File includes: “1920 U of A Cheerbook” Dorothy Whiteman written in pencil on cover, “Vest Pocket Song Book” Dorothy Whiteman written in pencil on cover, Song Sheet of the Rooters’ Cub at the University of Alberta, The Gateway publication 1920-1921, The Gateway publication January 1921, The Trail publication November 1924, The Trail publication march 1925, The Trail publication June 1935, The New Trail 1953, pamphlet regarding a fire impacting the University of Toronto’s Varsity Fund/Update program, pamphlet regarding Sample Will Clauses for the University of Alberta, gift request for the University of Alberta Alma Mater Fund, University of Toronto 1923 pamphlet advertising lectures on Chemical Plant Equipment. 1988-1994 Alumni Magazines from the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta. Three copies of the 1993 University of Alberta donor thank you list, with a photograph and short paragraph regarding Dorothy’s graduation from the Faculty of Pharmacy in 1922 on page 18. Two copies of “New Trail” Magazine from the University of Alberta Summer 1994 with a photograph and short paragraph regarding Dorothy’s graduation from the Faculty of Pharmacy in 1922 on page 18.
1 file of Banff Town events including programs, community classes, and wildlife notifications. File includes papers regarding National Park lease renewal policy. File includes undated items.
See fonds level description for biographical history.
Scope & Content
1 file of Banff Town events including programs, community classes, and wildlife notifications. File includes papers regarding National Park lease renewal policy. File includes undated items.
III. C. Legal and Financial Papers: Income Tax, Insurance and Banking
Accession Number
7363
Reference Code
M250 / III / 30 to 48
Date Range
1970-1994
Physical Description
38 cm of textual records.
History / Biographical
See fonds level description for biographical history.
Scope & Content
Nineteen files of Jim and Dorothy Boyce's receipts and bills.
Notes
File 32 and 33 contents from folder "1980." File 34 and 35 contents from folder "1981 Jim's records." File 37 to 39 contents from folder "1982." File 41, 42 and 43 contents from folder "1983-84." File 44 and 45 contents from folder "1985." Files 46 and 47 contents from folder "1986."
30 - File includes: Notebook with financial transactions for Canmore Property, 1973. Miscellaneous financial book. Receipts interfiled.
31 - File includes: 1970-1979. Construction receipts and bills, receipt for four enlargements of Mount Simpson from Bruno Engler, plane tickets to Vancouver and receipts from trip. Undated bills and travel tickets at back of file.
32 to 33 - File includes: Receipts, bills and bank statements from 1980. Items have been left in original order.
34 - File includes: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce statements from 1980-1981. Items have been left in original order.
35 to 36 - File includes: Receipts, bills, bank statements, investment information and credit card slips from 1981. Items have been left in original order.
37 to 39 - File includes: Receipts, bills, bank statements, investment information and credit card slips from 1982. Items have been left in original order.
40 - File includes: Receipts and bills from 1983.
41 to 43 - File includes: Receipts, bills, investment information and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce bank statements from 1983-1984. Items have been left in original order.
44 to 45 - File includes: Receipts, bills, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce bank statements from 1985.
46 to 47 - File includes: Receipts, bills, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce bank statements from 1985 and 1986. Items have been left in original order.
48 - File includes: Bills and receipts 1981 to 1994.
15 files of Christmas cards, typically addressed to Dorothy Draper Boyce (nee Whiteman), Nina Whiteman, Tronson Draper, and Jim Boyce. Cards are in miscellaneous order due to undated nature of the majority of the cards.
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Scope & Content
15 files of Christmas cards, typically addressed to Dorothy Draper Boyce (nee Whiteman), Nina Whiteman, Tronson Draper, and Jim Boyce. Cards are in miscellaneous order due to undated nature of the majority of the cards.
6 files of correspondence addressed to Dorothy Draper Boyce (nee Whiteman), Dorothy and Tronson Draper, and Dorothy and Jim Boyce. All correspondence relates to legal matters regarding various personal, family and friend's estates, and legal and governmental correspondence regarding property rental…
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Scope & Content
6 files of correspondence addressed to Dorothy Draper Boyce (nee Whiteman), Dorothy and Tronson Draper, and Dorothy and Jim Boyce. All correspondence relates to legal matters regarding various personal, family and friend's estates, and legal and governmental correspondence regarding property rentals, sales, and renovations. Dated letter drafts written by Dorothy are included in files.
69 - 1929 - 1959. 1929 correspondence interfiled with 1930-31 as per original order. Parks Canada regulations and receipts interfiled as per original order.
70 - 1960 - 1969. Two contracts interfiled as per original order.
71 - 1969 - 1975. Two building permits interfiled as per original order.
