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Bruce Hatfield fonds

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Part Of: Bruce Hatfield fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Dr. Bruce Hatfield's excursions with the Trail Riders between 1963-1995 and his role as Trail Doctor. Fonds includes ca.441 transparency slides with images primarily taken by Bruce during trail rides, 1963-1994, depicting fellow ride participants, camp life…

Date Range: 1963-1995

Reference Code: M597 / V819

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Textual record; Negative; Private record; Organization record

Part Of: Bruce Hatfield fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M597; V819

Sous-Fonds: M597; V819

Accession Number: 2023.29

Reference Code: M597 / V819

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Textual record; Negative; Private record; Organization record

Responsibility: Photographs mostly produced by Bruce Hatfield

Date Range: 1963-1995

Physical Description: ca.441 col. transparency slides : 35 mm -- 14 col. neg. film strips (49 images) : 35 mm -- ca.1.5 cm textual records

History / Biographical: Clinton Bruce Hatfield (1926-2009) was born in Calgary, Alberta. After graduating from Western Canada High School in 1945, Bruce attended the University of Alberta, where he completed a Bachelor of Science degree in 1948, a Master of Science degree in 1951, and a Medical Degree in 1953. Bruce interned at the University of Alberta Hospital before moving to Minneapolis in 1957, where he worked as an Instructor in Medicine at the University of Minnesota Hospital (1958-1959). Bruce moved back to Calgary and opened a private medical practice with his brother, Bob Hatfield. While operating his private practice, Bruce also served on several committees at the Calgary Hospital, including the Intern Committee, Library Committee, Medical Education Committee, Pharmacy Committee (of which he was Chair in 1966), and the Department of Medicine Committee. Bruce was hired as an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary in 1970, and was Clinical Professor of Medicine when he retired in 1994. Bruce was active as an educator and volunteer in his community, and supported numerous charitable initiatives through the United Church of Canada. He gave public presentations on the topics of Family Life and Sex Education throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Bruce also served as a Trail Doctor for the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies on numerous trips between 1963 and 1995. Bruce was also a talented photographer; his photographs were featured in multiple publications including Macleans magazine, Canadian Doctor, and Canadian Medical Association Journal. Bruce was the recipient of many awards including Calgary’s Citizen of the Year (1970), the Premier’s Cup (1983), an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Calgary (1995) and most recently was chosen as one of Alberta’s 100 Physicians of the Century (2005). Bruce and his brother, Bob, were co-recipients of the Alberta Achievement Award and the Premier's Cup for Excellence in Medicine and the Community. Bruce was married to his wife, Kathleen, for 55 years and the couple raised four daughters together: Linda, Barbara, Sue and Kate.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Dr. Bruce Hatfield's excursions with the Trail Riders between 1963-1995 and his role as Trail Doctor. Fonds includes ca.441 transparency slides with images primarily taken by Bruce during trail rides, 1963-1994, depicting fellow ride participants, camp life, wildlife, and landscapes; 14 colour negative film strips (49 images) depicting scenes from a trail ride in 1995; collected correspondence pertaining to trail rides and administrative work; medical reports from trail rides; and collected riders' lists and related material.

Name Access: Hatfield, Bruce

Subject Access: Trails; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Travel; Administration; Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Buildings and facilities; Businesses; Camping; Correspondence; Dancing; Deer; Dogs; Elk; Entertainment; Environment; Fishing; Glaciers; Guides; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Horses; Health services; Landscapes; Membership; Mountain Goats; Music; Musicians; Organizations; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Pack trips; Recreation; Sports and recreation; Swimming; Tourism; Trail guides

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions apply- contains personal information

Reproduction Restrictions: Some restrictions apply- contains personal information

Related Material: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds (M545/V635)

Category: Exploration and travel; Environment; Health services; Sports, recreation and leisure; Tourism

Biographical Source Notes: https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/dr-c-bruce-hatfield-fonds; https://mhfh.com/tribute/details/15163/Clinton-Hatfield/obituary.html

