topic:"Exploration, discovery and travel" found 41 records - Research Collections

Other family and friends - identified

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 23 photographs depicting friends and extended members of the Luxton family, including professional portraits and candid photographs. Individuals in photographs include Ed Larsen, Donald H. Bain, Reverend E.J. Staley and his wife [name not identified], Tibby Browne, David George Ros…

Date Range: 1940-1958

Reference Code: LUX / III / C3 / PA - 246 to 268

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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 / C3 : Other extended family

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / C3 / PA - 246 to 268

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1940-1958

Physical Description: 23 photographs : b&w prints ; 17 x 27 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 23 photographs depicting friends and extended members of the Luxton family, including professional portraits and candid photographs. Individuals in photographs include Ed Larsen, Donald H. Bain, Reverend E.J. Staley and his wife [name not identified], Tibby Browne, David George Ross, Conrad and Rosalie Ffrench, Belmore Browne, Norman Luxton, Harry and Fern Dooley, and Kathryn and H.L. Anderson.

Name Access: Bain, Donald H.; Larsen, Ed; Staley, Reverend E.J.; Browne, Belmore; Browne, Tibby; Luxton, Norman; Dooley, Harry; Dooley, Fern; Anderson, Kathryn; Anderson, H.L.; Ffrench, Conrad; Ffrench, Rosalie

Subject Access: Community events; Events; Calgary Stampede; Family and personal life; Travel; Tourism; Children; Ranches; Holidays

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Morley; Manitoba; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Royal visit and events in Banff, Crowfoot Crossing

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 29 photograph prints pertaining to several public events hosted in and around Banff. Includes an opening event for the Banff-Windermere highway in 1923; an event at Crowfoot Crossing in 1927 marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 7; an Authors’ Banquet held in 1928; …

Date Range: 1923; 1926-1928; 1958; 1960

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 183 to 211

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Professional and personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D6 : Other activities and interests

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / PA - 183 to 211

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-199 and 200 attributed to Canadian Pacific

Date Range: 1923; 1926-1928; 1958; 1960

Physical Description: 29 photographs : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 29 photograph prints pertaining to several public events hosted in and around Banff. Includes an opening event for the Banff-Windermere highway in 1923; an event at Crowfoot Crossing in 1927 marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 7; an Authors’ Banquet held in 1928; and a royal visit to Banff by Princess Margaret of England in 1958, including images of Norman Luxton presenting Princess Margaret with a gift of clothes and accessories from the Stoney Nakoda tribe[?].

Notes: File also contains two pages with 8 scanned images related to Princess Margaret’s 1958 visit to Banff [duplicates of photos LUX/I/D6c/PA-190 to 197 in file]; paper copies of photos are not numbered; John Murray Gibbon’s name spelled incorrectly in original annotations on two photographs depicting Authors’ Banquet event in 1928.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Anderson, J. D. (Jack); Boyce, Dorothy; Crosby, Lou; Boon, Ann; Gibbon, John Murray

Subject Access: Events; Community events; Public events; Royal Visit; Royalty; Arts; Cultural pluralism; Transportation; Construction; Roads; History; Government; Anniversary; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Crowfoot Crossing

Language: English

Conservation: Consider removal of two pages with scanned photograph copies stored in file - poor quality scans and original photographs are in good condition

Category: Cultural pluralism; Indigenous Peoples; Arts; Exploration, discovery and travel; Transportation; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Item LUX/I/D6c/PA-198 has newspaper clipping attached to back, pertaining to Princess Margaret royal visit in 1958 and Norman Luxton presenting a gift to her.

Processing Status: Processed

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Travel and landscape photographs, North America and Mexico

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 32 photograph prints [31 b&w, one hand-coloured] pertaining to Norman Luxton's travels within Western Canada, Manitoba, Montana and Mexico City. Includes photographs of Stan Barne's property near Lake Vernon, B.C., unidentified landscape and waterfall scenes, Norman Luxton in Winde…

Date Range: [1900-1910]; [1920-1930]; 1938; [1940-1950]; 1948; [1950-1955]; 1956

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 40 to 71

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 40 to 71

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [1900-1910]; [1920-1930]; 1938; [1940-1950]; 1948; [1950-1955]; 1956

Physical Description: 32 photographs : b&w and col ; 36.5 x 14 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 32 photograph prints [31 b&w, one hand-coloured] pertaining to Norman Luxton's travels within Western Canada, Manitoba, Montana and Mexico City. Includes photographs of Stan Barne's property near Lake Vernon, B.C., unidentified landscape and waterfall scenes, Norman Luxton in Windermere, aerial views of a landing field in Great Falls, Christmas decorations [1948, possibly in the Luxton family home], unidentified dogs playing with a dog, views of Winnipeg businesses and an unidentified house in the winter, and a man herding cattle.