72 - 1976 - 1982. Correspondence regarding the estate of Margaret B. Connacher, and the estate of Jim Boyce.
73 - 1983 - 1985. Correspondence regarding the estate of Margaret B. Connacher, proposed leases and sales of Boyce properties.
74 - 1986 - 1997. Correspondence regarding the Blue River property and Dorothy Boyce's will.
15 - Wedding invitations 1898 - 1956. Includes invitation to the wedding of Arthur W. R. Whiteman and Nina Llewellyn Grenny, and to the wedding of Dorothy Frances Llewellyn Whiteman to Tronson Draper.
16 - Wedding invitations 1969 - 1995. File includes wedding anniversary celebration invitations.
17 - Event invitations 1871 - 1981. Events include: Billiards tournament, 1885 Grand Winter Carnival, Commencements, The Medical Student Club of the University of Alberta banquets, events at the Peter Whyte Gallery, events at the Banff Centre, a garden party for Joe Clark, Pioneer Night.
18 - Event invitations 1982 - 1998. Events include: Chateau Lake Louise Centennial Day Program, Edmonton Ladies Pharmaceutical Auxiliary and Edmonton Society of Pharmacists Poinsettia Ball including attached menu, Grand Opening of the Banff Public Library/Seniors Centre, events at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the Banff Centre, Dorothy Boyce's 90th birthday celebration. Assorted undated invitations at back of file.
Fonds consists of material pertaining to the separate careers and families of Jim and Dorothy Boyce, as well as material from their life together. Jim Boyce material consists mainly of business and personal papers and photographs, ca.1910-1982. Business papers arise mainly from the incorporation, …
ca.6.5 m textual records. -- ca.3500 photographs: prints, negatives, copy negatives. -- 4 photograph albums. -- 5 motion pictures: film reels; 8mm, 16mm; col.
History / Biographical
James (Jim) Hawkins Boyce, 1892-1982, was a guide, outfitter, log builder and businessman at Lake Louise and Banff, Alberta, Canada. Dorothy Boyce was a pharmacist and business woman at Calgary, Quebec and Banff, Canada.
Jim Boyce was the son of Joseph Boyce, 1856-1927, and stepson of Wilma "Josephine" Boyce, 1866-1952, of Banff, Alberta. In 1911, Jim joined his father building trails. His guiding and outfitting career began with Jimmy Simpson's outfit as a trail cook. During the 1920s Boyce formed his own outfit with Max Brooks and went on to guide prominent clients Carl Rungius, Caroline Hinman and her parties, George and Adeline Link and William D. Cox of Chicago, USA.
In addition to guiding and outfitting, Jim Boyce worked with motion picture companies on location in the Rockies with his dog teams during the 1920s. A number of well-known log buildings are testament to his log-building skills, including Skoki, Mount Temple Lodge and the Lake Louise Ski Lodge. During the 1930s, Boyce managed and expanded Skoki Lodge. He also supervised road construction on the Banff-Jasper Highway and the Alaska Alcan Military Highway for the U. S. Army during the Second World War and operated the Bar C Ranch (for William D. Cox) for many years. Boyce made his home in Banff.
Dorothy Frances Llewellyn (Whiteman) Boyce, 1901-2001, was the daughter of Rev Arthur Wellesley Richard Whiteman, 1865-1926, and Nina L. Whiteman, 1873-1956. After studying pharmacy at the University of Alberta, Dorothy came to Banff in 1922 to work for Dr. Brett. She subsequently studied at the University of Toronto, Ontario; worked at the Calgary General Hospital, Alberta, from 1926 to 1940; and during the Second World War, worked as a chemist in Quebec, Canada. After the death of her first husband, Tronson James Draper, 1879-1949, an oilman of Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy became a permanent resident of Banff. She owned and operated Travellers Digest in Banff and married Jim Boyce in 1957.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of material pertaining to the separate careers and families of Jim and Dorothy Boyce, as well as material from their life together.
Jim Boyce material consists mainly of business and personal papers and photographs, ca.1910-1982. Business papers arise mainly from the incorporation, operation and expropriation of the Lake Louise Ski Lodge (later Post Hotel) 1941-1969. Other business and personal material pertains to Skoki Lodge, 1933-1942; guiding and outfitting, 1938-1940; Army Service Forces and Alaska Alcan Military Highway, 1943-1944; Bar C Ranch, 1947-1969; laundry and rental businesses, 1962-1965, plans for Boyce house, Banff and family items. Correspondents include William D. Cox and Eldon Woolliams. Jim Boyce photographs pertain to family, friends, associates and activities, Banff and Skoki areas; includes guiding and outfitting, hunting, motion picture and dog team activities, Skoki Lodge and region, Alaska-Yukon activities, Bar C Ranch and personal material.
