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Biographical material, Norman Luxton and McDougall family
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54782
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of biographical records and timelines of events pertaining to the lives of Norman Luxton, Elizabeth Chantler McDougall and George McDougall. Includes an obituary article for George McDougall from 1876 [two separate newspaper clippings]; an account of a buffalo round-up in 1909 by Norm…
- Date Range
- 1876
- [1930-1940]
- 1934
- [1955]
- 1960
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / D : Other material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 9
- Date Range
- 1876
- [1930-1940]
- 1934
- [1955]
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of biographical records and timelines of events pertaining to the lives of Norman Luxton, Elizabeth Chantler McDougall and George McDougall. Includes an obituary article for George McDougall from 1876 [two separate newspaper clippings]; an account of a buffalo round-up in 1909 by Norman Luxton; Article "Here's Alberta - People and Places" featuring Norman Luxton; published book "Elizabeth McDougall: Pioneer" by Edna Kells; and a program for an event celebrating the 100th anniversary of George McDougall's appointment as Chairman of the Hudson's Bay Missions, which includes a detailed timeline of the lives of George and Elizabeth McDougall, as well as their son John.
- Notes
- File also contains one duplicate copy of each item, excluding "Elizabeth McDougall: Pioneer"
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Pigeon Lake
- Calgary
- Access Restrictions
- Obituary article clippings are fragile, handle with care
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Staples removed from two items in file and replaced with archival clips
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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A Century of American alpinism, 2002
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20146
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Author
- Fay, Charles Ernest
- Bent, Allen Herbert
- Palmer, Howard
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Kauffman, Andrew John
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,
- Call Number
- G505 F39 C46
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- Author
- Fay, Charles Ernest
- Bent, Allen Herbert
- Palmer, Howard
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Kauffman, Andrew John
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Responsibility
- Charles Earnest Fay, Allen Herbert Bent, Howard Palmer, James Monroe Thorington, Andrew John Kauffman, William Lowell Putnam
- Publisher
- Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- ix, 196 pages, xxxii pages of plates : illustrations, portraits
- Subjects
- American Alpine Club
- History
- Mountaineering
- Clubs
- Abstract
- Pertains to a century of American alpinism from 1902 to 2002
- Contents
- Forward
- Preface
- I Earliest American Mountaineers
- II Pacific Crests
- III Later and Farther North
- IV Tidewater Alaska
- V Early Amerian Ascents in the Alps
- VI Appalachian Mountain Club Roots
- VII The Social Aspect of Alpinism
- VIII To the Top of the Continent
- IX Other Mountain Clubs of America
- X Momentous Events
- XI Afield and at War
- XII Changing Mores
- XIII Moving West
- XIV Not All Sweetness and Light
- XV The Study of Mountain Elevations
- XVI Exclusiveness or Inclusiveness
- XVII Changing Faces
- Appendices
- Index
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- G505 F39 C46
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- American Alpine Club link to book
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The Great Glacier and its house : the story of the first center of alpinism in North America, 1885-1925
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1982
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98t reference
1 website
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Responsibility
- Willaim Lowell Putnam
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 23 pages : illustrations, portraits, map
- Subjects
- Glacier House
- Illecillewaet Glacier
- Selkirk Mountains
- Railway routes
- Railway stations
- Railways
- Tourism
- Mountaineering
- American Alpine Club
- History
- Abstract
- he hotel is gone and the passenger trains, now rarely on time, go by only once daily. The Great Glacier has all but vanished. The motor traffic on the fast, modern highway sweeps past in ignorance that this deep, half-forgotten, Illecillewaet valley of the Selkirk Mountains, with its dark forests and glittering summits, was the cradle of professional North American mountaineering and, for several decades, the principal Canadian attraction for climbers from three continents. Surely the time has long since passed for someone to tell the story of the early days when geologists, scientists, alpinists, guides, tourists and more than a few of our continent’s empire builders stopped in Glacier, British Columbia to explore, study, climb, earn a modest living, admire the scenery or just rest from