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 pertains to black and white photographs of the Banff Boy Scouts troupe. Includes group portraits, camps, skiing and snowshoeing trips, an avalanche safety course, and construction of the new Scout Hall in 1959.
File pertains to black and white photographs of the Banff Boy Scouts troupe. Includes group portraits, camps, skiing and snowshoeing trips, an avalanche safety course, and construction of the new Scout Hall in 1959.
File pertains to black and white photographs of the Banff Boy Scouts troupe. Includes unidentified Scouts, camping trips, and the construction of the new Scout Hall in October 1959.
File pertains to black and white photographs of the Banff Boy Scouts troupe. Includes unidentified Scouts, camping trips, and the construction of the new Scout Hall in October 1959.
File pertains to Dunsmore family and friends; family life; Banff community life; Banff locations, such as streets, zoo, Cave and Basin; events, including Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival, royal visit, 1919; activities, including fishing, camping, picnicing, dogsledding, snowshoeing, skiing,…
File pertains to Dunsmore family and friends; family life; Banff community life; Banff locations, such as streets, zoo, Cave and Basin; events, including Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival, royal visit, 1919; activities, including fishing, camping, picnicing, dogsledding, snowshoeing, skiing, ski jumping, canoeing. People include: members of the Paris, Woodworth, White (Whyte), Irwin and Latam families; also Dick Patrick, MacAulay twins, Edwin Young, John Thomson and others. Includes scenic views of Banff, Lake Louise and other Rocky Mountain areas. Most photographs are identified.
Notes
Fulton Dunsmore made most of the photographs and assembled the album. Also includes photographs by Tom Dunsmore and other
File consists of 82 black and white photographs, 18 x 13 cm or smaller. File documents the Wardle family and friends in the community, at different events and various travels, including: baby photographs of Dorothy in Banff (1919-1926); Banff early days with James and Leette Wardle, particularly at…
File consists of 82 black and white photographs, 18 x 13 cm or smaller. File documents the Wardle family and friends in the community, at different events and various travels, including: baby photographs of Dorothy in Banff (1919-1926); Banff early days with James and Leette Wardle, particularly at the snowshoe tramp for the Banff Winter Carnival (1919-1920); snapshots from a trip to Big Bend (1930); Norman Sanson's 1000th ascent of Sulphur Mountain in 1931; class photographs from the Mountain School (1932, 1935); various trips with Carl Rungius, including Lake McArthur and Lake O'Hara (1933), Ottawa (1945), and the Laurentians (1949); a trip to the Panama Canal (1933); miscellaneous photographs of school events (including the Alma Mater Society election that resulted in Dorothy being the first female president) of Dorothy and friends at Queen's University (1938-1941); the Swedish Legation in Ottawa (1946-1950); and photographs of Frank Kaquitts and his artwork (1963).
Notes
Most photographs are annotated on the backside of the print.
V75 / I / PA -193 : Includes an accompanying list identifying everyone in the class photograph (Dorothy attended the Mountain School as a young child).
V75 / I / PA -239 to 247 : includes handwritten notes regarding Frank Kaquitts. Dorothy originally filed these images with M521 / I / A / 10 ([Indigenous] Story Material).
File consists of b&w negatives depicting George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Predominantly featured are winter sports including group snowshoe trips, skating, and ski-jumping around Banff, particula…
100 photographs : b&w negatives, film ; 8.5 x 12 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of b&w negatives depicting George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Predominantly featured are winter sports including group snowshoe trips, skating, and ski-jumping around Banff, particularly Sulphur Mountain, Lake Minnewanka and Vermilion Lakes.
File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict Paris children, ski jumping, snowshoeing, George and Ida's…
100 photographs : b&w negatives, film ; 11 x 12.2 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict Paris children, ski jumping, snowshoeing, George and Ida's trip to Vancouver Island.
File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict George and Ida's trip to Vancouver Island, portraits of fa…
100 photographs : b&w negatives, film ; 15 x 9.2 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict George and Ida's trip to Vancouver Island, portraits of family and friend, and skiing.
File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict Ida feeding deer, Paris children skiing, George figure ska…
100 negatives [105 photographs] : b&w negatives, film ; 12 x 8.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of black and white negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs predominantly depict Ida feeding deer, Paris children skiing, George figure skating, and Banff townsite winter and street scenes.
File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and…
106 photographs : b&w negatives, glass ; 16.3 x 12 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and the Sanitarium Hotel.
