III (Rusty)
Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
Morant, Willie
Vallance, Sydney
Vallance, Doris
Whyte, Dorothy
Campbell, Gray
Campbell, Eleanor
Gmoser, Hans
Tasker, Peter
Amos, Amos
Subject Access
Activities
Airplanes
Animals
Art
Artists
Banff
Banff Centre
Banff Indian Days
Banff School of Fine Arts
Banff Shell Station
Birthday
Businesses
Camping
Canadian Pacific Railway
Children
Christmas
Community events
Community life
Correspondence
Deer
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Funeral
Home
Indigenous Peoples
Lake Louise
Leisure
Luxton Museum
Moose
Mountain
Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Post Office
Ranches
Ranching
Scenery
Stoney Nakoda
Trains
Trans-Canada Highway
Travel
Weather
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Bow Lake
Icefields Parkway
Banff National Park
Morley
Cowley
Fort MacLeod
Alberta
Concord
Massachusetts
Canada
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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British, Canadian and global development scrapbook

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Scrapbook is organized into sections marked with tabs labeled: Prob. 1, 2, 3, IV, 5, VI, 6, and 7. Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings relating to: The industrialization of Britain Britain at war The war The Royals The Middle East The Industrial Revolution Russian and Japanese war effort Pri…
Date Range
[1936 - 1939]
Reference Code
LUX / III / B4 - 10
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Scrapbook
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
Sous-Fonds
III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / III / B4 - 10
GMD
Textual record
Scrapbook
Date Range
[1936 - 1939]
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
Scrapbook is organized into sections marked with tabs labeled: Prob. 1, 2, 3, IV, 5, VI, 6, and 7. Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings relating to: The industrialization of Britain Britain at war The war The Royals The Middle East The Industrial Revolution Russian and Japanese war effort Princesses Elizabeth, Margaret, and Prince Edward, and other Royal children Article: "Britain's Prize Colony" - Canada World events Wheat production in Argentina
Name Access
Luxton, Eleanor
Churchill, Winston
Subject Access
Airplanes
Events
Government
History
Industry
Laws and legislation
Military
Newspaper
Politics
Public events
Royal tours
War
World War II
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
England
London
Language
English
Conservation
Pages have been interleaved
Category
Commerce and industry
Government
Military
Politics
Title Source
Title based on contents of scrapbook
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File pertains to a personal scrapbook containing mainly photographs and newsclippings, personal, business and military certificates, memoranda and ephemera. Pertains to activities as an RCAF officer, Second World War; career as a Traffic Representative, Western Airlines, Billings, Montana; marriag…
Date Range
1942-1948
Reference Code
M8 / 499
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Scrapbook
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
Accession Number : 499
Sous-Fonds
M8
Accession Number
499
Reference Code
M8 / 499
GMD
Scrapbook
Date Range
1942-1948
Physical Description
3 cm of textual records (38 pages ; 25.5 x 30 cm)
History / Biographical
Gilbert Leonard (Ted) Paris, 1911-1955, was a skier, RCAF Flying Officer and businessman at Banff, Alberta.
Scope & Content
File pertains to a personal scrapbook containing mainly photographs and newsclippings, personal, business and military certificates, memoranda and ephemera. Pertains to activities as an RCAF officer, Second World War; career as a Traffic Representative, Western Airlines, Billings, Montana; marriage to Kathleen Jennings, Banff; Paris family; fellow airmen and associates.
Subject Access
Airplane
Airplanes
Aviation
War
Weddings
World War II
Skiing
Family
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff
Canada
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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Wartime work for the National Film Board of Canada

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Part Of
Ron Duke fonds
Scope & Content
Sub-series pertains to 131 black & white negatives of various military training operations, mostly around Ottawa [?] taken by Ron Duke while working for the National Film Board during World War II. Includes landscapes, airplanes, truck convoys, military bases and camps, parades, and group shots in …
Date Range
[ca. 1940-1945]
Reference Code
V180 / I / B / iii / NA - 01 to 19
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Film
Negative
Part Of
Ron Duke fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M16 / V180
Series
I. Early material
Sous-Fonds
V180
Accession Number
5772
Reference Code
V180 / I / B / iii / NA - 01 to 19
GMD
Film
Negative
Date Range
[ca. 1940-1945]
Physical Description
131 photographs : b&w nitrate negatives ; 10 x 12.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Sub-series pertains to 131 black & white negatives of various military training operations, mostly around Ottawa [?] taken by Ron Duke while working for the National Film Board during World War II. Includes landscapes, airplanes, truck convoys, military bases and camps, parades, and group shots in various settings - includes multiple negatives per envelope. [1] - [Group of people holding a “Welcome West” sign] [2] - [Military gun manufacture] [3] - [Military plane in flight] [4] - [Military trucks on road – one rolled over in ditch] [5] - [Truck convoy] [6] - [Forest training camp] [7] - [Military plane in flight – dropping bombs?] [8] - [Portraits of men in safety equipment] [9] - [Machinery] [10] - [Men at work in workshops] [11] - [Skiing?] [12] - [Aerial view of forest] [13] - [Deep snow on steps and car] [14] - [People looking out train windows at station] [15] - [Collection of buildings – military base?] [16] - [Group shots of people – mostly men in military uniforms] [17] - [People on military base] [18] - [Military parade] [19] - [Prairie landscape]
Subject Access
Airplanes
Automobiles
Buildings
Camps
Military
War
Winter
World War II
WWII
Geographic Access
Ontario
Canada
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on sub-series
Processing Status
Processed
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Calgary events and views

