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Andy Russsell Career Scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Andy Russell fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to the life and career of Andy Russell. Also includes an invitation presented to Russell from the Winnipeg Game and Fish Association and newspaper clippings pertaining to Cleo Mowers' career.
- Date Range
- 1947-1961
- Reference Code
- M153 / 575
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Andy Russell fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M153 / S43 / V555
- Sous-Fonds
- M153
- Sub-Series
- VII Russell family series
- Accession Number
- 5777
- Reference Code
- M153 / 575
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1947-1961
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records (28 pages ; 31.5 x 35.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to the life and career of Andy Russell. Also includes an invitation presented to Russell from the Winnipeg Game and Fish Association and newspaper clippings pertaining to Cleo Mowers' career.
- Name Access
- Russell, Andy
- Mowers, Cleo
- Subject Access
- Academics
- Administration
- Backpacking
- Biographical
- Climatology
- Conservation
- Ecology
- Education
- Environment and Nature
- Forestry
- Horseback riding
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Natural history
- Natural resources
- Wildlife
- Wildlife fatalities
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Blank pages not scanned
- Finding Aid
- Access by advance appointment only
- Creator
- Russell, Kay
- Title Source
- Title based on item.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Rockies Camps Slide Show - Series II
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s as well as a trip to Glacier National Park, Montana and Yellowstone National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wi…
- Date Range
- 1959-1981
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - II
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Transparency
80 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.a.ii Photographic material / transparencies / carousels
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - II
- GMD
- Film
- Transparency
- Parallel Title
- II : [transparencies]. -- 1981 V225 / NS 28
- Date Range
- 1959-1981
- Physical Description
- 80 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s as well as a trip to Glacier National Park, Montana and Yellowstone National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies], Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara. Titles: 1. Reel R195-6 Horse at Hotel Many Glacier 2. R123 21 [Blank] 3. R200 3 Old Faithful 4. R200 5 [Old Faithful] good clouds 5. R195 15 Bear grass 6. R195 5 Boats ay Many [Glacier] 7. R203 30 Meadows - globe flowers 8. K8 12 Snow- grass - view down Valely 9. K8 14 2 girls coming down lake - SNow & Wiwaxy 10. B26 33 Sis on trail 11. R179 38 2 hikers on trail 12. B23 5 2 photo eagle nest 13. 0CH Columbine 14. 0CH Dryas going to seed 15. 0CH Western globe flower 16. K8 15 2 girls lake & snow - Cathedral & Wiwaxy 17. Twin wake - Snow Mt. Huber & Mt. Vic 18. K15 17 SNow & Mt. Avery 19. K15 15 "Batwing Beauty" [illegible] in b.g. 20. K15 16 Chow Line Mt. Coleman 21. K15 12 Our tent in snow 22. K15 13 Camp in snow 23. B64 4 Camp fire w. campers 24. B10-10 Indigenous 25. B67 26 Banff Indian Days carriages & tepees 26. B67 26 Rodeo audience 27. B36 26 Banff Indian Days & parade grounds 28. B10-6 Banff Indian Days 29. B11-1 Banff Indian Days & teepee 30. B10-2 Banff Indian Days 31. A8-17 Stream & flowers Sunshine 1968 32. A8-19 [Sunshine] flowers 33. A10-34 Chepron Lake 34. A10-35 [Chepron] tea 35. A11-1 Greens Hamilton Lake 36. A11-3 [Greens Hamilton Lake] 37. A11-7 [Greens Hamilton Lake] 38. A11-8 [Greens] View to Valley 39. A18-26 LG & car 40. A18 29 3 hills fr. road 41. A20-28 Fr. Mierville[?] meadows 42. A20-3 [Fr. Mierville[?] meadows] 43. A23-21 Eysa Falls 44. A24-1 Nymphs Pool[?] 45. B23-28 4 girls at Skoki 1959 46. B23-34 [4 girls at Skoki 1959] 47. B26-2 [4 girls at Skoki 1959] 48. B45-11 Above Sedan Lift 49. Reel B45-14 Above Sedan Lift 50. B51-29 Lilies & cabin in b.g. 51. B1-34 Doris on trail Miller L. 1963 52. B52 fr. Hunt 30A Mummy Lake 1963 53. B22-38 [Hunt] Fall on Creek fr. Talc Lake 54. B52-34 View of Mummy Lake 55. B55-20 Lake & tree 56. B68-19 ACC Camp 1964 57. B71-5 Lamb 58. B73-28 Mary by No see-um Lake 1965 59. B26 36 Sis on trail 60. B26-30 Over Allenby Pass 61. B65-28 Up Brewster Creek 62. R203-10 Horses heads 63. B65-34 Dana fixing stirrup 64. B26-32 Sis & Aubrey 65. CH. 51 Assin. east side 66. R181-25 G on log Assin 67. CH. 51 Assin & reflect. 68. B27-1 Party 69. B27-4 Horseman & horse 70. B27-6 Assin in b.g. 71. B27-7 Blank 72. B27-8 Blank 73. B27-9 Blank 74. B27-11 Blank 75. B27-13 Blank 76. B67-13 Watching climb of Assin 77. B67-3 Elk in glade - Assin 78. B66-36 Nub Trip 79. B66-31 From Nub 80. B55-16 Canyon Panther Falls
