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Aileen Harmon fonds
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- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and photographs by and about Aileen Harmon, as well as collected items. Textual records include: letter from Harmon to the Director of Alberta's provincial parks re addition of Yamnuska area to Bow Valley Provincial Park, 1973; brief, from Harvie Heights and Bow Va…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1924] - 2015
- Reference Code
- M287 / V262
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M287 / V262
- Sous-Fonds
- M287
- V262
- Accession Number
- 1876
- 1915
- 1916
- 2302
- 2932
- 3082
- 3380
- 3383
- 3411
- 7753
- 2016.8596
- Reference Code
- M287 / V262
- Date Range
- [ca. 1924] - 2015
- Physical Description
- 26.5 cm of textual records. -- 33 photographs (26 prints : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 30 cm or smaller -- 6 negatives : b&w nitrate negatives ; 12.5 x 10 cm -- 1 transparency : col. slide ; 35 mm)
- History / Biographical
- Aileen Harmon (1912 - 2015), daughter of Byron Harmon, worked as a government naturalist at Banff, Alberta, Canada and was involved in local natural history groups and activities. Aileen was a founding member, alongside Bruce Gordon, of the Bow Valley Naturalists, and was also on the Board of The Canadian Wildlife Federation and The Society of Alberta Naturalists. Aileen moved to Mill Bay on Vancouver Island, B.C. in 1981 following the end of a lengthy career with Parks Canada. During her retirement years, Aileen travelled extensively, reaching all seven continents. She also authored an autobiographical book, titled "Tales of My Mountain Life", in 2004. Aileen passed away on January 9, 2015 at the age of 102.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and photographs by and about Aileen Harmon, as well as collected items. Textual records include: letter from Harmon to the Director of Alberta's provincial parks re addition of Yamnuska area to Bow Valley Provincial Park, 1973; brief, from Harvie Heights and Bow Valley subdivision residents to public hearings on land use and resource development in the eastern slopes, 1973; letter re James Hector, 1979; notes on career, 2003; notes on Catharine Whyte for CBC recording, 2004; Christmas cards and collected articles, ca.1960. Photographs, made by and collected by Aileen Harmon, pertain to Aileen Harmon and friends, skiing, Skoki area, Mount Yamnuska, Banff Indian Days. Includes photographs by Byron Harmon. Added content from accession 2016.8596 : ca. 25 cm of textual records including personal correspondence, guest book, original writing and notes by Aileen Harmon, personal travel journals from a 1931 packing trip and 1933 ski trip to Skoki, drafts of autobiographical book "Tales of My Mountain Life", articles pertaining to or written by Aileen Harmon, Christmas cards, and letters of condolence to Carole Harmon following Aileen's passing. Also 26 print photographs, 6 negative photographs from a 1937 hiking trip, and one transparency. Fonds consists of one series : Series I - Personal records
- Name Access
- Harmon, Aileen
- Harmon, Carole
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Memorial
- Parks Canada
- Hiking
- Mountains
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Basic description only
- Category
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #2
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- Date
- 2005 – 2005
- Medium
- oil on masonite board
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.40
- Description
- An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple and beige. The sky is composed of swirls of grey , and the mountain on the left rises high into the sky and runs low across the centre of the work towards the right. The lower third of thework is blue, with lines of mo…
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- Title
- Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #2
- Date
- 2005 – 2005
- Medium
- oil on masonite board
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple and beige. The sky is composed of swirls of grey , and the mountain on the left rises high into the sky and runs low across the centre of the work towards the right. The lower third of thework is blue, with lines of mottled green and beige. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in purple paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/X”.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.40
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Kananaskis Mountain Study #7 2004
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- Date
- 2004
- Medium
- painting on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.01
- Description
- An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used in the painting are green, blue, brown and red. The image is impressionistic with thick, visible brush strokes. The viewer’s top left corner is blue and extends across the top of the of the painting, narrowing until disappearing in th…
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- Title
- Kananaskis Mountain Study #7 2004
- Date
- 2004
- Medium
- painting on masonite
- Dimensions
- 41.0 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used in the painting are green, blue, brown and red. The image is impressionistic with thick, visible brush strokes. The viewer’s top left corner is blue and extends across the top of the of the painting, narrowing until disappearing in the right top corner. The rest of the painting is dominated by a largely green landscape. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in beige paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the top left-hand corner, “48/V”.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.01
