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Banff Townsite

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 30 b&w & colour prints of the Banff townsite from various angles, usually from Mount Norquay and Tunnel Mountain. Also includes shots of people at the opening of the Banff Upper Hot Springs, fishing in the river, and painting at Vermillion Lakes.

Date Range: 1959-1983

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / ix / PA - 01 to PA - 30

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

11 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: ix : Banff Townsite

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / ix / PA - 01 to PA - 30

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1959-1983

Physical Description: 30 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 30 b&w & colour prints of the Banff townsite from various angles, usually from Mount Norquay and Tunnel Mountain. Also includes shots of people at the opening of the Banff Upper Hot Springs, fishing in the river, and painting at Vermillion Lakes.

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Aerial photography; Artist; Banff townsite; Banff Upper Hot Springs; Big Horn Sheep; Bow River; Bow River Boat House; Buildings; Fishing; Mountains; scenic; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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BNP Warden - Rescue [1/2]

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 53 b&w prints of various Banff National Park Warden rescue operations and training sessions. Includes rescues conducted via helicopter, on foot, and by boat from rivers, lakes, and various mountains around the Park.

Date Range: 1961-1972

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 01 to PA - 53

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

14 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: viii : BNP Warden

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 01 to PA - 53

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1961-1972

Physical Description: 53 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 53 b&w prints of various Banff National Park Warden rescue operations and training sessions. Includes rescues conducted via helicopter, on foot, and by boat from rivers, lakes, and various mountains around the Park.

Notes: Photographs included in this entry were originally housed in a photo paper box identified by Bruno Engler prior to accessioning.

Name Access: Perren, Walter

Subject Access: Accidents; Boats; Boating; Bow River; Canoes and canoeing; Castle Mountain; Helicopters; Lake Minnewanka; Mountains; Parks Canada; Rivers; Wardens

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow-Spray Rivers Confluence - Bow Falls - B.N. Park J.D

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Bow and Spray River confluence - Mather boat house in background along river shore - written on back in pencil "Bow-Spray Rivers Confluence - Bow Falls - B.N. Park J.D"

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1935]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 32

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 32

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1935]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Bow and Spray River confluence - Mather boat house in background along river shore - written on back in pencil "Bow-Spray Rivers Confluence - Bow Falls - B.N. Park J.D"

Name Access: Mather, Allan

Subject Access: Boat House; Bow River Boat House

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [July 1930 - October 1930]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brews…

Date Range: 1930

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 84

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

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 / 84

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1930

Physical Description: 1.3 cm of textual records (82 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brewster, Jim Brewster, Guy Davenport, Sid Graves, Sid Brewster, Mary Vaux Walcott, Jimmy Simpson, Byron Harmon, Fern Brewster, Wayne Palmer, Fred McCauley, Mrs. Brett, Julia Raymond, Pearl Moore, Edmee Moore, Philip Moore, J.E.H. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Link, Mr. and Mrs. Painter, George Brewster, Jessie McLean, Buddy van Dyke, Dorothy Whyte, John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius, Fred Arbrister, Neil Begg, Rudolph Aemner,] painting outdoors, people in Concord, meeting Noel Odell of the 1924 Everest Expedition, a fire at a tea house in town, plans for building their home [including a sketch of the lots along Bow River], visiting Castle Mountain Camp and Kicking Horse Tea House, description of Skoki Lodge building plans [with Cliff White, Cyril Paris, and Ike Mills], and builders Earl Spencer and Spud White, and painting in Morley [Mrs. Twoyoungmen, John Simian or Black Buffalo, Jonas Richson [?], Dan Wildman and other illegible names], the climb to Abbot Pass, Lake Oesa, and Lake O'Hara Camp.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and camp letterheads. 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 also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.

Name Access: Brewster, Bill; Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim; Brewster, George; Davenport, Guy; Gibbon, John Murray; Harmon, Byron; Graves, Syd Brewster; Paris, Cyril; Mills, Ike; Rungius, Carl; Spencer, Earl; Link, Adeline; Link, George K.K.; MacDonald, J. E. H.; Browne, Belmore; Mather, Allan; Wildman, Dan, Sr.; Curren, John Donaldson; Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; White, Clifford; Aemmer, Rudolf; Alpine Club of Canada; Armbrister, Fred

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Bow River; Camps; Castle Mountain; Climbing; Community events; Community life; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Hiking; Home; Indigenous Peoples; Japanese; Lake Louise; Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp; Lake O'Hara region; Log structures; Moore House; Mountains; Pack trips; Painting; Paris Tea Room; Personal and Family Life; Property; Skoki Lodge; Stoney; Stoney Nakoda; Summit; Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp

Geographic Access: Abbot Pass; Alberta; Banff; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Castle Mountain; Concord; Lake Louise; Yoho National Park; Field; Lake O'Hara; Skoki; Morley

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mather family fonds

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Part Of: Mather family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Mather family; II. Bow River Boat House Ltd.; III. Other material. I. Mather family, 1895-1945, 2.5 cm of textual records, ca.900 photographs (negatives, prints), 3 photograph albums (486 prints), 4 cartographic records. Textual records consist of marriage and b…

Date Range: 1895-1953

Reference Code: M87 / V397

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Mather family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 87; V 397

Sous-Fonds: M 87; V 397

Accession Number: 309, 594, 1788, 2153, 2788, 3121, 3264

Reference Code: M87 / V397

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1895-1953

Physical Description: 13 cm of textual records. -- ca.900 photographs : negatives, prints. -- 3 photograph albums (486 prints)

