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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- hair; fibre; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1070
- Description
- Three quarter length bison coat, Warden's, raglan sleeves, shawl collar, double breasted straight cut coat, 4 brass buttons each side (2.3 dia.) have "NPC" centered with a crown and wreath, leather straps attached with rivets at centre, buttonholes each end, 3 more brass buttons and leather closure…
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- Title
- Buffalo Coat
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- hair; fibre; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 116.0 x 60.0 cm
- Description
- Three quarter length bison coat, Warden's, raglan sleeves, shawl collar, double breasted straight cut coat, 4 brass buttons each side (2.3 dia.) have "NPC" centered with a crown and wreath, leather straps attached with rivets at centre, buttonholes each end, 3 more brass buttons and leather closure for neck, deep slit pockets each side, fully lined, black cotton, leather at stress points and at neck with chain to hang, inside pocket, a very well sewn coat.
- Subject
- Park Wardens
- Andy Anderson
- Credit
- Gift of Andy Anderson, Brentwood Bay, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1070
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Glacier, B.C. Warden House. -- 1958
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C. Old file: Commercial properties and developments
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.C.iii. - 4
- Physical Description
- 2 negatives: 9.5 x 12 cm.
- Subject Access
- Glacier, B.C.
- Banff National Park - Wardens
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Identification Pin
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0170 a-c
- Description
- 3 National Parks of Canada pins. a) Bronze pin. Circular shape with relief of a beaver on a pile of sticks. “NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA” on banner above. Crown set above this. “10” and “PARKS OFFICER” on ribbon below beaver. Vertical straight pin with hook clasp at back.b) silver pin. Round with “NAT…
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- Title
- Identification Pin
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 4.1 cm
- Description
- 3 National Parks of Canada pins. a) Bronze pin. Circular shape with relief of a beaver on a pile of sticks. “NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA” on banner above. Crown set above this. “10” and “PARKS OFFICER” on ribbon below beaver. Vertical straight pin with hook clasp at back.b) silver pin. Round with “NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA” around edge. “157” in middle. Horizontal straight pin with hook at back. c) Copper pin. Round with “NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA” around edge. “WARDEN” on horizontal bar over maple leaf in centre. Vertical straight pin with hook at back. “Superior MFG CO TORONTO” stamped on back.
- Credit
- Gift of anonymous, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0170 a-c
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- Date
- 1970 – 1980
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1071
- Description
- Warden's uniform jacket, olive drab, wool gabardine single breasted fitted jacket, 4 button closure, 4 patch pockets with button closure, attached belt 5.0 wide, silver coloured buckle, semi lined, 32.0 long slit in back, patches on both shoulders:"National Parks Canada Chief Park Warden" on right,…
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- Title
- Jacket
- Date
- 1970 – 1980
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 84.0 cm
- Description
- Warden's uniform jacket, olive drab, wool gabardine single breasted fitted jacket, 4 button closure, 4 patch pockets with button closure, attached belt 5.0 wide, silver coloured buckle, semi lined, 32.0 long slit in back, patches on both shoulders:"National Parks Canada Chief Park Warden" on right, French on left "Chief Park Warden Gardien en Chef" sewn above left breast pocket.
- Subject
- Park Wardens
- Andy Anderson
- Credit
- Gift of Andy Anderson, Brentwood Bay, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1071
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Jacket; Necktie Uniform
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- Date
- 1954
- Material
- hair; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1173 a,b
- Description
- A kahki-coloured lightweight, summer (“Ice Cream”), buttoned and belted Banff Park warden jacket with folded-down collar and (b) a necktie: (a)The jacket is well-made with exquisite tailoring, seam binding and arm lining sewing. The underside of the collar has a piece green wool sewn on to stabili…
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- Title
- Jacket; Necktie Uniform
- Date
- 1954
- Material
- hair; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 73.5cm cm
- Description
- A kahki-coloured lightweight, summer (“Ice Cream”), buttoned and belted Banff Park warden jacket with folded-down collar and (b) a necktie: (a)The jacket is well-made with exquisite tailoring, seam binding and arm lining sewing. The underside of the collar has a piece green wool sewn on to stabilize it. There are four front pockets opposite the four buttons and buttonholes: two smaller buttoned (one button) on top and two larger buttoned (one button) on the bottom. The metal buttons have a crown top centre with six maple leaves intertwined on each side, in the middle “NPC” embossed. There is a belt sewn onto the waist in the back, closed by a buckle with two prongs, six button holes in front; there is also an open pleat on the back of the jacket. The sleeves have a striped, grey and blue on a beige background, lining and the underarms have a gold lining. The finishing binding is a lighter green. The jacket measures 129.0cm across, cuff to cuff. There is a small slit pocket inside the jacket, viewer’s right, and 1.0cm under the slit there is a white label sewn on ”No. MINES 7 RES 1645” underneath that “Mr. O HERMANRUDE” under that “Date MAR 31 54 C71431” a line of dash marks and under that sideways “SPECIAL ORDER 485694, right side up “ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF AMALGAMATED CLOTHING”, a sewing machine in the centre, “UNION MADE CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA”, and sideways “COPYRIGHT 1949 SERIES SS1”.(b) The necktie (123.3cm long) is narrow (narrower around neck, starts at 2.0cm, and larger as it gets to the bottom 5.3cm) and is loden green in colour.
