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Canadian Rockies Trips Slide Show - Series I [2/2]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fish…

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1981]

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - I / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Transparency

80 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.ii Photographic material / transparencies / carousels

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - I / 2

GMD: Film; Transparency

Parallel Title: I : [transparencies]. -- [before 1981] V225 / NS 27

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1981]

Physical Description: 80 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara. Titles: 1. K14-15 Clouds from plane 2. K17-26 3 Sisters & clouds 3. K11-8 From Poet's Pool 4. K207-34 Oesa from Abbots Pass 5. B30-27 Babg sandpiper 6. CH 4 fish from Baker Cr. 7. CH. Wilson's Ranch 8. CH. Douglas Lake at sunrise 9. CH. '55 ACC Camp Robson 10. CH. '55 N.E. from Ptarmigan Pk. 11. CH. '55 Banff fr. shoulder Cascade 12. CH. '55 Scarab L. & Whistler Pass 13. CH. 55 Lake & Healy Ck. Plateau 14. CH. 55 Egypt, Scarab, & Mummy Lake 15. CH. 55 NE across Scarab & Egypt L. 16. CH. 55 Monarch Mt. unnamed Lake 17. CH. 55 Mummy Lake 18. CH. 55 Healy Cr. summit & Talc mine L. beyond 19. CH. 55 Ptarmigan, Baker, Redonlet Lakes 20. CH 55 Fr. Ptarmigan Peak 21. CH 55 North fr. Ptarmigan Pk 22. CH 55 Merlin Lake 23. CH 55 Fossil Mt & Baker Lake fr. Ptarm. Pk 24. CH 55 Egypt Lake 25. B50-5 Garden & fowers 26. B32-6 MacArthur Lake 27. Duplicate Cathedral Basin 28. B27-24 Phyl waiting for train 29. K22-21 Spiral Tunnel 30. K22-18 [Spiral Tunnel] 31. K111-18 Photographer Hiker 32. K17-13 Crystal Cave 33. K17-23 Big Rock on trail 34. K16-12 Main Camp & Mt Coleman 35. K16-2 Around stream & dogs 36. K16-13 Campers & Mt Coleman 37. K16. 22 Conne & my horse 38. K16-23 [Conne] & her horse 39. K16-6 Hay fr. the horses 40. K10-14 Canoe on Lake O'Hara 41. -- 10 Walyek & party on porch 42. K5-34 Party by cairn 43. R146-36 Fool hen 44. CH. Baby ptarmigan 45. 191-15 Ptarmigan 46. R144-27 [Ptarmigan] on rocks 47. Vallance 60 Hummingbird male 48. [Vallance] 60 [Hummingbird] female 49. B55-11 Fool hen (nearest) 50. B13-37 Close up of moose 51. B13-35 Moose on club porch 52. B67-4 Charlie feeding moose 53. B11-26 4 buffalo feeding 54. B11-24 Buffalo herd 55. B30-4 Pika 56. B1-24 Beaver in pond 57. R173-34 Bear & cub at one pot 58. R173-33 Bear & 2 cubs one standing 59. R173-35 Bear 60. R185-16B1 Mt goat (bouglet) 61. R177-28 Coyote 62. B27-34 2 Sheep & tourists 63. B8-21 Sheep on the road 64. B27-31 3 ewes 65. B71-36 SHeep & marg fo[?] 66. R173-9 Ewe 67. B65-22 Deer at Club house 68. K36-3 2 plaques at old [Club house] 69. K36-1 Club house plaque 70. K36-2 [Club house plaque] 71. R206-28 Camp at Robson 72. R189-6 Phyl's rope on glacier 73. R187-21 Crowd on decsent 74. B46-4 Above Sunshine Lodge 75. B68-5 Camp fire w- flame 76. R179-17 Al gates plane in meadow 77. R204-32 Mashed plane 78. K15-6 Cars cars cars 79. K15-5 Cars at the Chateau 80. K15-4 View from #658 window

Notes: Please note: Language pertaining to First Nations people is outdated and offensive. Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife. Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Feuz, Edward; Strom, Erling; Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Avalanches; Backpacking; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Boats; Boat House; Cabins and shelters; Calgary Stampede; Canoes and canoeing; Climbing; Club; Elk; Entertainment; Environment; Environment and Nature; First Nations; Flowers; Geography; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding; Hiking; Holidays; Horses; Huts; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Landscapes; Leisure; Mountain; Mountain Goat; Mountaineering; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Norquay Ski Hill; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Pack trains; Pack trips; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Portrait; Recreation; Scenery; Stoney Nakoda First Nations; Tavel; Trails; Trains; Travel; Wildlife; Winter; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Canmore; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Slides rehoused into protective sleeves and acid-free folders after scanning.

Related Material: M67 / II / C / i / c / 56 - 8 ; See also notebooks (M67/51).

