105 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
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ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 586 to 623) :
[Note: Repeat descriptions have been combined by the archivist]
586-623 Canadian Pacific trip -- 8/1909 -- [Views pertain to Montreal? (586); Winnipeg? (587); Mount Tuzo and Mount Deltaform (588); pack trip; avalanche (592,593); Alpine Club camp at Lake O'Hara (595-598); glacier; Mount Balfour and Lake Margaret (601-603); Yoho Valley from below Lake Margaret (604); Mount Daly, Mount Niles and Daly Glacier (605); Daly Glacier and Takakkaw Falls? (606); Takakkaw Falls (607); Twin Falls (608,609); Yoho Glacier (610,611,615-617); ice cave at Yoho Glacier (612-614)]; Mt. Sir Donald? (619); unidentified scenes (594,618,620-623)]
ITEM LIST OF 6.5 x 8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1567 to 1633) :
1567 Glacier -- 1909
1568-1571 Ice on Illecillewaet Glacier (poor) -- 1909
1572-1575 Glacier -- 1909
1576-1579 Asulkan Glacier Pan -- 1909
1580 Illecillewaet Glacier Pan -- 1909
1581-1585 Panorama from Illecillewaet Glacier -- 1909
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
151 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
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ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 514 to 585) :
514-517 Yoho #1 -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to people on moraine and terminus of Yoho Glacier]
518-535 Yoho #2 -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Yoho Glacier, including terminus, alpinists; horses and riders; streams; moraine; Mary Vaux] -- 1907
536-537 #3 Paradise Valley -- 1907 -- [Lake Louise from toe of Victoria Glacier]
538-548 #4 Lake O'Hara -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Lake Agnes, the Devil's Thumb, Lake Louise Chalet, camp scenes, Mary J. Vaux]
549-561 #5 Spray Lake -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to George Shouldice, R. E. Campbell, Mary J. Vaux; pack trip and camp; Mount Assiniboine; unidentified scenes]
562-563, 565-568 To Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine, Mary J. Vaux, pack trip]
564 #5 Spray Lake -- 1907 -- [Packtrain party]
569-580 #7 At Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine (570,571,573-575); Mount Magog (577); Naiset Point and Mount Terrapin (578); Wonder Peak and The Towers (579)]
581-585 #8 At Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine (583-585) and area]
ITEM LIST OF 6.5x8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1488 to 1566) :
1488-1492 Panorama A from head of Paradise Valley (No.1,2,3,4,5) -- 1907
1493 Panorama A Paradise Valley (No.6) -- 1907
1494-1500 Panorama A from head of Paradise Valley (No.7,8,9,10,11,12,13) -- 1907
1501 Panorama A (No.14) -- 1907
1502-1507 Panorama B Paradise Valley (No.15,16,17,18,19,20) -- 1907
1508-1512 Panorama C from Little Beehive (No.21,22,23,24,25) -- 1907
1513-1514 Lefroy &c. from Little Beehive (No.26,27) -- 1907
1515-1517 Panorama D Bow Valley from Little Beehive Poor (No.28) -- 1907
1518 Lake Louise & Chalet from Little Beehive (No.31) -- 1907
1519-1520 Camp at Lake O'Hara (No.32,33) -- 1907
1521 Lefroy &c from camp Lake O'Hara (No.34) -- 1907
1522 Lake O'Hara (No.35) -- 1907
1523 Opabin Pass from Lake O'Hara (No.36) -- 1907
1524-1526 First view of Assiniboine (No.37,38,39) -- 1907
1527 Assiniboine from camp (No.40) -- 1907
1528-1532 Assiniboine Panorama F (No.41,42,43,44,45) -- 1907
1533 Assiniboine. May be used in Panorama F (No.46) -- 1907
1534 Assiniboine from camp (No.47) -- 1907
1535 Assiniboine from camp Finest (?) (No.48) -- 1907
1536-1539 ssiniboine from camp Panorama G (No.49,50,51,52) -- 1907
1540-1541 Assiniboine from near head of valley (No.53,54) -- 1907
1542-1543 Panorama H Lake Aline (No.55,56) -- 1907
File consists of one copy of the book "Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies" (1907) with a note written on the first page from the illustrator Mary Schaffer to Molly (Wright) Adams in December 1907.
File consists of one copy of the book "Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies" (1907) with a note written on the first page from the illustrator Mary Schaffer to Molly (Wright) Adams in December 1907.
228 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
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ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 386 to 513) :
[Note: Repeat descriptions have been combined by the archivist]
386-392 #1 Penns. Manor -- 7/5/06
393-402 #2 To Takakkaw Fall -- 7/17/06 -- [Takakkaw Falls]
403-412 #4 To Ptarmigan -- 8/2/06 -- [Views pertain to mounted muskox head, Ptarmigan Lake, Ptarmigan Valley, Deception Pass?, unidentified mountain, crevasse, bergschrund]
413-421 #5 To Pipestone Pass -- 8/4/06 -- [Packtrain party at edge of Pipestone River, camp scenes, Mt. Temple from Ptarmigan Valley, Pipestone Pass]
422-425 #6 To Lake Louise and (Yoho?) -- 8/6/06 -- [Views pertain to packtrain, Moar Mtn. from Pipestone River, man with cowl]
426-428 #3 -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to people with cow and party in boat at Lake Louise]
429 [Man with cow at Lake Louise Chalet] -- [1906]
430 [Two women and man with cow at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
431 [Man milking cow at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
432-433 [Boatman at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
434-436 [People in boat at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
437-440 #7 [Men packing horse] -- 1906
441 #7 -- 1906 -- [Takakkaw Falls]
442-443 #7 -- 1906 -- [Twin Falls]
444 #7 -- 1906 -- [Mt. Niles?]
