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Advertising and promotion. -- 1973-[1988?]

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Part Of: Eddie Hunter fonds

Scope & Content: Leaflets, press releases, ticket stubs regarding films produced by Head Hunter Films. Includes a partial copy of magazine Ski Trails West with article featuring the film How the West Was Skied, as well as background notes on Eddie Hunter and drafts of articles promoting the same film.

Date Range: [ca.1973-1988]

Reference Code: M346 / 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Eddie Hunter fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M346; V293; S50

Series: II.A. Textual records : film-making

Sous-Fonds: M346

Accession Number: 6803

Reference Code: M346 / 3

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1973-1988]

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Leaflets, press releases, ticket stubs regarding films produced by Head Hunter Films. Includes a partial copy of magazine Ski Trails West with article featuring the film How the West Was Skied, as well as background notes on Eddie Hunter and drafts of articles promoting the same film.

Name Access: Hunter, Eddie

Subject Access: Publication; Biography; Biographical; Research; Magazine; Films and film making; Skiing; Winter sports; Promo; Correspondence

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: How the west was skied [poster]. -- [ca.1975]. -- 1 item held in oversize "A"

Processing Status: Processed

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An Orogenous Life edited draft

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one full draft of Ben Gadd's autobiography, An Orogenous Life, which contains handwritten corrections and notes by Ben's wife, Cia Gadd.

Date Range: 2016

Reference Code: M590 / II / B / 60

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / II : Research and publication records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / II / B : Other publications

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / II / B / 60

GMD: Textual record

Responsibility: Produced by Ben Gadd, Cia Gadd

Date Range: 2016

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: "Ben [Gadd]’s memoir tells the story of how a skinny, myopic and cowardly kid grew into the mountaineer who wrote [Handbook of the Canadian Rockies and Raven's End] and received the Banff Centre’s coveted Summit of Excellence award in 2014. There’s a lot more to this memoir than just biography. Interleaved with the personal history are 36 readings from Ben’s favorite written work. These essays, magazine articles, stories and book excerpts will have you chuckling in some places, touched in others. All this plus hundreds of color illustrations." - Quoted from Ben Gadd's website, May 4th, 2022

Scope & Content: File consists of one full draft of Ben Gadd's autobiography, An Orogenous Life, which contains handwritten corrections and notes by Ben's wife, Cia Gadd.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben; Gadd, Cia

Subject Access: Publication; Biography; Biographical; Family and personal life; Personal and Professional Life

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.bengadd.com/books/

Processing Status: Processed

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Bill Olson friends and family photographs

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Part Of: Olson family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.

Date Range: 1889-1967

Reference Code: V475 / PA121 - 01 to 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Photograph; Photograph print; Print

37 images

Part Of: Olson family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M97 / V475

Sous-Fonds: V475

Accession Number: 670 ; 1107 ; 1021

Reference Code: V475 / PA121 - 01 to 19

GMD: Postcard; Photograph; Photograph print; Print

Date Range: 1889-1967

Physical Description: 19 prints : b&w and col. ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.

Notes: Some of the people identified in the photos are Bill Kay, Jack Powell, Jack Doe, Fred Day, Charlie Fullhroch, Mac Lennat, Earl Squires, Bob Graham, Larry Foster, Willard Bell, Bush Ashley, Shorty Blasker, Casey Jones, Dan Zakaryk, Pete Finlay, Jon Douglas, Irene Straus, Marie Leong, and more.

Name Access: Olson, Bill; Olson, Irene; McTrowe, Florence

Subject Access: Activities; Biographical; Buffalo; Cave and Basin; Children; Family; Family and personal life; Garden; Home; Leisure; Mount Royal Hotel; Personal and Family Life; Personal and Professional Life; Portrait; War; World War I; WWI

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Cassette Interviews and VHS Recordings

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 cassette tapes and 10 VHS tapes re: Nicholas Morant and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Includes 6 cassette tapes with recorded 1986/1987 interviews with Nicholas Morant; 1 cassette recording of steam locomotive sounds used for a Revelstoke Museum exhibit on Nicholas Morant; and 10…

Date Range: 1986; 1987; [ca. 1990 - ca. 1995]; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1999

Reference Code: S20 / III / A6 / 1 to 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Cassette; Film; Video; Sound recording

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: S20

Sub-Series: S20 / III / A : Nick and Willie Morant

Accession Number: Unknown

Reference Code: S20 / III / A6 / 1 to 17

GMD: Cassette; Film; Video; Sound recording

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific, Edgar Rozon (?)

Date Range: 1986; 1987; [ca. 1990 - ca. 1995]; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1999

Physical Description: 17 sound and video recordings: cassettes, VHS

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 cassette tapes and 10 VHS tapes re: Nicholas Morant and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Includes 6 cassette tapes with recorded 1986/1987 interviews with Nicholas Morant; 1 cassette recording of steam locomotive sounds used for a Revelstoke Museum exhibit on Nicholas Morant; and 10 VHS tapes containing various content, including footage of Nick Morant receiving the Order of Canada in 1990, TV and film features on Nicholas Morant and TV news broadcasts discussing CP Rail and/or Nicholas Morant.

Notes: Originally stored in box for mandarin oranges, accompanied by business card for J.C. Edgar Rozon.

