Fonds consists primarily of 155 topical files prepared by Alice Fulmer as a personal project between 1964 and 1969 and composed of historical notes, transcripts, clippings, ephemera and photographs. Topics center around Banff history and personalities; Canadian Rockies history, flora and fauna; sk…
ca.95 cm of textual records. -- 40 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Alice G. Fulmer, 1896-1989, was a resident and amateur local historian at Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists primarily of 155 topical files prepared by Alice Fulmer as a personal project between 1964 and 1969 and composed of historical notes, transcripts, clippings, ephemera and photographs. Topics center around Banff history and personalities; Canadian Rockies history, flora and fauna; skiing, Indians and miscellaneous Alberta and British Columbia subjects. ; Also includes the marriage record of Fulmer's great-grandparents, 1833; reminiscences about Emmeline Savatard, 1980; and a scrapbook on Banff history and personalities containing mainly Walter P. Fulmer's papers.
Photographs include personal and family photographs; also photographs collected by Alice Fulmer. Photographs pertain to Alice Fulmer, alpine trips, Fulmer family, early Banff activities and buildings, 1886-1967; includes some copies.
Fonds consists of seven series: I. Personal and professional series, 1937-1993 (diaries, correspondence, filing systems and papers pertaining to awards, memberships, biography and other); II. Business series, 1948-1982 (pertaining to guiding, outfitting, trail riding, ranching, Andy Russell and S…
6 m of textual records and printed material. -- ca.6100 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (49 prints). -- 29 motion pictures. -- 5 sound recordings
History / Biographical
Andy Russell, 1915-2005, was a trapper, guide and outfitter, writer, photographer, cinematographer, lecturer and environmental advocate in the Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada.
Russell was born in Lethbridge, Alberta and spent his childhood on a ranch in the foothills near Pincher Creek. He became a skilled horseman, hunter, fisherman and trapper, and, in 1936, was employed by Bert Riggall, a pioneer guide and outfitter of wilderness pack trips in the southern Rockies since 1907. He became Riggall's partner in 1939 and took over the business when Riggall retired in 1946. Andy Russell and Kathleen (Kay) Riggall married in 1938 and raised five children at their ranch bordering Waterton Lakes National Park, where family businesses included guiding, saddlehorses and ranching. Children are: Richard "Dick" H. (b.1938); Andrew Charles "Charlie" (b.1941); Harold John "John" (b.1944); Hugh Gordon Riggall "Gordon" (b.1947); Lorenda Anne "Anne" (b.1952).
Russell continued as a renowned guide and outfitter with a wealthy repeat clientele until he was forced out of guiding by 1960 with the advance of the oil industry concerns upon wilderness areas in southern Alberta and British Columbia. Russell began to write nature articles in 1945 and after 1960 concentrated upon writing, photography, film making, lecturing and ranching. He wrote for numerous magazines and newspapers, produced radio broadcasts, and, using colour motion picture photography, developed programs on wildlife and wilderness habitat research for live public performances. Russell's films launched his career as an author of popular wildlife and mountain culture books, which included Grizzly Country. In later years, he was an active writer, consultant and advocate of wilderness and environmental management and received numerous awards and honours, including Member of the Order of Canada.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of seven series: I. Personal and professional series, 1937-1993 (diaries, correspondence, filing systems and papers pertaining to awards, memberships, biography and other); II. Business series, 1948-1982 (pertaining to guiding, outfitting, trail riding, ranching, Andy Russell and Sons, royalties and lecturing); III. Writing, broadcasting and public appearances series, 1908-1990 (papers and photographs pertaining to writing, book projects, columns, broadcasts, reviews, advertising, promotion and other); IV. Photography and cinematography series, 1909-1990 (details below); V. Wildlife study and conservation activities series, 1945-[198-]; VI. Other activities series, 1931-[199-] (politics, interviews, information files); VII. Russell family series, [1867]-1983.
Photography and cinematography series consists of: Riggall/Russell guiding activity photographs, 1909-1962, ca.280 items; Andy Russell and Sons Production Ltd / Andy Russell professional photographs and films, ca.1940- ca.1990, ca.4200 photographs (mainly transparencies), 28 motion pictures, accompanied by some textual and printed items; personal and family photographs, 1916-1989, ca.1550 items; collected photographs, ca.1940-197-, ca.75 items. Professional photography and cinematography primarily arose from field work by Andy, Dick and Charlie Russell and pertains mainly to flora, fauna and landscape of the Canadian Rockies in continental divide region, British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska.
Motion pictures, ca.1950-1974, include original film "Grizzly Country" by Dick, Charlie and Andy Russell, produced by Evan J. Anton, ca.1969, copy print of same; also unedited wildlife and landscape footage of Waterton area, Yukon and British Columbia.
Sound recordings are interviews with Andy Russell, [ca.1970]-1988.
