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Queen Elizabeth and King George VI 1939 Canada tour
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings about Queen Elizabeth and King George VI's 1939 Royal Tour across Canada.
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 12
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 12
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings about Queen Elizabeth and King George VI's 1939 Royal Tour across Canada.
- Subject Access
- Royal Visit
- Royal tours
- Public events
- Community events
- Churches
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Jasper
- Calgary
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Ontario
- Toronto
- British Columbia
- Vancouver
- United States of America
- New York
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Trail Ride of 1939
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the…
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Transparency
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
33 images
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / II : Lantern Slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs : col. slides
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the hikers (singing, eating, etc). Places that are documented in this file are the Redoubt Lake trail, Hidden Lake, Ptarmigan Lake, Boulder Pass, and Skoki. Notable people include Jean Hembroff MacDonald, her husband, Jack MacDonald, and sister-in-law, Anna Cran; Dan McCowan; James M. Wardle; George Fisher; Norman Sanson; Betsy Struthers; and Emmeline Savatard and John Wheeler (A.O. Wheeler's wife and grandson).
- Notes
- Each slide is labelled.
- Jean wrote an article about her experience [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures
- Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Wardle, James M.
- McCowan, Dan
- Sanson, Norman
- MacDonald, Jack
- Cran, Anna
- Savatard, Emmeline
- Struthers, Betsy
- Fisher, George
- Wheeler, John Oliver
- Subject Access
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trails
- Trail guides
- Tourism
- Travel
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Lake Louise
- Skoki
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M573 / I / 18
- The Sky Line Trail, Vol. 6, No. 24 (October 1939)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The Three Wardles Tour the Maritimes
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album comprised of 74 black and white and colour photographs, 13.5 x 8.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family's motor trip across eastern Canada and the United States in July 1951. File documents the family's travels to Ottawa; Quebec City; Fredericton, University of…
- Date Range
- 1951
- Reference Code
- V75 / I / PD - 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Textual 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 - 5
- Date Range
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 album (74 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album comprised of 74 black and white and colour photographs, 13.5 x 8.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family's motor trip across eastern Canada and the United States in July 1951. File documents the family's travels to Ottawa; Quebec City; Fredericton, University of New Brunswick, Mount Allison University, Fundy National Park; Charlottetown (PEI); Cape Breton Island, Cabot Trail, Halifax, and Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia); Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Photos include scenery, buildings, and the Wardles in front of monuments and other landmarks, as well as a print of the Citadel in Halifax with an accompanying description.
- Notes
- Album was a Christmas gift from Dorothy to her parents. It is signed: "To Mom and Dad, who helped to make a wonderful trip even more so with love from Dorie, Christmas 1951."
- Album is also labelled "The Three Wardles Tour the Maritimes, July 1951."
- Album is red with "Photo Album" written in gold on the front, it is bound with a purple tassel.
- Most photographs are captioned.
- The last page is signed: "The end of another wonderful trip together!" with a drawing of the family sitting in their car.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Travel
- Scenery
- Geographic Access
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Quebec City
- New Brunswick
- Prince Edward Island
- Maine
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Dorothy Wardle fonds
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75. M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including cor…
- Date Range
- ca.1870-2002
- Reference Code
- M521 / V75
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M521
- V75
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- V75
- Accession Number
- 5296, 5391, 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / V75
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- ca.1870-2002
- Physical Description
- 154 cm of textual records. -- 1304 photographs (1190 prints, 95 negatives, 19 transparencies). -- 6 photograph albums.