Name Access: Morant, Nicholas

Subject Access: Biographical; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific; Photography; Interview; Biography

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Reference use only; no reproduction

Language: English

Creator: Canadian Pacific Railway, various, unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Individual item titles (original):; S20/III/A6/1: CP Rail Video News 12 JANUARY 1991; S20/III/A6/2: Copy of Nick Morant - CBC TV Segment Jan 18 1990; S20/III/A6/3: Winston Link: Trains that Passed in the Night: Broadcast TV Ontario Nov. 19 /92 10:30 pm; S20/III/A6/4: End of the Line CFCN-TV News Aired: February 5, 1990; S20/III/A6/5: Investiture: Order of Canada Railroader U.S. Transcontinental Railroad; S20/III/A6/6: CPR - Still Life: The Story of Nicholas Morant (5:30); S20/III/A6/7: "Canadian Profiles" featuring Bert Coughlin Produced by Humber College Recorded in 1993; S20/III/A6/8: Riding the Rails in the Rockies: The Best Years (Cam Cathcart) Rocky Mountaineer; S20/III/A6/9: Jan. 18 /90 Thu. N. Morant CBC - 6 Srigley; S20/III/A6/10: Order of Canada Awards - Rideau Hall - October 24, 1990; S20/III/A6/11: Nick Morant Tape 1 1986 Interviews; S20/III/A6/12: Nick Morant Tape 2 cont.'d 1986 1986 interviews continued; S20/III/A6/13: Nick Morant tape #3 1986 Interviews N. Morant; S20/III/A6/14: Nick Morant Tape #4 1987 Interviews; S20/III/A6/15: Nick Morant Tape #5 1987 1987 Interviews; S20/III/A6/16: Nick Morant Tape #6 1987 Interviews; S20/III/A6/17: CPR Sounds. Nick Morant Steam Locos [On front of cassette:] "NICHOLAS MORANT DEDICATION OF RVELSTOKE [sic] MUSEUM - STEAM LOCO SOUNDS - EDITED TO 9 mins."

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Here's Alberta publications

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of weekly publications of "Here's Alberta - People and Places" commentary distributed by Calgary Power Ltd. between 1952 and 1955. Content pertains to highlights and biographical summaries of notable people in Alberta. November 23, 1952 issue pertains to Norman Luxton.

Date Range: 1952-1955

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 57 to 59

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / F : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / F1 : Textual

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 57 to 59

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Responsibility: Publications in LUX / II / F1 / 57 attributed to Margaret Maw

Date Range: 1952-1955

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of weekly publications of "Here's Alberta - People and Places" commentary distributed by Calgary Power Ltd. between 1952 and 1955. Content pertains to highlights and biographical summaries of notable people in Alberta. November 23, 1952 issue pertains to Norman Luxton.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Advertising; Biography; Biographical; History; Municipal views; Businesses; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Communications

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Items have been stored in three file folders, arranged by date: LUX / II / F1 / 57 : 1952-1953 LUX / II / F1 / 58 : 1953-1954 LUX / II / F1 / 59 : 1954-1955

Processing Status: Processed

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Military Career Scrapbook

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Part Of: Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of the military career of Edward O. Wheeler. Includes newsclippings, personal correspondence letters, telegrams, photographs, and magazine pages regarding the Allied war effort in the Great War and Edward O. Wheeler's service and distinquished moments.

Date Range: 1910-1933

Reference Code: M169 / II / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M169

Series: II Scrapbooks

Sous-Fonds: M169

Accession Number: 22000

Reference Code: M169 / II / 2

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1910-1933

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (80 pages ; 24 x 33.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of the military career of Edward O. Wheeler. Includes newsclippings, personal correspondence letters, telegrams, photographs, and magazine pages regarding the Allied war effort in the Great War and Edward O. Wheeler's service and distinquished moments.

Name Access: Wheeler, E. O. (Edward Oliver); Wheeler, Edward Oliver

Subject Access: Awards; Biographical; Cadet camp; Great War; Military; Newspaper; War; World War I

Geographic Access: Calgary; Ottawa; Alberta; Ontario; Canada; England; United Kingdom; Europe

Language: English

Conservation: Black pages not scanned

Creator: Wheeler, Edward O.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Newspaper clippings

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Part Of: Olson family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to newspaper clippings, William (Bill) Olson's WWI and WWII Registration cards, a hand-written list of select Banff locals, and Shaw family details.

Date Range: 1914-1965

Reference Code: M97 / 1 - 01 to 06

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Textual record

1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Olson family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M97 / V475

Sous-Fonds: M97

Accession Number: 1107

Reference Code: M97 / 1 - 01 to 06

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Textual record

Date Range: 1914-1965

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (5 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to newspaper clippings, William (Bill) Olson's WWI and WWII Registration cards, a hand-written list of select Banff locals, and Shaw family details.

Name Access: Olson, Bill

Subject Access: Activities; Biographical; Crag and Canyon newspaper; Family; Family and personal life; Newspaper; Personal and Family Life; Personal and Professional Life; War; World War I; World War II; WWI; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Photographs

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Part Of: O. Kathleen Wilson fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 116 b&w photographs of O. Kathleen Wilson, her friends and coworkers at the Chateau Lake Louise, celebrities and royalty, hiking, climbing, prisoners of war, and scenery around the Lake Louise and Glacier B.C. areas, including tea houses, hotels, trains, and alpine huts.

Date Range: [ca.1916-1935]

Reference Code: V699 / PA - 01 to PA - 116

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

221 images

Part Of: O. Kathleen Wilson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V699

Sous-Fonds: V699

Accession Number: 3012, 3255, 3815, 3856, 3938, 3976, 4040, 5178

Reference Code: V699 / PA - 01 to PA - 116

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: [ca.1916-1935]

Physical Description: 11 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: O. Kathleen Wilson was employed at the Chateau Lake Louise at Lake Louise, Alberta in the 1920s.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 116 b&w photographs of O. Kathleen Wilson, her friends and coworkers at the Chateau Lake Louise, celebrities and royalty, hiking, climbing, prisoners of war, and scenery around the Lake Louise and Glacier B.C. areas, including tea houses, hotels, trains, and alpine huts.