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Christmas at the Seigniory Club

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 hand-made album comprised of 6 colour photographs, 13 x 9 cm. File pertains to the Wardle family's Christmas visits to the Seigniory Club in Montebello, Quebec. File documents the interior and exterior of the hotel during the winter, including the lounge, ice rink, and the Papine…

Date Range: c.1930-c.1960

Reference Code: V75 / I / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Private record; Photograph print

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: V75 / I : Wardle Family, c.1912-1971

Sous-Fonds: V75

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: V75 / I / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Private record; Photograph print

Date Range: c.1930-c.1960

Physical Description: 1 album (6 photographs : col. ; 13 x 9 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 hand-made album comprised of 6 colour photographs, 13 x 9 cm. File pertains to the Wardle family's Christmas visits to the Seigniory Club in Montebello, Quebec. File documents the interior and exterior of the hotel during the winter, including the lounge, ice rink, and the Papineau Manor.

Notes: Album is made with yellow paper and bound with a green ribbon.; The Seigniory Club is now known as the Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello. The album is undated, but the Seigniory Club opened in 1930 and was leased to the Club until 1970.; Album has "To Mother and Dad, With happy memories of our wonderful Christmases at the Seigniory Club, Dorie" written on the front.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.

Subject Access: Hotel; Christmas; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Quebec; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Tissue is interwoven between the photographs.

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

Category: Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Christmas Cards

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2.5 cm of textual records, 28 x 21.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to Christmas cards that were sent to the Wardle family from Peter and Catharine Whyte (c. 1951-c. 1968), Dean and Edith Robinson, and Carl Rungius (c.1938-c.1954). Records include a one-page typed biography of Peter…

Date Range: c.1938-c.1968

Reference Code: M521 / II / B / 8-9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: M521 / II : Wardle Family

Sous-Fonds: M521

Sub-Series: M521 / II / B : Correspondence

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: M521 / II / B / 8-9

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Date Range: c.1938-c.1968

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (28 x 21.5 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 2.5 cm of textual records, 28 x 21.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to Christmas cards that were sent to the Wardle family from Peter and Catharine Whyte (c. 1951-c. 1968), Dean and Edith Robinson, and Carl Rungius (c.1938-c.1954). Records include a one-page typed biography of Peter Whyte and a handwritten letter tucked into one of the cards from the Whyte family (dated Jan. 22, 1967).

Notes: Each holiday greeting is written on a card made by Peter and Catharine Whyte, and Carl Rungius, respectively.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.; Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Rungius, Carl; Robinson, Dean

Subject Access: Personal and Family Life; Personal, Family; Christmas; Holidays

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Rungius, Carl; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine Robb

Category: Family and personal life; Communications

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Embroidered and personal correspondence to Maud Woodworth

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 8 postcards, 6 of which are annotated. 5 postcards have hand-stitched decorative fronts with floral and Union Jack flag designs, two of which include front lace pockets containing a small paper note and a piece of embroidered material, respectively. 1 postcard dated 1915, addressed…

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; 1915

Reference Code: M74 / I / A / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / I : Maud (Woodworth) Kidney records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / I / A : 1894 - 1920

Accession Number: 3109; 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / I / A / 1

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Postcard

Responsibility: Some correspondence written by Ted Davidson and Ethel Woodworth

Date Range: [ca. 1910]; 1915

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (8 postcards ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 8 postcards, 6 of which are annotated. 5 postcards have hand-stitched decorative fronts with floral and Union Jack flag designs, two of which include front lace pockets containing a small paper note and a piece of embroidered material, respectively. 1 postcard dated 1915, addressed to "Miss Maudie Woodworth" from Ted Davidson. 1 postcard addressed to Maud from her sister Ethel, dated 1911. 1 postcard sent to Maud from unnamed friend, dated 1912.

Name Access: Woodworth, Maude; Woodworth, Ethel; Davidson, Ted

Subject Access: Travel; Christmas; Family; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; France; England; Salisbury Plain

Language: English

Conservation: Items have been placed in mylar

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: One postcard with pocket contains paper note reading, "from Shorty".

Processing Status: Processed

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Family and Friends in High River

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 album comprised of 55 black and white and colour photographs, 15 x 9 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family's visits to "the Ranch" in High River. File documents various animals (horses, dogs), scenery, Christmas 1951, the family feeding cattle, horseback riding, picni…

Date Range: 1947-1952; 1947; 1949; 1950-1952

Reference Code: V75 / I / PD - 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Private record

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: V75 / I : Wardle Family, c.1912-1971

Sous-Fonds: V75

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: V75 / I / PD - 4

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Private record

Date Range: 1947-1952; 1947; 1949; 1950-1952

Physical Description: 1 album (55 photographs : b&w and col. ; 15 x 9 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 album comprised of 55 black and white and colour photographs, 15 x 9 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family's visits to "the Ranch" in High River. File documents various animals (horses, dogs), scenery, Christmas 1951, the family feeding cattle, horseback riding, picnics, the High River rodeo, branding and barn warming, artwork, and family and friends (particularly Uncle Kenneth and Doreen).

