Fonds consists primarily of 155 topical files prepared by Alice Fulmer as a personal project between 1964 and 1969 and composed of historical notes, transcripts, clippings, ephemera and photographs. Topics center around Banff history and personalities; Canadian Rockies history, flora and fauna; sk…
ca.95 cm of textual records. -- 40 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Alice G. Fulmer, 1896-1989, was a resident and amateur local historian at Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists primarily of 155 topical files prepared by Alice Fulmer as a personal project between 1964 and 1969 and composed of historical notes, transcripts, clippings, ephemera and photographs. Topics center around Banff history and personalities; Canadian Rockies history, flora and fauna; skiing, Indians and miscellaneous Alberta and British Columbia subjects. ; Also includes the marriage record of Fulmer's great-grandparents, 1833; reminiscences about Emmeline Savatard, 1980; and a scrapbook on Banff history and personalities containing mainly Walter P. Fulmer's papers.
Photographs include personal and family photographs; also photographs collected by Alice Fulmer. Photographs pertain to Alice Fulmer, alpine trips, Fulmer family, early Banff activities and buildings, 1886-1967; includes some copies.
Fonds consists of notes, correspondence and articles pertaining to the Astley family and early history of Lake Louise and Lake Minnewanka areas. Fonds includes correspondence between Willoughby Astley and J. A. Jaffary of the Provincial Library, Alberta, 1928-1929, re place names in the Lake Louise…
Willoughby John Astley, 1859-1948, came to Banff in 1888 and built the Beach House Hotel at Lake Minnewanka. He moved to Lake Louise in 1889. Brother, Charles D'Oyley Astley, 1849-1937, and Lucy Ann Astley continued to operate the hotel until 1907 when they retired to Banff. The hotel was destroyed as part of power development at Lake Minnewanka, ca.1912.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of notes, correspondence and articles pertaining to the Astley family and early history of Lake Louise and Lake Minnewanka areas. Fonds includes correspondence between Willoughby Astley and J. A. Jaffary of the Provincial Library, Alberta, 1928-1929, re place names in the Lake Louise area; scrapbook of clippings re World War I, including a list of Banff men who enlisted; Beach House Hotel guest register, 1890-1906, recording name and residence of guest, and occasionally record of fish caught; Astley family photographs, ca.1886-1930s. Photographs pertain to fishing and boating on Lake Minnewanka; Beach House Hotel and Lady of the Lake steam launch; Devil's Canyon, Bankhead and Banff; views of avalanche clearing in Roger's Pass by Byron Harmon. Includes one panorama view of group at Lake Minnewanka.
Fonds consist of eight separate series: A. Moving Images; B. Photographs; C. Banff - Lake Louise - Chamber of Commerce Plaques; D. Printed Materials; E. Newspaper Clippings; F. Sunshine Village Lodge & Skoki Ski Lodge; G. Written Materials; H. Phone List. Fonds consists of records pertaining primar…
7 cm textual records. -- 24 photographs: prints. -- 2 motion pictures: 16mm film, video
History / Biographical
Clifford Jackson White (II), 1929-2003, was born in Banff, Alberta, the son of Clifford and Mildred (Jackson) White and the grandson of Dave White. Clifford J. White attended public and high school in Banff and in 1951, married Beverly Pogue of Calgary. Together they have four children: Clifford (III), Tara, Bradford, and Tristan. Cliff White was thirteen years old when he guided for his father at Mount Temple, and he operated the bulldozer for Sunshine Village from 1946 to 1949. From 1949 to 1953, Cliff White was assistant to the general manager of Snowmobile Tours at the Icefields, and 1953-1963, he owned a service station in Banff. In 1960, White purchased Sunshine Village ski resort, sold it in 1966 and remained the manager there until 1977. White succeeded his aunt, Catharine Whyte as President of the Board of Trustees, Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation, 1979-1993. White was a member of the Kiwanis Club at Banff, and was the director of the Banff Chamber of Commerce. He was a Cub pack leader from 1953 to 1956.
