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Major Wharton R. Tweedy fonds
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- Part Of
- Major Wharton R. Tweedy fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of Tweedy's photographs of Alpine Club of Canada annual summer camps; ACC members and activities, 1928-1946; camp packing activities, 1935; military camps; Stanley H. Mitchell and Mitchell's grave stone. Album is photographs of Little Yoho Valley Military Instruction Camp, July-Augu…
- Date Range
- 1928-1946
- Reference Code
- V602
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Drawing
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Major Wharton R. Tweedy fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 602
- Sous-Fonds
- V 602
- Accession Number
- 6485
- Reference Code
- V602
- Date Range
- 1928-1946
- Physical Description
- 71 photographs : prints. -- 1 photograph album (40 prints). -- 1 item of print material
- History / Biographical
- Major Wharton Richard Tweedy, 1889-1965, was a soldier, mountaineer, outfitter and packtrain operator, and served as secretary-treasurer and Camp Manager for the Alpine Club of Canada between 1929 and 1942. Tweedy was responsible for setting up the camp facility for the 1943 Military Instruction Camp at Little Yoho Valley
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of Tweedy's photographs of Alpine Club of Canada annual summer camps; ACC members and activities, 1928-1946; camp packing activities, 1935; military camps; Stanley H. Mitchell and Mitchell's grave stone. Album is photographs of Little Yoho Valley Military Instruction Camp, July-August 1943; mainly horse packing and snow and ice training views, some by the National Film Board of Canada (possibly Harry Rowed and Lt. Bell). Accompanied by reproduction of drawing of Stanley Mitchell Hut
- Name Access
- Tweedy, Wharton Richard
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Military
- Mountain warfare training
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Tweedy, Wharton Richard
- Category
- Military
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3003
- Description
- Shaped stone axe head, flat on one side, lashed to peeled wooden handle with sinew.
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- sinew; stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 19.5 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- Shaped stone axe head, flat on one side, lashed to peeled wooden handle with sinew.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- tools
- warfare
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3003
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3004
- Description
- Large shaped stone head attached to hide and fur wrapped wooden handle. Tag with CRW writing “Richard Kaquitts found it diggin grave at Morley,” another tag reads “Stone tomahawk head found by Richard Kaquitts.”
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 22.0 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Large shaped stone head attached to hide and fur wrapped wooden handle. Tag with CRW writing “Richard Kaquitts found it diggin grave at Morley,” another tag reads “Stone tomahawk head found by Richard Kaquitts.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3004
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feather; skin; stone; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3005
- Description
- Rounded stone attached with short fringe to hide covered wooden handle. There is a hide loop strap attached to the end of the handle. Feathers are attached along the length of the handle and on top of the head. There is a teal blue band around the handle near the head. The head and handle are m…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- feather; skin; stone; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 9.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Rounded stone attached with short fringe to hide covered wooden handle. There is a hide loop strap attached to the end of the handle. Feathers are attached along the length of the handle and on top of the head. There is a teal blue band around the handle near the head. The head and handle are marked with yellow.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- tools
- warfare
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.3005
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0004
- Description
- Very narrow thick steel blade flattened and flaring to curved edge with square hole at back for handle, blade painted yellow ochre colour. Handle seems a much newer commercial handle which has been cut off at the end and shaved to fit into hatchet head with a wooden wedge driven in to tighten. Han…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 3.2 x 13.5 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Very narrow thick steel blade flattened and flaring to curved edge with square hole at back for handle, blade painted yellow ochre colour. Handle seems a much newer commercial handle which has been cut off at the end and shaved to fit into hatchet head with a wooden wedge driven in to tighten. Handle wrapped at middle with loose fringed buckskin band, 11 cm, which is completely covered with a background of medium blue beads containing three bars of green beads outlined with dark blue beads. Bottom of handle wrapped with a wide fringed band of buckskin, 14 cm , sewn to fit along its length with black thread. Thong tied around top with long strip of untanned hide with white hairy surface.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0004
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- Date
- 1780 – 1850
- Material
- metal; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1004
- Description
- Triangular iron blade, wooden pipe shaped handle, blade 14.2 long flares from 1.3 cm wide to 4.8 cm wide, 5 horizontal lines are etched extending around top of blade, edge of blade is chipped, wooden handle 32.5 long has an "H" etched into the wood 10.6 cm from bottom, 4 wires wind around the handl…
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- Title
- Tomahawk Ax
- Date
- 1780 – 1850
- Material
- metal; wood
- Dimensions
- 2.6 x 20.5 x 32.5 cm
- Description
- Triangular iron blade, wooden pipe shaped handle, blade 14.2 long flares from 1.3 cm wide to 4.8 cm wide, 5 horizontal lines are etched extending around top of blade, edge of blade is chipped, wooden handle 32.5 long has an "H" etched into the wood 10.6 cm from bottom, 4 wires wind around the handle 7.5 cm form top, handle has a black top and bottom, top curves to form a pipe shaped handle, blade seems to be inserted directly through top part of the handle
- Subject
- Indigenous
- warfare
- Credit
- Gift of Don Maskel, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 104.06.1004
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