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Andy Russell fonds
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- Part Of
- Andy Russell fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of seven series: I. Personal and professional series, 1937-1993 (diaries, correspondence, filing systems and papers pertaining to awards, memberships, biography and other); II. Business series, 1948-1982 (pertaining to guiding, outfitting, trail riding, ranching, Andy Russell and S…
- Date Range
- [1867]-1993, predominant 1908-1993
- Reference Code
- M153 / S43 / V555
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Andy Russell fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 153
- S 43
- V 555
- Sous-Fonds
- M153/S43/V555
- Accession Number
- 963, 5777, 5964, 6338, 6339, 6547, 6567
- Reference Code
- M153 / S43 / V555
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [1867]-1993, predominant 1908-1993
- Physical Description
- 6 m of textual records and printed material. -- ca.6100 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (49 prints). -- 29 motion pictures. -- 5 sound recordings
- History / Biographical
- Andy Russell, 1915-2005, was a trapper, guide and outfitter, writer, photographer, cinematographer, lecturer and environmental advocate in the Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada.
- Russell was born in Lethbridge, Alberta and spent his childhood on a ranch in the foothills near Pincher Creek. He became a skilled horseman, hunter, fisherman and trapper, and, in 1936, was employed by Bert Riggall, a pioneer guide and outfitter of wilderness pack trips in the southern Rockies since 1907. He became Riggall's partner in 1939 and took over the business when Riggall retired in 1946. Andy Russell and Kathleen (Kay) Riggall married in 1938 and raised five children at their ranch bordering Waterton Lakes National Park, where family businesses included guiding, saddlehorses and ranching. Children are: Richard "Dick" H. (b.1938); Andrew Charles "Charlie" (b.1941); Harold John "John" (b.1944); Hugh Gordon Riggall "Gordon" (b.1947); Lorenda Anne "Anne" (b.1952).
- Russell continued as a renowned guide and outfitter with a wealthy repeat clientele until he was forced out of guiding by 1960 with the advance of the oil industry concerns upon wilderness areas in southern Alberta and British Columbia. Russell began to write nature articles in 1945 and after 1960 concentrated upon writing, photography, film making, lecturing and ranching. He wrote for numerous magazines and newspapers, produced radio broadcasts, and, using colour motion picture photography, developed programs on wildlife and wilderness habitat research for live public performances. Russell's films launched his career as an author of popular wildlife and mountain culture books, which included Grizzly Country. In later years, he was an active writer, consultant and advocate of wilderness and environmental management and received numerous awards and honours, including Member of the Order of Canada.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of seven series: I. Personal and professional series, 1937-1993 (diaries, correspondence, filing systems and papers pertaining to awards, memberships, biography and other); II. Business series, 1948-1982 (pertaining to guiding, outfitting, trail riding, ranching, Andy Russell and Sons, royalties and lecturing); III. Writing, broadcasting and public appearances series, 1908-1990 (papers and photographs pertaining to writing, book projects, columns, broadcasts, reviews, advertising, promotion and other); IV. Photography and cinematography series, 1909-1990 (details below); V. Wildlife study and conservation activities series, 1945-[198-]; VI. Other activities series, 1931-[199-] (politics, interviews, information files); VII. Russell family series, [1867]-1983.
- Photography and cinematography series consists of: Riggall/Russell guiding activity photographs, 1909-1962, ca.280 items; Andy Russell and Sons Production Ltd / Andy Russell professional photographs and films, ca.1940- ca.1990, ca.4200 photographs (mainly transparencies), 28 motion pictures, accompanied by some textual and printed items; personal and family photographs, 1916-1989, ca.1550 items; collected photographs, ca.1940-197-, ca.75 items. Professional photography and cinematography primarily arose from field work by Andy, Dick and Charlie Russell and pertains mainly to flora, fauna and landscape of the Canadian Rockies in continental divide region, British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska.
- Motion pictures, ca.1950-1974, include original film "Grizzly Country" by Dick, Charlie and Andy Russell, produced by Evan J. Anton, ca.1969, copy print of same; also unedited wildlife and landscape footage of Waterton area, Yukon and British Columbia.
- Sound recordings are interviews with Andy Russell, [ca.1970]-1988.
- Name Access
- Russell, Andy
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- 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: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- video reference copy for "Grizzly country"
- sound recording reference copy recordings
- Related Material
- Related to the Kay Russell family fonds (M36/V36) and the Bert Riggall fonds (M376/V26)
- Creator
- Russell, Andy
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Biographical Source Notes
- Russell family
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
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Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC broc…
- Date Range
- 1885-1944
- Reference Code
- M546 / V771
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 546
- V 771
- Sous-Fonds
- M546 / V771
- Accession Number
- 2016.8598
- 2014.8312
- 8144
- 8160
- Reference Code
- M546 / V771
- Date Range
- 1885-1944
- Physical Description
- 62 vol. of textual material. -- 66 vol. of photograph albums
- History / Biographical
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler (1860-1945) DLS, ALS, BCLS, was born in Ireland, arriving in Canada in 1876. Wheeler was a mountaineer, co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada (1906), and Dominion Land Surveyor. In 1913, Wheeler was appointed Boundary Commissioner and tasked with photo surveying the Alberta / British Columbia interprovincial boundary.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC brochures and notices addressed to ACC members. Volume one covers the period 1902 to 1913; volume two includes materials from 1914 to 1940. A inventory of both volumes, compiled by ACC member Paul Geddes, is also included. Additionally there are 7 volumes of notes corresponding to the photographs A.O. Wheeler took. Photographic material consists of 66 albums which contain approximately 5000 photographs, black and white positive prints from glass negatives, all 12 x 16 cm. The first album is dated 1915, the last 1924. Some of the albums contain a small map printed on linen. Each album contains an index to the photographs taken for the Alberta - British Columbia Interprovincial Boundary photo survey and are organized by Station, Bearing, and Subject.
