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Part Of
Jon Whelan fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertainin…
Date Range
[1880-2022]
Reference Code
M595 / V818
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Newspaper clipping
Published record
Scrapbook
Album
Part Of
Jon Whelan fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M595
V818
Sous-Fonds
M595
V818
Accession Number
2022.39
Reference Code
M595 / V818
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Newspaper clipping
Published record
Scrapbook
Album
Date Range
[1880-2022]
Physical Description
3 bankers boxes
History / Biographical
Jon Whelan (1952-2022) was a researcher, historian, and collector based in Banff, Alberta. Jon had a special interest in topics related to Banff National Park and Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Jon conducted independent research, as well as research for various authors and historians, from the 1980s onwards. Jon was also an active participant in municipal politics in Banff. "For most of Jon’s life, he was engaged in community affairs and fearless in voicing an opinion. He was successful in raising public awareness and his tenacity achieved a personal goal, which was to initiate the use of video for regular Town of Banff council meetings. He dedicated himself to the concerns of Banff residents." -Barry Kelly, Rocky Mountain Outlook, July 30, 2022
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertaining to Canadian Pacific, Banff, travel and tourism within Canada, and related subjects.
Name Access
Whelan, Jon
Subject Access
Research
Chateau Lake Louise
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Tourism
Travel
Recreation
Publication
Newspaper
History
Community events
Reproduction Restrictions
restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Tourism
Transportation
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Unprocessed
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Professional photographers collection

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Part Of
Professional photographers collection
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
Part Of
Professional photographers collection
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
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
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.
Creator
Professional photographers (collection)
Category
Arts
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of collection
Processing Status
Processed
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Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