their labors. It is most appropriate that William L. Putnam, one of America’s outstanding experts on the Selkirks, should have undertaken the task of writing a history of the area. It is even more appropriate that this history should have been published by The American Alpine Club, whose first president, Professor Charles E. Fay, spent many sunny days over several seasons scaling the region’s unclimbed summits and, as we learn from the text, many rainy weeks in the Old Glacier House where at idle moments he amused himself by analyzing the comments in the hotel’s guest register. The author has labored hard and gone to great lengths to obtain original source material and to check facts. As might be expected, his story begins with the construction of the Canadian Pacific track through Roger’s Pass; without it, the central Selkirks and the outstanding Matterhorn-like crest of Mount Sir Donald would no doubt still be little known and less visited. The absence of dining cars on the early transcontinental express trains, plus the superb view of what was then the awesome Illecillewaet Glacier, led to the building of a small restaurant-hotel by the track some five miles west of the pass. In time that hotel grew to become the Canadian Pacific’s western show-piece. Tourists, scientists, mountaineers and guides arrived in growing numbers. The peaks were measured and climbed, trails were built, caves explored and an electric generator was constructed to light the premises. A pet bear was even provided on the grounds for the entertainment of guests. Then, slowly, the Great Glacier retreated, the railroad was modernized and rerouted through a five-mile tunnel some distance from the hotel, tourists and climbers alike went off to war on the battlefields of France, and the Canadian Pacific shifted its emphasis to its latter-day attraction at Lake Louise in the nearby Rockies. The old hotel was closed, then torn down, and the valley and its glacier almost forgotten. Such is the skeleton of Putnam’s story. But it is far more. Putnam has labored industriously. He has unearthed, and quoted at length, the original on-the-spot observations of the early visitors in the decades between 1890 and 1920. He has recovered ancient photographs, many excellent, to illustrate the stories and anecdotes he recounts. Thanks to his labor of love, those of us who are familiar only with modern mountaineering now have the opportunity to learn what climbing was like in the good old days around the turn of the century. Despite its deceptive scrapbook style, the work is scholarly. It is also highly nostalgic. The author is at his best with the history of the early climbing. One wishes he had personally said more and quoted less—but, then, many of the quotations are memorable. He might also have omitted, or at least modified, the chapter on distant Mount Sir Sandford, for its story, while essential in any broad account of Selkirk climbing, belongs elsewhere and shifts the focus away from the House and the Glacier at the very moment when the reader has become engrossed in both. But these, however, are minor flaws, overshadowed by good research, an entertaining style, excellent history and magnificent illustrations. Samuel H. Goodhue (from American Alpine Club)
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Railroad Track
- The House
- The Tourists
- First Climbers
- Men of Science
- Alpina Americana
- Britannic Majesty
- Canadians at Last
- Some of the Best
- The Last Big Mountain
- The Rest is Silence
- Appendices
- A: The Guides
- B: Place Names in the Central Selkirks
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author - addressed to Hans Gmoser
- ISBN
- 0930410130
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98t reference
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to book review on American Alpine Club website
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McDougall family and Old Timers scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook [bindings removed] pertaining to the McDougall family, the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association, the Calgary Stampede and other events within Banff, Morley and Calgary. Contents include newspaper clippings [ca. 1939-1952]; booklets, programmes and fl…
- Date Range
- 1862
- 1885
- 1891-1897
- 1900
- 1905
- 1908
- 1924
- 1939
- 1943-1952
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C2 / 14
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Newspaper clipping
- Scrapbook
- 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 / C2 : McDougall and Ross families papers and photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C2 / 14
- Date Range
- 1862
- 1885
- 1891-1897
- 1900
- 1905
- 1908
- 1924
- 1939
- 1943-1952
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records (scrapbook ; 31 x 36 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook [bindings removed] pertaining to the McDougall family, the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association, the Calgary Stampede and other events within Banff, Morley and Calgary. Contents include newspaper clippings [ca. 1939-1952]; booklets, programmes and flyers for various community events; membership cards; and a scanned copy and one original copy of a journal dated 1862, titled "Rossville Mission Journal 1862". Journal contains early newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to George and John McDougall, and multiple religious missions and settlements located in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
