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Boorne and May fonds
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- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of two separate series: A. Prints; B. Photograph Albums. Fonds consists primarily of presentation album titled "Landscapes," containing one hundred views along the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. The album contains many popular views of the period and is …
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-1888]
- Reference Code
- V10
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 10
- Sous-Fonds
- V10
- Accession Number
- 494, 658, 1449, 3227, 6169, 6173, 6208, 6603, 7508
- Reference Code
- V10
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-1888]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (100 prints). -- 40 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- The photographic firm of Boorne and May, a portrait, landscape and architectural business, operated in Calgary and Edmonton, N.W.T. (now Alberta) between 1886 and 1893. William Hanson Boorne, 1859-1945, and his cousin, Ernest Gundry May, opened their Calgary studio in 1886, later expanding the business to Edmonton. During its short life, Boorne and May was one of the most prestigious photographic firms in western Canada.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of two separate series: A. Prints; B. Photograph Albums. Fonds consists primarily of presentation album titled "Landscapes," containing one hundred views along the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. The album contains many popular views of the period and is inscribed to "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne & May's Compliments. Calgary. January 1889." Also includes individual prints of similar views to those in the album and include views as far west as Yale, B.C.
- Twenty-two prints, attributable to Boorne and May through photographer numbers and titles on the fronts, are stamped "From J. Nicholson, Photo Artist, Boissevain, Man." on the reverse. Nicholson was a professional photographer at Boissevain, Manitoba between 1888 and 1893. His business was sold to Jas. E. Miers in 1893.
- Name Access
- Boorne and May
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Creator
- Boorne and May
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Gertrude (Dot) White fonds
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- Part Of
- Gertrude (Dot) White fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs, ca.1880-ca.1925, pertaining to Dot White, Dan White family, Dave White family, friends and relations, pack trips and scenery; also share certificates owned by Dot White, O. A. Lyman and others for various Calgary petroleum companies. Photographs include views of Banf…
- Date Range
- ca.[1880]-1937
- Reference Code
- M95 / V377
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Gertrude (Dot) White fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 95
- V 377
- Sous-Fonds
- M 95
- V 377
- Accession Number
- 659, 6582
- Reference Code
- M95 / V377
- Date Range
- ca.[1880]-1937
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs : prints. -- 1 photograph album (ca.40 prints). -- 10 items of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Gertrude (Dot) White of Banff and Calgary, Alberta, Canada was the daughter of Daniel Cook White, 1862-1909, of Cochrane, Alberta. Her uncle was David McIntosh White, 1864-1940, of Banff. Dot White's married names were Lyman and Elliot.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs, ca.1880-ca.1925, pertaining to Dot White, Dan White family, Dave White family, friends and relations, pack trips and scenery; also share certificates owned by Dot White, O. A. Lyman and others for various Calgary petroleum companies. Photographs include views of Banff and along the Canadian Pacific Railway, ca.1890, by professional photographers such as Boorne and May.
- Name Access
- Boorne and May
- White, Dan
- White, Gertrude (Dot)
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- 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: basic description for photographs.
- Creator
- White, Gertrude (Dot)
- Category
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Precipce Theatre album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57085
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, photos are of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Ground Round Radio Play, Stikeen, Great Cattle Drive, Stumped, Cowabunga, Clown of the Continent, Trash Pageant, Green Streets, Nature Bats Last, and Christmas Conc…
- Date Range
- 1988 - 1997
- Reference Code
- V813 / II / A
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M580 / V813
- Series
- V813 / II / : Albums
- Sous-Fonds
- V813
- Accession Number
- 2020.13
- Reference Code
- V813 / II / A
- Date Range
- 1988 - 1997
- Physical Description
- 1 album (40 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, photos are of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Ground Round Radio Play, Stikeen, Great Cattle Drive, Stumped, Cowabunga, Clown of the Continent, Trash Pageant, Green Streets, Nature Bats Last, and Christmas Concerts photo credits: Ernie Kroeger, Cheryl Bellows, Doug Smith, Greg Sherwell
- Notes
- Album cover and binding was badly damaged and not retained.
- Name Access
- Funk, Colin
- Brill, Connie
- Carlson, Chris
- Parker, Barb
- Weibe, Kathleen
- Wilson, Anne
- Shevchenko, Laura
- Sudenman, Eric
- Sohlberg, Tomas
- Marlyn, Mike
- Suzuki, David
- Subject Access
- Theatre
- Environment and Nature
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Precipce Theatre album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57122
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, photos are of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Stumped, Watershed of Tears, Cowabunga, TRash Pageant, Clown of the Continent, Green Streets, Nature Bats Last, Through a Tire Swing, Splash and Ripple, David and Li…
- Date Range
- 1988 - 2005
- Reference Code
- V813 / II / B
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M580 / V813
- Series
- V813 / II / : Albums
- Sous-Fonds
- V813
- Accession Number
- 2020.13
- Reference Code
- V813 / II / B
- Date Range
- 1988 - 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 album (40 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 18 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, photos are of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Stumped, Watershed of Tears, Cowabunga, TRash Pageant, Clown of the Continent, Green Streets, Nature Bats Last, Through a Tire Swing, Splash and Ripple, David and Lisa, and Indigestion.
