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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout …
- Date Range
- 1948-1957
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
6 images
7 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i. Diaries
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1948-1957
- Physical Description
- 7.3 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout Banff National Park during the summer of 1948. Includes milage list and list/details of people met around Banff, including bankers, hotel staff, cleaning ladies, and the boy hired to cut the grass. Also notes the passing of Soapy Smith that winter. M67 / 3 - 2 : black leather diary, date 49 50 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various motor car, hiking, horseback (orgranized by Caroline Hinman), and leisure trips taken around Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Parks during the summer of 1949. Trips taken during the summer of 1950 mostly consist of Alpine Club of Canada activities and Camps and with the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Also includes details on milages for different motor car trips and people met over both summers. M67 / 3 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 51 52 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various trips taken during the summers of 1951 and 1952. 1951 includes travel from the Paoli, Pennsylvania to Banff, stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, a camp based in Lake O'Hara (possibly as part of the Alpine Club of Canada), a night spent at the residence of Aileen Harmons [?], a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and another stay at the Banff Springs Hotel. 1952 includes many trips involving stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and other luxury hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper, as well as trips with the ACC, the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of people met during both summers at various locations, highlights of Banff news (including the deaths of Hal Waterhouse and Col. Phillip Moore, marriages, construction work, and illnesses), lists of equipment, and telephone numbers. M67 / 3 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 53 54 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to a 1953 trip that started in Banff (with stay at Banff Springs Hotel) before going to Jasper where Lillian Gest participated in an Alpine Club of Canada Camp, then a few days in Lake O'Hara (staying in the lodge) before returning to Banff and then heading home to Pennsylvania. The summer of 1954 consisted of a motor car trip originating in Pennsylvania that worked west through Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana before reatching Banff. Also includes lists of mileages, people met during both summers, telephone numbers, information about flying with Air Canada (most likely in 1953), and the deaths of the Mexican tourists on Mt. Victoria, July 30, 1954. M67 / 3 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 54 55 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of Lillian Gest's 1954 motor car trip, detailing the second half from Banff back to Pennsylvania and the 1955 trips to Banff, Mount Robson, the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Vancouver. Also includes lists of people Gest met in various locations throughout 1955 and a brief list of changes in Banff, including tree cutting for the new Trans Canada Highway, the opening of the new Timberline Hotel, and expansions of the Mount Royal Hotel and the Upper Hot Springs. M67 / 3 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 56 57 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various hiking, motor car, and scenic trips taken by Lillian Gest throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summers of 1956 and 1957. Also includes lists of people met both summers, phone numbers for people both in Banff and in Pennsylvania, details pertaining to an Alpine Club of Canada 1956 photo competition that Gest entered, and a brief list of mostly construction-related updates from Banff and Lake Louise. One small newspaper clipping insert dated Aug 24, 1956 notes the funeral details for Mary Thorpe Gest. Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, tellegrams, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Community
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Parks Canada
- Record keeping
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tourism
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Pipestone Pass
- Saskatchewan River
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Vancouver
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Pennsylvania
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Soapy Smith Photographs [1/3]
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- Part Of
- Soapy Smith fonds
- Scope & Content
- FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.
- Date Range
- 1914-1948
- Reference Code
- V252 / PA 357 - 1 to 54
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
53 images
- Part Of
- Soapy Smith fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M369 / V252
- Sous-Fonds
- V252
- Accession Number
- 2532
- Reference Code
- V252 / PA 357 - 1 to 54
- Date Range
- 1914-1948
- Physical Description
- 162 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.
- Notes
- IMAGES : 1. Youngest Trail Rider was five years old - rode pint sized saddle but full sized horse [identified as Michael Guinn] 2. Man identified as John Murray Gibbon presenting a Hundred Mile Button to a child identifed as Michael Guinn 3. First Ranch Rafter Six 4. S. Smith at his ranch 5. Unidentified 6. Road at Soapy Smith’s ranch 7. Rafter Six Ranch [Nov. 29, 1963] 8. [Missing?] 9. Soapy Smith on the Saskatchewan Glacier [1924] 10. DeMott [at horse’s head], Bill Bagley [behind horse], DeMott [pulling on rope] 11. [Unidentified men with horse] 12. [Unidentified men chopping wood] 13. From left to right: DeMott brothers, Soapy Smith, Johnny Muska 14. From left to right: Bill Bagley, DeMott brothers, Johnny Muska, Soapy Smith 15. [Horses] 16. Soapy Smith [at horse’s head], Bill Bagley [bent over horse], [unidentified man in background] 17. From left to right: Bill Bagley, DeMott, John Muska 18. [Unidentified men packing a horse] John Muska has arm raised 19. Johnny Muska [walking], C.M. DeMott, Soapy 20. [Pack train] 21. [Pack train] 22. DeMott 23. Alexandra River? 24. J. Muska 25. [Camp] 26. [Camp] 27. [Right] Soapy Smith and C.M. DeMott packing horse 28. [Unidentified mountain scene] 29. [Unidentified lake] 30. [Unidentified men packing a horse] 31. Dr. Athin? [behind horse], Bill Bagley 32. [Mountain goat] 33. DeMott 34. [Unidentified men packing horses] 35. [Unidentified man fishing] 36a & 36b DeMotts? 37. Pack train and saddle horses 38. [Horses] 39. [Unidentified river] 40. J. Muska, C. DeMott Jr.? 41. [Pack train crossing river] 42. [Unidentified mountain] 43. [Pack train in meadow] 44. [Pack horses] 45. [Pack horse] 46. [Unidentified mountain] 47. [Unidentified mountain] 48. [Camp] 49. Johnny [Muska] 50. [Pack horses fording river] 51. Soapy 52. Happy Valley – Head of the Valley of Evans-Thomas Creek 53. [Unidentified valley] 54. [Camp]
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Caribou
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Leisure
- Moose
- Mountains
- Mountain Goat
- Pack trips
- Professional and Personal Life
- Rafter Six Guest Ranch
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Rocky Mountains
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Conservation
- Locate PA - 8
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Creator
- Smith, Soapy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Soapy Smith Photographs [2/3]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55141
- Part Of
- Soapy Smith fonds
- Scope & Content
- FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.
