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Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60. M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Rider…
- Date Range
- ca.1908-ca.2011
- Reference Code
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Sound recording
- Lantern slide
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Sous-Fonds
- M573
- V797
- S60
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- M573 / V797 / S60
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Sound recording
- Lantern slide
- Date Range
- ca.1908-ca.2011
- Physical Description
- 26 cm of textual records.-- 109 photographs (42 prints, 67 lantern slides). -- 2 sound recordings.
- History / Biographical
- Jean Alexandra Hembroff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 5, 1908 to Walter B. Hembroff (d. 1945) and Sarah Jane Hembroff (d.1952). Jean was accepted to the MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art at the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated in 1927. She returned to Winnipeg to begin teaching courses in speech arts and drama. To establish herself, she first volunteered as the "story lady" at the Williams Avenue Public Library and quickly became known as an excellent speaker sought by many different organizations. She taught at St. Mary's Academy and the Evening Institute at the University of Manitoba, as well as offered private sessions. Many of her students used the skills they learned from Jean as they entered radio, television, politics, and business. Jean was also very active in organizing and adjucating Speech Arts festivals in Manitoba, often going to inaccessible places to give workshops. Her teaching, broadcasting, adjucating, coaching, and speaking career spanned more than 50 years. Jean was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's promotions manager to give presentations and broadcast interviews across Canada and the United States. In 1937, Jean joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and participated in their summer trail ride in the same year. For that year's issue of the Trail Rider's Bulletin Jean wrote an article - and became the first woman to ever do so. In 1938, during her lecture titled "Trail Riding in the Rockies" on January 18, 1938 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, Jean met John David (Jack) MacDonald. Jack and Jean were married on June 18, 1938, and the couple had one son, Bruce Walter James MacDonald (August 28, 1946-August 25, 2016). Jean participated in several trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail, and produced articles reflecting her experiences. Jean loved to travel and visited places all around Canada and the United States, Borneo, Tangier, Montevideo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Tonga. At the age of 102, Jean passed away on February 2, 2011 and is buried in Winnipeg.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
- M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, particularly 1937-1939). Series II: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 4 cm, 1924-2000 (including correspondence with John Murray Gibbon, former students, and attendees at various talks, as well as newspaper articles that Jean wrote about various subjects and articles of her achievements). Series III: Collected Materials and Ephemera, 3 cm, ca.1930-1950 (including a variety of collected poems and ephemera, as well as a copy of The Beaver Magazine from 1940, for which Jean wrote an article titled "On the Trail of Sir George").
- V797 consists of two series, 24.5 cm of visual records, ca.1928-1939. Series I: Photograph Prints, 3 cm, ca.1928-1939 (includes personal photographs of Jean and her family and friends as well as photographs of Jean and Jack's visit to Lake Louise in 1939). Series II: Lantern Slides, 21.5 cm, ca.1937-1939 (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1937 to Mt. Assiniboine; Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1939 to Ptarmigan Valley and Skoki; collection of trail ride songs).
- S60 consists of two sound recordings, 1 cm, 2004 and 2007 (Winnipeg at Christmas, narrated by Jean, broadcasted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
- Notes
- Lantern slides include wooden case.
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Camps
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Discovery and travel
- Discovery and exploration
- Empress Hotel
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Kananaskis Ranch
- Lake Louise
- Lantern slide
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mountain
- Organizations
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Poetry
- Scenery
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and recreation
- Sunshine area
- Trails
- Trail guides
- Tourism
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Assiniboine
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Ireland
- Kananaskis Country
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Manitoba
- Mount Assiniboine
- Rocky Mountains
- Victoria
- West Indies
- Winnipeg
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Biographical Source Notes
- Contents of the fonds
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122854759/jean-alexandra-macdonald
- https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-174851/MACDONALD_JEAN
- https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winnipeg-mb/bruce-macdonald-7064958
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Snow canvas : ski, men and mountains with the Leica
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21170
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- c1937
- Author
- Kruckenhauser, Stefan
- Publisher
- Berlin : Photokino-Varlag Hellmut Elsner
- London : E. Leitz [distributor]
- Call Number
- TR682 K7
- Author
- Kruckenhauser, Stefan
- Responsibility
- by Professor Stefan Kruckenhauser ; edited by Kurt Peter Karfeld
- Publisher
- Berlin : Photokino-Varlag Hellmut Elsner
- London : E. Leitz [distributor]
- Published Date
- c1937
- Physical Description
- 88p. : ill., ports.
