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Family, friends, Luxton home
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 285 col. prints [including one small photograph album] depicting Eleanor Luxton and various friends and family members, including members of the Cooper, Miller, O'Connor, Smith, Kunst, Swan and Nickles families. Photographs pertain to family reunions, weddings, Christmas holiday ce…
- Date Range
- 1967
- 1975-1976
- 1979-1992
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PA - 55 to 339
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PA - 55 to 339
- Date Range
- 1967
- 1975-1976
- 1979-1992
- Physical Description
- 285 photographs : col.; 20 x 25.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 285 col. prints [including one small photograph album] depicting Eleanor Luxton and various friends and family members, including members of the Cooper, Miller, O'Connor, Smith, Kunst, Swan and Nickles families. Photographs pertain to family reunions, weddings, Christmas holiday celebrations [including a 1967 New Years party at the Luxton family home], school portraits, family trips within Canada and the United States, child and newborn portraits, and other related subjects. Items LUX / II / E / PA - 310 to 335 are stored in a miniature photo album. Several photographs are stored with corresponding holiday greeting cards which were sent to Eleanor Luxton.
- Notes
- Some individuals in photographs are not identified; many photographs are not dated
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Entertainment
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Genealogy
- Holidays
- Home
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Portrait
- Recreation
- School
- Sports
- Swimming
- Travel
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Edmonton
- Calgary
- British Columbia
- Vancouver
- United States of America
- California
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items stored in mylar
- Category
- Communications
- Family and personal life
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 146 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm or smaller. File pertains to a collection of miscellaneous photographs of Dorothy and her friends throughout a 30 year period. File documents a multitude of day trips, visits with friends, holidays (birthdays, anniversaries), road trips, picnics, …
- Date Range
- c.1971-c.2003
- 1987
- 1991
- Reference Code
- V75 / II / PA - 788 to 934
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Newspaper clipping
- Private record
- Published record
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- V75 / II : Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001
- Sous-Fonds
- V75
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- V75 / II / PA - 788 to 934
- Date Range
- c.1971-c.2003
- 1987
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 146 photographs : col. ; 15 x 10 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 146 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm or smaller. File pertains to a collection of miscellaneous photographs of Dorothy and her friends throughout a 30 year period. File documents a multitude of day trips, visits with friends, holidays (birthdays, anniversaries), road trips, picnics, Resthaven-by-the-Sea, Pender Island, Okanagan, Sidney harbour, Wardle Creek, Horseshoe Bay, Powell River, the Hoodoos in Banff and Tunnel Mountain, and Salt Spring Island. File also includes two passport photograph prints of Dorothy from 1991.
- Notes
- V75 / II / PA - 788 to 866: Includes the original envelope that the photographs were stored in and include detailed notes of dates, people, and places.
- V75 / II / PA - 867 to 896: Includes 3 hand written notes (on an envelope, a letter addressed to Dorothy and Sheila dated 1987, and a Christmas card) and a newspaper clipping of the obituary for Anne Nelson (Dorothy’s friend). Each textual record remains where Dorothy put them.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Subject Access
- Personal and Family Life
- Travel
- Picnics and picnicking
- Holidays
- Scenery
- Christmas
- Geographic Access
- Sidney
- Okanagan
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Hoodoos
- Powell River
- Canada
- Castle Mountain
- Montreal
- Quebec
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Ruth Maccoy, 1983-1995
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54672
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 86 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm and 13 x 8.5 cm. File pertains to Dorothy's visits with friend, Ruth Maccoy, primarily in the early to mid-1990s. File documents Ruth's home and property (scenery and rolling hills, the creek, flower beds), Kananaskis and Highwood Pass (mountain an…
- Date Range
- 1983-1995
- 1983
- 1987
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- Reference Code
- V75 / II / PA - 701 to 787
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- V75 / II : Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001
- Sous-Fonds
- V75
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- V75 / II / PA - 701 to 787
- Date Range
- 1983-1995
- 1983
- 1987
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 86 photographs : col. ; 15 x 10 cm and 13 x 8.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 86 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm and 13 x 8.5 cm. File pertains to Dorothy's visits with friend, Ruth Maccoy, primarily in the early to mid-1990s. File documents Ruth's home and property (scenery and rolling hills, the creek, flower beds), Kananaskis and Highwood Pass (mountain and river scenery), a road trip that Ruth and Dorothy took and had a night with the Nelsons, and farm animals (cows and horses), Ruth's pets (a black cat and Pumpkin the dog), and outside winter scenes during Christmas at Ruth's.
- Notes
- Note written on the envelope for V75 / II / PA - 711 to 730, dated Monday June 3, 1996: “In pix of Christmas dinner guests at table the little plaque on wall with two ladies by cottage fire (ivory colour) to be my memento of Ruth”
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Geographic Access
- Kananaskis
- Kananaskis Valley
- Kananaskis Lakes
- Alberta
- Canada
- Field
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Talks, Research, and Papers
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 12 cm of textual records, 21 x 35 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean Hembroff MacDonald's various talks, research and notes, and papers that she delivered and wrote of the course of her career. File includes related correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to individual …
- Date Range
- ca.1938-ca.1992
- 1938
- 1940
- 1956
- 1960
- 1970-1980
- 1977
- 1983
- 1992
- Reference Code
- M573 / I / 3-15
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Private record
- Newspaper clipping
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- M573 / I : Personal Papers
- Sous-Fonds
- M573
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- M573 / I / 3-15
- Date Range
- ca.1938-ca.1992
- 1938
- 1940
- 1956
- 1960
- 1970-1980
- 1977
- 1983
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records (21 x 35 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 12 cm of textual records, 21 x 35 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean Hembroff MacDonald's various talks, research and notes, and papers that she delivered and wrote of the course of her career. File includes related correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to individual topics.
- File includes the following titles:
- The West Indies, 1938
- Wake Up and Live, April 29, 1940
- June Magic or Wake Up and Live, 1956
- Girl Guides of Canada, 1960
- England, ca.1970-1980
- The Chambered Nautilus, 1977
- Robert Louis Stevenson, October 1977
- Tales Historical and Hysterical, May 14, 1983 (given at the Manitoba Historical Society for their annual meeting)
- A Christmas Story, 1992 (copy of a transcript of Jean's story she recorded at the CBC)
- Rose Fyleman and "Winnipeg at Christmas" (no date)
- Ireland (including correspondence with Arthur Stringer, poet and author)
- Awareness (no date)
- Mary Kennedy (no date)
- Notes
- Talks were given to organizations like Kiwanis or Rotary, Eaton's, Canadian Women's Club, CBC, and various historical societies and churches.
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Subject Access
- Public Speaking
- Arts
- Christmas
- Community life
- History
- Lecture
- Poets
- Professional and Personal Life
- Research
- Travel
- Women
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Geographic Access
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Canada
- West Indies
- Europe
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M573 / I / 12 is related to V60.
- Creator
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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