- History / Biographical
- The Wardle family was comprised of husband and wife, James Morey Wardle (June 26,1888 - May 18,1971) and Maud Leette (Roney) Wardle (May 24,1889 - December 1,1969), and their one child, Dorothy Hope Wardle (May 23,1919 - July 20,2003). James Wardle, born in Chiliwack, British Columbia, was a civil engineer and public servant. He was the Superintendent of Banff National Park from 1918-1921, Chief Engineer for Parks Canada from 1921-1935, and Deputy Minister of the Interior from 1935-1936. He is primarily known as a highway design engineer, particularly for building the Banff-Windermere, Banff-Lake Louise, and Banff-Jasper highways. He was a councillor for the Municipality of Rockcliffe Park in Ontario and he was the President of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Banff from 1925-1929. Mount Wardle in Vermillion was named after him in 1921. James married Leette on November 4, 1913, with whom he had one child, Dorothy. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy (also known as Dot and Dorie) grew up in Banff, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario, due to her father's position with the federal government. She was educated at the Mountain School in Banff and at the Elmwood School in Ottawa. All three family members were graduates of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. James graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Leette graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and in 1942, Dorothy also earned a Bachelor's degree. Dorothy was prominent in student life and active in athletics. In 1941, Dorothy became the first woman elected as President of the Alma Mater Society and during her academic career, Dorothy was a member of the Levana Intercollegiate Debative, University Centenary Committee, and Queen’s War Aid Commission. Dorothy spent her career as a freelance writer however, upon graduation she served as the first Secretary-In-Charge of Records at Carleton College (now Carleton University) from 1942-1944 in Ottawa and in the mid-1950s worked as a secretary for the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary. Dorothy pursued a lifelong interest in traveling, art, and antiques. Although she was fiercely proud and protective of Banff and the Park, and remained a volunteer and patron of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Dorothy eventually settled in Sidney, British Columbia and shared an apartment with Sheila Iris Ritchie, with whom Dorothy travelled extensively. After her death in 2003, Dorothy, "Dorie," was laid to rest alongside her parents in the Old Banff Cemetery.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.
- M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including correspondence with Carl Rungius and Mrs. Helen Brett, and Christmas and other greeting cards from Peter and Catharine Whyte). Series III: Queen's University, 7.5 cm, 1911-1980 (including graduation certificates for each family member and records pertaining to Dorothy's participation on the Alma Mater Society). Series IV: Travel, 44.5 cm, ca.1950-1988 (includes hand-written notebooks meticulously detailing their travels).
- V75 consists of two series, 79.5 cm, ca. 1912-2001. Series I: Wardle Family, ca. 1912-1971, 6 albums, 31 cm of photograph prints and negatives (including family trips, trail rides in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and family gatherings). Series II: Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001, 34 cm of photograph prints, negatives, and transparencies (including Dorothy's travels in Alberta and British Columbia, overseas, and various outings with friends).
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James
- Rungius, Carl
- Brett, Helen
- Keyte, Freeman
- Hart, E. J. (Ted)
- Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard)
- Brewster, Pat
- Peyto, Bill
- Brett, Robert George
- Sanson, Norman
- White, Clifford
- Drummond-Davies, Nora
- Mills, Ike
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Whyte, Jon
- Robinson, Dean
- Warren, Mary Schaffer
- Simpson, George
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Greenham, Margaret
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Personal and Family Life
- Banff
- Old Banff Cemetery
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Cabins
- Travel
- Picnics and picnicking
- Holidays
- Scenery
- Christmas
- Dogs
- Horses
- Mountain
- Canoes and canoeing
- Hiking
- Wildlife
- War Memorial
- Highland Games
- Bow River Bridge
- Golfing
- Anniversary
- Horseback riding
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Education
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Winter Festival
- Women
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Skiing
- European travel
- Beach
- Calgary Herald
- Geography
- Government
- Newspaper
- Politics
- Research
- Banff Public Library
- National parks and reserves
- Park policy
- Parks Canada
- Wardens
- Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch
