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"Buffalo Medicine" [charm]
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of documents pertaining to the "Buffalo Medicine" charm manufactured and distributed by the Parks publicity bureau from 1920-1922. The charm was a small metal piece housed in a paper pouch and accompanied by a leaflett that related the legend of the charm. The charms were made in batc…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1922]
- Reference Code
- M317 / III / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Published record
- Textual record
1 website
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M317 / S23 / V488
- Series
- III. Textual records series
- Sous-Fonds
- M317
- Accession Number
- 8134
- Reference Code
- M317 / III / 1
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1922]
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records (3 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm and 10.5 x 16.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of documents pertaining to the "Buffalo Medicine" charm manufactured and distributed by the Parks publicity bureau from 1920-1922. The charm was a small metal piece housed in a paper pouch and accompanied by a leaflett that related the legend of the charm. The charms were made in batches of 10,000 and were popular collectors items. The first batch made in 1920 were made of alluminum, but the design was changed for the second and final issue. Includes a typed letter to Jim Sime from Fergus Lothian regarding the charm and material related to early Park fire prevention ; the leaflet that accompanied a "Buffalo Medicine" charm ; a typed text page meant to accompany the charm while on display.
- Notes
- The charm and its original pouch are now housed in Heritage Collection.
- Name Access
- Lothian, Fergus
- Sime, Jim
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Buffalo
- Correspondence
- Fire
- Fire fighters
- Fire wardens
- National parks and reserves
- Parks
- Parks Canada
- Rocky Mountains Park
- Souvenir
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Charm held in Heritage Collection : 103.01.1043 a,b
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Forest Protection Division Photographs
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of an album of photographs pertaining to forest protection and fire fighting methods and equipment employed in Banff National Park. Includes black and white photographs of pumps, machinery, fire trucks, horse-drawn wagons, members of testing teams, and various other pieces of fire fig…
- Date Range
- 1915-1926
- Reference Code
- V488 / I / A / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M317 / S23 / V488
- Series
- I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection
- Sous-Fonds
- V488
- Accession Number
- 8134
- Reference Code
- V488 / I / A / PD - 1
- Date Range
- 1915-1926
- Physical Description
- 1 album (79 photographs : b&w ; 23.5 x 18.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of an album of photographs pertaining to forest protection and fire fighting methods and equipment employed in Banff National Park. Includes black and white photographs of pumps, machinery, fire trucks, horse-drawn wagons, members of testing teams, and various other pieces of fire fighting equipment ; most photos have typed text captions below them.
- Notes
- Metal hinging mechanism removed, wrapped in paper and stored alongside album
- Subject Access
- Automobiles
- Fire
- Fire fighters
- Fire fighting equipment
- Fire wardens
- Forestry
- Government
- Horses
- National parks and reserves
- Parks
- Parks Canada
- Photography
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Many photographs loose from page mounts, replaced where possible.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Dominion Parks Branch Department of the Interior Portable Gasoline Pump Unit
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of an album of photographs pertaining to forest protection and fire fighting methods and equipment employed in Banff National Park. Focusses on the development and implemtation of pumps and generators for use in fire fighting ; most photos have typed text captions below them.
- Date Range
- 1915-1921
- Reference Code
- V488 / I / A / PD - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M317 / S23 / V488
- Series
- I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection
- Sous-Fonds
- V488
- Accession Number
- 8134
- Reference Code
- V488 / I / A / PD - 2
- Date Range
- 1915-1921
- Physical Description
- 1 album (53 photographs : b&w ; 16.5 x 12 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of an album of photographs pertaining to forest protection and fire fighting methods and equipment employed in Banff National Park. Focusses on the development and implemtation of pumps and generators for use in fire fighting ; most photos have typed text captions below them.
- Notes
- Metal hinging mechanism removed, wrapped in paper and stored alongside album.
