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Travel Documents and Maps (File 2 of 2)
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 maps, 3 stamps, ca.12 blank CP labels, 10 CP "value labels",1 notepad, 11 travel release forms (5 annotated) and 1 travel folder. Content pertains to travel documents and maps used by Nicholas Morant during work trips with Canadian Pacific and possibly some personal travel. Inclu…
- Date Range
- 1930
- 1946
- 1947
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1975]
- 1966
- 1977
- 1978
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / A9 / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Map
- Organization record
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / I / A : Nick and WIllie Morant
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / A9 / 2
- Responsibility
- Collected by Nicholas Morant; corporate records for Canadian Pacific owned by Canadian Pacific company
- Date Range
- 1930
- 1946
- 1947
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1975]
- 1966
- 1977
- 1978
- Physical Description
- ca. 43 Textual records: maps, stamps, labels, notepad, small travel folder, release forms
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 maps, 3 stamps, ca.12 blank CP labels, 10 CP "value labels",1 notepad, 11 travel release forms (5 annotated) and 1 travel folder. Content pertains to travel documents and maps used by Nicholas Morant during work trips with Canadian Pacific and possibly some personal travel. Includes maps of Alberta, Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, Jasper National Park; professional supplies (travel forms, shipping labels); 14-cent Canadian stamps (from XI Commonwealth Games in 1978); notepad with 2 pages of notes written by Nicholas Morant; and small blue travel-sized folder with pockets with CP Transport label on front.
- Notes
- CP Rail labels, stamps, value labels, blue folder and notepad originally stored in plastic wrapping labelled "ENVELOPES PAPER STAMPS VALUE LABELS" Travel release forms were originally stored in blue/grey CP Rail mailing envelope labelled "RR Releases" (stored in separate folder in same box) 1966 map of Alberta (fold-out map) and 3 maps of national parks were originally stored in large blue/grey Canadian Pacific envelope labelled "MAPS - PARKS ALBERTA SASKATCHEWAN ONTARIO" Large map of Alberta formerly stored in unlabelled plastic yellow bag with red cloth border (removed for conservation purposes) Items in this file were part of an original set of ca. 75 items; excess duplicates, blank pages and envelopes, non-annotated maps not relevant to the Canadian Rockies, etc. were discarded.
- Storage Range
- In file box M300 / III / A9
- Name Access
- Morant, Nicholas
- Subject Access
- Banff National Park
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Jasper National Park
- National parks and reserves
- Parks
- Records
- Rocky Mountains
- Travel
- Yoho National Park
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- English
- French
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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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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Canmore Hearings
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Public Hearings on Land Use and Resource Development in the Eastern Slopes.
- Date Range
- 1973
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 4 / b / iii / 1370
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.4. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 4 / b / iii / 1370
- Date Range
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Public Hearings on Land Use and Resource Development in the Eastern Slopes.
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Personal Correspondence
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Erling Strom. Subjects include Christmas greetings, Whyte and Catharine’s trip to Norway, Siri Strom, Lizzie Rummell, Lillian Gest, and Mount Assiniboine.
- Date Range
- 1964 - 1982
- Reference Code
- M59 / II / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual, private record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M59 / V689
- Series
- II. Correspondence
- Sous-Fonds
- M59
- Accession Number
- 5380
- Reference Code
- M59 / II / 2
- Date Range
- 1964 - 1982
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual material
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Erling Strom. Subjects include Christmas greetings, Whyte and Catharine’s trip to Norway, Siri Strom, Lizzie Rummell, Lillian Gest, and Mount Assiniboine.