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Bill de Haan fonds

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Part Of: Bill de Haan fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds includes textual material in the form of a manuscript, ephemera and photographs made by and collected by Bill de Haan. The manuscript is titled "Photographs to accompany P. M. Sauders report of snow survey in the vicinity of Lake Louise . . . June 14, 1918." Also includes posters and calend…

Date Range: [ca.1895]-1975

Reference Code: M20 / V169

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Poster; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Bill de Haan fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 20; V 169

Sous-Fonds: M 20; V 169

Accession Number: 128, 159, 199, 395, 433, 913, 1037, 2219, 2285, 2395 , 2623 3343, 6355, 6909

Reference Code: M20 / V169

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Poster; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1895]-1975

Physical Description: ca.220 photographs : prints, transparencies. -- ca.1 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Bill de Haan, b.1903, was a hotel worker, labourer and government worker at Banff, Alberta, Canada. De Haan came to Banff in 1944 after working across Canada. From ca.1950 to ca.1968, he worked for Banff National Park at Tunnel Mountain campground, the east park gate and the warden service equipment building. After 1968, de Haan was a volunteer at the government fish hatchery in Banff. An avid photographer, de Haan was a member of the Bow Valley Camera Club. He photographed wildflowers and warden cabins throughout the park.

Scope & Content: Fonds includes textual material in the form of a manuscript, ephemera and photographs made by and collected by Bill de Haan. The manuscript is titled "Photographs to accompany P. M. Sauders report of snow survey in the vicinity of Lake Louise . . . June 14, 1918." Also includes posters and calendar pertaining to Banff National Park and Banff Indian Days. Photographs pertain mainly to cabins, including warden cabins, Banff National Park, 1963-1966; also Brett family, early Banff and area, Bankhead, Canmore cemetery (1975); flooding along Bow River, 1972; and construction of archives and library building, 1967-1968, (now Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies).

Name Access: De Haan, Bill

Subject Access: Buildings and facilities; 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

Creator: De Haan, Bill

Category: Environment; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed

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Mary Allan fonds

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Part Of: Mary Allan fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of: school notebooks, 1924-1932, 4 cm.; Banff Collections and Recollections / by Mary Allan : [manuscript] pertaining to reminiscences of Mary Allan and Banff history (354p); photographic prints of school friends, 1966, 2 items; photographic transparencies of Cave and Basin buildi…

Date Range: 1924-1983

Reference Code: M139

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Mary Allan fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 139

Sous-Fonds: M 139

Accession Number: 6327, 7195 (unproc in with Box 2 of Mary Allan Thompson, Charles McCaulay, Hugh Gordon materials unproc accn 7195)

Reference Code: M139

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Date Range: 1924-1983

Physical Description: 10 cm of textual records. -- 63 photographs (61 transparencies, 2 prints)

History / Biographical: Mary Thomson Allan, 1913-1989, was a poet and homemaker at Banff and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Mary Thomson was born in Banff, where her mother, Jeannie Thomson, ran the Cave and Basin Teahouse. In the 1980s Allan was involved in the Save the Cave and Basin Committee. Allan wrote poetry starting in the 1930s. A number of her poems were published in periodicals and anthologies during the 1950s to 1970s, and a selection, titled "The Inward Trail", was published posthumously in 1992. "Banff Collections and Recollections" was in process when Allan died and editing was continued by her daughter, Jannis Hare.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of: school notebooks, 1924-1932, 4 cm.; Banff Collections and Recollections / by Mary Allan : [manuscript] pertaining to reminiscences of Mary Allan and Banff history (354p); photographic prints of school friends, 1966, 2 items; photographic transparencies of Cave and Basin buildings and area before and during renovation, 1971-1983.

