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Maude Woodworth postcard album, Banff Zoo, Lethbridge

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 35 black and white postcards and 1 colour postcard. Contents pertain to wildlife in the Rocky Mountains, including moose, bears, big horn sheep, buffalo, cougars, deer and elk, at least some of which were held in the Banff Zoo. File also contains images of Leth…

Date Range: [1909 - ca. 1920]

Reference Code: V324 / IV / A / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Postcard

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: V324 / IV / A / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Postcard

Responsibility: Many items produced by Byron Harmon

Date Range: [1909 - ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 1 album (36 photographs : b&w and col. ; 14 x 8.5 cm)

History / Biographical: The Banff Zoo operated as a tourist attraction from about 1905 until 1937, when it was shut down due to concerns about animal cruelty. While it was open, the Banff Zoo held monkeys, cougars, a polar bear named "Buddy" [acquired in 1907], two bear cubs from 1915 onwards, and various other wildlife.

Scope & Content: File consists of one album containing 35 black and white postcards and 1 colour postcard. Contents pertain to wildlife in the Rocky Mountains, including moose, bears, big horn sheep, buffalo, cougars, deer and elk, at least some of which were held in the Banff Zoo. File also contains images of Lethbridge [ca. 1909], Col. Cyril Childe [ca. 1920], Mt. Rundle, Niagara Canyon and other untitled views of the Canadian Rockies. One image depicting Lethbridge is dated 1909, stamped and annotated.

Notes: Most dates given are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist based on format and content of items; Numerous items appear to be missing; Inside cover of album reads: "Maud Woodworth from W.R. Lewis [?] ... 1909"

Name Access: Childe, Cyril; Harmon, Byron; Woodworth, Maude

Subject Access: Wildlife; Animals; Bear; Moose; Sheep; Buffalo; Cougar; Deer; Elk; Landscapes; Zoo; Banff Zoo; Tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; Banff; Lethbridge; British Columbia; Niagara Canyon

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Item must be kept in separate storage from other albums due to its cloth/leather cover material

Category: Family and personal life; Environment

Biographical Source Notes: http://banff.ca/index.aspx?NID=480

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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The Pavilion and the Zoo : a winter of demolition 1937-1937 Banff Alberta; The Banff Pavilion; Buddy, the Sergeant and the Major

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2011

Author: Allen, Arthur

Publisher: West Vancouver (B.C.) : handmade books

Call Number: 08.3 Al5p Pam

Author: Allen, Arthur

Responsibility: Photos and drawings by Arthur Allen unless noted otherwise

Publisher: West Vancouver (B.C.) : handmade books

Published Date: 2011

Physical Description: 14p. : ill., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Architecture; Banff National Park; Banff Zoo; Frank Lloyd Wright Pavilion; Government

Notes: Cover title: The Pavilion and the zoo. Leather cover

Accession Number: 8082

Call Number: 08.3 Al5p Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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States of nature : conserving Canada's wildlife in the twentieth century

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2006

Author: Loo, Tina

Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press

Call Number: 04 L87s

Author: Loo, Tina

Responsibility: Tina Loo; foreword by Graeme Wynn

Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: xxiv, 280 p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff Zoo; Belaney, Archibald Stansfield (Grey Owl); Hunting; Poaching; Russell, Andy; Tourism

ISBN: 0-7748-1290-7

Accession Number: 7875

Call Number: 04 L87s

Collection: Archives Library

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Warden Scrapbook #1

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Part Of: Ulysses LaCasse fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of photographs of warden activities, including wolf management; group warden portraits; Castle Mountain area; Joe Smith of Silver City; burled trees; LaCasse family members, including grandchildren; and Ulysses LaCasse, ca.1937-1960. Also includes memos sent between Ul…

Date Range: 1946-1947

Reference Code: M90 / 8 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Ulysses LaCasse fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M90 / V340

Sous-Fonds: M90

Sub-Series: II / A Personal / professional series : Scrapbooks

Accession Number: 617

Reference Code: M90 / 8 / 1

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1946-1947

Physical Description: 1 textual record (1 v.)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of photographs of warden activities, including wolf management; group warden portraits; Castle Mountain area; Joe Smith of Silver City; burled trees; LaCasse family members, including grandchildren; and Ulysses LaCasse, ca.1937-1960. Also includes memos sent between Ulysses LaCasse and K.B. Mitchell, Chief Park Warden and photographs taken by Nicholas Morant.