topic:"Military" found 34 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Major General George G. Brown's headdress

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Part Of: Roy Andersen fonds

Scope & Content: Item is a write-up by Roy Andersen, 10 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm. Contents pertains to a headdress gifted to Major General George G. Brown in 1991 after his involvement with the Canadian Military National Ski Competition at Mount Norquay in 1974. Roy Andersen and Don Wallace gifted the headdress after i…

Date Range: 1955 - 1991

Reference Code: M572 / 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Private record

Part Of: Roy Andersen fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M572 / V525 / S59

Sous-Fonds: M572

Accession Number: 2019.40

Reference Code: M572 / 1

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1955 - 1991

Physical Description: 02 cm of textual records (10 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm)

Scope & Content: Item is a write-up by Roy Andersen, 10 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm. Contents pertains to a headdress gifted to Major General George G. Brown in 1991 after his involvement with the Canadian Military National Ski Competition at Mount Norquay in 1974. Roy Andersen and Don Wallace gifted the headdress after its purchase from A. MacLennan. Includes photocopies of images of ski team, Major General George G. Brown and the headdress.

Name Access: Andersen, Roy; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Military; Ski areas; Skiing

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: English

Creator: Andersen, Roy

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Roy Andersen fonds

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Part Of: Roy Andersen fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three sous-fonds : M572 (textual), V525 (photographs), S59 (sound). M572 consists of two items, 0.3 cm, ca. 1955 to 1991 (write up pertaining to a headdress gifted to Major General George G. Brown in 1991 after his involvement with the Canadian Military National Ski Competition a…

Date Range: 1970 - 1991

Reference Code: M572 / V525 / S59

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Cassette; Private record; Postcard

Part Of: Roy Andersen fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M572 / V525 / S59

Sous-Fonds: M572 / V525 / S59

Accession Number: 6761; 2019.40

Reference Code: M572 / V525 / S59

GMD: Photograph; Transparency; Cassette; Private record; Postcard

Date Range: 1970 - 1991

Physical Description: 16 photographs : transparencies -- 1 sound recording : cassette -- 01 cm of textual records (1 pages ; 15.5 x 10 cm) -- 02 cm of textual records (10 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm)

History / Biographical: Roy Andersen was born in Kirkenes, Norway and moved to Canada with his family in the 1950s. He has a "Diploma in Sports Administration" and taught skiing as a member of the Les Voyageurs Ski School (affiliated with the Sunshine Ski School) and is the recepient of the "Alberta Achievement Award" due to his contributions to the sport of skiing. He has been a freelance commercial photographer for 30 years and also trained to be a pilot in the 1960s. After flight school, he continuted to each skiing and did the promotional work for the Banff Chair Lift. Roy Howard Andersen and Ellen Beatrice Wilson married on December 27, 1969 at Rundle United Church.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three sous-fonds : M572 (textual), V525 (photographs), S59 (sound). M572 consists of two items, 0.3 cm, ca. 1955 to 1991 (write up pertaining to a headdress gifted to Major General George G. Brown in 1991 after his involvement with the Canadian Military National Ski Competition at Mount Norquay in 1974; portfolio for postcard with Roy Anderson image used with "Souvenir of Sunshine Village Ski School - photo by Roy Andersen") V525 consists of 16 photographs, (Catharine Whyte and Grant MacEwan at a Sundance ceremony, Morley, Alberta) S59 consists of one sound recording, 1979 (Catharine Robb Whyte's memorial service on March 15, 1979 at the Eric Harvie Theatre)

Notes: Postcard portfolio filed with associated postcard V683/VI/pg-106

Name Access: Andersen, Roy; MacEwen, Grant; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Stoney Nakoda; Military; Ski areas; Skiing; Memorial; Photography

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Morley

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: English

Creator: Andersen, Roy

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.royandersenphotography.com/ ; http://www.stephenloweartgallery.ca/artists/ar0404001.asp ; M36 / 198 ; M36 / 199

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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Skiing, Norquay. -- 1958-1959

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Army Queens Own Rifles on the North American Downhill; Mount Norquay and Kiwanis ski schools; Upper terminal lift; Junior ski jump construction; Construction and completion of judge's tower.

Date Range: 1958; February 2, 1958; November 17, 1958; November 23, 1958; 1959; January 2, 1959; February 8 -

Reference Code: V190 / I.A.i.b. - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I. Old file

Sub-Series: I.A.i.b Sports - Skiing - Other

Reference Code: V190 / I.A.i.b. - 2

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1958; February 2, 1958; November 17, 1958; November 23, 1958; 1959; January 2, 1959; February 8 -

Physical Description: ca.84 negatives : 9.5 x 12 cm. or smaller

Scope & Content: Army Queens Own Rifles on the North American Downhill; Mount Norquay and Kiwanis ski schools; Upper terminal lift; Junior ski jump construction; Construction and completion of judge's tower.