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Family Album

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Part Of: Wing Family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 album with 226 b&w photographs and 9 colour photographs depicting everyday scenes of the Wing family around Banff. Includes photographs of the two eldest Wing children (Carole and Paul) as babies and young children. Album has 1 colour print of the Bow valley on front and is bound…

Date Range: 1949 - 1953

Reference Code: V781 / A / PD – 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph

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Part Of: Wing Family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M558 / V781

Series: V781 / A: Wing Family: Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V781

Accession Number: 2015.8408

Reference Code: V781 / A / PD – 1

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: 1949 - 1953

Physical Description: Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (235 photographs; b&w and col.).

Scope & Content: File consists of 1 album with 226 b&w photographs and 9 colour photographs depicting everyday scenes of the Wing family around Banff. Includes photographs of the two eldest Wing children (Carole and Paul) as babies and young children. Album has 1 colour print of the Bow valley on front and is bound with black cord. Plastic lacing around edges of album is broken in some parts. Images mostly adhered with photo corners.

Name Access: Wing, Edith; Wing, Carole; Wing, Paul; Wing, Fred

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Asian; Banff townsite; Banff Winter Carnival; Banff Winter Festival; Bow Falls; Bow River; Bow Valley; Buildings; Businesses; Cascades of Time Garden; Castle Mountain; Chateau Lake Louise; Children; Christmas; Clothing and dress; Columbia Icefield; Dogs; Dominion Cafe; Family; Family and personal life; Glaciers; Holidays; Home; Horses; Horseback riding; Lake Louise; Marriage; Personal and Family Life; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Picnics and picnicking; Portrait; Swimming; Takakkaw Falls; Winter Carnival

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Vancouver; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

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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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

212 images

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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Mt. Norquay Ski Camp

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of four men standing outside the Mt. Norquay Ski Camp building - Peter Whyte is second from left in a plaid jacket and holding a pair of skis - the other three unidentified men are all wearing Banff Ski Club sweaters

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1940]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 117

Description Level: 6 / Image

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Image

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 117

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1940]

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

Scope & Content: Image of four men standing outside the Mt. Norquay Ski Camp building - Peter Whyte is second from left in a plaid jacket and holding a pair of skis - the other three unidentified men are all wearing Banff Ski Club sweaters

Name Access: Whyte, Peter

Subject Access: Banff Ski Club; Mountains; Mount Norquay Ski Area; Mount Norquay Ski Camp; Mount Norquay Ski Lodge; Portrait; Skiing; Ski areas; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [July - December 1945]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, B…

Date Range: 1945

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 120

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

did, one pair to a customer. But for myself I have enough good ones from the trip east last winter

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 120

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1945

Physical Description: 1.4 cm of textual records (77 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, Banff events, visits from friends, attending a Sun Dance in Morely in July [held to celebrate the end of the war], painting, photography, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], World War II officially ending August 15 and its various celebrations, cleaning and household chores [including renovations to the chimney], going to the movies, day trips around Banff National Park [usually to Lake Louise/Moraine Lake, Bow Lake, and the immediate Banff town area] to paint/sketch and take pictures, Major Fred Bagley's funeral in October, strikes in the US and Canada [primarily butchers and coal miners], d'Arcy Baker-Carr being released from a Japanese POW camp and coming back to Canada, Catharine mounting slides, skiing, watching curling games, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other holiday activities.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on RCAF letterhead.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; White, Annie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Whyte, Jon; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Whyte, Barbara; Kaquitts, Tom; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Watson, Sir Norman; Baker-Carr, d'Arcy; Bagley, Frederick A.; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Mather, Allan; Sanson, Norman; Ward, Sam

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Ski Club; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Curling; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Gardening; Hockey; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Literature; Moose; Mountain; Mount Temple Chalet; Norquay Ski Hill; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Red Cross; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Stoney Nakoda; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Upper Hot Springs; Weather; Weddings; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Bow Lake; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Morley; Calgary; Alberta; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff photographs

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Part Of: Placido Monachello fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 16 black and white photographs of buildings and activities around the Banff townsite including skiing at Mt. Norquay, swimming at the Upper Hot Springs, visiting the Cave & Basin, children holding skates, Banff Avenue, and Monachello standing outside Rundle United Church. Photos we…

Date Range: 1941-1943

Reference Code: V803 / III / PA - 1 to PA - 16

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Placido Monachello fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V803

Series: III : Banff townsite

Sous-Fonds: M582 / V803

Accession Number: 2020.25

Reference Code: V803 / III / PA - 1 to PA - 16

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1941-1943

Physical Description: 16 photographs : b&w ; 14.7 x 8.7 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 16 black and white photographs of buildings and activities around the Banff townsite including skiing at Mt. Norquay, swimming at the Upper Hot Springs, visiting the Cave & Basin, children holding skates, Banff Avenue, and Monachello standing outside Rundle United Church. Photos were taken by Placido Monachello, annotated, and sent to his [then] fiance Leona in Hamilton, Ontario.

Name Access: Monachello, Placido

Subject Access: Activities; Automobiles; Banff townsite; Banff Upper Hot Springs; Buildings; Businesses; Cave and Basin; Churches; Mountains; Norquay Ski Hill; Skiing; Ski areas; Swimming; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

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

12 images

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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Old Norquay

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 29 b&w prints of the Norquay Ski Hill, including skiers, buildings, ski runs, employees, construction of the ski jumping judges stand, and the summer sightseeing chairlift/gondola.

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1980]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / O / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 29

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

5 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, O : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: ii : Old Norquay

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / O / ii / PA - 01 to PA - 29

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1980]

Physical Description: 29 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 29 b&w prints of the Norquay Ski Hill, including skiers, buildings, ski runs, employees, construction of the ski jumping judges stand, and the summer sightseeing chairlift/gondola.

Subject Access: Buildings; Children; Construction; Dogs; Mountains; Norquay Ski Hill; Ski area; Ski jumping; Ski Maps; Skiers; Skiing; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Old Sunshine

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 25 b&w prints of the Sunshine Village ski area, including the lodge [interior and exterior], people downhill skiing and ski touring, posed photos possibly for promotional purposes, and various transportation vehicles.

Date Range: 1939-1961

Reference Code: V190 / VI / O / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 25

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

13 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, O : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iv : Old Sunshine

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / O / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 25

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1939-1961

Physical Description: 25 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 25 b&w prints of the Sunshine Village ski area, including the lodge [interior and exterior], people downhill skiing and ski touring, posed photos possibly for promotional purposes, and various transportation vehicles.

Subject Access: Automobiles; Buildings; Cabins and shelters; Mountains; Portrait; Ski area; Ski lodges and cabins; Ski touring; Skiers; Skiing; Sunshine area; Sunshine Lodge; Sunshine Ski Area; Sunshine Village; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Sunshine Village History Photos

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 b&w prints of the Sunshine Ski Resort area, including the lodge, people skiing, the track and action shots from the 1984 Ladies World Cup race, and more.

Date Range: 1939-1984

Reference Code: V190 / VI / S / v / d / PA - 01 to PA - 50

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

13 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, S : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: v : Sunshine, d : Village History Photos

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / S / v / d / PA - 01 to PA - 50

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1939-1984

Physical Description: 50 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 b&w prints of the Sunshine Ski Resort area, including the lodge, people skiing, the track and action shots from the 1984 Ladies World Cup race, and more.