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CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.16

Description: Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 45.6 x 60.7 cm

Description: Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.

Subject: landscape; mountains; road; snow

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.16

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Early Settlers

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.229

Description: Two snow-covered structures in mid-section, behind structures is a tree line,and in extreme background are hills.“The Shuswap area where Collings settled in 1910 has an annual snow fall of up to 1.5 metres; these snow-laden cabins were probably situated in that region.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Early Settlers

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 25.2 cm

Description: Two snow-covered structures in mid-section, behind structures is a tree line,and in extreme background are hills.“The Shuswap area where Collings settled in 1910 has an annual snow fall of up to 1.5 metres; these snow-laden cabins were probably situated in that region.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; snow; cabin

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1983

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.229

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Lake O'Hara Area

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to negatives of winter scenes taken around the Lake O'Hara area.

Date Range: [ca. 1931-1939]

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 2 / NA - 1 to 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Transparency

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M7 / V46

Series: I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities

Sous-Fonds: V46

Accession Number: 7181

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 2 / NA - 1 to 2

GMD: Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1931-1939]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : negatives

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to negatives of winter scenes taken around the Lake O'Hara area.

Name Access: Hind, Bob

Subject Access: Mountains; Snow; Winter

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Canada

Language: NA

Related Material: Related to prints in V46 / 28 (PA) - 1

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Select O'Hara Slide Show [Series V]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 79 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s with emphasis on the Lake O'Hara area of Yoho National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, v…

Date Range: [ca. 1971-1981]

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - V

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Transparency

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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 - V

GMD: Film; Transparency

Parallel Title: K38 to K41 Summer '81, latest DVS snowstorm. -- 1981

Date Range: [ca. 1971-1981]

Physical Description: 79 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 79 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s with emphasis on the Lake O'Hara area of Yoho National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies], Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara. Titles: 1. 10 Peaks Moraine Lake K38-3 2. Quadra & Borgeau K38-4 3. Peaks Moraine Lake K38-5 4. Boat landing & peaks K38-6 5. [Boat landing & peaks] K38-7 6. Dead logs in stream K38-8 7. Stream below lake K38-9 8. Boulders stream & peaks K38-10 9. Life preservers – red K38-11 10. Fr. my Chateau window K38-12 11. Fr. Chateau window K38-13 12. Same K38-14 13. Lake & Mt. Vic K38-15 14. From Chateau K38-16 15. Fr. window towards staff house K38-17 16. Towards swim pool K38-18 17. View fr. my window Chateau K39-2 18. Towards Boathouse K39-3 19. View from my window K39-4 20. [View from my window] K39-5 21. [View from my window] K39-6 22. [View from my window] K39-7 23. [View from my window] K39-8 24. [View from my window] K39-9 25. [View from my window] K39-10 26. Toward boathouse K39-11 27. View from hall window – boathouse K39-12 28. AM reflections K39-13 29. Reflections AM K39-14 30. AM fr. window K39-15 31. Baby goat & mother good K39-16 32. Baby goat good K39-17 33. Ewe & baby goat w. car K39-18 34. Mama goat walks away K39-19 35. Takkakaw K39-20 36. [Takkakaw] K39-21 37. Towards swim pool K40-1 38. Towards boathouse K40-2 39. Towards Cath Mt. clouds & autoes K40-3 40. Reflections early AM K40-4 41. [Reflections early AM] K40-5 42. Outlet & stream & mt. White K40-6 43. Boathouse AND People K40-7 44. Lake shore towards staff house nearer K40-8 45. Lake shore towards staff house further K40-9 46. Hotel flower beds & people K40-10 47. Tim’s house nearer shadow on roof K40-11 48. Tim’s house further shadows on roof K40-12 49. Door to Tim’s house K40-13 50. O’Hara & Mt Cath K40-14 51. Stream O’Hara & Mt Cath K40-15 52. Little Odaray & 2 workers on trail K40-16 53. Reflections of Mt Odaray K40-17 54. Log over stream Cataract K40-18 55. From trail to Bridge K40-19 56. Mt & clouds K40-20 57. The wood pile K40-21 58. View from Banff Springs & porch K41-1 59. Same view fr. BSH & porch K41-2 60. View from BSH golf course & river K41-3 61. Dunwoody Home K41-4 62. [Dunwoody Home] flower bed in front K41-5 63. Big snow storm K41-6 64. [Big snow storm] K41-7 65. [Big snow storm] K41-8 66. [Big snow storm] K41-9 67. [Big snow storm] K41-10 68. [Big snow storm] K41-11 69. [Big snow storm] K41-12 70. [Big snow storm] K41-13 71. [Big snow storm] K41-14 72. [Big snow storm] K41-15 73. [Big snow storm] K41-16 74. [Big snow storm] K41-17 75. [Big snow storm] K41-18 76. [Big snow storm] K41-19 77. [Big snow storm] K41-20 78. [Big snow storm] K41-21 79. [Big snow storm] K41-22

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Name Access: Gest, Lillian

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Avalanches; Backpacking; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Boats; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Camping; Canoes and canoeing; Chateau Lake Louise; Climbing; Club; Elk; Entertainment; Environment; Environment and Nature; Flowers; Geography; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding; Hiking; Holidays; Horses; Horseback riding; Horse packing; Huts; Lake O'Hara region; Landscapes; Leisure; Mountain; Mountain Goat; Mountaineering; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Pack trains; Pack trips; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Portrait; Recreation; Scenery; Snow; Storm; Tavel; Trails; Trains; Travel; Wildlife; Winter; Women

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

Language: English

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

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Skoki

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: ca. 1932 – 1933

Medium: ink; graphite on board

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.595

Description: An ink and pencil sketch that appears to advertise the Skoki Lodge. Five rectangles are arranged in a row across the middle-top of the page with various ski scenes within. Below the central rectangle read SKOKI. A pencil design in the bottom left area shows five small empty rectangles with the lett…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Skoki

Date: ca. 1932 – 1933

Medium: ink; graphite on board

Dimensions: 26.5 x 35.3 cm

Description: An ink and pencil sketch that appears to advertise the Skoki Lodge. Five rectangles are arranged in a row across the middle-top of the page with various ski scenes within. Below the central rectangle read SKOKI. A pencil design in the bottom left area shows five small empty rectangles with the letters of SKOKI divided amonst each rectangle. Above the ink scenes is written - 7 1/2 # 456 Whyte Sat 10 block [in cursive]

Subject: Skoki Lodge; ski; mountains; snow skiing; advertisement

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.595

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Snow Lily

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.03

Description: General colour: green and brown with yellow flowers. To the left, three yellow lilies grow from two plants. To the right six yellow lilies grow from one plant, three from another. Small three leaf ground plants grow at the bottom of the picture. Bare twigs fill the background.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Snow Lily

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.2 x 34.9 cm

Description: General colour: green and brown with yellow flowers. To the left, three yellow lilies grow from two plants. To the right six yellow lilies grow from one plant, three from another. Small three leaf ground plants grow at the bottom of the picture. Bare twigs fill the background.

Subject: botanical; snow lilies; twigs

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.03

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Snow Trail to Colling’s House [?]

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.520

Description: A light pencil sketch of a winter scene of a path that leads to a structure in the distance. To the right of the path, trees have snow on them. Appears that page has been divided in half by a vertical fold

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Snow Trail to Colling’s House [?]

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 38.5 cm

Description: A light pencil sketch of a winter scene of a path that leads to a structure in the distance. To the right of the path, trees have snow on them. Appears that page has been divided in half by a vertical fold