Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.
M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including cor…
154 cm of textual records. -- 1304 photographs (1190 prints, 95 negatives, 19 transparencies). -- 6 photograph albums.
History / Biographical
The Wardle family was comprised of husband and wife, James Morey Wardle (June 26,1888 - May 18,1971) and Maud Leette (Roney) Wardle (May 24,1889 - December 1,1969), and their one child, Dorothy Hope Wardle (May 23,1919 - July 20,2003).
James Wardle, born in Chiliwack, British Columbia, was a civil engineer and public servant. He was the Superintendent of Banff National Park from 1918-1921, Chief Engineer for Parks Canada from 1921-1935, and Deputy Minister of the Interior from 1935-1936. He is primarily known as a highway design engineer, particularly for building the Banff-Windermere, Banff-Lake Louise, and Banff-Jasper highways. He was a councillor for the Municipality of Rockcliffe Park in Ontario and he was the President of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Banff from 1925-1929. Mount Wardle in Vermillion was named after him in 1921. James married Leette on November 4, 1913, with whom he had one child, Dorothy.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy (also known as Dot and Dorie) grew up in Banff, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario, due to her father's position with the federal government. She was educated at the Mountain School in Banff and at the Elmwood School in Ottawa. All three family members were graduates of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. James graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Leette graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and in 1942, Dorothy also earned a Bachelor's degree. Dorothy was prominent in student life and active in athletics. In 1941, Dorothy became the first woman elected as President of the Alma Mater Society and during her academic career, Dorothy was a member of the Levana Intercollegiate Debative, University Centenary Committee, and Queen’s War Aid Commission.
Dorothy spent her career as a freelance writer however, upon graduation she served as the first Secretary-In-Charge of Records at Carleton College (now Carleton University) from 1942-1944 in Ottawa and in the mid-1950s worked as a secretary for the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary. Dorothy pursued a lifelong interest in traveling, art, and antiques. Although she was fiercely proud and protective of Banff and the Park, and remained a volunteer and patron of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Dorothy eventually settled in Sidney, British Columbia and shared an apartment with Sheila Iris Ritchie, with whom Dorothy travelled extensively. After her death in 2003, Dorothy, "Dorie," was laid to rest alongside her parents in the Old Banff Cemetery.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.
M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including correspondence with Carl Rungius and Mrs. Helen Brett, and Christmas and other greeting cards from Peter and Catharine Whyte). Series III: Queen's University, 7.5 cm, 1911-1980 (including graduation certificates for each family member and records pertaining to Dorothy's participation on the Alma Mater Society). Series IV: Travel, 44.5 cm, ca.1950-1988 (includes hand-written notebooks meticulously detailing their travels).
V75 consists of two series, 79.5 cm, ca. 1912-2001. Series I: Wardle Family, ca. 1912-1971, 6 albums, 31 cm of photograph prints and negatives (including family trips, trail rides in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and family gatherings). Series II: Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001, 34 cm of photograph prints, negatives, and transparencies (including Dorothy's travels in Alberta and British Columbia, overseas, and various outings with friends).
Fonds consist of four separate series: A. I.A. Photography: negatives; B. I.C. Photography: transparencies, 35mm; C. I.D. Photography: prints; D. I.B. Photography: lantern slides. Fonds consists mainly of scenic transparency views arising from Leacock's climbs, hikes, horse and car trips in the Can…
ca.5100 photographs (ca.4450 transparencies, ca.575 negatives, ca.90 prints). -- 17 cm of textual records (including several volumes). -- 4 sound recordings
History / Biographical
Leonard Henry Leacock, 1904-1992, was a musician and educator at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Leacock was born in England and raised in Banff, Alberta. He was educated in Banff and Boston and through the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, and the Royal School of Music, London, England. Leacock joined the staff of Mount Royal College, Calgary as a piano teacher in 1924 and retired from teaching ca.1989. His music career also included performing, composing and adjudicating. Throughout his life, Leacock was an avid mountaineer and photographer. He took numerous hiking and horse trips in the Banff, Jasper and Yoho areas and sometimes worked in trail camps or as a guide.
