Gladys Campbell McKillop (1899-1985) was the daughter of Robert E. Campbell, a prominent guide and outfitter in the Lake Louise area starting in 1897. As a child, Gladys would have spent a lot of time around the Lake Louise Chalet, where her father's outfit was based, and its surrounding area.
She was married to Donald D. McKillop (1899-1975) and the couple share a grave in Banff's old cemetary.
Scope & Content
Series consists of 1 lantern slide by Mary Schaffer of Gladys Campbell McKillop with Walter Wilcox's dog at Lake Louise.
Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian…
69 b&w lantern slides, 5 cm of textual records, ca. 309 prints : b&w ; 27.9 x 20.3 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of visual and texual material pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Railway and its holdings. Visual material conists of two series. Series I: lantern slides, Series II: prints. Textual material consists of two series. Series I: organizational records, Series II: the 1942 film "Canadian Pacific" screenplay and associated documents.
Visual material includes black and white lantern slides and black and white prints depicting various scenes pertaining to travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway and depict dining rooms, scnes involving trains and mountains, farming scenes and fields, people in train cars, various cities and towns, figures in natural landscapes, horses and horseback riding, mountains, waterfalls, skiing, ships, CP hotels, and other grand buildings [across Canada] such as Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal.
Textual material includes paper reports [some compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel] detailing various construction and/or renovation projects for hotels, lodges, tea houses, bugalow camps, huts, and backcountry lodges throughout the Canadian Rockies as well as records pertaining to CP hotels in the Canadian Rockies, and the screenplay for "Canadian Pacific."
Notes
Slides were stored in rectangular wood box with leather handle on top, and metal handle at one end. White label that says “Lyon & Turnbull 432 04 February 2009” on lid of the box. Old, peeling, and stained label on top under handle, illegible. Faded, peeling labels on front, some words legible: “from the Canadian Pacific…” 2 stained and water damaged labels detached from box appear to be English shipping labels.“10” stamped in black on both ends of box. Stamped in black on rear of box: “Canadian Pacific Rly Co. 62 to 65 Charing Cross, London, S.W. 1. “3” engraved on upper rim of box. Box is divided into 3 sections with removable wood separators, small pieces of felt line 2 sections of the box.
Prints and some textual records absorbed from old records V121 and M48.
Lantern slides donated to the Whyte Museum by Dr. William and Mrs. Wynn Bensen. The slides were purchased by the Bensens from Lyon and Turnbull in Scotland.
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides by Mary Schaffer, mainly resulting from her exploratory wilderness trips between 1907 and 1911 to Maligne Lake and the Yellowhead area. The regions involved are primarily Jasper National Park and northern Banff National Park. The t…
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides by Mary Schaffer, mainly resulting from her exploratory wilderness trips between 1907 and 1911 to Maligne Lake and the Yellowhead area. The regions involved are primarily Jasper National Park and northern Banff National Park. The transparencies depict mountain travel and activities, landscape views and Stoney Nakoda.
Also includes transparencies of mountain flora and fauna, close-up botanical photographs, and views from Glacier, B.C. and vicinity
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LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :
#1 - She who colored slides [Mary Schaffer] / [Mollie Adams?]
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House
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LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :
#229 - [George Stewart's log building at Siding 29]
#230 - [McCardell with the first "hotel" at the Cave and Basin, 1883]
#231 - [General store at Siding 29 / Bingham]
#232 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886]
#233 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886] - hand-coloured
#234 - [NWMP at police barracks in Banff]
#235 - [Group of people in front of Moulton Park Theatre]
#236 - [Bathhouse at Upper Hot Springs]
#237 - [Log bath house at Upper Hot Springs]
#238 - [Early bathers in basin pool at Cave and Basin]
#239 - [Early Banff from Beaver Street]
#240 - Banff Hotel and the mountain drive from Summit Mt. [view from Tunnel Mountain by Mary Schaffer]
#241 - [Jim Brewster with tally-ho in Banff Springs Hotel courtyard]
#242 - Hotel & Hermit fr. Glacier Trail. Snow. 9/20/95
#243 - [Early chalet at Lake Louise / Trueman & Caple]
#244 - Lady Aberdeen at Chalet sketching Lake Louise, Rockies, CPR, Oct 18/94
#245 - [Banff Springs Hotel, construction of center tower, ca.1912]
#246 - [Swimmers at Cave and Basin]
#247 - Winter bathing at the hot srings
#248 - [Early Banff Ave.]