Scope & Content
Fonds consist of eight separate series: A. Moving Images; B. Photographs; C. Banff - Lake Louise - Chamber of Commerce Plaques; D. Printed Materials; E. Newspaper Clippings; F. Sunshine Village Lodge & Skoki Ski Lodge; G. Written Materials; H. Phone List. Fonds consists of records pertaining primarily to Sunshine ski area. Textual records include a speech: "The Human History of Skiing at lake Louise," Feb. 8, 1992. Discusses origins of skiing in Banff, 1920s, the establishment of Skoki and Mt. Temple Chalet, and the first chair lifts. The remainder of the speech deals with White's recollections of a typical "ski week" in 1943 when he worked as a licensed ski guide at Mount Temple Chalet. Also includes a list of significant dates and events in Lake Louise ski history, 1894-1991. Textual records also include personal and legal records, Sunshine ski area pamphlets, 1960 - ?, correspondence, certificates, clippings, and pamphlets. Photographs consist of 20 prints re Clifford J. White, Beverly White and their children; Clifford White Sr. and ski development history. Motion pictures include a film "Top of the World," ca. 1970, 16mm, sd., col., ca. 500 ft., ca. 14 minutes. "A Jim Rice Production." Sunshine Village promotional film: skiing, lodge, lifts, helishots, etc. interspersed with 1930s footage of Skoki area skiing (some of which exists in this fonds). Film was property of Sunshine Village. Clifford J. White supplied some historical film footage by or collected by his father, Clifford White, for this film.
157 topical files prepared by Alice Fulmer as a personal project between 1964 and 1969 and composed of historical notes, transcripts, clippings, ephemera and photographs
157 topical files prepared by Alice Fulmer as a personal project between 1964 and 1969 and composed of historical notes, transcripts, clippings, ephemera and photographs
Related in part to Helen Fulmer Wells fonds (M480/V675)
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
;1 Banff Indian Days / Luxton, Norman / Walking Eagle
;2 Bow Falls / Hillsdale / Pack trips / Peacock, Ross / Ranches / Vavasour, Nigel / Wheeler’s Walking and Riding Tours
;3 National park maps - see C.2
;4 Indigenous - Languages
;5 Bankhead / Murchison, Mount / Ski-joring
;6 Banff - History / Cave and Basin / Galletly, David Drummond / Sibbald, Andrew S.
;7 Cave and Basin / Hot springs, Banff / McCardell, William
;8 Banff Winter Carnival / Curling / Ski jumping / Skiing / Snowshoeing / Toboggans and tobogganing / White, Cliff Sr. / Wilson, Tom
;9 Schools - Banff
;10 Automobiles / Brett, Robert George / Buses / Garages and service stations / Roads
.11 Mount Royal Hotel
;12 Archives of the Canadian Rockies
;13 Alpine Club of Canada - History / Fraternal organizations - Banff / Lougheed family
;14 Anthracite ; Banff - History
;15 Banff’s first picnic, 1888
;16 Agnes, Lake / Annette, Lake / Astley, Willoughby / Banff-Lake Louise Highway / Botany / Deltaform Mountain / Haddo Peak / Lake Louise Chalet / Lake Louise-Yoho Highway / Louise, Lake / Moraine Lake Road / Neptuak Mountain / Niblock, Mount / St. Piran, Mount / Saddle Mountain / Sheol Mountain / Swiss Guides’ Chalet, Lake Louise / Ten Peaks, Valley of the / Trails / Tuzo, Mount / Victoria, Mount / Village Lake Louise / White, William / Whyte, Mount
;17 Cooper Memorial Shelter / Lake Louise development / Lake Louise ski area / Ski-joring / Ski jumping / Ski Runners of the Canadian Rockies / Skiing / Skoki / Youth hostels
;18 Sunshine Village
;19 Sunshine Village
;20 McLean, George
;21 Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies / Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
;22 Innes, John
;23 Beil, Charles / Brown, Annora / Carr, Emily / de Grandmaison, Nick / Kane, Paul / Remington, Frederic / Rungius, Carl
;24 Wheeler, Oliver
;25 Gordon, Charles W. / Grassi, Lawrence
;26 Brett, Robert George / Cave and Basin
;27 Automobiles / Ball, Mount / Bourgeau, Mount / Cascade Mountain / Christie, Mount / Cline, Mount / Colin, Mount / Conjuring Creek / Deadman Hill / Edge Creek / Hector, James / Kicking Horse River / Lefroy, Mount / Lyell, Mount / Miette, Roche / Moberly, Mount / Murchison, Mount / Pipestone Pass / Sawback Range / Snaring River
;28 Macoun, John
;29 Wilson, Tom / Pathfinders / Rogers, (Major) A. B.