- Community life
- Mines and mineral resources
- History
- Immigration and homesteading
- Settlement
- Organizations
- World War II
- Biographical
- Professional and Personal Life
- Grizzly Bears
- Fire fighters
- Sunshine Village
- Teahouses
- Banff Indian Days
- Regalia
- Calgary Stampede
- Mountain guides
- Mountain School
- The Albertan
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- Homestead Hotel
- Banff Centre
- Hot Springs
- Superintendents
- Automobiles
- Natural history
- Records
- Calendar
- Finances
- Leases
- Legal and Financial
- Property
- Recreation
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Alberta
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Castle Mountain
- Bankhead
- British Columbia
- Glacier National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Silver City
- Victoria
- Scotland
- Revelstoke
- Yoho National Park
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Plain of Six Glaciers
- Lake Agnes
- Lake Louise
- Lake Minnewanka
- Lake O'Hara
- Bow River
- Calgary
- Sidney
- San Francisco
- United States
- Europe
- Germany
- Switzerland
- France
- Spain
- Monaco
- Italy
- Denmark
- Austria
- Quebec
- Windermere
- New York
- Assiniboine
- Ghost River
- High River
- Quebec City
- New Brunswick
- Maine
- Great Divide
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Columbia Icefield
- Washington
- Philadelphia
- Atlantic City
- Larch Valley
- Cascade Mountain
- Panama
- Sulphur Mountain
- Field
- Emerald Lake
- Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump
- Takkakaw Falls
- Jasper National Park
- Athabasca Falls
- Okanagan
- Kananaskis
- Hoodoos
- Powell River
- Montreal
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Dorothy also donated artwork (by Carl Rungius) to Art and Heritage.
- James Morey Wardle fonds (Library and Archives Canada)
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Nicholas Morant fonds
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- The Nicholas Morant fonds consists of Morant's freelance work from his early days with the Winnipeg Free Press to his retirement from the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1981. It is national in scope and also includes some international material. The fonds is comprised of three series: I. Photograp…
- Date Range
- 1892-1995, predominant 1920-1981
- Reference Code
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Album
- Drawing
- Film
- Government record
- Map
- Blueprint
- Negative
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Poster
- Private record
- Recording disc
- Scrapbook
- Sound recording
- Textual record
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Accession Number
- 122, 182, 1273, 1460, 1612, 1685, 2175, 2265, 2631, 2703, 5117, 7438, 7784, 7672, 7914, 2023.01
- Reference Code
- M300 / S20 / V500
- GMD
- Album
- Drawing
- Film
- Government record
- Map
- Blueprint
- Negative
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Poster
- Private record
- Recording disc
- Scrapbook
- Sound recording
- Textual record
- Transparency
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant, Canadian Pacific, various
- Date Range
- 1892-1995, predominant 1920-1981
- Physical Description
- ca.50,775 photographs: ca.23,795 negatives, ca.18,456 transparencies, ca.8524 prints. -- 11 photograph albums. -- 125 sound recordings
- History / Biographical
- Nicholas Everard Morant, 1910-1999, was a professional photographer based at Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was a Canadian commercial photographer of international repute and Canada's premier railway photographer of the 20th century.
- Morant was born at Kamloops, British Columbia, the son of Francis and Mollie Morant. After attending the University School at Victoria, Morant served as Special Photographer to the CPR from 1929 to 1935 and again from 1944 to 1981. From 1935 to 1939, he was a cameraman for the Winnipeg Free Press, and from 1940 to 1944 worked with the Wartime Information Branch of the federal government (later to be known as the National Film Board Stills Division).
- Morant had a prolific career as a freelance commercial, portrait, magazine, landscape and documentary photographer. His work appeared in numerous books and magazines, including Time, Life, Liberty, Saturday Evening Post, (Toronto) Star Weekly, Northern Sportsman, Reader's Digest, Country Guide, The Standard, National Home Monthly, Canadian Photography, Outdoor Canada, National Geographic, the Globe & Mail, Winnipeg Tribune, New York Daily News, and the two Canadian Pacific Railway magazines, The Spanner and Rail News.
- Two wartime images were featured on postage stamps, while three landscape views appeared on Canadian $10, $50 and $100 bills. His images were also used for corporate annual reports, postcards, brochures, calendars and advertisements. From the 1950s to 1980s Morant gave public slide shows of his work, two of the most popular being "A Talk Without Words" and "The World At Your Feet".
