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Bankhead film project

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of notes, correspondence and other documents pertaining to Ben Gadd's work on a Bankhead film project in collaboration with Parks Canada and the Edmonton-based company Access in 1981. File includes Ben's letter of resignation and a response letter from Access agreeing to terminate the…

Date Range: 1981

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 53

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 53

GMD: Textual record

Responsibility: Produced by Ben Gadd, Access

Date Range: 1981

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of notes, correspondence and other documents pertaining to Ben Gadd's work on a Bankhead film project in collaboration with Parks Canada and the Edmonton-based company Access in 1981. File includes Ben's letter of resignation and a response letter from Access agreeing to terminate the contract prior to completion of the project.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Research; Correspondence; Employment; Parks Canada; History; Films and film making

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Edmonton; Jasper

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Communications

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bankhead publication - correspondence, financials, other

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence, research notes, payment records and other documents pertaining to Ben Gadd's publication, "Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town".

Date Range: 1980

Reference Code: M590 / II / B / 39

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published 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 / 39

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1980

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence, research notes, payment records and other documents pertaining to Ben Gadd's publication, "Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town".

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Parks Canada; Settlement; Research; Finances; Correspondence; History; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Bankhead

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Disappointments

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of unsuccessful requests submitted to Parks Canada by Ben Gadd while he was employed as a Park Naturalist. Requests pertain to recommended interpretive sign updates, a proposed interpretive field trip to observe the summer solstice, and a request for an updated interpreter jacket for …

Date Range: 1982-1983

Reference Code: M590 / III / B / 51

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / B : Interpretive guiding

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / B / 51

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1982-1983

Physical Description: 0.1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of unsuccessful requests submitted to Parks Canada by Ben Gadd while he was employed as a Park Naturalist. Requests pertain to recommended interpretive sign updates, a proposed interpretive field trip to observe the summer solstice, and a request for an updated interpreter jacket for Cia Gadd.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Parks Canada; Government; Guides; Guiding; Correspondence; Communications

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper National Park

Language: English

Category: Government; Communications

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Environmental screening report

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of an Environmental Screening Report distributed by Parks Canada and filled out by Ben Gadd in 2002; and related correspondence pertaining to questions and concerns about the report, which was sent by Ben Gadd and President of the Bow Valley Naturalists, Peter Duck, to Parks Canada.

Date Range: 2002

Reference Code: M590 / III / A / 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / A : Parks Canada records

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / A / 14

GMD: Textual record

Responsibility: Produced by Parks Canada, Ben Gadd

Date Range: 2002

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of an Environmental Screening Report distributed by Parks Canada and filled out by Ben Gadd in 2002; and related correspondence pertaining to questions and concerns about the report, which was sent by Ben Gadd and President of the Bow Valley Naturalists, Peter Duck, to Parks Canada.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben; Duck, Peter

Subject Access: Parks Canada; Government; Guides; Guiding; Correspondence; Communications; Environment; Employment; Businesses

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Environment; Government; Communications

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Interpreter Services articles

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of approved drafts of three articles which Ben Gadd wrote on behalf of Parks Canada Interpretive Services while employed as a Park Naturalist. Articles pertain to waterfall climbing, the 75th anniversary of Jasper National Park, and a summary of the 1981 summer interpretive season. Fi…

Date Range: 1981-1982

Reference Code: M590 / III / B / 52

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 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / B : Interpretive guiding

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / B / 52

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1981-1982

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of approved drafts of three articles which Ben Gadd wrote on behalf of Parks Canada Interpretive Services while employed as a Park Naturalist. Articles pertain to waterfall climbing, the 75th anniversary of Jasper National Park, and a summary of the 1981 summer interpretive season. File includes a copy of an article titled "Happy 75th Anniversary, Jasper National Park" which was printed in the Jasper Booster newspaper.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Parks Canada; Government; Guides; Guiding; Correspondence; Communications; Anniversary; History; National parks and reserves; Recreation; Climbing; Waterfalls; Publication; Newspaper

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

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Government; Communications; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Jasper Trails Project 1997

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one binder containing a report on the 1997 Jasper Trails Project, which was arranged by Ben Gadd and the Friends of Jasper National Park on behalf of Parks Canada. Report includes reference materials, project summaries and printed samples of maps.

