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Banff Avenue

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Banff Avenue in winter - Mandarin Cafe and Cascade Hotel visible, among others

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1940]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 8 / PA - 645

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 8 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Banff and Area Skiing

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 8 / PA - 645

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1940]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Banff Avenue in winter - Mandarin Cafe and Cascade Hotel visible, among others

Subject Access: Automobiles; Buildings; Businesses; Cascade Hotel; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Winter Carnival ice structures on Banff Avenue

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Banff Avenue with Winter Carnival ice structures along one side of the road with businesses down both sides and Cascade Mountain in the background

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1925]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 771

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 771

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1925]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Banff Avenue with Winter Carnival ice structures along one side of the road with businesses down both sides and Cascade Mountain in the background

Subject Access: Automobiles; Banff townsite; Banff Winter Carnival; Buildings; Businesses; Cascade Mountain; Winter; Winter Carnival

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Winter Carnival papers

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of minutes, brochures, notes, notebook, letterhead, posters, event programs pertaining to the Banff Winter Carnival from 1920-1954, primarily from 1920-1927. File includes event planning notes and information about things such as dog racing code, event passes, competition trophies and…

Date Range: 1917-1928, 1954

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Corporate record; Organization record; Textual record

19 images 5 Electronic Resources

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 1

GMD: Corporate record; Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: 1917-1928, 1954

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (21 x 27 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: Banff Winter Carnival, also known as Winter Sports of the Canadian Rockies, was the first post-war winter sports programme held in Banff, Alberta. The organization had Banff directors, Calgary directors and Directors-at-large from Alberta and outside the province. A wide variety of social and sports events took place under the organization's direction.

Scope & Content: File consists of minutes, brochures, notes, notebook, letterhead, posters, event programs pertaining to the Banff Winter Carnival from 1920-1954, primarily from 1920-1927. File includes event planning notes and information about things such as dog racing code, event passes, competition trophies and prize information, and planning notes.

Notes: File includes a brochure that folds out oversized, and a couple of information sheets with duplicate copies [duplicates not scanned]

Name Access: Moore, Pearl; Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Banff Winter Carnival; Community events; Winter Carnival; Winter sports; Banff Gun Club

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Biographical Source Notes: Banff Winter Carnival fonds

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Winter Carnival Scrapbook

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Part Of: Ray Bagley fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook pertaining to the winter sports career of Bagley's niece Syd Brewster (Graves). Includes newspaper clippings, telegrams, advertisements, and pamphlets about the Banff Winter Carnival, competitive skating, and employment at the Chateau Frontenac winter sports instructors.

Date Range: 1918-1925

Reference Code: M98 / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Ray Bagley fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M98 / S2 / V37

Sous-Fonds: M98

Accession Number: 684

Reference Code: M98 / 2

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1918-1925

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (34 pages ; 21 x 28 cm)

History / Biographical: Raphel (Ray) Bagley, 1880-1973, was a rancher and guide in the Red Deer, Onion Lake and Coleman districts of Alberta, Canada. Bagley came to the Lacombe district of Alberta in 1892. He homesteaded and ranched while guiding with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and conducting private trail rides throughout the southern Rockies from Waterton Lakes National Park to Banff National Park. Bagley wrote poems on western and trail riding themes, self-publishing a volume titled "Those Other Days" in 1969.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook pertaining to the winter sports career of Bagley's niece Syd Brewster (Graves). Includes newspaper clippings, telegrams, advertisements, and pamphlets about the Banff Winter Carnival, competitive skating, and employment at the Chateau Frontenac winter sports instructors.