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Highlight Slide Show from the Canadian Rockies

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 99 35 mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, and black binding tape with blue dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides the original title and Reel locations written on the matting paper - all slides in this colelction ha…

Date Range: 1940-1947

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - G2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Transparency

99 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - G2

GMD: Film; Transparency

Parallel Title: G2. Dark bindings, blue dots. -- [1940-1947]

Date Range: 1940-1947

Physical Description: 99 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 99 35 mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, and black binding tape with blue dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides the original title and Reel locations written on the matting paper - all slides in this colelction have been pulled from varius Reels taken by Lillian Gest from trips taken in the Canadian Rockies between 1940 and 1947. Their removal is noted in the slide title notebook SL I (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Topics include a broad selection of images pertaining to Canadian Rockies, Banff and area, camps and hikes, wildlife, flora, friends and associates. Titles: 1. Jasper Lake Beauvert & Cavel R33-15 2. [Jasper] Lake Beauvert 39-5 3. [Jasper Lake Beauvert] & Pyramid 40-18 4. [Jasper] golf course [& Pyramid] R40-16 5. [Jasper golf course] R40-15 6. Mt. Edith Cavel & Clouds 39-16 7. On steps of Lodge 33-19 8. Rock garden of Lodge 39-4 [MISSING] 9. [Rock garden] & flag 39-17 10. Bear in the Lake 40-20 11. [Bear] on trail (L. Louise) 76-8 12. [Bear]s at Dump Jasper 40-2 13. [Bear] on road (Deer Lodge) 76-11 14. Jasper rodeo 40-4 15. [Jasper rodeo] 40-5 16. Ram by the road 32-15 17. [Ram by the road] eating 32-17 18. [Ram] on cliff 79-3 19. Two rams on rocks 79-2 20. Deer in sandpit (Jasper) 38-18 21. [Deer] on Bow River 82-18 22. Two bucks (Banff) 112-9 23. Baby Fawn (Dan) 24. Whistler Mt Trail 39-12 25. Engelman spruce & cones 102-2 26. [Engelman spruce] cones 101-1 27. Avalanche fr. Lefroy 101-15 28. Mt. Athabaska & A1 R32-20 29. Mt. Kitchner 36-8 30. Natural Bridge Field 44-18 31. Takkakaw Falls 60-10 32. Polly above Twin Falls 52-14 33. Trail into Little Yoho 45-13 34. Fireweed – Mt Balfour 45-8 35. Lake Louise & Poppies 101-28 36. [Lake Louise] & horseman 101-26 37. Chateau fr. Fairview Lake Trail 76-21 38. On lawn of Chateau 102-20 39. Reflections in window 101-34 40. [Reflections] in shiny ball 101-33 41. Giant Steps R75-15 42. [Giant Steps] R75-17 43. Reflections Opabin Lake J6-4 44. Lunch Sheol Valley 83-7 45. Arnica 56-2 46. Queen Cap R103-2 47. Ptarmigan & chick 86-5 48. Chick in hand & mother 86-9 49. [Chick in hand] R93-17 50. [Chick in hand] R93-19 51. Gopher & lunch box 12-5 52. At Peyto Lookout R106-11 53. Kay & Polly St Nick Glacier 107-7 54. Party at lake opabin Pass 81-1 55. Opabin Pass 55-10 56. Edward on needles 102-16 57. Polly [on needles] 102-19 58. Lake Agnes fr. [needles] 102-15 59. Our tent at O’Hara Camp 81-4 60. Sun on Bugaboos 103-4 61. More sun on [Bugaboos] 103-5 62. Climb of Yukness D.R. 81-14 63. Rope on [Yukness] 81-19 64. Cliff on Mt Forbes 37-18 65. Party on Eiffel 94-13 66. Eiffel Tower 94-16 67. AAC Party on Paradise 87-2 68. Glacier Peak fr. Yukness 81-14 69. Goodsirs fr. Temple 88-4 70. On Paradise Pk. Daver C.H. 95-5 71. Sunday Service 87-13 72. Summit St. Nicholas 107-12 73. Party on E. Post Trip 103-8 74. [Party on E. Post] R103-9 75. Top cliffs Snow Patch 103-14 76. Howser Spire 105-10 77. Party for Mt. Pigeon 105-14 78. Snow slope on Baker 128-29 79. Looking down crevasse 105-14 80. Pinnacle E. Post 103-16 81. Summit Mt. Christian 35-4 82. On Top – St. Nicholas 107-8 83. Indigenous people at Banff Springs 57-18 84. Two Indigenous Chiefs 57-5 85. Indigenous woman & girl 57-9 86. Tepee tops in sky 58-12 87. Hoodoos 73-15 88. Storm on Fairholme Mts 89-6 89. Deer at 202 Muskrat 107-19 90. Deer at garbage pail 107-20 91. Doe by corral 100-3 92. Mt Edith & beaver dam 122-14 93. The Beaver Show 144-12 94. Beaver 114-14 95. Tree cut by brawn R42-8 96. [Tree] over trail R42-7 97. Mt Rundle & gardens 75-4 98. Columbine R73-17 99. Close-up pool & flowers R58-5 100. Bow Valley view R51-8

