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Banff Park Warden Ice Climbing
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to Parks Canada Wardens ice climbing and rescue training on Victoria Glacier above Lake Louise. Includes shots of them hiking up, detailed shots of warden's putting on their crampons and tying knots, cutting steps in the glacier, and practicing c…
- Date Range
- 1956
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / NF - 38
- 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 - 38
- GMD
- Film
- Motion picture
- Date Range
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 motion picture (1 film reel: 380'): 16 mm, original, b&w, silent
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to Parks Canada Wardens ice climbing and rescue training on Victoria Glacier above Lake Louise. Includes shots of them hiking up, detailed shots of warden's putting on their crampons and tying knots, cutting steps in the glacier, and practicing crevasse rescues. The original label on the case reads "Title: Banff Park Warden Ice Climbing, Camera: B. Engler, Date: 1956, Footage 380ft."
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Climbing
- Glaciers
- Lake Louise
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Parks Canada
- Parks Canada Warden
- Victoria Glacier
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Bruno Engler
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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CPR Advertising Posters and Glacier House Blueprints
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 printed posters and 2 pages with blueprints/illustrations. Content pertains to colour advertisements for the Canadian Pacific Railroad (one promoting a new route to Thunder Bay via Winnipeg on the CPR, one advertising 'The Red Letter Day' in 1986 as the CPR opened up a direct lin…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 to ca. 1925]
- 1926
- [ca. 1940 to ca. 1970]
- [ca. 1980 to ca. 1990]
- 1986
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 to 13 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Blueprint
- Poster
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 to 13 O.S.
- Responsibility
- Nichols Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 to ca. 1925]
- 1926
- [ca. 1940 to ca. 1970]
- [ca. 1980 to ca. 1990]
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 6 Prints: posters and blueprints/illustrations; colour and b&w
- History / Biographical
- The Glacier House was originally built in 1886 to remove the burden of heavy dining cars by acting as one of multiple attractive pit stops for CPR passengers to take their meals. The building was expanded multiple times over the following 3 decades to accommodate a growing demand for overnight accommodation and increased railway traffic. Glacier House became less marketable by the 20's as dining service improved onboard trains, and the building closed in 1925. Plans were made for new extensions in 1926, but these were never realized.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 printed posters and 2 pages with blueprints/illustrations. Content pertains to colour advertisements for the Canadian Pacific Railroad (one promoting a new route to Thunder Bay via Winnipeg on the CPR, one advertising 'The Red Letter Day' in 1986 as the CPR opened up a direct line from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts, and one reprint of a poster, date unknown, which originally promoted the CPR in the early 20th century). Also consists of a blueprint design for a proposed extension to the original Glacier House building in the Selkirks (dated 1926) and one print copy of a painted illustration depicting another proposed building design for the Glacier House, date unknown. The blueprint and illustration are possibly more recent copies of older items, and therefore a later date range of [ca. 1940 to ca. 1970] has been added to this file description.
- Storage Range
- In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 9 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 13 O.S.
- Subject Access
- Travel
- tourism
- Hotels
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Glacier House
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- British Columbia
- Selkirks
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items in this file must be stored in mylar to prevent further surface damage while in storage.
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/bc/rogers/decouvrir-discover/natcul6.aspx http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept2/faculty/smithd/477/2010/2010_05_paper.pdf http://doug56.net/CPRMS1887/glacier-house.html
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Lake Minnewanka - mountains in background
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1965]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 181
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 181
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1965]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Lake Minnewanka - mountains in background
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Victoria Glacier
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier - unidentifed people standing beside the sun-catcher on the Chateau Lake Louise lawn in foreground
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 461
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 461
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier - unidentifed people standing beside the sun-catcher on the Chateau Lake Louise lawn in foreground
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Victoria Glacier
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Lake Louise with snow
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Lake Louise [possibly from the lakeshore trail], mountains, and trees covered in snow - lake is thawed
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 460
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 460
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Lake Louise [possibly from the lakeshore trail], mountains, and trees covered in snow - lake is thawed
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Victoria Glacier
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Movie: Far Country
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 89 b&w prints of production photos from the shoot of "Far Country," mostly shots from filming on location at the Athabasca Glacier and Mount Edith Cavell, as well as posed and set photographs of actors, extras, and crew.
- Date Range
- 1953-1954
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / x / g / PA - 01 to PA - 89
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
10 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- x : Movies, g : Far Country
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / x / g / PA - 01 to PA - 89
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1953-1954
- Physical Description
- 89 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- "Far Country," 1954, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, and Walter Brennan. A Wyoming cowboy drives a herd of cattle from Skagway, Alaska, to the Klondike hoping to make a profit selling to beef-starved miners in Dawson City, Yukon. But he is bedeviled by a corrupt Skagway sheriff-judge and his gang. After his partner is killed on their gold claim, the cowboy takes the law into his own hands. Location filming for all mountain scenes filmed in Jasper National Park (Athabasca Glacier, Mount Edith Cavell). Bruno Engler appeared in costume as an extra while filming on location at the Athabasca Glacier, part of his role as safety officer for the film. At one point the crew was setting up under an icefall Engler deemed dangerous, ordering them out from under it - soon after, an avalanche came down and buried the location they'd been in. Fred Brewster provided 80 horses and 50 longhorn cattle from his Jasper outfit for the film. Also includes the October 1953 edition of "Universal International Studio Club News" newsletter covering the filming of "Far Country."