- Notes
- Please note: Language pertaining to First Nations people is outdated and offensive. Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife. Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Avalanches
- Backpacking
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Birds
- Boats
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Camping
- Canoes and canoeing
- Climbing
- Club
- Elk
- Entertainment
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Geography
- Glaciers
- Guides
- Guiding
- Hiking
- Holidays
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Horse packing
- Huts
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara region
- Landscapes
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Mountain Goat
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- National parks and reserves
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Pack trains
- Pack trips
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Portrait
- Recreation
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda First Nations
- Tavel
- Trails
- Trains
- Travel
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Slides rehoused into protective sleeves and acid-free folders after scanning.
- Related Material
- M67 / II / C / i / c / 56 - 2 ; See also notebooks (M67/51).
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1924, to the Columbia Icefields
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1924 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. Includes photographs of campsites, mountains, glaciers, rivers, people, and horses - many people photographed are marked in the album with initials, full names unknown. Also includes so…
- Date Range
- 1924
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph albums
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 3
- Date Range
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 1 album (517 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 15 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1924 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. Includes photographs of campsites, mountains, glaciers, rivers, people, and horses - many people photographed are marked in the album with initials, full names unknown. Also includes some enlarged photographs and greeting cards with trip photographs from Caroline Hinman, Eliza Campbell and Florence Bartlett. Inserts pertain to overviews/advertisements for trips dated 1922 and 1923 that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing route, expectations, and prices.
- Notes
- Black pages not scanned Inserts free floating with album.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Camping
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Climbing
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Horse packing
- Indigenous Peoples
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Paradise Valley
- Saskatchewan River
- Castleguard Meadows
- Thompson Pass
- Banff National Park
- Twin Falls
- Takkakaw Falls
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1925, Lake Louise to Jasper and Return with side trip to Mount Robson
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1925 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. The trip, carried out on horseback, began at Robson Pass and worked north to Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park before returning to Lake Louise. Photographs from Bow Pass show 18 inches…
- Date Range
- 1925
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph albums
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 4
- Date Range
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 1 album (475 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 14.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the 1925 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies. The trip, carried out on horseback, began at Robson Pass and worked north to Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park before returning to Lake Louise. Photographs from Bow Pass show 18 inches of snow on the ground, August 22, 1925. Also includes photographs from a side trip to Mount Robson, enlargements, and greeting cards with trip photographs from Florence Dibell Bartlett, Caroline Hinman, Mary Goddard Potter, and Samuel C. Edmonds. Inserts pertain to the greeting card from Samuel C. Edmonds and the overview/advertisement for the 1925 trip that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing route, expectations, and prices.
