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Alberta 50th Jubilee
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54755
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a brochure titled "Alberta Herefords 1905 - 1955" and an open letter by Margaret Maw which was published on behalf of Calgary Power Ltd. Content pertains to Alberta's Jubilee celebrations, marking 50 years from the province's incorporation into Canada.
- Date Range
- 1955
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 40
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 40
- Date Range
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a brochure titled "Alberta Herefords 1905 - 1955" and an open letter by Margaret Maw which was published on behalf of Calgary Power Ltd. Content pertains to Alberta's Jubilee celebrations, marking 50 years from the province's incorporation into Canada.
- Notes
- File contains two duplicates of letter by Margaret Maw
- Name Access
- Maw, Margaret
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Businesses
- Animals
- Anniversary
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Farmland
- Community life
- Commerce
- Industry
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Calgary, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54814
- Part Of
- Murray Hay fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 35 cm. File pertains to development of The Fairways (a golf community) in Calgary, Alberta. File includes a reproduced published map of the development and surrounding area created by Murray Hay.
- Date Range
- ca. 1985-1991
- Reference Code
- M570 / III / D / i / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Map
- Published record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Murray Hay fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M570 / V795
- Series
- M570 / III : Murray Hay portfolio (published material)
- Sous-Fonds
- M570
- Sub-Series
- M570 / III / D : Miscellaneous / i : Canada (general)
- Accession Number
- 2019.41
- Reference Code
- M570 / III / D / i / 1
- Date Range
- ca. 1985-1991
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (21.5 x 35 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 35 cm. File pertains to development of The Fairways (a golf community) in Calgary, Alberta. File includes a reproduced published map of the development and surrounding area created by Murray Hay.
- Notes
- Date approximate based on the development of The Fairways, 1985-1991 (https://anthemunited.com/properties/the-fairways/).
- Name Access
- Hay, Murray
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Community life
- Golfing
- Map
- Recreation
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Tourism
- Tourist information
- Cartography
- Artist
- Geographic Access
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian commercial postcards
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55124
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of commercial postcards with images pertaining to landscapes, tourist attractions, Stoney Nakoda community members [including Leah Rider Hunter], winter sports, wildlife and other related themes within Canada. Images primarily depict scenes in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rock…
- Date Range
- [1910-1930]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E5 / PG - 1 to 63
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Published record
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected materials
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E5 : Postcards
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E5 / PG - 1 to 63
- Responsibility
- Most images in file produced by photographer Byron Harmon; some materials produced by photographers George Noble, G. & W. Fear, Rumsey & Co. Ltd, and J.C. Walker
- Date Range
- [1910-1930]
- Physical Description
- 63 b&w postcards ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of commercial postcards with images pertaining to landscapes, tourist attractions, Stoney Nakoda community members [including Leah Rider Hunter], winter sports, wildlife and other related themes within Canada. Images primarily depict scenes in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rockies, and also include content from Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
- Notes
- Date range for materials in file is estimate provided by Processing Archivist
- Some items are annotated with information pertaining to images on postcards [names of individuals, locations, etc.]
- Name Access
- Hunter, Leah Rider
- McDougall, David
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Aerial photography
- Animals
- Businesses
- Buildings
- Buffalo
- Bison
- Black Bears
- Communities
- Community life
- Community events
- Dogs
- Dogsledding
- Environment
- Hot Springs
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Landscapes
- Leisure
- Mountains
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Photography
- Postcards
- Recreation
- Scenery
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Sports and recreation
- Sports
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tourism
- Travel
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Banff
- Saskatchewan
- Loon Lake
- British Columbia
- Fairmont
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some items stored in mylar
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Cultural pluralism
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Indigenous Peoples
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Carl Rungius Letters
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 23 x 34 cm or smaller. File pertains to correspondence between Carl Rungius and the Wardle family, as well as correspondence between Dorothy and Jon Whyte regarding gifting copies to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File docume…
- Date Range
- 1940-1983
- 1940-1956
- 1983
- Reference Code
- M521 / II / B / 1-3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Published record
- Textual record
- Postcard
- 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 / 1-3
- Date Range
- 1940-1983
- 1940-1956
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records (23 x 34 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 23 x 34 cm or smaller. File pertains to correspondence between Carl Rungius and the Wardle family, as well as correspondence between Dorothy and Jon Whyte regarding gifting copies to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File documents, among other things, the death of Louise (Carl's wife) in 1940; exhibiting Carl's work in the National Gallery of Canada, 1942 and 1956; and Carl's visits to the Wardle family home in Ottawa. Records also include a postcard and two Mayfair articles from 1943.
- Notes
- In 1983, Dorothy gifted photocopies of Carl's correspondence with her family. In 2003, the originals were donated as part of Dorothy's estate. The photocopies (accn. 5296) were discarded.
- Carl Rungius was a wildlife and landscape painter who frequented and had a studio in Banff. The Wardle family was good friends with Rungius.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Rungius, Carl
- Whyte, Jon
- Subject Access
- Art
- Artist
- Banff
- Community life
- Personal and Family Life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some tape leftover on some of the pages, may present issues in the future.
