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Alberta historical photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55340
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album consists of 14 photographs and accompanying notes pertaining to various historical events in Alberta. Photographs in album pertain to the Ranchmen's Club in Calgary; an unidentified Stoney Nakoda chief receiving royalty payments for oil extraction in 1929; a group of police officers gathered …
- Date Range
- [1955-1960]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- 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 sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 6
- Date Range
- [1955-1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (14 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Album consists of 14 photographs and accompanying notes pertaining to various historical events in Alberta. Photographs in album pertain to the Ranchmen's Club in Calgary; an unidentified Stoney Nakoda chief receiving royalty payments for oil extraction in 1929; a group of police officers gathered outside of a building [possibly the North-West Mounted Police Barracks in Canmore]; a cattle ranch, possibly located on a Blackfoot reserve; and other related subjects.
- Notes
- Photographs are copies of older images which were reproduced by Eleanor Luxton, ca.1955-1960. Dates and ownership details of original images is unknown.
- Subject Access
- Research
- History
- Animals
- Club
- Community life
- Environment
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Natural resources
- Oil
- Organizations
- Ranchers and ranching
- Ranches
- Stoney Nakoda First Nations
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Morley
- Canmore
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright status unknown
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- First nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Natural resources
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Animals and wildlife, Red Cathcart, other family friends personal photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54988
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs sent to Norman Luxton from various friends, including "Red" [Cathcart?], Eugene LaPorte, Woodworth and Theodora Campbell, the Green family, and Ernest Maunder. Content pertains to Red [Cathcart's?] work transporting oil to mines, and views from his travels in British Co…
- Date Range
- 1933
- [1935-1950]
- 1936
- 1943
- 1945
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PA - 354 to 431
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E4 : Photography
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PA - 354 to 431
- Date Range
- 1933
- [1935-1950]
- 1936
- 1943
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 77 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs sent to Norman Luxton from various friends, including "Red" [Cathcart?], Eugene LaPorte, Woodworth and Theodora Campbell, the Green family, and Ernest Maunder. Content pertains to Red [Cathcart's?] work transporting oil to mines, and views from his travels in British Columbia and Camp Debert in Nova Scotia; Eugene LaPorte fishing near Lake Ontario; Indigenous communities in Panama [sent by Mr. and Mrs. Campbell]; photos of the Green family [names missing]; photos from a community and nearby forested areas [location and source unknown] with detailed notes on back of related personal memories; Ernest Maunder's model boat hobby; "Dorothy" feeding geese in February 1954 in Inglewood [region in Calgary?]; and photographs of various wildlife by J.H. [Jack?] Munroe.
- Notes
- Some photographs have annotations on back. Items LUX/I/E4/PA-389 and 397 also have directions and illustrations of property layouts
- Name Access
- Cathcart, John George (Red)
- Luxton, Norman
- Campbell, Woodworth
- Campbell, Theodora
- LaPorte, Eugene
- Maunder, Ernest
- Subject Access
- Artist
- Boats
- Transportation
- Travel
- Sports
- Hunting
- Oil
- Natural resources
- Model boats
- Mines and mineral resources
- Immigration and homesteading
- Indigenous Peoples
- Industry
- Recreation
- Family and personal life
- Cabins and shelters
- Animals
- Birds
- Dogs
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Inglewood
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Central America
- Panama
- Ontario
- Lake Ontario
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- St. John's
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items stored in mylar and archival envelopes
- Related Material
- LUX/I/E4/PA-363 related to photographs LUX/I/E4/PA-224 to 285
- LUX/I/E4/PA-364 to 374 related to photographs LUX/I/E4/PA-305 to 360 [some of photos in files are duplicates]
- LUX/I/E4/PA-399 to 413 related to photographs LUX/I/E4/PA-72 to 114
- Category
- Arts
- Cultural pluralism
- First nations
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Contact Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24976
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include furnace of Byron Harmon's hous…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 251 to 275
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 251 to 275
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include furnace of Byron Harmon's house; Conrad Kain's farm at Wilmer; exterior view of the Harmons building on Banff Avenue; portraits of Don, Aileen, and Lloyd Harmon with an unidentified family; unidentified young people posed at Lake Louise; a mine in Hailey, Idaho; Richfield Becker Oilwell, Naptha.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Mining
- Oil Exploration
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- V263 / II / B / PA - 261 to 272 Mine at Hailey Idaho, 1933 V263 / II / B / PA - 273 to 275 Richfield Becker Oilwell, Naptha
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Contact Prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24977
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include the Richfield Becker Oilwell, …
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 276 to 300
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Byron Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
- Reference Code
- V263 / II / B / PA - 276 to 300
- Date Range
- [ca.1910 to ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include the Richfield Becker Oilwell, Naptha; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Three Sisters; Gibraltar Rock, Lake Minnewanka; a railcar; a car accident; Anthracite Hill, Banff-Calgary Highway; Cascade Mountain; Bow Valley and Fairholme Range; Bow River and Goat Mountain; Cascade Gardens, Banff Avenue, and Cascade Mountain.