- Storage Range
- M59 / I / 23 to M59 / II / 4
- Subject Access
- Rocky Mountains
- Employment
- Travel
- Language
- English
- Norwegian
- Title Source
- Title supplied by archival assistant
- Processing Status
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Charlie Hunter fonds
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- Part Of
- Charlie Hunter fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of selected colour transparencies mainly pertaining to Hunter's world travels, including Africa, 1961, northern India and region, 1967, Norway, 1974, and New Zealand and Australia, date unknown. Also, scenic views of the Canadian Rockies. Selected from total of 1633 slides. Accompa…
- Date Range
- 1965-1975
- Reference Code
- V292
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Album
- Part Of
- Charlie Hunter fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 292
- Sous-Fonds
- V 292
- Accession Number
- 1017, 2688, 2016.8594
- Reference Code
- V292
- Date Range
- 1965-1975
- Physical Description
- 835 photographs : transparencies, print. 1 Photograph Album: ca.211 prints, b&w
- History / Biographical
- Charlie Hunter, 1888-1982, was a guide and outfitter at Pincher Creek, Banff, Rocky Mountain House and Nordegg, Alberta. Hunter was born in Illinois, USA and came to Pincher Creek in 1904. There he began his career as a guide and outfitter, expanding to the Banff area in 1930s. Hunter travelled extensively throughout the world.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of selected colour transparencies mainly pertaining to Hunter's world travels, including Africa, 1961, northern India and region, 1967, Norway, 1974, and New Zealand and Australia, date unknown. Also, scenic views of the Canadian Rockies. Selected from total of 1633 slides. Accompanied by one photograph of Kootenai Brown. Also contains one photograph album previously belonging to Charlie Hunter consisting of ca.211 b&w photographs depicting Canadian Rockies tours and packing trips.
- Name Access
- Hunter, Charlie
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Guiding
- Hiking
- Pack Train
- Horses
- Pack trip
- Rocky Mountains
- Scenery
- Trails
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: file description
- some item lists
- Creator
- Hunter, Charlie
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
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Travel Photographs
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- Part Of
- Bill Moffat fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to a motor car trip made by Bill Moffat in the Yoho Valley and Golden, British Columbia areas. Subjects include snow tunnels, the Yoho Valley road, Cathedral Mountain, Mount Stephen, Sherbooke Lake glacier, and Golden.
- Date Range
- [ca.1930]
- Reference Code
- V33 / PA - 1 to 8
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Bill Moffat fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V33
- Sous-Fonds
- V33
- Accession Number
- 5478
- Reference Code
- V33 / PA - 1 to 8
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1930]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 8 prints, b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to a motor car trip made by Bill Moffat in the Yoho Valley and Golden, British Columbia areas. Subjects include snow tunnels, the Yoho Valley road, Cathedral Mountain, Mount Stephen, Sherbooke Lake glacier, and Golden.
- Subject Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Bill Moffat
- Title Source
- Title provided by archivival assistant
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Canada and America 28 Sept. to 14 Dec. 1889
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- Part Of
- Canada and America album fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 73 b&w photographs, pasted in, captioned. Photographs pertain to Medicine Hat, Alberta; the Rocky Mountains and the Canadian Pacific Railway; Banff National park; the Kicking Horse and Columbia Rivers; Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia; Mariposa County, California; Mount Shast…
- Date Range
- ca.1889
- Reference Code
- V388 / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Canada and America album fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Accession Number
- 6261
- Reference Code
- V388 / PD - 1
- Date Range
- ca.1889
- Physical Description
- Photograph Album: 1 photograph album (73 b&w prints)