History / Biographical: The Mather family were boat house operators at Banff, Alberta, Canada. William Mather, 1868-1927, emigrated to Ontario from Scotland in 1880 and came west ca.1888 to work for the Eau Claire Lumber Company on the Spray River near Banff. He worked for Raymond M. Rooper's boat house business on the Bow River and, in 1899, purchased the business. The Mather business included steamer tours in the summer and also involved winter sports on the Bow River. William Mather and Margaret McRavey Mather had four children, Jennie, Leslie, Allan and Hazel. With William Mather's death in 1927, the family incorporated its interests as the Bow River Boat House Limited, with Allan Mather as manager. The operation expanded to Lake Minnewanka in 1939. After Allan Mather's death in 1951, the business was sold to Ed Mader

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Mather family; II. Bow River Boat House Ltd.; III. Other material.; I. Mather family, 1895-1945, 2.5 cm of textual records, ca.900 photographs (negatives, prints), 3 photograph albums (486 prints), 4 cartographic records. Textual records consist of marriage and birth certificates, 1896-1900; boathouse and property records, 1895-1917; estate papers, 1928-1943; agreements, 1929, 1931; and, stock certificates, 1929-1945. Photographs consist of: Mather family negatives, [before ca.1945?]; Jennie Mather photographs, [ca.1910-ca.1930]; Leslie Mather photographs, ca.1910-ca.1940; Other photographs, ca.1910-ca.1930. Photographs pertain to Mather family, activities, friends; Mather home and properties; boats and boating on Lake Minnewanka and the Bow River; winter sports, including skating, hockey and skiing; hiking, floods, Banff area mountain views and Rocky Mountain scenic views; II. Bow River Boat House Ltd., 1929-1951, 7.5 cm of textual records. Series consists of agreements and certificates, 1938-1950; correspondence re Minnewanka bungalow camp, 1941-1942; financial statements, 1937-1951. Maps show locations of Mather and Bow River Boat House Ltd. leaseholds.; III. Other material, [192-]-1953, 3 cm of textual records.

Name Access: Mather, Allan; Mather, Jennie; Mather, Leslie; Mather, William

Subject Access: Bow River Boat House; Family and personal life; Minnewanka, Lake; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply); 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: Mather, William; Mather, Allan

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Mather's Boat house - Bow River - Banff, Alberta J.D

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a building with fuel pump at front - truck with boat on back parked at front - written on back in pencil "Mather's Boat house - Bow River - Banff, Alberta J.D"

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1935]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 31

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 31

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1935]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a building with fuel pump at front - truck with boat on back parked at front - written on back in pencil "Mather's Boat house - Bow River - Banff, Alberta J.D"

Name Access: Mather, Allan

Subject Access: Bow River Boat House; Buildings

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Mather's skating rink on the Bow River

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of people skating at Mather's skating rink on the Bow River

Date Range: [ca. 1932]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 796

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 796

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1932]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of people skating at Mather's skating rink on the Bow River

Name Access: Mather, Allan

Subject Access: Buildings; Bow River; Mather's Skating Rink; Skating; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Scenic Park

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 40 b&w prints of various scenic views from throught the Canadian Rockies. Includes several mountains [including Rundle, Cascade, Mount Lougheed, Ha Ling, Sulphur ], lakes [including Two Jack, Vermillion, Bow, Peyto, and Waterton], and various other views like highways, rivers, hood…

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1988]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / S / i / PA - 01 to PA - 40

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

10 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, S : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: i : Scenic Park

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / S / i / PA - 01 to PA - 40

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1988]

Physical Description: 40 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 40 b&w prints of various scenic views from throught the Canadian Rockies. Includes several mountains [including Rundle, Cascade, Mount Lougheed, Ha Ling, Sulphur ], lakes [including Two Jack, Vermillion, Bow, Peyto, and Waterton], and various other views like highways, rivers, hoodoos, tunnels, and valleys.

Subject Access: Automobiles; Banff townsite; Banff-Jasper Highway; Bow River; Bow Valley; Cascade Mountain; Cascades of Time Garden; Fishing; Glaciers; Hoodoos; Icefield Parkway; Mountains; North Saskatchewan River; Rivers; Roads; Rundle Mountain; scenic; Sulphur Mountain; Sulphur Mountain Gondola; Trans-Canada Highway; Two Jack Lake

Geographic Access: Banff; Bow Lake; Peyto Lake; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Waterton; Alberta; Bugaboos; British Columbia

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Warden Mt. Rescue History

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 93 b&w prints of the Banff National Park Warden Service conducting various training and live rescues, including mountain-based, water-based, and helicopter rescues. Also includes group portraits and training courses [mostly climbing, mountaineering, and glacier travel].

Date Range: [ca. 1956 - 1980]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / W / i / PA - 01 to PA - 93

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

23 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, W : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: i : Warden Mt. Rescue History

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / W / i / PA - 01 to PA - 93

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1956 - 1980]

Physical Description: 93 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 93 b&w prints of the Banff National Park Warden Service conducting various training and live rescues, including mountain-based, water-based, and helicopter rescues. Also includes group portraits and training courses [mostly climbing, mountaineering, and glacier travel].

Subject Access: Administration; Advertising; Bow River; Climbing; Education; Environment and Nature; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding; Helicopters; Hospital; Ice climbing; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Parks Canada; Parks Canada Warden; Portrait; Search and rescue

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Conservation: The first 14 prints appear to have been pulled out of a photo album and have black paper residue throughout the entirety of the backs.