- Subject Access
- Automobiles
- Fire
- Fire fighters
- Fire fighting equipment
- Fire wardens
- Forestry
- Government
- Horses
- National parks and reserves
- Parks
- Parks Canada
- Photography
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Many photographs loose from page mounts, replaced where possible.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Portrait of Fergus Lothian
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 photographic portrait of Fergus Lothian taken by a member of his staff in July 1978 in Ottawa. The photo is signed by Lothian and dated in the bottom right corner. Also includes a handwritten note by Jim Sime outlining details of the photograph; Lothian gave the photo to Sime at …
- Date Range
- 1978
- Reference Code
- V488 / I / F / PA - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M317 / S23 / V488
- Series
- I.F. Other
- Sous-Fonds
- V488
- Accession Number
- 8134
- Reference Code
- V488 / I / F / PA - 1
- Date Range
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 print : b&w ; 20 x 25.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- William Fergus "Ferg" Lothian (1900-1993) worked for Parks Canada in Ottawa as Assistant Chief of the National Parks Service for 51 years before retiring in 1968. Following his retirement he accepted a contract from the Director of the National Parks Service to compile a difinitive history of national park development in Canada, which he completed in 1981.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 photographic portrait of Fergus Lothian taken by a member of his staff in July 1978 in Ottawa. The photo is signed by Lothian and dated in the bottom right corner. Also includes a handwritten note by Jim Sime outlining details of the photograph; Lothian gave the photo to Sime at the National and Provincial Party Association gathering on 11 October 1978. Lothian was being presented the J.B. Harkin Medal in recoginition of his service and contribution to national park administration.
- Notes
- The photograph and note were accompanied by an envelope that had the same details as the note written on the front; the envelope was discarded.
- Name Access
- Lothian, Fergus
- Sime, Jim
- Subject Access
- Awards
- Parks
- Parks Canada
- Photography
- Portrait
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- http://parkscanadahistory.com/publications/history/lothian/eng/vol4/author.htm
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Buffalo Badge Sketch
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 print of a sketch of a buffalo that was used for copper and bronze badge. These buffalo badges were used to mark paid entrance to the National Parks from 1925-1938 and were fixed to a car's front radiator with wire. This sketch shows a standing buffalo, a design used from 1932-19…
- Date Range
- 1977
- Reference Code
- V488 / I / F / PA - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M317 / S23 / V488
- Series
- I.F. Other
- Sous-Fonds
- V488
- Accession Number
- 8134
- Reference Code
- V488 / I / F / PA - 2
- Date Range
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 print : b&w ; 20 x 25.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 print of a sketch of a buffalo that was used for copper and bronze badge. These buffalo badges were used to mark paid entrance to the National Parks from 1925-1938 and were fixed to a car's front radiator with wire. This sketch shows a standing buffalo, a design used from 1932-1938. Also includes the envelope the print was stored in. Written on the front are details of what the sketch is of and that it was give to Jim Sime from Fergus Lothian in 1977.
- Name Access
- Lothian, Fergus
- Sime, Jim
- Subject Access
- Buffalo
- Automobiles
- Parks
- Parks Canada
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff-Windermere Highway construction
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- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the transcript of an interview conducted by Clint Fillion and Murray Christmas with Oswald McGuiness, who was a surveyor for the route.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1914-1930]
- Reference Code
- M317 / III / 71
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Government record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Parks Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M317 / S23 / V488
- Series
- III. Textual records
- Sous-Fonds
- M317
- Accession Number
- 1969
- Reference Code
- M317 / III / 71
- Date Range
- [ca. 1914-1930]
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records (11 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the transcript of an interview conducted by Clint Fillion and Murray Christmas with Oswald McGuiness, who was a surveyor for the route.
- Name Access
- Fillion, Clint
- Christmas, Murray
- McGuiness, Oswald
- Subject Access
- Banff-Windermere highway
- National Parks
- Parks Canada
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Reproduction and use is restricted for some records
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Constitutes Series III of the Parks Canada fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Portfolio Views Buffalo
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a collection of 12 identical oversized postcards [blank] depicting Howard Douglas, Alexander Ayotte and Charles Allard. Cards have small description below image pertaining to Douglas, Ayotte and Allard's involvement in the purchase and transplanting of a large herd of buffalo from …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 1912]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F2 / PG - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- 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 / F2 : Photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F2 / PG - 1
- Responsibility
- Photograph produced by Tom Jones of Cincinnati, Ohio for distribution by Norman K. Luxton
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 1912]
- Physical Description
- 12 postcard prints: b&w ; 9 x 27.5 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a collection of 12 identical oversized postcards [blank] depicting Howard Douglas, Alexander Ayotte and Charles Allard. Cards have small description below image pertaining to Douglas, Ayotte and Allard's involvement in the purchase and transplanting of a large herd of buffalo from the United States to Canada in 1907. Cards are in original box titled "Portfolio Views Buffalo".
