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Air Meter

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Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: metal; glass; wood

Catalogue Number: 104.30.0006

Description: Air meter enclosed in circular shallow brass case covered with glass, and standing on three brass legs (3.5 cm) attached to a solid brass disk stand of the same size. Brass ring attached perpendicular to side of the meter case by two thin metal arms, contains wind vane with eight small square sails…

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Title: Air Meter

Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: metal; glass; wood

Dimensions: 7.1 x 7.8 x 8.5 cm

Description: Air meter enclosed in circular shallow brass case covered with glass, and standing on three brass legs (3.5 cm) attached to a solid brass disk stand of the same size. Brass ring attached perpendicular to side of the meter case by two thin metal arms, contains wind vane with eight small square sails attached to centre by small metal arms. Face dial measured around perimeter with numbers from 0-90 has small circular dial at top with numbers from 0-9 and the letters "HDS" just above central pivot of small thin needle. Dial reads "Air meter to 1000 feet/No 508". Bottom of solid brass base has screw hole at centre to hold screw mount which is brass finger screw with black painted brass tube attached to top. Lever on side of meter halts needle. Box, plain square wooden box with brass hinges for lid is fitted with small blocks of wood to hold air meter securely in place. Mounting screw slips over arm of piece of wood fastened to lid. Paper label inside lid reads, "Correction for Air Meter No. 508/. Add 30 per minute to the observed reading of the Air Meter. Note. Each instrument is now regulated so as to reduce the correction to a constant quantity per minute, which must be added as in the example given.". Small brass latch hook closes lid.

Subject: households; industry; surveying; Russell Robb

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.30.0006

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Aneroid Barometer

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Date: 1900 – 1905

Material: metal; glass; paper; skin

Catalogue Number: 104.30.1006 a,b

Description: Two aneroid barometer-altimeters (a & b) labeled: “Keuffel & Esser Co. N.Y. MADE IN ENGLAND. Improved Surveying Aneroid Compensated” Black oxidized finish on the case. Altitude graduation up to 12,000 feet. Leather carrying cases contain comparative pressure test sheet dated 1903 and issued by Keuf…

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Title: Aneroid Barometer

Date: 1900 – 1905

Material: metal; glass; paper; skin

Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.5 cm

Description: Two aneroid barometer-altimeters (a & b) labeled: “Keuffel & Esser Co. N.Y. MADE IN ENGLAND. Improved Surveying Aneroid Compensated” Black oxidized finish on the case. Altitude graduation up to 12,000 feet. Leather carrying cases contain comparative pressure test sheet dated 1903 and issued by Keuffel & Esser.

Subject: photography; Vaux family; surveying; science

Credit: Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999

Catalogue Number: 104.30.1006 a,b

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Parks Canada fonds

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Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of material pertaining to the mountain parks of western Canada. I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s-1950s), ca.1756 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private …

Date Range: [ca.1887-ca.1995]

Reference Code: M317 / S23 / V488

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Machine-readable data file; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Government record; Map; Plan

Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 317; S 23; V 488

Sous-Fonds: M 317; S 23; V 488

Accession Number: 97, 90, 1155, 1270, 1386, 1396, 1487, 1500, 1539, 1552, 1848, 1877, 1911, 1969, 2140, 2147, 2185, 2267, 2342, 2360, 2365, 2382, 2530, 2539, 2683, 2749, 2819, 2938, 2971, 2979, 2990, 2994, 2977, 3026, 3067, 3120, 3238, 3296, 3344, 3368, 3381, 3403, 3458, 3466, 3473, 3624, 3678, 3765, 3783, 3847, 3875, 4008, 5018, 5054, 5085, 5114, 5141, 5222, 5321, 6015, 6372, 6373, 6404, 6410, 6423, 6444, 6699, 6756, 6924, 7057, 7061, 7228, 7351, 8134 (unproc) 7770, 7511, 2015.8407

Reference Code: M317 / S23 / V488

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Machine-readable data file; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Government record; Map; Plan

Other Title Info: Also known as the Canadian Parks Service collection.

Date Range: [ca.1887-ca.1995]

Physical Description: ca.13,557 photographs: prints, negatives, transparencies: col.; 35mm, 1 CD-ROM (556 digital scans). -- ca.55 sound recordings: audio tape cassettes, audio tape reel. -- ca.2.5 m textual records. -- 9 motion pictures: si., b&w; 16mm