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to Calgary and local events. Includes images of: the Calgary Fire Department [ca.1895-1901]; Princess Pat's Regiment, Calgary [1914]; the Calgary Circus; airplanes which were part of Flying Days in Calgary [1918-1920]; unidentified individuals posing outsi…
Date Range
[1895-1901]
[1900-1910]
1914
1918-1920
[1950-1960]
Reference Code
LUX / I / E4 / PA - 616 to 631
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / I / E : Collected material
Sous-Fonds
LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / I / E4 : Photography
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / I / E4 / PA - 616 to 631
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Responsibility
Aerial photograph produced by Spartan Air Services Ltd., Calgary
Date Range
[1895-1901]
[1900-1910]
1914
1918-1920
[1950-1960]
Physical Description
16 photographs : b&w prints ; 25.5 x 20 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to Calgary and local events. Includes images of: the Calgary Fire Department [ca.1895-1901]; Princess Pat's Regiment, Calgary [1914]; the Calgary Circus; airplanes which were part of Flying Days in Calgary [1918-1920]; unidentified individuals posing outside of a music store; and an aerial view of Calgary [ca.1950-1960].
Notes
Some items are annotated
Subject Access
Airplanes
Community events
Entertainment
Fire fighters
Aerial photography
Military
Public events
World War I
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Personal Interest Files - "AGT Parkway Phone Line" to "Alberta Speleological Society"

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Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of personal interest materials, including newspaper clippings, research articles, loose notes, and other textual records collected by Ben Gadd. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject title.
Date Range
[ca.1980-2015]
Reference Code
M590 / I / C / 1 to 10
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Published record
Newspaper clipping
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / I : Personal records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / I / C : Personal Interest Files
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / I / C / 1 to 10
GMD
Textual record
Published record
Newspaper clipping
Responsibility
Compiled by Ben Gadd
Date Range
[ca.1980-2015]
Physical Description
12 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of personal interest materials, including newspaper clippings, research articles, loose notes, and other textual records collected by Ben Gadd. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject title.
Notes
Contents of individual folders in file: M590 / I / C / 1 : AGT Parkway Phone Line M590 / I / C / 2 : Airline Boarding Passes M590 / I / C / 3 : Airstrip M590 / I / C / 4 : Alberta Ecotrust M590 / I / C / 5 : Alberta Environmental Network M590 / I / C / 6 to 7 : Alberta Power Line Proposal [Files 1 and 2 of 2] M590 / I / C / 8 : Association for Mountain Parks Protection and Enjoyment (AMPPE) M590 / I / C / 9 to 10 : Alberta Speleological Society [Files 1 and 2 of 2]
Material Details
Note on original storage folder of "Alberta Speleological Society" materials reads: "See also Cadomin Cave"
Name Access
Gadd, Ben
Subject Access
Research
Airplanes
Travel
Transportation
Environment
National parks and reserves
Natural resources
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Natural resources
Transportation
Title Source
Original title used
Processing Status
Processed
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Personal receipts and invoices

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Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of personal receipts and invoices belonging to Ben Gadd. Content includes flight and other travel receipts (travelling to Colorado and other destinations in the United States), donation receipts, and correspondence between Ben Gadd and the company L.L. Bean pertaining to requested ite…
Date Range
1983-1990
Reference Code
M590 / IV / B / 2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
M590 / IV : Legal and financial records
Sous-Fonds
M590
Sub-Series
M590 / IV / B : Financial records
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
M590 / IV / B / 2
GMD
Textual record
Date Range
1983-1990
Physical Description
0.7 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of personal receipts and invoices belonging to Ben Gadd. Content includes flight and other travel receipts (travelling to Colorado and other destinations in the United States), donation receipts, and correspondence between Ben Gadd and the company L.L. Bean pertaining to requested item returns.
Name Access
Gadd, Ben
Subject Access
Commerce and industry
Commercial products
Communications
Correspondence
Travel
Airplanes
Donations
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Jasper
United States of America
Colorado
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Commerce and industry
Communications
Exploration, discovery and travel
Transportation
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Oil industry material