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 73 b&w photographs, pasted in, captioned. Photographs pertain to Medicine Hat, Alberta; the Rocky Mountains and the Canadian Pacific Railway; Banff National park; the Kicking Horse and Columbia Rivers; Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia; Mariposa County, California; Mount Shasta; Yosemite National Park, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; Muir's Glacier, Alaska. Subjects include numerous views of railway infrastructure of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Oregon and California Rail Road (O & C.R.R.), images of ferries and steamers, mountains, waterfalls, bays, and other ‘natural wonders’ like the giant Sequoia trees of California, cedar trees in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. The album also contains photographs of Victoria, Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington. The album was most likely assembled by an unknown traveller. The photographs were taken by professional Canadian photographers A. B. Thom (1849-1926) and C. S. Bailey (1869-1896), and American photographers Isaiah West Taber (1830-1912), George Fiske (1835-1918), C. R. Savage (1832-1909), and possibly Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916). For more information regarding the photographers, see scope 2B. 25 photographs have no author referenced in the album. Prints on pages 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 17, and 18 have been attributed to A.B. Thom through consultation of captions and catalogue numbers found through the Manitoba Historical Society. Prints on pages 26 - 30, and 32 have been attributed to C.S. Bailey through matching the catalogue numbers and captions on the print with the catalogue numbers of the photographer found in a 1889 catalogue. Prints on pages 20 - 25 may be attributed to Carleton E. Watkins (see scope 2B). Square brackets in list below indicate attribution made by archives staff. Page Photographer Image # Caption: 1 A.B. Thom 2146 Banff from the Sanitarium and Cloud Effects, Cascade Mountains 2 [A.B. Thom] 2102 Bow River Valley from Kanaskis Falls 3 A.B. Thom 2151 Banff and Surrounding Mountains from Sulfur Mountain 4 A.B. Thom 2176 Bow River Rapids and Cascade Peak, Banff 5 [A.B. Thom] 2010 Bow River Valley from C.P.R Hotel, Banff Park 6 [A.B. Thom] 2134 Bird’s eye view of C.P.R Hotel above Bow Rapids, Banff 7 A.B. Thom 2135 General View of Banff and Surrounding Mts. From the Hot Springs 8 [A.B. Thom] 2115 Tunnel Mountain from Junction of Bow and Spray Rivers 9 A.B. Thom 2144 Beaver Mouth Canyon, Mount Swett's in the distance 10 A.B. Thom 2138 Glacier on East Side of Mount Stephen 10,500 feet high 11 A.B. Thom 2156 Cascade Falls Near Rogers Pass, Selkirks 12 [A.B. Thom] 2033 Kicking Horse Canyon Looking West From Muir's Tunnel 13 A.B. Thom 2158 In the Kicking Horse at Muir's Tunnel 14 A.B. Thom 2140 Seventh and Eighth Crossing Kicking Horse Canyon 15 A.B. Thom 2160 View of the Glacier Peak from the Long Shed 16 A.B. Thom 2150 Banks of the Columbia River, Six Miles West of Donald 17 [A.B. Thom] 2047 Stony Creek Bridge, Highest Wooden Bridge in World 18 [A.B. Thom] 2119 Albert Canyon, Illecillwaet River, BC 19 A.B. Thom 2174 Vancouver, as seen from Hotel Vancouver 20 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Victoria, BC 21 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Victoria, BC 22 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Victoria, BC 23 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Victoria, BC 24 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Seatle 25 Unknown Hand-written caption only: Tacoma 26 [C.S. Bailey] 508 Squamish Indian Mission 26 [C.S. Bailey] 574 Str (Steamer) 'Yosemite' rounding Brocton Point Vancouver, B.C 27 [C.S. Bailey] 624 The Loop, CPR Selkirks 27 [C.S. Bailey] 645 Mountain Creek Bridge, Selkirks 28 [C.S. Bailey] 626 The Loop, CPR Selkirks, Showing three Tracks 28 [C.S. Bailey] 608 A Glimpse at the Fraser Above North Bend 29 [C.S. Bailey] 546 Cedar Tree, On Park Road Vancouver 29 [C.S. Bailey] 573 Part of Stanely Park Road, Vancouver 30 [C.S. Bailey] 506 Vancouver, B.C From South 31 C.S. Bailey x609 C.P.R Bridge over Fraser River near Cisco 32 [C.S. Bailey] x659 Bow River Valley from Hot Springs, Banff, National Park 33 C.S. Bailey x587 Hope Mountains from Hope Station 34 Taber 3749 Mossbrae Falls, from O & C.R.R. Shasta County, California 35 Taber 3743 O & C.R.R. and Eagle Cliff, Shasta, Co. California 36 Taber 3741 Sacramento River near its source and O & C.R.R. Shasta County, Cal. 37 Taber B2068 Mt. Shasta from Strawberry Valley 38 Taber 2116 Castle Rock, from Lower Soda Spring 39 Taber 3740 O & C.R.R. Loop Showing Three Trestles, Siskiyou Mts. Cal. 40 Taber B2075 Mt. Shasta from Butteville 41 Taber 3744 Mt. Shasta, Cal. 42 Taber B522 Market Street from Third Street, San Francisco Looking East 43 Taber B920 View of Telegraph Hill and Water from S.t. from the Bay 44 Taber B868 San Francisco Bay 45 Taber B1674 Oakland Ferry Boat "Piedmont" 46 Taber B532 Seal Rock, Pacific Ocean 47 Taber 4222 Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San Fran. Cal. 48 Taber B3092 Wawana Station, Cal - 1887 49 Taber 3097 Big Trees, Mariposa Grove, Cal. On distant mountain - From point Miller - Yosemite Valley, Cal. 50 Taber B2455 Mariposa Grove 51 Taber A260 "Grizzly Giant" 33 Feet diameter, Mariposa 52 Taber 2538 The Grizzly Giant, diameter 33 