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Part Of
Don Harmon fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists mainly of photographs collected by Harmon in the process of his work. Photographs pertain to Banff personalities, events, activities, street views, facilities and buildings, 1883-1967, and includes both original and copy material. Textual records include: undated notes re Byron Har…
Date Range
1883-1974
Reference Code
M417 / V265
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Don Harmon fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 417
V 265
Sous-Fonds
M 417
V 265
Accession Number
32, 36, 1639, 2374, 2679, 2797, 2864, 2895, 3085
Reference Code
M417 / V265
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
1883-1974
Physical Description
163 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 11 textual records
History / Biographical
Don Harmon, 1917-1997, was a publisher, photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Harmon operated Byron Harmon Photographs and the Harmony Drug Store after his father's death in 1942. Byron Harmon Photographs was subsequently run by Don Harmon's daughter, Carole Harmon.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists mainly of photographs collected by Harmon in the process of his work. Photographs pertain to Banff personalities, events, activities, street views, facilities and buildings, 1883-1967, and includes both original and copy material. Textual records include: undated notes re Byron Harmon, Harmony Block and business history; letters, 1967-1974, re photographs; Harmony Drug Store Ltd. stationary, ca.1925; photograph list, n.d.; newspaper, "The Climber," 1906; letters to Lloyd Harmon, 1941.
Name Access
Harmon, Don
Subject Access
Community life
Family and personal life
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
Harmon, Don
Category
Commerce and industry
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on accession records
Processing Status
Processed
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Iva and Len Smith fonds

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Part Of
Iva and Len Smith fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of personal and professional papers of Iva Smith, 1904-1973, and of Len Smith, 1935-1963; personal papers of Zaidee Stewart, 1905-1950; Smith family photographs, ca.1890-ca.1960; also newsclippings, tourist information, other print material. Iva Smith papers include personal correspo…
Date Range
[ca.1890]-1973
Reference Code
M367 / V590
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Textual record
Diary
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Iva and Len Smith fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 367
V 590
Sous-Fonds
M 367
V 590
Accession Number
833, 955, 1129, 1989, 2182, 2511
Reference Code
M367 / V590
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Textual record
Diary
Private record
Published record
Date Range
[ca.1890]-1973
Physical Description
39 cm of textual records. -- ca.525 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 1 photograph album (ca.75 prints)
History / Biographical
Iva (Stewart) Smith , 1894-1975, and Leonard James Smith, 1890-1969, were business operators at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Iva Stewart and her mother Zaidee Stewart, 1875-1962, came to Banff as visitors in 1913 and decided to stay. Iva operated the Canadian Pacific Railway station news stand from 1914 until ca.1924. She married Len Smith in 1922.
After working at various other CPR facilities, including Lake Louise Chalet in the 1920s and Wapta Bungalow Camp, ca.1931, Iva Smith became manager of Becker's Bungalows on Tunnel Mountain in Banff, ca.1935 Len Smith worked at the Bow River boat house and was Captain of the "Lake Minnewanka" for over thirty years. He was also an ice-maker at Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge and Banff, Alberta for forty-five years. Zaidee M. Stewart worked at the boat operation tea house and wrote poetry, publishing "Banff Holiday" in 1950.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of personal and professional papers of Iva Smith, 1904-1973, and of Len Smith, 1935-1963; personal papers of Zaidee Stewart, 1905-1950; Smith family photographs, ca.1890-ca.1960; also newsclippings, tourist information, other print material.
Iva Smith papers include personal correspondence, 1904-1973, and business papers pertaining to the CPR news stand, 1914-1924. Len Smith professional papers pertain to his work as boat engineer. Zaidee Stewart papers include correspondence, diaries, poetry and papers re the publication "Banff Holiday."
Family photographs pertaining to Iva and Len Smith, family, friends and associates, activities, careers, trips and world travels; Banff people, places and events, especially Banff Winter Carnival and Banff Indian Days; film making, including Pajamas (1926) and Eternal Love (1928); Lake Louise and Lake Minnewanka areas; canoeing; scenic views; and other collected items.
Name Access
Smith, Iva
Smith, Len
Stewart, Zaidee
Subject Access
Community life
Family and personal life
Films and film making
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
Related Material
Artifacts transferred to Heritage collections, Whyte Museum
Creator
Smith, Iva
Smith, Len
Category
Commerce and industry
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Ron Duke fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government a…
Date Range
[ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
Reference Code
M175 / V180
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Transparency
Textual record
Postcard
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Ron Duke fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 175
V 180
Sous-Fonds
M 175
V 180
Accession Number
168, 232, 1572, 1593, 1644, 1868, 2626, 3379, 5772
Reference Code
M175 / V180
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Transparency
Textual record
Postcard
Private record
Published record
Responsibility
Fonds includes primarily the private business records of Ron Duke, including the work of some predecessors. Images attributed to Bill Jamieson, working in the employ of George Noble, are V180 / II.A.i. through V180 / II.A.vi., and V180 / III.A.- 1 to 51.
Date Range
[ca.1900, ca.1930-ca.1975]
Physical Description
ca.40,000 photographs (ca.38,400 negatives, ca.800 prints, ca.800 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album. -- 3 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Ronald Leslie Duke, 1912-1978, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Duke was educated at Calgary, Banff and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. After wartime service with the National Film Board of Canada, Ron Duke returned to Banff, where he worked in the photography business for the next thirty years. Here he formed a link in a business lineage of photographers, including George Noble, and was for a time an employee of Noble's corporate successors. After 1958, Duke worked closely with the Banff School of Fine Arts, photographing productions and providing documentary services. After sustaining considerable damage in a fire which destroyed Banff's Mount Royal Hotel in 1967, Ron Duke's business resumed and, in partnership with George Baracos, continued until retirement in 1975.
