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- Bruno Engler fonds 61
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- Ben Gadd fonds 1
- K.B. Mitchell fonds 1
- Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds 1
- O.J. Schauerte fonds 1
- Ron Duke fonds 1
Avalanche Control Mt. Norquay. -- 1972
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Wardens preparing gun to bring down avalanches and measuring avalanche on Mount Norquay.
- Reference Code
- V190 / IV.A.iv. - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV.A. Warden collection: Warden schools and training
- Reference Code
- V190 / IV.A.iv. - 3
- Physical Description
- 5 negatives: 6 x 8 cm. or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Wardens preparing gun to bring down avalanches and measuring avalanche on Mount Norquay.
- Subject Access
- Avalanches
- National parks and reserves - Wardens
- Norquay, Mount
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Avalanche Rescue Larch Hill Temple Chalet. -- 1963, April 28
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Wardens probing avalanche and giving medical attention to victim(s) before snowmobiling people out near the Mount Temple Chalet.
- Reference Code
- V190 / IV.B.iii. - 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV.B. Warden collection: Warden operations and activities
- Reference Code
- V190 / IV.B.iii. - 4
- Physical Description
- ca.20 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.
- Scope & Content
- Wardens probing avalanche and giving medical attention to victim(s) before snowmobiling people out near the Mount Temple Chalet.
- Subject Access
- Avalanches
- National parks and reserves - Wardens
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Avalanche School Training. -- 1959
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Wardens probing near avalanche.
- Reference Code
- V190 / IV.A.iv. - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV.A. Warden collection: Warden schools and training
- Reference Code
- V190 / IV.A.iv. - 1
- Physical Description
- 6 negatives: 6 x 6 cm.
- Scope & Content
- Wardens probing near avalanche.
- Subject Access
- Avalanches
- National parks and reserves - Wardens
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
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Bert Pendergast interview
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15296
- Date Range
- 1977
- Reference Code
- S1 / 128
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 128
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel
- Date Range
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Name Access
- Boyce, Jim
- Subject Access
- Banff-Jasper Highway
- Canmore
- Coal and coal mines
- Dairies
- Erickson, Nelson
- McBride, Ray
- National parks and reserves - Wardens
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Skoki Lodge
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
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Bill Brewster interview
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15208
- Date Range
- 1969
- Reference Code
- S1 / 26
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- S1
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Sous-Fonds
- S1
- Reference Code
- S1 / 26
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
- Date Range
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Subject Access
- Boyd family
- Buildings - Banff
- Douglas, Howard
- Fire wardens
- Potts family
- Ranchers and ranching
- Schools - Banff
- Stewart, George
- Indigenous Peoples
- Trails
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bill Wright interview
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15217
- Date Range
- 1970
- Reference Code
- S1 / 38
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 38
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Sue (Corless) Davies
- Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
- Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel
- Date Range
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Name Access
- Boyce, Jim
- Subject Access
- Bar C Ranch
- Cabins and shelters
- Cox, Bill
- Greenham, Margaret
- Hurcomb, Agnes
- Lake Minnewanka
- Mills, Ike
- National parks and reserves - Wardens
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Ranchers and ranching
- Ricks, Frank
- Rungius, Carl
- Skoki Lodge
- Warden cabins
- Wright, Andrew "Scotty"
- Wright, Mary
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
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BNP Warden - Rescue [1/2]
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 53 b&w prints of various Banff National Park Warden rescue operations and training sessions. Includes rescues conducted via helicopter, on foot, and by boat from rivers, lakes, and various mountains around the Park.
- Date Range
- 1961-1972
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 01 to PA - 53
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
14 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- viii : BNP Warden
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 01 to PA - 53
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1961-1972
- Physical Description
- 53 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 53 b&w prints of various Banff National Park Warden rescue operations and training sessions. Includes rescues conducted via helicopter, on foot, and by boat from rivers, lakes, and various mountains around the Park.
- Notes
- Photographs included in this entry were originally housed in a photo paper box identified by Bruno Engler prior to accessioning.
- Name Access
- Perren, Walter
- Subject Access
- Accidents
- Boats
- Boating
- Bow River
- Canoes and canoeing
- Castle Mountain
- Helicopters
- Lake Minnewanka
- Mountains
- Parks Canada
- Rivers
- Wardens
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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BNP Warden - Rescue [2/2]
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 3 boards with b&w negative contact sheets adhered to them, dated May 23, 1973, depicting a helicopter sling rescue [possibly a training exercise] and portraits of the rescue team posed beside the helicopter.
- Date Range
- 1973
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 54 to PA - 56
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- viii : BNP Warden
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / B / viii / PA - 54 to PA - 56
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 23.4 x 34.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 3 boards with b&w negative contact sheets adhered to them, dated May 23, 1973, depicting a helicopter sling rescue [possibly a training exercise] and portraits of the rescue team posed beside the helicopter.
- Notes
- File came from box XVI, separate from alphabetised boxes
- Name Access
- Anderson, Andy
- Davies, Jim
- Engler, Bruno
- Subject Access
- Accidents
- Helicopters
- Mountains
- Parks Canada
- Portrait
- Wardens
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Record…
- Date Range
- ca. 1870 - ca. 1998
- 1870s-1880s
- ca.1918 - ca. 1960s
- 1986-1998
- 1986
- 1990
- 1993
- 1995
- 1997-1998
- Reference Code
- M521 / I / A / 3-4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Newspaper clipping
- Private record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- Sub-Series
- M521 / I / A : Research and Writing
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / I / A / 3-4
- Date Range
- ca. 1870 - ca. 1998
- 1870s-1880s
- ca.1918 - ca. 1960s
- 1986-1998
- 1986
- 1990
- 1993
- 1995
- 1997-1998
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 30 x 35 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Records were filed in an envelope that was titled "Book Notes." Notable people include James Wardle, J.B. Harkin, Pat Brewster, Arthur Unwin, Dr. Brett, Norman Sanson, and Bill Peyto, among others. Notable places and topics include the organization of the Department of the Interior, the Banff-Windemere Highway, Rocky Mountain Park and Park Wardens, Kootenay National Park fires, coal and precious metal mines (e.g. Bankhead, Silver City), trail riding and hiking, research about James Wardle and his accomplishments, Ya-Ha-Tinda, and various parks (e.g. Glacier, Revelstoke, Elk Island, Kootenay, and Yoho). Other records include a handwritten letter to the Auld family in Scotland (cousins of Sheila Ritchie) with a story about Glenbow and a highland cow from Oban, Scotland; personal reflections on the Banff area and mountains in general; notes that Dorothy took while doing research at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the Banff Public Library; and a variety of newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Includes request slips and stationary from the archives at the Whyte Museum.
- Potentially includes a handwritten list of Dorothy's written works.
- Newspaper clippings primarily from the Times Colonist, which is published in Victoria, British Columbia.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard)
- Brewster, Pat
- Peyto, Bill
- Brett, Robert George
- Sanson, Norman
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Banff Public Library
- National parks and reserves
- Newspaper
- Parks Canada
- Park policy
- Research
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Wardens
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch
- Hiking
- Community life
- History
- Mines and mineral resources
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Bankhead
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Castle Mountain
- Glacier National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Silver City
- Victoria
- Yoho National Park
- Scotland
- Revelstoke
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some of the slips of paper are taped together. Was unable to remove them without damaging the materials. May present conservation issues in the future.
- Creator
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Politics
- Natural resources
- Family and personal life
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Title was written on an envelope containing these materials.
- 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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