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Christmas at the Seigniory Club

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

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

Date Range: c.1930-c.1960

Reference Code: V75 / I / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Private record; Photograph print

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

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

Sous-Fonds: V75

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: V75 / I / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Private record; Photograph print

Date Range: c.1930-c.1960

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

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

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

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

Subject Access: Hotel; Christmas; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Quebec; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Tissue is interwoven between the photographs.

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Corporate and group insurance

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Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of waivers, correspondence and information packages pertaining to accident insurance coverage plans used by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. File includes a spreadsheet comparing costs and services of potential insurance plans, information about new insurance requirements imp…

Date Range: 1997; 1999; 2001; 2006; 2008

Reference Code: M545 / V / 58

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Organization record; Corporate record

Part Of: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M545 / V635

Series: M545 / V : Administrative records

Sous-Fonds: M545

Accession Number: 8235

Reference Code: M545 / V / 58

GMD: Textual record; Organization record; Corporate record

Date Range: 1997; 1999; 2001; 2006; 2008

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of waivers, correspondence and information packages pertaining to accident insurance coverage plans used by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. File includes a spreadsheet comparing costs and services of potential insurance plans, information about new insurance requirements implemented by Parks Canada, and an information package from Toole Peet Insurance [2008].

Notes: Contents are arranged by date.

Subject Access: Administration; Communications; Commerce and industry; Commerce; Organizations; Health services; Travel; Transportation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; Banff National Park

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Communications; Exploration, discovery and travel; Health services; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Elizabeth Aleen Aked Travel Album

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Part Of: Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds

Scope & Content: Album contains 140 b&w prints and colour postcards, tipped in. Photograph and memorabilia album documents Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda First Nations at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff …

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V74 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Postcard; Print

Part Of: Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V 74

Sous-Fonds: V74

Accession Number: 7850

Reference Code: V74 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Postcard; Print

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: 140 b&w prints; postcards; col.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description for biographical history.

Scope & Content: Album contains 140 b&w prints and colour postcards, tipped in. Photograph and memorabilia album documents Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda First Nations at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, Snowsqualmie Pass, Columbia River, Chukanut Drive (Washington), Puget Sound, Aked and her parents. Album also includes newsclippings and pamphlet pertaining to Banff Indian Days, pamphlets from Radium Hotsprings lodge and hot springs, and the Banff Springs Golf course pamphlet.

Name Access: Elizabeth Aleen Aked

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

Access Restrictions: Other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Aked, Elizabeth Aleen

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Fern Brewster album

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Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Scope & Content: Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1922-ca.1930]. -- 1 photograph album (217 prints). -- Album pertains to Fern Brewster, family, friends, activities; includes movie stars - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, Estelle Taylor; scenes from movies being filmed, some from Banff area,…

Date Range: [1922-1930]

Reference Code: V90 / PD - 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album

13 images

Part Of: Jim Brewster family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M436 / V90

Series: II. Fern Brewster

Sous-Fonds: V90

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V90 / PD - 10

GMD: Photograph; Album

Date Range: [1922-1930]

Physical Description: 1 album (217 photographs : b&w)

Scope & Content: Fern Brewster album. -- [ca.1922-ca.1930]. -- 1 photograph album (217 prints). -- Album pertains to Fern Brewster, family, friends, activities; includes movie stars - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Frank Borzage, Estelle Taylor; scenes from movies being filmed, some from Banff area, including "Valley of Silent Men", "The Alaskan", "Thief of Bagdad"; Lou Crosby, Peter Whyte, Phil Moore, Edmee Moore, Oliver Kahdahl, Jim and Dell Brewster; also includes some views from Hawaiian trip, ca.1922-1930. -- Condition is fragile. -- Title based on item.

Name Access: Crosby, Lou; Brewster, Dell; Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim; Kaldahl, Oliver; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Whyte, Peter

Subject Access: Films and film making; Travel; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Hawaii

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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Hawaii, Japan, China cruise album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cru…

Date Range: [ca. 1937]

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Drawing; Scrapbook

254 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C / PD - 2

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Drawing; Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca. 1937]

Physical Description: 1 album (255 b&w and col. prints ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller -- 1 diagram ; 6 x 4 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 28 colorized postcard print images, 227 black and white prints and one annotated hand-drawn diagram on paper. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton to Hawaii, Japan and China [1937]. Includes images of the interior and exterior of the cruise ship, as well as cruise staff members and on-board entertainment; landscapes, monuments and buildings; surfing; historic sites; dockyard scenes with unidentified workers; local individuals and families; and fishing and harvesting. Album also includes small tissue-like paper sheet with hand-drawn diagram of mechanical parts and measurements with annotations [possibly belonging to Eleanor Luxton, n.d.]