- Morant married Ivy May "Willie" Young in 1936 when he was a photographer with the Winnipeg Free Press. Beginning in 1929, and until the end of her life, Morant's travelling and working companion was his wife, "Willie," 1910-1986.
- Scope & Content
- The Nicholas Morant fonds consists of Morant's freelance work from his early days with the Winnipeg Free Press to his retirement from the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1981. It is national in scope and also includes some international material. The fonds is comprised of three series: I. Photography; II. Professional records; III. Personal and family records.
- I. Photography series consists of: A. Negatives and transparencies, B. Transparencies, C. Prints, D. Other photographs. II. Professional records series consists of: A. Working records, B. Career records, C. Topical files. III. Personal and family records series consists of: A. Nick and Willie Morant, B. Nick Morant funeral and memorial, C. Francis and Mollie Morant, D. Collected material
- Notes
- Full summary of sub-sub-series levels: I / A : 1) Darkroom Files [ a) Negative Albums b) Black/White Series I and II c) Colour Series I and II d) Leica Negs ] 2) GD Files I / B : 1) Presentations [ a) Topical Files b) Thematic Files ] 2) General Files 3) Other I / C : 1) Print Files I / D : 1) Exhibition and Display Prints 2) Photographs used by John Garden 3) Other Photographs II / A : 1) Log Books 2) Notebooks II / B : 1) Career Binders [ a) Postcards b) Brochures and Advertising c) clippings and articles d) Calendar Photographs ] 2) Scrapbooks [ a) Content 1933 - 1946 b) Content 1940 - 1980 ] II / C : 1) Numbered / Titled Files [ a) Group A b) Group B c) Group C d) Group D e) Group H f) Group P g) Group R ] 2) Other Topical Files [ a) Railway; i) Timetables ii) Publications iii) Other b) Photography; i) Textual Records ii) Print Material c) Travel d) Exhibitions and Galleries e)Personal f) Other ] 3) Postcards, Greeting Cards and Ephemera Collection 4) Published Images and Text 5) Professional Photography 6) Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence 7) Presentation and Interview Materials III / A : 1) Correspondence 2) Personal Papers [ a) Personal Records b) Notes and Notebooks c) Lists and Card Files d) Awards and Retirement ] 3) Personal Photographs 4) House Records [ a) Construction b) Household Records ] 5) Business, Financial and Legal Papers 6) Interviews, Reminiscences Personal Recordings 7) Other Records (Signs, Cartoons, Drawings, etc.) 8) Personal Correspondence and Notes 9) Travel Documents and Maps III / B : 1) Nick Morant Funeral, Memorial and Estate III / C : 1) Mollie Morant Papers 2) Other Family Papers III / D : 1) Sound Recordings 2) Biographical Material 3) Other Papers and Photographs [ a) Burton Wheatley Family b) Other ] 4) Personal and Family Photography 5) Personal Interest and Gifts
- Name Access
- Morant, Nicholas
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- British Columbia
- Peru
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canada
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic and online finding aids
- Creator
- Morant, Nicholas
- Biographical Source Notes
- Brock Silversides; We Live in a Postcard: Banff Family Histories (Banff: Banff History Book Committee, 2005)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Malcolm Geddes fonds
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- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts …
- Date Range
- [1896-2013]
- Reference Code
- M39 / V756
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 39
- V 756
- Sous-Fonds
- M 39
- V 756
- Accession Number
- 5545, 6504, 7846, 2014.8306, 2015.8558
- Reference Code
- M39 / V756
- Responsibility
- Some views are by Malcolm Geddes; many were obtained through other sources
- Date Range
- [1896-2013]
- Physical Description
- 444 photographs: 385 b&w and col. transparencies, 59 b&w prints -- 1 album (28 b&w prints) -- 11 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Malcolm Daniel Geddes, 1866-1927, was a journalist, publisher and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Geddes was one of the founders of the "Farmers and Ranch Review" in 1904, and served as vice-president and editor until his death. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1917, was active in ACC summer camps and served as Honorary Secretary from 1924 to 1926. Geddes was killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Lefroy in 1927.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts and publications), Malcolm's career in real estate, family letters, financial records, records of mountain ascents and hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, family trees and genealogical research, and other related materials.
