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ACC Ski Camp in Little Yoho Valley

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the March 23-31, 1940 ski trip in the Little Yoho Valley, BC.

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M237 / V281

Series: II : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 5

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the March 23-31, 1940 ski trip in the Little Yoho Valley, BC.

Name Access: Chapman, Kathleen; McDonald, Jean; Petrie, Jean; Gibson, Rex; Feuz, Edward; Gest, Illian; Hind, Rob; Walker, Hazel

Subject Access: Backcountry skiing; Banff Jasper Highway; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Glaciers; Skiing; Winter

Geographic Access: Little Yoho Valley; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Jean Knox Petrie

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Action on Skis

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 38 b&w prints of people skiing. Includes action shots of people skiing at Norquay, Lake Louise, and Sunshine, the Norquay parking lot, ski jumping, ski racing, and an unidentified person paragliding on skis at Norquay.

Date Range: [ca. 1948-1980]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 38

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Print

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, A : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: ii : Action on Skis

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 38

GMD: Photograph print; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1948-1980]

Physical Description: 38 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 38 b&w prints of people skiing. Includes action shots of people skiing at Norquay, Lake Louise, and Sunshine, the Norquay parking lot, ski jumping, ski racing, and an unidentified person paragliding on skis at Norquay.

Name Access: Engler, Bruno

Subject Access: Activities; Lake Louise Ski Area; Mountains; Norquay Ski Hill; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Ski racing; Skiing; Sports and leisure; Sunshine Ski Resort; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Assiniboine

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 46 colour and b&w prints of Mount Assiniboine and its surrounding area. Includes views of the mountain and Lake Magog, the lodge and huts, people skiing, helicopters at the lodge, an unidentified group of people posed in front of a cabin, and other scenic views in winter and summer.

Date Range: 1940-1989

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 46

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Print

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, A : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iv : Assiniboine

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / A / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 46

GMD: Photograph print; Print

Date Range: 1940-1989

Physical Description: 46 photographs : col. & b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 46 colour and b&w prints of Mount Assiniboine and its surrounding area. Includes views of the mountain and Lake Magog, the lodge and huts, people skiing, helicopters at the lodge, an unidentified group of people posed in front of a cabin, and other scenic views in winter and summer.

Name Access: Engler, Bruno

Subject Access: Backcountry skiing; Cabins and shelters; Children; Family and personal life; Helicopters; Hiking; Mount Assiniboine; Mountains; Skiing; Sports and leisure; Winter

Geographic Access: Assiniboine; Assiniboine Provincial Park; British Columbia

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / A / iv / NA - 01 to NA - 06 V190 / VI / A / iv / NS - 01 to NS - 06

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Winter Carnival photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of prints and negatives depicting Banff Winter Carnival events including ski jumping, hockey, figure skating, log chopping competitions, toboggan races, swimming contests, dog sled races, ice sculptures and queen contests between 1920 and 1949, primarily from the 1920s. Includes snows…

Date Range: 1920-1922; 1922; [ca. 1940s]; 1942; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 2 / NA - 01 to NA - 93 LUX / I / D3b / 2 / PA - 01 to PA - 71

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Print; Photograph print

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 2 / NA - 01 to NA - 93 LUX / I / D3b / 2 / PA - 01 to PA - 71

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Print; Photograph print

Date Range: 1920-1922; 1922; [ca. 1940s]; 1942; 1949

Physical Description: 164 photographs : 93 b&w negatives ; 14 x 8 cm or smaller : 71 b&w prints ; 23.5 x 19.5 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 prints and negatives depicting Banff Winter Carnival events including ski jumping, hockey, figure skating, log chopping competitions, toboggan races, swimming contests, dog sled races, ice sculptures and queen contests between 1920 and 1949, primarily from the 1920s. Includes snowshoe hikes, Sunshine Ski Camp, and personal motor trips to Lake Minnewanka. File includes photographs and prints by Lou Crosby, Dan McCowan, Byron Harmon. Some prints are stamped or annotated by the photographer and include processing receipts and original housing envelopes.

Notes: PA-01 to PA-09 are associated to negatives NA-49 to NA-57. Copy and duplicate prints associated with some negatives

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Norman; Standish, Gordon; Davies, Jim; MacDonald, Hugh John

Subject Access: Winter sports; Winter Carnival; Sunshine Lodge; Skiing; Sled dogs; Ski jumping; Skating; Lake Minnewanka; Lake Louise; Ice sculpture; Hot Springs; Dogsledding

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Alberta; Banff

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: NA-05,06,07,21, NA-48, and NA-53 show deterioration and have turned amber

Biographical Source Notes: Banff Winter Carnival fonds

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Second set of duplicate prints of NA-60 to NA-67 in a separate envelope

Processing Status: Processed

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The Ski Jumper, Mount Norquay, Banff

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1960

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: McR.02.02

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Diagonally across the lower right corner stand a row of figures with their backs to the viewer. Above them is a skier suspended in the air at the peak of his jump. In the background is a mountain and valley below.

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Title: The Ski Jumper, Mount Norquay, Banff

Date: prior to 1960

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 120.7 x 120.7 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Diagonally across the lower right corner stand a row of figures with their backs to the viewer. Above them is a skier suspended in the air at the peak of his jump. In the background is a mountain and valley below.

Subject: activity, ski jumping; winter

Credit: Gift of Gus Baracus, Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: McR.02.02

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Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.286

Description: View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue …

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue (with some outlines of dark blue). The bottom edge of the glacier is a cliff of ice, which extends from the righthand side of the picture and almost reaches the lefthand side. At the top of the sketch, a strip of blue sky is found on the left and an area of brown wash is on the right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; glacier; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.286

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Trail from Skoki

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1943

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.34

Description: Ski trail scene with snow, trees and distant mountains. Green/blue dominant colours. Signed W.J. Phillips brc in pencil. Was mailed in Season's Greetings beige card from the Phillips. This print is #234 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Trail from Skoki

Date: 1943

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 10.0 x 11.7 cm

Description: Ski trail scene with snow, trees and distant mountains. Green/blue dominant colours. Signed W.J. Phillips brc in pencil. Was mailed in Season's Greetings beige card from the Phillips. This print is #234 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

Subject: mountain; winter; activity, skiing

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.34

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Winter Road

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.16

Description: Colour: blue, white, green. A snow laden tree casting its shadow on the snow lower left, stands center. Behind run ski tracks and beyond trees. Sky fills the top third.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Winter Road

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 17.6 x 12.1 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, green. A snow laden tree casting its shadow on the snow lower left, stands center. Behind run ski tracks and beyond trees. Sky fills the top third.

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter; activity, skiing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.16

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Winter Road

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.36

Description: Snow scene with solitary tree foreground and trees and mountain in background. Signed brc W.J. Phillips, was mailed in beige A Happy Christmas card from the Phillips and print was glued at its top edge, to the inside of the card. This is #239 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Winter Road

Date: 1946

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 9.3 cm

Description: Snow scene with solitary tree foreground and trees and mountain in background. Signed brc W.J. Phillips, was mailed in beige A Happy Christmas card from the Phillips and print was glued at its top edge, to the inside of the card. This is #239 in R. Boulet Catalogue.