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 89 b&w prints of production photos from the shoot of "Far Country," mostly shots from filming on location at the Athabasca Glacier and Mount Edith Cavell, as well as posed and set photographs of actors, extras, and crew.
- Notes
- Images of a woman and child posed in front of a cabin are Bruno Engler's wife and daughter.
- Name Access
- Engler, Angel
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Athabasca Glacier
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff townsite
- Buildings
- Cattle
- Children
- Films and film making
- Glaciers
- Horses
- Mountains
- Mount Edith Cavell
- Movie Stars
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Jasper
- Jasper National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some prints have glue residue and black paper fibers across the backs of them, possibly from having been adhered into an album
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Biographical Source Notes
- Hollywood in the Canadian Rockies, by Brian Patton, e-book.
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Murray family fonds
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- Part Of
- Murray family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes photographs of Rocky Mountain Tours buses at various locations; photographs by F. V. Longstaff, several of which are inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. George Murray; Longstaff Christmas cards, n.d., 1944-1960; and an article by Longstaff titled "Historical Notes on Glacier House." The artic…
- Date Range
- 1887-1960
- Reference Code
- M142 / V453
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Murray family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 142
- V 453
- Sous-Fonds
- M 142
- V 453
- Accession Number
- 450, 941
- Reference Code
- M142 / V453
- Date Range
- 1887-1960
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs : prints. -- .5 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- George Murray, 1904-1968, and Gertrude Murray, 1891-1979, were residents of Banff, Alberta, Canada. George Murray was an employee of Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Company from 1941 until 1957 and was later employed by Brewster Transport Company. The Murrays were friends of Major F. V. (Frederick Victor) Longstaff, 1879-1961, a mountaineer, architect and historian from Victoria, B.C.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes photographs of Rocky Mountain Tours buses at various locations; photographs by F. V. Longstaff, several of which are inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. George Murray; Longstaff Christmas cards, n.d., 1944-1960; and an article by Longstaff titled "Historical Notes on Glacier House." The article includes photographic illustrations of the Lake O'Hara region and the interior of Abbot Pass Hut.
- Name Access
- Murray, George
- Murray, Gertrude
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Glacier House
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description for photographs.
- Creator
- Murray, George
- Murray, Gertrude
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Richard (Dick) H. Russell fonds
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- Part Of
- Richard (Dick) H. Russell fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 167 transparencies pertaining to camps, pack train, bears, sheep, moose, hunting, flowers, landscapes (Glacier Park, Mt. Mckinley Park), 1959-1963.
- Date Range
- 1959-1963
- Reference Code
- V110
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Richard (Dick) H. Russell fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 110
- Sous-Fonds
- V 110
- Accession Number
- 7772 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- V110
- Date Range
- 1959-1963
- Physical Description
- 167 photographs: transparencies
- History / Biographical
- Richard "Dick" H. Russell b.1938, is one of the son's of Andy Russell and Kay Russell and grandson of Bert Riggall. Dick grew up at the Hawk's Nest ranch on the N.E. boundary of Waterton Lake National Park with his sister, Anne and three brothers, Charlie, Gordon, and John. Dick and his brother Charlie worked with Andy Russell on his documentary film "Grizzly Country," ca.1969.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 167 transparencies pertaining to camps, pack train, bears, sheep, moose, hunting, flowers, landscapes (Glacier Park, Mt. Mckinley Park), 1959-1963.
- Name Access
- Russell, Richard H. (Dick)
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Glacier National Park
- McKinley, Mount
- Pack trips
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Russell, Dick
- Biographical Source Notes
- Bio file, Russell fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Road Constructions
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 b&w prints of construction of the Banff-Jasper Highway [the Icefield Parkway], as well as a few shots of the Trans-Canada Highway construction just west of the town of Banff.
- Date Range
- 1957-1962
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / R / ii / b / PA - 01 to PA - 62
- 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, R : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- ii : Roads, b : Construction
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / R / ii / b / PA - 01 to PA - 62
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1957-1962
- Physical Description
- 62 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 b&w prints of construction of the Banff-Jasper Highway [the Icefield Parkway], as well as a few shots of the Trans-Canada Highway construction just west of the town of Banff.
- Subject Access
- Athabasca Glacier
- Banff-Jasper Highway
- Bridges
- Construction
- Glaciers
- Mountains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Roads
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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