- Name Access
- Alberta/British Columbia Boundary Survey
- Dominion of Canada Land Surveyor
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Government
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bert Riggall fonds
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes seven series: I. Personal and professional, 1884-1959; II. Business and financial, ca.1910-1959; III. Professional photography, 1900-1955; IV. Writing, 1906-1957; V. Natural history, 1904-1954; VI. Other interests, 1913-1956; VII. Riggall family, ca.1865-1959. Personal and pro…
- Date Range
- [ca.1865]-1959, predominant [ca.1890]-1959
- Reference Code
- M376 / V26
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 376
- V 26
- Sous-Fonds
- M 376
- V 26
- Accession Number
- 5777, 7200, 7201, 7772 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M376 / V26
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1865]-1959, predominant [ca.1890]-1959
- Physical Description
- ca.13,100 photographs: ca.7080 prints, ca.5310 negatives, ca.700 transparencies. -- 9 photograph albums. -- ca.2 m textual records, print material and graphic records. -- 33 cartographic records
- History / Biographical
- Frederick Herbert (Bert) Riggall, 1884-1959, was a mountain guide, outfitter, hunter, trapper, rancher, naturalist, photographer, writer and gunsmith/loader in southern Alberta. Born in 1884 at Gayton-le-Wold Grange, Lincolnshire, his family moved to Grimsby where his father was an auctioneer and, in 1905, served as Mayor. In England, Riggall was an athlete, avid sportsman and naturalist. He was exposed to alpine country on school holidays in Switzerland and, determined to visit Canada, left for North America in 1904.
- Upon arriving in western Canada, Riggall worked for a year at Craighurst Farm near Calgary. There he met Dorothea (Dora) Williams, 1877-1951, an Irish Quaker ranch cook who had emigrated with her sister Anna in 1902. In 1905, Bert worked on the Correction Land Survey in southwestern Alberta and explored Waterton Lakes. Bert and Dora married in 1906 and until 1946 they homesteaded and ranched adjacent to Waterton Lakes National Park.
- Initially, Bert and partner Jack Hazzard built boats and guided fishing parties on Waterton Lakes. In 1909, with partner Cyril Watmough, the Riggalls began guiding and outfitting summer and fall hunting and fishing trips for numerous repeat clients, especially, after 1913, four Minneapolis, Minnesota families: Bovey, Crosby, Bennett and McKnight. Hunts involved Big Horn Sheep, goats, black and grizzly bears. Bert served as chief guide and Dora as camp cook. Prior to 1911, the Riggalls worked at Gloyne's oil camp and Oil City to supplement their income. In 1911, Bert and partner Cyril Watmough made a 1000 mile (1600 km) exploratory trip from Fort Steele, B.C. to the Yellowhead Pass and beyond. Following that trip, Riggall concentrated guiding activities on the continental divide as far north as the Highwood region, but primarily in the upper Oldman River Valley and Gap in the Livingstone Range. Their outfit grew to include numerous saddle and pack horses.
- Of five children, only two daughters survived infancy. Kay Riggall (Russell), 1909-1984, and Doris (Babe) Riggall (Burton), 1910-1999, were both able riders, markswomen and packtrain workers. They accompanied their parents on summer back country trips starting in 1918. Bert Riggall was renowned for his knowledge of botany, geology, zoology, wilderness life and lore as well as literature and current affairs. He was especially endeared to his clients for his skill as a raconteur and campfire storyteller. He wrote articles for magazines such as: Arms and the Man, American Rifleman, Field and Stream and the Boone and Crockett Club's book: North American Big Game. Riggall was an accomplished semi-professional photographer who specialized in wildlife studies, panoramic landscapes, Dufaycolor and later Kodachrome transparencies. His photographs appear in Department of Interior Reports and other publications.
- Bert's heart problems forced the Riggalls to move to Pincher Creek in 1947. Daughter Kay and son-in-law Andy Russell continued the packtrain and guiding business until 1960. After Dora's death, Bert experienced medical problems and lived with or close to Doris.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes seven series: I. Personal and professional, 1884-1959; II. Business and financial, ca.1910-1959; III. Professional photography, 1900-1955; IV. Writing, 1906-1957; V. Natural history, 1904-1954; VI. Other interests, 1913-1956; VII. Riggall family, ca.1865-1959.
- Personal and professional series consists of diaries and notes, correspondence and personal papers.
- Business and financial series consists of guiding and ranching records, gunsmithing, shooting and loading records; and legal and financial records.
- Professional photography series consists of standard photographs, panoramas, transparencies and textual records
- Writing series contains manuscripts, published magazines, book outlines, newspaper articles and letters to the editor
- Natural history series contains bird and plant records, and other natural history papers
- Other interests series consist of clippings, annotated books and collected material
- Riggall family series contains Bert and Dora Riggall family papers and photographs, Williams family photographs, Frederick W. and Fanny Riggall papers and photographs, and Allan Riggall papers and photographs. Negatives and transparencies pertain to Andy Russell as a young man with Bert Riggall.
- Notes
- Some transparencies in V110 Dick Russell are marked Andy Russell, some marked 64 dup; V110 - original transparencies have full set of duplicates (2 sets were made, 1 for Dick Russell and the other is part of this accession)
- Name Access
- Riggall, Bert
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- basic description for processed material
- Related Material
- Related to the Andy Russell fonds (M153/S43/V555) and the Kay Russell family fonds (M63/V63)
- Creator
- Riggall, Bert
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Boorne and May fonds
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- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of two separate series: A. Prints; B. Photograph Albums. Fonds consists primarily of presentation album titled "Landscapes," containing one hundred views along the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. The album contains many popular views of the period and is …
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-1888]
- Reference Code
- V10
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Boorne and May fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 10
- Sous-Fonds
- V10
- Accession Number
- 494, 658, 1449, 3227, 6169, 6173, 6208, 6603, 7508
- Reference Code
- V10
- Date Range
- [ca.1887-1888]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (100 prints). -- 40 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- The photographic firm of Boorne and May, a portrait, landscape and architectural business, operated in Calgary and Edmonton, N.W.T. (now Alberta) between 1886 and 1893. William Hanson Boorne, 1859-1945, and his cousin, Ernest Gundry May, opened their Calgary studio in 1886, later expanding the business to Edmonton. During its short life, Boorne and May was one of the most prestigious photographic firms in western Canada.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of two separate series: A. Prints; B. Photograph Albums. Fonds consists primarily of presentation album titled "Landscapes," containing one hundred views along the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. The album contains many popular views of the period and is inscribed to "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne & May's Compliments. Calgary. January 1889." Also includes individual prints of similar views to those in the album and include views as far west as Yale, B.C.
