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.
Abbot Pass Hut was constructed by the Alpine Club of Canada in 1922 and is located at 2,926 metres elevation, between Mt. Lefroy and Mt. Victoria. The hut is positioned directly on top of the Great Divide [Alberta and British Columbia border].
Scope & Content
Lantern slide depicts a side view of Abbot Pass Hut.
Notes
Slide is hand-coloured.
Material Details
Individual labels: rectangular red label #12; remains of a white label "Alpine ---"
File consists of lantern slides pertaining to the 1924 trip to Northern Algeria, Tunisia, the Sahara, Sicily and Naples led by Caroline Hinman. The contents of the slides depict desert and oasis scenes, with pack camel trains and tent camps, all taking place during a camping trip in northern Algeri…
The 52 photographs depict a pack camel camping trip in Algeria during the Eighth Trip "Off the Beaten Track" led by Caroline Hinman in 1924.
Caroline Hinman, of New Jersey, organized and led tours to various European destinations during winter months and Canadian Rockies trips in the summers almost every year from the mid-1910s until the 1960s. In the years immediately following World War I Hinman wanted to do a camping trip in the Sahara Desert and, with the help of a French outfitter based in the area, she was able to put together a 3-month tour that would include such an excursion. It is not clear how many people partook in the entire tour, but it is known that the camping trip through the desert was optional and was attended by all women.
The campers, 6 ladies with Hinman, were guided by locals from the town of Touggourt eastward to Tozeur from February 1-10. They were accompanied by guides, outfitters, cooks, camels, and donkeys.
For a full description see the attached pdf of the trip advertisement.
Scope & Content
File consists of lantern slides pertaining to the 1924 trip to Northern Algeria, Tunisia, the Sahara, Sicily and Naples led by Caroline Hinman. The contents of the slides depict desert and oasis scenes, with pack camel trains and tent camps, all taking place during a camping trip in northern Algeria.
The slides appear to be celluloid transparencies fixed between the panes of glass; lack of maker's marks on the transparencies indicates the images may have been developed onto a sheet and then individually cut out to form the slides.
File pertains to mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, canyons, waterfalls, Banff town, hotels and roads between Canmore and Lake Louise; also Mount Assiniboine. Most images have captions Individual labels: round red label 18; rectangular red label 16; title label Along townsite Auto road looking NE…
File pertains to mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, canyons, waterfalls, Banff town, hotels and roads between Canmore and Lake Louise; also Mount Assiniboine. Most images have captions
Individual labels: round red label 18; rectangular red label 16; title label Along townsite Auto road looking NE. Banff Nat. Park 26
Lantern slide depicts a large group of unidentified individuals gathered around a campfire with tents visible in the background. Possibly an Alpine Club of Canada group camp.
Lantern slide depicts a large group of unidentified individuals gathered around a campfire with tents visible in the background. Possibly an Alpine Club of Canada group camp.
Notes
Slide is hand-coloured.
Material Details
Individual labels: round red label 10; round red label 11
File consists of copy photographs illustrating native hunting practices and decline of bison in North America. Also includes portrait of Michel Pablo. Most images have captions.
File consists of copy photographs illustrating native hunting practices and decline of bison in North America. Also includes portrait of Michel Pablo. Most images have captions.
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.
File pertains to bighorn sheep, mountain goat, caribou and deer; bison, elk, antelope and moose in Buffalo Park, Wainright; black bear, beaver, hoary marmot, moose and lynx; ptarmigan and whiskey jack; bull trout, cutthroat trout and lake trout; spider web. Most images have captions Individual lab…
File pertains to bighorn sheep, mountain goat, caribou and deer; bison, elk, antelope and moose in Buffalo Park, Wainright; black bear, beaver, hoary marmot, moose and lynx; ptarmigan and whiskey jack; bull trout, cutthroat trout and lake trout; spider web. Most images have captions
Individual labels: round red label 143; rectangular red label 5
File pertains to wildflowers of western Canada; wildflowers and alpine meadows, some in the vicinity of Mount Rainier, Washington. Most images have captions. Individual labels: round red label blank; rectangular red label blank Inscription visible on back of slide: 8000.8 Tape? [?]
File pertains to wildflowers of western Canada; wildflowers and alpine meadows, some in the vicinity of Mount Rainier, Washington. Most images have captions.
Individual labels: round red label blank; rectangular red label blank
Inscription visible on back of slide: 8000.8 Tape? [?]
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.
File pertains to mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, canyons, waterfalls, Banff town, hotels and roads between Canmore and Lake Louise; also Mount Assiniboine. Most images have captions Individual labels: round red label 104 [crossed through] 19; rectangular red label 2; remains of title label At …
File pertains to mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, canyons, waterfalls, Banff town, hotels and roads between Canmore and Lake Louise; also Mount Assiniboine. Most images have captions
Individual labels: round red label 104 [crossed through] 19; rectangular red label 2; remains of title label At Johnston
File pertains to mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, canyons, waterfalls, Banff town, hotels and roads between Canmore and Lake Louise; also Mount Assiniboine. Most images have captions Individual labels: round red label 102; rectangular red label blank; title label Banff Ave., Banff, Rocky Mts. P…
File pertains to mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, canyons, waterfalls, Banff town, hotels and roads between Canmore and Lake Louise; also Mount Assiniboine. Most images have captions
Individual labels: round red label 102; rectangular red label blank; title label Banff Ave., Banff, Rocky Mts. Park 13
Bow River Boathouse File pertains to mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, canyons, waterfalls, Banff town, hotels and roads between Canmore and Lake Louise; also Mount Assiniboine. Most images have captions Individual labels: round red label 28[?]; rectangular red label blank
File pertains to mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, canyons, waterfalls, Banff town, hotels and roads between Canmore and Lake Louise; also Mount Assiniboine. Most images have captions
Individual labels: round red label 28[?]; rectangular red label blank