Name Access: Allan, Mary

Subject Access: Cave and Basin; Family and personal life; Buildings and facilities

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Allan, Mary

Category: Family and personal life

Biographical Source Notes: Jannis Hare

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Astley family fonds

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Part Of: Astley family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of notes, correspondence and articles pertaining to the Astley family and early history of Lake Louise and Lake Minnewanka areas. Fonds includes correspondence between Willoughby Astley and J. A. Jaffary of the Provincial Library, Alberta, 1928-1929, re place names in the Lake Louise…

Date Range: [ca.1886]-1970

Reference Code: M265 / V394

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Astley family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 265; V 394

Sous-Fonds: M 265; V 394

Accession Number: 1420, 1520, 2961, 6353, 6756, 7939

Reference Code: M265 / V394

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record

Date Range: [ca.1886]-1970

Physical Description: 13 textual records. -- ca.40 photographs: prints

History / Biographical: Willoughby John Astley, 1859-1948, came to Banff in 1888 and built the Beach House Hotel at Lake Minnewanka. He moved to Lake Louise in 1889. Brother, Charles D'Oyley Astley, 1849-1937, and Lucy Ann Astley continued to operate the hotel until 1907 when they retired to Banff. The hotel was destroyed as part of power development at Lake Minnewanka, ca.1912.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of notes, correspondence and articles pertaining to the Astley family and early history of Lake Louise and Lake Minnewanka areas. Fonds includes correspondence between Willoughby Astley and J. A. Jaffary of the Provincial Library, Alberta, 1928-1929, re place names in the Lake Louise area; scrapbook of clippings re World War I, including a list of Banff men who enlisted; Beach House Hotel guest register, 1890-1906, recording name and residence of guest, and occasionally record of fish caught; Astley family photographs, ca.1886-1930s. Photographs pertain to fishing and boating on Lake Minnewanka; Beach House Hotel and Lady of the Lake steam launch; Devil's Canyon, Bankhead and Banff; views of avalanche clearing in Roger's Pass by Byron Harmon. Includes one panorama view of group at Lake Minnewanka.

Name Access: Astley, Charles D'Oyley; Astley, Willoughby John

Subject Access: Buildings and facilities; Environment; Family and personal life; Military; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: reference copy of hotel register

Related Material: Hotel register is related to similar item in Rodney Touche fonds (M377)

Creator: Astley, Charles D'Oyley; Astley, Willoughby John

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

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Recreational Centre fonds

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Part Of: Banff Recreational Centre fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds contains correspondence, minutes, plans, reports, legal and financial records of committees and officers involved in planning, building, financing and operation of the Banff Recreational Centre. Included is material from the Calgary Olympic Development Association, building plans and constru…

Date Range: 1958-1967, predominant 1960-1962

Reference Code: M435

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Textual record; Corporate record

Part Of: Banff Recreational Centre fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 435

Sous-Fonds: M 435

Accession Number: 3340, 3959

Reference Code: M435

GMD: Textual record; Corporate record

Date Range: 1958-1967, predominant 1960-1962

Physical Description: 24 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: The Banff Recreational Centre at Banff, Alberta, Canada was built during the 1960s following discussions beginning in 1954 and continuing during the late 1950s. By 1958, an organizational committee had the commitment that a civic centre would be funded jointly by the federal government and the community. The centre was to include curling rinks, a skating rink and a public library. Efforts to obtain the 1968 Winter Olympic Games for Banff and area influenced plans and negotiations. With the aid of a provincial grant, the community raised part of the funding. Federal funding took the form of a loan, which the organizers found difficult to pay back. The final recreational centre was built in several stages. The curling rink opened for curling and limited skating in 1962 and construction of a skating rink began in 1968.

Scope & Content: Fonds contains correspondence, minutes, plans, reports, legal and financial records of committees and officers involved in planning, building, financing and operation of the Banff Recreational Centre. Included is material from the Calgary Olympic Development Association, building plans and construction specifications, and agreements with concessionaires and the Banff Curling Club.