- Twenty-two prints, attributable to Boorne and May through photographer numbers and titles on the fronts, are stamped "From J. Nicholson, Photo Artist, Boissevain, Man." on the reverse. Nicholson was a professional photographer at Boissevain, Manitoba between 1888 and 1893. His business was sold to Jas. E. Miers in 1893.
- Name Access
- Boorne and May
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Creator
- Boorne and May
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Brett Family Photographs
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- Part Of
- Brett family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to photographs of Banff people and places; Brett family, friends and associates. Some duplication with albums
- Date Range
- [ca.1875-ca.1935]
- Reference Code
- V83 / V / B / PA - 1 to 321
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
13 images
- Part Of
- Brett family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M1 / V83
- Series
- V.B. Brett family series : photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V83
- Accession Number
- 5, 20, 58, 78, 102, 354, 1164, 1532, 5042, 2022.35
- Reference Code
- V83 / V / B / PA - 1 to 321
- Date Range
- [ca.1875-ca.1935]
- Physical Description
- 322 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to photographs of Banff people and places; Brett family, friends and associates. Some duplication with albums
- Notes
- LIST OF IMAGES :
- 1 [Graduation portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett, 1872]
- 2 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett, ca.1878]
- 3 [Wedding portrait of Dr. R. G. Brett and Louise Hungerford Brett, 1878]
- 4 [Wedding portrait of Louise Hungerford Brett, 1878]
- 5 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett]
- 6 Louise Brett, July 10th, 1886
- 7 [Portrait of Raymond Montague Rooper? and Dr. Robert G. Brett, ca.1890]
- 8 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett]
- 9 R. G. Brett, Xmas 1910
- 10 [Dr. Robert G. Brett]
- 11 [Portrait of Louise H. Brett, Sept. 1900]
- 12 For Harry with love from Mother Banff, Sept. 1900 [Portrait of Louise H. Brett]
- 13 [Louise H. Brett, ca.1900]
- 14 [Dr. Robert G. Brett in buggy with horse Billie]
- 15 [Earle Brett, unidentified nurse, Dr. Robert G. Brett, unidentified boy, unidentified nurse and Raymond Rooper in front of Brett house, ca.1895]
- 16 [Louise H. Brett with dogs]
- 17 Father's winter rig. One that took with Effie & the boy [Dr. Brett's cutter]
- 18 [Dr. Robert G. Brett in launch at New York?]
- 19 [Dr. Robert G. Brett in launch at New York?]
- 20 [Dr. G. J. Johnson, Dr. John E. Clough with Mrs. Clough, Miss Johnson, Dr. Brett and nurse]
- 21 [Group of people on lawn. Back row: Louise Brett, second from left, Harry Brett, 3rd from left, Dr. Robert G. Brett, far right. Front row: Earle Brett, 2nd from right]
- 22 [Lieutenant-Governor Brett in car on new Banff bridge, ca.1923]
- 23 [RCMP group at celebration of 50th anniversary of signing of Treaty Seven?, 1927?]
- 24-28 [RCMP at Blackfoot Crossing for celebration of 50th anniversary of signing of Treaty Seven?, 1927?]
- 29 [RCMP at Edmonton, ca.1925]
- 30 [Lieutenant-Governor Robert G. Brett cutting ribbon at opening of Banff-Windermere Highway, June 23, 1923]
- 31 [Lieutenant-Governor Robert G. Brett and group in front of car, August 30, 1925]
- 32-38 [Lieutenant-Governor Robert G. Brett, ca.1925]
- 39 [Louise Brett and unidentified women, ca.1930]
- 40 [Portrait of Earle Brett, 1887]
- 41 [Portrait of Earle Brett, 1889] 18 months old
- 42-43 Vienna, Earle Six years old [portraits, 1894]
- 44 Earle Brett, aged 13 years, Banff, Sept.1900
- 45-46 [Portrait of Earle Brett, ca.1905]
- 47 [Earle Brett, far right, with group, ca.1910]
- 48 [Group includes Harry Brett, Helen Brett, Maidie & Earle Brett in Upper Hot Springs pool, ca.1910]
- 49 [Earle and Maidie Brett with others in Upper Hot Springs pool, ca.1910]
- 50 [Earle and Maidie Brett, ca.1910]
- 51 [Catherine Brett in front of Brett House, ca.1914]
- 52 [Catherine Brett and Mrs. Earle Brett near Brett Drugstore, ca.1915]
- 53-54 [Catherine Brett, ca.1916]
- 55 [Portrait of Harry Brett, ca.1889]
- 56 [Harry Brett, ca.1895]
- 57 [Harry Brett working in his studio] Feb. 1899
- 58 [Harry Brett, right front seat, on sightseeing bus, 1899]
- 59 [Dr. Harry Brett's graduation portrait, 1902]
- 60 [Group portrait of medical students includes Harry Brett, left, Stuart McKidd, centre, and Algernon Lindsay, second from right, ca.1900]
- 61 [Group portrait of medical students includes Harry Brett, left front), Stuart McKidd, left back, and Algernon Lindsay, right front), ca.1900]
- 62 [Group of medical students including Harry Brett, centre rear), ca.1900]
- 63-65 [Humorous postcards of Harry Brett]
- 66 [Group of women with Harry Brett, back row, and Algernon Lindsay, seated]
- 67 [Group out on trail includes Howard Sibbald, Mrs. Jimmy Simpson, Kina Sibbald, Mary Sibbald, Harry Brett, Del Sibbald]
- 68 [Harry and Helen Brett]
- 69 [Harry Brett sitting on rustic bench with women]
- 70 [Harry Brett on horse Billie]
- 71 [Harry Brett]
- 72 [Dr. Harry Brett beside the Brett Hospital]
- 73 [Harry Brett, ca.1912]
- 74 [Harry Brett and Mrs. Louise Brett? picking fruit off tree]
- 75 After the battle, Banff Bonspiel, prize winners 1913 [left to right: Dr. Lyman, George Hunter, Harry Brett (skip), Scot Ashley]
- 76 [Curling at Banff - left to right: John Wilson, Bill Ritchie, Arthur Saddington, Harry Brett, ca.1912]
- 77-78 [Curlers posed in front of Brett Hospital]
- 79 [Helen Brett, Catherine Brett, Maidie Brett, Harry Brett, on lawn near tennis court, ca.1913]
- 80 [Harry & Helen Brett and unidentified nurse on steps of Brett Hospital, ca.1910]
- 81 [Nurse Helen Brett and another nurse]
- 82 [Nurses attending patient at Sanitarium operating room, Helen Brett, centre]
- 83 [Portrait of Helen Brett]
- 84 [Helen Brett on Tunnel Mountain]
- 85 [Portrait of Raymond Montague Rooper?]