Scope & Content
Fonds is a commercial negative collection from more than 4000 professional jobs. Includes family, personal and school portraits, weddings, conventions and passport photographs; Banff School of Fine Arts classes, activities, productions, business and convention programs; photographs of government and private construction, commercial and industrial projects, Banff National Park; Banff community life, including Banff Winter Carnival, sports and recreation, Banff High School, Banff activities, places and events; personal and occupational photographs arising from Duke's interest in aeronautics, work with the Canadian Army, World War II, and involvement in the oil industry, 1930s; scenic and landscape photographs. Most pertain to Banff National Park; also Vancouver, British Columbia; Seattle, United States; Turner Valley, Alberta and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
Textual records include job registers, 2 v.; samples of works orders, price lists, letters, equipment lists, invoices, receipts and technical information, mainly pertaining to business, some personal items; brochures, publications and postcards containing credited or attributed Ron Duke photographs.
Name Access
Duke, Ron
Subject Access
Arts
Buildings and facilities
Community life
Commerce and industry
Education
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: series and file description
electronic finding aid
Creator
Duke, Ron
Category
Arts
Commerce and industry
Education
Environment
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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Tickets, tags and loose notes

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of tickets and coupons from the National Parks Service Bathhouses, Dave White & Co. Ltd., and Lake Windermere Creamery; File also contains loose notes pertaining to the 1938 officers of the Southern Alberta Women's Pioneer and Old Timer Association, a Calgary Herald article draft writ…
Date Range
[1908-1920]
1938
[1950-1970]
1954
Reference Code
LUX / II / F1 / 66
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Private record
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 / 66
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Date Range
[1908-1920]
1938
[1950-1970]
1954
Physical Description
0.5 cm of textual material
Scope & Content
File consists of tickets and coupons from the National Parks Service Bathhouses, Dave White & Co. Ltd., and Lake Windermere Creamery; File also contains loose notes pertaining to the 1938 officers of the Southern Alberta Women's Pioneer and Old Timer Association, a Calgary Herald article draft written by Georgina Thompson [n.d.], and a damaged envelope and letter addressed to Georgina Luxton apologizing for mailing delays which were caused by a plane crash [1954].
Name Access
Luxton, Georgina
White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
Thompson, Georgina
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association
Subject Access
Businesses
Commerce and industry
Personal and Professional Life
Correspondence
Community life
Organizations
Publication
Newspaper
Calgary Herald
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Calgary
British Columbia
Invermere
Language
English
Conservation
Damaged letter envelope stored in mylar to prevent cross-contamination of other items in file
Category
Commerce and industry
Communications
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Wing Family fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two series. Series I: Photography and Series II: textual. Series I Photography consists of one sub-series: A: Wing Family Photographs Series II textual consists of two sub-series. Sub-series A: Dominion Cafe, and sub-series B: Family History and Documents. Series M558/A: Dominion…
Date Range
1925-2008
Reference Code
M558 / V781
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Wing Family fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 558
V 781
Sous-Fonds
M 558
V 781
Accession Number
2015.8408
Reference Code
M558 / V781
GMD
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Other Title Info
Edith Wing
Date Range
1925-2008
Physical Description
[13] cm of textual records. 255 photographs: Photograph album : 1 photograph album (235 photographs; b&w and col.). 20 photographs : b&w.
History / Biographical
Fred Yee Wing (1912-1968) was born in China. He mmigrated to Canada in 1921 aboard a CP steam ship RMS Monteagle and landed in Victoria B.C. Edith Belle (Lee) Wing (February 22, 1925 - 2014) was born in Tillsonburg, Ontario. Edith and Fred married in 1945 and had four children: Carole Elaine (Wing) Gray, (April 13, 1947) born Banff Mineral Springs Hospital, Banff, Alberta; Paul Delano Wing, (January 6, 1952), born Calgary General Hospital, Calgary, Alberta; Brian Frederick Wing, (July 27, 1957) born Calgary, Alberta; Donald Francis Wing (August 30, 1960) Banff Mineral Springs Hospital, Banff Alberta. Edith and Fred Wing were the first Chinese family to settle in Banff National Park and owned and operated the restaurant The Dominion Cafe. This has since been recognized by Parks Canada and the Heritage Society of Banff. Following the death of Fred Wing, Edith Wing sold the business and the family moved to Calgary. The Dominion Cafe had a 99 year lease with the Government of Canada. Edith Wing took up photography in the 1940s as a hobby and documented the everyday as well as her family life in Banff. She photographed up until 1968 when her husband, Fred Wing, passed away. She used a Rolleiflex and Kodak 616 Vigilant.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two series. Series I: Photography and Series II: textual. Series I Photography consists of one sub-series: A: Wing Family Photographs Series II textual consists of two sub-series. Sub-series A: Dominion Cafe, and sub-series B: Family History and Documents. Series M558/A: Dominion Cafe includes receipt pads, menus, and letterhead. Series M558/B: Family History and Documents includes newspapers with birth announcements, a wedding book. cradle roll certificate, and transcripts from an interview. V781/A: Photographs includes 1 album and 20 photographic prints.
Name Access
Wing, Brian
Wing, Carole
Wing, Donald
Wing, Edith
Wing, Fred
Wing, Paul
Subject Access
Commerce and industry
Community life
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
file description
Creator
Wing, Edith
Wing, Fred
Biographical Source Notes
Case File
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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