Notes: Two photographs attached to matboard/paper backing.

Name Access: Barnes, Stan; Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Activities; Aerial photography; Animals; Buildings and memorials; Businesses; Children; Christmas; Communities; Dogs; Environment; Family and personal life; Farmland; Industry; Landscapes; Land, settlement and immigration; Mountains; Municipal views; Personal and Family Life; Property; Recreation; Travel; Waterfalls; Winter

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Vernon; Manitoba; Winnipeg; Windermere; United States of America; Montana; Great Falls; Mexico

Language: English

Conservation: Items placed in mylar

Category: Commerce and industry; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff, Canada's First National Park images

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 59 photographs collected by Eleanor Luxton as research material for the book Banff: Canada's First National Park. Images pertain to skiing and ski jumping, canoeing, Banff Indian Days, the King Edward Hotel, swimming at the Cave and Basin, the Banff Winter Carnival, wildlife, and v…

Date Range: 1902 - 1958

Reference Code: LUX / II / B5 / PA - 48 to 106

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / B : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / B5 : Literary papers

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / B5 / PA - 48 to 106

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1902 - 1958

Physical Description: 59 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 59 photographs collected by Eleanor Luxton as research material for the book Banff: Canada's First National Park. Images pertain to skiing and ski jumping, canoeing, Banff Indian Days, the King Edward Hotel, swimming at the Cave and Basin, the Banff Winter Carnival, wildlife, and various views in and around the town of Banff.

Notes: Some items in file are annotated

Name Access: Paris, Cyril; Browne, George; Browne, Belmore; Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Eleanor; Orr, Lorne; Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim; Luxton, George; Dunsmore, Fulton

Subject Access: Animals; Artists; Banff Indian Days; Banff Winter Carnival; Bighorn Sheep; Bridges; Businesses; Canoes and canoeing; Cave and Basin; Community events; Community life; Competition; Elk; Environment; Family and personal life; History; Hotels; Land, settlement and immigration; Leisure; Mount Norquay Ski Area; Mountaineering; Mountains; Museums; Municipal views; Multiculturalism; Painting; Public events; Research; Recreation; Royalty; Royal Visit; Settlement; Skating; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Skiing; Sports; Swimming; Tourism; Wildlife; Winter; Winter Carnival; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Lake Minnewanka; Mount Norquay

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Friends and family portraits, news articles

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 18 photograph prints given to Norman Luxton by family and friends [mostly annotated]. Includes signed portraits of Red Cathcart, Emory Staley, Norman Ferguson, Tommy Burns, Jack Fuller, Eugene LaPorte, Robert LaPorte, Ernie Kehr, E. E. Gammon, “Norma”, and Mark Poucette. File also…

Date Range: 1901; 1911; 1923-1924; 1944; 1947-1948; 1950; [ca.1951-1960]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 469 to 486

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E4 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 469 to 486

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1901; 1911; 1923-1924; 1944; 1947-1948; 1950; [ca.1951-1960]

Physical Description: 18 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller -- 2 newspaper clippings

Scope & Content: File consists of 18 photograph prints given to Norman Luxton by family and friends [mostly annotated]. Includes signed portraits of Red Cathcart, Emory Staley, Norman Ferguson, Tommy Burns, Jack Fuller, Eugene LaPorte, Robert LaPorte, Ernie Kehr, E. E. Gammon, “Norma”, and Mark Poucette. File also contains two newspaper clippings pertaining to Eugene LaPorte and Ernie Kehr.

Notes: Newspaper clipping re: Ernie Kehr stored with related photograph [LUX/I/E4/PA-481].

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Cathcart, John George (Red); Burns, Tommy; Fuller, Jack; LaPorte, Eugene; Kehr, Ernie; Gammon, Earl; Poucette, Mark; Staley, Emory; Ferguson, Norman; LaPorte, Robert

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Fishing; Portrait; Photography; Art; Calgary Stampede; Indigenous Peoples; Landscapes; Ship; Winter; Recreation; Sports; Travel; Tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Edmonton; Nordegg; Saskatchewan; Loon Lake; Lake O'Hara; United States of America; Florida; Egypt; Sydney

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Indigenous Peoples; First nations; Sports, recreation and leisure; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Norman Luxton and friends, hunting and camping trips

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 18 photograph prints pertaining to Norman Luxton's travels in the Rocky Mountains and a trip to Lake Minnewanka [ca.1915-1920?]. Includes images of Norman Luxton with friends Eugene F. LaPorte, Mr. and Mrs. "Woodie" Campbell and others; a warden's cabin near Lake Minnewanka; and ca…

Date Range: [1915-1920]

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 206 to 223

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E4 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 206 to 223

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [1915-1920]

Physical Description: 18 photographs : b&w prints ; 15.5 x 9.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 18 photograph prints pertaining to Norman Luxton's travels in the Rocky Mountains and a trip to Lake Minnewanka [ca.1915-1920?]. Includes images of Norman Luxton with friends Eugene F. LaPorte, Mr. and Mrs. "Woodie" Campbell and others; a warden's cabin near Lake Minnewanka; and camping and hiking in the Lake Minnewanka region.

