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 consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Rider…
26 cm of textual records.-- 109 photographs (42 prints, 67 lantern slides). -- 2 sound recordings.
History / Biographical
Jean Alexandra Hembroff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 5, 1908 to Walter B. Hembroff (d. 1945) and Sarah Jane Hembroff (d.1952). Jean was accepted to the MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art at the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated in 1927. She returned to Winnipeg to begin teaching courses in speech arts and drama. To establish herself, she first volunteered as the "story lady" at the Williams Avenue Public Library and quickly became known as an excellent speaker sought by many different organizations. She taught at St. Mary's Academy and the Evening Institute at the University of Manitoba, as well as offered private sessions. Many of her students used the skills they learned from Jean as they entered radio, television, politics, and business. Jean was also very active in organizing and adjucating Speech Arts festivals in Manitoba, often going to inaccessible places to give workshops. Her teaching, broadcasting, adjucating, coaching, and speaking career spanned more than 50 years.
Jean was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's promotions manager to give presentations and broadcast interviews across Canada and the United States. In 1937, Jean joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and participated in their summer trail ride in the same year. For that year's issue of the Trail Rider's Bulletin Jean wrote an article - and became the first woman to ever do so. In 1938, during her lecture titled "Trail Riding in the Rockies" on January 18, 1938 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, Jean met John David (Jack) MacDonald. Jack and Jean were married on June 18, 1938, and the couple had one son, Bruce Walter James MacDonald (August 28, 1946-August 25, 2016).
Jean participated in several trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail, and produced articles reflecting her experiences. Jean loved to travel and visited places all around Canada and the United States, Borneo, Tangier, Montevideo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Tonga. At the age of 102, Jean passed away on February 2, 2011 and is buried in Winnipeg.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, particularly 1937-1939). Series II: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 4 cm, 1924-2000 (including correspondence with John Murray Gibbon, former students, and attendees at various talks, as well as newspaper articles that Jean wrote about various subjects and articles of her achievements). Series III: Collected Materials and Ephemera, 3 cm, ca.1930-1950 (including a variety of collected poems and ephemera, as well as a copy of The Beaver Magazine from 1940, for which Jean wrote an article titled "On the Trail of Sir George").
V797 consists of two series, 24.5 cm of visual records, ca.1928-1939. Series I: Photograph Prints, 3 cm, ca.1928-1939 (includes personal photographs of Jean and her family and friends as well as photographs of Jean and Jack's visit to Lake Louise in 1939). Series II: Lantern Slides, 21.5 cm, ca.1937-1939 (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1937 to Mt. Assiniboine; Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1939 to Ptarmigan Valley and Skoki; collection of trail ride songs).
S60 consists of two sound recordings, 1 cm, 2004 and 2007 (Winnipeg at Christmas, narrated by Jean, broadcasted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
File consists of 42 photographs pertaining to landscape views, wildlife, and hiking and horseback riding trips within Banff National Park and the surrounding area. Includes images of Goat Cave, trips through Johnston Canyon and Marble Canyon, the Banff animal paddock, CPR trains travelling through …
42 photographs : b&w prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 42 photographs pertaining to landscape views, wildlife, and hiking and horseback riding trips within Banff National Park and the surrounding area. Includes images of Goat Cave, trips through Johnston Canyon and Marble Canyon, the Banff animal paddock, CPR trains travelling through the Canadian Rockies, and hoodoo rock formations. One photograph depicts unidentified riders on horseback during winter, annotated “Carnival 1923” [Banff Winter Carnival?]
Notes
Two individuals in photos identified by their titles and last names [“Mrs. Hutchings” and “Mr. Edwards”], but first names not confirmed
Items PA-108 to 119 in file consist of 6 unique images and one duplicate of each image [12 photographs total]
File consists of 14 b&w photograph prints [loose and on matboard]. Content pertains to local views near Banff, including Georgina Luxton riding in a carriage along Tunnel Mountain Trail, a hunting trip north of Banff with guide George Harrison[?], the King Edward Hotel building exterior and surroun…
Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-232 and 233 produced by Norman Luxton
Date Range
1904-1905
1910
[ca.1910-1920]
Physical Description
10 photographs : b&w ; 29.5 x 18 cm or smaller -- 4 photographs : b&w prints on matboard ; 35.5 x 14 cm and 25 x 21 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 14 b&w photograph prints [loose and on matboard]. Content pertains to local views near Banff, including Georgina Luxton riding in a carriage along Tunnel Mountain Trail, a hunting trip north of Banff with guide George Harrison[?], the King Edward Hotel building exterior and surrounding property [1904-1910] and an event hosted in the hotel, and panoramic views of Banff and a waterfront area [Lake Minnewanka?] taken by Norman Luxton.