Fonds consists of personal and professional papers and photographs of Goodsell while serving with the R.N.W.M.P. and as a Banff National Park warden, ca.1915-1947. Also includes marriage certificate of Goodsell's parents, 1872. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activit…
2 cm of textual records. -- 146 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Arthur A. Goodsell, 1892-1966, served with the Royal North West Mounted Police, ca.1915; with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1918-1919; as a national park warden, ca.1922; with the Saskatchewan Provincial Police, 1923-1924; and with the Illinois Central Railway, 1925-.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of personal and professional papers and photographs of Goodsell while serving with the R.N.W.M.P. and as a Banff National Park warden, ca.1915-1947. Also includes marriage certificate of Goodsell's parents, 1872.
Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area.
Fonds consists of notes, correspondence and articles pertaining to the Astley family and early history of Lake Louise and Lake Minnewanka areas. Fonds includes correspondence between Willoughby Astley and J. A. Jaffary of the Provincial Library, Alberta, 1928-1929, re place names in the Lake Louise…
Willoughby John Astley, 1859-1948, came to Banff in 1888 and built the Beach House Hotel at Lake Minnewanka. He moved to Lake Louise in 1889. Brother, Charles D'Oyley Astley, 1849-1937, and Lucy Ann Astley continued to operate the hotel until 1907 when they retired to Banff. The hotel was destroyed as part of power development at Lake Minnewanka, ca.1912.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of notes, correspondence and articles pertaining to the Astley family and early history of Lake Louise and Lake Minnewanka areas. Fonds includes correspondence between Willoughby Astley and J. A. Jaffary of the Provincial Library, Alberta, 1928-1929, re place names in the Lake Louise area; scrapbook of clippings re World War I, including a list of Banff men who enlisted; Beach House Hotel guest register, 1890-1906, recording name and residence of guest, and occasionally record of fish caught; Astley family photographs, ca.1886-1930s. Photographs pertain to fishing and boating on Lake Minnewanka; Beach House Hotel and Lady of the Lake steam launch; Devil's Canyon, Bankhead and Banff; views of avalanche clearing in Roger's Pass by Byron Harmon. Includes one panorama view of group at Lake Minnewanka.
Fonds pertains to Austin Standish's life growing up in Banff, skiing, travel, winter sports, activities, and career as a ski guide; family photographs of Austin and Laurie Standish and children; early photographs of Banff and Calgary, Alberta; Sias and George Standish and activities; Standish and S…
The Austin Standish family operated hardware and service station businesses in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Family members were Austin Standish, 1913-1965, Laurie Standish, 1920-1985, and children Gail (Darby), Gordon, Russ and Brian.
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to Austin Standish's life growing up in Banff, skiing, travel, winter sports, activities, and career as a ski guide; family photographs of Austin and Laurie Standish and children; early photographs of Banff and Calgary, Alberta; Sias and George Standish and activities; Standish and Son and later Standish businesses.
Fonds includes seven series: I. Personal and professional, 1884-1959; II. Business and financial, ca.1910-1959; III. Professional photography, 1900-1955; IV. Writing, 1906-1957; V. Natural history, 1904-1954; VI. Other interests, 1913-1956; VII. Riggall family, ca.1865-1959. Personal and pro…
ca.13,100 photographs: ca.7080 prints, ca.5310 negatives, ca.700 transparencies. -- 9 photograph albums. -- ca.2 m textual records, print material and graphic records. -- 33 cartographic records
History / Biographical
Frederick Herbert (Bert) Riggall, 1884-1959, was a mountain guide, outfitter, hunter, trapper, rancher, naturalist, photographer, writer and gunsmith/loader in southern Alberta. Born in 1884 at Gayton-le-Wold Grange, Lincolnshire, his family moved to Grimsby where his father was an auctioneer and, in 1905, served as Mayor. In England, Riggall was an athlete, avid sportsman and naturalist. He was exposed to alpine country on school holidays in Switzerland and, determined to visit Canada, left for North America in 1904.
Upon arriving in western Canada, Riggall worked for a year at Craighurst Farm near Calgary. There he met Dorothea (Dora) Williams, 1877-1951, an Irish Quaker ranch cook who had emigrated with her sister Anna in 1902. In 1905, Bert worked on the Correction Land Survey in southwestern Alberta and explored Waterton Lakes. Bert and Dora married in 1906 and until 1946 they homesteaded and ranched adjacent to Waterton Lakes National Park.
Initially, Bert and partner Jack Hazzard built boats and guided fishing parties on Waterton Lakes. In 1909, with partner Cyril Watmough, the Riggalls began guiding and outfitting summer and fall hunting and fishing trips for numerous repeat clients, especially, after 1913, four Minneapolis, Minnesota families: Bovey, Crosby, Bennett and McKnight. Hunts involved Big Horn Sheep, goats, black and grizzly bears. Bert served as chief guide and Dora as camp cook. Prior to 1911, the Riggalls worked at Gloyne's oil camp and Oil City to supplement their income. In 1911, Bert and partner Cyril Watmough made a 1000 mile (1600 km) exploratory trip from Fort Steele, B.C. to the Yellowhead Pass and beyond. Following that trip, Riggall concentrated guiding activities on the continental divide as far north as the Highwood region, but primarily in the upper Oldman River Valley and Gap in the Livingstone Range. Their outfit grew to include numerous saddle and pack horses.