- Notes
- Fonds consists of three series:
- Series I : Professional records I / A : Published materials I / B : Manuscripts and notes I / C : Professional correspondence
- Series II : Financial records
- Series III : Personal and family records III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions III / B : Genealogy and research III / C : Other personal and family records
- Name Access
- Geddes, Malcolm
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Hiking
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Poetry
- Property
- Finances
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Correspondence
- Genealogy
- History
- Research
- Publication
- Travel
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Obituary
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- British Columbia
- Ontario
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Geddes, Malcolm
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Content Details
- Arrangement of fonds was redone by Processing Archivist Kate Skelton between December 2020 and March 2021 to accommodate unprocessed materials from accessions 7846, 2014.8306 and 2015.8558
- Processing Status
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Lantern Slides
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- Part Of
- Stan J. Carr fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 colour lantern slides, some captioned. File subjects include an unidentified mountain scene, Mount Assiniboine, horse in unientified mountain scene, man posed in campsite in unidentified location, Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier, Hector Lake and Bow Peak, unidentified man in cam…
- Date Range
- ca. 1912
- Reference Code
- V127 / PS - 1 to 8
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Transparency
- Lantern slide
8 images
- Part Of
- Stan J. Carr fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 179
- V 127
- Sous-Fonds
- V 127
- Accession Number
- 1072
- Reference Code
- V127 / PS - 1 to 8
- Date Range
- ca. 1912
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : col. slides ; 10.5 x 14 cm
- History / Biographical
- Additive Colour Screen Plates, first theorized by James Clerk Maxwell in 1861, were the first forms of colour photography. Maxwell’s original process involved printing the same black and white image through different coloured screens onto transparencies and then projecting them overlapped in order to create a single full-colour image. In 1868 Louis Ducos du Hauron expanded on this method by placing a screen made up of microscopic coloured stripes in front of a light-sensitive emulsion before exposing it to light. During exposure, the colours in the screen attached to the developing picture so when viewed back through the screen in a projector the image appeared fully in colour. Neither of these methods were commercially popular during the 19th century since black and white processes were cheaper and more widely available. In 1907 the Lumiere brothers introduced the Autochrome process to wide commercial success. The Autochrome process involved a mix of tiny potato starch grains dyed green, orange-red, and blue-purple that were mixed thoroughly and applied to a glass slide coated in a sticky varnish that held the grains in an evenly-distributed layer. The grains were laminated into the varnish to make them smaller and more transparent, and then the whole thing was sealed with another layer of waterproof varnish. The entire process could be done by machines, which made the slides cheap to produce, easily available to the public and opened up the process to amateur photographers. Photographs developed on Autochrome plates created soft images with relatively natural colour rendering, making them popular with artists and photojournalists. Autochrome plates (which came to refer to all colour screen plates regardless of manufacturer) created one-of-a-kind positive images and required long exposure times. Once an image was complete, it had to be quickly covered with either a strong coating of varnish or another slide of glass and then sealed along the edges with binding tape. Because silver is an element of the sticky base varnish that holds the dyed grains, if moisture was allowed to access the image the layers of varnish could ripple or tear away from the glass, or the dye could bleed or fade. The silver base is highly sensative to oxygen and if improperly sealed images could begin to "mirror," a process in which the exposed parts of the slide become uniform and shiny, obscuring the image. Because of the random distribution of dyed colour grains throughout the image and the lines created by laminating those grains into the base varnish, Autochrome transparencies are often mistaken for hand-painted coloured slides. Autochrome can be identified by looking closely for small dots of colour in all parts of the image, rather than the solid blots of colour found on hand-painted slides.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 colour lantern slides, some captioned. File subjects include an unidentified mountain scene, Mount Assiniboine, horse in unientified mountain scene, man posed in campsite in unidentified location, Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier, Hector Lake and Bow Peak, unidentified man in camp.
