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Boer War scrapbook, Pincher Creek obituaries and correspondence
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55636
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing two unidentified portraits of men and one family photograph, as well as collected correspondence, newspaper clippings and other documents. Content mostly pertains to the deaths of James Frederick Morden, Robert John Kerr and Ovide Smith of Pincher Creek, Al…
- Date Range
- 1880
- 1900-1902
- 1907
- 1910
- 1914
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 13 (O.S.)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
- Photograph
- Newspaper clipping
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 13 (O.S.)
- Date Range
- 1880
- 1900-1902
- 1907
- 1910
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 5.5 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 119 pages ; 24.5 x 31 cm) -- 3 photographs : 2 b&w cabinet cards and 1 b&w print ; 27.5 x 22 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing two unidentified portraits of men and one family photograph, as well as collected correspondence, newspaper clippings and other documents. Content mostly pertains to the deaths of James Frederick Morden, Robert John Kerr and Ovide Smith of Pincher Creek, Alberta while fighting in Honing Spruit, South Africa in 1900 during the Boer War. Contents include condolence letters sent to James Morden's wife, as well as various related newspaper articles and a booklet commemorating the erection of a plaque at Pincher Creek Memorial Hospital in 1902 in their honour. Scrapbook contents also include other obituary articles commemorating James Frederick Morden's father and mother, Albert Milton Morden and Sarah Morden; and Adelaide Maud Hewetson of Pincher Creek.
- Notes
- Scrapbook possibly compiled by James Frederick Morden's wife (name unknown).
- Name Access
- Morden, James Frederick
- Kerr, Robert John
- Smith, Ovide
- Morden, Sarah
- Morden, Albert Milton
- Hewetson, Adelaide Maud
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Pincher Creek
- South Africa
- Access Restrictions
- Contains loose materials - handle with caution
- Language
- English
- Category
- Military
- Title Source
- Title based on contnts of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Helen (Fulmer) Wells scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions5904
- Part Of
- Helen Fulmer Wells fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing a broad selection of clippings, photographs and notes pertaining to the history of Banff, including development, events, buildings and personalities. Material pertains to the period between ca.1890 and ca.1970
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950-1970]
- Reference Code
- M480 / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Helen Fulmer Wells fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M480 / V675
- Series
- I. Textual records
- Sous-Fonds
- M480
- Accession Number
- 3881
- Reference Code
- M480 / 1
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Responsibility
- Extensive annotation by Helen Wells and Sylvia Vosburgh
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950-1970]
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records (190 pages ; 30.5 x 37 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook containing a broad selection of clippings, photographs and notes pertaining to the history of Banff, including development, events, buildings and personalities. Material pertains to the period between ca.1890 and ca.1970
- Name Access
- Wells, Helen Fulmer
- Peyto, Bill
- Luxton, Norman
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Liddell, Ken
- Lonsdale, Tom
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Subject Access
- Anniversary
- Architecture
- Art
- Banff Crag and Canyon
- Banff Indian Days
- Bridges
- Buildings and facilities
- Community events
- Community life
- Events
- Family and personal life
- History
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Mountaineers
- Newspaper
- Obituary
- Oldtimers
- The Albertan
- Townsite development
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bankhead
- Bow Lake
- Lake Minnewanka
- Bow Valley
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title supplied by Sylvia Vosburgh, daughter of Helen Wells and written on outside cover
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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