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First post office in Banff
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- Part Of
- Fred Brewster fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a whitewashed log building - the first post office in Banff - Tom McQueen at left and Postmaster Dick Donaghoe at right on front porch. Four seated children (left to right): unidentified, Bill Brewster, unidentified, Jim Brewster; and unidentified person on horse at right. Mount Rundle in …
- Date Range
- ca. 1890
- Reference Code
- v86 / na66- 1788
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Fred Brewster fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V86
- Reference Code
- v86 / na66- 1788
- Date Range
- ca. 1890
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of a whitewashed log building - the first post office in Banff - Tom McQueen at left and Postmaster Dick Donaghoe at right on front porch. Four seated children (left to right): unidentified, Bill Brewster, unidentified, Jim Brewster; and unidentified person on horse at right. Mount Rundle in background
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Commerce
- Immigration and homesteading
- Organizations
- Politics and government
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- NA66 visual reference
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John Murray Gibbon
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a man identified as John Murray Gibbon
- Reference Code
- v689 / 1 / na66 - 1846
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Dorothy Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V689
- Reference Code
- v689 / 1 / na66 - 1846
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of a man identified as John Murray Gibbon
- Subject Access
- Commerce
- Discovery and Exploration
- Immigration and homesteading
- Organizations
- Politics and government
- Public events
- Railways
- Sports and Recreation
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- copy negative envelope
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a bound green record book, H20 x W13 cm. The record book, with "Records" printed on the cover, is comprised of numbered lined pages and contains meeting minutes and membership lists for the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association from March 13th, 1924 to circa 1930. Minutes pertain…
- Date Range
- 1924-c.1930
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7829 / 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Organization record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- 7829 : Accession Number
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 7829
- Reference Code
- M8 / 7829 / 1
- Date Range
- 1924-c.1930
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 13 x 20 cm)
- History / Biographical
- In the 1920's, Banff experienced a steady increase in tourism. This was based on a number of factors, including the introduction of the automobile in the park, the completion of the Banff-Windermere Highway and other roadways, additional accommodation (e.g. campgrounds), and the Canadian Pacific Railway's "Canadian Pacific Rockies" tourist campaign. Local prominent townspeople began to seek more say in the way their town was governed, and thus created organizations like the Banff Advisory Council and the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association. Issues around park boundaries, campgrounds, and park services employees' priorities were particularly important to Banff locals during this decade.
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a bound green record book, H20 x W13 cm. The record book, with "Records" printed on the cover, is comprised of numbered lined pages and contains meeting minutes and membership lists for the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association from March 13th, 1924 to circa 1930. Minutes pertain to different types of meetings: general and executive. Contents pertain to various topics, including the creation of the Association and membership, provincial Liberal candidates, electing members for the Association's executive committee, concerns about who was being appointed to park services, employment in the park, advocating for the dismissal of Jack Warren (a park warden), and park boundary issues.
- Notes
- Created by the Rocky Mountain Park Liberal Association.
- Dave White originally had the lease for 222 Otter Street and transferred the lease to Sam Armstrong in 1915, who had it until 1927. Sam Armstrong was a member of the Rocky Mountain Liberal Association.
- Membership included representatives from Banff, Canmore, Exshaw, and East End. Meetings were generally held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Banff and the Canmore Hotel.
- Most of the minutes were taken by W. Alexander and James Smith, who both acted as secretary at some point in the Association's history.
- Name Access
- Brewster, Jim
- Armstrong, Sam
- Atkin, Gilbert M.
- Crosby, Lou
- Alexander, William A. (Bill)
- Warren, Jack
- Subject Access
- Banff
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Park policy
- Politics and government
- Records
- Wardens
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canmore
- Exshaw
- Language
- English
- Category
- Politics
- Government
- Biographical Source Notes
- Based on the contents of the item
- Hart, E.J. Banff: a History of the Park and Town. Banff: Summerthought Publishing, 2015.
- M317
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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