Scope & Content
Fonds consist of four separate series: A. I.A. Photography: negatives; B. I.C. Photography: transparencies, 35mm; C. I.D. Photography: prints; D. I.B. Photography: lantern slides.
Fonds consists mainly of scenic transparency views arising from Leacock's climbs, hikes, horse and car trips in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks from the Crowsnest Pass through Jasper National Park, ca.1939 to 1984. Also included are travels in Yukon, Canada and the United States, including Alaska. Negatives date from 1925 to 1940? and pertain to Assiniboine, Lake Louise, Banff, Banff-Jasper, Columbia Icefield and other mountain areas; also natural history, including wildflowers and wildlife. A small number of negatives are accompanied by prints. Other prints pertain to Leacock, family, events and scenic views.
Textual records include letters, 1926-1986, 1 cm; diaries, 1930-1934, 1943, 2 items; scrapbooks and clippings, 1931-1936, ca.6 cm; manuscript scores of vocal and instrumental music, before 1985, 8 cm; concert programmes for which Leacock wrote the notes, 1962-1969, 37 items; other concert programmes, [ca.1945]-1986, 2 cm; writings, 1924, 1928, n.d., 4 items; other material, 1931-1987, 8 items. Diaries pertain to Leacock's personal life, giving details of musical, writing, artistic and dramatic activities; teaching and tour guiding; hikes and climbs in the Canadian Rockies; and friends, including Herbert Hahn and Stewart Cameron. Some letters are from Earle Birney, 1926-1978.
Sound recordings are interviews with Leacock re his career in music, including performing, composing and teaching; also music played by Leacock. Also includes one cassette recording [ca.1985-1992] of Doug Hawkes interviewing Leacock re: a pack trip he went on around 1931 between Gleichen and Jasper and back; cassette includes a story of a camp trip at Castlegar.
File consists of 5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 23 x 34 cm or smaller. File pertains to correspondence between Carl Rungius and the Wardle family, as well as correspondence between Dorothy and Jon Whyte regarding gifting copies to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File docume…
File consists of 5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 23 x 34 cm or smaller. File pertains to correspondence between Carl Rungius and the Wardle family, as well as correspondence between Dorothy and Jon Whyte regarding gifting copies to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File documents, among other things, the death of Louise (Carl's wife) in 1940; exhibiting Carl's work in the National Gallery of Canada, 1942 and 1956; and Carl's visits to the Wardle family home in Ottawa. Records also include a postcard and two Mayfair articles from 1943.
Notes
In 1983, Dorothy gifted photocopies of Carl's correspondence with her family. In 2003, the originals were donated as part of Dorothy's estate. The photocopies (accn. 5296) were discarded.
Carl Rungius was a wildlife and landscape painter who frequented and had a studio in Banff. The Wardle family was good friends with Rungius.
File consists of newspaper clippings, receipts, correspondence (photocopies), a bound copy of the second annual calendar for Carleton College (1943-1944), a programme for the First Commencement Exercises (November 3, 1943), Dorothy's personal reflections of her experiences working alongside Dr. H.M…
File consists of newspaper clippings, receipts, correspondence (photocopies), a bound copy of the second annual calendar for Carleton College (1943-1944), a programme for the First Commencement Exercises (November 3, 1943), Dorothy's personal reflections of her experiences working alongside Dr. H.M. Tory at Carleton College (photocopies and handwritten originals), and two envelopes, 23 x 33.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the founding, early years, and community impact of Carleton College, including instructor profiles, corporation and registration, a tribute to Dr. H.M. Tory (college head), and Dorothy's personal experiences and memories while working at the college from 1942-1944 as the first secretary.
Newspaper clippings come from the Ottawa Citizen and the Ottawa Journal and are dated:
September 14, 1942
June 30, 1943
November 7, 1942
November 4, 1943
June 9, 1942
August 29, 1942
February 7, 1947
Correspondence between Dorothy and Blair Neatby is dated February 19 and February 25, 1998.
