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Calgary Alberta Merchants and Manufacturers Record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of two copies of "Calgary Alberta Merchants and Manufacturers Record: The Manufacturing, Jobbing and Commercial Center of the Canadian West". Content pertains to various businesses operating in Calgary in 1911. LUX / II / F1 / 31 copy is not annotated, LUX / II / F1 / 32 copy has mini…

Date Range: 1911; 1954

Reference Code: LUX / II / F1 / 31 and 32

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 / 31 and 32

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1911; 1954

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 24 x 15 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of two copies of "Calgary Alberta Merchants and Manufacturers Record: The Manufacturing, Jobbing and Commercial Center of the Canadian West". Content pertains to various businesses operating in Calgary in 1911. LUX / II / F1 / 31 copy is not annotated, LUX / II / F1 / 32 copy has miniature card attached to inside of front cover dedicating book to Eric Harvie [dated 1954], as well as annotations on same page [see "Content Details"]. Illegible signature on front cover of same copy.

Notes: Items have been placed in separate files to help differentiate due to being annotated vs. non-annotated, as well as one including attachment.

Name Access: Harvie, Eric; Humphreys, Claude

Subject Access: Advertising; Businesses; Commerce; Commercial products; Industry; Labour; Finances

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary

Language: English

Conservation: Items have been stored in separate file folders; Handle with care as items may be fragile [particularly item in file LUX / II / F1 / 32]

Category: Commerce and industry; Labour

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Inside front cover: "PRESENTED TO ERIC L. HARVIE 1954 BY CLAUDE V. HUMPHREYS"

Processing Status: Processed

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Calgary Herald scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one collection of newspapers and newspaper clippings compiled into one scrapbook bound with string. Content pertains to various publications by the Calgary Herald newspaper between 1933 and 1937. Complete copies and full pages of newspapers make up most of scrapbook; last 6 pages c…

Date Range: 1933-1937

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 38

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 / III / B : Georgina Luxton

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / B4 : Collected material

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 / 38

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1933-1937

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook ; 44.5 x 60 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one collection of newspapers and newspaper clippings compiled into one scrapbook bound with string. Content pertains to various publications by the Calgary Herald newspaper between 1933 and 1937. Complete copies and full pages of newspapers make up most of scrapbook; last 6 pages consist of Calgary Herald newspaper clippings attached to beige construction paper with accompanying notes written in pencil on the pages.

Notes: Annotations in scrapbook are not dated or signed, author unknown [possibly Georgina Luxton]

Name Access: Luxton, Georgina

Subject Access: Advertising; Calgary Herald; Publication; Community events; Government; Industry; Indigenous Peoples; Immigration and homesteading; Labour; Land use; Agriculture; Holidays; Sports; Recreation; Hockey

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; Banff; Pincher Creek

Access Restrictions: Handle with caution as scrapbook and contents are fragile

Language: English

Conservation: Items wrapped with acid-free tissue paper

Category: Commerce and industry; Environment; First nations; Government; Labour; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Pacific historic photographs - Alberta

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 31 photograph prints ordered by Eleanor Luxton from Canadian Pacific. Photographs pertain to construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Pacific trains and ships, and historic views of Banff, Calgary, Fort McLeod, Strathcona and Edmonton.

Date Range: 1881 - 1898; 1903; 1927

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 / PA - 8 to 38

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / B : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / B4 : Historical research

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / B4 / PA - 8 to 38

Date Range: 1881 - 1898; 1903; 1927

Physical Description: 31 photographs : b&w prints ; 24 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 31 photograph prints ordered by Eleanor Luxton from Canadian Pacific. Photographs pertain to construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Pacific trains and ships, and historic views of Banff, Calgary, Fort McLeod, Strathcona and Edmonton.

Notes: Prints in file were produced by Canadian Pacific for Eleanor Luxton between 1946 and 1949; original dates of images; Photographs in file are accompanied by Canadian Pacific mailing envelope addressed to Eleanor Luxton

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: History; Canadian Pacific Railway; Trains; Transportation; Labour; Industry; Railways; Advertising

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Calgary; Edmonton; Fort McLeod; Strathcona

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Items are stored in mylar

Category: Commerce and industry; Labour; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Livestock roundups, ranching

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs depicting livestock roundups and ranchers on horseback, including views of unidentified ranches in Calgary, southern Alberta and Cochrane; and workers at Hawkeye Ranch in Brant, Alberta.

Date Range: [ca.1900-1910]; 1901; 1905

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 253 to 264 (oversize)

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

15 images

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 / PA - 253 to 264 (oversize)

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1900-1910]; 1901; 1905

Physical Description: 12 photographs : b&w prints ; 46.5 x 19 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs depicting livestock roundups and ranchers on horseback, including views of unidentified ranches in Calgary, southern Alberta and Cochrane; and workers at Hawkeye Ranch in Brant, Alberta.

Subject Access: Animals; Ranchers and ranching; Horses; Labour

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Cochrane; Calgary; Brant

Language: N/A

Category: Family and personal life; Labour; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Property documents

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of invoices, receipts, property tax documents and insurance records pertaining to buildings which were owned or leased by Eleanor Luxton. Includes records related to furnishings and furniture purchases; utility records; construction, maintenance and installation work; and other relate…

Date Range: 1979; 1983; 1987-1988; 1993-1994

Reference Code: LUX / II / D / 165 to 180

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / D : Business, Legal and Financial

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / D / 165 to 180

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Date Range: 1979; 1983; 1987-1988; 1993-1994

Physical Description: 18 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of invoices, receipts, property tax documents and insurance records pertaining to buildings which were owned or leased by Eleanor Luxton. Includes records related to furnishings and furniture purchases; utility records; construction, maintenance and installation work; and other related materials.

Notes: Contents are mostly chronological, arranged by subject: LUX / II / D / 165 and 166 : Construction, landscaping, installation invoices (Tanglewood and Evergreens properties, 1987) LUX / II / D / 167 : Utilities invoices, 1987 LUX / II / D / 168 : Parks Canada land rental and municipal fees, 1987 LUX / II / D / 169 to 174 : Renovation, building, furniture, other invoices (various properties) LUX / II / D / 175 to 177 : Property insurance documents LUX / II / D / 178 : Business block and business complex, 1993 LUX / II / D / 179 : Property taxes, 1993 LUX / II / D / 180 : Property leases and invoices, 1993-1994

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Businesses; Commerce; Labour; Construction; Land use; Townsite development; Property; Parks Canada

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Canmore; Calgary

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Labour; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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