- Credit
- Gift of Olaf R. Hermanrude, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1173 a,b
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K.B. Mitchell fonds
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- Part Of
- K.B. Mitchell fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 9 journals by K. B. (Bruce) Mitchell, 1941-1949 relating to his years as Chief Warden in Banff National Park. Photographs are of Bruce Mitchell on skis.
- Date Range
- 1941-1949
- Reference Code
- M206 / V168
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Part Of
- K.B. Mitchell fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 206
- V 168
- Sous-Fonds
- M 206
- V 268
- Accession Number
- 7956 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M206 / V168
- Date Range
- 1941-1949
- Physical Description
- 9 vol. textual records. -- 2 photographs
- History / Biographical
- K. B. (Bruce) Mitchell was born in Calgary in 1910 to Alexander and Agnes Mitchell, both Scottish immigrants. While a high school student, Bruce Mitchell worked the summer months on a ranch, west of Calgary, where he learned to stook hay and dance at the Jumping Pound Community Hall. In 1927 he was hired as an office boy with the Dominion Water Power and Reclamation Service in Calgary and then as a junior hydrometric recorder. In 1930 Mitchell worked as a survey engineer doing topographic surveys but lost that job due to the Depression. In 1931 Mitchell was hired as an acting park warden in Banff National Park and from 1933 to 1941 he was clerk and accountant for Banff National Park. In August 1941 Mitchell became Chief Park Warden in Banff National Park and from 1949 to 1954, he was Assistant Superintendent, Banff National Park. Following that, Mitchell was on special duty to Ottawa for six months. In 1955 Mitchell was Superintendent of Riding Mountain National Park, Kootenay National Park, Jasper National Park and finally Supervisor of National Parks Western Regional Office when he retired in 1970.
- Bruce married Marjorie Kay in 1934 and while in Banff, they lived at 454 Muskrat Street and then at 427 Marten Street. Bruce was a Scout leader and enjoyed skiing, snowshoeing, bowling and dancing at the Cascade Ballroom in Banff. Bruce and Marjorie were active members of the Kinsmen and Kinnette clubs and Bruce served on the Banff Winter Carnival Committees. Bruce and Marjorie had three children.
- Bruce Mitchell died in 2004 and he and Marjorie (d.1961) are buried in the Old Banff Cemetery.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 9 journals by K. B. (Bruce) Mitchell, 1941-1949 relating to his years as Chief Warden in Banff National Park. Photographs are of Bruce Mitchell on skis.
- Name Access
- Mitchell, K. B. (Bruce)
- Subject Access
- Banff National Park - Wardens
- Environment
- Law and justice
- Natural resources
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Mitchell, K. B. (Bruce)
- Category
- Environment
- Law and justice
- Natural resources
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record, We Live in a Postcard: Banff Family Histories (Banff: Banff History Book Committee, 2005)
- Title Source
- Title based on provenance of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Mt. Brewster Cornice Dynamiting Warden Service. -- 1956, April
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Blasting cornices on top of Mount Brewster for a National Film Board film.
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.D.iv. - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.D. Old file: Government operations and projects
- Reference Code
- V190 / I.D.iv. - 1
- Physical Description
- ca.9 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.