- Subject Access
- Scenery
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Oil Exploration
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- V263 / II / B / PA - 276 Richfield Becker Oilwell, Naptha
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Edmonton B.A. Oil Refineries. -- 1954, October
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1359
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.A. Main file: Alphabetical files
- Reference Code
- V190 / II.A.xv. - 3
- Physical Description
- ca.5 negatives : 9.5 x 12 c,.
- Subject Access
- Oil
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Employment and Activities
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions23640
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 28 b&w, some captioned, some mounted. This file pertains to important historic firsts in the Waterton area and Riggall's early employment and activities. The prints document various views of Gloyne's Oil camp (first oil well site in southern B.C) and Riggall constructing homemade b…
- Date Range
- 1907 to 1910
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A4 / PA - 18 to 45
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Familial and Personal Series: Activities and Employment
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A4 / PA - 18 to 45
- Date Range
- 1907 to 1910
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 28 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 28 b&w, some captioned, some mounted. This file pertains to important historic firsts in the Waterton area and Riggall's early employment and activities. The prints document various views of Gloyne's Oil camp (first oil well site in southern B.C) and Riggall constructing homemade boats (first commercial boats on Waterton Lakes) with friend and future business partner J.C. Watmough.
- Subject Access
- Boat building, employment, Oil exploration
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- PA - 18 to 35 Pertain to Gloyne's Oil Camp
- PA - 36 to 45 Pertain to boat building at Waterton
- Riggall's Grandson John Russell provided an idendification on a photograph as follows:
- PA - 32 According to F.H.R's short autobiography of his early years in Canada, this camp was closed down at the time of the photo.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Industry and Transportation
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56334
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs of scenic views of industry in Alberta and British Columbia, photographs include agriculture, oil, and transportation.
- Date Range
- 1981 - 1983
- 1985 - 1987
- 1988 - 1990
- 1993 - 1995
- Reference Code
- V222 / IV / D / 1 - 2 / NS
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M133
- V222
- Series
- V222 / IV : Scenic Views
- Sous-Fonds
- V222
- Sub-Series
- V222 / IV / D: Industry and Transportation
- Accession Number
- 2020.24
- Reference Code
- V222 / IV / D / 1 - 2 / NS
- Date Range
- 1981 - 1983
- 1985 - 1987
- 1988 - 1990
- 1993 - 1995
- Physical Description
- 194 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs of scenic views of industry in Alberta and British Columbia, photographs include agriculture, oil, and transportation.
- Name Access
- Leighton, Douglas
- Subject Access
- Industry
- Oil
- Agriculture
- Trains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Transportation
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Grandforks, BC
- Kimberely, BC
- Trail, BC
- Golden, BC
- Yoho National Park
- Nelson, BC
- Banff National Park
- Calgary, AB
- Grande Praire, AB
- Cochrane, AB
- Red Deer, AB
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Douglas Leighton
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Tourism
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Ma-Me-O Oilwell Fire. -- 1954, October
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1358
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.A. Main file: Alphabetical files
- Reference Code
- V190 / II.A.xv. - 2
- Physical Description
- ca.16 negatives : 9.5 x 12 cm.
- Subject Access
- Oil
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Oil and Gas Prospects of the Prairie Provinces
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55629
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one volume by O. Bryant, titled "Oil and Gas Prospects of the Prairie Provinces". Includes handwritten notes, typed notes with corrections and edits, and one attached hand-drawn and coloured diagram. Volume consists of data collected by the author pertaining to existing oil and gas…
- Date Range
- 1920
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 10
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : ELeanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 10
- GMD
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Written by O. Bryant
- Date Range
- 1920
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 21.5 x 28 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one volume by O. Bryant, titled "Oil and Gas Prospects of the Prairie Provinces". Includes handwritten notes, typed notes with corrections and edits, and one attached hand-drawn and coloured diagram. Volume consists of data collected by the author pertaining to existing oil and gas wells and potential areas for future oil extraction in various regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
- Material Details
- Orange hard covers, brown binding
- Title of volume handwritten on front in black ink, and on first page in pencil
- Subject Access
- Oil
- Oil Exploration
- Industry
- Natural resources
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Saskatchewan
- Language
- English
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Natural resources
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Oil Drilling. -- 1953
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1357
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.A. Main file: Alphabetical files
- Reference Code
- V190 / II.A.xv. - 1
- Physical Description
- ca.21 negatives : 9.5 x 12 cm.
- Subject Access
- Oil
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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