- Notes
- Please note: language used pertaining to First Nations included herein is outdated and offensive. Blank pages not scanned Inserts free floating with album
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Camping
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Climbing
- Coyote
- Dogs
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Horse packing
- Indigenous Peoples
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountain Goat
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Transportation
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Paradise Valley
- Saskatchewan River
- Castleguard Meadows
- Thompson Pass
- Banff National Park
- Maligne Lake
- Medicine Lake
- Nigel Pass
- Jasper National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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I. C. 2. Book 2
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- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white negatives pertaining to wildlife, New York City, hiking, horse trips, the filming of "Grizzly Country" the Hawk's Nest, Andy Russell, Clarence Tillenius, and plants.
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / C / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V557
- Series
- I
- Sous-Fonds
- V557
- Sub-Series
- C
- Accession Number
- 7728
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / C / 2
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Physical Description
- ca. 830 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white negatives pertaining to wildlife, New York City, hiking, horse trips, the filming of "Grizzly Country" the Hawk's Nest, Andy Russell, Clarence Tillenius, and plants.
- Notes
- When initially housed in negative books, certain negatives had numbered or unnumbered red stickers and overlaid rectangles to indicate which negatives were to be reproduced for Charlie Russells book "Spirit Bear", as well as how to reporduction was to be cropped. Both the stickers and the cropping information was carried over into the new housing and corresponds with the "These are the negs used for Spirit Bear chapter one" document in the case file.
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Artist
- Bear
- Bears
- Birds
- Bison
- Caribou
- Grizzly Bears
- Hawk's Nest Ranch
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Pack trains
- Ranching
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Waterton
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- New York
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Revised digital and original handwritten in case file
- Creator
- Charlie
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [April - November 1935]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 44 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to November 20, 1935. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a trip to Lake O'Hara in early August following the annual Skyline Trail Hikers tri…
- Date Range
- 1935
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 98
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 98
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (70 pages ; 21.2 x 26.3 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 44 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to November 20, 1935. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a trip to Lake O'Hara in early August following the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip, photography and cameras, hiking/climbing, wildflowers, activities and people at camp, Pete's work on commission paintings/photography projects, events and people in Concord, trips to Bow Lake to paint, dinner and tea parties [both at home and around town], overnight camping trips to Lake Louise to paint, going to the movies and seeing friend's homemade films, going back to Lake O'Hara in early September to paint and hike, Russ and Kitty's travels and activities, day trips around the National Park [mostly to Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Moraine Lake] to paint/sketch, updates on what Pete and Catharine's friends are doing [mostly as it pertains to Skoki and Assiniboine Lodges], wildlife, an overnight trip to Calgary [and a visit to Morley on the way back] in early October, 3 young Doukhobor fugitives escaping police custody that resulted in a chase and shootout in Banff National Park [October 6 - 7] and the subsequent funerals, developing photos and print-making, politics [mostly pertaining to the provincial and federal elections], various holidays [both Canadian and American], skiing, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, and preparing to leave for a trip to Concord at the end of November.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. A few letters written on lodge letterhead. Most letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters have numbers written in pencil in the upper margin of the first pages from an unknown project.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Caird, Jean
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Peter
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Clifford J., Sr.
- Whyte, Barbara
- White, Bubby
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Vaux, Mary
- Vaux, George, X
- Moore, Edmee
- Rungius, Carl
- Carter, Wilf
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Mather, Allan
- Strom, Erling
- Strom, Sigrid
- Gest, Lillian
- Noble, George
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Beil, Charlie
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Campbell, Gray
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Ski Club
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bears
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Camps
- Camping
- Children
- Climbing
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Crime
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Fishing
- Flowers
- Guides
- Guiding
- Home
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Leisure
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Police
- Post Office
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Swiss Guides
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Assiniboine
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 466 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Andy Russell and Kay Russell's (nee Riggall) wedding day, ice cutting, Bert and Dora on horseback during the time of their homesteading, young Doris "Babe" Burton (nee Riggall) and Kay Russell (nee Riggall), haying, Cottowood Creek flood,…
- Date Range
- [ca.1904 to ca.1959]
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / F / NA (F1 to F51)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
26 images
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M376 / V26
- Series
- IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described
- Sous-Fonds
- V26
- Accession Number
- 7102
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / F / NA (F1 to F51)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1904 to ca.1959]
- Physical Description
- 466 photographs : b&w negatives
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 466 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Andy Russell and Kay Russell's (nee Riggall) wedding day, ice cutting, Bert and Dora on horseback during the time of their homesteading, young Doris "Babe" Burton (nee Riggall) and Kay Russell (nee Riggall), haying, Cottowood Creek flood, Chris Williams, Cyril Watmough, various views of Riggall pack trains and clients, Miss Allison (Parkview teacher) fishing, Fred Dupuy, Kay and Doris' pet owls, Dora skinning her deer, Parkview School meeting, Porcupine eating Bert's saddles, Bert's 1911 trip in B.C, picnics, Riggall camps, and some early Riggall photographs.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Weddings
- Leisure
- Recreation
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Homestead
- Fishing
- Wildlife
- Picnics and picnicking
- Pack trips
- Packing
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Reference scans available: V26 / IX / F / NA (F1 to F51)
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Newsclippings Scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Andy Russell fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook pertains to Andy Russell.