Subject Access: Community events; Competition; Banff Winter Carnival; Banff Winter Festival; Skating; Skiing; Ski jumping; Skiers; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Mount Norquay; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: Language is English

Conservation: Blank pages not scanned

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Winter Carnvial

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a postcard depicting a group of men dressed in winter coats and hats, one with a large camera on a tripod, with "Banff Winter Carival Phil making a date with the movie man" written in white in the bottom right corner - Catharine Whyte has written on the back in pencil: "Left to right Jim W…

Date Range: [ca.1910-1935]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 817

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 817

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca.1910-1935]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a postcard depicting a group of men dressed in winter coats and hats, one with a large camera on a tripod, with "Banff Winter Carival Phil making a date with the movie man" written in white in the bottom right corner - Catharine Whyte has written on the back in pencil: "Left to right Jim Wardle, ?, Mr Stewart Clerk in Gov't office, Byron Harmon, Col P.A. Moore, ?, Leslie Mather, Pete Whyte [/] Swimming at Cave & Basin during Winter Carnival"

Name Access: Wardle, Jim; Harmon, Byron; Moore, Phil; Mather, Leslie; Whyte, Peter

Subject Access: Banff Winter Carnival; Cave and Basin; Cameras; Portrait; Winter; Winter Carnival

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Bill Waterworth to 1945 [Album]

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Part Of: Bill Waterworth fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a photo album pertaining to Bill Waterworth, aviation training in Calgary, family, friends, and Boy Scout trips.

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1945]

Reference Code: V176 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Bill Waterworth fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M215 / S54 / V176

Sous-Fonds: V176

Accession Number: 8012

Reference Code: V176 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1945]

Physical Description: 1 album: ca. 300 prints; b&w

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of a photo album pertaining to Bill Waterworth, aviation training in Calgary, family, friends, and Boy Scout trips.

Name Access: Waterworth, Bill; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); Wilson, Tom; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)

Subject Access: Aviation; Children; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Landscapes; Leisure; Military; Portrait; Royal Canadian Air Force; Sports, recreation and leisure; Weddings; Winter

Geographic Access: Shadow Lake; Scarab Lake; Egypt Lake; Banff; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: electronic finding aid for processed material

Creator: Waterworth, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Building on fire

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a building on Banff Avenue on fire with people and various horse-drawn wagons on the street, the Brewster Trading Co is visible beside the buring building - "King Edward Hotel-fire Feb. 1914" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1914

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 697

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 697

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1914

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a building on Banff Avenue on fire with people and various horse-drawn wagons on the street, the Brewster Trading Co is visible beside the buring building - "King Edward Hotel-fire Feb. 1914" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Banff townsite; Buildings; Businesses; Brewster Trading Company Ltd.; Fires; Hotels; King Edward Hotel; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Children on Banff Avenue

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a row of unidentified children wearing skis standing in a line on Banff Avenue [possibly as part of the Banff Winter Carnival] with buildings [including the Brewster Trading Co] and Sulphur Mountain in the background - "Boy's Ski Race on Banff Avenue" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 692

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 692

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a row of unidentified children wearing skis standing in a line on Banff Avenue [possibly as part of the Banff Winter Carnival] with buildings [including the Brewster Trading Co] and Sulphur Mountain in the background - "Boy's Ski Race on Banff Avenue" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Banff Winter Carnival; Buildings; Brewster Trading Company Ltd.; Children; Skiing; Winter; Winter Carnival

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Dunsmore Family Photograph Album

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Part Of: Fulton Dunsmore fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to Dunsmore family and friends; family life; Banff community life; Banff locations, such as streets, zoo, Cave and Basin; events, including Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival, royal visit, 1919; activities, including fishing, camping, picnicing, dogsledding, snowshoeing, skiing,…

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1920]

Reference Code: V184 / I / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Fulton Dunsmore fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V184

Series: I. Photograph albums

Sous-Fonds: V184

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V184 / I / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1915-1920]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (433 prints)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to Dunsmore family and friends; family life; Banff community life; Banff locations, such as streets, zoo, Cave and Basin; events, including Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival, royal visit, 1919; activities, including fishing, camping, picnicing, dogsledding, snowshoeing, skiing, ski jumping, canoeing. People include: members of the Paris, Woodworth, White (Whyte), Irwin and Latam families; also Dick Patrick, MacAulay twins, Edwin Young, John Thomson and others. Includes scenic views of Banff, Lake Louise and other Rocky Mountain areas. Most photographs are identified.