Notes
Carleton College is now Carleton University.
Blair Neatby was a historian who wrote a biography of Carleton College.He contacted Dorothy (ca. 1997-1998) to solicit her experiences and memories of when she worked there. "Creating Carleton: The Shaping of a University" was published in 2002.
Envelopes were originally used to file the records. There are notations and labels on them created by Dorothy.
File consists of 8 cm of textual records, 65 x 40 cm or smaller. File pertains to the personal and professional records of the Wardle family, particularly James M. Wardle. Records include: birth certificates for each family member (James Morey Wardle, 1888; Leette (Roney) Wardle, 1889; and Dorothy …
File consists of 8 cm of textual records, 65 x 40 cm or smaller. File pertains to the personal and professional records of the Wardle family, particularly James M. Wardle. Records include: birth certificates for each family member (James Morey Wardle, 1888; Leette (Roney) Wardle, 1889; and Dorothy Hope Wardle, 1919); James and Leette's marriage certificate from 1913; proof of age certificates and various notes on family (Roney) history; records pertaining to the family plot in the Old Banff Cemetery (including a photocopy of a blueprint plan of the cemetery grounds); records pertaining to the estates of James (d. 1971) and Leette (d. 1969); miscellaneous family items (including records about Dorothy's cousin Jack WIlliams who died overseas during World War II); photocopies of records pertaining to appointments and certificates for James (including his appointment to Deputy Minister of the Interior in 1935); and James' shares with the Alaska Yukon Pipeline (1966-1967). Records also include newspaper clippings (Banff Crag and Canyon, Calgary Herald) and various correspondence (related to the material) interspersed throughout.
M521 / II / A / 1 : Includes James Wardle's original birth certificate. In okay condition (some tears), currently in mylar. Consider digitizing.
M521 / II / A / 7 : The original shareholder certificate was ripped and then heavily taped back together. It is currently in mylar but could present issues in the future. Consider digitizing.
File consists of 28 cm of textual records, 21 x 29.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family's travels overseas and in North America. Records include brochures, pamphlets, postcards (annotated and blank), folded maps and guidebooks, and other travel literature. Destinations include Amster…
28 cm of textual records (21 x 29.5 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 28 cm of textual records, 21 x 29.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family's travels overseas and in North America. Records include brochures, pamphlets, postcards (annotated and blank), folded maps and guidebooks, and other travel literature. Destinations include Amsterdam, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Spain, France, Monaco, Scotland, Italy, Scandinavia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and various places in North America.
File consists of 20 cm of textual and financial records, 21.5 x 35 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy Wardle's financial recordkeeping from 1956 to 2002, with the bulk of the records from 1990 to 2000. Records include income tax records (mainly 1995-2000), property assessments (mainly 1984-200…
20 cm of textual records (21.5 x 35 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 20 cm of textual and financial records, 21.5 x 35 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy Wardle's financial recordkeeping from 1956 to 2002, with the bulk of the records from 1990 to 2000. Records include income tax records (mainly 1995-2000), property assessments (mainly 1984-2002), GST credit (mainly 1995-2002), Old Age Security income supplement (includes an insurance book from 1968-1969), annuities (includes newspaper clippings), insurance, investments and GICs, Bank of Montreal record books, and account information and cheques. Records mainly document Dorothy's finances after moving to Sidney, British Columbia. However, some records relate to her condo in Canmore.
Notes
Newspaper clippings include two articles from the Times Colonist (September 1992, August 1998) and an article from Maclean's (August 1998).
File consists of 3.5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 21.5 x 27.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to letters sent by Mrs. Helen Brett to Leette Wardle from 1935-1944. The letters mostly document the progress of the Wardles payment for a lease that they had with Mrs. Brett, but also includes…
3.5 cm of textual records (21.5 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 3.5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 21.5 x 27.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to letters sent by Mrs. Helen Brett to Leette Wardle from 1935-1944. The letters mostly document the progress of the Wardles payment for a lease that they had with Mrs. Brett, but also includes local town gossip (including drama with Dr. Dean Robinson) and musings regarding the progress of the war (World War II). File also includes obituaries in the Banff Crag and Canyon for Helen Brett.