- Subjects
- Photography of sports
- Skis and skiing - Pictorial works
- Leica camera
- Photography of mountains
- Accession Number
- 3350
- Call Number
- TR682 K7
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Canadian commercial postcards
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of commercial postcards with images pertaining to landscapes, tourist attractions, Stoney Nakoda community members [including Leah Rider Hunter], winter sports, wildlife and other related themes within Canada. Images primarily depict scenes in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rock…
- Date Range
- [1910-1930]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E5 / PG - 1 to 63
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Published record
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected materials
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E5 : Postcards
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E5 / PG - 1 to 63
- Responsibility
- Most images in file produced by photographer Byron Harmon; some materials produced by photographers George Noble, G. & W. Fear, Rumsey & Co. Ltd, and J.C. Walker
- Date Range
- [1910-1930]
- Physical Description
- 63 b&w postcards ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of commercial postcards with images pertaining to landscapes, tourist attractions, Stoney Nakoda community members [including Leah Rider Hunter], winter sports, wildlife and other related themes within Canada. Images primarily depict scenes in Banff National Park and the Canadian Rockies, and also include content from Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
- Notes
- Date range for materials in file is estimate provided by Processing Archivist
- Some items are annotated with information pertaining to images on postcards [names of individuals, locations, etc.]
- Name Access
- Hunter, Leah Rider
- McDougall, David
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Aerial photography
- Animals
- Businesses
- Buildings
- Buffalo
- Bison
- Black Bears
- Communities
- Community life
- Community events
- Dogs
- Dogsledding
- Environment
- Hot Springs
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Landscapes
- Leisure
- Mountains
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Photography
- Postcards
- Recreation
- Scenery
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Sports and recreation
- Sports
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tourism
- Travel
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Banff
- Saskatchewan
- Loon Lake
- British Columbia
- Fairmont
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some items stored in mylar
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Cultural pluralism
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Indigenous Peoples
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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- Date
- 1930 – 1980
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0158
- Description
- Small silver and black basic metal tripod - no manufacturer’s mark and possibly used for mounting lights. Four extensions can be released from the main [hollow] compartment via metal keys and the base legs simply fold out - no locks or braces.
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- Title
- Tripod
- Date
- 1930 – 1980
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 69.7 cm
- Description
- Small silver and black basic metal tripod - no manufacturer’s mark and possibly used for mounting lights. Four extensions can be released from the main [hollow] compartment via metal keys and the base legs simply fold out - no locks or braces.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0158
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- metal; paper;
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0121 a,b
- Description
- Two heavy black-painted metal stands, possibly used to hold up flood/spotlights during photo shoots. Each stand consists of a triangular base through which it appears support crossbars would be fed and two further extensions [tightened/loosened by slim diamond-shaped knobs] can be extended from the…
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- Title
- Light Stand
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- metal; paper;
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 12.2 x 106.0 cm
- Description
- Two heavy black-painted metal stands, possibly used to hold up flood/spotlights during photo shoots. Each stand consists of a triangular base through which it appears support crossbars would be fed and two further extensions [tightened/loosened by slim diamond-shaped knobs] can be extended from the main part of the stand. All of the knobs throughout the stand have a stylized R and M overlapping inside a circle on them, but no information as to a manufacturer could be found. One stand has a faded and warped Canadian Pacific Railway travel tag attached to it by a short length of wire - the tag displays Morant’s address on both sides.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0121 a,b
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- Date
- 1938 – 1945
- Material
- cardboard;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0204 a,b
- Description
- Two boxes of 12 10x15cm Kodak Verichrome Film Packs with broken seals. Each box is mostly yellow with black and red manufacturer and product details throughout - there are two paper adhesive stickers holding the box closed, the one that has the expiration date on it on each box is broken.Verichrome…
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- Title
- Film Pack
- Date
- 1938 – 1945
- Material
- cardboard;
- Dimensions
- 1.4 x 17.9 x 10.9 cm
- Description
- Two boxes of 12 10x15cm Kodak Verichrome Film Packs with broken seals. Each box is mostly yellow with black and red manufacturer and product details throughout - there are two paper adhesive stickers holding the box closed, the one that has the expiration date on it on each box is broken.Verichrome was a kind of panchromatic film that yielded high-quality black and white photographs thanks to the fine-grained emulsion. Film Packs were basic forms of storage meant to be used shortly after purchasing as their [mostly] paper packaging did not keep out oxygen well and had a tendency to fog over time, rendering the film unusable in the long term. It was replaced by the more stable Verichrome Pan in the 1950s.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0204 a,b