- Date Range
- 1947-1955
- Reference Code
- M153 / 576
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Andy Russell fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M153 / S43 / V555
- Sous-Fonds
- M153
- Sub-Series
- VII Russell family series
- Accession Number
- 5777
- Reference Code
- M153 / 576
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1947-1955
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (26 pages ; 30.5 x 35.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook pertains to Andy Russell.
- Name Access
- Russell, Andy
- Subject Access
- Academics
- Administration
- Backpacking
- Biographical
- Climatology
- Conservation
- Ecology
- Education
- Environment and Nature
- Films and film making
- Forestry
- Horseback riding
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Natural history
- Natural resources
- Wildlife
- Wildlife fatalities
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kananaskis
- Yoho National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Blank pages not scanned
- Finding Aid
- Access by advance appointment only
- Creator
- Russell, Kay
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal Trip Diaries
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to nine diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1925-1939 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and Alaska. Includes: M67 / 1 - 1 : top-bound red leather diary, dated 1925 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff and Jasper Nation…
- Date Range
- 1925-1939
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 1 - 1 to 1 - 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
9 images
10 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 / 1 - 1 to 1 - 9
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1925-1939
- Physical Description
- 9.5 cm of textual records (9 volumes ; 11 x 17.7 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to nine diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1925-1939 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and Alaska. Includes: M67 / 1 - 1 : top-bound red leather diary, dated 1925 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff and Jasper National Parks organized by Caroline Hinman. M67 / 1 - 2 : black leather diary, titled Europe 1390: Can Rs 1931 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover (paper is now loose). Pertains to a trip to Switzerland and France in 1930 and the 1931 annual Alpine Club of Canada backpacking trip around the Mount Assiniboine and Kootenay National Park areas. Also includes a list of names and addresses and a poem possibly written by Gest at the back of the diary. M67 / 1 -3 : red leather diary, dated 1933 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip organized by Caroline Hinman. M67 / 1 - 4 : red leather diary, dated 1934 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover, torn in the bottom left corner. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff National Park into Jasper National Park organized by Caroline Hinman. Also includes notes on other events from the rest of the summer. M67 / 1 - 5 : black paper diary, dated 1935 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to Walking trip through glacier Park June 26 to July 5 ; Lake Magog Camp ACC July 13 to Aug 2 ; Banff Aug 2 to Aug 25 ; Fay Hut Aug 26 to Sept 1 ; O'Hara Sept 3 to 8 ; Motor trip home. Includes total milages of trips and a list of food taken on the seven day Fay Hut trip. M67 / 1 - 6 : brown leather diary, dated 1936 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a visit to Banff before driving to Edmonton and then Jasper to begin the annual Alpine Club of Canada trip. Title of insert two reads "Aplinists Will Scale Mt. Brussels" - clipping is adheared to the page and cannot be removed. M67 / 1 - 7 : brown leather diary, dated 37 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to various trips and visits made by Gest to Banff and around Banff National Park. Includes details of visits to town, hikes, climbs, and motor car trips. The diary is written on the right hand pages until Gest ran out of room, at which point she returns to the front of the book and continues on the left hand pages. M67 / 1 - 8 : black leather diary, dated 38 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips Lillian Gest took to Banff, Lake Louise, Big Bend, and the Alpine Club of Canada camp at the Columbia Icefields during the summer of 1938. M67 / 1 - 9 : brown leather diary, dated 39 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips to Glacier Park, Goodsir Park, and a motor car trip to Washington and Oregon during the summer of 1939. Also includes title lists for reels (possibly pictures/slide shows), as well as a list of flower names at the back of the diary. Also includes loose items, mostly consisting of newspaper clippings, Alpine Club of Canada pamphlet, and three handwritten pages of loose paper.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned. Special note: to read M67 / 1 - 7 begin reading only the right hand pages. Towards the end of the diary Lillian Gest runs out of room and continues the entries at the beginning on the left hand pages.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Record keeping