History / Biographical: Parks Canada administers national parks in Canada. The agency has been administered by several government departments and undergone numerous name changes over the years. Most recently it was known as the Canadian Parks Service. Parks Canada is responsible for the administration of mountain parks and, in some cases, townsites within these parks. Until 1990, it administered the town of Banff in Banff National Park. Parks Canada provides a variety of services to visitors and residents pertaining to interpretive and visitor information; trail, resource and wildlife management; fire protection, mountaineering search and rescue and avalanche control; facilities and utilities; townsite services etc.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of material pertaining to the mountain parks of western Canada.; I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s-1950s), ca.1756 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private and government buildings, dwellings, roads and utilities; resource and wildlife development and management; visitor facilities; lodges, hotels and bungalow camps; warden and fire protection activities; Banff events; Norman Sanson trips and expeditions.; I.B. Banff National Park warden service photographs, motion pictures and documentation pertaining to wardens, warden activities and cabins, wildlife management; ca.11,000 items. Series includes 2 National Parks Service motion pictures "Hunting without a gun",1930 and Stalking big game", 1930.; I.C. Lantern slides, 2 sets (accn.3783); includes CPR lecture set, ca.1915, 145 items, and Canadian Rockies lecture set, ca.1920, 54 items, accompanied by lecture notes (stored with textual material M317).; I.D. Cave and Basin project; copies of mainly snapshot prints acquired by the Cave and Basin restoration and re-development project, 1981-1985, from various individuals, 204 items.; I.E. Yoho National Park collected photographs, ca.90 photographs : prints, pertain to Yoho National Park landscape, scenery, railway, places and facilities, including Field. Accompanied by 3 letters. Collected from numerous donors, including Kevin Hargadon, T. Lees, Ernie Plant, F. W. Yeats and Millie Adamson.; I.F. Other, ca.90 items?; prints, transparencies, copy negatives, video recording. Includes: colour transparencies by Jack Holroyd and Bruce Gordon, 1966-1974, re Banff buildings and Protection Mountain mine; photographs of Bankhead, its people and activities used for project Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town by Ben Gadd, 1989; video recording, "Saskatchewan Glacier Clean-up 1994"; VHS cassette copy of National Parks of Canada films produced in the 1930s, including Winter Wonderland, Skiing at Lake Louise, Skiing in Cloudland, Sunshine and Powder Snow, When Winter Comes and "She Climbs to Conquer" by William J. Oliver featuring Georgia Engelhard and Swiss Guide, Ernest Feuz, 1932. CD-ROM includes scanned images from a photograph album "Public Works Projects 1930s Banff National Park" ; Tom Boon's photographs of Mount Royal Hotel fire, 1967, and photograph of C.A. (Alfred) Boon, Union Oil representative at Field and Banff, 1935.; II. Sound recordings series, 1977-1985, ca.55 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes, audio tape reel. Series consists of: A. Yoho National Park human history study, 1977, 20 cassettes. B. Memoirs of the Warden Service oral history project, 1984, 15 interviews (29 cassettes). Project was conducted by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Accompanied by report. C. Other, 1980-1985, 3 items, includes rededication ceremonies for Kootenay National Park and for the Park Museum, Banff, also recording pertaining to the Castleguard Caves.; III. Textual records series, [ca.1887]-1994, ca.250 cm of textual records. Series consists of unpublished reports and management plans; visitor registers, summit registers, cabin and fire lookout registers (some with photographs); register of pack parties, Banff National Park, 1922-1933; maps and plans, including annotated warden service maps; warden records; surveyor notebooks; and transcripts and ephemera pertaining to ceremonies and events. Reports pertain to archaeological sites and research, national parks history, warden service, coal mining in the Bankhead area, predator studies, Cave and Basin, Radium Hot Springs, Ya Ha Tinda Ranch and other sites.

Notes: Original photograph album of the scanned images on CD-ROM is located in the Warden's office, Banff National Park Archival Room, cabinet 4, entitled "Public Works Projects 1930s Banff National Park"

Name Access: Parks Canada

Subject Access: Banff National Park - Wardens; Bankhead; Buildings and facilities; Commerce and industry; Environment; Government; Natural resources; Science and technology; Surveying

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Separate finding aid database Parks Canada M317 S23 V488: file level description, includes processed and unprocessed; Finding aids and reference tools: electronic series description; basic description for processed material; basic description for Series I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection (accn.3783); accession record copies for unprocessed material; sound recording summaries and reference copy recordings; modern reference prints for Cave and Basin photographs

Related Material: Related records can be found in Rocky Mountains Park fonds (M410); Alpine hut registers for ACC huts managed for a time by Parks Canada are in M200 / I.C.1. Alpine Club of Canada, Hut and clubhouse registers

Creator: Parks Canada

Category: Commerce and industry; Environment; Government; Natural resources; Science and technology

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Photograph Books 1901

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of four notebooks labelled "1901, Photograph Book, No. 1 to No. 4 A.O. Wheeler D.LS." Each notebook contains notes written in pencil regarding photographs that A.O. Wheeler took during the Selkirk Mountain Survey he did in 1901.

Date Range: 1901

Reference Code: M546 / 56 - 59

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 8160

Reference Code: M546 / 56 - 59

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1901

Physical Description: 4 vol. textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of four notebooks labelled "1901, Photograph Book, No. 1 to No. 4 A.O. Wheeler D.LS." Each notebook contains notes written in pencil regarding photographs that A.O. Wheeler took during the Selkirk Mountain Survey he did in 1901.

Name Access: Arthur Oliver Wheeler; A.O. Wheeler

Subject Access: Surveying; Surveyors

Language: English

Creator: Arthur Oliver Wheeler

Category: Commerce and industry; Exploration and travel; Environment; Tourism; Science and technology

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Photograph Books 1902

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of four notebooks labelled "1902, Photograph Book, No. 1 to No. 3 A.O. Wheeler D.LS." Each notebook contains notes written in pencil regarding photographs that A.O. Wheeler took during the Selkirk Mountain Survey he did in 1902.

Date Range: 1902

Reference Code: M546 / 60 - 62

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 8160

Reference Code: M546 / 60 - 62

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1902

Physical Description: 3 vol. textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of four notebooks labelled "1902, Photograph Book, No. 1 to No. 3 A.O. Wheeler D.LS." Each notebook contains notes written in pencil regarding photographs that A.O. Wheeler took during the Selkirk Mountain Survey he did in 1902.