Notes: This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material. Slide numbering and titles as originally organized, as noted on a title list adhered to the inside of the box lid.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Banff Indian Days; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; First Nations; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Indigenous Peoples; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Recreation; Rodeo; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Stoney Nakoda; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Trails; Travel; Wildlife; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Lake Louise; Jasper; Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Locate missing slide.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Highlighted Slides from the Canadian Rockies

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 99 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, black binding tape, and red dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides also have paper labels adhered to the glass noting the original title and Reel location - all slides in thi…

Date Range: 1943-1947

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - G1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Transparency

99 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - G1

GMD: Film; Transparency

Parallel Title: G1. Dark bindings, red dots. -- 1943-1947

Date Range: 1943-1947

Physical Description: 99 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 99 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, black binding tape, and red dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides also have paper labels adhered to the glass noting the original title and Reel location - all slides in this collection have been pulled from various Reels taken by Lillian Gest from trips between 1943 and 1947. Their removal is noted in the slide title notebook SL I (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Topics include images pertaining to the Canadian Rockies, Banff and area, camps and hikes, wildlife, flora, friends and associates. Titles: 1. Three Sisters R93-1 2. Juncture Bow & Spray R. R84-13 3. Banff Ave & Gardens 89-5 4. Gardens - Mt Rundle 107-34 5. Poppies & Mt Cascade 82-9 6. [Poppies & Mt Cascade] 108-14 7. [Poppies & Mt Cascade] 108-10 8. Summer house in Gardens 108-8 9. Sunshine Recorder 108-15 10. From Healy Creek Road 92-18 11. Beaver Dam 85-18 12. Cow Moose at Stream 43-3 13. [Cow Moose] n. highway 43-4 14. [Cow Moose] and calf 92-6 15. [Cow Moose] in Vermillion Lake 92-9 16. Two moose & calf 92-6 17. Moose – Mt Rundle 92-7 18. Sheep in Paddock 110-8 19. [Sheep in Paddock] 110-9 20. Fawn (dan) 21. Doe and fawn 113-30 22. Polly at Norquay Hut 70-20 23. L.G on Rundle Ridge 89-4 24. Mary Read on Sulphur Mt. 85-17 25. Banff & Lakes fr. Tunnel Mt 113-6 26. [Banff] Springs Hotel [fr. Tunnel] 133-5 27. Party on Sulphur Mt. 85-14 28. Emmie [on Sulphur Mt.] 85-16 29. Caroline at [Sulphur Mt.] Hut 109-4 30. Ram on Sulphur Mt. 79-4 31. [Ram on Sulphur Mt.] 79-7 32. Indigenous Chiefs 57-1 33. Indigenous woman on horseback 57-2 34. Indigenous Boy on horseback 57-12 35. Indigenous Encampment 58-8 36. Indigenous Encampment 58-7 37. Trail-Riders Fatigue Pass 88-12 38. [Trail-Riders] down [Fatigue Pass] 88-18 39. [Trail-Riders] on Skyline 88-16 40. [Trail-Riders] cross Brewster Ck. 88-8 41. Skyline Hikers Camp 96-18 42. [Skyline Hikers Camp] 96-14 43. Tepees and Mt. Cathedral 97-15 44. Lake Louise – poppies – horses 101-27 45. [Lake] O’Hara fr. Plateau 98-11 46. Opabin Lake & meadows 55-9 47. Whistling Marmot 102-8 48. Ptarmigan 55-7 49. Twin Falls 52-13 50. Forest Fire 33-3 51. View up Consolation Valley 71-5 [MISSING] 52. David Woods & gopher hole 104-21 53. [David Woods & gopher hole] 104-22 54. Rock Rabbit & Lake Louise 83-11 55. Chalice cup 81-6 56. Dryas by rock 53-9 57. Alpine savifrage 96-6 58. Hare’s Tail sedge 83-3 59. Delphiniums & butterflies 47-1 60. Just a Trail 75-11 61. Mt. Athabaska 42-18 62. Num-Ti-Gah Lodge – Bow L. 107-15 63. Kay – glacial Lake below Nich. Pk. 107-14 64. L.G at Lake Kimetonk 106-5 65. Witty on Paradise Pk. 86-17 66. Alpine Party on Mt. Bell 72-8 67. From Mt. Odaray 56-15 68. On Forbes glacier 37-9 69. [On Forbes] Trip 37-12 70. [On] ridge Mt. Temple 95-8 71. Christ on Mt. Chris 35-3 72. Climbers slopes of Astley 113-14 73. Summit Mt. Astley 113-22 74. Bugaboo Camp fr. Stream 104-3 75. [Bugaboo] Peaks fr. campfire 104-1 76. [Bugaboo] Ken & Don 104-2 77. [Bugaboo] Mens Tents 104-24 78. [Bugaboo] Sunday Service 104-20 79. [Bugaboo] Sunday Service 104-19 80. [Bugaboo] Quintet No 3 104-10 81. [Bugaboo Quintet] No 3 & moon 104-7 82. Party en route to No 3 104-10 83. Rope on four – Quintet 104-13 84. Brad on Quintet 104-15 85. View fr. [Quintet] No 2 104-11 86. Poll, Mary, Brad – Summit 104-14 87. Party on rocks – Ascent 104-12 88. [Party on rocks] – descent 104-16 89. Three Climbers for Pigeon 104-23 90. Glacier Tour 105-5 91. [Glacier Tour] 105-2 92. Cliffs at Snowpatch 104-26 93. Rex cuts steps 105-6 94. [Rex cuts steps] nearer 104-32 95. Ronny Feuz 99-9 96. In Buttercup Meadow 53-3 97. C.H Waterton Lake 123-9 98. L.G [Waterton Lake] 122-22 99. BHG – Browne living room 78-13 100. Rainbow Emerald Lake 106-8