445 [Terminus of Yoho Glacier?] -- 1906
446 [Ice cave at terminus of Yoho Glacier] -- 1906
447 [Two men on horseback at terminus of Yoho Glacier] -- 1906
448 #7 -- 1906 -- [Scree]
449 [Packhorse] -- 1906
450 [Men saddling horse at Field] -- 1906
451 [Camp at foot of Takakkaw Falls] -- 1906
452 [Packtrain at top of Pass] -- 1906
453 [2 people and dog sleeping] -- 1906
454 [Man and woman on glacier] -- 1906
455 [Woman on moraine] -- 1906
456 [Moraine] -- 1906
457 [William & George Vaux Jrs. at edge of crevasse] -- 1906
458 [Crevasses] -- 1906
459 [Man at edge of crevasse] -- 1906
460 [Crevasse] -- 1906
461 [Dog beside stream] -- 1906
462 [Unidentified mountain and stream] -- 1906
463 [Unidentified waterfall] -- 1906
464-465 [Unidentified mountain] -- 1906
466-467 [Unidentified mountains] -- 1906
468 [Packtrain on Pipestone Pass] -- 1906
469 [Man with horses in front of unidentified mountain] -- 1906
470-476 #8 To Laughing Falls -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to packtrain; Laughing Falls; Yoho Glacier and ice cave]
477 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake]
478-479 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake]
480-481 #3 -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake?]
482-483 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to men packing horse at Field; packtrain]
484 [Party of riders preparing to leave Lake Louise Chalet] -- 1906
485-486 Asulkan Burgess Pass #10 -- 1906 -- [Party of riders preparing to depart Lake Louise Chalet; unidentified woman]
487-497 Asulkan Burgess Pass #10. To Asulkan -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to man and woman on glacier; seracs; unidentified mountain/s]
498-508 #11 -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to Tower of Babel and Moraine Lake; Mount Bident and Mount Quadra; Valley of the Ten Peaks; camp scene; alpinists; horses grazing by lake; terminus of Asulkan Glacier; unidentified glacier]
509-513 #3 Paradise Valley -- 9/28/06 -- [Views pertain to alpinists; glacier stream; crevasses]
ITEM LIST OF 6.5x8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1388 to 1487) :
1388-1390 Camp at Summit Lake (No.1,2,3) -- 1906
1391-1394 Head of Upper Yoho Panorama (No.4,5,6,7) -- 1906
1395 Upper Yoho Valley with stream in foreground (No.8) -- 1906
1396 Head of Yoho with stream (best) (No.9) -- 1906
1397 Head of Upper Yoho from below camp (No.10) -- 1906
1398 Mt. Niles and Mt. Daly from Upper Yoho (No.11) -- 1906
1399 The Vice-President Upper Yoho (No.12) -- 1906
1400 Head of Upper Yoho from Camp (No.13) -- 1906
1401-1402 Test picture Wapta Glacier (No.14,15) -- 1906
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. . The photographs in the Elliot Barnes fonds were taken between 1900-1910. In interviews with Stoney Elders, this era was found to be outside the scope of their rememberance. No new identifications or confirmations were made.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
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*This image is part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives. The photographs in the Elliot Barnes fonds were taken between 1900-1910. In interviews with Stoney Elders, this era was found to be outside the scope of their rememberance. No new identifications or confirmations were made.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. . The photographs in the Elliot Barnes fonds were taken between 1900-1910. In interviews with Stoney Elders, this era was found to be outside the scope of their rememberance. No new identifications or confirmations were made.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Content Details
*This image is part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives. The photographs in the Elliot Barnes fonds were taken between 1900-1910. In interviews with Stoney Elders, this era was found to be outside the scope of their rememberance. No new identifications or confirmations were made.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
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Update: Recognizing Relations phase 5 consensus determines photograph is of John Abraham.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
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Man in middle has RCMP hat on, could have been a scout for the pass system, keeping an eye on people*
*Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders
PA223- Paul Beaver Sr., woman and 2 children, Kootenay Plains 1904
v683/III/A/15/PA860- Catharine Whyte handwritten caption: Old Paul Beaver and his wife Agnes from Nordegg, Andrew baby, Anna little girl. Not Annie Twoyoungmen.
Recognizing Relations numbesr: RR 314 and RR 564
Further identification made through hand written caption by Catharine Whyte
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
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Looks like a hunting camp* *Information provided by Stoney Elders
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
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Update: new identifications from Recognizing Relations phase 5 "Could be Doris Rollinmud or Mrs. Tom Kaquitts"
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
NA 1263 10, Title: 2 Stoney Women, Kootenay Plains, AB 1904 Remarks:Mrs.Job Beaver and Mrs.Peter Wesley (also wr.on back of print)
Recognizing Relations numbers: RR 319 and RR 599
Many of the photographs in the Tom Wilson collection are also housed at the Glenbow Museum Archives.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
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Determined to be Nancy Wesley by Ta Otha Matriarchs. Everyday wear**Information provided by Stoney Elders