Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts …
Some views are by Malcolm Geddes; many were obtained through other sources
Date Range
[1896-2013]
Physical Description
444 photographs: 385 b&w and col. transparencies, 59 b&w prints -- 1 album (28 b&w prints) -- 11 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Malcolm Daniel Geddes, 1866-1927, was a journalist, publisher and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Geddes was one of the founders of the "Farmers and Ranch Review" in 1904, and served as vice-president and editor until his death. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1917, was active in ACC summer camps and served as Honorary Secretary from 1924 to 1926. Geddes was killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Lefroy in 1927.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts and publications), Malcolm's career in real estate, family letters, financial records, records of mountain ascents and hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, family trees and genealogical research, and other related materials.
Notes
Fonds consists of three series:
Series I : Professional records
I / A : Published materials
I / B : Manuscripts and notes
I / C : Professional correspondence
Series II : Financial records
Series III : Personal and family records
III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions
III / B : Genealogy and research
III / C : Other personal and family records
Arrangement of fonds was redone by Processing Archivist Kate Skelton between December 2020 and March 2021 to accommodate unprocessed materials from accessions 7846, 2014.8306 and 2015.8558
Leaflets, press releases, ticket stubs regarding films produced by Head Hunter Films. Includes a partial copy of magazine Ski Trails West with article featuring the film How the West Was Skied, as well as background notes on Eddie Hunter and drafts of articles promoting the same film.
Leaflets, press releases, ticket stubs regarding films produced by Head Hunter Films. Includes a partial copy of magazine Ski Trails West with article featuring the film How the West Was Skied, as well as background notes on Eddie Hunter and drafts of articles promoting the same film.
Series consists of textual records pertaining to the creation and publication of the Book of Mortimer, including manuscript drafts, correspondence and notes.
No one has volunteered more time and energy to Canada’s mountain community and to the Alpine Club of Canada than Mike and Heather Mortimer. Beginning their careers as newsletter editors of the Calgary Section of the ACC, Mike and Heather eventually became president and first lady of the UIAA (International Union of Alpine Associations).
Along the way they have organized Mountain Safety Conferences, built the Bow Hut on the Wapta Icefield and organized the Alpine Club of Canada’s Centennial Celebration. This book tells their story.
Scope & Content
Series consists of textual records pertaining to the creation and publication of the Book of Mortimer, including manuscript drafts, correspondence and notes.
Notes
Series consists of four sub-series:
M57 / IX / A: Manuscript Drafts
M57 / IX / B: Correspondence
M57 / IX / C: Interview Notes
M57 / IX / D: Research and Speech Notes
File consists of handwritten catalogue cards listing names of individuals with connections to Banff and area. Cards were possibly produced by Maryalice Harvey Stewart as resource materials to be used at the Archives of the Canadian Rockies.
File consists of handwritten catalogue cards listing names of individuals with connections to Banff and area. Cards were possibly produced by Maryalice Harvey Stewart as resource materials to be used at the Archives of the Canadian Rockies.
Notes
Materials are arranged alphabetically, with blue separators to mark individual letter sections.
Contents of individual folders:
M9 / I / A / 41 : Cards A - G
M9 / I / A / 42 : Cards H - O
M9 / I / A / 43 : Cards P - Z
File consists of collected genealogical records, research notes and correspondence pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, Jennie (Waters) Geddes, Alvin Geddes, Enid (Geddes) Darroch, and various extended family members. File includes research notes on Geddes family history, including a copy of Alvin Geddes'…
File consists of collected genealogical records, research notes and correspondence pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, Jennie (Waters) Geddes, Alvin Geddes, Enid (Geddes) Darroch, and various extended family members. File includes research notes on Geddes family history, including a copy of Alvin Geddes' birth record; a transcription of Jessie Geddes' diary [1870-1914]; articles and publications about the Geddes and Waters families; timelines of family events; emails and letters sent between descendants of Malcolm Geddes pertaining to their family history; a copy of Photolife Magazine featuring an article about Malcolm Geddes; a copy of 1906 census records; a copy of a Certificate of Standing for Malcolm Geddes from the Ontario Agricultural College [1896]; and other related materials.
File consists of handwritten and scanned documents pertaining to research conducted by Maryalice Harvey Stewart regarding Dorothy "Dolly" Iverson. Includes an Auxiliary Care Resident information sheet for Dolly listing Maryalice Harvey Stewart as her immediate contact; and scanned copies of records…
File consists of handwritten and scanned documents pertaining to research conducted by Maryalice Harvey Stewart regarding Dorothy "Dolly" Iverson. Includes an Auxiliary Care Resident information sheet for Dolly listing Maryalice Harvey Stewart as her immediate contact; and scanned copies of records from the Whyte Museum listing sound recordings of Dolly which were originally recorded by Maryalice (1975).
File consists of notes by Eleanor Luxton pertaining to her family history [including notes on Georgina Luxton], Norman Luxton's 1901 voyage aboard the Tilikum, a 1909 hunting trip north of Banff involving Norman Luxton and mountain guide George Harrison, and other related notes. Includes notes writ…
File consists of notes by Eleanor Luxton pertaining to her family history [including notes on Georgina Luxton], Norman Luxton's 1901 voyage aboard the Tilikum, a 1909 hunting trip north of Banff involving Norman Luxton and mountain guide George Harrison, and other related notes. Includes notes written on an envelope which was previously mailed to Georgina Luxton in 1924.
