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).
File consists of 1 album comprised of 69 black and white photographs, 17.5 x 11 cm or smaller. File pertains to various family trips and outings with family and friends (including Carl Rungius), primarily in the 1940s. File documents Wardle family trips to Wolfe Island (Ontario), the Seigniory Club…
1 album (69 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 11 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 album comprised of 69 black and white photographs, 17.5 x 11 cm or smaller. File pertains to various family trips and outings with family and friends (including Carl Rungius), primarily in the 1940s. File documents Wardle family trips to Wolfe Island (Ontario), the Seigniory Club in Montebello (Quebec), Banff-Windermere, Assiniboine, Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park, Mount Wardle, Bull Creek Ranch (High River), Collins Bay (Ontario), Ghost River, Lake Louise, Kingston (Ontario), and Washington, D.C., Atlantic City, and New York (USA). Includes photographs of family and friends, landmarks and scenery, picnics, James Wardle in front of the sign for Mt. Wardle, and Carl Rungius (1948-1950).
Notes
Album was a gift from Dorothy to her mother, Leette, for her birthday. It is signed: "To Mother for her birthday, May 24, 1951. With love from Dorie."
Album is also labelled "Volume II: Trips, Family, Friends."
V75 / I / PD - 2 is Volume I. Both albums were given to Leette from Dorothy as a birthday present on May 24, 1951.
Album is green with "Photo Album" written in gold on the front, it is bound with a green tassel.
File consists of 1 album comprised of 48 black and white and colour photographs, 11.5 x 7.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family residences in Ottawa and Banff. File documents the exterior and interior of the residence at 320 Hillcrest Road (Ottawa) and the exterior of their home on Be…
1 album (48 photographs : b&w and col. ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 album comprised of 48 black and white and colour photographs, 11.5 x 7.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family residences in Ottawa and Banff. File documents the exterior and interior of the residence at 320 Hillcrest Road (Ottawa) and the exterior of their home on Beaver Street in Banff.
Notes
Album was a gift from Dorothy to her mother, Leette, for her birthday. It is signed: "To Mother for her birthday, May 24, 1951. With love from Dorie."
Album is also labelled "Volume I: 320 Hillcrest Road, Rockeliffe Park, Ont. and 420 Beaver Street, Banff, Alta."
V75 / I / PD - 3 is Volume II. Both albums were given to Leette from Dorothy as a birthday present on May 24, 1951.
Album is green with "Photo Album" written in gold on the front, it is bound with a green tassel.
Item consists of 114 unbound pages from a photo album. Album contains views of people, places and activities from across Canada from Hudson Bay and Ontario to the Canadian Rockies. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, ev…
Item consists of 114 unbound pages from a photo album. Album contains views of people, places and activities from across Canada from Hudson Bay and Ontario to the Canadian Rockies. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, events, scenic views. Many views include people. Captions accompany many images
Includes:
1 38887 - Canada. Hudson Bay. The Nastapoka Falls.
2 38886 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Cape Dufferin. Esquimos trading their white foxes at a Revillon Freres Post.
3 38885 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Esquimo family building their igloo. The man and woman on the roof are filling in with snow the chinks between the blocks of ice. Below, the boy is closing the door.
4 38884 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Esquimos eating in the interior of their igloo. Notice the soap stone kettle hanging over the soap stone dish full of burning blubber.
5 38883 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo child with his bow and arrow.
6 Hudson Bay: A very old Esquimo / 38882
7 38881 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Cape Dufferin. The Revillon Freres trading station at Cape Dufferin. Notice the banks of snow against the walls of the house to keep the drifts away. In the foreground are two Esquimo igloos which the natives who came to trade furs built as their stay, may last several days.
8 38880 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo drilling a large piece of soap stone to make a kettle.
9 38879 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Father and son. This Esquimo has taken his child out to sea in his kayak (canoe made of seal hides) to teach him how to jig for rock cod.
10 38878 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo mother and child.
