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Archives General File collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions451
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches…
- Date Range
- [after 1890]
- Reference Code
- M8 / S8 / V8
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Framed print
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Diary
- Plan
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 8
- S 8
- V 8
- Sous-Fonds
- M8 / S8 / V8
- Accession Number
- Numerous. Access to material via accession number is available through the online database
- Reference Code
- M8 / S8 / V8
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Framed print
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Diary
- Plan
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [after 1890]
- Physical Description
- 57 cm textual records. -- 50 cm of photographs : prints. -- 189 photographs (15 framed prints, 51 transparencies, 79 negatives; 44 copy negatives). -- 3 photograph albums (139 prints). -- 6 motion pictures. -- 9 sound recordings
- Scope & Content
- The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches, poetry, plans and others; photographs in the form of prints, negatives, transparencies, albums, postcards, etc.; sound recorded interviews and programmes; and motion pictures. Material pertains broadly to the Banff area and many other areas within the Archives collecting mandate.
- Notable items include: Walter Wilcox letter; George Kinney report; interviews with Bill Round and Edward Feuz; original copy of Treaty Number Seven; Mary Schaffer material, including letters, notes, photograph and report; reports on the Nakimu Caves; film pertaining to Banff Winter Carnival; Georgia Engelhard letters and photos; plans for buildings and structures; George Noble photograph; W. S. Park photograph.
- Name Access
- Archives General File
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- 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: electronic database
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title describes nature of collection. Individual titles in accession-level inventory have generally been assigned.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff correspondence
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54880
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 letters addressed to Jo Thomas from Pat and 4 annotated postcards
- Date Range
- 1964 - 1978
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2014.8274
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- 2014.8274
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 2014.8274
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2014.8274
- Date Range
- 1964 - 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 letters addressed to Jo Thomas from Pat and 4 annotated postcards
- Name Access
- Thomas, Jo
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Indian Days
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57033
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of the back of an unknown individual on a bucking horse at Banff Indian Days.
- Date Range
- ca.1926
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn 3797 / pa - 4
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8
- V8
- S8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 3797
- Reference Code
- V8 / accn 3797 / pa - 4
- Date Range
- ca.1926
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph print
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of the back of an unknown individual on a bucking horse at Banff Indian Days.
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Stoney Nakoda
- Sports
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- Recognizing Relations number: RR 535
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54876
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 74 photographic prints and 14 postcards (3 annotated), and 2 menus from the Sulphur Mountain Chalet. Photographs and postcards are of the Banff area
- Date Range
- ca. 1940 - 1965
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8307
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- 2014.8307
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2014.8307
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8307
- Date Range
- ca. 1940 - 1965
- Physical Description
- 74 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm or smaller
- 05 cm of textual records (13 x 9 cm)
- History / Biographical
- Tunstall family from Edmonton, AB. Mother- Mary Tunstall Senior; Mary- Clerk of U of A; Dora- housewife; Evelyn -left to do work on Alaska Navy-- Mary, Dora and Evelyn were aunts of Dennis Stansfield
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 74 photographic prints and 14 postcards (3 annotated), and 2 menus from the Sulphur Mountain Chalet. Photographs and postcards are of the Banff area
- Name Access
- Tunstall, Dora
- Tunstall, Mary
- Missal, Dora
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Johnston Canyon
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record
- Title Source
- based on contents
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Image of eighteen unidentified men in uniform holding drums and brass instruments - two adolescents and row of buildings in background
- Date Range
- ca. 1900
- Reference Code
- v8 / accn 2400 / na66 - 1888.
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V8
- Reference Code
- v8 / accn 2400 / na66 - 1888.
- Date Range
- ca. 1900
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of eighteen unidentified men in uniform holding drums and brass instruments - two adolescents and row of buildings in background
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and memorials
- Organizations
- Public events
- Sports and Recreation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- copy negative envelope
Images
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Cave and Basin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54879
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 photographs of six men visiting teh Cave and Basin
- Date Range
- ca. 1920 - 1940
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8274
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- 2014.8274
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2014.8274
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8274
- Date Range
- ca. 1920 - 1940
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 photographs of six men visiting teh Cave and Basin
- Name Access
- Thomas, Jo
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Clearing downed timber on the Pine River, Fay Trip from Jasper to Hudson's Hope, 1914
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Image of two unidentified men clearing downed timber with axes.
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- v8 / lc / accn 2768 / na66 - 93
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V8
- Reference Code
- v8 / lc / accn 2768 / na66 - 93
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of two unidentified men clearing downed timber with axes.
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Labour
- Sports and Recreation
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- copy negative envelope
Images
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Cutting downed timber, Fay Trip from Jasper to Hudson's Hope, 1914
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Image of an unidentifed person cutting downed trees with an ax - three horses in foreground
- Date Range
- 1914
- Reference Code
- v8 / lc / na66 - 82
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V8
- Reference Code
- v8 / lc / na66 - 82
- Date Range
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of an unidentifed person cutting downed trees with an ax - three horses in foreground
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Labour
- Sports and Recreation
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- copy negative envelope
Images
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[Emmeline Savatard and Nello "Tex" Vernon-Wood packing horse, upper Red Deer Valley?, Banff Park]
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Image of a woman identified as Emmeline Savatard tightening the ropes on the load of a pack horse as a man identified as Nello "Tex" Vernon Wood assists.
- Date Range
- ca. 1915
- Reference Code
- v8 / 1 / 16 / na66 - 1912
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V8
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2190
- Reference Code
- v8 / 1 / 16 / na66 - 1912
- Date Range
- ca. 1915
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of a woman identified as Emmeline Savatard tightening the ropes on the load of a pack horse as a man identified as Nello "Tex" Vernon Wood assists.
- Notes
- From album of unidentified pack trip to Red Deer Valley, Big Horn Creek, Molar, Ptarmigan and Deception Pass with guides "Tex" Vernon Wood and Bert "Red" Johnson and possibily A.O. Wheeler and Emmaline Savatard
- Name Access
- Emmaline Savatard
- "Tex" Vernon Wood
- Subject Access
- Sports and Recreation
- Discovery and Exploration
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Location (Original)
- V8/accn 2190/pd-1
- Title Source
- From identification notes included in original photograph album
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Ethel McKnight annotated postcard collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57535
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of souvenir postcards sent to Ethel McKnight from various friends and relatives between ca.1909-1945. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Items are annotated with personal messages to Ethel.
- Date Range
- 1909
- [1910-1920]
- 1919
- 1929-1930
- 1940-1945
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 1430 / 1 to 25
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8
- V8
- S8
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 1340
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 1430 / 1 to 25
- Date Range
- 1909
- [1910-1920]
- 1919
- 1929-1930
- 1940-1945
- Physical Description
- 25 annotated postcards
- Scope & Content
- File consists of souvenir postcards sent to Ethel McKnight from various friends and relatives between ca.1909-1945. Postcard images pertain to views in and around Banff and the Canadian Rockies. Items are annotated with personal messages to Ethel.
- Notes
- One item in file is souvenir booklet
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Mountains
- Landscapes
- Swimming
- Recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canmore
- Jasper National Park
- British Columbia
- Yoho National Park
- Emerald Lake
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Postcards are stored in mylar sleeves
- Related Material
- M8/accn.3151
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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