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Kootenay Plains North Saskatchewan River #4 2002
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- Date
- 2002
- Medium
- painting on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.04
- Description
- An oil sketch painting of a mountain landscape. There is a large, clear blue sky behind a mountain range and a valley with a river below. The painting is impressionistic with thick, visible brush strokes. The colours primarily used are blue, green, brown, grey and pink. The artist’s signature is in…
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- Title
- Kootenay Plains North Saskatchewan River #4 2002
- Date
- 2002
- Medium
- painting on masonite
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- An oil sketch painting of a mountain landscape. There is a large, clear blue sky behind a mountain range and a valley with a river below. The painting is impressionistic with thick, visible brush strokes. The colours primarily used are blue, green, brown, grey and pink. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in pink paint. Au verso, in the top lhc in black ink, “46/M-2”. Written on the wood frame at the bottom in blue ink, “68415” and on the top, “84” (scratched out) and “68415 75(?) Thursday(?)”.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.04
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Kootenay Plains/Mountain Study #1
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- Date
- 2001 – 2001
- Medium
- oil on masonite board
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.15
- Description
- An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are orange, blue, red and green. The piece represents a mountain range in the centre of the image, rendered in yellow, red, blue and white. The bottom third of the image is represented in segments of a variety of colours, including yel…
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- Title
- Kootenay Plains/Mountain Study #1
- Date
- 2001 – 2001
- Medium
- oil on masonite board
- Dimensions
- 35.6 x 45.7 cm
- Description
- An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are orange, blue, red and green. The piece represents a mountain range in the centre of the image, rendered in yellow, red, blue and white. The bottom third of the image is represented in segments of a variety of colours, including yellow, red and orange. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in purple paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/B-2”.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.15
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Kootenay Plains/North Saskatchewan River #1
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- Date
- 2002 – 2002
- Medium
- oil on masonite board
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.21
- Description
- An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, green, grey and beige. The sky in the upper third of the image is light blue and contains three grey clouds on the left. The centre of the image is dominated by mountains and greenery, and the bottom of the image represents t…
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- Title
- Kootenay Plains/North Saskatchewan River #1
- Date
- 2002 – 2002
- Medium
- oil on masonite board
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, green, grey and beige. The sky in the upper third of the image is light blue and contains three grey clouds on the left. The centre of the image is dominated by mountains and greenery, and the bottom of the image represents the river. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in brown paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “46/J-2”.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- river
- Saskatchewan
- Credit
- Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.21
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Lake near Jasper, Canadian Rockies
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- Artist
- Donald Curran (1955 – )
- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- on board
- Catalogue Number
- CuR.02.01
- Description
- An oil painting on board, unframed. The top-half of the painting comprises the brown and beige shoreline, the red and white boathouse, green coniferous trees, the mountains with snow-covered peaks and the blue sky with horizontal mauve and purple clouds. The bottom half of the painting comprises th…
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- Artist
- Donald Curran (1955 – )
- Title
- Lake near Jasper, Canadian Rockies
- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- on board
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- An oil painting on board, unframed. The top-half of the painting comprises the brown and beige shoreline, the red and white boathouse, green coniferous trees, the mountains with snow-covered peaks and the blue sky with horizontal mauve and purple clouds. The bottom half of the painting comprises the lake and on the viewer’s left, the rocky shoreline and the top-half reflected in the water: the boathouse, the mountains behind, the trees and the sky. The artist signature is in the rhc: DONALD CURRAN 2007. Au verso top printed in pen “LAKE NEAR JASPER CANADIAN ROCKIES” signed in script underneath “Donald Curran 2007”.