Items stored in three file folders: PA-220 to 222 [Tunnel Mountain Trail and hunting trip]; PA-223 to 231 [King Edward Hotel]; and PA-232 to 233 [Banff & area panoramas]
File consists of four framed photographs depicting members of the Brewster family and extended friends and family. Photographs depict a 1951 high school graduating class [Banff High School?]; Jack Brewster performing a song during a trail ride in 1946; Jim Brewster with Fern Brewster as a baby, sta…
4 framed photographs : b&w prints ; 40 x 32.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of four framed photographs depicting members of the Brewster family and extended friends and family. Photographs depict a 1951 high school graduating class [Banff High School?]; Jack Brewster performing a song during a trail ride in 1946; Jim Brewster with Fern Brewster as a baby, standing with their family dog; and Fern Brewster as a child, sitting on a horse.
Notes
V90 / VI / PC - 1 : Lists names of individual students in photograph, including Joe Brewster
V90 / VI / PC - 2 : text on back reads "Jack Brewster Trail Ride 1946"
V90 / VI / PC - 3 : text on back reads "Fern & Jim Brewster with Musquaw [the dog]"
V90 / VI / PC - 4 : text on back reads "Fern Brewster on Peter Pan [the horse]"
Material Details
Photographs are in individual wood and glass frames
File consists of 51 photograph prints. Content includes family, group and individual photographs pertaining to rowing and swimming, horseback riding, skiing, travel in the Rocky Mountains and other related activities. Most photographs do not provide information specifying dates, names or locations …
51 photographs : b&w prints ; 21 x 15 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 51 photograph prints. Content includes family, group and individual photographs pertaining to rowing and swimming, horseback riding, skiing, travel in the Rocky Mountains and other related activities. Most photographs do not provide information specifying dates, names or locations of content.
Notes
Some items are numbered on the back, either handwritten or affixed with ink stamp
File consists of 14 photograph prints [11 loose, 1 on matboard, 2 in portfolios]. Content pertains to Mary “Mamie” E. Young, family and/or friends of Mary Young, and a pottery business which she co-owned with Norman Luxton. Photographs include portraits of Mary as a young woman and unidentified fam…
14 photographs : b&w prints ; 16 x 28 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 14 photograph prints [11 loose, 1 on matboard, 2 in portfolios]. Content pertains to Mary “Mamie” E. Young, family and/or friends of Mary Young, and a pottery business which she co-owned with Norman Luxton. Photographs include portraits of Mary as a young woman and unidentified family members [including brothers Ruben and Clarence? and a toddler]; Mary posing with her pottery; Mary on horseback; and other images of Mary’s pottery art.
Notes
Date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist based on context of photographs and estimated ages of individuals pictured. Photographs do not provide dates, locations or names
Some items are numbered on back, likely from developing/printing process
Back of item LUX/I/E4/PA-605 has annotation [by Mary Young?] - see “Full Text”
Stereographs are photographs of the same subject taken from slightly different angles. These photos, displayed side by side in a stereoscope, would be viewed at close range, forcing the eye to overlay the two photos to create a 3D effect.
Stereoscopes could be hand held or mounted to a table or other surface. Stereographs could be made with a single camera, moved slightly from the first image taken; specialized dual-lens cameras streamlined the process.
Stereographs can be made with precious metals, glass, paper, and celluloid bases with any kind of photographic process.
Scope & Content
File consists of glass stereo transparencies depicting Grand Canyon scenic views, mountains, wildlife, and horse rides.
Notes
Box 2/3
[199 - 291] Grand Canyon trip [McAleeman photographer?]
Slides scanned prior to cleaning
Replace/repair binding tape where needed.
Finding Aid
Inventory available for V577/PS - 1 to 197
Biographical Source Notes
Mark Osterman, "Introduction to Photographic Equipment, Processes, and Definitions of the 19th Century," Focal Encyclopedia of Photography 4th edition, pg. 116.
