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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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Miscellaneous Sports
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- Part Of
- Charles Reid fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 21 black and white photographs, 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to various sports and recreation activities, including individual and team sports, in and around Banff, somewhere in Saskatchewan (?), and possibly Medicine Hat. Photographs document winter and summer spor…
- Date Range
- ca. 1916-1939
- 1924
- 1926
- 1931
- Reference Code
- V487 / II / B / PA - 56 to 76
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Private record
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Charles Reid fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M413 / V487
- Series
- V487 / II : Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V487
- Sub-Series
- V487 / II / B : Sports and Recreation
- Accession Number
- 5248
- Reference Code
- V487 / II / B / PA - 56 to 76
- Date Range
- ca. 1916-1939
- 1924
- 1926
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 21 black and white photographs, 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to various sports and recreation activities, including individual and team sports, in and around Banff, somewhere in Saskatchewan (?), and possibly Medicine Hat. Photographs document winter and summer sports, including skiing, hockey, snowshoeing, dogsleds, boxing, canoeing, and horseback riding.
- Notes
- One photograph, ca. 1916-1921, is likely of Charlie Reid (far left) on a high school team (looks like rowing). The team's uniform says "JENKINS" on the front. Charlie went to high school in Medicine Hat.
- One photograph of a man in the snow with snow shoes sticking up is annotated with "Jas Bryant, Banff" on the back.
- One photograph, that is quite blurry, is annotated on the back with "Halliwell winning Sask. steeplechase, Oct. 15/26". Photograph depicts the competition with people on foot and on bicycles.
- One photograph is annotated on the back with " Dog derby at Banff, 1st 10 mile lap, Feb. 5/24." Photograph depicts a group of people and dogs with sleds in front of Brewster's Hall.
- One blurry photograph depicting a snow shoe race is annotated on the back with "Dear Charlie, Unfortunately this is the best I got of the snow shoe race. Sorry. Best wishes, Geo. Barley."
- Three photographs of a group of skiers are annotated on the back with "Jan. 3/31." Two of the group members possibly Charlie and Edmee Reid.
- Name Access
- Reid, Charles
- Subject Access
- Skiing
- Hockey
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Canoes and canoeing
- Boxing
- Dogsledding
- Horseback riding
- Sports and recreation
- Winter sports
- Personal and Family Life
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Medicine Hat
- Saskatchewan
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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- Part Of
- Charles Reid fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 31 black and white negatives, 12.5 x 17 cm or smaller. Negatives pertain to Charles Reid and friends, family, and sports trophies, primarily in the 1920's and 1930's. Negatives document posed family/friend photographs, sports teams, groups canoeing, golfing, men on horseback, and a…
- Date Range
- ca. 1916-1939
- Reference Code
- V487 / III / NA - 1 to 31
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Negative
- Private record
- Part Of
- Charles Reid fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M413 / V487
- Series
- V487 / III : Negatives
- Sous-Fonds
- V487
- Accession Number
- 5248
- Reference Code
- V487 / III / NA - 1 to 31
- Date Range
- ca. 1916-1939
- Physical Description
- 31 photographs : b&w negatives ; 12.5 x 17 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 31 black and white negatives, 12.5 x 17 cm or smaller. Negatives pertain to Charles Reid and friends, family, and sports trophies, primarily in the 1920's and 1930's. Negatives document posed family/friend photographs, sports teams, groups canoeing, golfing, men on horseback, and an unidentified landscape.
- Notes
- Possibly nitrate
- Name Access
- Reid, Charles
- Subject Access
- Banff National Park
- Banff
- Brewster Transport Company Ltd.
- Community life
- Golfing
- Horseback riding
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Scenery
- Sports
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Photograph Album
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- Part Of
- Charles Reid fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, comprising 183 photographs, H12 x W17.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to Charlie Reid and his family and friends during, predominantly, the 1920's. The first photograph is of a child and man; the child looks like it could be Charlie Reid at around 4 to 5 …
- Date Range
- ca.1909 - ca.1929
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- Reference Code
- V487 / I / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Charles Reid fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M413 / V487
- Series
- V487 / I : Albums
- Sous-Fonds
- V487
- Accession Number
- 5248
- Reference Code
- V487 / I / PD - 1
- Date Range
- ca.1909 - ca.1929
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 1 album (183 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, comprising 183 photographs, H12 x W17.5 cm or smaller.
- Photographs pertain to Charlie Reid and his family and friends during, predominantly, the 1920's. The first photograph is of a child and man; the child looks like it could be Charlie Reid at around 4 to 5 years old.
- Photographs document sports and recreation (races, sledding, skiing, snowshoeing, track, canoeing, golf, camping, horseback riding, fishing), events at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival (Festival), Highland gathering, Herald road race, and various activities in and around Banff.
- Locations include: Banff, Medicine Hat, University of Alberta (Edmonton), and Lake Louise.
- Notes
- One of the photographs is a cut-out quote, "a canoo in foolish hands is probably the nation's greatest tipping well"
- Album is bound in brown leather with "photographs" written on the cover. Some of the photographs have captions. Not every page is filled.
- Name Access
- Reid, Charles
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff National Park
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Winter Festival
- Bow River Bridge
- Camping
- Canoes and canoeing
- Children
- Cross-country skiing
- Dogs
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Fishing
- Golfing
- Hiking
- Hockey
- Horseback riding
- Ice sculpture
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Public events
- Recreation
- Skating
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Sports and recreation
- Sulphur Mountain lookout
- Swimming
- Winter sports
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Lake Louise
- Medicine Hat
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Postcards sent to Eugene LaPorte
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 15 postcards sent to Eugene LaPorte from an unidentified friend [1936]. Postcards were sent from multiple locations in the United States, including: Florida, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Utah, Washington, Oregon and California. Content pertains to accounts of travels within the Uni…
- Date Range
- 1936
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 24
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / D : Other materials
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 24
- Date Range
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 15 postcards : b&w and col. ; 13.5 x 9 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 15 postcards sent to Eugene LaPorte from an unidentified friend [1936]. Postcards were sent from multiple locations in the United States, including: Florida, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Utah, Washington, Oregon and California. Content pertains to accounts of travels within the United States and fishing trips.
- Notes
- Eugene LaPorte is addressed as "Col." in most of the messages written on postcards in this file. The sender has intentionally excluded their name and information from each postcard [signed as "?"]
- Name Access
- LaPorte, Eugene
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Communications
- Correspondence
- Fishing
- Sports
- Sports and recreation
- Tourism
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Maryland
- Florida
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Utah
- Washington
- Oregon
- California
- Language
- English
- Category
- Communications
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Slides Notebooks
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover. 51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949. 51 - 2 : "S…
- Date Range
- 1939-1981
- Reference Code
- M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Textual record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities, photography
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i.a. textual material, notebooks
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4
- Date Range
- 1939-1981
- Physical Description
- 4.5 cm of textual records (4 volumes ; 10.8 x 17.6 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover. 51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949. 51 - 2 : "SL II" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1949 and 1955. 51 - 3 : "SL III" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1955 and 191965. 51 - 4 : "SL IV" (Slides Book IV) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1966 and 1981. Also includes folder of loose material from the notebooks.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Administration
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Automobiles
- Backpacking
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Climbing
- Club
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- Fishing
- Flowers
- Glaciers
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horses
- Hotels
- Landscapes
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Outfitters
- Pack trips
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Recreation
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Swiss Guides
- Tourism
- Trails
- Travel
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Waterton
- Waterton National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Montana
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Washington
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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