Of five children, only two daughters survived infancy. Kay Riggall (Russell), 1909-1984, and Doris (Babe) Riggall (Burton), 1910-1999, were both able riders, markswomen and packtrain workers. They accompanied their parents on summer back country trips starting in 1918. Bert Riggall was renowned for his knowledge of botany, geology, zoology, wilderness life and lore as well as literature and current affairs. He was especially endeared to his clients for his skill as a raconteur and campfire storyteller. He wrote articles for magazines such as: Arms and the Man, American Rifleman, Field and Stream and the Boone and Crockett Club's book: North American Big Game. Riggall was an accomplished semi-professional photographer who specialized in wildlife studies, panoramic landscapes, Dufaycolor and later Kodachrome transparencies. His photographs appear in Department of Interior Reports and other publications.
Bert's heart problems forced the Riggalls to move to Pincher Creek in 1947. Daughter Kay and son-in-law Andy Russell continued the packtrain and guiding business until 1960. After Dora's death, Bert experienced medical problems and lived with or close to Doris.
Scope & Content
Fonds includes seven series: I. Personal and professional, 1884-1959; II. Business and financial, ca.1910-1959; III. Professional photography, 1900-1955; IV. Writing, 1906-1957; V. Natural history, 1904-1954; VI. Other interests, 1913-1956; VII. Riggall family, ca.1865-1959.
Personal and professional series consists of diaries and notes, correspondence and personal papers.
Business and financial series consists of guiding and ranching records, gunsmithing, shooting and loading records; and legal and financial records.
Professional photography series consists of standard photographs, panoramas, transparencies and textual records
Writing series contains manuscripts, published magazines, book outlines, newspaper articles and letters to the editor
Natural history series contains bird and plant records, and other natural history papers
Other interests series consist of clippings, annotated books and collected material
Riggall family series contains Bert and Dora Riggall family papers and photographs, Williams family photographs, Frederick W. and Fanny Riggall papers and photographs, and Allan Riggall papers and photographs. Negatives and transparencies pertain to Andy Russell as a young man with Bert Riggall.
Notes
Some transparencies in V110 Dick Russell are marked Andy Russell, some marked 64 dup; V110 - original transparencies have full set of duplicates (2 sets were made, 1 for Dick Russell and the other is part of this accession)
File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.
19 prints : b&w and col. ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File pertains to photographs of Bill Olson at work and with his family. Also includes family pictures of various generations of the Olson family, army portraits, coworkers, a Cave & Basin postcard, and an interior shot of the Dave White Shop.
Notes
Some of the people identified in the photos are Bill Kay, Jack Powell, Jack Doe, Fred Day, Charlie Fullhroch, Mac Lennat, Earl Squires, Bob Graham, Larry Foster, Willard Bell, Bush Ashley, Shorty Blasker, Casey Jones, Dan Zakaryk, Pete Finlay, Jon Douglas, Irene Straus, Marie Leong, and more.
Fonds contains six series: I. Robert G. Brett series, 1873-1926, 36 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Personal papers, 1873-1926 (1. Correspondence, 2. Financial papers, 3. Other papers); B. Business papers, 1897-1925, (1. Banff businesses, 2. Businesses outside Banff); C. Professional pap…
73 cm of textual records. -- 11 photograph albums (ca.850 prints). -- ca.350 photographs (ca.320 prints, 28 negatives)
History / Biographical
Robert George Brett, 1851-1929, was a prominent physician, hotel-hospital owner, businessman and politician Banff, Alberta from 1883 until 1929. Brett was born in Strathroy, Ontario, son of James Brett and Catherine Mallon. He was educated as a physician at the University of Toronto (M.D., 1874), and practiced medicine at Arkona, Ontario. He moved to Winnipeg in 1880, where he helped found the Manitoba Medical College.
R. G. Brett moved to Banff in 1886, founding the Banff Sanitarium. In 1909 he established the Brett Hospital. Brett also had numerous other businesses and real estate in Banff (including the National Park Drug Store, the Sanitarium Bottling Co., the Bretton Hall Hotel, Lithia Bottling Co.) and elsewhere.
In 1878, Brett married Louise Theodora Hungerford, 1855-1935, of Waterford, Ontario. Of their five children, only two survived infancy, Reginald H. "Harry", 1879-1925, and Robert Earle, 1887-1912. Earle Brett was survived by Maidie (Stacpole) Brett, whom he married in 1910, and by an infant daughter. Dr. Harry Brett was married to Helen Brett, 1877-1964, who outlived the rest of her family by many years. Associated closely with the Brett family was Dr. Brett's nurse, Annie McLauchlin.
From 1881 to 1901, R. G. Brett was Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the North-West Territories, and from 1889 to 1891 he was president of the executive council. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta from 1915 to 1925. He died in Calgary.
Scope & Content
Fonds contains six series:
I. Robert G. Brett series, 1873-1926, 36 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Personal papers, 1873-1926 (1. Correspondence, 2. Financial papers, 3. Other papers); B. Business papers, 1897-1925, (1. Banff businesses, 2. Businesses outside Banff); C. Professional papers, 1889-1925 (1. Political correspondence, 2. Official correspondence, 3. Other material);
II. Louise H. Brett series, [between1855 and 1935], 10 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Writing, betw.1885 and 1935; B. Scrapbooks, ca.1900, ca.1910; C. Diaries and letters, 1912-1925; D. Other, ca.1870-1924.