Notes: This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material. Slide numbering and titles as originally organized, as noted on a title list adhered to the inside of the box lid.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Read, Mary; Hinman, Caroline; Woods, David; Feuz, Ronny

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Banff Indian Days; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; First Nations; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Indigenous Peoples; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Recreation; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Stoney Nakoda; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Trails; Travel; Wildlife; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Canmore; Lake O'Hara; Lake Louise; Emerald Lake; Waterton; Waterton National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Removed from original box and rehoused in slide sleeves and acid-free folders. Locate missing slide.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [April - November 1935]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 44 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to November 20, 1935. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a trip to Lake O'Hara in early August following the annual Skyline Trail Hikers tri…

Date Range: 1935

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 98

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 98

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1935

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (70 pages ; 21.2 x 26.3 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 44 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to November 20, 1935. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a trip to Lake O'Hara in early August following the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip, photography and cameras, hiking/climbing, wildflowers, activities and people at camp, Pete's work on commission paintings/photography projects, events and people in Concord, trips to Bow Lake to paint, dinner and tea parties [both at home and around town], overnight camping trips to Lake Louise to paint, going to the movies and seeing friend's homemade films, going back to Lake O'Hara in early September to paint and hike, Russ and Kitty's travels and activities, day trips around the National Park [mostly to Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Moraine Lake] to paint/sketch, updates on what Pete and Catharine's friends are doing [mostly as it pertains to Skoki and Assiniboine Lodges], wildlife, an overnight trip to Calgary [and a visit to Morley on the way back] in early October, 3 young Doukhobor fugitives escaping police custody that resulted in a chase and shootout in Banff National Park [October 6 - 7] and the subsequent funerals, developing photos and print-making, politics [mostly pertaining to the provincial and federal elections], various holidays [both Canadian and American], skiing, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, and preparing to leave for a trip to Concord at the end of November.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. A few letters written on lodge letterhead. Most letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters have numbers written in pencil in the upper margin of the first pages from an unknown project.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Peter; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Clifford J., Sr.; Whyte, Barbara; White, Bubby; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Vaux, Mary; Vaux, George, X; Moore, Edmee; Rungius, Carl; Carter, Wilf; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Mather, Allan; Strom, Erling; Strom, Sigrid; Gest, Lillian; Noble, George; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Beil, Charlie; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Campbell, Gray; Watson, Sir Norman

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Ski Club; Banff Springs Hotel; Bears; Birthday; Businesses; Camps; Camping; Children; Climbing; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Crime; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Fishing; Flowers; Guides; Guiding; Home; Horses; Horseback riding; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Moose; Mountain; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Police; Post Office; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Scenery; Ski areas; Skiing; Skoki Lodge; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Swiss Guides; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; Assiniboine; Calgary; Edmonton; Alberta; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [February - July 1935]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 6 to July 30, 1935. Topics include travelling back to Banff from Montreal on the train, cleaning and household chores, the Winter Carnival, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, wa…