- Date Range
- 1914-1948
- Reference Code
- V252 / PA 357 - 55 to 108
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
53 images
- Part Of
- Soapy Smith fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M369 / V252
- Sous-Fonds
- V252
- Accession Number
- 2532
- Reference Code
- V252 / PA 357 - 55 to 108
- Date Range
- 1914-1948
- Physical Description
- 162 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.
- Notes
- IMAGES : 55. [Mountain goat] 56. [Unidentified mountain] 57. B. Bagley? 58. [Old burn forest] 59. [Unidentified mountain] 60. [Unidentified mountain] 61. J. Muska 62. [Pack train on road] 63. [View of Banff Ave and Cascade Mt. from Cascades of Time Gardens] 64. Deer on lakeside 65. [Cow Moose with calf] 66. [Unidentified mountain] 67. Hold em boys 68. Rock Mtn. Sheep – rams 69. Soapy Smith’s Rafter Six Guest Ranch 70. Camp horseshoeing equipment 71. Original bridge at Saskatchewan River Crossing 72. Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith 73. Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith 74. Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith [ca.1940] 75. Bow Lake 76. [Pack horse] 77. [Unidentified lake] 78. What the well dressed man will wear this season on the trail – J. Muska? And unidentified man 79. Smoke from the Jasper fire 80. Four moose 81. Deer 82. Rocky Mtn. sheep – rams 83. [Unidentified man sitting on slope] 84. [Unidentified man] 85. [Unidentified mountain] 86. [Horses at pasture] 87. Douglas Lake 88. Caribou 89. Four Moose 90. Caribou 91. Moose 92. [Unidentified mountain] 93. [Big horn sheep – rams] 94. Bull moose 95. [Unidentified mountain range] 96. Moose 97. Mountain goat 98. Banff Ave ca. 1925 [colour tinted] 99. [Unidentified men at camp] 100. J. Muska? 101. [Unidentified man with ram skull] 102. [Unidentified man at camp] 103. [Pack train in valley] 104. [Pack train in valley] 105. [Pack horses] 106. [Horses at pasture] 107. [Unidentified valley] 108. One of the DeMott family?
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Caribou
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Leisure
- Moose
- Mountains
- Mountain Goat
- Pack trips
- Professional and Personal Life
- Rafter Six Guest Ranch
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Rocky Mountains
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Creator
- Smith, Soapy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Soapy Smith Photographs [3/3]
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- Part Of
- Soapy Smith fonds
- Scope & Content
- FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.
- Date Range
- 1914-1948
- Reference Code
- V252 / PA 357 - 109 to 163
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
55 images
- Part Of
- Soapy Smith fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M369 / V252
- Sous-Fonds
- V252
- Accession Number
- 2532
- Reference Code
- V252 / PA 357 - 109 to 163
- Date Range
- 1914-1948
- Physical Description
- 162 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.
- Notes
- IMAGES : 109. Soapy Smith [note on back reads: “Soapy I am sending you this not that the picture is any good but I know it will bring back happy memories of Buttercup and the Days of the [illegible] Brigade] 110. B. Bagley? Soapy Smith 111. Soapy Smith [with cigarette] C.M. DeMott [on right] 112. C.M. DeMott 113. Soapy Smith? Bill Bagley? 114. Camp scene – Soapy Smith on right 115. J. Muska? 116. J. Muska C. DeMott Jr.? 117. [Unidentified man and Bill Bagley?] 118. [Unidentified man and horses in tall grass] 119. [Bighorn sheep - ram] 120. The cook at work! Soapy Smith 121a & 121b Soapy Smith [in vest] 122. Soapy Smith 123. Soapy Smith 124. Soapy Smith directly in front of tent 125. Soapy Smith – right 126. [Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith] 127. [Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith] 128. [Cat climbing screen door] 129. [Camp] 130. Rocky Mtn. sheep (rams) 131. Campsite cooking area? 132. [Unidentified cabin] 133. [Fire warning sign] 134. [Unidentified man at river] 135. [Unidentified mountain] 136. [Unidentified man at river] 137. [Camp] 138. George Brown painting 139. [Horses at pasture] 140. In the good old days before being lost in the sea of matrimony – Ahem! Soapy Smith ca.1930? 141. Soapy Smith ca.1930? 142. The Browne’s New House. Marine County, California (Belmore Browne) 143. Mr. and Mrs. Browne with Spike 144. Evelyn Browne 145. Entrance to the Browne’s House 146. Bruce Air Dale 147. Cow moose and calf 148. [Bighorn sheep] 149. [Unidentified men on mountain slope] 150. [Unidentified mountain] 151. [Unidentified men in field] 152. [Pack train crossing a river] 153. Fording 154. Buck thought it was Saturday night 155. The pack train on the move, slow but sure 156. [Unidentified mountain and glacier] 157. “When the Day is Done” this is home 158. All in a day’s work 159. The Kananaskis Dam at Seebe 160. The Four Musty Steers – Soapy Smith, J. Muska?, DeMott?, DeMott? 161. [Unidentified mountain] 162. [Unidentified mountain lake] 163. [Unidentified mountain range]
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Caribou
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Leisure
- Moose
- Mountains
- Mountain Goat
- Pack trips
- Professional and Personal Life
- Rafter Six Guest Ranch
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Rocky Mountains
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Creator
- Smith, Soapy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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