File consists of 22 sound recordings produced and/or collected by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Content pertains to interviews conducted by Maryalice with various members of the Banff community and mountaineers. Includes several interviews with Maryalice's father, Ralph S. Harvey.
22 sound recordings : 19 cassettes, 2 film reels -- 0.2 cm textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of 22 sound recordings produced and/or collected by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Content pertains to interviews conducted by Maryalice with various members of the Banff community and mountaineers. Includes several interviews with Maryalice's father, Ralph S. Harvey.
Notes
Contents of recordings in file:
S13 / I / B / 15 : "Banff - June 21 /93 George Vaux + MHS"
S13 / I / B / 16 - 17 : "Joe Halstonson"
S13 / I / B / 18 : "Orville Thomas - Oct 24 /93 New Denver"
S13 / I / B / 19 - 20 : "Thomas L. Wood July 21 /78" Tape I and Tape II
S13 / I / B / 21 : "Kitty Bagley July 1976", Verda Mignon Bagley
S13 / I / B / 22 : "Ralph S. Harvey May 3 /78"
S13 / I / B / 23 : "Norman Brice - July 7 1979 MHS"
S13 / I / B / 24 : "Mt. Royal [Ranch]", Marjorie Spicer (n.d.)
S13 / I / B / 25 : "Ralp[h] Harvey Dec 1978 Harvey Locke + Sunshine [Ski Area]"
S13 / I / B / 26 : "Ralph [Harvey], May 3" [copy by Ted Hart], 1978
S13 / I / B / 27 : "Ralph S. Harvey Feb 25 /84"
S13 / I / B / 28 - 29 : "Ralph S. Harvey 1973 with MHS" Tapes I and II
S13 / I / B / 30 : "Aunt Alice Harvey Mitchell July 20 1978 at Ralphine's - Calgary" [Ralphine Locke]
S13 / I / B / 31 : "Ralph Harvey, May 1 /78" [rec. at Victoria General Hospital by E.J. Hart; childhood, Brewster Transport, motor mechanics course in Calgary]
S13 / I / B / 32 : "Geo[rge] Vaux June 21 /93 Reopening of Whyte Museum on 25th Ann[iversary]George Vaux at ribbon[?] [Ribbon Creek?] with Eleanor Luxton - talk"
S13 / I / B / 33 : "Lecture - Noel Odell" about Everest 1924 expedition (n.d.)
S13 / I / B / 34 : Test recording - Maryalice reading brief excerpt of Rockies prehistory from untitled book (n.d.), approx.10 min long; side B is blank
S13 / I / B / 35 - 36 : "Marjorie (Crosby) Dye Interviewed by Maryalice Stewart" (Nov. 27, 1981), tapes #1 and #2
File consists of notes, scanned documents and other textual records collected by Maryalice Harvey Stewart as research materials. Content pertains to the history and development of Banff National Park and other areas of Alberta; local architecture; biographical research on various people from the Ba…
File consists of notes, scanned documents and other textual records collected by Maryalice Harvey Stewart as research materials. Content pertains to the history and development of Banff National Park and other areas of Alberta; local architecture; biographical research on various people from the Banff community, including explorer David Thompson; and related materials.
Notes
Contents in file:
M9 / I / B / 1 : “Historical Research – Banff Nat. Park Historic Bldgs.”; “Canmore Area”; “Eighth Ave Mall – Calgary”
M9 / I / B / 2 : “Historical Notes”; “John Lunn”; “Alberta Culture Etc.”; UMC – Education + Training – Restoration Architects”; loose conference docs
M9 / I / B / 3 : Biographical research notes sent by Dorothea Calverly; "David Thompson Explorations"
M9 / I / B / 4 : “Banff Architecture and Environment”
M9 / I / B / 5 : Miscellaneous/loose research notes
File consists of two recordings produced by Maryalice Harvey Stewart for use by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File includes one interview of Noel Odell led by Maryalice, pertaining to the Everest 1924 expedition, World War II and other aspects of Noel's life; and one recording of a 1977…
Noel Odell (1890 - 1987) was a geologist and mountaineer. Noel was born and educated in England, and became an avid climber in the United Kingdom, joining the Alpine Club in 1916. Noel is known primarily for his involvement in the 1924 Everest expedition, during which two climbers, Andrew Irvine and George Mallory, died during their summit attempt. In 1936, Noel and fellow climber Bill Tilman summited Nanda Devi in India, which at the time was the highest completed summit in the world.
Noel served with the Royal Engineers in World War I and II, worked as a petroleum and mining consultant, and taught geology at various universities around the world.
Scope & Content
File consists of two recordings produced by Maryalice Harvey Stewart for use by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. File includes one interview of Noel Odell led by Maryalice, pertaining to the Everest 1924 expedition, World War II and other aspects of Noel's life; and one recording of a 1977 lecture presented by Maryalice at a conference about log structures.
Notes
Contents in file:
S13 / I / B / 13 : "Trip with Noel Odell Banff - Jasper - Edmonton Airport"
S13 / I / B / 14 : "Tuesday October 25, 1977 conference on log structures (Tour of mountain sites)"