Notes: Most photographs are annotated on the lower front in white text with contextual information - location, name of landmark, etc.; Date provided is based on dating of similar items pertaining to cruise to Hawaii, Japan and China collected by Eleanor Luxton. Photographs are likely from the same trip, but not confirmed.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Cruise ships; Boats; Fishing; Landscapes; Buildings; Statue; Community life; Commerce and industry; Dockyard; Labour; Farmland; Hotel

Geographic Access: United States of America; Hawaii; Japan; Kyoto; Yokohama; Kamakura; China; Canton; Guangzhou; Shanghai; Repulse Bay

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English; Japanese

Conservation: Paper diagram in album has been placed in mylar sleeve and kept in original location; Consider removing metal ring bindings on album if they pose a risk of rust damage in future; Album has been secured with unbleached cotton string to prevent loose items from falling out

Related Material: LUX / II / E / 5

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Commerce and industry; Labour; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Pack trip album]

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a photograph album pertaining to unidentified pack trip to the Red Deer Valley, Big Horn Creek, Molar, Ptarmigan Pass and Deception Pass and Ya-Ha-Tinda areas of Alberta with guides "Tex Vernon Wood, and Bert "Red" Johnson - the two other people on the trip may be A.O. Wheeler and…

Date Range: [ca.1915]

Reference Code: V8 / accn 2190 / PD

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V8

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 2190

Reference Code: V8 / accn 2190 / PD

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1915]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (62 prints)

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a photograph album pertaining to unidentified pack trip to the Red Deer Valley, Big Horn Creek, Molar, Ptarmigan Pass and Deception Pass and Ya-Ha-Tinda areas of Alberta with guides "Tex Vernon Wood, and Bert "Red" Johnson - the two other people on the trip may be A.O. Wheeler and his second wife and former hostess and secretary of the Alpine Club of Canada Banff chapter, Emmaline Savatard.

Name Access: Pack trip album

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Pack trips; Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description

Creator: Possibly A.O. Wheeler and Emmeline Savatard

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Photograph Album

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Part Of: John Amatt fonds

Scope & Content: V788/E contains one photographs album with 49 colour photographs pertaining to the Baffin Island trip in 1974

Date Range: 1974

Reference Code: V788 / E

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Part Of: John Amatt fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M563 / V788 / S57

Series: V788 / E

Sous-Fonds: V788

Accession Number: 2017.8659

Reference Code: V788 / E

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1974

Physical Description: 1 photograph album : 49 photographs ; colour

History / Biographical: John Amatt (May 19, 1945 - ) was an educator, expedition leader, public speaker, and founder of One Step Beyond WorldWide. He was a climber, business manager, spokesman and press liason for the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition.

Scope & Content: V788/E contains one photographs album with 49 colour photographs pertaining to the Baffin Island trip in 1974

Name Access: Amatt, John

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Calgary; Camps; Canada; Climbing; Communications; Daily routines; Education; Winter Sports; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Organizations; Sports; Transportation; Travel

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Creator: John Amatt

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Science and technology; Transportation

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.adventureattitude.com/bio.htm

Title Source: Title based on contents

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

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Private record

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

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Robb Morse family album

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Robb / Morse family album, [1920 – 1923]. 55 pages, 549 photographs, small photos throughout album measured at approximately 4 cm x 6 cm. Some photographs captioned. Photographs pertain to Family and friends sailing at Seal Harbor, Maine, the Robb’s summer resort, Rockefeller brothers, pets, school…

Date Range: [1920 - 1923]

Reference Code: V683 / I / A / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Print

548 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Sous-Fonds: V683

Sub-Series: V683 / I / A : Catharine Robb Whyte sub series

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: V683 / I / A / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Print

Date Range: [1920 - 1923]

Physical Description: Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (549 photographs; b&w).

Scope & Content: Robb / Morse family album, [1920 – 1923]. 55 pages, 549 photographs, small photos throughout album measured at approximately 4 cm x 6 cm. Some photographs captioned. Photographs pertain to Family and friends sailing at Seal Harbor, Maine, the Robb’s summer resort, Rockefeller brothers, pets, school days, sports, dressup/ theatre, picnics by the water, outdoor lawn games, swimming, swim team, sailing, women’s track and field, wedding, Seal Harbor, Maine, the Robb’s summer resort, house interiors

Storage Range: Oversize upstairs

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Family

Geographic Access: United States of America

Language: English

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of album

Content Details: Pages of note: #43 John D Rockefeller III, Catharine, Nelson A. Rockerfeller , #53 John D Rockefeller III and Nelson A. Rockerfeller, #55 John D Rockefeller III.

Processing Status: Processed

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Souvenir photographs travel album

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and…

Date Range: [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1939

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Album

352 images 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 / PD - 2

GMD: Photograph print; Photograph; Album

Date Range: [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1939

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 360 b&w and col. prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and local scenics in Panama, buildings and landscapes, the 1939 World Fair in New York, boats and dockyard views, art portraits, Niagara Falls, monuments and statues. Most items are captioned with their respective subjects / locations, 4 items are colorized [rest are b&w].