Fonds consists mainly of diary excerpts and transcripts, 1912-1913, 1921-1954; also includes a guest book, 1924-1956, posters, ca.1942, publications relating the story of Belmore Browne Peak, 1992-1993, and photographs, ca.1930, ca.1955, 1991-1992. Diaries are mainly trip diaries pertaining to summ…
24 cm of textual records. -- 108 photographs : prints, copy negatives, transparencies
History / Biographical
Belmore Browne, d.1954, was a well-known artist who lived and worked at Banff and Seebe, Alberta, Canada and in the United States. Browne and Agnes Evelyn Sibley, 1882-1976, were married in 1913. In 1921, they bought property in Banff for a summer home and with their children, George, 1918-1958, and Evelyn, 1915-1994, travelled extensively throughout the 1920s and 1930s in pursuit of subjects for Belmore Browne's paintings. In 1946, the Brownes built a home near Seebe. Agnes Browne was a diarist for the family and much of her extensive writing centres around the career of Belmore Browne. Her daughter Evelyn consolidated the diaries in the 1980s. George Browne was also an artist.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists mainly of diary excerpts and transcripts, 1912-1913, 1921-1954; also includes a guest book, 1924-1956, posters, ca.1942, publications relating the story of Belmore Browne Peak, 1992-1993, and photographs, ca.1930, ca.1955, 1991-1992.
Diaries are mainly trip diaries pertaining to summer travels and family life in the Canadian Rockies, 1921-1933. Included are trips to Red Earth Creek, Skoki, Mystic Lake, Sawback Lake, Red Deer Valley, Hector Lake, Bow Lake, Kananaskis Valley, Cascade and Panther rivers, Elbow Pass, and other locations. Other diaries cover the years 1943 to 1954, years partly spent at Seebe until Belmore Browne's death. Diary copies and typescripts have been annotated by Evelyn Browne.
Posters on alpine and wilderness survival, ca.1942, were done by Belmore Browne for the American military's Arctic Training Program.
Photographs are mainly photographic copies of paintings by Belmore and George Browne produced by Peter A. Juley & Son, Photographers of Fine Arts, New York, ca.1955, 79 items. Other photographs pertain to Belmore Browne and the Browne family, their Banff home and painting activities, ca.1930; the site of Belmore Browne plaque on Browne Peak, rediscovered and photographed by Tony and Gillean Daffern in September 1991, and dedication of the Belmore Browne plaque, 1992.
Official correspondence pertaining to the naming of Belmore Browne Peak, 1989-1993, is available in document file.
14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff.
After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.
Scope & Content
Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Item consists of group in regalia on horseback in the courtyard of th Banff Springs Hotel, on left is Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) and Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter) next to him.
Item consists of group in regalia on horseback in the courtyard of th Banff Springs Hotel, on left is Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) and Peter Wesley (Ta Otha) (Moose Hunter) next to him.
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.
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
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.