Notes
Duplicate positive glass slide of NG-101 depicting black bear
1 Interior of cave at Cave and Basin sulphur springs, Banff
2 Banff Springs Hotel from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1904]
3 Cascade Mountain and Bow River bridge, 1904?
4 Mount Rundle and Bow River bridge, 1904
5 Group on snowshoes
6 Banff Springs Hotel and Mount Rundle, 1904?
7 Sanitarium Hotel after heavy snowfall, 1903
8 Brett House and Sanitarium Hotel, 1898
9 Brett House, 1903?
10 Brett House, 1903
11 Sulphur Mountain Observatory, 1903
12 Bow River Boat House at sunset
13 Grand View Villa at the Upper Hot Springs, 1905
14 Paris house-under construction on Banff Avenue, 1902
15 N.W.M.P. barracks at Banff?
16 Sanitarium Hotel and Bow River bridge, 1908
17 Ida and Cyril Paris behind buildings at Lake Minnewanka, 1904
18 [Casey Oliver?] and interior of Brett Drug Store
19 Brett Drug Store (first drug store in Banff)
20 Charlie Barbour and Miss Thomson in school room, [ca.1905]
21 Tunnel Mountain, east side, and Bow Valley looking east
22 Hoodoos on Tunnel Mountain, Banff
23 Mount Rundle from the Cave and Basin Road, 1900
24 Cascade Mountain and Bow River after rainstorm, 1902
25 North face of Mount Rundle from Loop Drive
26 Mount Edith and the Bow River
27 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek
28 Middle hot springs before it caved in, 1898
29 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek in winter
30 Vermilion Lake in winter
31 Taxidermist Bob Robertson with large sheep head
32 Curling at Banff Front to back: Arthur Saddington, Ralph Edwards, Bill Mather
33 Group on the porch of the Brett Sanitarium Hotel, 1893
34 Hartley going over Bow Falls in boat, 1902
35 George Paris skating on old curling rink, 1901
36 Ida Paris and Mrs. Hatfield boating on Echo Creek, [ca.1900]
37 Ida Paris in canoe on Echo Creek ca, 1900
38 Ida Paris in boat on Forty Mile Creek, 1899
39 Ida Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes (Boulder Creek), 1899
40 George Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes, 1899
41, 42 Group outside hospital. Front: Fern Brewster, Claude Frost, Vivian Galletly holding Adeline Fulcher, Jack Frost (Brewster), Syd Frost (later Mrs. Syd Graves). Back row: Ethel Fulcher Ronald, Ida Paris holding Cyril, Mrs. William Frost (later Mrs. Bill Brewster), Mrs. Celia (Lowther) Harrison, Mrs. Jim Brewster, 1904
43 George and Ida Paris, 1903
44 George Paris skating an Forty Mile Creek, 1905
45 George Paris snowshoeing on the Bow River, 1901
46 Bodyguard (Sikhs) of Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V) during Banff visit, 1901
47 [Three nurses?] and Chinese man [at Brett Hospital?]
48 Dr. White, [Raymond Rooper?], Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, Mrs. Brett, Harry Brett at the Brett home, [ca.1903]
49 George Paris skating on the Bow River, 1905
50 George Paris skating on Willow Creek, 1905
51 Ida Paris and others in the Basin, 1900
52 George Paris skating on the Bow River, [ca.1905]
53 George Paris snowshoeing on Bow Falls, 1902
54 Nurse McLauchlin and another nurse in Sanitarium Hospital
55 Sydney Frost (Brewster) (later Mrs. Syd Graves)
56 Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Mrs. Brett, Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, [ca.1903]
57 Sid Baker on snowshoes
58 Group at Lake Minnewanka: Ida Paris with Cyril, Mrs. Fulcher with Ronald, Miss Thompson, Charley Barbour, and two girls, 1904
59 Ida Parts and Cyril, 1904
60 Hockey game on Banff's first skating rink on the Bow River, 1894
61 Chinese laundrymen [or cooks?] at the Sanitarium Hotel, [ca.1898]
62 Raymond Rooper with baby and dog, ca. 1903
63 Raymond Rooper and Mrs. Donna Rooper, ca. 1903
64 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904
65 Ida Paris, Guusie Atkinson, Harry Lang and Harry Symonds with Cyril Paris, 1904
66 Cyril Paris in baby carriage, 1904
67 Ida Paris and Kit Storry, 1903
68 Herb and Ted Parts with nurses, 1911
69 Ida Paris with kitten Murphy
70 [Cyril Paris?] in the backyard, 1905?
71 Nurse Natress and three guests at the Sanitarium Hotel
72 Mrs. Brett, Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Dr. Brett, and woman, [ca.1903]
73 Ida Paris and three ladies on horses on top of Sulphur Mountain, 1901
74 Frank, Cyril (baby), Ida and George Paris, 1905
75 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1904
76 Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909
77 George and Ida Paris with baby Cyril, 1905
78 Phillip Ashton with Cyril, Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909
79 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1905
80 Ida Winberg (Paris), Charlie Barbour, Ruby Bryant during picnic on the river, 1902
81 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904
82 Echo Creek, 1899
83 Camp near Mount Assiniboine during pack trip led by Bill Peyto, 1900
84 Bow River and boathouse at Banff
85 Cerulean Lake
86 The Three Sisters
87 View of the summit of Mount Rundle showing Sulphur Mountain and the Bow Valley
88 Devil's Canyon
89 Basin end bathhouse with D. D. Galletly
90 View looking west from Banff? after snowstorm, 1906
91 Old Banff bridge, Banff town site and Cascade Mountain, 1898
92 View from summit of Mount Rundle, 1898
93 View from summit of Mount Rundle showing Mount Assiniboine and Sulphur Range, 1899
94 Falls at Upper Hot Springs, 1898
95 Mount Rundle reflected in the Bow River
96 Lime kiln on Tunnel Mountain above Deer Street, 1897
97 View from Sulphur Mountain showing Banff town site, Cascade Mountain, Tunnel Mountain, and the Bow Valley, 1898
98 Town of Banff from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1900]
99 Cascade Mountain, Bow River bridge and town of Banff, {ca.1900]
100 View of Banff town site and fire at Bankhead from the Sanitarium Hotel, 1905
101 Fred Ballard's bear
102 Dr. Brett's greyhounds
103 Goats in animal paddocks
104 Mountain sheep head
105 Buffalo herd with Mount Rundle in the background, 1901