#249 - [Group in front of unidentified Banff building]
#250 - [D.C. Baynes; Banff school class, ]
#251 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mt. Norquay]
#252 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mount Rundle]
#253 - [Banff Livery with sleighs in front]
#254 - [Banff Springs Hotel]
#255 - [Banff Springs Hotel and Bow Valley]
#256 - [Unidentified Indigenous man on Banff Ave.]
#257 - [Two Unidentified Indigenous people on horseback at Banff Indian Days camp near Cascade Mountain]
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slide portraits and illustrations of material culture of native people in western Canada. Includes Stoney Nakoda and Banff Indian Days activities. Some transparencies are by Byron Harmon and Mary Schaffer. Also includes illustrations and …
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slide portraits and illustrations of material culture of native people in western Canada. Includes Stoney Nakoda and Banff Indian Days activities. Some transparencies are by Byron Harmon and Mary Schaffer. Also includes illustrations and comparative views of American - Indian culture
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LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :
#669 - [Children's drawings of Indigenous people]
#670 - Camping circle at the time of the Sundance [children's drawings of Indigenous people]
#671 - [Children's drawing Indigenous people - Sundance ceremony]
#672 - [Children's drawing Indigenous people - Sundance ceremony]
#673 - [Children's drawing Indigenous People - Sundance ceremony]
#674 - [Indigenous People gathered around Sundance lodge]
#675 - [Illustration of Indigenous ceremony - Mary Irvin Wright]
#676 – Indigenous People at Windermere
#677 - Maligne Canyon Jasper National Park [Indigenous in ceremonial costume]
#678 - [Unidentified church and cemetery]
#679 - [Portrait of Indigenous man] / [Byron Harmon]
#680 - [Portrait of Stoney (John Hunter?)] / [Byron Harmon]
#681 - [Portrait of Indigenous man] / [Byron Harmon]
#682 - [Portrait of Stoney Nakoda Tom and John Chiniquay]
#683 - Indian Days Banff [Stoney Indigenous camp at foot of Cascade Mtn.]
#684 - [Stoney Indigenous child on horseback]
#685 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]
#686 – [Indigenous people] in Banff National Park
#687 - [Joshua and William Twin on horseback at Banff Springs Hotel]
#688 - Putting up branches around Sundance Lodge - at Morley
#689 - [Indigenous camp at foot of Cascade Mountain Banff Indian days]
#690 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]
#691 - Prairie Chicken Dance [Banff Indian days]
#692 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]
#693 - [Portrait of Indigenous woman]
#694 - [Indigenous dancers at Banff Indian days]
#695 - [Indigenous man dancing]
#696 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]
#697 - [Group of Indigenous people in ceremonial dress]
#698 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]
#699 - Indigenous Tepees, Banff National Park
#700 - [Sundance ceremony]
#701 - [Decorated tepee]
#702 - [Illustrated Indigenous garment]
#703 - [Decorated Indigenous tepee]
#704 - [Group of Stoney Nakoda at Kootenay Plains in winter]
#705 - [Indigenous woman with papoose]
#706 - [Illustration of cairn and buffalo skull]
#707 - [Illustration of arrow quivers]
#708 - [Illustration of Indigenous pipes]
#709 - [Illustration of decorated Indigenous shirt]
#710 - [Illustration of pictographs]
#711 - Thunder Bird Stone, Kamsack, Sask.