feet Mariposa Grove, Cal 53 Taber 3070 Big Trees and Cabin, Mariposa Grove, Cal. 54 Taber A278 Sequoia Group, 270 feet high, Mariposa Grove 55 Taber B953 Hercules (Fallen Tree) Calaveras Grove 56 Fiske 376 Handwritten caption: 'Mariposa' 56 Fiske 494 No caption 57 Fiske 379 Handwritten caption: 'Grizzly Giant' 57 Fiske 378 Handwritten caption: 'Orion' 58 Fiske 735 Sunset Study, San Franciso Bay, Copywright 1884 59 Taber 4495 The Grounds of the Hotel Del Monte, Monterry Cal. 60 Taber 4491 Hotel Del Monte - Side - Monterry Cal. 61 Taber B2202 Midway Point 62 Taber B2292 Cypress Tree and Carmel Point 63 Taber B2195 Arizona Garden, Hotel Del Monte 64 Unknown 1337.A Amphitheatre of Williams Canon - Canyon Col. Springs 64 Unknown Gateway Garden of the Gods Colorado 65 C.R. Savage Garfield Beach, Salt Lake 66 Taber 4552 Longitudinal view of Muir Glacier, Across the Face, Alaska
- Title Source
- Titled based on the title on album
- Content Details
- Alexander Barton Thom (1849-1926) was predominantly a landscape photographer working mostly out Winnipeg, Manitoba but was to known to travel extensively. In 1886, he took over 2000 photographs along the Canadian Pacific Railway. Thom took photographs of the rocky mountain landscape found along the tracks of the CPR and in the towns along the way (in the case of this album - Banff and views of the Bow Valley from Banff), as well as railway infrastructure including bridges, loops, and tunnels. Thom travelled during the winters of 1885 through 1889; he spent his time travelling through the USA and England. During these travels, Thom would give illustrated lectures using his photographs. Since Thom believed that his presentations and images were benefiting the CPR and Canadian immigration, he requested that the CPR provide a photographic car on the train that could be a portable photographic studio. Found in the Canadian Pacific Archives was a letter from Thom requesting the CPR add a photographic car to the CPR. There is however no record of a reply to Thom’s request. Apparently, the impetus for Thom requesting the portable photographic studio was not only his perceived benefits of the photographs for immigration purposes but that Thom wanted to make a series of 21x25 views on glass plates. Having a portable studio on the rails would make the processing and developing images of this size much easier for the photographer. Other archival holdings of Thom’s work include an album housed at the McCord Museum in Montreal, which formerly belonged to Canadian Pacific Railway historian Omer Lavallee. This album was compiled circa 1888 in Winnipeg - possibly for William Whyte who was the Western Superintendent of the CPR. After his time traveling extensively, Thom owned and operated several photographic studios in Manitoba from 1891 to 1900 and retired from photography in 1904. More information pertaining to Thom can be found through the Manitoba Historical Society. Charles S. Bailey (1869-1896) born in Creemore, Ontario, was an active professional photographer from 1887 until his death in 1896. Originally based out of Vancouver from 1887 to 1895, Bailey is well known as a landscape photographer. Twelve of Bailey’s views can be found in this album. The views in this album are very significant because of Bailey’s untimely death at 27 years of age. The view numbers of the photographs in this album can be matched with those found in the catalogue "Bailey and Neelands: Views Along the Canadian Pacific Railway," which was published in 1889 in Vancouver by Bailey and Neelands. He later moved to Kamloops, BC and has been credited with managing a branch of the Bailey Brothers Store Ltd. It has also been speculated that he was one of the first photographers to visit Hawaii in January to May 1895. Bailey’s photographs and prints will hold the markers: C.S. Bailey, Bailey & Neelands, or Bailey Bros. Information pertaining Bailey can be found in the City of Vancouver Archives. Isaiah West Taber (1830-1912) began working in a California photographic studio in 1864 and opened his own gallery in 1875. Taber is known for his views of California and the San Francisco area. After the bankruptcy of photographer Carleton E. Watkins in 1875, Taber bought Watkins’ Yosemite gallery and began marketing Watkins’ stereoviews under his own I.W. Taber label while keeping Watkins’ original view numbers. In 1906, at the time of the San Francisco earthquake, he lost his gallery and negative collection. At this time Taber was 76 years old and this loss marked the end of his photographic career. Because of this loss of his gallery and negatives the 29 views that can be seen in this album are parts of the remaining, rare Taber works that are circulating. Through the cross referencing of the Watkins views numbers with Taber’s, none of the Watkins views owned by Taber seem to appear in this album. George Fiske (1835-1918), a professional American photographer known for his views of the