File consists of glass stereo transparencies depicting Rocky Mountain and Grand Canyon scenic views, mountains, wildlife, and horse rides. Includes Bow Valley, Banff, Assiniboine, Bow Lake, and surrounding areas ; Grand Canyon and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white phot…
141 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 17.7 cm x 12.6 m
History / Biographical
Stereographs are photographs of the same subject taken from slightly different angles. These photos, displayed side by side in a stereoscope, would be viewed at close range, forcing the eye to overlay the two photos to create a 3D effect.
Stereoscopes could be hand held or mounted to a table or other surface. Stereographs could be made with a single camera, moved slightly from the first image taken; specialized dual-lens cameras streamlined the process.
Stereographs can be made with precious metals, glass, paper, and celluloid bases with any kind of photographic process.
Scope & Content
File consists of glass stereo transparencies depicting Rocky Mountain and Grand Canyon scenic views, mountains, wildlife, and horse rides. Includes Bow Valley, Banff, Assiniboine, Bow Lake, and surrounding areas ; Grand Canyon and surrounding areas.
Slides are a mix of colour and black & white photographs; all colour photographs are Autochrome slides.
Notes
Box 2/3
[151] Mt. Rundle from Bow River
[152] Brazeau Lake
[153] Group of riders resing near Upper Waterfowl Lake and Mount Chephren
[154] Auto on [Banff - Castle road]
[155] Man packing horse
[156] Camp site with flytent
[157] Man on horse
[158] Group standing around fire
[159] Men and packhorses on snow covered slope
[160] Men and packhorses
[161] Packtrain at Nigel Pass
[162] Packhorses fording the North Saskatchewan River
[163] Packhorses in burn area at Lake Louise
[164] Packtrain along stream
[165] Packtrain in Jonas Pass area
[166] Mount Murchison
[167] Unidentified man on horse
[168] Bow Valley - east of Banff, Tunnel Mountain
[169] Nigel Pass from the east
[170] Locomotive in shops
[171] Mule deer along railroad tracks west of Banff
[172] Bow River below Bow Falls
[173] Pack train at Bow Summit
[174] Unidentified dam under construction
[175] Unidentified dam under construction
[176] Unidentified dam under construction
[177] Unidentified dam under construction
[178] Unidentified mountain taken during trip to Red Earth Creek with Joe Woodworth [Mt. Ball?]
[179] Unditentified mountain
[180] Unidentified mountain
[181] Brazeau Glacier area
[182] Bow Glacier
[183] Bow Lake
[184] Unidentified mountain scene
[185] [Mount Assiniboine from the south?]
[186] Mount Assiniboine with tipi in the foreground
[187] Mount Assiniboine
[188] Mount Assiniboine from Og Lake
[189] Wonder Peak - Mount Assiniboine area
[190] Mount Assiniboine area
[191] Mount Assiniboine area
[192] Jimmy Simpson and horse in Mount Assiniboine area
[193] Mount Assiniboine area
[194] Mount Assiniboine area
[195] Mount Assiniboine area
[196] Mount Assiniboine area
[197] Mount Assiniboine area
[198] Mount Assiniboine
Slides scanned prior to cleaning
Replace/repair binding tape where needed.
Finding Aid
Inventory available for V577/PS - 1 to 197
Biographical Source Notes
Mark Osterman, "Introduction to Photographic Equipment, Processes, and Definitions of the 19th Century," Focal Encyclopedia of Photography 4th edition, pg. 116.
File consists of glass stereo transparencies depicting Grand Canyon scenic views, camping, horse riding. Also includes scenes of fishing at sea, boats, coastlines, and various fishing boats.
Stereographs are photographs of the same subject taken from slightly different angles. These photos, displayed side by side in a stereoscope, would be viewed at close range, forcing the eye to overlay the two photos to create a 3D effect.
Stereoscopes could be hand held or mounted to a table or other surface. Stereographs could be made with a single camera, moved slightly from the first image taken; specialized dual-lens cameras streamlined the process.
Stereographs can be made with precious metals, glass, paper, and celluloid bases with any kind of photographic process.
Scope & Content
File consists of glass stereo transparencies depicting Grand Canyon scenic views, camping, horse riding. Also includes scenes of fishing at sea, boats, coastlines, and various fishing boats.
Notes
Box 3/3
[292 - 305] Grand Canyon Trip
[306 - 366] At Sea [McAleenan photographer?]
Mark Osterman, "Introduction to Photographic Equipment, Processes, and Definitions of the 19th Century," Focal Encyclopedia of Photography 4th edition, pg. 116.