- 86 [Portrait of Mrs. Donna Rooper, sister of Louise Brett), ca.1891]
- 87 [Portrait of Mrs. Donna Rooper & baby] Trevor G.H. Rooper, 18 months old
- 88-89 Trevor Hungerford Rooper, four months old
- 90 [Portrait of Trevor Rooper & Lionel Rooper]
- 91 [Portrait of Mrs. Neville (Katie) Lindsay, Louise Brett's sister)]
- 92 [Portrait of Mrs. Katie Lindsay] Jan. 1900
- 93 [Neville Lindsay's children]
- 94 [Algernon Lindsay?]
- 95 Hazel Lindsay 1914
- 96 Hazel Lindsay 1915
- 97 Lionel Lindsay, Bournemouth
- 98 [Mrs. Emmo McDermid]
- 99 [Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McDermid & son William] 1900
- 100 [Alida McDermid, 1895]
- 101 [William McDermid] 1895
- 102 [Brenda Louise Hungerford]
- 103-104 [Portraits of unidentified Brett relatives]
- 105 [Portrait of unidentified female relative?]
- 106 [Unidentified man in uniform]
- 107 [Catherine Brett with half brothers Robert & John Robarts, ca.1920]
- 108 [Herbert Robarts with stepdaughter Catherine Brett and sons Robert & John, ca.1924]
- 109 [Portrait of priest? in robe] 1904
- 110 [Portrait of J. F. Betts]
- 111 [Portrait of Louis Castellain, 1896]
- 112 [Portrait of Alexander Hugh Ferguson]
- 113 [Portrait of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Borden?]
- 114-115 [Portraits of unidentified men]
- 116 [Portrait of unidentified man] 1900
- 117-120 [Portraits of unidentified men]
- 121 [Man in uniform]
- 122-131 [Portraits of unidentified people]
- 132 J.H. McIllree [Assistant Commissioner, NWMP]
- 133 Lily McIllree
- 134-136 [Portraits of soldiers]
- 137 Geo. H. Hogbin
- 138 George Paris [ca.1902]
- 139 Dr. O.A. Lyman
- 140 Ralph Douglas
- 141 [Buffalo Child Long Lance?]
- 142 [Man sitting on wharf]
- 143 [Portrait of man with bulldog]
- 144 [Portrait of Banff Curling Club members, 1908-1909]
- 145 Ottawa, May 11th, 1896 [Group portrait]
- 146 Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Austin, Feby. 1896
- 147 [Wedding portrait, couple unidentified]
- 148 Mary Inglis, 1922
- 149-150 [Unidentified portraits]
- 151 [Portrait of Edna Kells]
- 152-154 [Unidentified portraits]
- 155 Elma Taylor, Jan. 1st, 1897
- 156 Marion Castellain, 1898
- 157-163 [Unidentified portraits]
- 164 Margaret G. Allan
- 165 Yokohama [woman wearing Japanese costume]
- 166-167 [Nurse]
- 168 [Graduation portrait of Norlaine]
- 169 [Portrait of Norah]
- 170 No.2 Mary Clarissa
- 171 No.3 Helen Alphonsus
- 172 No.4 Gertrude Philomena
- 173 No.5 Catharine Harriet
- 174 [Portrait of Catherine Brett?]
- 175 [Portrait of Julian Eltinger?]