;30 Wilson, Tom
;31 Hogbin, George H. / Methodist Church / Montgomery, (Canon) H. Tully / St. George’s-in-the-Pines Anglican Church / St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church / St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church / Sanson, Norman B.
;32 Whyte, Peter / Whyte, Catharine Robb
;33 Kootenay Plains / Pocaterra, George W. / Pocaterra, Norma Piper
;34 Campbell, Gray / Royal Canadian Mounted Police
;35 Campbell, Gray
;36 Beil, Charles / Drummond-Davies, Nora / Photographers / Rungius, Carl / Russell, Charles M. / Sculptors
;37 Canoes and canoeing / Patterson, R. M.
;38 Remington, Frederic
;39 Drummond-Davies, Nora
;40 Silver City / Smith, Joe
;41 Schaffer, Mary T. S.
;42 Astley, Willoughby / Lake Louise region
;43 Henday, Anthony
;44 Cascade Scenic Railway Co. / Deacon, Thomas R.
;45 Brown, Kootenai (John George) / Drummond-Davies, Nora
;46 Banff - Early description / Banff - History / Brett family / Campbell, Robert E. / Curling / Dave White and Co. Store / Lance, Fred / Mather, William / McAulay, Charles H. / Montgomery, (Canon) H. Tully / Paris, George Harrison / Park Store / Sanson, Norman B. / White and Bayne Store / White, Cliff Sr. / White, Dave Sr. / Woodworth, Benjamin Sr.
;47 Harmon, Aileen / Harmon, Byron
;48 Bagley, Ray
;49 McDougall family / Morley
;50 Dowling, Donaldson Bogart / Kyte-Reynolds, Bertha / Leroy, Charles / North, John William
;51 Banff - Early description / Banff - History / Banff Public Library / Historic sites - Banff / Hotels / Rundle Memorial United Church / St. George’s-in-the-Pines Anglican Church
;52 Carr, Windy (Stan) / Harrison, George / Outfitters, trail guides and packers / Peyto, Bill / Unwin, Sidney J.
;53 Simpson, Jimmy (James Sr.)
;54 McCowan, Dan
;55 Montgomery, (Canon) H. Tully / Walker, John
;56 Banff - History / Fear, George / Fear, William / Fear Brothers’ Store / Government museum, Banff / Macdonald, Lady Agnes / St. Mary’s of the Assumption Catholic Church
;57 Jaeggi, John / Sulphur Mountain Gondola / Sulphur Mountain Tea House (includes photographs, newsclippings and menu)
;58 Fulmer, Alice / Fulmer, Leonard C. / Fulmer, Walter P.
;59 Dave White and Co. Store / Park Store / Snow sheds / White and Bayne Store / White, Dave Sr.
;60 Banff - History / Luxton, Georgia McDougall / Luxton
;61 Diaries / Stewart, Kathleen
;62 Banff National Park - History / Cobb, Samuel / Louis, Mount / Stewart, George A. / Stewart family / Stewart Canyon
;63 Beattie, Frank / Brewster Brothers / Brewster family / Brewster’ Mountain Pack Trains / Brewster Transport Co. Ltd. / Historic sites - Banff / Newspapers and magazines / Outfitters, trail guides and packers / Post office, Banff
;64 Banff - History
;65 Animal paddock, Banff / Banff - Events / Banff - History / Banff National Park - History / Clarke, S. J. / Douglas, Howard / Hunter, George / Labour Day, Banff / MacDonald, A. B. / Wardle, James M.
;66 Bugaboos / Gmoser, Hans
;67 Cemeteries
;68 Christou, Frank / Luxton, Georgia McDougall / McAulay, Charles H. / McCowan, Dan / Round, W. E. / Whyte, Peter
;69 Lonsdale, Thomas / Rundle Memorial United Church / Travis, John
;70 Simpson, (Sir) George / Rowand, John
;71 Pepper, George / Pepper, Kathleen Daly
;72 Sitting Wind
;73 Engler, Bruno
;74 Trails
;75 Sulphur Mountain Gondola
;76 Simpson, Jimmy (James Sr.)