11 CN285 - Mt. Ishbel, Canadian Pacific Rockies.
12 CN83 - Canada. Lake Superior. Drying fishing nets.
13 CN110 - Canada. Ontario, Brampton. Main street of Brampton.
14 CN121 - Canada. Ontario, Port Arthur. Great Lakes Cruise, Thunder Cape.
15 CN106 - Canada. Ontario. Flowerpot Island off Tobermorry.
16 CN202 - Canada. Ontario. Georgian Bay. Beansoleil Park.
17 CN201 - Canada. Ontario. Lake of Bays. Yachting at Bigwin Inn.
18 CN108 - Canada. Ontario. Kirkland Lake district.
19 CN107 - Canada. Ontario. North Bay. Street scene.
20 CN253 - Canada. Ontario. The highway bridge over the Welland Canal opening to permit a steamer to pass.
21 CN250 - Canada. Ontario. A steamer passing through the Well and Canal.
22 CN252 - Canada. Ontario. A steamer in the Welland Canal passing a bridge which has been opened to permit its passage.
23 CN251 - Canada. Ontario. A set of locks on the Welland Canal.
24 CN192 - Canada. The Welland Ship Canal. General view of the lower entrance, Lock No. 1, looking south.
25 CN170 - Canada. Ontario. Welland Canal, shipping at Lock No. 3.
26 CN191 - Canada. Ontario. The "Naronic" at the Soo Locks.
27 Untitled : [unidentified building] / "1 X 46 R"
28 CN181 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. These little Ottawa people know their business already. Refusing to be harnessed for "mushing" along the hillside near Canada's capital and winter carnival city. Bozo nevertheless does not object to helping out with what is neither dog-back riding nor skiing
29 CN162 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Rockcliffe Park.
30 CN175 1 x 46 R - Rideau Hall, Ottawa, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada.
31 CN179 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Skating champion.
32 CN184 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Skiing on Dome Hill.
33 [Print missing] / CN109 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa Parliament Buildings.
34 CN104 - Canada. Ontario. Toronto. Big buildings of Toronto.
35 CN105 - Canada. Ontario. Toronto. Bay Street.
36 CN23 - Canada. Toronto. Bathing in the Humber River.
37 CN23 - Canada. Ontario.
38 [Page missing] / CN45 - Canada. Ontario. Niagara in bloom.
39 CN52 - Canada. Ontario. Niagara.
40 CN51 - Canada. A Niagara fruit orchard in blossom time.
41 CN58 - Canada. Ontario Province. Schumacher Canaurum Mine. 700 foot level.
42 CN88 - Canada. A railroad engineer at his post.
43 CN139 - Canada. Beaver felling a tree.
44 CN21 - Canada. Ontario. Fishing at Devil's Hole, Algonquin Park.
45 CN50 - Canada. Ontario. Washagami Section. Bass fishing.
46 CN137 - Canada. Beavers at work
47 [Print missing] / CN49
48 CN28 - Canada. Harvest time.
49 CN25 - Canada. Harvesting in western Canada.
50 CN29 - Canada. Harvesting.
51 CN27 - Canada. Harvesting in western Canada.
52 CN102 - Canada. Alberta, Leduc. Raccoon on the Grathside Farm.
53 CN126 - Canada. Alberta, Jasper National Park. Squirrel at Jasper Park Lodge.
54 CN127 - Canada. Alberta. "A cat and dog existence" has its pleasures. according to Bowser, the faithful household canine of Caretaker Andrews at Jasper Park Lodge, who looks after this famous hostelry in the heart of the Canadian Rockies during the months when its grounds are no longer thronged with tourists, and to prove it, Bowser has adopted a homeless kitten which he found on the streets of Jasper town and took home with him. Here he is rocking his chum to sleep in front of the Andrew's home
55 CN26 - Canada. Alberta, Rockford. Gathering stooks.
56 CN180 - Canada. Alberta. Bear in Jasper National Park.
57 CN182 - Canada. Alberta. Buffalo and elk in Wainwright (Buffalo) National Park.
58 CN178 - Canada. Alberta. Bear up a tree in Jasper National Park.
59 CN138 - Canada. Alberta. Beaver house near Jasper.
60 [Print missing] / CN148 - Canada. The Rockies. Lakes in the Clouds seen from Little Beehive.
61 CN145 - Canada. The Rockies. View of Chalet Lake Louise from the top of Little Beehive.
62 CN147 - Canada. The Rockies. Scene at Lake Louise.
63 CN144 - Canada. The Rockies. Early morn at Lake Louise.
64 Canada. the Rockies. Lake Louise. The Lake Louise Hotel seen from the air
65 CN157 - Canada. Alberta. Banff. (The Rockies) A view showing the Springs Hotel and a Grayline Bus. Banff Springs Hotel.
66 CN156 - Canada. Alberta, Banff. (the Rockies) Indian Days. The Springs Hotel. Banff Springs Hotel.
67 CN146 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake Louise. Chalet Lake Louise, the Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel.