Date Range: 1935

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 97

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 97

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1935

Physical Description: 1.7 cm of textual records (89 pages ; 21.5 x 27.8 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 6 to July 30, 1935. Topics include travelling back to Banff from Montreal on the train, cleaning and household chores, the Winter Carnival, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, watching hockey games and curling matches, weather, photography and cameras, events and people in Concord, going to Skoki to ski, going to the movies and seeing friend's homemade films, the birth of Russ and Kitty's first child Gale in late February [Edith's first grandchild], watching ski races at Norquay, converting an outbuilding from a garage/one bedroom into a garage/darkroom, dinner and tea parties [both at home and around town], sketching/painting, discussions of operas Edith has seen, Pete going to Vancouver for a few days in mid-April to help his parents [Dave was advised to go to sea level by doctors to help with ailments he'd been having], wildlife, developing photos and print-making, various holidays [both Canadian and American], descriptions of meals and various recipes, yardwork and redoing the driveway, Catharine going to Concord for a month [mid-May to mid-June], construction of a new road to Norquay ski camp, Pete constructing a cover for the back of their truck to be used for camping, going to Calgary for the Stampede, Banff Indian Days, and camping trips around Lake Louise and Yoho National Park.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed - typed letters often have hand-written post scripts. A few letters written on lodge/hotel letterhead. Most letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters have numbers written in pencil or red pencil crayon in the upper margin of the first pages from an unknown project. 97 - 16 contains a sketch of the garage outbuilding and the plans to convert half of it into a darkroom.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Robb, Gale (Guild); Caird, Jean; Owen, Mildred; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Peter; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Clifford J., Sr.; Whyte, Barbara; White, Bubby; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Whyte, Dorothy; Paris, Cyril; Mather, Allan; Strom, Erling; Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl; Carson, Bill; Adaskin, Frances; Adaskin, Murray; Vaux, Mary; Vaux, George, X; Vaux, Henry, Jr.

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Ski Club; Banff Springs Hotel; Banff Winter Carnival; Bears; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Camps; Camping; Children; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Curling; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Fishing; Flowers; Guides; Home; Hockey; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Moose; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; Norquay Ski Hill; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Scenery; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Skiing; Skoki Lodge; Swiss Guides; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Emerald Lake; Yoho National Park; Assiniboine; Alberta; Vancouver; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [November 1950 - February 1951]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 35 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from November 15, 1950 to February 19, 1951. Topics include driving down through Idaho, Washington and Oregon to catch a boat from Los Angeles to Hawaii, time spent in San Francisco visiting with Belmore Bro…

Date Range: 1950-1951

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 128

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 128

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1950-1951

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (132 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 35 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from November 15, 1950 to February 19, 1951. Topics include driving down through Idaho, Washington and Oregon to catch a boat from Los Angeles to Hawaii, time spent in San Francisco visiting with Belmore Browne, happenings on the ship [the SS President Wilson of American President Lines], arriving and first staying in Waikiki, moving to Waimanalo, visiting with friends, weather, Christmas cards, holiday activities, tropical food and flowers, radio programs, travelling around to different parts of Oahu, travel back to San Francisco by ship [the SS President Wilson again], driving from San Francisco to Golden, and boarding the train in Golden to Banff [the Jeep was shipped via train as well]. Also includes brochures for Hawaii hotels and a map of the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are hand-written. Some letters are written on letterhead from ships or hotels. Some letters contain small sketches of hotel/motel layouts, road layouts, and room/ship cabin details. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Brochures and map are not clearly attached to specific letters so are counted as their own entries. Many letters are written on very thin paper [possibly tracing paper]. 128 / 25 is mis-numbered, missed numbering page 5.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Browne, Belmore; Whyte, Dorothy; Castle, Donald

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Beach; Boats; Canadian Pacific Railway; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Cruise ships; Family; Family and personal life; Flowers; Garden; Leisure; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Roads; Scenery; Trains; Travel; Winter; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; California; Oahu; Hawaii; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Interest Files

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of textual records and photographs collected by Ben Gadd. Content pertains to various research subjects, current events and other topics of interest, including: environmental science; wildlife; sports and recreation; Parks Canada; clubs, charities and organizations; natural hist…

Date Range: [ca.1980-2015]

Reference Code: M590 / I / C; V810 / I / C

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Textual record; Photograph; Print; Digital image

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M590; V810

Series: Series I : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: M590; V810

Sub-Series: Subseries C : Personal Interest Files

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / I / C; V810 / I / C

GMD: Textual record; Photograph; Print; Digital image

Date Range: [ca.1980-2015]

Physical Description: ca.180 cm of textual records -- 5 CDs with digital image files -- 1 floppy disk -- ca.122 photograph prints : b&w and col. -- 2 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 7.5 cm -- 26 film strips : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of textual records and photographs collected by Ben Gadd. Content pertains to various research subjects, current events and other topics of interest, including: environmental science; wildlife; sports and recreation; Parks Canada; clubs, charities and organizations; natural history; and conservation.

