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- Luxton family fonds 57
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- Bruno Engler fonds 31
- Elliott Barnes fonds 14
- Kidney family fonds 11
- Lillian Gest fonds 8
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Adelia Woodworth scrapbook and Banff minutes book
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54507
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook produced by Adelia Woodworth and dated 1915. Scrapbook was previously used as a minutes book for community meetings held in Banff. First 10 pages contain news clippings and various typed poems and songs, as well as paper images of King Edward VII, flags of the world …
- Date Range
- 1892 - 1895
- 1915
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / A / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records
- Sous-Fonds
- M74
- Sub-Series
- M74 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920
- Accession Number
- 3109
- Reference Code
- M74 / IV / A / 2
- Date Range
- 1892 - 1895
- 1915
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 88 pages ; 21 x 32 cm)
- History / Biographical
- Adelia Woodworth Nickerson (1902 - 1977) was the ninth child of Elizabeth and Benjamin F. Woodworth, and was born and raised in Banff. Adelia married Nick Nickerson and later moved to Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook produced by Adelia Woodworth and dated 1915. Scrapbook was previously used as a minutes book for community meetings held in Banff. First 10 pages contain news clippings and various typed poems and songs, as well as paper images of King Edward VII, flags of the world and a loose page from the Artistic Publishing Co., Ltd in London. The following 76 pages contain minutes and general notes from meetings in Banff from 1892-1895, naming R.G. Brett, Benjamin Woodworth Sr. and others. Two pages near end of book have additional notes on Australian Cadets.
- Notes
- First page of early meeting minutes/original notes from minutes book are obscured by news clippings pasted on top
- Notes on Australian Cadets in book possibly added ca. 1915 by Adelia Woodworth.
- Subject Access
- Community events
- Communities
- Animals
- Settlement
- Poetry
- Portrait
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- England
- London
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply due to physical condition
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Item has been tied with unbleached cotton string to secure binding and pages together
- Fragile condition, handle with caution
- Creator
- Adelia Woodworth
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://albertaonrecord.ca/woodworth-family-fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Alberta Game Farm
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57630
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to the Alberta Game Farm in Edmonton as part of a National Film Board production. Possibly a petting zoo, the Farm includes black bear cubs, cougars, bobcats, caribou, pronhorn deer, peacocks, zeebras, camels, alpacas, muskox, oxen, and more. The…
- Date Range
- 1962
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / NF - 50
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Film
- Motion picture
1 image
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / NF - 50
- GMD
- Film
- Motion picture
- Date Range
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 motion picture (1 film reel: 250'): 16 mm, original, b&w, silent
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to the Alberta Game Farm in Edmonton as part of a National Film Board production. Possibly a petting zoo, the Farm includes black bear cubs, cougars, bobcats, caribou, pronhorn deer, peacocks, zeebras, camels, alpacas, muskox, oxen, and more. The original label on the case reads "Title Alberta Game Farm NFB, Camera B. Engler, 250ft Time 5 1/2 min, Date 1962 Edmonton."
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Bears
- Birds
- Black Bears
- Camels
- Caribou
- Children
- Cougar
- Deer
- Family and personal life
- Muskox
- Oxen
- Pronghorns
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Edmonton
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Bruno Engler
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Alberta historical photographs
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album consists of 14 photographs and accompanying notes pertaining to various historical events in Alberta. Photographs in album pertain to the Ranchmen's Club in Calgary; an unidentified Stoney Nakoda chief receiving royalty payments for oil extraction in 1929; a group of police officers gathered …
- Date Range
- [1955-1960]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / PD - 6
- Date Range
- [1955-1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (14 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Album consists of 14 photographs and accompanying notes pertaining to various historical events in Alberta. Photographs in album pertain to the Ranchmen's Club in Calgary; an unidentified Stoney Nakoda chief receiving royalty payments for oil extraction in 1929; a group of police officers gathered outside of a building [possibly the North-West Mounted Police Barracks in Canmore]; a cattle ranch, possibly located on a Blackfoot reserve; and other related subjects.
- Notes
- Photographs are copies of older images which were reproduced by Eleanor Luxton, ca.1955-1960. Dates and ownership details of original images is unknown.