Date Range: 1997

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 99

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / III : Published records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 99

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1997

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (1 volume)

Scope & Content: File consists of one binder containing a report on the 1997 Jasper Trails Project, which was arranged by Ben Gadd and the Friends of Jasper National Park on behalf of Parks Canada. Report includes reference materials, project summaries and printed samples of maps.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Publication; Correspondence; Organization; Trails; Research; Map; Environment; Hiking; Recreation; Government; Parks Canada

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure; Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters from participants

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of letters sent between Ben Gadd and participants of various interpretive programs which he led while working as a Park Naturalist for Parks Canada. File includes thank you letters and drawings from school children, follow-up questions and comments from tour participants, and copies o…

Date Range: 1981-1983

Reference Code: M590 / III / B / 50

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / B : Interpretive guiding

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / B / 50

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1981-1983

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of letters sent between Ben Gadd and participants of various interpretive programs which he led while working as a Park Naturalist for Parks Canada. File includes thank you letters and drawings from school children, follow-up questions and comments from tour participants, and copies of several response letters written by Ben.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Parks Canada; Government; Guides; Guiding; Environment; Hiking; Recreation; Geology; Natural history; Correspondence; Communications

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper National Park

Language: English

Conservation: Some contents in file consist of fragile tissue paper- handle with caution

Category: Environment; Government; Communications; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [April - October 1936]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], w…

Date Range: 1936

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 100

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; 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 / 100

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1936

Physical Description: 2.8 cm of textual records (117 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], weather, skiing and ski conditions, film-making, visits from friends and visitors, matters pertaining to the house [opening and closing it as they come and go from various trips], errand trips to Calgary, watching hockey games, going to the movies, leaving for Hawaii via Vancouver in early May [sailing on the Empress of Canada], books Catharine and Edith are reading, arriving in Hawaii and eventually getting settled at the Grand Hotel in Wailuku, Maui, visiting with friends, descriptions of meals, photography and cameras, relocating to the Moana Hotel in Honolulu in mid-May, sightseening and day trips around the islands, sketching, descriptions of other ships coming and going from the harbour, details of the trip back to Banff in mid-June, radio programs [mostly news and operas], cleaning and household chores, events and people in Concord, camping trips, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property, painting/sketching, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian days, the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip [based out of Lake O'Hara] in early August, matters pertaining to the store, Edith purchasing a painting of two moose from Carl Rungius, developing photographs, a two-week trip to Lake O'Hara in late August/early September to paint and hike [also includes details of other people there, day to day activies, and the subjects painted/sketched], day trips around the national park to take photographs and hike [mostly in the Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Bow Lake areas], and preparing for a trip out to Concord at the end of October.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. 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. The first 10 or so letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the page as part of an unknown project.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Whyte, Barbara; White, Cliff Jr.; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean; Owen, Mildred; Campbell, Gray; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Mather, Allan; Mather, Grace; Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Emmeline; Noble, George; Poucette, Mark; Adaskin, Murray; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Rungius, Carl; Smith, Adelaide; Castle, Alfred; Castle, Donald; Phillips, Walter J.; Phillips, Gladys

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Beach; Birthday; Boats; Books; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Camps; Camping; Children; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Home; Hockey; Hiking; Holidays; Hospital; Hot Springs; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Literature; Moose; Mountain; Painting; Paris Tea Room; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Scenery; Skoki Lodge; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Upper Hot Springs; Weather; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Alberta; Little Yoho Valley; Yoho National Park; Victoria; Vancouver; British Columbia; Maui; Hawaii; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Electronic Resources

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Parks Canada correspondence, regulation updates

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence pertaining to Parks Canada's interpretive guiding regulations and changes in Jasper National Park and other areas. File includes a letter from Ben Gadd to Grant Potter (Business Liaison for Parks Canada) voicing his concerns over new restrictions on group sizes and p…

Date Range: 1990; 1995; 2002-2003

Reference Code: M590 / III / B / 40

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / B : interpretive guiding

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / B / 40

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1990; 1995; 2002-2003

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence pertaining to Parks Canada's interpretive guiding regulations and changes in Jasper National Park and other areas. File includes a letter from Ben Gadd to Grant Potter (Business Liaison for Parks Canada) voicing his concerns over new restrictions on group sizes and permitted regions for guiding programs.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Guides; Guiding; Government; Correspondence; Environment; Communications; Parks Canada; National parks and reserves

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Communications; Environment; Government

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Daytimers

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1914 & 1915 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 21 : Includes day to day notations regarding weather, office work, social activities, summer trips to various camps in the Calgary and Banff areas, notations of developing plates. M546 / 22 : Includes day to day no…

Date Range: 1914-1915

Reference Code: M546 / 21 to 22

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

2 images 2 Electronic Resources

Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 2014.8312

Reference Code: M546 / 21 to 22

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1914-1915

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 9.5 x 15.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1914 & 1915 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 21 : Includes day to day notations regarding weather, office work, social activities, summer trips to various camps in the Calgary and Banff areas, notations of developing plates. M546 / 22 : Includes day to day notations regarding weather, office work, social activities, camping activities throughout the summer.