- Notes
- Items kept in original box
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bison
- Buffalo
- Commerce
- Government
- Natural resources
- National parks and reserves
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Natural resources
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Event invitations and programs
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of programs, pamphlets and invitations for events held in Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, Red Deer River and Edmonton. Content pertains to musical performances, the opening of the Banff School Auditorium, a memorial unveiling for John Murray Gibbon, the opening of the John Wa…
- Date Range
- 1917
- 1937
- 1940
- 1955
- 1960
- 1968
- 1975-1976
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 30
- 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 / 30
- Date Range
- 1917
- 1937
- 1940
- 1955
- 1960
- 1968
- 1975-1976
- Physical Description
- 0.8 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of programs, pamphlets and invitations for events held in Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, Red Deer River and Edmonton. Content pertains to musical performances, the opening of the Banff School Auditorium, a memorial unveiling for John Murray Gibbon, the opening of the John Ware Cabin, the Banff Public Library and Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Government House in Edmonton, and a commemoration program for Edouard Gaston Deville.
- Name Access
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Ware, John
- Deville, Edouard Gaston
- Subject Access
- Community events
- Concert
- Memorial
- Music
- Museums
- National parks and reserves
- Tourism
- Library
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Events
- Government
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Edmonton
- British Columbia
- Yoho National Park
- Red Deer
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Charity, educational and research organizations
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 6 published pamphlets and booklets, and an undated "Red Cross Banff" paper logo. Content pertains to a Teacher's Association event in Calgary in 1939; the Calgary Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; a collection of transcribed letters sent to William McMurray of the H…
- Date Range
- [1920-1940]
- 1939
- 1945
- 1950
- 1956-1958
- 1985
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C1 / 32
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Organization 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 / C1 : Volunteer activities
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C1 / 32
- Date Range
- [1920-1940]
- 1939
- 1945
- 1950
- 1956-1958
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1.2 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 17.5 x 21 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 6 published pamphlets and booklets, and an undated "Red Cross Banff" paper logo. Content pertains to a Teacher's Association event in Calgary in 1939; the Calgary Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; a collection of transcribed letters sent to William McMurray of the Hudson's Bay Company which were read before the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba [1950]; a report by the Social Science Research Council of Canada; Alberta Blue Cross membership information; and a copy of "Pioneer Naturalists of the Rocky Mountains and the Selkirks" published for the Calgary Field Naturalists' Society with a note to Eleanor Luxton from author Beryl Hallworth.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Hallworth, Beryl
- Subject Access
- Education
- Research
- Events
- National parks and reserves
- Animals
- Charity
- Environment
- Government
- Personal and Professional Life
- Recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Banff
- Edmonton
- Ontario
- Ottawa
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Our Heritage: A Series of Historical Sketches of Alberta
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a portfolio containing a map of Alberta and published textual record titled "Our Heritage: A Series of Historical Sketches of Alberta by John Fisher". Content pertains to accounts by John Fisher from his travels in Alberta, including Calgary and Jasper National Park. Front cover of…
- Date Range
- [1955-1960]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 38
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Map
- 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 / 38
- Date Range
- [1955-1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a portfolio containing a map of Alberta and published textual record titled "Our Heritage: A Series of Historical Sketches of Alberta by John Fisher". Content pertains to accounts by John Fisher from his travels in Alberta, including Calgary and Jasper National Park. Front cover of portfolio is annotated in red ink with the name "Bessie L.[?] MacKay".
- Name Access
- Fisher, John
- MacKay, Bessie
- Subject Access
- History
- Businesses
- Commerce and industry
- Community events
- Hotel
- Palliser Hotel
- Winter sports
- Sports
- Skiing
- Biography
- Parks
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Jasper National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title copied from item in file
- Processing Status
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