Yosemite Valley is represented in this album by five photographs in and around Mariposa Grove and San Francisco California. Fiske worked as an assistant to photographer Carleton E. Watkins. A year following Watkins’ bankruptcy, Fiske moved to Yosemite was the first photographer to be a year round resident of the Valley. Tragically, in 1904, Fiske’s home and studio was destroyed by fire. Along with the home and studio, the fire also destroyed three quarters of his glass-plate negatives, two cameras, two lenses, and large portion of his stock prints. Again, in 1943, a second fire destroyed his remaining glass-plate negatives. The second fire occurred in the sawmill of the Yosemite Company where Fiske’s negatives were being stored. Fiske’s work had caught the eye of a young Ansel Adams, who had made prints from Fiske remaining negatives prior to the fire. Adams warned of the possible demise of Fiske’s remaining work but nothing was done and they were lost. In light of the destruction of Fiske’s negatives and stock collection, the five photographic prints in the Canada and America Album of a great historical significance. More about Fiske can be found in the publication The life and Photographic Works of George Fiske, 1835-1918 (1979) by Paul Hickman and the publication Yosemite Photographer (1980) by Paul Hickman and Terence Pitts. Charles Roscoe Savage (1832-1909) was a prominent landscape and portrait photographer based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Savage is best known as one of three photographers present at the joining of the rails at Promontory, Utah in 1869 (Andrew J. Russell and Alfred A. Hart being the other two). Savage photographed mostly Salt Lake City, Utah, and California. He was also known to have been the premier photographer of LDS (Latter Day Saints) church leaders. Savage owned the ‘Pioneer Art Gallery’ from 1870 until 1875 when he opened a larger space and he opened his ‘Art Bazaar.’ In June of 1883, the ‘Art Bazaar’ burned to the ground and all of his negatives were destroyed. After his death, another fire in 1911 destroyed the negatives from the last 25 years of his life. Like the other photographers in this album who had their collections destroyed, the photographs, stereographs, cabinet cards, etc. that remain are originals and therefore rare. The largest collection (839 images total) of Savage’s views is held in The Brigham Young University Collection in Utah. This collection does not, however, hold the photographers original numbering system. Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916) born in Oneota, New York began his photographic career in San Francisco in 1854 and went on to be one of the most well known photographers of the Yosemite Valley. The locations Watkins photographed spanned from Tombstone, Arizona to Victoria, British Columbia. He was also commissioned over the span of his career to document mining works in California and Oregon, various subjects for the California Geological survey. His mining views from the Mariposa area were exhibited in London in 1862. The year previous, Watkins traveled to Yosemite were he made thirty mammoth photographs and one hundred stereographs of the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa grove. In 1864, Watkins views of Yosemite proved influential in the United States congress to pass legislation to preserve the Yosemite Valley. Watkins owned and operated the ‘Yosemite Gallery’ in San Francisco out of which his sold his photographic products. In 1875, after a series of business decisions that put Watkins in financial jeopardy, over production of his stereoviews by eastern publishers, and an economic slump in San Francisco, Watkins’ loan from John Jay Cook was foreclosed on and Watkins was forced into bankruptcy. In the bankruptcy Watkins lost the gallery and its holdings, which was all of his negatives, his collection of prints, and all of the photographic equipment. Cook, in association with photographer I.W. Taber subsequently ran the gallery. Taber began selling Watkins’ photographs and stereoviews under the Taber label but maintained Watkins’ original view numbers. Following this Watkins attempted to rebuild the lost negatives but failed to regain financial stability. During the San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fire in 1906, Watkins lost everything. The largest holdings of Watkins’ work can be found at the Bancroft library at the University of California, the California State library, Huntington library, the Library of Congress, and Stanford University. A series of the unknown photographs in this album may be attributed to Watkins (pages 20-25). One image in particular (in the album captioned as ‘Tacoma’ by the album’s author on page 25) has been matched to a Watkins image that is held in the photographic collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art titled “New Tacoma, Washington, Puget Sound, 1882; albumen print.”