Notes
Helen Brett was married to Dr. Harry Brett, son of the founder of the Brett Sanitarium.
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass …
41 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass while others are transparencies on celullose film mounted between 2 glass panes. There is no order to the different mediums.
Slides were accompanied with 7 typed text papers listing the slide numbers and details of the images. See Notes for list.
Notes
[1] Sahdow Lake
[2] Summer scene in Banff
[3] Eifell Lake (some of the Ten Peaks)
[4] Pinnacle Mt. from Mt. Temple
[5] Consolation Mts. Biden and Quadra
[6] Un-named lake between Consolation Valley and Boom Lake
[7] Clouds on Mt. Cathedral
[8] Mt. Cathedral
[9] Glacier on east sloped of Mt. Narao, near Wapta
[10] Descending Mt. Narao
[11] Mt. Cathedral Lake O'Hara
[12] Mt. Cathedral near Lake O'Hara
[13] Alpine Club House in Lake O'Hara meadows
[14] Lake O'Hara
[15] On shores of Lake Margaret
[16] Waterfall in Opabin Pass, Mt. Biddle
[17] Chateau Lake Louise
[18] Twin Falls Yoho Park
[19] Below Twin Falls
[19a] Below Twin Falls
[20] Below Twin Falls
[21] On Burgess Pass Trail
[22] President group from Burgess Pass trail
[23] Hoodoos up Hoodoo Creek
[24] Shadow Lake
[25] Road up to Mt. Norquay
[26] On the trail in winter
[27] Winter in Banff
[28] Cloud of ridge
[29] On shore of Shadow Lake
[30] A short rest
[31] Shadow Lake
[32] Bow River near Banff -- Mt. Borgeau
[33] Mt. Rundle by moonlight -- Banff
[34] A promise of spring -- Forty Mile Creek
[35] Winter
[36] Sheep country in the foothills
[37] The Golden West
[38] Banff Springs Hotel
[39] Amid the glaciers -- Mt. Balfour
[40] Mt. Temple
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass …
40 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass while others are transparencies on celullose film mounted between 2 glass panes. There is no order to the different mediums.
Slides were accompanied with 7 typed text papers listing the slide numbers and details of the images. See Notes for list.
Notes
[41] Mt. Ball -- Bow Valley
[42] Setting up camp -- Molar Pass
[43] Lake McArthur --Mt. Biddle
[44] Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley
[45] Giant Steps Waterfall, Paradise Valley
[46] View north from Molar Pass
[47] Crossing Jonas Pass
[48] On the Jonas-Pobokton Ridge Mt. Sunwapta
[49] Shadow Lake, Mt. Isabelle
[50] Lake Louise
[51] Bow River at Banff from the Banff Springs Hotel
[52] At head of Saskatchewan Glacier where it leaves the Columbia Icefield
[53] Consolation Valley Mt. Temple
[54] Mt. Stephen from Burgess Pass
[55] Athabasca Falls, Jasper Park
[56] Mt. Temple frm Saddleback
[57] Fishing in Marvel Lake, Mt. Gloria
[58] Mummy Lake
[59] Hoodoos up Hoodoo Creek, Yoho Park
[60] Mt. Wapta from Burgess Pass
[61] Trilobite from Mt. Stephen
[62] Hoary Marmot
[63] Pika
[64] Drying stack of pika
[65] Pike
[66] Swimming out to visit a moose
[67] Three Big-Horn Sheep
[68] Black bear up a tree
[69] Canada Geese
[70] Mule deer in winter
[71] Rocky Mountain sheep, female
[72] Moose
[73] Canada Jay (whiskey jack0
[74] Bear tracks in mud
[75] Bear cub begging
[76] Pack rat (the only photo of a wild one I have ever seen)
[77] Frost decoration on Douglas Fir
[78] Frost flowers on ice
[79] Larch tree, Gibbon Pass
[80] Dandelion seed plumes
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass …
39 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass while others are transparencies on celullose film mounted between 2 glass panes. There is no order to the different mediums.