Notes: Subjects are arranged alphabetically by title. Original titles and arrangement of materials by Ben Gadd has been preserved. See file-level descriptions for content details.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Animals; Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Businesses; Boats; Climbing; Columbia Icefield; Community events; Community life; Conservation; Dams; Environment; Events; Forestry; Fishing; Flowers; Government; Geography; Geology; Hiking; History; Ice climbing; Land, settlement and immigration; Landscapes; Laws and legislation; Membership; Mining; Mountaineering; Municipal views; Natural history; Natural resources; Parks Canada; Politics and government; Property; Provincial parks and reserves; Recreation; Rivers; Science and technology; Settlement; Skiing; Snakes, Insects; Sports; Tourism; Townsite development; Trails; Transportation; Travel; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; United States of America; Rocky Mountains; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Government; Land, settlement and immigration; Law and justice; Natural resources; Politics; Science and technology; Sports, recreation and leisure; Transportation

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal photographs removed from frames

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Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 print photographs which were removed from their original frames. Images pertain to attendees at Aileen Harmon's 90th birthday celebration in Mill Bay, 2002 [photo likely by Ted Mill]; a portrait of Elizabeth Rummel, gifted from her to Aileen in 1966; and a photograph of flowers t…

Date Range: [ca. 1955 - ca. 1965]; 1966; 2002

Reference Code: V262 / I / PA - 1 to 3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M287 / V262

Series: V262 / I : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: V262

Accession Number: 2016.8596

Reference Code: V262 / I / PA - 1 to 3

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Produced by Ted Mills and unknown photographers

Date Range: [ca. 1955 - ca. 1965]; 1966; 2002

Physical Description: 3 photographs: b&w and col. prints ; 30 x 20.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 3 print photographs which were removed from their original frames. Images pertain to attendees at Aileen Harmon's 90th birthday celebration in Mill Bay, 2002 [photo likely by Ted Mill]; a portrait of Elizabeth Rummel, gifted from her to Aileen in 1966; and a photograph of flowers titled "Calypon" [photographer's name difficult to decipher].

Name Access: Mills, Ted; Rummel, Elizabeth; Harmon, Aileen; Fisher, Dave; Mason, Jane; Lockwood, Charlie; Dowling, Phil; Harmon, Carole; Sill, Gary; Fulton, Jim; Parker, Heather; Harmon, Beth; Abercrombie, Forbes; Fraser, Bruce; Fraser, Mary

Subject Access: Birthday; Celebration; Flowers; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Mill Bay

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Items in file have been interleaved with acid-free tissue paper for protection from ink on back sides of other file items; Backing for V262/PA-3 may need to be removed from file in the future to prevent adhesive residue from affecting other items in folder.

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Photograph album

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Part Of: Underwood and Underwood Publishers fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of 114 unbound pages from a photo album. Album contains views of people, places and activities from across Canada from Hudson Bay and Ontario to the Canadian Rockies. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, ev…

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1930]

Reference Code: V465 / PD - 4

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph

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Part Of: Underwood and Underwood Publishers fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V465

Sous-Fonds: V465

Accession Number: 6160, 6180

Reference Code: V465 / PD - 4

GMD: Album; Photograph

Parallel Title: Parallel title is orginal title given

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1930]

Physical Description: 1 album (108 photographs : b&w ; 24.4 x 29.9 cm)

