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1902 calendar, Sam Livingston
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one miniature monthly calendar distributed by Wendell MacLean Chemist and Druggist, Calgary. Calendar is attached to a poster with a lithographed colour image of prospector, trader and farmer Sam Livingston.
- Date Range
- 1902
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 34 (oversize)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Calendar
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / D : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / 34 (oversize)
- Date Range
- 1902
- Physical Description
- 1 calendar : col. lithograph ; 27.5 x 36 cm
- History / Biographical
- Samuel Livingston (1831-1897) was born in Ireland, and immigrated to North America as a young man to participate in the California Gold Rush of 1849. Sam continued travelling and panning for gold around the northwestern United States and southern British Columbia area in the 1850s and 1860s. After marrying Jane Howse in 1865, Sam settled near Elbow River and established a buffalo skin trading business. Sam and Jane had 14 children together, including 8 sons and 6 daughters. In 1876, Sam and his family moved closer to Fort Calgary, where he worked with John Glenn and became one of the first farmers in the area. Sam was a founding director of the Calgary District Agricultural Society in 1884, as well as founding director of the Calgary branch of the Canadian North-West Territories Stock Association in 1886. Sam was also an early trustee for the Glenmore School in 1888.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one miniature monthly calendar distributed by Wendell MacLean Chemist and Druggist, Calgary. Calendar is attached to a poster with a lithographed colour image of prospector, trader and farmer Sam Livingston.
- Name Access
- Livingston, Sam
- Subject Access
- Calendar
- Advertising
- Commerce and industry
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Language
- English
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Almanacs and recipe books
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54704
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 7 published paperback booklets. Contents include 3 copies of "Dr. A.W. Chase's Calendar Almanac" dated 1931, 1933 and 1934 respectively; 2 copies of "Dodd's Almanac and Household Hints" dated 1933 and 1934; one copy of "Things Worth Knowing: Reliable Recipes, Valuable Formulas and …
- Date Range
- [ca. 1895]
- 1908
- 1927
- 1931
- 1933
- 1934
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 13
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Calendar
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1: Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 13
- Responsibility
- Published by Murray Printing Co. Ltd.; The Dodds Medicine Co. Ltd.; Dr. Williams Medical Co.; and The W.H. Comstock Co. Ltd
- Date Range
- [ca. 1895]
- 1908
- 1927
- 1931
- 1933
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 7 published paperback booklets. Contents include 3 copies of "Dr. A.W. Chase's Calendar Almanac" dated 1931, 1933 and 1934 respectively; 2 copies of "Dodd's Almanac and Household Hints" dated 1933 and 1934; one copy of "Things Worth Knowing: Reliable Recipes, Valuable Formulas and Methods of Home Treatment for Common Diseases", annotated on the back cover in blue/purple ink with recipe for a health drink.; and one copy of "Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills", stamped "D.C. McDougall Morley, AB" on the back cover.
- Name Access
- McDougall, David
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Commerce and industry
- Medicine
- Astronomy
- Health services
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Last two items in file stored in mylar, due to staining and more fragile condition than other file contents
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Health services
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Business, legal and financial records
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22211
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Records in this series relate to Eleanor Luxton's business, legal and financial activities and consist of banking records; income tax returns; correspondence and invoices related to property and building construction, maintenance and management; household receipts; medical receipts; commercial and …
- Date Range
- 1903-1995
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / D
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Textual record
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- II.D. Business, Legal and Financial Series
- Sous-Fonds
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / D
- Date Range
- 1903-1995
- Physical Description
- 4.8 m textual records -- oversize materials -- 31 photographs (15 prints, 16 negatives)
- Scope & Content
- Records in this series relate to Eleanor Luxton's business, legal and financial activities and consist of banking records; income tax returns; correspondence and invoices related to property and building construction, maintenance and management; household receipts; medical receipts; commercial and residential leases; insurance; investments; donations; rentals; legal papers relating to the estate of Annie McDougall and May Ross McDougall; mortgage papers; Parks Canada Lease agreements and need to reside challenge; Eleanor Luxton's living will.
