Fonds consists of a photograph and memorabilia album documenting Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, Aked and her pa…
Aleen Aked was born in England in 1907 and moved with her parents to Ontario in 1910. Aked attended the Ontario College of Art and completed her degree with honours in 1928. Aked travelled to Banff and Lake Louise with her parents in 1939 and documented her activities in a photograph album. Aked died in 2003.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of a photograph and memorabilia album documenting Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, Aked and her parents.
1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File pertains to a photo album depicting the July 1939 ACC Camp at the Ice River Valley
Notes
Albums with black pages were likely originally bound together as a single album, however gaps in page numbers imply that pages are missing from the complete work.
File consists of 24 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to the Walcott family trip, 1938. The photographs document camp life, hiking, climbing, pack trains, horses and landscapes. Locations of photographs include Panorama Peak, Savannah Creek, Beehive Mountain, the "Gap" district, …
File consists of 24 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to the Walcott family trip, 1938. The photographs document camp life, hiking, climbing, pack trains, horses and landscapes. Locations of photographs include Panorama Peak, Savannah Creek, Beehive Mountain, the "Gap" district, Oldman River, and Racehorse Creek.
File pertains to a photo album depicting the backcountry hiking trip of Jean MacDonald, Hazel Walker, Kath [Kathleen] Chapman, and Jean Knox Petrie to the Tonquin Valley, Jasper in early July, 1938.
1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File pertains to a photo album depicting the backcountry hiking trip of Jean MacDonald, Hazel Walker, Kath [Kathleen] Chapman, and Jean Knox Petrie to the Tonquin Valley, Jasper in early July, 1938.
File consists of 1 leather painted cover photograph album with handwritten descriptions dated July 1937 with 9 images, ca 32 loose photographs. Images are of Banff National Park and surrounding area, include views of Lake Louise, Turner Valley, and the Great Divide.
1 album (41 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 16 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 leather painted cover photograph album with handwritten descriptions dated July 1937 with 9 images, ca 32 loose photographs. Images are of Banff National Park and surrounding area, include views of Lake Louise, Turner Valley, and the Great Divide.
File consists of 1 leather painted cover photograph album with handwritten descriptions dated July 1937 with 9 images, ca 32 loose photographs. Images are of Banff National Park and surrounding area, include views of Lake Louise, Turner Valley, and the Great Divide.
1 album (41 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 16 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 1 leather painted cover photograph album with handwritten descriptions dated July 1937 with 9 images, ca 32 loose photographs. Images are of Banff National Park and surrounding area, include views of Lake Louise, Turner Valley, and the Great Divide.
6 photographs : b&w prints ; 7 x 4.5 cm and 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 6 photographs pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's cruise ship vacation to Hawaii, Hong Kong and Japan in 1937.
Notes
File also contains one loose page with Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines letterhead with 4 geometric illustrations drawn in pen. Some photographs are annotated on the back
Material Details
Photograph prints have cutout patterns around edges resembling stamps
File consists of 19 photographs pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's cruise vacation to Hawaii, China and Japan in 1937. File includes images of staff on cruise ship, seascapes, and views of Shanghai and Tokyo.
19 photographs : b&w prints ; 7 x 12 cm and 7 x 5 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 19 photographs pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's cruise vacation to Hawaii, China and Japan in 1937. File includes images of staff on cruise ship, seascapes, and views of Shanghai and Tokyo.
Album contains 50 b&w photographs (prints) with some photographs missing from their holders. Content pertains to trail ride through Kananaskis Ranch and Brewster Ranch between July and August 1936. Includes images of riders on horses, lunch stops, scenic views and camping areas from trips. Some por…
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Nelson family (?)