PS-104 missing, original numbering kept.
Slides were accompanied with 7 typed text papers listing the slide numbers and details of the images. See Notes for full list.
Notes
[81] The Three Sisters, Canmore
[82] Mt. Assiniboine, Og Lake
[83] Kicking Horse River West of Field
[84] Gull Lake, Alberta
[85] Elephanta
[86] Fly-spotted orchid
[87] White vetch (loco-weed)
[88] White mocassin flower
[89] Mt. Ball
[90] Chipmunk
[91] Fleabane (Michaelmas daisy)
[92] Snow Goose
[93] Delphinium Larkspur
[94] Mt. Hector
[95] Source of the Red Deer River
[96] In Devil's Gap
[97] Pinnacles in Sentinel Pass
[98] Mt. Ball from Haidik Lake
[99] Mt. Amery
[100] Honeysuckle
[101] Mt. Murchison, Howse River
[102] Jonas Pass
[103] Icefall on Mt. Balfour
[104] Mt. Edith and Mt. Louis from Mt. Norquay -- MISSING
[105] Avalanche on Mt. Ball
[106] Alpand meadows west of Sunshine
[107] Mt. Ball, Shadow Lake
[108] Castle Mountain
[109] Mt. Cathedral
[110] Mt. Stephen and Mt. Cathedral from Odoray Plateau
[111] Rainbow over Mt. St. Bride
[112] Beginnings of Healy Creek
[113] Twin Falls, Yoho Park
[114] Ice caves near Mt. Ball
[115] Watchman Peak from Castleguard River
[118] Sunset Mt. Hector and Mt. Molar
[119] Snow Dome, Columbia Icefield
[120] Clouds on Mt. Cathedral
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass …
40 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass while others are transparencies on celullose film mounted between 2 glass panes. There is no order to the different mediums.
Slides were accompanied with 7 typed text papers listing the slide numbers and details of the images. See Notes for list.
Notes
[121] Temporary on margin of Saskatchewan Glacier
[122] Snow Dome, Columbia Icefield
[123] Mt. Bryce from summit of Mt. Castleguard
[124] Mt. Castleguard Glacier
[126] Marmot
[127] On Jonas Pass
[128] Bow Lake
[129] Poplar Trees Banff
[130] Mt. Fay
[131] Cornice near summit of Mt. Temple
[132] Moraine Lake
[133] Mt. Ball, Haiduk Lake
[134] Amphitheatre on Cascade Mt.
[135] The trail up the Alexandra River
[136] Mt. Balfour
[137] Hoodoos up Hoodoo Creek
[138] Head of the Pobokton
[139] Mountains of Yoho Park from Mt. Narao
[140] Mt. Assiniboine
[141] Cave on lower Ball Glacier
[142] Mt. Columbia and west side of Columbia Icefield
[143] Crevasse on Yoho Glacier
[144] Seracs on Yoho Glacier
[145] Mt. Rundle, Banff
[146] South side of Mt. Ball
[147] North face of Mt. Ball
[148] Pinnacles on Sentinel Pass
[149] Seracs on lower Balfour Glacier
[150] Alexandra Glaciers
[151] Summit of Mt. Temple
[152] Ice cave on lower Ball Glacier
[153] Lone spruce
[154] Three Sisters, Canmore
[155] Saxifrage
[156] Echo River Banff
[157] Old tree on Gibbon Pass
[158] White Moccasin flower
[159] Mt's Pinnacle and Hungabee from Mt. Temple
[160] Yellow violet
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass …
40 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass while others are transparencies on celullose film mounted between 2 glass panes. There is no order to the different mediums.
Slides were accompanied with 7 typed text papers listing the slide numbers and details of the images. See Notes for list.
