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Grant Kimball fonds

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Part Of
Grant Kimball fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 1900 b&w photographs in 5 photograph albums, 1931-1942. [untitled], 1931-1942, ca. 250 prints pertaining to townsite of Banff, including Cascades of Time Garden, Cave and Basin, Upper Hot Springs, Banff Springs Hotel, Bow Falls, and aerial view of Banff. Also includes images of u…
Date Range
1931-1950
Reference Code
V100
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Drawing
Photograph print
Part Of
Grant Kimball fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V 100
Sous-Fonds
V 100
Accession Number
7756 (unproc)
Reference Code
V100
GMD
Photograph
Album
Drawing
Photograph print
Date Range
1931-1950
Physical Description
5 photograph albums: 1900 prints, b&w
History / Biographical
Miss Grant Kimball, of 2200 Block 14 A St. S.W. Calgary, Alberta, worked for the government seed sorting and grading office, which may have had offices in the old Post Office Building, 8 Ave. & 1st St. S.E. Calgary. Kimball never married, she was Rosicrusian and occasionally travelled to group headquarters in California for annual picnics. Her father worked for CPR and she had one sister, June Kimball.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 1900 b&w photographs in 5 photograph albums, 1931-1942.
[untitled], 1931-1942, ca. 250 prints pertaining to townsite of Banff, including Cascades of Time Garden, Cave and Basin, Upper Hot Springs, Banff Springs Hotel, Bow Falls, and aerial view of Banff. Also includes images of unidentified people in homes in [Calgary?].
[untitled], 1942-ca.1945, ca.400 prints, includes Waterton, Revelstoke, Field, Bridal Veil Falls, Banff: Sulphur Mountain cabin, observatory, Cascades of Time Garden and picnic grounds, Tunnel Mountain fire look-out, Lake Minnewanka, Lake Louise, C.P.R. mountain views from the line.
[untitled], 1943-1945, 1950, ca.500 includes sisters June and Grant Kimball, Banff area including Cascades of Time Garden, Lake Louise, Johnston Canyon, group photo Becker's Bungalows, brewery gardens in Calgary; Los Angeles and Victoria; also includes hand-drawn portrait of Grant Kimball, 1950.
[untitled], 1946-1949, ca.500 prints, includes Jasper Park Lodge, Jasper area and Banff including Cascades of Time Garden; predominently United States trips.
"The Story of Anna" 1950, ca.250 prints, pertains to the travels of Anna [the car, bought in 1950], and includes Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper areas.
Name Access
Kimball, Grant
Kimball, June
Subject Access
Cascades of Time garden
Cave and Basin
Community life
Family and personal life
Jasper National Park
Johnston Canyon
Sulphur Mountain
Waterton Lakes National Park
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
No finding aid
Creator
Kimball, Grant Miss
Category
Family and personal life
Biographical Source Notes
Accession record
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Unprocessed
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Marjorie Youhill Photograph Album

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
Item consists of one bound album of 158 black and white photographs and one train ticket, H18.5 x W28.5 cm. Photographs pertain to travels in Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise, Yoho National Park, Kootenay National Park, and Vancouver Island. Other points of interest that are depicted in the photographs …
Date Range
[c.1948]
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8260 / PD - 1
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Album
Private record
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M8 / V8 / S8
Series
2014.8260 : Accession Number
Sous-Fonds
V8
Accession Number
2014.8260
Reference Code
V8 / 2014.8260 / PD - 1
GMD
Album
Private record
Date Range
[c.1948]
Physical Description
1 album (159 photographs : b&w ; 28.5 x 18.5 cm)
History / Biographical
Marjorie Youhill, born c.1910s, was born, raised, and worked in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was a Christian Scientist, had one stepsister, and never married. Marjorie retired in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where she died at the Glengarry Hospital. She left her financial estate to Loreen Dunklee, her cousin.
Scope & Content
Item consists of one bound album of 158 black and white photographs and one train ticket, H18.5 x W28.5 cm. Photographs pertain to travels in Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise, Yoho National Park, Kootenay National Park, and Vancouver Island. Other points of interest that are depicted in the photographs include: Banff Springs golf course, Bow Falls, Cave and Basin, Sulphur Mountain Chalet, Takakkaw Falls, and Lakes O'Hara and McArthur.
Notes
Album also contains a train ticket for the Canadian Pacific Railway traveling from Winnipeg to Banff, dated August 7, 1948.
Name Access
Youhill, Marjorie
Subject Access
Travel
Golfing
Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
Sulphur Mountain Chalet
Sulphur Mountain lookout
Hiking
Lake O'Hara region
Cave and Basin
Canadian Pacific Railway
Family and personal life
Women
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
British Columbia
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Canmore
Cave and Basin
Kootenay National Park
Lake Louise
Lake O'Hara
Sulphur Mountain
Yoho National Park
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Exploration, discovery and travel
Biographical Source Notes
Information provided on the gift agreement
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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