Date Range
1936
Physical Description
1 photograph album : 50 prints; b&w
Scope & Content
Album contains 50 b&w photographs (prints) with some photographs missing from their holders. Content pertains to trail ride through Kananaskis Ranch and Brewster Ranch between July and August 1936. Includes images of riders on horses, lunch stops, scenic views and camping areas from trips. Some portraits and group shots of people from trip include George Vaux, John Murray Gibbon, Jeanne and George Hisler (?), also Carl Rungius (photo missing). Album also has 4 newspaper clippings attached inside pertaining to 1936 packing trip depicted in album, booklet on July 31-August 4, 1936 trip with annotated list of travellers and 2 tickets for the same trip signed by Mr. and Mrs. Nelson.
File consists of 1 album comprised of 99 black and white photographs. Album pertains to ACC camps, Mount Assinibione area, Lake Ohara, Athabasca Icefields, Jasper, and hitsorical cairns.
File consists of 1 album comprised of 99 black and white photographs. Album pertains to ACC camps, Mount Assinibione area, Lake Ohara, Athabasca Icefields, Jasper, and hitsorical cairns.
Notes
Includes newspaper clippings of Charlkes Woodsworth climbing accident that occurred on trip
File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to various members of the Stoney Nakoda community in Mini Thni [?] [Morley] with Georgina Luxton. Images were possibly taken during Banff Indian Days festivities. Images in file are accompanied by a photograph order form in Eleanor Luxton's name from Georg…
File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to various members of the Stoney Nakoda community in Mini Thni [?] [Morley] with Georgina Luxton. Images were possibly taken during Banff Indian Days festivities. Images in file are accompanied by a photograph order form in Eleanor Luxton's name from George Noble Photographer in Banff, dated 1934, and an annotated personal note on a business card of Paul Standard.
Notes
Most individuals in photographs are not identified
Fonds consists of photographs of skiing at Lake Louise, Banff and Mount Norquay; skating; swimming at the Cave and Basin; Banff Avenue and Banff Winter Carnival. All views are unidentified but are thought to pertain to Bert Sammons, friends and acquaintances.
Bert Sammons, b.1901, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, visited Banff and Lake Louise during winter of 1932
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of photographs of skiing at Lake Louise, Banff and Mount Norquay; skating; swimming at the Cave and Basin; Banff Avenue and Banff Winter Carnival. All views are unidentified but are thought to pertain to Bert Sammons, friends and acquaintances.
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Canadian Rockies, Summer of 1932. Hinman Horseback and Camping Trip, July 1-17. With the Alpine Club Camp at Glacier, B.C., July 19-Aug 1. Climbing and Walking Trips Aug 1-Sept 13
File pertains to a photograph album depicting three trips taken throughout the summer of 1932.
Canadian Rockies Summer of 1932 depicts what is possibly an Alpine Club of Canada organized climb around the Mt. Sir Donald and Mt. Dawson area of British Columbia. Includes mountain views, portraits, peo…
1 album (399 photographs : b&w ; 28 x 18 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to a photograph album depicting three trips taken throughout the summer of 1932.
Canadian Rockies Summer of 1932 depicts what is possibly an Alpine Club of Canada organized climb around the Mt. Sir Donald and Mt. Dawson area of British Columbia. Includes mountain views, portraits, people climbing, glaciers, and an ACC Annual Camp.
Hinman Horseback and Camping Trip - July 1-17 [1932] depicts the annual backcountry horse trip organized by Caroline Hinman around the Mt. Assiniboine and East Kootenay areas of British Columbia. Includes scenic views, horses, camps, portraits, and two pages dedicated to the Hinman Party in August - it is not clear if Lillian Gest participated in the whole of Caroline Hinman's summer 1932 trip.
At the Alpine Club Camp depicts the ACC Annual Camp for 1932, based in Glacier, BC. Includes the ACC camp, mountains, glaciers, portraits, scenic views, climbing, swimming, Abbot Pass Hut, Glacier Circle Cabin, enlargements, and greeting cards.
Following the annotated ACC trip photographs are a collection of greeting cards, newspaper clippings, and misc. photographs from Gest's various trips during the summer of 1932. Most of these photographs are not annotated. Also includes greeting cards from trip members and a memorial card for Conrad Kain fixed to the inside back cover.