III. Reginald H. "Harry" Brett series, ca.1910-1921, 10.5 cm of textual records, print material and photographs. Consists of: A. Personal papers, ca.1910 (1.Scrapbooks, 2. Ephemera); B. Business papers, 1912-1921.
IV. Helen Brett series, 1925-1965, 4.5 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Correspondence, 1927-1950; B. R. G. Brett estate papers, 1925-1949; C. Financial and business records, 1936-1962; D. Other, 1935-1965.
V. Brett family series, [ca.1860-ca.1935], consisting of : A. Photographs albums, ca.1860-ca.1910; B. Photographs, ca.1875-ca.1935.
VI. Other material series, [before 1928], 2 cm of textual records, consisting of: A. Annie McLauchlin papers, 1914-1928; B. Other, before 1925.
File pertains to photographs of Banff people and places; Brett family, friends and associates. Some duplication with albums
Notes
LIST OF IMAGES :
1 [Graduation portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett, 1872]
2 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett, ca.1878]
3 [Wedding portrait of Dr. R. G. Brett and Louise Hungerford Brett, 1878]
4 [Wedding portrait of Louise Hungerford Brett, 1878]
5 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett]
6 Louise Brett, July 10th, 1886
7 [Portrait of Raymond Montague Rooper? and Dr. Robert G. Brett, ca.1890]
8 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett]
9 R. G. Brett, Xmas 1910
10 [Dr. Robert G. Brett]
11 [Portrait of Louise H. Brett, Sept. 1900]
12 For Harry with love from Mother Banff, Sept. 1900 [Portrait of Louise H. Brett]
13 [Louise H. Brett, ca.1900]
14 [Dr. Robert G. Brett in buggy with horse Billie]
15 [Earle Brett, unidentified nurse, Dr. Robert G. Brett, unidentified boy, unidentified nurse and Raymond Rooper in front of Brett house, ca.1895]
16 [Louise H. Brett with dogs]
17 Father's winter rig. One that took with Effie & the boy [Dr. Brett's cutter]
18 [Dr. Robert G. Brett in launch at New York?]
19 [Dr. Robert G. Brett in launch at New York?]
20 [Dr. G. J. Johnson, Dr. John E. Clough with Mrs. Clough, Miss Johnson, Dr. Brett and nurse]
21 [Group of people on lawn. Back row: Louise Brett, second from left, Harry Brett, 3rd from left, Dr. Robert G. Brett, far right. Front row: Earle Brett, 2nd from right]
22 [Lieutenant-Governor Brett in car on new Banff bridge, ca.1923]
23 [RCMP group at celebration of 50th anniversary of signing of Treaty Seven?, 1927?]
24-28 [RCMP at Blackfoot Crossing for celebration of 50th anniversary of signing of Treaty Seven?, 1927?]
29 [RCMP at Edmonton, ca.1925]
30 [Lieutenant-Governor Robert G. Brett cutting ribbon at opening of Banff-Windermere Highway, June 23, 1923]
31 [Lieutenant-Governor Robert G. Brett and group in front of car, August 30, 1925]
32-38 [Lieutenant-Governor Robert G. Brett, ca.1925]
39 [Louise Brett and unidentified women, ca.1930]
40 [Portrait of Earle Brett, 1887]
41 [Portrait of Earle Brett, 1889] 18 months old
42-43 Vienna, Earle Six years old [portraits, 1894]
44 Earle Brett, aged 13 years, Banff, Sept.1900
45-46 [Portrait of Earle Brett, ca.1905]
47 [Earle Brett, far right, with group, ca.1910]
48 [Group includes Harry Brett, Helen Brett, Maidie & Earle Brett in Upper Hot Springs pool, ca.1910]
49 [Earle and Maidie Brett with others in Upper Hot Springs pool, ca.1910]
50 [Earle and Maidie Brett, ca.1910]
51 [Catherine Brett in front of Brett House, ca.1914]
52 [Catherine Brett and Mrs. Earle Brett near Brett Drugstore, ca.1915]
53-54 [Catherine Brett, ca.1916]
55 [Portrait of Harry Brett, ca.1889]
56 [Harry Brett, ca.1895]
57 [Harry Brett working in his studio] Feb. 1899
58 [Harry Brett, right front seat, on sightseeing bus, 1899]
59 [Dr. Harry Brett's graduation portrait, 1902]
60 [Group portrait of medical students includes Harry Brett, left, Stuart McKidd, centre, and Algernon Lindsay, second from right, ca.1900]
61 [Group portrait of medical students includes Harry Brett, left front), Stuart McKidd, left back, and Algernon Lindsay, right front), ca.1900]
62 [Group of medical students including Harry Brett, centre rear), ca.1900]
63-65 [Humorous postcards of Harry Brett]
66 [Group of women with Harry Brett, back row, and Algernon Lindsay, seated]
67 [Group out on trail includes Howard Sibbald, Mrs. Jimmy Simpson, Kina Sibbald, Mary Sibbald, Harry Brett, Del Sibbald]
68 [Harry and Helen Brett]
69 [Harry Brett sitting on rustic bench with women]
70 [Harry Brett on horse Billie]
71 [Harry Brett]
72 [Dr. Harry Brett beside the Brett Hospital]
73 [Harry Brett, ca.1912]
74 [Harry Brett and Mrs. Louise Brett? picking fruit off tree]
75 After the battle, Banff Bonspiel, prize winners 1913 [left to right: Dr. Lyman, George Hunter, Harry Brett (skip), Scot Ashley]
76 [Curling at Banff - left to right: John Wilson, Bill Ritchie, Arthur Saddington, Harry Brett, ca.1912]
77-78 [Curlers posed in front of Brett Hospital]
79 [Helen Brett, Catherine Brett, Maidie Brett, Harry Brett, on lawn near tennis court, ca.1913]
80 [Harry & Helen Brett and unidentified nurse on steps of Brett Hospital, ca.1910]
81 [Nurse Helen Brett and another nurse]
82 [Nurses attending patient at Sanitarium operating room, Helen Brett, centre]
83 [Portrait of Helen Brett]
84 [Helen Brett on Tunnel Mountain]
85 [Portrait of Raymond Montague Rooper?]
