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Dan McCowan and Mary McCowan fonds
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series. I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E…
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 55
- V 408
- Sous-Fonds
- M 55
- V 408
- Accession Number
- 323, 694, 3263, 6756, 6892
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Physical Description
- ca.50 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.1000 negatives, ca.1540 lantern slides, ca.770 transparencies 35mm, 117 prints). -- 4 graphic records
- History / Biographical
- Dan McCowan, 1882-1956, was a naturalist, lecturer and writer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland in 1907. There he met Mary Ethel Fee, 1888-1973, a teacher, and they married in 1921. Mary McCowan shared an interest in Dan's work, hand-coloured his lantern slides and accompanied him on his tours. Dan McCowan was an active photographer and naturalist and lectured at hospitals during and following the First World War. He was later recommended to Sir Edward Beatty, CPR President and hired by the CPR to promote the scenic beauties and natural history of the mountains, which he did for 26 years. For a period his lantern slide presentations included motion pictures. During the 1940s, he used natural colour Kodachrome slide photography. While in England in 1936, McCowan was made a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society. From ca.1907 onwards, he wrote for magazines and newspapers. The first of six books was published in 1936; the last in 1955. Beginning ca.1937, McCowan wrote and broadcast radio talks on natural history on CBC. These were heard widely in Canada and the United States. In 1939, McCowan accompanied the King and Queen on a portion of their railway tour through the mountains, providing information on natural history and residents. During the Second World War, he toured extensively on behalf of the YMCA. The McCowans retired to Cloverdale (now Surrey), B.C., ca.1951.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series.
- I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E. Ephemera.
- Correspondence includes incoming letters re writing, business and broadcasting. Writing is in the form of notes and notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts, newspaper articles and other materials.
- Photography includes negatives, lantern slides, 35mm transparencies and prints. Material pertains to flora, fauna, people, places and scenery, also family, activities and events. Photographs of Banff personalities and visitors are available in negative and lantern slide form, 254 items.
- Lantern slides were designed for lectures such as: "On skyline trails in the Canadian Rockies"; "On nature trails at Banff and Lake Louise"; "A naturalist in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Snow peaks and flower meadows in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Over the hills and far away: a pictorial review of the Canadian Rockies"; "Victory Day, May 8th 1945, Dan McCowan presents: Bye-gone days in Banff" (exact titles were based on title slides).
- II. Mary E. (Fee) McCowan series consists of diaries, 1926-1957, photocopied from 12 volumes (19 cm); and letters from Dan McCowan, 1943. Diaries discuss joint travels, activities, lecture tours for CPR (Canada, U.S., U.K.), Banff, trail rides, skyline hikes, and Royal Visit, 1939
- Notes
- Both Dan and Mary McCowan have written identifications on the slide mounts
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- 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
- in-house electronic finding aid
- online finding aid
- item list and modern reference prints for photographs of Banff personalities and visitors
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to McCowan family photographs (V407)
- Creator
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Family and Friends
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 12 black and white photograph prints, 23 x 18 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean's personal photographs of various family and friends. File documents Jean and Jack's trip to Lake Louise in 1939 with their sister-in-law, Anna Cran; a portrait of Jean, aged 20-21 (ca.1928); Jean an…
- Date Range
- ca.1928-ca.1939
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V797 / I / PA - 1 to 13
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Photograph
- Private record
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / I : Photograph Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / I / PA - 1 to 13
- Date Range
- ca.1928-ca.1939
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w ; 23 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 12 black and white photograph prints, 23 x 18 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean's personal photographs of various family and friends. File documents Jean and Jack's trip to Lake Louise in 1939 with their sister-in-law, Anna Cran; a portrait of Jean, aged 20-21 (ca.1928); Jean and a friend from Washington, Lucille Tucker, at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C.; and artist, Dan McCowan.
- Notes
- Several of the photograph prints are annotated on the back.
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- McCowan, Dan
- Subject Access
- Hiking
- Family and personal life
- Artist
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Winnipeg
- Manitoba
- Banff National Park
- Lake Louise
- Victoria
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- 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
- 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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