- Notes
- Scrapbook possibly compiled by Georgina Luxton
- Name Access
- McDougall, Annie
- McDougall, David
- McDougall, George
- McDougall, John
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association
- Subject Access
- Community events
- Community life
- Churches
- Calgary Stampede
- Family and personal life
- Family
- History
- Immigration and homesteading
- Land use
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Memorial
- Membership
- Missionaries
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Obituary
- Religions
- Sports and recreation
- Rodeo
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Morley
- Calgary
- Saskatchewan
- Access Restrictions
- Journal in fragile condition - scanned copy available for use
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Journal in fragile condition - scanned copy available for use
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Contents of scrapbook placed in mylar
- Category
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Religions
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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McDougall United Church
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of information booklets, pamphlets and event programs pertaining to the McDougall United Church in Edmonton, and the McDougall Memorial United Church in Morley. File also includes two copies of souvenir magazine "The Praying Men" pertaining to the McDougall church in Edmonton, and a b…
- Date Range
- 1921
- [1950-1955]
- 1952
- 1955-1956
- [1960-1965]
- 1976-1980
- 1982
- 1984
- 1986-1988
- 1990-1991
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 24
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 24
- Date Range
- 1921
- [1950-1955]
- 1952
- 1955-1956
- [1960-1965]
- 1976-1980
- 1982
- 1984
- 1986-1988
- 1990-1991
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of information booklets, pamphlets and event programs pertaining to the McDougall United Church in Edmonton, and the McDougall Memorial United Church in Morley. File also includes two copies of souvenir magazine "The Praying Men" pertaining to the McDougall church in Edmonton, and a blank postcard depicting the same church; a jubilee anniversary booklet [1921] for the McDougall Methodist Church in Edmonton with an attached 1922 calendar inside; a program for the unveiling of the Reverend George McDougall Cairn near Calgary [1960]; and a 1990 calendar including a photograph of the church in Morley.
- Notes
- File contains duplicates of some items
- Name Access
- McDougall, David
- McDougall, John
- McDougall, George
- Subject Access
- Churches
- Community events
- Events
- Memorial
- Missionaries
- Religions
- History
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Morley
- Edmonton
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Postcard has been placed in mylar due to glossy photograph material on front
- Category
- Religions
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- File is stored in two folders:
- Folder 1 of 2 contains items pertaining to the McDougall Memorial United Church in Morley
- Folder 2 of 2 contains items pertaining to the McDougall United Church in Edmonton and other related materials pertaining to Reverend George McDougall and local church history in Alberta
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Newspaper clippings local news and history
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54636
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one page of song lyrics and 18 newspaper clippings published by the Calgary Herald, the Winnipeg Free Press and The Albertan [mostly 1961 and 1962]. Content pertains to the history of the Bow Valley and Calgary from the late 19th century and onwards; biographies for famous locals i…
- Date Range
- 1938
- [ca. 1960]
- 1961
- 1962
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- 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 / 6
- Responsibility
- Items published by the Calgary Herald, Winnipeg Free Press, and The Albertan
- Date Range
- 1938
- [ca. 1960]
- 1961
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one page of song lyrics and 18 newspaper clippings published by the Calgary Herald, the Winnipeg Free Press and The Albertan [mostly 1961 and 1962]. Content pertains to the history of the Bow Valley and Calgary from the late 19th century and onwards; biographies for famous locals including John, George, and David McDougall, May Ross, Dr. R.G. Brett and others; wedding anniversaries, birthday announcements and obituary articles for friends of the Luxton family; the sale of Norman Luxton's gift shop in Banff; McDougall Day and the Calgary Stampede; the 75th anniversary of the Bank of Montreal; Chief Walking Buffalo; and other miscellaneous news.