Name Access: Banff Recreational Centre

Subject Access: Buildings and facilities; Sports, recreation and leisure

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: file list and index

Creator: Banff Recreational Centre

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Ron Duke fonds

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Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government a…

Date Range: [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]

Reference Code: M175 / V180

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Postcard; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 175; V 180

Sous-Fonds: M 175; V 180

Accession Number: 168, 232, 1572, 1593, 1644, 1868, 2626, 3379, 5772

Reference Code: M175 / V180

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Postcard; Private record; Published record

Responsibility: Fonds includes primarily the private business records of Ron Duke, including the work of some predecessors. Images attributed to Bill Jamieson, working in the employ of George Noble, are V180 / II.A.i. through V180 / II.A.vi., and V180 / III.A.- 1 to 51.

Date Range: [ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]

Physical Description: ca.40,000 photographs (ca.38,400 negatives, ca.800 prints, ca.800 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album. -- 3 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Ronald Leslie Duke, 1912-1978, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Duke was educated at Calgary, Banff and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. After wartime service with the National Film Board of Canada, Ron Duke returned to Banff, where he worked in the photography business for the next thirty years. Here he formed a link in a business lineage of photographers, including George Noble, and was for a time an employee of Noble's corporate successors. After 1958, Duke worked closely with the Banff School of Fine Arts, photographing productions and providing documentary services. After sustaining considerable damage in a fire which destroyed Banff's Mount Royal Hotel in 1967, Ron Duke's business resumed and, in partnership with George Baracos, continued until retirement in 1975.

Scope & Content: Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government and private construction, commercial and industrial projects, Banff National Park; Banff community life, including Banff Winter Carnival, sports and recreation, Banff High School, Banff activities, places and events; personal and occupational photographs arising from Duke's interest in aeronautics, work with the Canadian Army, World War II, and involvement in the oil industry, 1930s; scenic and landscape photographs. Most pertain to Banff National Park; also Vancouver, British Columbia; Seattle, United States; Turner Valley, Alberta and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.; Textual records include job registers, 2 v.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photographs.

Name Access: Duke, Ron

Subject Access: Arts; Buildings and facilities; Community life; Commerce and industry; Education; Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: series and file description; electronic finding aid

Creator: Duke, Ron

Category: Arts; Commerce and industry; Education; Environment; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Edward Cavell fonds

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Part Of: Edward Cavell fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consist mainly of photographs by Edward Cavell, 1973-1975. Consists of 6 x 6 cm. negatives with corresponding contact sheets and some identification lists for four projects: I. Copy and on-site shots for Banff Springs: The Story of a Hotel, 1973, ca.209 negatives plus contact sheets and enlar…

Date Range: [ca.1870]-1975, predominant 1973-1975

Reference Code: V129

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency

Part Of: Edward Cavell fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 129

Sous-Fonds: V 129

Accession Number: 1834, 3907, 5032, 5851, 5946

Reference Code: V129

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1870]-1975, predominant 1973-1975

Physical Description: ca.1300 photographs : negatives, prints, postcards, transparencies

History / Biographical: Edward Cavell, b.1947, writer, researcher, photographer and museum curator at Banff, Alberta, Canada, is currently a business owner at Banff and Calgary, Alberta.

Scope & Content: Fonds consist mainly of photographs by Edward Cavell, 1973-1975. Consists of 6 x 6 cm. negatives with corresponding contact sheets and some identification lists for four projects: I. Copy and on-site shots for Banff Springs: The Story of a Hotel, 1973, ca.209 negatives plus contact sheets and enlargements; II. Landscape photographs for Rocky Mountains highway guide book, Waterton to Jasper, with Jon Whyte (incomplete), 1974, ca.700 negatives with contact sheets and identifications; III. Stage shots of Phil Nimmons Quartet at the Banff Centre, 1974, 84 negatives and contact sheets; IV. Ground and aerial survey of Cascade Fire Road for Banff Warden Service, 1975, ca.257 negatives and contact sheet. ; Also includes photographs collected by Cavell for personal and research purposes, including Tepee at Bow Lake, hand-coloured print by Byron Harmon; "Dedicatory services at Mount Eisenhower 1958" by Bruno Engler, Alpine Films, Banff; Rocky Mountain scenic postcards by several publishers, including Byron Harmon and Bill Gibbons; slide copies of photographs by Charles Horetzky, Walter D. Wilcox, William Notman, Byron Harmon and [Ernest Brown].