Papers of Dorothy Boyce, 1901-ca.1950, pertain to her childhood, university career, business life and first marriage; Dorothy Boyce photographs, ca.1920s-1940, pertain to family, friends, professional and recreational activities in Banff, Banff and Yoho National Parks, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto.
Jim and Dorothy Boyce joint material includes photographs, 1900s-1990s, and incoming letters pertaining to home, travel and friends. Album includes mainly published postcards from all over the world. Fonds also includes Boyce family personal and financial papers, 1901-1928; business and estate papers of Joseph Boyce, 1908-1954; Tronson Draper and Draper family personal and professional papers and photographs, 1906-1949; and Whiteman family papers and photographs, ca.1860, 1885-ca.1925. Also included in the Boyce's personal records are film reels ca.1920-1970 which pertain mainly to the Skoki area.
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Language
English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: preliminary electronic finding aid
motion picture summaries
Related Material
Transparencies by Adeline and/or George Link of trips with Jim Boyce, formerly retained by Jim Boyce, can be found in George K. K. Link fonds (M60/V276)
Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage collections, Whyte Museum)
File includes images of Dorothy Whiteman at Skoki, Edmonton and Norquay, images of the house on St. Julien.
File includes copy negatives including portrait of an older Jim Boyce, Skoki Lodge [previous number V79 / PA 345 - 4], DePencier [Waco aircraft at Ptarmigan Lake] [previous number PA 345 - 8], Cyril [Paris], Ed Hansen, Jim Boyce [previous number NA 66-1114 PA 345-1], Jim Boyce and Ptarmigan [previous number NA 66 - 1113], Group at Skoki- right Jim Boyce, 3rd right Ed Hansen [previous number NA 66 - 1115], Packtrain at new Skoki Lodge [previous number NA 66 - 1118], Skoki Lodge [previous number NA 66 - 1116], Skoki Lodge under construction [previous number NA 66 - 1117], Carl Rungius, Jo Boyce, James Boyce "The Trail of 98" by J. Luttell, male and female actor [See V79 / II / PA - 10].
File includes 65 strips of negatives, col. Envelopes are marked with contents and redirection to prints, contents include images of Canmore, landscapes, Blue River, See V 79 / III / PA - 13. Sunshine 1980 See V79 / III / PA -10. Assiniboine Pictures See V79 / III / PA - 9. Blue River see V 79 / III / PA – 9. Jim Boyce see V79 / III / PA - 4. Jim and Dorothy Boyce, landscapes, with friends. House on St. Julien. Banff Senior’s Centre. See V79 / III / PA 1 to 3. The surfaces of several strips are scratched.
18 - File includes: “The Royal Sunaltan” community publication, issues 1928-1932. Jan. 29, 1930 cover indicates there is a "Meeting o the Dramatic Section At Miss Whiteman's 447 Scarboro Ave." Miss Whiteman is listed as being a member of the executive. Several issues have duplicates. Three newspaper clippings: 2 regarding dramatic festival entries. 1 regarding The Royal Sunaltan Community Club play "Aren't We All___? Sure Mike!" The review describes: "Miss D. Whiteman, as the sophisticated Kitty Lake, out for fresh conquests and making good, played the mature coquette to life. Here was evidence of intense study and thought, combined with a natural mimicry that impressed the audience every minute she was on the stage. "ACA News: The Provincial Newsletter for Seniors", September 1987. Pharmaceutical newsletters including printouts on Principles of Good Pharmacy Practice.
19 - File includes pharmaceutical newsletters, including Communications: The Official Publication of the Alberta Pharmaceutical Association and "The Graduate: Pharmacy Alumni Association University of Alberta" and annual reports for the Alberta Pharmaceutical Association for `1928-29 and 1993-94.
10 - German schoolbook, Playtime book, black ledger with dates.
11 - Vilma [ ]Gotoborg's German autograph book 1898-1900 with fabric cover, "98."
12 - Margaret Draper's address book.
13 - Nina [Whiteman]'s autograph book.
14 - Birthday Motto book with birthdays entered, 1935 diary. File includes: Tronson Draper calling card with note to Dorothy and telegram from Tronson to Dorothy "Arriving Toronto Thursday morning eight fourty [sic] and taking first train from there to Petrolia stop. My mother died yesterday. T. Draper" items were originally contained in Birthday motto book.
15 - Dorothy's 90th birthday party guestbook, 1991.
File includes: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Song Sheet, Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Bulletin No. 36 1934, Bulletin No. 41 1936, Bulletin No. 42 1936, Bulletin No. 45 1937, Bulletin No. 47 1947, No. 100 January 1958. The Cairn for Summer 1977, Winter 1977-78 and Spring 1978, Fall 1983, Winter 1986, Winter 1991.