Scope & Content: Item consists of 114 unbound pages from a photo album. Album contains views of people, places and activities from across Canada from Hudson Bay and Ontario to the Canadian Rockies. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, events, scenic views. Many views include people. Captions accompany many images Includes: 1 38887 - Canada. Hudson Bay. The Nastapoka Falls. 2 38886 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Cape Dufferin. Esquimos trading their white foxes at a Revillon Freres Post. 3 38885 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Esquimo family building their igloo. The man and woman on the roof are filling in with snow the chinks between the blocks of ice. Below, the boy is closing the door. 4 38884 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Esquimos eating in the interior of their igloo. Notice the soap stone kettle hanging over the soap stone dish full of burning blubber. 5 38883 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo child with his bow and arrow. 6 Hudson Bay: A very old Esquimo / 38882 7 38881 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Cape Dufferin. The Revillon Freres trading station at Cape Dufferin. Notice the banks of snow against the walls of the house to keep the drifts away. In the foreground are two Esquimo igloos which the natives who came to trade furs built as their stay, may last several days. 8 38880 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo drilling a large piece of soap stone to make a kettle. 9 38879 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Father and son. This Esquimo has taken his child out to sea in his kayak (canoe made of seal hides) to teach him how to jig for rock cod. 10 38878 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo mother and child. 11 CN285 - Mt. Ishbel, Canadian Pacific Rockies. 12 CN83 - Canada. Lake Superior. Drying fishing nets. 13 CN110 - Canada. Ontario, Brampton. Main street of Brampton. 14 CN121 - Canada. Ontario, Port Arthur. Great Lakes Cruise, Thunder Cape. 15 CN106 - Canada. Ontario. Flowerpot Island off Tobermorry. 16 CN202 - Canada. Ontario. Georgian Bay. Beansoleil Park. 17 CN201 - Canada. Ontario. Lake of Bays. Yachting at Bigwin Inn. 18 CN108 - Canada. Ontario. Kirkland Lake district. 19 CN107 - Canada. Ontario. North Bay. Street scene. 20 CN253 - Canada. Ontario. The highway bridge over the Welland Canal opening to permit a steamer to pass. 21 CN250 - Canada. Ontario. A steamer passing through the Well and Canal. 22 CN252 - Canada. Ontario. A steamer in the Welland Canal passing a bridge which has been opened to permit its passage. 23 CN251 - Canada. Ontario. A set of locks on the Welland Canal. 24 CN192 - Canada. The Welland Ship Canal. General view of the lower entrance, Lock No. 1, looking south. 25 CN170 - Canada. Ontario. Welland Canal, shipping at Lock No. 3. 26 CN191 - Canada. Ontario. The "Naronic" at the Soo Locks. 27 Untitled : [unidentified building] / "1 X 46 R" 28 CN181 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. These little Ottawa people know their business already. Refusing to be harnessed for "mushing" along the hillside near Canada's capital and winter carnival city. Bozo nevertheless does not object to helping out with what is neither dog-back riding nor skiing 29 CN162 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Rockcliffe Park. 30 CN175 1 x 46 R - Rideau Hall, Ottawa, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada. 31 CN179 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Skating champion. 32 CN184 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Skiing on Dome Hill. 33 [Print missing] / CN109 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa Parliament Buildings. 34 CN104 - Canada. Ontario. Toronto. Big buildings of Toronto. 35 CN105 - Canada. Ontario. Toronto. Bay Street. 36 CN23 - Canada. Toronto. Bathing in the Humber River. 37 CN23 - Canada. Ontario. 38 [Page missing] / CN45 - Canada. Ontario. Niagara in bloom. 39 CN52 - Canada. Ontario. Niagara. 40 CN51 - Canada. A Niagara fruit orchard in blossom time. 41 CN58 - Canada. Ontario Province. Schumacher Canaurum Mine. 700 foot level. 42 CN88 - Canada. A railroad engineer at his post. 43 CN139 - Canada. Beaver felling a tree. 44 CN21 - Canada. Ontario. Fishing at Devil's Hole, Algonquin Park. 45 CN50 - Canada. Ontario. Washagami Section. Bass fishing. 46 CN137 - Canada. Beavers at work 47 [Print missing] / CN49 48 CN28 - Canada. Harvest time. 49 CN25 - Canada. Harvesting in western Canada. 50 CN29 - Canada. Harvesting. 51 CN27 - Canada. Harvesting in western Canada. 52 CN102 - Canada. Alberta, Leduc. Raccoon on the Grathside Farm. 53 CN126 - Canada. Alberta, Jasper National Park. Squirrel at Jasper Park Lodge. 54 CN127 - Canada. Alberta. "A cat and dog existence" has its pleasures. according to Bowser, the faithful household canine of Caretaker Andrews at Jasper Park Lodge, who looks after this famous hostelry in the heart of the Canadian Rockies during the months when its grounds are no longer thronged with tourists, and to prove it, Bowser has adopted a homeless kitten which he found on the streets of Jasper town and took home with him. Here he is rocking his chum to sleep in front of the Andrew's home 55 CN26 - Canada. Alberta, Rockford. Gathering stooks. 56 CN180 - Canada. Alberta. Bear in Jasper National Park. 57 CN182 - Canada. Alberta. Buffalo and elk in Wainwright (Buffalo) National Park. 58 CN178 - Canada. Alberta. Bear up a tree in Jasper National Park. 59 CN138 - Canada. Alberta. Beaver house near Jasper. 60 [Print missing] / CN148 - Canada. The Rockies. Lakes in the Clouds seen from Little Beehive. 61 CN145 - Canada. The Rockies. View of Chalet Lake Louise from the top of Little Beehive. 62 CN147 - Canada. The Rockies. Scene at Lake Louise. 63 CN144 - Canada. The Rockies. Early morn at Lake Louise. 64 Canada. the Rockies. Lake Louise. The Lake Louise Hotel seen from the air 65 CN157 - Canada. Alberta. Banff. (The Rockies) A view showing the Springs Hotel and a Grayline Bus. Banff Springs Hotel. 66 CN156 - Canada. Alberta, Banff. (the Rockies) Indian Days. The Springs Hotel. Banff Springs Hotel. 67 CN146 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake Louise. Chalet Lake Louise, the Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel. 68 CN87 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. Feeding the swans in the park. 69 CN84 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. A dove cot in the garden of a Victorian home, a real English touch. 70 56860 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. Trimmed shrubbery on an estate. It has been the hobby of the owner for over 30 years to trim these trees (yew, barberry, white thorn, and golden holly.) into the shape of animals, birds, and figures. -- Owner: W. J. Pendray. 71 [Print missing] / CN82 72 48470 - Canada. British Columbia near Westminster. Salmon fishing fleet on the Fraser River near Westminster. 73 CN81 - Canada. British Columbia. Spence's Bridge. Indian graveyard. 74 CN48 - Canada. British Columbia. Kelowna. Apple orchard in bloom. 75 CN141 - Canada. British Columbia. Inside passage. 76 CN221 - Canada. British Columbia. Kitwanga. A dog totem. 77 CN120 - Canada. Western Canada. Old shepherd watching flock of sheep. 78 CN128 - Canada. Sheep grazing. 79 CN287 - Lake Louise, Mount Saddleback. 80 CN291 - Lake Louise, The Chalet of the Swiss Guides, in midwinter. 81 CN285 - Mt. Ishbel, Canadian Pacific Rockies. 82 CN151 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake 0' Hara, Victoria Glacier and the Seven Sisters Falls in the background. Date: 1927 83 56861 - Canada. Drive by stage from Field to Emerald Lake. Scene in pine forest, mountains with glacier ahead. 84 CN149 - Canada. The Rockies. Emerald Lake Chalet. 85 CN150 - Canada. The Rockies. Emerald Lake seen from the Chalet veranda. 86 CN153 - Canada. The Rockies. Morraine Lake in the Valley of Ten Peak. [Correction: Moraine Lake] 87 [Print missing] / CN154 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake Morraine and the Tower of Babel. 88 CN152 - Canada. The Rockies. Sinclair Canyon. 89 48871 - Canada. Royal Mounted Policeman. 90 CN85 - Canada. The Rockies. "Bad man" of the Kananaskis. 91 CN86 - Canada. The Rockies. A Cowboy and his steed. 92 CN78 - Canada. Lake Louise at sunset. 93 CN12 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) Mt. Robson. 94 CN10 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) Mt. Robson showing the glaciers and Berg Lake. 95 [Print missing] / CN7 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies). Mt. Robson showing the two glaciers and Berg Lake. 96 Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) One of the glaciers of Mt. Robson. 97 CN6 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. 98 CN79 - Canada. A beautiful scene in the Canadian Rockies. 99 CN79 - Canada. Stoney Indians of the Canadian Rockies 100 [Print missing] / CN6 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies - Modern ways are slow in creeping upon this small settlement of Stoney Indians 101 CN18 - Canada. Reindeer of the Canadian Rockies. [Correction: bull elk] 102 CN3 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. Pack-train on the Badge Pass at twilight 103 CN5 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. Mountain sheep "posing" for the camera. 104 CN13 - Canada. A scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Twin Falls, Yoho National Park] 105 CN11 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Three Sisters, Canmore] 106 CN18 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Lake Louise with Mt. Lefroy] 107 CN19 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Maligne Lake, Samson Peak on left] 108 CN17 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Bow River and Mount Rundle, Alberta] 109 CN16 - Canada. A scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Suspension bridge over Eraser River Canyon, B.C. Hell's Gate] 110 CN15 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Bow River looking east from Banff Springs Hotel area] 111 CN14 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [view from Mount Victoria, above Lake Oesa, looking north toward Ringrose Mountain] 112 CN4 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. The mirror-like surface of Lake Louise serves to reflect the riot of nature's splendor prevailing on all sides. 113 24419 - Canada. Sheep grazing. 114 PD65 - [Man seeding a field, possibly Ontario].