- Notes
- Contents arranged by subject - see file level descriptions
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Commerce and industry
- Finances
- Legal and Financial
- Property
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply - contains private information
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply - contains private information
- Language
- English
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Law and justice
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Byron Harmon photograph calendars
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54723
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 commercial miniature calendars with photographs [one printed directly onto calendar, 4 attached to backing]. Photographs on calendars are by Byron Harmon [one is not attributed, but likely by Harmon as well], and pertain to: an unnamed Indigenous couple [possibly Stoney Nakoda co…
- Date Range
- 1907
- 1912
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 26
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Calendar
- Textual record
- Published record
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 26
- Responsibility
- Photographs attributed to Byron Harmon
- Date Range
- 1907
- 1912
- Physical Description
- 5 calendars (17.8 x 36.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 5 commercial miniature calendars with photographs [one printed directly onto calendar, 4 attached to backing]. Photographs on calendars are by Byron Harmon [one is not attributed, but likely by Harmon as well], and pertain to: an unnamed Indigenous couple [possibly Stoney Nakoda community members], a view of Maligne Lake, an unidentified mountain, 4 ice climbers at the peak of Mt. Habel, and Stoney hunter and Trapper Silas Abraham. Calendar depicting Silas Abraham, 1907, includes printed advertisement for Norman Luxton's trading and taxidermy businesses in Banff and Exshaw.
- Name Access
- Harmon, Byron
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Banff National Park
- Landscapes
- Mountain
- Hotel
- Indigenous Peoples
- Businesses
- Trapping
- Tourism
- Taxidermy
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Exshaw
- Jasper National Park
- Maligne Lake
- Mount Habel
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items have been placed in mylar sheets
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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King Edward Hotel, Luxton Museum
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 11 photographs possibly taken by George Luxton, ca.1905-1915. Content pertains to the King Edward Hotel and Luxton Museum in Banff, including a live bear which was kept on display in front of the museum.
- Date Range
- [ca.1905-1915]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 81 to 91
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / C : Extended family
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / III / C1 : William Luxton family papers and photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 81 to 91
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1905-1915]
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : b&w prints ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 11 photographs possibly taken by George Luxton, ca.1905-1915. Content pertains to the King Edward Hotel and Luxton Museum in Banff, including a live bear which was kept on display in front of the museum.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items stored in mylar
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Luxton family fonds
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and profession…
- Date Range
- [ca.1860]-1995
- Reference Code
- LUX
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Cabinet card
- Framed print
- Negative
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX
- Accession Number
- Lux1 - EL estate, 1996
- Lux2 - Whyte Museum, 2000
- Lux3 - Glenbow Archives, 2001
- Reference Code
- LUX
- GMD
- Photograph
- Cabinet card
- Framed print
- Negative
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Other Title Info
- Also known as the Eleanor Luxton archives
- Date Range
- [ca.1860]-1995
- Physical Description
- ca.32.1 m of textual records (29.3 m textual records, 47 scrapbooks) -- ca.7290 photographs (ca.5300 b&w and col. prints, ca.1915 negatives, 75 transparencies, 2 tintypes) -- 17 albums -- ca.74 cm sound recordings (29 CDs, 45 audio cassettes, 17 R120 DAT tapes, 1 VHS, 8 voicewriter discs)
- History / Biographical
- The Norman Luxton family was a prominent family in Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1904 until 1962. Daughter Eleanor Luxton maintained the family's position in the town until her death in 1995.
- Publisher and businessman Norman K. Luxton, 1876-1962, was the son of Winnipeg Free Press co-founder William Luxton. After working for the Winnipeg Free Press, Norman Luxton travelled, then joined the Calgary Herald for eight years. In 1901, he journeyed 10,000 miles on the Pacific in the dug-out canoe Tilikum. After becoming ill, Luxton abandoned the trip in Fiji and came to Banff to recuperate. The around-the-world trip was subsequently completed by his sailing partner, Capt. John Voss.
- Luxton bought Banff's Crag and Canyon newspaper in 1902 and remained as publisher until 1951. Also in 1902, he established the Sign of the Goat Curio store which specialized in Stoney Indian handicrafts and taxidermy specimens. Other significant Luxton businesses were the King Edward Hotel and Livery, Luxton Bros. insurance (with brother Louis Luxton) and the Lux Block, which included a hotel, the Lux Theatre and retail stores.
- In 1904, Norman Luxton married Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall, 1870-1965, of the pioneer missionary McDougall family of Morley, Alberta. In addition to her McDougall connections, Georgie Luxton was related by marriage to Senator George Ross. Norman and Georgie Luxton had one child, Eleanor Georgina, born in Banff in 1908.
- The Luxtons were important Banff "boosters" with involvement in numerous local organizations and events. Norman Luxton managed the Banff Indian Days from 1909 to 1950, was a founder of Banff Winter Carnival and was involved with native events at the Calgary Stampede for 25 years. In 1953, Norman established a museum to house his native artifacts. The Luxton Museum was built in co-operation with Eric Harvie of the Glenbow Foundation of Calgary. After Luxton's death, the museum continued to be managed by the Glenbow until 1992.