- Category
- Arts
- Communications
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Cecil Philpott fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions316
- Part Of
- Cecil Philpott fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Banff community organizations and issues, including Banff Advisory Council, Banff National Park Health Unit, Banff Park Citizens Association, Banff Senior Citizens Society, local autonomy, land rents and leases, recreation centre and skating rink and Banff Mineral Springs Hospital…
- Date Range
- [ca.1955-ca.1975]
- Reference Code
- M120 / V503
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Cecil Philpott fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 120
- V 503
- Sous-Fonds
- M 120
- V 503
- Accession Number
- 736, 6322
- Reference Code
- M120 / V503
- Date Range
- [ca.1955-ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- ca.2 m of textual records. -- ca.35 photographs
- History / Biographical
- Cecil Robinson Philpott, d.1985, was an electrician Banff, Alberta, Canada. After coming to Banff in 1929, he worked for Canadian Pacific Hotels and later owned his own electrical contracting service. Philpott was active in numerous community organizations. He retired to Calgary, Alberta, ca.1980.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Banff community organizations and issues, including Banff Advisory Council, Banff National Park Health Unit, Banff Park Citizens Association, Banff Senior Citizens Society, local autonomy, land rents and leases, recreation centre and skating rink and Banff Mineral Springs Hospital. The papers are mainly Philpott's correspondence with federal politicians, letters to the editor, notes, etc. Also includes minutes, reports, clippings of local boards of which Philpott was a member or a critic. Photographs pertain to Banff Springs Hotel fire, construction and activities; Banff Winter Carnival, 1920s; miscellaneous Banff photographs.
- Name Access
- Philpott, Cecil
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Government
- Access Restrictions
- Access and use restricted
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Philpott, Cecil
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Collected news articles
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54778
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of collected newspaper clippings and volumes published between 1907 and 1956. Content includes an early edition of the Crag and Canyon [August 24, 1907]; a scanned copy of a 1949 article from the New York Times discussing inflation rates between 1834 and 1949 [annotated]; a summer 195…
- Date Range
- 1907
- [1945-1952]
- 1956
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 51
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 51
- Date Range
- 1907
- [1945-1952]
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 0.2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of collected newspaper clippings and volumes published between 1907 and 1956. Content includes an early edition of the Crag and Canyon [August 24, 1907]; a scanned copy of a 1949 article from the New York Times discussing inflation rates between 1834 and 1949 [annotated]; a summer 1956 issue of "The Calgarian" signed on the cover by "Bessie L.[?] MacKay"; a loose article describing stretches and home exercises; and a four-page article from "Mining World" by Donald MacDonald discussing the construction of a coastal highway to Alaska.
- Notes
- New York Times scanned article has rough pencil sketch [possibly building layout?] on back side and math equations written on front in pencil
- Name Access
- MacKay, Bessie
- MacDonald, Don
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Businesses
- Community life
- Commerce and industry
- Commercial products
- Journalism
- Newspaper
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- Environment
- Landscapes
- Finances
- Exploration
- Construction
- Travel
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- United States of America
- Alaska
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Community events and recreation
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55550
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs mostly taken by George Luxton, possibly a mix of materials used for publication in the Minneapolis Tribune and personal photographs. Content pertains to parades, acrobatic performances, fireworks, hot air balloons, fishing, hunting, boating, swimming, airplanes, and oth…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-1940]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 43 to 80
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / C : Extended family
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / III / C1 : William Luxton family papers and photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 43 to 80
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-1940]
- Physical Description
- 38 photographs : b&w prints ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs mostly taken by George Luxton, possibly a mix of materials used for publication in the Minneapolis Tribune and personal photographs. Content pertains to parades, acrobatic performances, fireworks, hot air balloons, fishing, hunting, boating, swimming, airplanes, and other related subjects.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Airplanes
- Boats
- Community events
- Community life
- Entertainment
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Parades
- Picnics and picnicking
- Public events
- Public entertainment
- Recreation
- Sailboats
- Sports
- Swimming
- Winter sports
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Correspondence, news articles, Banff hockey
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54504
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of scanned and original copies of newspaper clippings, a full copy of The Edmonton Journal from 1953, correspondence, an event programme, two calendars and a local hockey newsletter/booklet. Contents pertain to news of Jack and Karin MacAulay's professional achievements and a brief we…
- Date Range
- 1946
- 1953
- [ca. 1960]
- 1962
- 1965
- 1970 - 1971
- 1979 - 1980
- Reference Code
- M74 / III / B / 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 / III : Jack MacAulay records
- Sous-Fonds
- M74
- Sub-Series
- M74 / III / B : 1946 - 1980
- Accession Number
- 3109
- 2016.8581
- Reference Code
- M74 / III / B / 1
- Responsibility
- Some items published by the Crag and Canyon and the Edmonton Journal
- Date Range
- 1946
- 1953
- [ca. 1960]
- 1962
- 1965
- 1970 - 1971
- 1979 - 1980
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of scanned and original copies of newspaper clippings, a full copy of The Edmonton Journal from 1953, correspondence, an event programme, two calendars and a local hockey newsletter/booklet. Contents pertain to news of Jack and Karin MacAulay's professional achievements and a brief wedding announcement from 1946; a rescue mission in which Jack and Ted MacAulay assisted in rescuing a trapped mountain climber in 1953; a 1962 Community Scholarship Concert event programme; Jack's selection as Sportsman of the Year in Banff in 1965; the opening of the Banff Scout-Guide Hall; Banff Minor Hockey League calendars 1970 - 1971; a thank you letter for Jack MacAulay's assistance, from The Canadian Figure Skating Association; and events/news from the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association 1979 - 1980.