- Credit
- Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- CuR.02.01
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Malcolm Geddes fonds
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- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts …
- Date Range
- [1896-2013]
- Reference Code
- M39 / V756
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 39
- V 756
- Sous-Fonds
- M 39
- V 756
- Accession Number
- 5545, 6504, 7846, 2014.8306, 2015.8558
- Reference Code
- M39 / V756
- Responsibility
- Some views are by Malcolm Geddes; many were obtained through other sources
- Date Range
- [1896-2013]
- Physical Description
- 444 photographs: 385 b&w and col. transparencies, 59 b&w prints -- 1 album (28 b&w prints) -- 11 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Malcolm Daniel Geddes, 1866-1927, was a journalist, publisher and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Geddes was one of the founders of the "Farmers and Ranch Review" in 1904, and served as vice-president and editor until his death. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1917, was active in ACC summer camps and served as Honorary Secretary from 1924 to 1926. Geddes was killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Lefroy in 1927.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts and publications), Malcolm's career in real estate, family letters, financial records, records of mountain ascents and hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, family trees and genealogical research, and other related materials.
- Notes
- Fonds consists of three series:
- Series I : Professional records I / A : Published materials I / B : Manuscripts and notes I / C : Professional correspondence
- Series II : Financial records
- Series III : Personal and family records III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions III / B : Genealogy and research III / C : Other personal and family records
- Name Access
- Geddes, Malcolm
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Hiking
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Poetry
- Property
- Finances
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Correspondence
- Genealogy
- History
- Research
- Publication
- Travel
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Obituary
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- British Columbia
- Ontario
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Geddes, Malcolm
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Content Details
- Arrangement of fonds was redone by Processing Archivist Kate Skelton between December 2020 and March 2021 to accommodate unprocessed materials from accessions 7846, 2014.8306 and 2015.8558
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mount Robson, Canada
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- Artist
- Joan Brown
- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- BrJ.02.01
- Description
- An oil painting, unframed, on canvas and mounted on a wooden frame, of Mount Robson in B.C. The dominant colours are blue, white, and black. The bottom half of the painting is the rock, snow and ice of the glacier; the middle portion is the towering snowcapped peak of Mount Robson with other snowca…
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- Artist
- Joan Brown
- Title
- Mount Robson, Canada
- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 41.0 x 51.5 cm
- Description
- An oil painting, unframed, on canvas and mounted on a wooden frame, of Mount Robson in B.C. The dominant colours are blue, white, and black. The bottom half of the painting is the rock, snow and ice of the glacier; the middle portion is the towering snowcapped peak of Mount Robson with other snowcapped peaks behind. The top-third is the sky clear light blue and white above the mountains turning to blue clouds above. The painting is signed (printed) in black ink brhc: “JBrown 07” and a “c” in a circle in blue ink to the left of the signature. Au verso, middle of the top of frame, written in magenta ink “20” ”, to the right of that “Mt Robson Canadian Rockies”, on the side viewer’s left “16” ”, and on the bottom in magenta ink, viewer’s left “Title: Mount Robson, Canada”, to the right, in magenta ink, “Artist: Joan A. Brown 03 07”, and underneath that “10 #mtrobsn 07”
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- Mt. Robson
- Credit
- Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- BrJ.02.01
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Mountain Alter
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- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.05
- Description
- Mountain scene with grassy slope in foreground, dotted with red flowers. Behind are large rocky slopes with a glacier above. The blue sky is visible in the upper left corner.
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- Title
- Mountain Alter
- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 41.0 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- Mountain scene with grassy slope in foreground, dotted with red flowers. Behind are large rocky slopes with a glacier above. The blue sky is visible in the upper left corner.
- Credit
- Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- MoI.02.05
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