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Part Of
Ron Duke fonds
Scope & Content
Sub-series pertains to 270 black & white negatives of oil company operations in northern Alberta and northern Canada, portraits of employees at work, oil wells, planes, and camps - includes multiple negatives per envelope. [1B] - Beaumont [2B] - Tying Canoe on plane, McMurry [McMurray] [3B] - Ta…
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Reference Code
V180 / I / C / NA - 1B to 68
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Film
Negative
Part Of
Ron Duke fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M16 / V180
Series
I. Early material
Sous-Fonds
V180
Accession Number
5772
Reference Code
V180 / I / C / NA - 1B to 68
GMD
Film
Negative
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
270 photographs : b&w nitrate negatives ; 10 x 12.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Sub-series pertains to 270 black & white negatives of oil company operations in northern Alberta and northern Canada, portraits of employees at work, oil wells, planes, and camps - includes multiple negatives per envelope. [1B] - Beaumont [2B] - Tying Canoe on plane, McMurry [McMurray] [3B] - Tank farm, Redwater [4B] - Nite Shot Derrick, Lac La Bische, Parksford [5B] - Tank farm, Redwater [6B] - Mustang Near Boyle [7B] - Derrick, Lac La Bisch, Parkland [8B] - Lac La Bisch, Aerial Shot [9B] - Aerial Shot, Derrick – Lac La Bische, Parkford [10B] - Aerial Shot, Redwater [11B] - Rapids at Athabaska [12B] - Loading Plane at Athabaska Landing [13B] - Plane at Barge at Beaumont [14B] - Plane at Athabaska [15B] - [-17B] Survey Party, unloading from plane [18B] - Rapids – Clearwater near McMurry [McMurray] [19B] - Survey Party, unloading from plane [21B] - Fishing shot, Commonwealth [22B] - Aerial Shot, Red Water Field [23B] - Barge [35B] - Plane at dock at McMurry [McMurray] [36B] - Blackie Jackson [37B] - Bent Derrick Jack at Dawson Creek [38B] - Zero Post at Dawon Creek with Street [B-39] - Zero Post at Dawson Creek, Lower Angle [B-40] - Refueling at Dawson Creek [B-41] - Oil from Well into Sump[?] at Redwater, Back lighting [B-42] - Miss McCormick [B-50] - [Tanks] [B-51] - [- B-71][Personnel] [B-74] - [- B-79][Personnel] [B-80] - [- B-87][Personnel] [B-100] - Premier Johnston [B-101] - [- B-105][Personnel?] 35 - Personnel Shot, Oil Co. 36 - P.J. 37 - Personnel 38 - Mr. Ma 39 - [Landscape] 40 - [Personnel inspecting equipment] 41 - [Construction site?] 42 - [Pipes] 43 - [Personnel] 44 - Maloney Crawford, Maloney, March 10 1950, Edmonton 45 - Maloney Crawford, Edmonton, March 23 ‘50 46 - Excelsior No. 2 fire March 23, ‘50 47 - Excelsior fire 48 - Pac. Pete Power wagon at Red Water, March ‘50 49 - Imp. Bat. 129 & 11, Maloney Crawford, April 20 ‘50 50 - [Oil industry operations – fire] 51 - [Oil industry personnel] 52 - [Oil industry personnel] 53 - [Unloading plane] 54 - [Forest camp] 55 - [Plane at dock] 56 - [Forest camp from lake] 57 - [Plane landing on lake] 58 - [Oil industry personnel] 59 - [Aerial views] 60 - [Aerial views] 61 - [Oil industry operations] 62 - [Oil industry personnel] 63 - [Oil industry aerial view] 64 - [Men at oil industry site] 65 - [Oil industry site – fire] 66 - [Oil industry personnel] 67 - [Oil tower] 68 - [Oil industry operations]
Subject Access
Airplanes
Automobiles
Buildings
Camps
Industry
Oil
Oil and gas
Portrait
Geographic Access
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on sub-series
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Charlotte Tuerck fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook of mainly ski-related newspaper clippings. Includes newspaper clippings about skiing, ski racing, winter sports, Disney filming winter scenes for the film "Nomads of the North," all dated from 1960.
Date Range
ca. 1960
Reference Code
M116 / 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Scrapbook
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Charlotte Tuerck fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M116 / V631
Sous-Fonds
M116
Accession Number
1503
Reference Code
M116 / 1
GMD
Scrapbook
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records (17 pages ; 25.5 x 32 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook of mainly ski-related newspaper clippings. Includes newspaper clippings about skiing, ski racing, winter sports, Disney filming winter scenes for the film "Nomads of the North," all dated from 1960.
Subject Access
Airplanes
Banff Ski Club
Banff Ski Runners of the Canadian Rockies
Chairlifts and gondolas
Crag and Canyon newspaper
Filmaking
Films and film making
Mount Norquay Chairlift
Mount Norquay Ski Area
Newspaper
Ski areas
Ski jumping
Ski racing
Skiing
Skiers
Winter
Geographic Access
Banff
Mount Norquay
Banff National Park
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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