- 176 [Unidentified children]
- 177 Charles David Crawley Age 4 months, 1916
- 178-182 [Portraits of unidentified boys]
- 183-186 [Portraits of unidentified girl]
- 187 Isobel Valerie Jones Oct. 1910
- 188 [Portrait of girl]
- 189 [Portrait of unidentified children]
- 190 Robin & Evelyn Inglis
- 191 [Portrait of unidentified children]
- 192 Geo Paris on the beach Victoria, 1919
- 193 Mrs. Geo [Ida] Paris at Victoria, 1919
- 194 [Left to right-Ted Paris, Herb Paris, George Paris, Mrs. George (Ida) Paris, Cyril Paris, Georgie Paris, ca.1912]
- 195 Mrs. George Paris, Dr. Johnstone, Lena Boyd
- 196 How is this for a Banff Sport? Some sport eh? [Unidentified man]
- 197 [Man playing hockey on Mather's skating rink]
- 198 [Sanitarium Hotel workers playing with a monkey]
- 199 I thought you would like one of "Pete" M.B. [couple sitting on lawn with monkey]
- 200 [Man with wolfhounds]
- 201 [Mrs. Longworthy]
- 202 [Group of women sitting on lawn]
- 203-206 [Unidentified women]
- 207 Lena Lyman 1915
- 208 [Woman and child sitting on steps]
- 209 [Children sitting on steps]
- 210 [Unidentified child]
- 211 [Group of people at costume party]
- 212 [Group of people in costumes out in front of Bretton Hall]
- 213 [Group by car in front of lake, ca.1920]
- 214 [Winter camp near Banff]
- 215 [Winter scene]
- 216-217 [Unidentified woman]
- 218 [Group of coal miners]
- 219 [Group includes, back row)-Jimmy Larkin, Walter Peyto, Ben Woodworth, Harry Robinson, Ned Tabuteau;, front row)-Harry Davis, Jack MacCormick, Joe Dawmey]
- 220 [Bob Lothian driving the Sanitarium Hotel bus]
- 221 Sanitarium Hotel, Banff [ca.1910 photograph by S.J. Thompson]
- 222 [Demolition of Bretton Hall Hotel, ca.1933]
- 223 National Park Drug Store [2nd Brett Drug Store]
- 224 [The Brett Hospital]
- 225 [The Brett Block, ca.1912]
- 226 [Mr. & Mrs. Bevan Ashton and Phillip, Brett residence in background]
- 227 [Dr. Robert G. Brett's house]
- 228 March 1900 [Dr. Robert G. Brett's house in winter]
- 229 Not so very good of the house but the best I could get hold of M.B. [Dr. Robert G. Brett's house showing addition]
- 230 [Interior view of Senator Forget's house, formerly Dr. Brett's house]
- 231 [Beach House, Lake Minnewanka, ca.1890, photograph by A. B. Thom]
- 232 [Original NWMP barracks on Banff Avenue]
- 233 The Royal Party at Banff [Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York in carriage, escorted by NWMP, 1901, photograph by S. J. Thompson]
- 234 [Canon H. Tully Montgomery, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1939]
- 235 [View from Sanitarium Hotel window of Banff townsite, 1886]
- 236 [Banff townsite from Brett Sanitarium, ca.1908]
- 237 [Group of men including NWMP officer on bridge across Bow River, ca.1890, photograph by John Woodruff]
- 238 [Bridge across Spray River]
- 239 [Swimmers in the Cave & Basin pool, ca.1890 photograph by John Woodruff]
- 240-241 [Unidentified man jumping horse behind Banff Ave., ca.1905]
- 242 This is a snapshot I took of the Regatta on Vermilion Lakes. Sept. 11th, 1908 / Neville Lindsay
- 243 [Canoes at boathouse with Mount Rundle in background]
- 244 [People on launch "The Lady of the Lake,"]
- 245 [Mathers cabin on Bow River, ca.1890]
- 246 Bow Valley from Grand View Villa
- 247 A view taken from Sulphur Mountain showing the Bow Valley and River, Tunnel Mountain on the left and Lake Minnewanka in the distance, Sept. 10th, 1908 / Neville Lindsay
- 248 [Bow River and view of the Goat Range]
- 249 [Bow Valley]
- 250 [Group of people by Bow River below Bow Falls]
- 251 [Vermilion Lakes in winter]
- 252 Desolation [Sundance?] Canyon
- 253 [Group of people at Sundance? Canyon]
- 254 [Woman on bridge at Sundance? Canyon]
- 255 [Unidentified mining operation?]
- 256 [Fountain at The Sanitarium?]
- 257 Driving the Golden Spike, by Hon. D.A. Smith, on C.P.R., Nov. 7, 1885, 9:30 a.m.[Donald Smith driving in the Last Spike at Craigellachie, BC] / [Ross, Best & Co.]
- 258 [Mount Stephen House, Field, B.C. / A.W. Palmer]
- 259 Field, B.C. Steam engine [No.732]
- 260 Muir's 2nd Tunnel-6th Crossing Kicking Horse [River] No. 63
- 261 [Dr. Robert G. Brett? at the Great Divide]
- 262 [Winter scene, photograph by Byron Harmon]
- 263 [Indigenous burial platform with teepee]
- 264 [Passengers on boat "Northland Echo,"]
- 265 [View of knick-knack shelf]
- 266 [Wedding announcement of Minnie McCardell & Thomas Davidson, 1917]
- 267 [Unidentified buildings beside lake?]
- 268 [Unidentified animal park?]
- 269 [Unidentified city beside lake]
- 270 [Unidentified square with statue]
- 271 [House in Bournemouth, England-Lindsay's?]
- 272-273 [Unidentified family on porch]
- 274-275 Whitehall, N.Y.
- 276 Our Armoury [Whitehall, New York?]
- 277 Comical [?] band on boat
- 278 [Unidentified view of river along CPR line / A. B. Thom]
- 279 [Arch decorated honouring Queen Victoria, unidentified location]
- 280 [Man boating on unidentified lake]
- 281 [House in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia]
- 282 [Interior of unidentified church?]
- 283 [Unidentified building] Ekaterinodar, South Russia. 9/12/19
- 284 "Valley Home" built by Joseph Saunders in 1804
- 285 [House in Pasadena, California]
- 286 [Dr. A. McDermid's house, Winnipeg, Manitoba, ca.1885 / T. R. Colpitts]
- 287 Bird's eye view of Banff, from Tunnel Mountain / Boorne & May [ca.1887]
- 288 "Killing" Western Canada Ranching Series 1912 by A. E. Brown
- 289 A deep ford Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
- 290 Out for a "Pull" Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
- 291 Day Herd Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
- 292 First to camp Western Canada Ranching Series 1912 by A.E. Brown
- 293 Round-up Camp on Milk River Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
- 294 Brett Hospital, Banff / D. White, Banff, Alta.