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Part Of
Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60. M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Rider…
Date Range
ca.1908-ca.2011
Reference Code
M573 / V797 / S60
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Published record
Newspaper clipping
Transparency
Textual record
Sound recording
Lantern slide
Part Of
Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M573 / V797 / S60
Sous-Fonds
M573
V797
S60
Accession Number
2019.111
Reference Code
M573 / V797 / S60
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Published record
Newspaper clipping
Transparency
Textual record
Sound recording
Lantern slide
Date Range
ca.1908-ca.2011
Physical Description
26 cm of textual records.-- 109 photographs (42 prints, 67 lantern slides). -- 2 sound recordings.
History / Biographical
Jean Alexandra Hembroff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 5, 1908 to Walter B. Hembroff (d. 1945) and Sarah Jane Hembroff (d.1952). Jean was accepted to the MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art at the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated in 1927. She returned to Winnipeg to begin teaching courses in speech arts and drama. To establish herself, she first volunteered as the "story lady" at the Williams Avenue Public Library and quickly became known as an excellent speaker sought by many different organizations. She taught at St. Mary's Academy and the Evening Institute at the University of Manitoba, as well as offered private sessions. Many of her students used the skills they learned from Jean as they entered radio, television, politics, and business. Jean was also very active in organizing and adjucating Speech Arts festivals in Manitoba, often going to inaccessible places to give workshops. Her teaching, broadcasting, adjucating, coaching, and speaking career spanned more than 50 years. Jean was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's promotions manager to give presentations and broadcast interviews across Canada and the United States. In 1937, Jean joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and participated in their summer trail ride in the same year. For that year's issue of the Trail Rider's Bulletin Jean wrote an article - and became the first woman to ever do so. In 1938, during her lecture titled "Trail Riding in the Rockies" on January 18, 1938 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, Jean met John David (Jack) MacDonald. Jack and Jean were married on June 18, 1938, and the couple had one son, Bruce Walter James MacDonald (August 28, 1946-August 25, 2016). Jean participated in several trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail, and produced articles reflecting her experiences. Jean loved to travel and visited places all around Canada and the United States, Borneo, Tangier, Montevideo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Tonga. At the age of 102, Jean passed away on February 2, 2011 and is buried in Winnipeg.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, particularly 1937-1939). Series II: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 4 cm, 1924-2000 (including correspondence with John Murray Gibbon, former students, and attendees at various talks, as well as newspaper articles that Jean wrote about various subjects and articles of her achievements). Series III: Collected Materials and Ephemera, 3 cm, ca.1930-1950 (including a variety of collected poems and ephemera, as well as a copy of The Beaver Magazine from 1940, for which Jean wrote an article titled "On the Trail of Sir George").
V797 consists of two series, 24.5 cm of visual records, ca.1928-1939. Series I: Photograph Prints, 3 cm, ca.1928-1939 (includes personal photographs of Jean and her family and friends as well as photographs of Jean and Jack's visit to Lake Louise in 1939). Series II: Lantern Slides, 21.5 cm, ca.1937-1939 (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1937 to Mt. Assiniboine; Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1939 to Ptarmigan Valley and Skoki; collection of trail ride songs).
S60 consists of two sound recordings, 1 cm, 2004 and 2007 (Winnipeg at Christmas, narrated by Jean, broadcasted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
Notes
Lantern slides include wooden case.
Name Access
Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
Subject Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Camps
Canadian Pacific Railway
Discovery and travel
Discovery and exploration
Empress Hotel
European travel
Family and personal life
Guides
Hiking
Horse packing
Horses
Horseback riding
Kananaskis Ranch
Lake Louise
Lantern slide
Mount Assiniboine
Mountain
Organizations
Personal and Professional Life
Photography
Poetry
Scenery
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Sports and recreation
Sunshine area
Trails
Trail guides
Tourism
Travel
Travel and Exploration
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Women
Geographic Access
Assiniboine
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
British Columbia
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Ireland
Kananaskis Country
Lake Louise
Lake O'Hara
Manitoba
Mount Assiniboine
Rocky Mountains
Victoria
West Indies
Winnipeg
Reproduction Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
English
Creator
Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
Category
Arts
Education
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Contents of the fonds
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122854759/jean-alexandra-macdonald
https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-174851/MACDONALD_JEAN
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winnipeg-mb/bruce-macdonald-7064958
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Through the Canadian Pacific Rockies : a series of views illustrating the chief points of interest and the glorious mountain scenery seen in a journey through the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[1920?]
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Publisher
Toronto and Montreal : Southam Press Limited
Call Number
02.6 C16thr PAM O.S
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Responsibility
Canadian Pacific Railway News Service
Publisher
Toronto and Montreal : Southam Press Limited
Published Date
[1920?]
Physical Description
[26] leaves : chiefly illustrations (some color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Rockies
Art
Tourism
Abstract
Pertains to areas of interest along the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rocky Mountains via unattributed photographs.
Contents
The Gap
The Three Sisters, Canmore, ALTA.
Banff, Showing Bow River Bridge
Banff Springs Hotel and Bow River Valley
The Swimming Pool, Banff
Mount Assiniboine
Indian Days at Banff
Lake Minnewanka, near Banff
On the Bow River, Banff
Castle Mountain
Lakes in the Clouds
The Giant Steps, Paradise Valley
Lake Louise
The Great Divide
Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks
Paradise Valley
Cathedral Mountain
Spiral Tunnels, Field, B.C.
Mount Stephen and Field, B.C.
Twin Falls and the Yoho Valley
Emerald Lake
Mount Chancellor, Leanchoil
Mount Sir Donald, near Glacier, B.C.
Hell's Gate, Fraser Canyon, B.C.
Descriptive Index
Accession Number
7889
Call Number
02.6 C16thr PAM O.S
Collection
Archives Library
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Brochures, maps, postcards, etc. re: Banff, C.P.R., Canada.

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Brochures, maps, postcards, etc. re: Banff, C.P.R., Canada.
Date Range
1926-1940
Reference Code
M36 / III / C / 5 / 2146 - 2147
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
III.C. Dave (Jack) White papers
Sous-Fonds
M36
Reference Code
M36 / III / C / 5 / 2146 - 2147
Date Range
1926-1940
Physical Description
2 files of textual records
Scope & Content
Brochures, maps, postcards, etc. re: Banff, C.P.R., Canada.
Subject Access
White, Jack
Highland Gatherings, Banff
Banff Springs Hotel
Brewster Transport Company
Banff Indian Days
Canadian Pacific Railway - Tourist information
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Banff Winter Carnival
Deer Lodge
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Summer 1921 and Summer 1923 Album