#712 - [Illustration comparing mounted knights with Indigenous warriors]
#713 - [Children's drawing of Indigenous ceremony]
#714 - [Illustration of Indigenous thinking of buffalo]
#715 - [Illustrated buffalo hide]
#716 - [Decorated Indigenous carry bags]
#717 - [Children's drawings] Battle of Little Bighorn Custer's Dead Cavalry
#718 - [Indigenous design]
#719 - [Painting of group of Indigenous people gambling] Mary Irvin Wright
#720 - [Thunderbird design]
#721 - [Painting of missionary preaching to Indigenous people]
#726 - [Illustration of Indigenous frightening buffalo with blanket]
#727 - Old Braves Society
#728 - Two Indigenous Travois, Peter Year [Ear] & John Hunter
#729 - Old Singers in Sun Dance. Black Feather Society. Includes: l. Black Eagle 2. Peace Maker 3. The Fox 4. Little Person 5. Wolf Carrier 6. N. Axe 7. Not Good.
#730 - [Painting of Indigenous people gambling by Mary Irvin Wright]
#731 - [Indigenous woman with papoose]
#732 - Indigenous Guide (Joe Healy)
#733 - [Indigenous man wearing treaty medal]
#734 - [Indigenous man]
#735 - [Sunset on unidentified mountain]
#736 - [Painting of Indigenous ceremony by Mary Irvin Wright]
#737 - [Indigenous man]
#738 - Buffalo - a holdup 1869
#739 - Group of Eskimos at Douglas Harbour Hudson Strait
#740 - [Group of five Indigenous men]
#741 - Point Hope, Alaska. Eskimo kyak
#742 - [Indigenous wearing mask and blanket]
#743 - [Peter Whyte painting Indigenous portrait]
#744 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]
#745 - [Indigenous ploughing field with horses]
#746 - [Indigenous woman cooking on fire] / [Byron Harmon]
#747 - Indigenous Grave near Tete Jaune
#748 - [Stagecoach]
#749 - [Illustration of Indigenous people attacking wagon train]
#750 - [Painting of Indigenous person killed in attack on camp] Mary Irvin Wright
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to transportation: Canadian Pacific Railway, railway travel and ships, derived from various sources. Includes two transparencies by Mary Schaffer
Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to transportation: Canadian Pacific Railway, railway travel and ships, derived from various sources. Includes two transparencies by Mary Schaffer
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LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :
#810 - Driving the Golden Spike, by Donald Smith; #on CPR, Nov. 7, 1885 / Notman
#811 - The first engine built by the Canadian Pacific Railway
#812 - Winnipeg in 1870
#813 - Quebec Bridge, Quebec
#814 - DeWitt Clinton and Train 1831 / Chas. Beseler
#815 - Canadian Pacific Railway, arrival of the first through train at the seaboard of British Columbia
#816 - [Group at driving of last spike on the CPR, Nov. 7, 1885]
#817 - [Unidentified locomotive]
#818 - Passengers boarding standard sleeper
#819 - Plowing thro. the snow, of the Selkirks & Glacier
#820 - [Passengers on platform beside Montreal and Boston railway car]
#821 - Wapta & Safety Switch
#822 - Red Sucker Tunnel, Lake Superior
#823 - [Map of Dominion of Canada]
#824 - [Unidentified railway tunnel]
#825 - Prospect Point Vancouver Steamer "Beaver"
#826 - [Unidentified ocean liner]
#827 - [Empress of Britain in lock of Panama Canal]
Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
Photographs are lantern slides used in presentations by Tom Lonsdale. Content pertains to mountain landscapes; roadways and roadside structures; wildlife and flowers; mountain recreation; Banff townsite, events and structures camps. Also includes CPR lantern slides, 50 items, pertaining to mounta…
Photographs are lantern slides used in presentations by Tom Lonsdale. Content pertains to mountain landscapes; roadways and roadside structures; wildlife and flowers; mountain recreation; Banff townsite, events and structures camps. Also includes CPR lantern slides, 50 items, pertaining to mountain landscape; mountaineering; trains; hotels and camps; flowers and wildlife; CPR hotels across Canada; ships
Lantern slides are mainly views of mountains, railways, glaciers, Alpine Club of Canada, pack train, alpine flora and Vaux family and friends views. Also includes some travel views of the Canadian Rockies
Lantern slides are mainly views of mountains, railways, glaciers, Alpine Club of Canada, pack train, alpine flora and Vaux family and friends views. Also includes some travel views of the Canadian Rockies
14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm
History / Biographical
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff.
After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.
Scope & Content
Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.