Notes: Fulton Dunsmore made most of the photographs and assembled the album. Also includes photographs by Tom Dunsmore and other

Name Access: Dunsmore, Fulton; Dunsmore, Margaret

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Banff Indian Days; Banff Winter Carnival; Banff Zoo; Boats; Cave and Basin; Camping; Children; Dogsledding; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Mountains; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Snowshoes and snowshoeing; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: No photocopying

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Elliott Barnes and Barnes Family Photographs

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to Barnes family members and activities at Kootenay Plains, Banff, Jumping Pound and Morley, Alberta. Includes a mix of family portraits, scenic views, wildlife, sports and recreation, Stoney Nakoda, and ranching.

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Reference Code: V48 / I / B / NG - 1 to 76

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Transparency

73 images

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I.B. Negatives : Glass

Sous-Fonds: V48

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V48 / I / B / NG - 1 to 76

GMD: Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Physical Description: 76 photographs : negatives, glass

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to Barnes family members and activities at Kootenay Plains, Banff, Jumping Pound and Morley, Alberta. Includes a mix of family portraits, scenic views, wildlife, sports and recreation, Stoney Nakoda, and ranching.

Notes: Negatives are related to negatives in sub-series I.A. Negatives : Film; Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 1 Elliott Barnes and dog (Gyp); 2 Elliott Barnes in front of fireplace at his Kootenay Plains cabin, [1907?]; 3 Barnes cabin at Kootenay Plains, Elliott Barnes on step, Elliott Peak in background; 4 Horses on Kootenay Plains, Indigenous man and Barnes herding, Elliott Peak in background; 5 Horses pasturing on Kootenay Plains; 6 Kootenay Plains, 1906; 7 Kootenay Plains and Mt. Siffleur; 8 Kootenay Plains and unknown peak; 9 Indigenous woman and child at Kootenay Plains [Mrs. Paul Beaver]; 10 Barnes pack train on Siffleur River; 11 Horse (Grace) on Badger Pass; 12 Valley of the Ten Peaks, 1906; 13 Glacier; 14, 18 Waterfall/s; 15 to 18 Mountain scene/s; 19 Elliott Barnes fishing on Forty Mile Creek; 20 Elliott Barnes and Mr. Jordan fishing on Forty Mile Creek; 21 Fishing scene; 22 Elliott Barnes fishing; 23 Hockey on Bow River at Banff, 1905-1906; 24 Hockey on Bow River at Banff, 1906-1907; 25 Cave and Basin bathhouse and pool, 1905 or 1906; 26 Elliott Barnes and son Findlay; 27 Mrs. E. Barnes and sons, 1907; 28 Elliott Jr. and Findlay Barnes, 1907; 29 Findlay Barnes with chickens at S-L Ranch; 30, 31 Findlay Barnes using stereo viewer, 1909 or 1910; 32 Stoney Band, 1909; 33 People fishing on Little Jumping Pound Creek; 34 Elliott Barnes and Lois fishing on Little Jumping Pound Creek; 35 Boys fishing on Jumping Pound Creek (Jack Leeson on right); 36 Jack Leeson cooking fish; 37 John Copithorne, [1910?]; 38 Elliott and Robert Barnes roping horses at Jumping Pound; 39 Elliott and Robert Barnes roping horses at Jumping Pound; 40 to 44 Elliott Jr., Robert and Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead, [1914], portrait; 45 Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead; 46, 47 Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead (sawing), 1911; 48 Findlay Barnes with fish; 49 Findlay Barnes with sheep at Jumping Pound; 50 Findlay Barnes on cart at Jumping Pound; 51 Main room of homestead at Jumping Pound, [1914]; 52 Family on porch of Jumping Pound homestead, [1914]; 53, 54 Muriel Barnes at Milo, 1919, portrait; 55 Baby (Eggley baby?); 56 Portrait of woman; 57 Elliott Barnes' anti-rattler invention; 58 Mounted specimen of cougar attacking deer from Luxton's; 59 Bear attacking man; 60 Hen and chicks at S-L Ranch; 61 [Stoney children with playhouse teepee at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]; 62 [Silas Abraham on horseback at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]; 63 [Silas Abraham, Morley or Issac Beaver, and John House at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]; 64 [Pack train at Kootenay Plains, 1907?]; 65, 66 [Stoney horse racing at Morley, 1910?]; 67, 68 [Stoney archery competition at Morley, 1910?] NG 69 to 76 added, no independant entry