- 295 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett, Lt.-Governor of Alberta, ca.1920 / by A. L. Hess]
- 296 [Earle Brett riding a horse]
- 297 [Portrait of Mrs. Louise Brett, ca.1920 / A. L. Hess]
- 298 [Dr. R.G. Brett's Banff residence, Harry and Earle Brett on horseback, ca.1895]
- 299 Dr. R.G. Brett's Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff, Alberta / S. J. Thompson]
- 300 St. John's College Dramatic Society in "Heroes" 1908. -- [includes Earle Brett]
- 301 [Duke and Duchess of Connaught welcomed by Dr. R.G. Brett, Banff, Chinese boy at left is Goon Sir Wing, 1912]
- 302-303 [Masquerade party in the Brewster Hall. ca.1907]
- 304 [Sanitarium tally-ho carrying a group of people with sign "I'm a going to live anyhow until I die" ca.1905]
- 305 [Portrait of a woman in English riding clothes]
- 306 [Portrait of a woman leafing through a magazine]
- 307 [Portrait of a baby, ca.1921]
- 308 [Portrait of a woman]
- 309 [Portrait of General Harold MacDonald]
- 310 [Portrait of a priest?; underneath is photograph of young woman, 1912]
- 311 [A private residence in Ontario?, ca.1900]
- 312 [Curling team with Wiser's Red Letter Trophy - back left to right: Jim & Jock McCowan, Bull Ritchie, Jack ?, D.C. Bain - front left to right: Harry Brett, Arthur Saddington, ca.1915]
- 313 Kiwanis Club of Calgary, 1920
- 314 Cricket Club, Banff. August 1897 / R. H. Trueman [Earle Brett, front right, George Paris, back left, Harry Brett, back centre]
- 315 Dr. Brett's private residence and Sanitarium Hotel / R. H. Truman [with Earle Brett, Louise Brett? and Harry Brett, ca.1900]
- 316 [Portrait of Dr. Harry Brett]
- 317 [Mary Sibbald, Harry Brett, Hugh Sibbald and unidentified, ca.1905- 1910]
- 318 Canadian Industrial Congress, Edmonton, June 4 & 5, 1920
- 319 [Portrait of Harry Brett]
- 320 [Portrait of Lady Byng]
- 321 [Portrait of Julian Hedworth George Byng, Governor-General of Canada, 1921-1926]
- 322 [Portrait of Harry Brett]
- Name Access
- Brett, Helen
- Brett, Louise
- Brett, Reginald H. (Harry)
- Brett, Robert G.
- Brett, Robert George
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Children
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Exploration
- Government
- Landscapes
- Last Spike
- Military
- Mountains
- Photography
- Portrait
- Professional and Personal Life
- Travel
- Trains
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bruno Engler fonds
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provin…
- Date Range
- [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995
- Reference Code
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 323
- S 40
- V 190
- Sous-Fonds
- M 323
- S 40
- V 190
- Accession Number
- 188, 1300, 2622, 2998, 3468, 3496, 5507, 6200, 6770 (unproc), 7045(unproc), 7436 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M323 / S40 / V190
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1886]-1998, predominant ca.1940-1995
- Physical Description
- ca.31,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca.150 prints). -- 50 motion pictures: 1 original, 8 copies on 3 video cassettes, 41 film reels: 16mm, 35mm. -- 18 sound recordings: audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 5 electronic records: computer diskettes. -- 3 maps. -- 15 cm textual records.
- History / Biographical
- Bruno Engler, 1915-2001, was a mountain guide, ski instructor, photographer and film maker at Banff and Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Engler arrived from Switzerland in 1939 and initially worked as a mountain guide and ski instructor for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sunshine ski area and for Deer Lodge at Lake Louise, Alberta. During the Second World War, he served as a mountain warfare instructor for the Canadian Army. Following the war, Engler worked as a free-lance photographer for the National Film Board and others; as coach of the University of Alberta Ski Team; and as a technical advisor, cameraman and actor for numerous movies made in the Banff area. Throughout his career, Engler worked as a still and motion picture photographer, both for the movie industry and for governments at all levels, as well as operating his own business, Alpine Films of Banff, Alberta.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provincial parks; scenic views of western Canada, particularly mountain landscapes; some portraits and candid shots of local and international personalities. Photographs pertaining to film making include helicopter rescue; highway construction; Norquay, Sunshine, and Lake Louise ski areas' histories; Banff events and buildings; Canmore events and buildings; professional and amateur ski races; scenic mountain and wildlife; mountaineering and highway accidents; mountain guiding trips including Pierre Trudeau, Roland Michener and Peter Lougheed. Fonds consists of four series: Photography, Motion Pictures, Sound Recordings, and Textual records. Photography series consists of four sub-series established by the photographer: I. Old file, 1949-1970; II. Main file, alphabetical A - Z, 1950-1976; III Sunshine file, [1939], 1950-1975; IV. Warden file, 1954-1976.
- Motion pictures on video cassettes are footage of skiing at Sunshine, 1930s; Clifford White films, 1930s, from WMCR Archives collection (V682); "Snow Capers" by Thomas Mead, 1946, includes Engler; "Ski Pro's Holiday" by George Encil, 1950?; "Mount Bulyea" by George Encil, 1950?, includes Engler; "Diary of a Mountain Man," a CBC documentary feature on Bruno Engler broadcast on "20/20" in 1965 (ca.27 minutes); "Great Days in the Rockies" by National Film Board of Canada, 1983; "Mountain Man" by Banff Centre, 1985, re Engler. Original film is "Sunshine 1940" and includes Brewster Transport ski buses travelling from train station to Sunshine Lodge, skiers, guide, lessons, games, rope tow, ski action, slalom, Bruno Engler, other. 16mm and 35mm film reels, 1946-1964 are films produced by the National Film Board.