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Mounting Tissue
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- cardboard;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0205
- Description
- Plain cardboard box of 3 1/4 x 5 1/3[?] Kodak Dry Mounting Tissue held closed with a long strip of paper adhesive wrapped over the lid to the bottom of the box and a paper adhesive label on the lid displaying the manufacturer and direction of use details. Dry Mounting Tissues were a kind of adhesiv…
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- Title
- Mounting Tissue
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- cardboard;
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 10.2 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Plain cardboard box of 3 1/4 x 5 1/3[?] Kodak Dry Mounting Tissue held closed with a long strip of paper adhesive wrapped over the lid to the bottom of the box and a paper adhesive label on the lid displaying the manufacturer and direction of use details. Dry Mounting Tissues were a kind of adhesive used to attach a print to a support or mount [like card stock, cardboard, wood, foam core, etc] that is activated by heat and pressure. A smooth piece of paper would be laid over the print, with the tissue between the print and the support, and then a hot iron would be pressed over the whole area, melting the tissue and activating the glue. Once cool, the glue was set.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0205
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- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; fabric; felt; leather; glass; cardboard;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0212
- Description
- Square clear plastic box lined with green felt containing 26 camera filters and 2 lens caps - 6 filters are in various containers, one is unopened. Most filters were manufactured by Leitz Wetzler [the company changed its name to Leica in 1986], some are Kodak, and two are Zeiss. Filters include yel…
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- Title
- Filter Box
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; fabric; felt; leather; glass; cardboard;
- Dimensions
- 3.8 x 23.2 x 23.2 cm
- Description
- Square clear plastic box lined with green felt containing 26 camera filters and 2 lens caps - 6 filters are in various containers, one is unopened. Most filters were manufactured by Leitz Wetzler [the company changed its name to Leica in 1986], some are Kodak, and two are Zeiss. Filters include yellow, orange, red, blue, tinted, and clear patterned glass.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0212
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- Date
- 1931 – 1942
- Material
- metal; glass;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0214
- Description
- Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Hektor f=7,3 cm 1:1,9 lens with hood and lens cap in a metal tube case. The lens cap has Leica engraved on it - the case has the manufacturer name and the lens size stamped on the lid, which slides up off the tube.
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- Title
- Camera Lens
- Date
- 1931 – 1942
- Material
- metal; glass;
- Dimensions
- 8.6 cm
- Description
- Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Hektor f=7,3 cm 1:1,9 lens with hood and lens cap in a metal tube case. The lens cap has Leica engraved on it - the case has the manufacturer name and the lens size stamped on the lid, which slides up off the tube.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0214
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- Date
- 1939 – 1980
- Material
- metal; glass; plastic; leather; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0047 a-d
- Description
- A Kodaslide Projector Model 2 inside a hardshell leather case with the lens and slide carrier.a) A black slide projector body with plate on the front, below where the lens goes, that reads “KODASLIDE PROJECTOR MODEL 2” “MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY” “EASTMAN KODAK CO” “ROCHESTER, N.Y.” “100 …
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- Title
- Slide Projector
- Date
- 1939 – 1980
- Material
- metal; glass; plastic; leather; fabric
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 10.1 x 17.1 cm
- Description
- A Kodaslide Projector Model 2 inside a hardshell leather case with the lens and slide carrier.a) A black slide projector body with plate on the front, below where the lens goes, that reads “KODASLIDE PROJECTOR MODEL 2” “MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY” “EASTMAN KODAK CO” “ROCHESTER, N.Y.” “100 - 250 VOLTS A.C. OR D.C. 100 WATTS” “PAT IN U.S.A. 1,434,268 DES. 105,905 PAT. PEND.” “TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF”. There is venting on the top of the body for the light bulb. On either side are two small silver knobs that can be twisted out. On the left side is another larger silver knob that when turned tilts the lens and projector up a couple centimetres. Connected to the back is a long black power cord with three yellow stickers wrapped around parts of the cord. b) A long silver lens for the Kodaslide Projector with black ribbed plastic at the end where the lens is. The black end twists to retract and extend. Along the front of the lens on the black plastic text reads “MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. 5 INCH”. There is a small metal clasp near the middle. 5.5 x 5.5 x 12.0 cm.c) A silver metal slide carrier with two slots for slides. One side is flat. The other side features raised squares with a kind of frame, which is where the slides would go, and on the right side is a small metal bar that can be pushed down to create a stop when the slide carrier is in the projector. 5.2 x 0.5 x 14.8 cm.d) A black hardshell leather case with a black handle and a small silver latch close to the bottom of the case. The back side of the case features four very short metal legs for the case to stand on. The case opens with the bigger half as the top of the case. The inside is lined with brown fabric and features compartments for different parts of the projector with brown nylon straps and clasps to hold them in place while moving. Inside the lid of the case is black plate that reads “COMBINATION CASE” “FOR” “KODASLIDE PROJECTOR” “MODEL 2” “MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY” “EASTMAN KODAK CO.” “ROCHESTER, N.Y.” 18.0 x 27.3 x 27.6 cm.
- Credit
- Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0047 a-d
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