86 [Portrait of Mrs. Donna Rooper, sister of Louise Brett), ca.1891]
87 [Portrait of Mrs. Donna Rooper & baby] Trevor G.H. Rooper, 18 months old
88-89 Trevor Hungerford Rooper, four months old
90 [Portrait of Trevor Rooper & Lionel Rooper]
91 [Portrait of Mrs. Neville (Katie) Lindsay, Louise Brett's sister)]
92 [Portrait of Mrs. Katie Lindsay] Jan. 1900
93 [Neville Lindsay's children]
94 [Algernon Lindsay?]
95 Hazel Lindsay 1914
96 Hazel Lindsay 1915
97 Lionel Lindsay, Bournemouth
98 [Mrs. Emmo McDermid]
99 [Mr. & Mrs. Andrew McDermid & son William] 1900
100 [Alida McDermid, 1895]
101 [William McDermid] 1895
102 [Brenda Louise Hungerford]
103-104 [Portraits of unidentified Brett relatives]
105 [Portrait of unidentified female relative?]
106 [Unidentified man in uniform]
107 [Catherine Brett with half brothers Robert & John Robarts, ca.1920]
108 [Herbert Robarts with stepdaughter Catherine Brett and sons Robert & John, ca.1924]
109 [Portrait of priest? in robe] 1904
110 [Portrait of J. F. Betts]
111 [Portrait of Louis Castellain, 1896]
112 [Portrait of Alexander Hugh Ferguson]
113 [Portrait of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Borden?]
114-115 [Portraits of unidentified men]
116 [Portrait of unidentified man] 1900
117-120 [Portraits of unidentified men]
121 [Man in uniform]
122-131 [Portraits of unidentified people]
132 J.H. McIllree [Assistant Commissioner, NWMP]
133 Lily McIllree
134-136 [Portraits of soldiers]
137 Geo. H. Hogbin
138 George Paris [ca.1902]
139 Dr. O.A. Lyman
140 Ralph Douglas
141 [Buffalo Child Long Lance?]
142 [Man sitting on wharf]
143 [Portrait of man with bulldog]
144 [Portrait of Banff Curling Club members, 1908-1909]
145 Ottawa, May 11th, 1896 [Group portrait]
146 Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Austin, Feby. 1896
147 [Wedding portrait, couple unidentified]
148 Mary Inglis, 1922
149-150 [Unidentified portraits]
151 [Portrait of Edna Kells]
152-154 [Unidentified portraits]
155 Elma Taylor, Jan. 1st, 1897
156 Marion Castellain, 1898
157-163 [Unidentified portraits]
164 Margaret G. Allan
165 Yokohama [woman wearing Japanese costume]
166-167 [Nurse]
168 [Graduation portrait of Norlaine]
169 [Portrait of Norah]
170 No.2 Mary Clarissa
171 No.3 Helen Alphonsus
172 No.4 Gertrude Philomena
173 No.5 Catharine Harriet
174 [Portrait of Catherine Brett?]
175 [Portrait of Julian Eltinger?]