Notes
[161] Grass of Parnassus
[162] Bear and cubs
[163] Lake Oesa - Mt. Lefroy
[164] Yoho Valley Road
[165] Poplar
[166] Star-flowered wintergreen
[167] Haiduk Lake
[168] Moraine Lake
[169] Bow Valley looking south toward Canmore
[170] On brink of Twin Falls, Yoho Park
[171] Twin Falls
[172] Near site of old talc mine at head of Redearth Creek
[173] Mt. Bryde from Castleguard Meadows
[174] Mt. Molar
[175] Green Lily
[176] Snow Goose
[177] At headwaters of Red Deer River
[178] Poplar forest
[179] Sandpipers gathering for migration
[180] Mt. Columbia and west side of Columbia Icefield
[181] Elk (Wapiti)
[182] Bow Lake and Bow Glacier
[183] Takakkaw Falls, Yoho
[184] Rockey Mountains from hills above Cochrane
[185] Fixing pack on a nervous horse
[186] On North Fork of the Saskatchewan River
[187] Twin-flowers and bunchberry blossom
[188] Crossing the Red Deer River
[189] Part of the Balfour Glacier
[190] Calgary
[191] Blue Goose
[192] Blue Goose
[193] Canada geese and family
[194] Parrie Crocus
[195] Prairie Crocus
[196] Bow Valley, Banff and Mt. Rundle
[197] Nest of osprey at junction of Bow and Echo River Banff. The same family returned for many years until finally the tree toppled into the water
[198] Near source of the Red Deer River
[199] Mt. Wapta, Summit Lake, Yoho
[200] Pharaoh Peaks, Mummy Lake
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass …
34 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of lantern slides depicting Rocky Mountain scenic views, mountains, wildlife, horse rides. Includes Banff, Yoho, Lake O'Hara, Banff-Jasper Highway and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; some images are printed directly onto one pane of glass while others are transparencies on celullose film mounted between 2 glass panes. There is no order to the different mediums.
Slides were accompanied with 7 typed text papers listing the slide numbers and details of the images. See Notes for list.
PS-233 was labelled twice on 2 different slides; the slide matching the description in the accompanying notes was kept as PS-233 and the alternative was renumbered PS-235 in the order.
Notes
[201] Hiking in Redearth Pass country. Egypt and Scarab Lakes
[202] Hoary Marmot
[203] Bow Valley at Anthracite
[204] A mountain stream in winter
[205] Above Scarab Lake
[206] Snow lilies at Scarab Lake
[207] Corner of Scarab Lake
[208] Mt. Saskatchewan - driften snow on Mt. Castleguard
[209] Crevasse on Yoho Glacier
[210] On Yoho Glacier
[211] Scarab and Mummy Lakes from summit of Pharaoh Peak
[212] Ice cave on lower Ball glacier
[213] Medial moraine on Balfour glacier
[214] On edge of Balfour Glacier
[215] Mountains of Yoho Peak from summit O Mt. Narao, Wapta Lake
[216] Mt. Columbia looking across the Columbia Icefield from the summit of Mt. Castleguard
[217] Glimpse of Peyto Lake from Peyto Glacier
[218] Mt. Saskatchewan
[219] Giant Hoodoos at head of Hoodoo Creek
[220] Giant Hoodoos at head of Hoodoo Creek
[221] On Yoho Glacier
[222] Horses resting on Nigel Pass
[223] Snout of Balfour Glacier above Lake Hector (this has now retreated far up the mountain side)
[224] Peyto Glacier
[225] Mt. Fryatt, Jasper
[226] Packing horses at Windy Cabin
[227] Old cabin near site of talc mine (near Egypt Lake)
[228] Crowfoot Glacier (lower talon now gone)
[229] Approaching Balfour glacier from Hector Lake (now completely retreated from valley floor)
[230] Howse Peak - Pyramid Peak (now Mt. Chephren) Mystaya Creek
[231] Waterfalls on the North Fork of the Saskatchewan River ( now called The Weeping Wall on the Jasper Highway)
[232] Looking down the Saskatchewan Glacier to Parker Ridge
[233] Robin Hood Mills, Calgary
[234] Mt. Edith - Mt. Locus from west slopes of Mt. Norquay. Edith Garbutt on left
[235] Unnamed slide
Dorothy served as the Treasurer of the AMS in 1941, and as the President in 1942. Dorothy was the first female president appointed to the AMS.