- Notes
- Dates provided for 4 scanned newspaper articles based on time of publication [originally published 1946]; date(s) of scanned physical copies unknown.
- Name Access
- MacAulay, Jack
- MacAulay, Ted
- Peddie, Gordon
- MacAulay, Karin
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Military
- Personal and Professional Life
- Recreation
- Sports
- Winter sports
- Hockey
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Edmonton
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Crag and Canyon stories
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55100
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notes, opinion articles and other written work produced for publication in the Crag and Canyon newspaper. Content pertains to World War II and Banff troops, local townsite development, and a New Years celebration in Morley.
- Date Range
- [1922-1932]
- [1939-1945]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D4 / 13
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Personal and professional
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D4 : Writing
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D4 / 13
- Date Range
- [1922-1932]
- [1939-1945]
- Physical Description
- 0.2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notes, opinion articles and other written work produced for publication in the Crag and Canyon newspaper. Content pertains to World War II and Banff troops, local townsite development, and a New Years celebration in Morley.
- Notes
- One article draft (letter to the editor) includes edits and additions made by Norman Luxton; original author unknown
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- Newspaper
- Publication
- Townsite development
- Municipal views
- Military
- War
- World War II
- Cultural pluralism
- First Nations
- Holidays
- Community events
- Community life
- Indigenous Peoples
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Morley
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Cyril and Mary Paris fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions326
- Part Of
- Cyril and Mary Paris fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of four separate series: A. Transparencies; B. Negatives; C. Photograph; D. Photograph Albums. Fonds consists of correspondence, personal papers, photographs, sound recordings and ephemera regarding Banff history, organizations and individuals, skiing history, events and winter sports…
- Date Range
- [ca.1894]-1967
- Reference Code
- M68 / S22 / V483
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Tintype
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Cyril and Mary Paris fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 68
- S 22
- V 483
- Sous-Fonds
- M 68
- S 22
- V 483
- Accession Number
- 499, 947, 998, 1038, 1167, 1374, 1401, 1533, 1565, 1671, 1805, 2093, 2181, 2258, 2454
- Reference Code
- M68 / S22 / V483
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Tintype
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1894]-1967
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records. -- 183 photographs : negatives, prints, transparencies, tintype. -- 4 photograph albums: 536 prints. -- 3 sound recordings : audio tape reels
- History / Biographical
- Cyril and Mary Paris were restaurant owners and skiers at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Cyril Paris, 1904-1981, was son of George Harrison Paris, 1872-1960, who settled in Banff in 1892. George Paris worked as an attendant at Dr. R. G. Brett's Grandview Hotel bathhouse, and, by 1903, Paris had established his own barber shop. He married Ida Winberg and they opened a summer tea house and ice cream parlor on Banff Avenue. In 1922, a restaurant was added to the Paris Tea Room. George Paris was active in the Banff Curling Club and the Banff Skating Club and taught figure-skating. He was an accomplished amateur photographer. George and Ida Paris had four children - Cyril, Georgina (Georgie) and twins, Herb and Ted. Cyril and his brothers were active in the early development of skiing in the Rockies. Cyril Paris was a member of the Banff Ski Club and the Ski Runners of the Canadian Rockies, and was involved with the early days of Skoki Lodge. With his wife, Mary (Howard) Paris, 1910-1989, he shared interests in skiing, winter sports and local affairs.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of four separate series: A. Transparencies; B. Negatives; C. Photograph; D. Photograph Albums. Fonds consists of correspondence, personal papers, photographs, sound recordings and ephemera regarding Banff history, organizations and individuals, skiing history, events and winter sports. Also includes miscellaneous materials of and pertaining to Paris family members. Photographs pertain mainly to Cyril Paris, skiing, family, friends and associates, local events and personalities. Sound recordings are interviews with George Paris by Cyril and Mary Paris, 195-. Recordings discuss the early days of Banff, the Paris family, Banff development, etc.
- Name Access
- Paris, Cyril
- Paris, Mary
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools:
- basic description
- sound recordings summaries, reference copy recordings
- Creator
- Paris, Cyril
- Paris, Mary
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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