176 [Unidentified children]
177 Charles David Crawley Age 4 months, 1916
178-182 [Portraits of unidentified boys]
183-186 [Portraits of unidentified girl]
187 Isobel Valerie Jones Oct. 1910
188 [Portrait of girl]
189 [Portrait of unidentified children]
190 Robin & Evelyn Inglis
191 [Portrait of unidentified children]
192 Geo Paris on the beach Victoria, 1919
193 Mrs. Geo [Ida] Paris at Victoria, 1919
194 [Left to right-Ted Paris, Herb Paris, George Paris, Mrs. George (Ida) Paris, Cyril Paris, Georgie Paris, ca.1912]
195 Mrs. George Paris, Dr. Johnstone, Lena Boyd
196 How is this for a Banff Sport? Some sport eh? [Unidentified man]
197 [Man playing hockey on Mather's skating rink]
198 [Sanitarium Hotel workers playing with a monkey]
199 I thought you would like one of "Pete" M.B. [couple sitting on lawn with monkey]
200 [Man with wolfhounds]
201 [Mrs. Longworthy]
202 [Group of women sitting on lawn]
203-206 [Unidentified women]
207 Lena Lyman 1915
208 [Woman and child sitting on steps]
209 [Children sitting on steps]
210 [Unidentified child]
211 [Group of people at costume party]
212 [Group of people in costumes out in front of Bretton Hall]
213 [Group by car in front of lake, ca.1920]
214 [Winter camp near Banff]
215 [Winter scene]
216-217 [Unidentified woman]
218 [Group of coal miners]
219 [Group includes, back row)-Jimmy Larkin, Walter Peyto, Ben Woodworth, Harry Robinson, Ned Tabuteau;, front row)-Harry Davis, Jack MacCormick, Joe Dawmey]
220 [Bob Lothian driving the Sanitarium Hotel bus]
221 Sanitarium Hotel, Banff [ca.1910 photograph by S.J. Thompson]
222 [Demolition of Bretton Hall Hotel, ca.1933]
223 National Park Drug Store [2nd Brett Drug Store]
224 [The Brett Hospital]
225 [The Brett Block, ca.1912]
226 [Mr. & Mrs. Bevan Ashton and Phillip, Brett residence in background]
227 [Dr. Robert G. Brett's house]
228 March 1900 [Dr. Robert G. Brett's house in winter]
229 Not so very good of the house but the best I could get hold of M.B. [Dr. Robert G. Brett's house showing addition]
230 [Interior view of Senator Forget's house, formerly Dr. Brett's house]
231 [Beach House, Lake Minnewanka, ca.1890, photograph by A. B. Thom]
232 [Original NWMP barracks on Banff Avenue]
233 The Royal Party at Banff [Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York in carriage, escorted by NWMP, 1901, photograph by S. J. Thompson]
234 [Canon H. Tully Montgomery, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1939]
235 [View from Sanitarium Hotel window of Banff townsite, 1886]
236 [Banff townsite from Brett Sanitarium, ca.1908]
237 [Group of men including NWMP officer on bridge across Bow River, ca.1890, photograph by John Woodruff]
238 [Bridge across Spray River]
239 [Swimmers in the Cave & Basin pool, ca.1890 photograph by John Woodruff]
240-241 [Unidentified man jumping horse behind Banff Ave., ca.1905]
242 This is a snapshot I took of the Regatta on Vermilion Lakes. Sept. 11th, 1908 / Neville Lindsay
243 [Canoes at boathouse with Mount Rundle in background]
244 [People on launch "The Lady of the Lake,"]
245 [Mathers cabin on Bow River, ca.1890]
246 Bow Valley from Grand View Villa
247 A view taken from Sulphur Mountain showing the Bow Valley and River, Tunnel Mountain on the left and Lake Minnewanka in the distance, Sept. 10th, 1908 / Neville Lindsay
248 [Bow River and view of the Goat Range]
249 [Bow Valley]
250 [Group of people by Bow River below Bow Falls]
251 [Vermilion Lakes in winter]
252 Desolation [Sundance?] Canyon
253 [Group of people at Sundance? Canyon]
254 [Woman on bridge at Sundance? Canyon]
255 [Unidentified mining operation?]
256 [Fountain at The Sanitarium?]
257 Driving the Golden Spike, by Hon. D.A. Smith, on C.P.R., Nov. 7, 1885, 9:30 a.m.[Donald Smith driving in the Last Spike at Craigellachie, BC] / [Ross, Best & Co.]
258 [Mount Stephen House, Field, B.C. / A.W. Palmer]
283 [Unidentified building] Ekaterinodar, South Russia. 9/12/19
284 "Valley Home" built by Joseph Saunders in 1804
285 [House in Pasadena, California]
286 [Dr. A. McDermid's house, Winnipeg, Manitoba, ca.1885 / T. R. Colpitts]