- Scope & Content
- Blasting cornices on top of Mount Brewster for a National Film Board film.
- Subject Access
- Banff National Park - Wardens
- Films and film making
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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- Date
- 1955 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1072
- Description
- Warden's double breasted three quarter length overcoat, fine wool serge, light brown, 3 brass buttons each side, 2 more at collar, also corresponding buttonholes each side, 2 buttons at wrist (1 missing left sleeve) 2 inset pockets with flaps, slit pocket at left chest, fully lined with gold satin,…
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- Title
- Overcoat
- Date
- 1955 – 1970
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 64.0 x 90.0 cm
- Description
- Warden's double breasted three quarter length overcoat, fine wool serge, light brown, 3 brass buttons each side, 2 more at collar, also corresponding buttonholes each side, 2 buttons at wrist (1 missing left sleeve) 2 inset pockets with flaps, slit pocket at left chest, fully lined with gold satin, metal chain for hanging at back collar, epaulettes with buttons, sewn-on crests at shoulder: "National Parks Canada Chief Park Warden" on right shoulder, French on left "Chief Park Warden Gardien en Chef" above breast pocket.
- Subject
- Park Wardens
- Andy Anderson
- Credit
- Gift of Andy Anderson, Brentwood Bay, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1072
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Park Centennial Flag
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- Date
- 1985
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1047
- Description
- A Canadian flag sits at the top left of the flag, measuring roughly 1/4 of the total space. Brass grommets are at the top and bottom left corners. Parks insignia measures half of the flag space. The insignia is green, with a crown at the top, and a beaver centered by maple leaves, and reads “Garde …
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- Title
- Park Centennial Flag
- Date
- 1985
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Description
- A Canadian flag sits at the top left of the flag, measuring roughly 1/4 of the total space. Brass grommets are at the top and bottom left corners. Parks insignia measures half of the flag space. The insignia is green, with a crown at the top, and a beaver centered by maple leaves, and reads “Garde De Parc/ Park Warden.”
- Subject
- events
- Banff Park Centennial
- Park Wardens
- Credit
- Gift of Park Warden Service Alumni Association, Cochrane, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- 109.02.1047
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Parks Canada fonds
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of material pertaining to the mountain parks of western Canada. I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s-1950s), ca.1756 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private …
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-ca.1995]
- Reference Code
- M317 / S23 / V488
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Machine-readable data file
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Government record
- Map
- Plan
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 317
- S 23
- V 488
- Sous-Fonds
- M 317
- S 23
- V 488
- Accession Number
- 97, 90, 1155, 1270, 1386, 1396, 1487, 1500, 1539, 1552, 1848, 1877, 1911, 1969, 2140, 2147, 2185, 2267, 2342, 2360, 2365, 2382, 2530, 2539, 2683, 2749, 2819, 2938, 2971, 2979, 2990, 2994, 2977, 3026, 3067, 3120, 3238, 3296, 3344, 3368, 3381, 3403, 3458, 3466, 3473, 3624, 3678, 3765, 3783, 3847, 3875, 4008, 5018, 5054, 5085, 5114, 5141, 5222, 5321, 6015, 6372, 6373, 6404, 6410, 6423, 6444, 6699, 6756, 6924, 7057, 7061, 7228, 7351, 8134 (unproc) 7770, 7511, 2015.8407
- Reference Code
- M317 / S23 / V488
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Machine-readable data file
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Government record
- Map
- Plan
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Canadian Parks Service collection.
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-ca.1995]
- Physical Description
- ca.13,557 photographs: prints, negatives, transparencies: col.; 35mm, 1 CD-ROM (556 digital scans). -- ca.55 sound recordings: audio tape cassettes, audio tape reel. -- ca.2.5 m textual records. -- 9 motion pictures: si., b&w; 16mm
- History / Biographical
- Parks Canada administers national parks in Canada. The agency has been administered by several government departments and undergone numerous name changes over the years. Most recently it was known as the Canadian Parks Service. Parks Canada is responsible for the administration of mountain parks and, in some cases, townsites within these parks. Until 1990, it administered the town of Banff in Banff National Park. Parks Canada provides a variety of services to visitors and residents pertaining to interpretive and visitor information; trail, resource and wildlife management; fire protection, mountaineering search and rescue and avalanche control; facilities and utilities; townsite services etc.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of material pertaining to the mountain parks of western Canada.