- Sports and leisure
- Tourism
- Trails
- 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
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal Trip Diaries
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1940-1947 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 2 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 40 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken to Jasper Park Lodge, G…
- Date Range
- 1940-1947
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 2 - 1 to 2 - 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 / 2 - 1 to 2 - 6
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1940-1947
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11.5 x 18 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1940-1947 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 2 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 40 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken to Jasper Park Lodge, Glacier Lake Camp, the Icefields Chalet, and Emerald Lake during the summer of 1940. Includes details of movies and photographs taken at the back of the diary. M67 / 2 - 2 : black leather diary, dated 41 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips to the Chateau Lake Louise. Twin Falls, and Emerald Lake taken during the summer of 1941. At least part of the summer was spent attending a motor car tour organized by Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of names and addresses of other people who attended Hinman's tour, as well as details on milage and on films and photographs taken. M67 / 2 - 3 : black plastic 6-ring diary. Pertains to a collection of trip notes, mostly trips throughout the Canadian Rockies, from summer 1942 to summer 1945. Mostly consists of place names, people, and trip highlights - not much detail. M67 / 2 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 42 43 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to Alpine Club of Canada Camp at Consolation Lakes (July 19-24) and a stay at Deer Lodge at Lake Louise (Aug 16-22) in 1942, an informal ACC Camp at Lake O'Hara and a stay at Deer Lodge (Aug 16-18). For both summers she notes "In Browne House, Banff" which possibly could have been a home available for rent. Also includes details pertaining to the various costs of the trips (years not specified), the fish hatchery, a list of home movies from 1942, a list of stills (no date), and a list of equipment used at the ACC Camp in 1943. M67 / 2 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 44 45 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken by Lillian Gest during the summers of 1944 and 1945. 1944 includes travelling from Toronto to Banff, staying at the Browne House (presumably a guest house or other such rental property), annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in Paradise Valley, Trial Riders of the Canadian Rockies trip to Fatique Pass and Eohippus Lake. 1945 inlcudes travelling from Toronto to Banff, staying at the Browne House, annual ACC Camp in Larch Valley, Sky Line Trail Hikers trip in Lake O'Hara (Aug 3-6), and a trip with A. Harmon [?] to graveyard cabin and Summet Pass. Also includes a list of people met during these trips, a list of equipment left in the Browne House (1944), trees local to the Canadian Rockies, and a small sketch of downtown Banff focussed around the Bow River Bridge. M67 / 2 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 46 47 in red paint on the front cover. Trips taken during the summer of 1946 include staying at the Chateau Lake Louise (June 29-July 12), Emerald Lake [Lodge?] (July 12-Aug 2), annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in the Bugaboos (July 13-24), Mitchell Hut, Yoho (July 26-30), Banff (Aug 2-Sept 3), and Bow Lake (Aug 3-9). Trips in 1947 included time spent in Calgary during the Stampede, annual ACC Camp, pack trip organized by Caroline Hinman, and time spent around the town of Banff. Also includes list of people met during trips, and milage and details about trip from Banff to Merion (September 1947). Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers, Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, and the Calgary Stampede, postcard, tellegram, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Record keeping
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- 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
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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