287 Bird's eye view of Banff, from Tunnel Mountain / Boorne & May [ca.1887]
288 "Killing" Western Canada Ranching Series 1912 by A. E. Brown
289 A deep ford Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
290 Out for a "Pull" Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
291 Day Herd Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
292 First to camp Western Canada Ranching Series 1912 by A.E. Brown
293 Round-up Camp on Milk River Western Canada Ranching Series, 1912 / A. E. Brown
294 Brett Hospital, Banff / D. White, Banff, Alta.
295 [Portrait of Dr. Robert G. Brett, Lt.-Governor of Alberta, ca.1920 / by A. L. Hess]
296 [Earle Brett riding a horse]
297 [Portrait of Mrs. Louise Brett, ca.1920 / A. L. Hess]
298 [Dr. R.G. Brett's Banff residence, Harry and Earle Brett on horseback, ca.1895]
299 Dr. R.G. Brett's Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff, Alberta / S. J. Thompson]
300 St. John's College Dramatic Society in "Heroes" 1908. -- [includes Earle Brett]
301 [Duke and Duchess of Connaught welcomed by Dr. R.G. Brett, Banff, Chinese boy at left is Goon Sir Wing, 1912]
302-303 [Masquerade party in the Brewster Hall. ca.1907]
304 [Sanitarium tally-ho carrying a group of people with sign "I'm a going to live anyhow until I die" ca.1905]
305 [Portrait of a woman in English riding clothes]
306 [Portrait of a woman leafing through a magazine]
307 [Portrait of a baby, ca.1921]
308 [Portrait of a woman]
309 [Portrait of General Harold MacDonald]
310 [Portrait of a priest?; underneath is photograph of young woman, 1912]
311 [A private residence in Ontario?, ca.1900]
312 [Curling team with Wiser's Red Letter Trophy - back left to right: Jim & Jock McCowan, Bull Ritchie, Jack ?, D.C. Bain - front left to right: Harry Brett, Arthur Saddington, ca.1915]
313 Kiwanis Club of Calgary, 1920
314 Cricket Club, Banff. August 1897 / R. H. Trueman [Earle Brett, front right, George Paris, back left, Harry Brett, back centre]
315 Dr. Brett's private residence and Sanitarium Hotel / R. H. Truman [with Earle Brett, Louise Brett? and Harry Brett, ca.1900]
316 [Portrait of Dr. Harry Brett]
317 [Mary Sibbald, Harry Brett, Hugh Sibbald and unidentified, ca.1905- 1910]
318 Canadian Industrial Congress, Edmonton, June 4 & 5, 1920
319 [Portrait of Harry Brett]
320 [Portrait of Lady Byng]
321 [Portrait of Julian Hedworth George Byng, Governor-General of Canada, 1921-1926]
Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provin…
ca.31,580 photographs: negatives, prints, and transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (ca.150 prints). -- 50 motion pictures: 1 original, 8 copies on 3 video cassettes, 41 film reels: 16mm, 35mm. -- 18 sound recordings: audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 5 electronic records: computer diskettes. -- 3 maps. -- 15 cm textual records.
History / Biographical
Bruno Engler, 1915-2001, was a mountain guide, ski instructor, photographer and film maker at Banff and Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Engler arrived from Switzerland in 1939 and initially worked as a mountain guide and ski instructor for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sunshine ski area and for Deer Lodge at Lake Louise, Alberta. During the Second World War, he served as a mountain warfare instructor for the Canadian Army. Following the war, Engler worked as a free-lance photographer for the National Film Board and others; as coach of the University of Alberta Ski Team; and as a technical advisor, cameraman and actor for numerous movies made in the Banff area. Throughout his career, Engler worked as a still and motion picture photographer, both for the movie industry and for governments at all levels, as well as operating his own business, Alpine Films of Banff, Alberta.
Scope & Content
Fonds is primarily a broad-ranging commercial negative collection pertaining to Banff and area, including businesses, buildings, projects, events, people and scenic views; skiing, mountain travel and recreation; Sunshine Village Ski Area; warden activities in the mountain parks; national and provincial parks; scenic views of western Canada, particularly mountain landscapes; some portraits and candid shots of local and international personalities. Photographs pertaining to film making include helicopter rescue; highway construction; Norquay, Sunshine, and Lake Louise ski areas' histories; Banff events and buildings; Canmore events and buildings; professional and amateur ski races; scenic mountain and wildlife; mountaineering and highway accidents; mountain guiding trips including Pierre Trudeau, Roland Michener and Peter Lougheed. Fonds consists of four series: Photography, Motion Pictures, Sound Recordings, and Textual records. Photography series consists of four sub-series established by the photographer: I. Old file, 1949-1970; II. Main file, alphabetical A - Z, 1950-1976; III Sunshine file, [1939], 1950-1975; IV. Warden file, 1954-1976.
Motion pictures on video cassettes are footage of skiing at Sunshine, 1930s; Clifford White films, 1930s, from WMCR Archives collection (V682); "Snow Capers" by Thomas Mead, 1946, includes Engler; "Ski Pro's Holiday" by George Encil, 1950?; "Mount Bulyea" by George Encil, 1950?, includes Engler; "Diary of a Mountain Man," a CBC documentary feature on Bruno Engler broadcast on "20/20" in 1965 (ca.27 minutes); "Great Days in the Rockies" by National Film Board of Canada, 1983; "Mountain Man" by Banff Centre, 1985, re Engler. Original film is "Sunshine 1940" and includes Brewster Transport ski buses travelling from train station to Sunshine Lodge, skiers, guide, lessons, games, rope tow, ski action, slalom, Bruno Engler, other. 16mm and 35mm film reels, 1946-1964 are films produced by the National Film Board.
Sound recordings, electronic records and and related textual material pertain to interviews with Bruno Engler, 1987, done by Brian Patton and Jon Whyte for Bruno Engler autobiography project. Interviews covered Engler's life, but are not complete to 1987. Transcripts, prepared from recordings by Brenda Goeres, are not verbatim. Audio tape cassettes consist of portions of content of audio tape reels.