- Eleanor Luxton, 1908-1995, was a writer, historian, researcher, engineer, teacher and business woman. After graduating from high school in Banff in 1926, she attended the University of Alberta from 1926 until 1939, receiving degrees in history (BA '30, MA'33), a Diploma in Education (1931) and subsequent education, biology and natural history courses during the summers.
- Between 1937 and 1956, Eleanor received further degrees and certificates from studies at Garbutt Business College (Calgary), St. Stephen's College (Edmonton), Ottawa Technical High School, Havergal Ladies College (Ontario), St. George Williams College (Montreal), McGill University (Montreal) and the Banff School of Fine Arts. Subjects studied included office practices, shorthand, machine draughting, English, civil engineering (BSc '46), German, broadcast writing, management, commerce, accounting and commercial law.
- Eleanor Luxton's extensive education overlapped and preceded a long and varied professional career. Her teaching career extended from high school teacher in Alberta (Banff and Sexsmith), 1933-1940, to university lecturer in Montreal in the 1950s. During the 1940s, she worked in locomotive design for the CPR in Montreal. Beginning in 1956 and continuing until 1965, when she returned to Banff to care for her mother, Eleanor worked throughout southern Alberta as a field researcher for Calgary's Glenbow Foundation. From 1965 until her death in 1995, Eleanor remained in Banff in her family home and pursued an active career in writing and research.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and professional records, financial documents, organization and volunteer records, business and property records, scrapbooks and albums, research materials, candid and professional portraits, various collected materials, and other related content.
- Notes
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds:
- I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1880]-1962, ca. 7.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Correspondence, B. Business, financial and legal, C. Personal, D. Personal and professional, E. Collected materials.
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1890]-1995, ca. 15 m. of textual records, sound recordings and photographs in six series: A. Correspondence, B. Professional, C. Personal, D. Business, financial and legal, E. Travel and events, F. Collected materials.
- III. Luxton family sous-fonds, 1836-1972, ca.6.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Norman Luxton family series, [ca.1900-ca.1970]; B. Georgina Luxton series, [ca.1890]-1967; C. Related family series, [ca.1890]-1972; D. Other material series, 1836-1970; E. Luxton family home records [1996].
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Luxton, Georgina
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Professional and Personal Life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Research
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: electronic finding aid for processed material
- box list for unprocessed material
- Category
- Arts
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Sign of the Goat taxidermy poster and calendar, 1906
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one b&w poster advertising Norman Luxton's taxidermy products sold at the Sign of the Goat curio store in Banff. Poster has small monthly 1906 calendar attached at bottom.
- Date Range
- 1906
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E1 / 15 (O.S.)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Calendar
- Poster
1 image
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LIX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E1 : Business records
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E1 / 15 (O.S.)
- Date Range
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 1 print : b&w poster ; 28 x 42 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one b&w poster advertising Norman Luxton's taxidermy products sold at the Sign of the Goat curio store in Banff. Poster has small monthly 1906 calendar attached at bottom.
- Material Details
- Poster has metal [brass?] covers on top and bottom edges of poster, and metal ring attached to upper back of poster [for hanging on wall?]
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Businesses
- Commerce and industry
- Animals
- Taxidermy
- Calendar
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Item flattened and stored in mylar
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Southern Alberta research project
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55619
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materia…
- Date Range
- [ca.1845-1920]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Cabinet card
- Diary
- Organization record
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Tintype
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6
- GMD
- Cabinet card
- Diary
- Organization record
- Photograph
- Postcard
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Textual record
- Tintype
- Date Range
- [ca.1845-1920]
- Physical Description
- 29 cm of textual records -- 29 photographs (28 b&w prints, 1 tintype) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of textual and visual materials pertaining to the history of Southern Alberta. Includes personal accounts, day books and diaries, genealogical research, records of livestock and other trade, and portrait and group photographs depicting early settlers of Southern Alberta. Materials in sub-series believed to have been collected by Eleanor Luxton, possibly on behalf of the Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association or as part of Eleanor's personal research.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Agriculture
- Animals
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Community life
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Correspondence
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Farmland
- Finances
- Genealogy
- History
- Homestead
- Immigration and homesteading
- Inventory
- Land use
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Manufacturing
- Municipal views
- Oil
- Postcards
- Portrait
- Property
- Real estate business
- Research
- Settlement
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some restrictions may apply - fragile materials
- Language
- English
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Family and personal life
- Environment
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Natural resources
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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