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Photographs used by John Garden
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of ca. 405 photographs used in books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" by John Garden, and 23 textual items. Photographs include ca.123 prints (13 oversize), ca.125 transparencies, and ca.156 negatives. Content pertains to Rocky Mountain scenics, vari…
- Date Range
- [ca.1940 - ca.1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / D2 and M300 / I / D2
- Description Level
- 4.1 / Sub-sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 4.1 / Sub-sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M300 / V500 / S20
- Sous-Fonds
- M300 & V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / I / D : Photography : other photographs
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / D2 and M300 / I / D2
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca.1940 - ca.1980]
- Physical Description
- ca. 405 Photographs: prints, transparencies, negatives; b&w and colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of ca. 405 photographs used in books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" by John Garden, and 23 textual items. Photographs include ca.123 prints (13 oversize), ca.125 transparencies, and ca.156 negatives. Content pertains to Rocky Mountain scenics, various hotel interior and exterior views, scenes from Peru, and other miscellaneous content relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway company. Textual materials include personal correspondence collected by Willie Morant, handwritten notes by Nicholas Morant, and one newspaper clipping (annotated).
- Notes
- Contains some duplicates. Negative photos to be re-housed in negative envelopes before moving to downstairs vault
- Subject Access
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff National Park
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Hotels
- Rocky Mountains
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Banff
- Peru
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Peter and Catharine Whyte Colour Transparencies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24018
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 117, 35mm, colour and b&w transparencies. Transparencies pertain to the Whyte Home, the old garage of the Whyte Home, larkspurs, sleds, skiing, boats, wagons, automobiles, trains, trolleys, gondolas, the Royal visit of King George VI and the Queen, and various scenes of Banff under…
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-1955]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / B / NS - 1062 to 1179
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / B : Peter and Catharine Whyte Transparencies Sub Series
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / B / NS - 1062 to 1179
- Date Range
- [ca.1930-1955]
- Physical Description
- Transparencies: 117 transparencies, 35mm, b&w, colour --
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 117, 35mm, colour and b&w transparencies. Transparencies pertain to the Whyte Home, the old garage of the Whyte Home, larkspurs, sleds, skiing, boats, wagons, automobiles, trains, trolleys, gondolas, the Royal visit of King George VI and the Queen, and various scenes of Banff under the cover of snow.
- Subject Access
- Landscapes
- Rocky Mountains
- Skiing
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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Peter and Catharine Whyte Colour Transparencies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions24019
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 109, 35mm, colour transparencies. Transparencies pertain to a waterfall near Oesa, Mary MacDonald, the Banff Boat Race, Vermilion Lake Ice Skating, Ptarmigan Valley skiing, Banff Winter Carnival, and the Banff Silver City Carnival.
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-1952]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / B / NS - 1180 to 1289
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / B : Peter and Catharine Whyte Transparencies Sub Series
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / B / NS - 1180 to 1289
- Date Range
- [ca.1940-1952]
- Physical Description
- Transparencies: 109 transparencies, 35mm, colour --
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 109, 35mm, colour transparencies. Transparencies pertain to a waterfall near Oesa, Mary MacDonald, the Banff Boat Race, Vermilion Lake Ice Skating, Ptarmigan Valley skiing, Banff Winter Carnival, and the Banff Silver City Carnival.
- Subject Access
- Landscapes
- Rocky Mountains
- Skiing
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.