Name Access: Cavell, Edward

Subject Access: Arts; Buildings and facilities; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Cavell, Edward

Category: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Homestead Hotel fonds

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Part Of: Homestead Hotel fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of guest registers for 1911 to 1932; also, lists and photographs. The lists include arrivals, guests and addresses for 1947 to 1952. The photographs are thought to be from the Homestead Hotel and include scenic views of the Rocky Mountains; also, Homestead Hotel, Banff facilities a…

Date Range: 1911-[before 1970]

Reference Code: M138 / V219

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Framed print; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Homestead Hotel fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 138; V 219

Sous-Fonds: M 138; V 219

Accession Number: 917, 2772

Reference Code: M138 / V219

GMD: Photograph; Framed print; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1911-[before 1970]

Physical Description: 12 v. and 1 textual record. -- 34 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: The Homestead Hotel at Banff, Alberta, Canada opened in 1910 as a temperance house. A cafe, the Ye Olde Homestead Tavern, was added in 1930. In 1945, D. M. Soole sold the hotel to Earl E. Gammon and James I. McLeod. Gammon assumed sole ownership in 1948

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of guest registers for 1911 to 1932; also, lists and photographs. The lists include arrivals, guests and addresses for 1947 to 1952. The photographs are thought to be from the Homestead Hotel and include scenic views of the Rocky Mountains; also, Homestead Hotel, Banff facilities and activities; n.d. Some are framed; others may have been removed from an album. Also includes a notice to guests for Gammon's Hotel, n.d.

Name Access: Homestead Hotel

Subject Access: Buildings and facilities; Exploration, discovery and travel

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s 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: Homestead Hotel

Category: Commerce and industry; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Lake O'Hara Lodge fonds

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Part Of: Lake O'Hara Lodge fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds includes: guest registers for 1926-1934, 1946-1956 and 1958-1964; piece of letterhead, ca.1958; file of copies of correspondence, plans, legal documents and reports, 1921-1973, pertaining to Lake O'Hara, development of the area by the Canadian Pacific Railway and as part of a national park, a…

Date Range: 1919-1973

Reference Code: M127 / V342

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Corporate record

Part Of: Lake O'Hara Lodge fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 127; V 342

Sous-Fonds: M 127; V 342

Accession Number: 2521, 2586, 6435, 6484

Reference Code: M127 / V342

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Corporate record

Date Range: 1919-1973

Physical Description: 1.5 cm and 3 v. of textual records -- ca.80 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: Lake O'Hara Lodge was erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway on the shore of Lake O'Hara, Yoho National Park, during the winter of 1925-1926. The following winter, cabins from the CPR camp in a nearby alpine meadow were moved to the lodge site. The lodge catered to hikers and climbers and was managed for over thirty years by Sylvia "Syd" Graves. In 1954, the CPR sold the lodge to Claude Brewster and Austin H. Ford of Brewster-Ford Mountain Lodges. Ford assumed sole ownership in 1958 and sold the lodge in 1975. Since 1976, Lake O'Hara Lodge has been operated by the Laub family of Banff. Currently, other partners include Tim and Leslee Wake.

Scope & Content: Fonds includes: guest registers for 1926-1934, 1946-1956 and 1958-1964; piece of letterhead, ca.1958; file of copies of correspondence, plans, legal documents and reports, 1921-1973, pertaining to Lake O'Hara, development of the area by the Canadian Pacific Railway and as part of a national park, and Lake O'Hara Trails Club; photographs pertaining to Lake O'Hara Lodge, construction, owners, staff, guests and patron, 1919-1972.