- Sound recordings, electronic records and and related textual material pertain to interviews with Bruno Engler, 1987, done by Brian Patton and Jon Whyte for Bruno Engler autobiography project. Interviews covered Engler's life, but are not complete to 1987. Transcripts, prepared from recordings by Brenda Goeres, are not verbatim. Audio tape cassettes consist of portions of content of audio tape reels.
- Textual records include corporate records, newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to film making, cast and crew listings and schedules for various movies, ski racing, mountain guiding trips and ski race listings. Also included is documentation pertaining to film making with producer National Film Board including letters, film stock footage, press releases, and film summaries; maps indicate film location shots for Arctic Rampage.
- Name Access
- Engler, Bruno
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- 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: basic description
- electronic finding aid
- Related Material
- Duplicate or further transcripts for sound recordings are found in Jon Whyte fonds (M88).
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Canada and America album fonds
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- Part Of
- Canada and America album fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a photograph album titled "Canada and America, 28 Sept. to 14 Dec. 1889" that chronicles a journey through Canada and the United States, specifically the Canadian Rockies, the interior of British Columbia to Vancouver Island, Canada and south through Washington state to California…
- Date Range
- 1889
- Reference Code
- V388
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Canada and America album fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 388
- Sous-Fonds
- V 388
- Accession Number
- 6261
- Reference Code
- V388
- Responsibility
- Album was compiled by an unknown traveler, possibly British
- Date Range
- 1889
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (73 prints).-- 7 photographs: copy negatives, b&w
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a photograph album titled "Canada and America, 28 Sept. to 14 Dec. 1889" that chronicles a journey through Canada and the United States, specifically the Canadian Rockies, the interior of British Columbia to Vancouver Island, Canada and south through Washington state to California, USA. Views were probably purchased enroute from well-known artists, including Canadian photographers A. B. Thom and C. S. Bailey, and American photographers Taber, Fiske and C. R. Savage.
- 7 b&w copy negatives
- Notes
- Purchase was made possible through a grant from the Department of Communications, Government of Canada
- Name Access
- Canada and America album
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Canada and America album
- Title Source
- Title based on title on album
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Contact Prints
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- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to print copies made from original negatives of Vaux family travels in the Canadian Rockies in the late 1800s. Includes views of mountains, scree slopes, glaciers, train scenes (including tracks and the interior of a dining car), Glacier House, and portrais of the family members.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1887 - 1900]
- Reference Code
- V653 / I / U / 2 / PA-7 to PA-59
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M107/V557
- Series
- I. Photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V557
- Sub-Series
- U. Prints
- Accession Number
- 7792
- Reference Code
- V653 / I / U / 2 / PA-7 to PA-59
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Date Range
- [ca. 1887 - 1900]
- Physical Description
- 52 prints : b&w ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to print copies made from original negatives of Vaux family travels in the Canadian Rockies in the late 1800s. Includes views of mountains, scree slopes, glaciers, train scenes (including tracks and the interior of a dining car), Glacier House, and portrais of the family members.
- Name Access
- Vaux, William
- Vaux, George
- Vaux, George, X
- Walcott, Mary Vaux
- Subject Access
- Glaciers
- Glacier House
- Family and personal life
- Mountains
- Photography
- Trains
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Dan McCowan and Mary McCowan fonds
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- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series. I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E…
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 55
- V 408
- Sous-Fonds
- M 55
- V 408
- Accession Number
- 323, 694, 3263, 6756, 6892
- Reference Code
- M55 / V408
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1885-1967?]
- Physical Description
- ca.50 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.1000 negatives, ca.1540 lantern slides, ca.770 transparencies 35mm, 117 prints). -- 4 graphic records
- History / Biographical
- Dan McCowan, 1882-1956, was a naturalist, lecturer and writer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland in 1907. There he met Mary Ethel Fee, 1888-1973, a teacher, and they married in 1921. Mary McCowan shared an interest in Dan's work, hand-coloured his lantern slides and accompanied him on his tours. Dan McCowan was an active photographer and naturalist and lectured at hospitals during and following the First World War. He was later recommended to Sir Edward Beatty, CPR President and hired by the CPR to promote the scenic beauties and natural history of the mountains, which he did for 26 years. For a period his lantern slide presentations included motion pictures. During the 1940s, he used natural colour Kodachrome slide photography. While in England in 1936, McCowan was made a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society. From ca.1907 onwards, he wrote for magazines and newspapers. The first of six books was published in 1936; the last in 1955. Beginning ca.1937, McCowan wrote and broadcast radio talks on natural history on CBC. These were heard widely in Canada and the United States. In 1939, McCowan accompanied the King and Queen on a portion of their railway tour through the mountains, providing information on natural history and residents. During the Second World War, he toured extensively on behalf of the YMCA. The McCowans retired to Cloverdale (now Surrey), B.C., ca.1951.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series.
- I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E. Ephemera.
- Correspondence includes incoming letters re writing, business and broadcasting. Writing is in the form of notes and notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts, newspaper articles and other materials.
- Photography includes negatives, lantern slides, 35mm transparencies and prints. Material pertains to flora, fauna, people, places and scenery, also family, activities and events. Photographs of Banff personalities and visitors are available in negative and lantern slide form, 254 items.
- Lantern slides were designed for lectures such as: "On skyline trails in the Canadian Rockies"; "On nature trails at Banff and Lake Louise"; "A naturalist in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Snow peaks and flower meadows in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Over the hills and far away: a pictorial review of the Canadian Rockies"; "Victory Day, May 8th 1945, Dan McCowan presents: Bye-gone days in Banff" (exact titles were based on title slides).