Notes: Photographs originally in brown labelled envelope; envelope disposed of but original label separated and kept in file

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; LaPorte, Eugene; Campbell, Woodworth; Campbell, Theodora

Subject Access: Animals; Cabins; Camping; Camps; Environment; Hiking; Landscapes; Log structures; Family and personal life; Recreation; Travel; Warden cabins; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Lake Minnewanka

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

Category: Environment; 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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Woodworth and Theodora Campbell, Panama photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 46 photograph prints and postcards pertaining to Woodworth and Theodora Campbell and their lives in Panama [ca.1935-1940?] which were sent to Norman Luxton. Includes photographs of the Campbells hunting on their property in Panama, a parade held in 1939, local Indigenous families a…

Date Range: [1935-1940]; 1939

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 305 to 360

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E4 : Photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / E4 / PA - 305 to 360

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: [1935-1940]; 1939

Physical Description: 46 photographs : b&w prints ; 9 x 15 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 46 photograph prints and postcards pertaining to Woodworth and Theodora Campbell and their lives in Panama [ca.1935-1940?] which were sent to Norman Luxton. Includes photographs of the Campbells hunting on their property in Panama, a parade held in 1939, local Indigenous families and children in San Blas, sailing and hiking, and scenic views of Panama.

Notes: Some items annotated on the back with further information; Some photographs in file depict nudity

Name Access: Campbell, Woodworth; Campbell, Theodora; Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Environment; Animals; Hunting; Immigration and homesteading; Indigenous Peoples; Land use; Landscapes; Community events; Community life; Parade; Recreation; Travel; Wildlife; Hiking

Geographic Access: Central America; Panama; San Blas

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

Category: Environment; Land, settlement and immigration; Sports, recreation and leisure; Exploration, discovery and travel

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19437833/woodworth-campbell; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19437831/theodora-anna-campbell

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Tilikum certificate, 1901

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one certificate created by Woodworth Campbell and given to Norman Luxton in 1938 to celebrate his arrival in Australia during his expedition aboard the Tilikum dugout canoe in 1901.

Date Range: 1901

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

2 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / B1 : Tilikum voyage

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / B1 / 19 :

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 19

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1901

Physical Description: 0.1 cm of textual records (1 certificate : 38 x 25 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one certificate created by Woodworth Campbell and given to Norman Luxton in 1938 to celebrate his arrival in Australia during his expedition aboard the Tilikum dugout canoe in 1901.

Material Details: Certificate has one blue ribbon and one red ribbon attached to bottom left and right corners, respectively

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Campbell, Woodworth

Subject Access: Canoes and canoeing; Exploration; Travel

Geographic Access: Australia

Language: English

Conservation: Item stored in mylar

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Correspondence

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean's correspondence with a variety of different people at different stages of her life. File includes a combination of handwritten and typed correspondence between Jean and the following people and organizations: …

Date Range: 1927-2000; 1927-1928; 1938-1939; 1959; 1964-1965; 1970; 1983; 1999-2000

Reference Code: M573 / II / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

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

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Series: M573 / II : Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings

Sous-Fonds: M573

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: M573 / II / 1

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

Date Range: 1927-2000; 1927-1928; 1938-1939; 1959; 1964-1965; 1970; 1983; 1999-2000

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (21.5 x 28 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean's correspondence with a variety of different people at different stages of her life. File includes a combination of handwritten and typed correspondence between Jean and the following people and organizations:; T. Ross Paden, pastor for the Bryn Mwar Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1927-1928).; Jean and Jack's wedding announcement from June 18, 1938.; John Murray Gibbon (Secretary-Treasurer of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies);; Former students and friends/audience members from talks that Jean delivered.; Dr. Hiebert and related poems and newspaper clipping.; Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba (Jean presented at a conference in 1970).; Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada (2000).; Sarah Canham (regarding Jean's participation in "The Ma Pampo Story").

Name Access: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean; Gibbon, John Murray; Clarkson, Adrienne

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Professional and Personal Life; Travel; Weddings

Geographic Access: Winnipeg; Manitoba; Canada

Language: English

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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

GMD: Transparency; Photograph; Lantern slide

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."