Notes: Photographs are bound between two pieces of wood that are inscribed with "Memo" on the front and various symbols and with DHW (Dorothy Hope Wardle) on the back. Everything is bound together by a leather strap.; Other photographs in V75 / I / PD - 3 refer to Bull Creek Ranch in High River which could possibly be the same ranch as documented in this album.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.

Subject Access: Animals; Art; Christmas; Community events; Family and personal life; Horses; Horseback riding; Picnics and picnicking; Rodeo; Scenery; Dogs

Geographic Access: High River; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: First page is loose, second page is almost loose. Consider digitizing.

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Miscellaneous

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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

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Private record; Published record; Photograph print; Textual record

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

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal correspondence and community events

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 Christmas and holiday cards, 4 letters, one postcard and 4 invitations sent to the Kidney family; 1 blank postcard; an inscribed wedding napkin; 2 news clippings and one scanned article from the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald; a pamphlet for Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; two hand-wr…

Date Range: 1946; [ca. 1950]; 1952; 1955; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1965]; 1961; 1963 - 1965; 1967; 1968

Reference Code: M74 / IV / C / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / IV / C : 1946 - 1970

Accession Number: 3109; 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / IV / C / 1

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Some items published by the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald

Date Range: 1946; [ca. 1950]; 1952; 1955; [ca. 1960 - ca. 1965]; 1961; 1963 - 1965; 1967; 1968

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 Christmas and holiday cards, 4 letters, one postcard and 4 invitations sent to the Kidney family; 1 blank postcard; an inscribed wedding napkin; 2 news clippings and one scanned article from the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald; a pamphlet for Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; two hand-written recipes; 8 notes, poems and other writings; and 4 event programmes. Content pertains to family and friends of the Kidneys (including the Hobkirk family, Mona and Gordon Houghton, the Meeker family, Tom Lonsdale, and Catharine Whyte), community events in Banff (including an open house at the Summit Tea House on Sulphur Mountain, the 25th anniversary of the Rundle Memorial Church and the opening of the Mineral Springs Hospital), local marriages, Mac's Sport Shop in Banff, correspondence between Maud Kidney and other former members of the Girls' Sunshine Flower Club, and Canadian centennial celebrations.

Name Access: Kidney, Maude; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Whyte, Catharine; Lonsdale, Tom; Houghton, Mona; Houghton, Gordon

Subject Access: Community events; Community life; Christmas; Anniversary; Rundle Memorial United Church; Mineral Springs Hospital; Girls Flower Club Banff; Newspaper

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Mount Rundle; Calgary

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Ruth Maccoy, 1983-1995

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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

GMD: Private record; Photograph print

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

Subject Access: Travel; Personal and Family Life; Christmas; Scenery; Dogs; Horses

Geographic Access: Kananaskis; Kananaskis Valley; Kananaskis Lakes; Alberta; Canada; Field; British Columbia

Language: English

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Woodworth family photographs, clubs and societies

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 21 photographs including 2 which are printed on postcard paper and 2 in personalized greeting cards. Content pertains to the Woodworth family house in Banff [ca. 1900], holiday greetings from family friends, a snowshoe race on the Bow River [1912], "wagoneer" Jim Stewart with a gov…

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; 1910 - 1912; [ca. 1925]; [ca. 1955 - ca. 1960]; [ca. 1970]

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 29 to 47

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

6 images

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 29 to 47

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Two photographs produced by Byron Harmon

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1908; 1910 - 1912; [ca. 1925]; [ca. 1955 - ca. 1960]; [ca. 1970]

Physical Description: 21 photographs: b&w and col. prints ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 21 photographs including 2 which are printed on postcard paper and 2 in personalized greeting cards. Content pertains to the Woodworth family house in Banff [ca. 1900], holiday greetings from family friends, a snowshoe race on the Bow River [1912], "wagoneer" Jim Stewart with a government water wagon, Joe Woodworth and Jo Wardell with family on a trip to Oakville, Ontario, Maud Woodworth Kidney as a teenager and ca. 1970 with her son Jack, a lunch party, a Christmas party, events hosted by the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and the Order of the Eastern Star, a community play from 1911, the first CPR Depot [1908], ski jumping in Banff, the Banff Royal Canadian Legion war memorial cenotaph, and other community events involving the Kidney family.

Notes: File contains some duplicates; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.