- Name Access
- Carr, Stan J.
- Subject Access
- Exploration
- Discovery and travel
- Lantern slide
- Geographic Access
- Mount Assiniboine
- Lake Louise
- Bow Summit
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Re-seal all slides appropriately; keep stored in cool, dry, dark area; refrain from exposing to further damage.
- Creator
- Carr, Stan J.
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Biographical Source Notes
- http://www.graphicsatlas.org/identification/?process_id=286#overview
- https://psap.library.illinois.edu/collection-id-guide/slide#autochrome
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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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
- Biographical Source Notes
- Information provided on the gift agreement
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Photograph Album
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- Part Of
- Charles Reid fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, comprising 183 photographs, H12 x W17.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to Charlie Reid and his family and friends during, predominantly, the 1920's. The first photograph is of a child and man; the child looks like it could be Charlie Reid at around 4 to 5 …
- Date Range
- ca.1909 - ca.1929
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- Reference Code
- V487 / I / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Charles Reid fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M413 / V487
- Series
- V487 / I : Albums
- Sous-Fonds
- V487
- Accession Number
- 5248
- Reference Code
- V487 / I / PD - 1
- Date Range
- ca.1909 - ca.1929
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 1 album (183 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, comprising 183 photographs, H12 x W17.5 cm or smaller.
- Photographs pertain to Charlie Reid and his family and friends during, predominantly, the 1920's. The first photograph is of a child and man; the child looks like it could be Charlie Reid at around 4 to 5 years old.
- Photographs document sports and recreation (races, sledding, skiing, snowshoeing, track, canoeing, golf, camping, horseback riding, fishing), events at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival (Festival), Highland gathering, Herald road race, and various activities in and around Banff.
- Locations include: Banff, Medicine Hat, University of Alberta (Edmonton), and Lake Louise.
- Notes
- One of the photographs is a cut-out quote, "a canoo in foolish hands is probably the nation's greatest tipping well"
- Album is bound in brown leather with "photographs" written on the cover. Some of the photographs have captions. Not every page is filled.
- Name Access
- Reid, Charles
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff National Park
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Winter Festival
- Bow River Bridge
- Camping
- Canoes and canoeing
- Children
- Cross-country skiing
- Dogs
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Fishing
- Golfing
- Hiking
- Hockey
- Horseback riding
- Ice sculpture
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Public events
- Recreation
- Skating
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Sports and recreation
- Sulphur Mountain lookout
- Swimming
- Winter sports
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Lake Louise
- Medicine Hat
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel scrapbook of commercial postcard prints and souvenirs
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the At…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- 1932
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Postcard
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- 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
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 1
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by George S. Cladds [?], Byron Harmon, Gerta Christoffersen, Detroit Publishing Co., and A.C. Leighton
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook : ca. 200 b&w and col. postcards ; 14 x 21.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the Athabasca River; portrait paintings of unidentified Indigenous girls by artist Gerta Christoffersen; scenes from Australia, Brussels, Venice, Bermuda, Fiji, Portugal, London, Windsor Castle, California, Mexico, the Grand Canyon, Montana, Niagara Falls, Maine, Ohio and Pennsylvania; and sketched art by A.C. Leighton depicting horses and riders. Many postcards are colorized.
- Notes
- A few postcards are annotated, mostly blank
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Landscapes
- Environment
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- Art
- Biography
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- England
- London
- Australia
- Belgium
- Italy
- Venice
- Bermuda
- Fiji
- Portugal
- United States of America
- California
- Maine
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Lake Louise
- Massachusetts
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Athabasca Falls
- Niagara Falls
- British Columbia
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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