Both editions of the Tricolor (published during World War II) document the Queen's War Aid Commission, a subcommittee of the AMS. They each document alumni who served and died overseas. They are both annotated on several pages.
File consists of 146 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm or smaller. File pertains to a collection of miscellaneous photographs of Dorothy and her friends throughout a 30 year period. File documents a multitude of day trips, visits with friends, holidays (birthdays, anniversaries), road trips, picnics, …
File consists of 146 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm or smaller. File pertains to a collection of miscellaneous photographs of Dorothy and her friends throughout a 30 year period. File documents a multitude of day trips, visits with friends, holidays (birthdays, anniversaries), road trips, picnics, Resthaven-by-the-Sea, Pender Island, Okanagan, Sidney harbour, Wardle Creek, Horseshoe Bay, Powell River, the Hoodoos in Banff and Tunnel Mountain, and Salt Spring Island. File also includes two passport photograph prints of Dorothy from 1991.
Notes
V75 / II / PA - 788 to 866: Includes the original envelope that the photographs were stored in and include detailed notes of dates, people, and places.
V75 / II / PA - 867 to 896: Includes 3 hand written notes (on an envelope, a letter addressed to Dorothy and Sheila dated 1987, and a Christmas card) and a newspaper clipping of the obituary for Anne Nelson (Dorothy’s friend). Each textual record remains where Dorothy put them.
File consists of 11.5 cm of textual records, 32 x 42 cm or smaller. Records include: Book of Common Prayer (1872); The Pocket Cook Book by Elizabeth Woody (1942); Guide to Marks of Origin on British and Irish Silver Plate from mid-16th Century to the Year 1943 and Old Sheffield Plate Makers' Marks,…
11.5 cm of textual records (32 x 42 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 11.5 cm of textual records, 32 x 42 cm or smaller. Records include: Book of Common Prayer (1872); The Pocket Cook Book by Elizabeth Woody (1942); Guide to Marks of Origin on British and Irish Silver Plate from mid-16th Century to the Year 1943 and Old Sheffield Plate Makers' Marks, 1743-1860 (1943); four booklets related to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies (1934-1950); a booklet titled "Sir George Simpson Centennial Celebration" (1928); an assortment of recipes; "The Margaret P. Hess Collection" booklet published by the University of Calgary (1977) and a related Calgary Herald newspaper clipping (1986); one Carl Rungius postcard; and six miscellaneous postcards depicting a former school teacher of Leette Wardle (1911), James Wardle at the Cave and Basin (1920), the Wardles in San Francisco (n.d.), two unidentified men (n.d.), and visitors to the Banff Springs Hotel (n.d.).
Notes
Book of Common Prayer inscribed with: “Martha Morey, November 4, 1872. New Westminster, BC. From her mother.” It belonged to James Wardle's mother.
The Pocket Cook Book contains annotations and written notes tucked in among the pages of the book.
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies booklets kept because the Wardles participated in trail rides and there are photos/mentions of James and Dorothy, and possibly Leette.
The "Sir George Simpson Centennial Celebration" booklet contains a photograph print between pages 32 and 33.
Some of the postcards are annotated on the back, specifically the postcard depicting the Banff Springs Hotel which is addressed to Dorothy.
File consists of 17 cm of textual records, 34 x 44 cm or smaller. File pertains to an assortment of personal recordkeeping records and contains textual records, correspondence, photograph prints, and newspaper clippings. File documents various purchases and sales (Canmore, Alberta and Sidney, Briti…
File consists of 17 cm of textual records, 34 x 44 cm or smaller. File pertains to an assortment of personal recordkeeping records and contains textual records, correspondence, photograph prints, and newspaper clippings. File documents various purchases and sales (Canmore, Alberta and Sidney, British Columbia, mainly 1985-1986 and 1991-1995), property sales (Banff and Calgary, Alberta, 1972, and a photocopy of the original lease for the Wardle's property in Banff on Muskrat Street, 1921), Dorothy's work and membership with the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (1991-2001), art sales and appraisals (mainly Carl Rungius, 1977-2001), health and dental records detailing Dorothy's medical history (mainly 1994-2001, but goes back to 1934), a trip to Canmore (Banff Right to Reside (1984), subscriptions and miscellaneous records (including Dorothy's address book; poetry by her father, James Morey Wardle; Dorothy's passport from 1991-1996; various art collector catalogues such as Sotheby's; and commemorative coins), and Sheila Iris (S.I.) Ritchie's personal records (includes birth record from 1927 and death record from 1990).