Notes: This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content.; Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected.; Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material. Page 32 not scanned, photograph missing; Page 38 missing ; Page 47 missing; Page 60 not scanned, photograph missing; Page 71 not scanned, photograph missing; Page 87 not scanned, photograph missing; Page 95 not scanned, photograph missing; Page 100 not scanned, photograph missing.

Subject Access: Inuit; Activities; Agriculture; Animals; Automobiles; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Bears; Bison; Black Bears; Boats; Buffalo; Buildings; Carvings; Chateau Lake Louise; Children; Coal and coal mines; Commerce and industry; Communities; Description and travel; Dockyard; Dogs; Elk; Environment; Farmland; First Nations; Flowers; Holidays; Hotels; Indigenous Peoples; Industry; Labour; Landscapes; Leisure; Mines and mineral resources; Mining; Mountains; Municipal views; Personal and Family Life; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Raccoon; Recreation; Regalia; Scenery; Ship; Stoney Nakoda; Swimming; Tourism; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Waterfalls; Wildlife; Women

Geographic Access: Ottawa; Toronto; Ontario; Jasper National Park; Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Emerald Lake; Yoho National Park; Victoria; British Columbia

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Pressed Plant Album

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Part Of: Olive McDonnell Allan fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of an album of pressed plants, collected from throughout Banff National Park and surrounding environs. Plants collected by Olive McDonnell Allan during her trips to the Canadian Rockies.

Date Range: 1924-1948

Reference Code: M549 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album

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Part Of: Olive McDonnell Allan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M549 / V772

Sous-Fonds: M549

Accession Number: 7837

Reference Code: M549 / 1

GMD: Album

Date Range: 1924-1948

Physical Description: 7.5 of textual records (94 pages ; 17.5 x 23 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of an album of pressed plants, collected from throughout Banff National Park and surrounding environs. Plants collected by Olive McDonnell Allan during her trips to the Canadian Rockies.