;77 Luxton family
;78 Ware, John
;79 Peyto, Bill
;80 Fyfe, William George / Harrison, George
;81 Greenham, Margaret / Mountain School
;82 Oeming, Al / Wildlife
;83 Edwards, Robert
;84 Lake Louise Chalet / Louise, Lake / Moraine Lake
;85 Minnewanka, Lake / O’Hara, Lake / Vermilion Lakes
;86 Assiniboine, Mount / Gmoser, Hans / Pack trips / Robinson, Dean / Rummel, Elizabeth / Wheeler’s Walking and Riding Tours
;87 Dawson, George M. / Names, Geographical / Tyrrell, J. B.
;88 Names, Geographical / Swiss Guides’ Village, Edelweiss, B.C.
;89 de Smet, Pierre Jean / Lacombe, Albert / Names, Geographical
;90 Avalanches
;91 de Smet, Pierre Jean / Grassi, Lawrence / Names, Geographical / Passes - Rocky Mountains, Canada / Schaffer, Mary T. S. / Strom, Erling / Wilson, Tom
;92 Maligne Lake
;93 Maligne Lake / Names, Geographical / Otto Brothers / Outfitters, trail guides and packers / Pack trips
;94 Whiteman’s Pass [file missing]
;95 Birds
;96 Bears / Wildlife
;97 Alpine flora
;98 Wildlife
;99 Indigenous [file missing]
;100 Names, Geographical
;101 Banff Indian Days / Crawler, Hector / Long Lance, Buffalo Child / McLean, George / Stoney Nakoda First Nation
;102 Blackfoot / Cree / Indigenous
;103 Government / Indigenous
;104 Gladstone, James / Indigenous / Sarcee
;105 Art / Indigenous
;106 Indigenous
;107 Mount Norquay Ski Area / Skiing / Sunshine Village
;108 Greene, Nancy / Mount Norquay Ski Area / Ski racing
;109 Bugaboos / Gmoser, Hans / Lake Louise Ski Area / Telfer, Peggy
;110 Ski areas / Skiing / Sunshine Village
;111 Skiing
;112 Ski areas
;113 Olympic Games (Winter) / Skiing
;114 Olympic Games (Winter)
;115 Olympic Games (Winter)
;116 Ski racing
;117 Skiing
;118 Henderson, Scott / Henderson, Wayne / Ski racing
;119 Greene, Nancy / Ski racing
;120 Greene, Nancy / Ski racing
;121 Greene, Nancy / Ski racing
;122 - 123 Buffalo
;124 Alberta - History
;125 Cochrane / Cochrane family / Mitford / Ranches
;126 Calgary
;127 Canmore - History / Heritage Park
;128 Canmore - History / Heritage Park
;129 Glenbow Foundation
;130 Glenbow Foundation
;131 Glenbow Foundation
;132 [no file]
;133 Canmore
;134 Trans-Canada Highway
;135 Lethbridge
;136 Ranches
;137 Barnes, Elliott C. / Calgary / Edwards, Robert
;138 Bagley, (Major) Fred A. / North West Mounted Police
;139 Royal Canadian Mounted Police
;140 Exshaw / Kananaskis / Loder, Edwin / Padmore / Sculptors / Smaniotto, Secundo / Unwin, Ethel
;141 Canmore / Rummel, Elizabeth
;142 Historic sites - Canmore
;143 Canmore
;144 Canadian Pacific Railway - History / Canadian Pacific Railway - Tunnels
;145 Natural Bridge / Banff Indian Days / Calgary / Post cards
;146 Geikie, Archibald / Geikie Glacier / Horses / Names, Geographical / Tyrrell, J. B.
;147 Moberly, Walter / Rogers, (Major) A. B. / Rogers Pass
;148 Canadian Pacific Railway - History / Canadian Pacific Railway - Tunnels
;149 Baker, Sydney / Canadian Pacific Railway - Mountain guides / Glacier House / Nakimu Caves / Outfitters, trail guides and packers
;150 Bugaboos / Purcell Range
;151 Moberly, Walter / Mount Revelstoke National Park / Revelstoke
;152 Golden
;153 Bugaboos
;154 Beil, Charles / Drummond-Davies, Nora / Harmon, Byron / Sculptors
;155 Bryan, Bill / Lyall, Nancy / Smith, Len / Thomas, Harriet Hartley
;156 Banff - History / Canmore - History
;157 Savatard, Emmeline