- Subject Access
- Research
- History
- Animals
- Club
- Community life
- Environment
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Natural resources
- Oil
- Organizations
- Ranchers and ranching
- Ranches
- Stoney Nakoda First Nations
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Morley
- Canmore
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright status unknown
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- First nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Natural resources
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Alberta to British Columbia Trip Scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54821
- Part Of
- Norman Bethune Sanson fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views from Banff west to Vancouver Island, as well as scenic views of Lethbridge, Alberta, and southern Ontario. Includes scenes from Banff, Lake Louise, Golden, Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Comox, Lethbridge, Toronto, Muskoka…
- Date Range
- 1909-1931, [n.d.]
- Reference Code
- M3 / 26
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Norman Bethune Sanson fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M3 / V246
- Sous-Fonds
- M3
- Sub-Series
- 2. Postcards, n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1036
- Reference Code
- M3 / 26
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1909-1931, [n.d.]
- Physical Description
- 3.5 cm of textual records (88 pages ; 25 x 31 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of a scrapbook that contains postcards and photographs of scenic views from Banff west to Vancouver Island, as well as scenic views of Lethbridge, Alberta, and southern Ontario. Includes scenes from Banff, Lake Louise, Golden, Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Comox, Lethbridge, Toronto, Muskoka Lakes, and the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Also features photographs from the Banff menagerie.
- Subject Access
- Postcards
- Family and personal life
- Travel
- Animals
- Banff Zoo
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Laggan
- Vancouver Island
- Lethbridge
- Toronto
- Niagara Falls
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Ontario
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.1019
- Date
- 1910 – 1945
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1019
- Description
- Cast metal bison, grey-green colour.
1 image
- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1910 – 1945
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 3.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- Cast metal bison, grey-green colour.
- Credit
- Gift of Tony Green, Kingston, Lewes, U.K., 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1019
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Animal Figurine
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- Date
- 1967 – 1973
- Material
- plaster; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0002
- Description
- A carved plaster bear sitting upright with forelegs crossed between spread hind legs and head facing to one side. The bear is painted brown with white muzzle and bib at chest. The bear is sitting on a round green grass patch. The figurine is attached to a base of thin round wood that has been pa…
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1967 – 1973
- Material
- plaster; wood
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A carved plaster bear sitting upright with forelegs crossed between spread hind legs and head facing to one side. The bear is painted brown with white muzzle and bib at chest. The bear is sitting on a round green grass patch. The figurine is attached to a base of thin round wood that has been painted dark brown. The bottom is marked “For Pearl Moore HAL.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0002
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0004
- Date
- 1967 – 1967
- Material
- plaster; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0004
- Description
- A small carved plaster squirrel sitting on its haunches with its front paws clasped in front of its chest. The squirrel is painted dark brown with a white underbelly and is sitting on a green plaster mound. The plaster figurine is attached to a base of two cross sections of tree piled one atop th…
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1967 – 1967
- Material
- plaster; wood
- Dimensions
- 5.0; 5.3 (base) x 2.5; 6.0 (base) x 3.0; 7.1 (base) cm
- Description
- A small carved plaster squirrel sitting on its haunches with its front paws clasped in front of its chest. The squirrel is painted dark brown with a white underbelly and is sitting on a green plaster mound. The plaster figurine is attached to a base of two cross sections of tree piled one atop the other. The bottom is marked “Hal Bieler 67” in red.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0004
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0007
- Date
- 1966 – 1973
- Material
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0007
- Description
- A carved plaster bear, painted brown, with its head turned to the right. The bear is standing atop a large grey plaster rock.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1966 – 1973
- Material
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 6.7 x 4.5 x 4.7 cm
- Description
- A carved plaster bear, painted brown, with its head turned to the right. The bear is standing atop a large grey plaster rock.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- carving
- animals, bears
- Hal Bieler
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0007
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Animal Figurine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0045
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- mineral, onyx
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0045
- Description
- A simple turtle carved from white onyx which becomes darker behind a crack across the body at the tail. The shell texture has beeen incised on the back.
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- Title
- Animal Figurine
- Date
- 1910 – 1950
- Material
- mineral, onyx
- Dimensions
- 7.5 cm
- Description
- A simple turtle carved from white onyx which becomes darker behind a crack across the body at the tail. The shell texture has beeen incised on the back.
- Subject
- households
- collectables
- animals, turttle
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0045
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- Date
- 1968 – 1974
- Material
- metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.1020
- Description
- 5 metal dog tags, attached to rectangular leather fob, National Parks Canada, 1968-1974.
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- Title
- Animal Tag
- Date
- 1968 – 1974
- Material
- metal; skin
- Description
- 5 metal dog tags, attached to rectangular leather fob, National Parks Canada, 1968-1974.
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Boon, Sidney, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.03.1020
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