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McCowan family fonds

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Part Of: McCowan family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to the McCowan family, mainly the McCowan brothers and John and Jen (McCowan) Wilson. Content includes Banff personalities and places; activities, including curling, hockey, curling and fishing; events, including floods and fires in the town; Banff personalities and places. Also p…

Date Range: 1908-1981, predominant 1908-[ca.1950]

Reference Code: M135 / V407

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Scrapbook

Part Of: McCowan family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 135; V 407

Series: V407; M135

Sous-Fonds: M 135; V 407

Sub-Series: V407 / I / A : Albums; V407 / I / B : Prints; V407 / I / C : Negatives; V407 / I / D : Transparencies; M135 / II / A : Textual

Accession Number: 409; 779 1141; 7730

Reference Code: M135 / V407

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Scrapbook

Responsibility: Fonds includes photographs by Bill McCowan and Dan McCowan. Negatives are mainly by Dan McCowan. Wilson-McCowan photograph album was assembled by Bill Waterworth

Date Range: 1908-1981, predominant 1908-[ca.1950]

Physical Description: 80 photographs (40 negatives, 38 prints, 2 transparencies). -- 2 photograph albums (ca.800 prints). -- 1 textual record (1 v.)

History / Biographical: Bill McCowan, 1897-1975, was a government employee at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland with his family in 1911. His brother, Dan McCowan, was a renowned naturalist and writer. Other siblings were Marie, Jim, Duncan, Rae, Jock and Jennie. Jennie McCowan (1894-1984) married John Clark Wilson (1888-1932), son of Tom and Minnie Wilson. Their daughter, Bernice, married Bill Waterworth.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to the McCowan family, mainly the McCowan brothers and John and Jen (McCowan) Wilson. Content includes Banff personalities and places; activities, including curling, hockey, curling and fishing; events, including floods and fires in the town; Banff personalities and places. Also pertains to World War I events and 82nd Battalion; royal visits; Calgary, Alberta places and events; scenic views, Banff and area, Rocky Mountains; Margaret Ashley, Henry and Mrs. Fonda. Textual item is Jock McCowan scrapbook, 1913-1981.

Name Access: McCowan, Bill; McCowan, Dan; McCowan, Duncan; McCowan, Jock; Wilson, Jennie (McCowan); Wilson, John

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Royal tours; World War I

Access Restrictions: Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Related Material: Related by provenance to the Dan and Mary McCowan fonds (M55/V408) and through accn. 7730 to Jack (Dave White Jr.) White fonds (V684)

Creator: McCowan, Bill; McCowan, Dan

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Military Career Scrapbook

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Part Of: Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of the military career of Edward O. Wheeler. Includes newsclippings, personal correspondence letters, telegrams, photographs, and magazine pages regarding the Allied war effort in the Great War and Edward O. Wheeler's service and distinquished moments.

Date Range: 1910-1933

Reference Code: M169 / II / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Edward Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M169

Series: II Scrapbooks

Sous-Fonds: M169

Accession Number: 22000

Reference Code: M169 / II / 2

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1910-1933

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (80 pages ; 24 x 33.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of the military career of Edward O. Wheeler. Includes newsclippings, personal correspondence letters, telegrams, photographs, and magazine pages regarding the Allied war effort in the Great War and Edward O. Wheeler's service and distinquished moments.