- Name Access
- McDougall, David
- McDougall, George
- McDougall, John
- McDougall, Annie
- Chief Walking Buffalo
- Brett, Robert G.
- Shiels, Bob
- Burns, Pat
- Ross, May
- Drummond, Thomas Howard
- Collicutt, Frank
- Collicutt, Maggie
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Luxton, Georgina
- Luxton, Norman
- Parlby, Irene
- McKay, Grant
- Subject Access
- Anniversary
- Biography
- Businesses
- Calgary Herald
- Commerce and industry
- Community events
- Community life
- Events
- Family and personal life
- Genealogy
- History
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Immigration and homesteading
- Calgary Stampede
- Music
- Obituary
- Politics and government
- Travel
- Winnipeg Free Press
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Banff National Park
- Banff
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Edmonton
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Metal paperclip has been removed from two items
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Newspaper clippings, published materials, other family records
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55097
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of clippings, notes, published materials and a certificate pertaining to various members of the McDougall and Ross families. Includes tickets for Jean and May Ross to the 1937 Calgary Stampede, a genealogical timeline of the British Royal Family [between 1860 and 1900], notes on ranch…
- Date Range
- [1900-1910]
- 1917
- 1922
- 1925
- 1930
- 1937
- 1949
- 1956
- 1958
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C2 / 18
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Private record
- 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 / C2 : McDougall and Ross families papers and photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C2 / 18
- Date Range
- [1900-1910]
- 1917
- 1922
- 1925
- 1930
- 1937
- 1949
- 1956
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of clippings, notes, published materials and a certificate pertaining to various members of the McDougall and Ross families. Includes tickets for Jean and May Ross to the 1937 Calgary Stampede, a genealogical timeline of the British Royal Family [between 1860 and 1900], notes on ranching in Alberta, pocketbooks, a pamphlet from the University of Alberta School of Nursing [1930], House of Commons and Senate of Canada reports [containing speeches by George Ross], newspaper clippings and handwritten genealogy notes pertaining to David and George McDougall, and a certificate addressed to May McDougall celebrating her 50-year subscription to the Calgary Herald newspaper.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Genealogy
- History
- Public events
- Publication
- Government
- Newspaper
- Calgary Stampede
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Newspaper clippings stored in mylar
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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A tale of two passes : an inquiry into certain alpine literature
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20167
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- Flagstaff, Arizona : Light Technology
- Co-published by American Alpine Club, Alpine Club of Canada and International Association of Alpine Societies
- Call Number
- 08 P98 T14
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- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Responsibility
- William L. Putnam
- Publisher
- Flagstaff, Arizona : Light Technology
- Co-published by American Alpine Club, Alpine Club of Canada and International Association of Alpine Societies
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- i, 219 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Alps
- Alps, Italian
- History
- Passes
- Literature
- Abstract
- Written by AAC Honorary President William L Putnam, "this text is devoted to that pair of passes: the Mont Cenis and the Great Saint Bernard. Both of these mountain crossings appear to have been known and used from pre-Roman times. Both were prominently and frequently used by the Romans inestablishing and maintaining their empire; both were long adorned with hospice/shelters near their crests; and both have been by-passed by modern tunnels but are still crossed by paved highways. Despite these similiarites, their historic prominence derives from distinctly different events and factors. Herein lies the histories of these passes and stories of many travelers amongst the Alps - told as much as possible in their own words." ( from book jacket)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I:
- Chapter I : Early Alpine Passages
- Chapter II : The Terrain
- Part II:
- Chapter III : Hannibal's Crossing
- Chater IV : The Argument
- Chapter V : The Railway
- Part III:
- Chater VI : The Other Route of the Ancients
- Chapter VII : Hazards of the Mountain
- Chapter VIII : The Great Saint Bernard in Later Literature
- Chapter IX : The Early Alpinists
- Chapter X : The Largest Crossing
- Chapter XI : Popes and Passes
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author - addressed to Margaret Gmoser - dated October 19th, 2008
- ISBN
- 1-891824-66-X
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 08 P98 T14
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Book available through The American Alpine Club
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