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Part Of
Lillian Gest fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to a photo album depicting a trip Lillian Gest and her mother took in summer 1921 and in summer 1923. Western Trip, Summer of 1921 (PD - 2 / 1 to 76) follow their travels from the Great Lakes, through Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, and Glacier National Park to Sicamous, Van…
Date Range
1921-1923
Reference Code
V225 / II / C / II / b / PD - 2
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Album
Photograph print
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Part Of
Lillian Gest fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M67 / S36 / V225
Series
II.C. Activities / photography
Sous-Fonds
V225
Sub-Series
ii.b. Photographic material / photograph albums
Accession Number
5142
Reference Code
V225 / II / C / II / b / PD - 2
GMD
Album
Photograph print
Date Range
1921-1923
Physical Description
1 album (531 photographs : b&w ; 14.6 x 9 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to a photo album depicting a trip Lillian Gest and her mother took in summer 1921 and in summer 1923. Western Trip, Summer of 1921 (PD - 2 / 1 to 76) follow their travels from the Great Lakes, through Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, and Glacier National Park to Sicamous, Vancouver and Victoria before heading down the coast to California and finally to the Grand Canyon. Page headings as follows: Great Lakes on board "Octorara"; Mackimac Island; Banff [Banff Springs Hotel, pools, Lake Minnewanka, Johnston Canyon etc.]; Banff Indian Days; Lake Louise [lake, Lake Agnes, Moraine Lake]; Paradise Valley; Wapta Camp, Hector B.C. [includes Lake O'Hara]; Emerald Lake, Field, B.C.; trip from field to Glacier [train, tunnels]; Glacier [Glacier House, Nakimu Caves]; Illecillewaet Glacier [includes ice caves and Marion Lake]; Asulkan Glacier; Sicamous; Vancouver - Stanley Park; Vancouver; Victoria; San Francisco - Chinatown; Del Monte; Historic Monterey; Santa Barbara; Los Angeles; Grand Canyon. Trip to Selkirk and Canadian Rocky Mountains, Summer of 1923 (PD - 2 / 77 to 89) depicts scenes mostly from the Glacier House region of Glacier National Park and Lake Louise of Banff National Park. Also includes scenes from Lake O'Hara. Page headings as follows: at Mackimac Island; Glacier, B.C.; trip to Nakimu Caves from Glacier; at the Great Illecillewaet Glacier; horseback trip up Mt. Abbott [includes Lake Louise], Camp Wapta; horseback trip to Lake O'Hara; [Glacier House]; [Mrs. Gest on horseback at Lake O'Hara]; [Lake O'Hara Lodge].
Notes
Please note: language used pertaining to First Nations during the Banff Indian Days included herein is outdated and offensive. Blank pages not scanned. Inserts free floating with album, are not specific to album contents.
Name Access
Gest, Lillian
Hinman, Caroline
Subject Access
Activities
Boats
Banff Indian Days
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Chateau Lake Louise
Exploration
Family and personal life
First Nations
Glacier House
Indigenous Peoples
Horses
Mountains
Off the Beaten Track
Scenery
Travel
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Paradise Valley
Lake O'Hara
Emerald Lake
Glacier House
Vancouver
Victoria
San Francisco
Del Monte
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Banff National Park
Yoho National Park
Glacier National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
California
Canada
United States of America
Access Restrictions
Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
Language
English
Conservation
Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.
Creator
Gest, Lillian
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Map of Canadian Pacific Railway

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1924, c1911
Publisher
Montreal : C.P.R.
Call Number
C11-3.14
Publisher
Montreal : C.P.R.
Published Date
1924, c1911
Physical Description
1 map : col
Scale
1 cm = 25 miles
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notes
Corrected to 1924
Accession Number
20,500
Call Number
C11-3.14
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific Railway and connecting lines

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1927
Publisher
[Montreal] : C.P.R.
Call Number
C11-3.17
Publisher
[Montreal] : C.P.R.
Published Date
1927
Physical Description
1 map : col
Scale
1 inch = 110 miles
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
6596
Call Number
C11-3.17
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific Railway and connecting lines

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1928, c1927
Checked for C.P.R. Lines Nov. 1928
Publisher
[Montreal] : C.P.R.
Call Number
C3-6.3c
Responsibility
Canadian Pacific Railway
Publisher
[Montreal] : C.P.R.
Published Date
1928, c1927
Checked for C.P.R. Lines Nov. 1928
Physical Description
1 map : col
Scale
1 inch = 110 miles
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notes
On reverse: The Canadian Rockies
Accession Number
6596
Call Number
C3-6.3c
Collection
Archives Library
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The Canadian Rockies : Rocky Mountains Park, Yoho Park, Kootenay Park

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1928, c1927
Author
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Publisher
[Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway
Call Number
C3-6.3c
Author
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Publisher
[Montreal] : Canadian Pacific Railway
Published Date
1928, c1927
Physical Description
1 map : col
Scale
1 inch = 5 miles
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Notes
Compiled and drawn under the supervision of A.O. Wheeler
On reverse: Canadian Pacific Railway and connecting lines
Accession Number
6596
Call Number
C3-6.3c
Collection
Archives Library
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