Notes
Poetry by James Morey (J.M.) Wardle can be found in folder 34 under "miscellaneous."
Sheila Iris Ritchie was Dorothy's long-term housemate and close friend. Dorothy served as the executor of Sheila's will.
Dorothy's SIN card was originally included but has since been discarded for privacy concerns.
Photocopies of the original lease for the property on Muskrat Street were taken from Parks Canada microfiche records in 1993.
File consists of 16 cm of textual records, 9.5 x 15.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's travels to Europe with her family (1952-1966) and with friends (1974-1988). Records include bound notebooks and several loose pages in which Dorothy recorded her travel experiences, expenses, and keys to…
16 cm of textual records (9.5 x 15.5 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 16 cm of textual records, 9.5 x 15.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's travels to Europe with her family (1952-1966) and with friends (1974-1988). Records include bound notebooks and several loose pages in which Dorothy recorded her travel experiences, expenses, and keys to slides (both Dorothy and her mother, Leette).
Notes
While traveling in Scotland in 1952, the Wardle family visited Banff.
Some notebooks have loose notes tucked inside. One notebook from 1957 has a related (about Scotland) newspaper clipping tucked inside it.
File consists of 8 cm of textual records (40.5 x 60 cm or smaller) and 25 photographs : b&w (20 x 25 cm or smaller). Records include newspaper clippings, typed articles, research, correspondence, and photograph prints.
File pertains to Dorothy's freelance research, notes, original writing, and pub…
8 cm of textual records (40.5 x 60 cm or smaller); 25 photographs : b&w (20 x 25 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 8 cm of textual records (40.5 x 60 cm or smaller) and 25 photographs : b&w (20 x 25 cm or smaller). Records include newspaper clippings, typed articles, research, correspondence, and photograph prints.
File pertains to Dorothy's freelance research, notes, original writing, and published articles from The Albertan and The Calgary Herald primarily in the 1960s, and short stories for Reader's Digest in 1933-1934. File documents various people, places, and events significant to Banff, including: the old days, Banff Indian Days, Mountain School, Banff Centre, Banff namesake in Scotland, the teahouses at Lake Louise, hot springs, Indigenous regalia and ceremonies, local guides, and Silver City. File also includes personal notes/stories and correspondence between Dorothy and her parents, and several articles from the Banff Crag and Canyon. Notable people include Cliff and Beverly White, Walking Buffalo (Tatanga Mani, George McLean), George Paris, Margaret Greenham, Ike Mills, and Nora Drummond-Davies.
Notes
Correspondence between Dorothy and Mrs. Margaret Greenham, dated April 4, 1942.
Correspondence between Dorothy and C.R. Walrod from the museum in Kelowna, dated November 4, 1953.
Correspondence between Dorothy and her parents, dated March 9, 1961.
M521 / I / A / 10 : title on folder changed to [Indigenous]. Original title was "Indian Story Material."
M521 / I / A / 10 : photographs of Frank Kaquitts were originally filed in this folder (see: V75).
M521 / I / A / 16 : title on folder changed to [Indigenous Ceremonial Regalia]. Original title was "Indian Ceremonial Costume."
Most of the newspaper clippings are glued on a piece of paper like an unbound scrapbook.
Many of the newspaper clippings and other textual records were taped or glued together, and some of the photograph prints are damaged by ink. May present conservation issues in the future.
Acid-free archival paper was sporadically used to protect prints.
Should consider digitizing before further degradation.