- I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s-1950s), ca.1756 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private and government buildings, dwellings, roads and utilities; resource and wildlife development and management; visitor facilities; lodges, hotels and bungalow camps; warden and fire protection activities; Banff events; Norman Sanson trips and expeditions.
- I.B. Banff National Park warden service photographs, motion pictures and documentation pertaining to wardens, warden activities and cabins, wildlife management; ca.11,000 items. Series includes 2 National Parks Service motion pictures "Hunting without a gun",1930 and Stalking big game", 1930.
- I.C. Lantern slides, 2 sets (accn.3783); includes CPR lecture set, ca.1915, 145 items, and Canadian Rockies lecture set, ca.1920, 54 items, accompanied by lecture notes (stored with textual material M317).
- I.D. Cave and Basin project; copies of mainly snapshot prints acquired by the Cave and Basin restoration and re-development project, 1981-1985, from various individuals, 204 items.
- I.E. Yoho National Park collected photographs, ca.90 photographs : prints, pertain to Yoho National Park landscape, scenery, railway, places and facilities, including Field. Accompanied by 3 letters. Collected from numerous donors, including Kevin Hargadon, T. Lees, Ernie Plant, F. W. Yeats and Millie Adamson.
- I.F. Other, ca.90 items?; prints, transparencies, copy negatives, video recording. Includes: colour transparencies by Jack Holroyd and Bruce Gordon, 1966-1974, re Banff buildings and Protection Mountain mine; photographs of Bankhead, its people and activities used for project Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town by Ben Gadd, 1989; video recording, "Saskatchewan Glacier Clean-up 1994"; VHS cassette copy of National Parks of Canada films produced in the 1930s, including Winter Wonderland, Skiing at Lake Louise, Skiing in Cloudland, Sunshine and Powder Snow, When Winter Comes and "She Climbs to Conquer" by William J. Oliver featuring Georgia Engelhard and Swiss Guide, Ernest Feuz, 1932. CD-ROM includes scanned images from a photograph album "Public Works Projects 1930s Banff National Park" ; Tom Boon's photographs of Mount Royal Hotel fire, 1967, and photograph of C.A. (Alfred) Boon, Union Oil representative at Field and Banff, 1935.
- II. Sound recordings series, 1977-1985, ca.55 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes, audio tape reel. Series consists of: A. Yoho National Park human history study, 1977, 20 cassettes. B. Memoirs of the Warden Service oral history project, 1984, 15 interviews (29 cassettes). Project was conducted by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Accompanied by report. C. Other, 1980-1985, 3 items, includes rededication ceremonies for Kootenay National Park and for the Park Museum, Banff, also recording pertaining to the Castleguard Caves.
- III. Textual records series, [ca.1887]-1994, ca.250 cm of textual records. Series consists of unpublished reports and management plans; visitor registers, summit registers, cabin and fire lookout registers (some with photographs); register of pack parties, Banff National Park, 1922-1933; maps and plans, including annotated warden service maps; warden records; surveyor notebooks; and transcripts and ephemera pertaining to ceremonies and events. Reports pertain to archaeological sites and research, national parks history, warden service, coal mining in the Bankhead area, predator studies, Cave and Basin, Radium Hot Springs, Ya Ha Tinda Ranch and other sites.
- Notes
- Original photograph album of the scanned images on CD-ROM is located in the Warden's office, Banff National Park Archival Room, cabinet 4, entitled "Public Works Projects 1930s Banff National Park"
- Name Access
- Parks Canada
- Subject Access
- Banff National Park - Wardens
- Bankhead
- Buildings and facilities
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Government
- Natural resources
- Science and technology
- Surveying
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Separate finding aid database Parks Canada M317 S23 V488: file level description, includes processed and unprocessed
- Finding aids and reference tools: electronic series description
- basic description for processed material
- basic description for Series I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection (accn.3783)
- accession record copies for unprocessed material
- sound recording summaries and reference copy recordings
- modern reference prints for Cave and Basin photographs
- Related Material
- Related records can be found in Rocky Mountains Park fonds (M410)
- Alpine hut registers for ACC huts managed for a time by Parks Canada are in M200 / I.C.1. Alpine Club of Canada, Hut and clubhouse registers
- Creator
- Parks Canada
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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