68 CN87 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. Feeding the swans in the park.
69 CN84 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. A dove cot in the garden of a Victorian home, a real English touch.
70 56860 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. Trimmed shrubbery on an estate. It has been the hobby of the owner for over 30 years to trim these trees (yew, barberry, white thorn, and golden holly.) into the shape of animals, birds, and figures. -- Owner: W. J. Pendray.
71 [Print missing] / CN82
72 48470 - Canada. British Columbia near Westminster. Salmon fishing fleet on the Fraser River near Westminster.
73 CN81 - Canada. British Columbia. Spence's Bridge. Indian graveyard.
74 CN48 - Canada. British Columbia. Kelowna. Apple orchard in bloom.
75 CN141 - Canada. British Columbia. Inside passage.
76 CN221 - Canada. British Columbia. Kitwanga. A dog totem.
77 CN120 - Canada. Western Canada. Old shepherd watching flock of sheep.
78 CN128 - Canada. Sheep grazing.
79 CN287 - Lake Louise, Mount Saddleback.
80 CN291 - Lake Louise, The Chalet of the Swiss Guides, in midwinter.
81 CN285 - Mt. Ishbel, Canadian Pacific Rockies.
82 CN151 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake 0' Hara, Victoria Glacier and the Seven Sisters Falls in the background. Date: 1927
83 56861 - Canada. Drive by stage from Field to Emerald Lake. Scene in pine forest, mountains with glacier ahead.
84 CN149 - Canada. The Rockies. Emerald Lake Chalet.
85 CN150 - Canada. The Rockies. Emerald Lake seen from the Chalet veranda.
86 CN153 - Canada. The Rockies. Morraine Lake in the Valley of Ten Peak. [Correction: Moraine Lake]
87 [Print missing] / CN154 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake Morraine and the Tower of Babel.
88 CN152 - Canada. The Rockies. Sinclair Canyon.
89 48871 - Canada. Royal Mounted Policeman.
90 CN85 - Canada. The Rockies. "Bad man" of the Kananaskis.
91 CN86 - Canada. The Rockies. A Cowboy and his steed.
92 CN78 - Canada. Lake Louise at sunset.
93 CN12 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) Mt. Robson.
94 CN10 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) Mt. Robson showing the glaciers and Berg Lake.
95 [Print missing] / CN7 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies). Mt. Robson showing the two glaciers and Berg Lake.
96 Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) One of the glaciers of Mt. Robson.
97 CN6 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies.
98 CN79 - Canada. A beautiful scene in the Canadian Rockies.
99 CN79 - Canada. Stoney Indians of the Canadian Rockies
100 [Print missing] / CN6 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies - Modern ways are slow in creeping upon this small settlement of Stoney Indians
101 CN18 - Canada. Reindeer of the Canadian Rockies. [Correction: bull elk]
102 CN3 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. Pack-train on the Badge Pass at twilight
103 CN5 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. Mountain sheep "posing" for the camera.
104 CN13 - Canada. A scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Twin Falls, Yoho National Park]
105 CN11 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Three Sisters, Canmore]
106 CN18 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Lake Louise with Mt. Lefroy]
107 CN19 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Maligne Lake, Samson Peak on left]
108 CN17 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Bow River and Mount Rundle, Alberta]
109 CN16 - Canada. A scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Suspension bridge over Eraser River Canyon, B.C. Hell's Gate]
110 CN15 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Bow River looking east from Banff Springs Hotel area]
111 CN14 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [view from Mount Victoria, above Lake Oesa, looking north toward Ringrose Mountain]
112 CN4 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. The mirror-like surface of Lake Louise serves to reflect the riot of nature's splendor prevailing on all sides.
113 24419 - Canada. Sheep grazing.
114 PD65 - [Man seeding a field, possibly Ontario].
Notes
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File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and…
1 album (ca. 360 b&w and col. prints ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of one album containing travel photographs, mostly captioned. Content pertains to Eleanor Luxton's national and international travels between ca. 1935 and 1940. Locations include the United States, Ontario, Quebec, Panama and Cuba. Subjects include unidentified Indigenous families and local scenics in Panama, buildings and landscapes, the 1939 World Fair in New York, boats and dockyard views, art portraits, Niagara Falls, monuments and statues. Most items are captioned with their respective subjects / locations, 4 items are colorized [rest are b&w].
Notes
Some items are postcard prints, vast majority are photograph prints
Material Details
Photographs are secured with paper corner fasteners attached to pages with adhesive