Inserts 1 and 3 pertain to the overview/advertisement for the Summer 1932 and 1933 trips that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices. Insert 2 pertains to a clipped page from what is possibly an ACC or Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies periodical.
Consists of two sous-fonds: I. Sid Unwin sous-fonds; II. Unwin family sous-fonds. Sid Unwin sous-fonds pertains to Unwin's activities in the South African (Boer) War, in the Banff area as a guide and citizen, in the First World War, and to his family. It consists of the following series: A. South…
7 cm of textual records. -- 5 photograph albums (ca.375 prints). -- 28 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Sidney Joseph Unwin, [1880?]-1917, was a guide and outfitter at Banff, Alberta. Born in England, Unwin returned, after serving with the volunteer cavalry in the South African (Boer) War, to his home in London, England for a brief period to work as a surveyor's clerk, and in the fall of 1904 he moved to Banff. Initially, Unwin worked for guides and outfitters Syd Baker and Jimmy Simpson. In the winter of 1905 he began his own trapline. In 1907, Unwin began work for Billy Warren and accompanied Mary Schaffer and Molly Adams on their expeditions to the Maligne Lake, Saskatchewan River areas.
After two years of working for Warren, Unwin began his own guiding outfit and in 1912, with the aid of his sister Ethel and brother Arthur, the Unwins established Unwin's Curios and Souvenirs. In 1914, Sid Unwin enlisted in the Canadian army and took up with the 22nd Battery (Howitzer), 6th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery 2nd Division. In 1916 he saw his first action in France. He fought in the battle for Vimy Ridge, was injured May 3, 1917 and died on June 29, 1917 at the East Leeds War Hospital.
Scope & Content
Consists of two sous-fonds: I. Sid Unwin sous-fonds; II. Unwin family sous-fonds.
Sid Unwin sous-fonds pertains to Unwin's activities in the South African (Boer) War, in the Banff area as a guide and citizen, in the First World War, and to his family. It consists of the following series: A. South African (Boer) War records,1900-1901; B. Guiding and Banff related records, 1904-1914; C. First World War records, 1914-1919; D. Sid Unwin Memorials, 1917-1946; E. Personal photograph albums, 1898-1912.
Unwin family sous-fonds consists of: A. Personal family records, 1917-1968; B. Alice Fulmer correspondence, 1965-1985.
Photographs include portraits of Tom Wilson, 1930s, and Bob Campbell, ca.1955; Vaux family landscape views, 1902; and Canadian Pacific Railway views, ca.1903. CPR views are four prints incorporated into one large framed item; views are of the Crow's Nest Pass, the Banff Springs Hotel and the Lake …
Robert (Bob) E. Campbell, 1871-1965, was a teacher, guide and outfitter, politician and soldier at Banff, Calgary, Peace River and Victoria. Campbell was born in Ontario and taught school in Saskatchewan from 1893 to 1896 before coming to Banff to teach at Tom Wilson's request. Beginning in 1897, he worked summers for Wilson as a trail hand. He then guided major clients, forming Wilson and Campbell in 1902 and buying the business in 1904. Campbell became involved in the Calgary Grain Exchange in 1908 and became the provincial MLA for Rocky Mountain in 1913. After serving in WWI, he ranched, guided and wrote a book of reminiscences, "I Would Do It Again: Reminiscences of the Rockies."
Scope & Content
Photographs include portraits of Tom Wilson, 1930s, and Bob Campbell, ca.1955; Vaux family landscape views, 1902; and Canadian Pacific Railway views, ca.1903. CPR views are four prints incorporated into one large framed item; views are of the Crow's Nest Pass, the Banff Springs Hotel and the Lake Louise Chalet, ca.1903. Textual items are invitation for Calgary Old Timers Association, 1908; and greeting cards, ca.1907.