- Notes
- Album cover and binding was badly damaged and not retained.
- Name Access
- Funk, Colin
- Brill, Connie
- Subject Access
- Theatre
- Environment and Nature
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Precipce Theatre Negatives
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- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of negatives from photographs taken of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Stumped, Clown of the Continent, and Stikine,
- Date Range
- 1982 - 1990
- Reference Code
- V813 / III
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M580 / V813
- Series
- V813 / III : Negatives
- Sous-Fonds
- V813
- Accession Number
- 2020.13
- Reference Code
- V813 / III
- Date Range
- 1982 - 1990
- Physical Description
- ca. 120 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 3 x 5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of negatives from photographs taken of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Stumped, Clown of the Continent, and Stikine,
- Name Access
- Funk, Colin
- Brill, Connie
- Subject Access
- Theatre
- Environment and Nature
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Precipce Theatre Photographs
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- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs taken of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: CHristmas concert and Nature Bats Last Photo Credit: Ernie Kroeger
- Date Range
- ca. 1989 - 2008
- Reference Code
- V813 / I
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M580 / V813
- Series
- V813 / I : Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V813
- Accession Number
- 2020.13
- Reference Code
- V813 / I
- Date Range
- ca. 1989 - 2008
- Physical Description
- 28 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs taken of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: CHristmas concert and Nature Bats Last Photo Credit: Ernie Kroeger
- Name Access
- Funk, Colin
- Brill, Connie
- Mahoney, Shawna
- Mulloy, Paddy
- Frango, Brigitte
- Mahoney, Simon
- Yuka
- Kroger, Ernie
- Scoular, Peter
- Whittingham, Ed
- Subject Access
- Theatre
- Environment and Nature
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff, Alberta
- Peace River, Alberta
- Athabasca
- Smith, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Professional photographers collection
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- Scope & Content
- Collection contains credited and uncredited professional photographs, mainly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. Includes unidentified photographs and individual photographs which cannot be placed in other fonds or collections. Eighteen albumen prints are uncred…
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-ca.1925]
- Reference Code
- V650
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 650
- Sous-Fonds
- V 650
- Accession Number
- 1883, 1924, 1987, 2581, 3119, 3855, 5386, 5430, 6221, 6586, 6603
- Reference Code
- V650
- Responsibility
- Collection was assembled by the Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-ca.1925]
- Physical Description
- ca.60 photographs : prints. -- 1 photograph album (67 prints)
- Scope & Content
- Collection contains credited and uncredited professional photographs, mainly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. Includes unidentified photographs and individual photographs which cannot be placed in other fonds or collections.
- Eighteen albumen prints are uncredited views along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Glacier, B.C. and Canmore, Alberta, ca.1895. Also includes views by Bailey Bros., H. O. Dodge, Alexander Henderson, T. J. Hileman, B. W. Kilburn, Neelands Bros., W. J. Oliver, Henry Greenwood Peabody, Prest Photo Company (William Archie Prest), and others.
- Nineteen prints, received as contents of 5 album pages, are travel views between Banff, the Pacific Coast and Washington, U.S.A. Includes views of Lake Minnewanka, Banff Springs Hotel and Glacier, B.C. Views are by Wm. Notman & Son, Boorne & May and other unidentified professional photographers. Also includes snapshot views.
- Album is presentation album of professional views taken along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Victoria, B.C. and Banff, Alberta, September to October 1889, by an unknown photographer. Includes views of Banff and area, Field and Glacier areas, Fraser Canyon, Vancouver and Victoria. Album was possibly produced by of for the CPR. Views are similar to those produced by other professional photographers working along the railway. Images in album are accompanied by hand-written captions and exact dates.
- Name Access
- Bailey Brothers
- Boorne and May
- Dodge, H. O.
- Henderson, Alexander
- Hileman, T. J.
- Kilburn, B. W.
- Notman, William and son
- Oliver, W. J.
- Peabody, Henry Greenwood
- Prest, William Archie
- Professional photographers (collection)
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- selected modern reference prints
- reference computer access: Images database
- on-line access: Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Other photographs by railway photographers may be found in fonds and collections under individual names. See: Boorne and May, Macmunn, Notman, Smyth, Thom, Thompson, Trueman, and others.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of collection
- Processing Status
- Processed
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