- II. Mary E. (Fee) McCowan series consists of diaries, 1926-1957, photocopied from 12 volumes (19 cm); and letters from Dan McCowan, 1943. Diaries discuss joint travels, activities, lecture tours for CPR (Canada, U.S., U.K.), Banff, trail rides, skyline hikes, and Royal Visit, 1939
- Notes
- Both Dan and Mary McCowan have written identifications on the slide mounts
- Name Access
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- in-house electronic finding aid
- online finding aid
- item list and modern reference prints for photographs of Banff personalities and visitors
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to McCowan family photographs (V407)
- Creator
- McCowan, Dan
- McCowan, Mary
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Dorothy Wardle fonds
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- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75. M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including cor…
- Date Range
- ca.1870-2002
- Reference Code
- M521 / V75
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M521
- V75
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- V75
- Accession Number
- 5296, 5391, 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / V75
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- ca.1870-2002
- Physical Description
- 154 cm of textual records. -- 1304 photographs (1190 prints, 95 negatives, 19 transparencies). -- 6 photograph albums.
- History / Biographical
- The Wardle family was comprised of husband and wife, James Morey Wardle (June 26,1888 - May 18,1971) and Maud Leette (Roney) Wardle (May 24,1889 - December 1,1969), and their one child, Dorothy Hope Wardle (May 23,1919 - July 20,2003). James Wardle, born in Chiliwack, British Columbia, was a civil engineer and public servant. He was the Superintendent of Banff National Park from 1918-1921, Chief Engineer for Parks Canada from 1921-1935, and Deputy Minister of the Interior from 1935-1936. He is primarily known as a highway design engineer, particularly for building the Banff-Windermere, Banff-Lake Louise, and Banff-Jasper highways. He was a councillor for the Municipality of Rockcliffe Park in Ontario and he was the President of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Banff from 1925-1929. Mount Wardle in Vermillion was named after him in 1921. James married Leette on November 4, 1913, with whom he had one child, Dorothy. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy (also known as Dot and Dorie) grew up in Banff, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario, due to her father's position with the federal government. She was educated at the Mountain School in Banff and at the Elmwood School in Ottawa. All three family members were graduates of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. James graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Leette graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and in 1942, Dorothy also earned a Bachelor's degree. Dorothy was prominent in student life and active in athletics. In 1941, Dorothy became the first woman elected as President of the Alma Mater Society and during her academic career, Dorothy was a member of the Levana Intercollegiate Debative, University Centenary Committee, and Queen’s War Aid Commission. Dorothy spent her career as a freelance writer however, upon graduation she served as the first Secretary-In-Charge of Records at Carleton College (now Carleton University) from 1942-1944 in Ottawa and in the mid-1950s worked as a secretary for the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary. Dorothy pursued a lifelong interest in traveling, art, and antiques. Although she was fiercely proud and protective of Banff and the Park, and remained a volunteer and patron of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Dorothy eventually settled in Sidney, British Columbia and shared an apartment with Sheila Iris Ritchie, with whom Dorothy travelled extensively. After her death in 2003, Dorothy, "Dorie," was laid to rest alongside her parents in the Old Banff Cemetery.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.
- M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including correspondence with Carl Rungius and Mrs. Helen Brett, and Christmas and other greeting cards from Peter and Catharine Whyte). Series III: Queen's University, 7.5 cm, 1911-1980 (including graduation certificates for each family member and records pertaining to Dorothy's participation on the Alma Mater Society). Series IV: Travel, 44.5 cm, ca.1950-1988 (includes hand-written notebooks meticulously detailing their travels).
- V75 consists of two series, 79.5 cm, ca. 1912-2001. Series I: Wardle Family, ca. 1912-1971, 6 albums, 31 cm of photograph prints and negatives (including family trips, trail rides in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and family gatherings). Series II: Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001, 34 cm of photograph prints, negatives, and transparencies (including Dorothy's travels in Alberta and British Columbia, overseas, and various outings with friends).
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James
- Rungius, Carl
- Brett, Helen
- Keyte, Freeman
- Hart, E. J. (Ted)
- Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard)
- Brewster, Pat
- Peyto, Bill
- Brett, Robert George
- Sanson, Norman
- White, Clifford
- Drummond-Davies, Nora
- Mills, Ike
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Whyte, Jon
- Robinson, Dean
- Warren, Mary Schaffer
- Simpson, George
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Greenham, Margaret
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Personal and Family Life
- Banff
- Old Banff Cemetery
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Cabins
- Travel
- Picnics and picnicking
- Holidays
- Scenery
- Christmas
- Dogs
- Horses
- Mountain
- Canoes and canoeing
- Hiking
- Wildlife
- War Memorial
- Highland Games
- Bow River Bridge
- Golfing
- Anniversary
- Horseback riding
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- Education
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Winter Festival
- Women
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- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Skiing
- European travel
- Beach
- Calgary Herald
- Geography
- Government
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- Banff Public Library
- National parks and reserves
- Park policy
- Parks Canada
- Wardens
- Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch
- Community life
- Mines and mineral resources
- History
- Immigration and homesteading
- Settlement
- Organizations
- World War II
- Biographical
- Professional and Personal Life
- Grizzly Bears
- Fire fighters
- Sunshine Village
- Teahouses
- Banff Indian Days
- Regalia
- Calgary Stampede
- Mountain guides
- Mountain School
- The Albertan
- Crag and Canyon newspaper
- Homestead Hotel
- Banff Centre
- Hot Springs
- Superintendents
- Automobiles
- Natural history
- Records
- Calendar
- Finances
- Leases
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- Property
- Recreation
- Geographic Access
- Banff
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- Canmore
- Alberta
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Castle Mountain
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- British Columbia
- Glacier National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Silver City
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- Scotland
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- Yoho National Park
- Ottawa
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- Columbia Icefield
- Washington
- Philadelphia
- Atlantic City
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- Field
- Emerald Lake
- Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump
- Takkakaw Falls
- Jasper National Park
- Athabasca Falls
- Okanagan
- Kananaskis
- Hoodoos
- Powell River
- Montreal
- Access Restrictions
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- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Dorothy also donated artwork (by Carl Rungius) to Art and Heritage.
- James Morey Wardle fonds (Library and Archives Canada)
- Category
- Arts
- Environment
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
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