Textual records include corporate records, newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to film making, cast and crew listings and schedules for various movies, ski racing, mountain guiding trips and ski race listings. Also included is documentation pertaining to film making with producer National Film Board including letters, film stock footage, press releases, and film summaries; maps indicate film location shots for Arctic Rampage.
File consists of 75 photographs pertaining to extended members of the Luxton and McDougall family. Photographs include Munro, Graham, Ingraham, Mackenzie and Hardisty family members. Photographs are accompanied in file by two lists detailing context and individual family members in each photograph.
75 photographs : b&w prints ; 15 x 20 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 75 photographs pertaining to extended members of the Luxton and McDougall family. Photographs include Munro, Graham, Ingraham, Mackenzie and Hardisty family members. Photographs are accompanied in file by two lists detailing context and individual family members in each photograph.
Notes
Photographs are part of a collection retrieved from the Luxton family home titled "Burned Photographs". Original numbering from corresponding photograph lists has been preserved, although some listed photographs are missing from file.
Photograph list:
Image 1: Srgt. Major Flintoff, N.W.M.P.
Image 2: Mrs. Munro + family - cousin [of] Mrs. D. McDougall
Image 3: [missing]
Image 4: Mt. Royal Hotel, Banff, built by D. McDougall
Image 5: Dorothy Graham Ingraham
Image 6: F.H. Graham + Jean Graham (wife)
Image 7: Geo. Ingraham
Image 8: Uncle F.H. Graham from Gracie 1903
Image 9: Dorothy Graham [3 photos]
Image 10: A.A. Williams' Bungalow Calgary, 1900
Image 11: John Graham
Image 12: Elizabeth Chantler McDougall
Image 13: Allen A. Shepard 1894 [3 photos]
Image 14: Jean McDougall Graham in her wedding gown
Image 15: Bob Alloway
Image 16: Mr. [Fred?] Graham's mother
Image 17: Freddie Graham Jr.
Image 18: E. G. McDougall
Image 19: [missing] Malcolm McKenzie
Image 20: Fishing Great Slave Lake
Image 21: Lizzie Colter
Image 22: Gillies Girls
Image 23: David & Annie McDougall
Image 24: Jimmy Mackenzie's first wife
Image 25: Birdie Young Roy
Image 26: Maggie Munro 1892 O.L.C.
Image 27: Jennie Gillies' girls
Image 28: [missing] Annie Mackenzie McDougall, David's Wife
Image 29: [missing] Eliz. Chantler McDougall
Image 30: [missing] Rev. Geo. McDougall
Image 31: Lillian Hall 1891 O.L.C.
Image 32: Helen Roat
Image 33: May McD. Ross
Image 34: Gussie and Mrs. Geo. McDougall [in] Morley
Image 35: [missing] Jean McDougall Graham's Wedding in Morley
Image 36: Freddie Graham Jr.
Image 37: N.K. Luxton 1904
Image 38: Libby McD. Young Rev. Geo.'s Daughter
Image 39: Dorothy Graham [6 photos]
Image 40: Arthur Hall
Image 41: [missing] Fred Graham + wife
Image 42: Mr. F.M. Graham [2 photos]
Image 43: Mrs. Graham Sr., Harry + wife + Jean, Fred's wife
Image 44: Freddie Carling- son [of] Annie
Image 45: Annie McD. Carling- daughter [of] David Mcd.
Image 46: John Mackenzie + His Wife
Image 47: [missing] Nettie Ramsay
Image 48: [missing] David's Trading Post Morley
Image 49: Minnie McD. Wilson- wife [of] Tom Wilson
Image 50: Jean + Fred Graham
Image 51: Dottie Burroughs
Image 52: Liza + Percy Hardisty, Clara + Mrs. Geo. McD.
Image 53: Miss Barret, first teacher Morley
Image 54: Mrs. Youmans - Fred husband Indian Agent Morley
Image 55: Nellie Wood McDougall
Image 56: [missing] Harry Graham wife Jean McD. Graham + Mrs. Graham Sr.
Image 57: Rev. John McD., [Egerton Steinhauer], Pakan, Samson, Joman [Jonas Two Young Men]
Image 58: [missing] Geo., Dorothy, Aunt Jean
Image 59: Jean Graham John McDougall
Image 60: Young David, Son [of] Rev. John + Elizabeth McDougall
Image 61: [Ed] Youmans
Image 62: [not listed]
Image 63: Magnus Begg
Image 64: Mrs. Egerton [Steinhauer]
Image 65: Ruth Wheatley [and] family daughter [of] Rev. John [McDougall] + first wife
Image 66: Ed Youmans
Image 67: [not listed]
Image 68: [not listed]
Image 69: Willie Mackenzie's wife
Image 70: B.J.'s Christening [B.J. Ingraham]
Image 71: Malcolm Mackenzie school teacher Morley [2 photos]
Image 72: Mr. May- married Annie Mackenzie
Image 73: Clara + Percy Hardisty
Image 74: Jean Graham
Image 75: Aggie Munro
Image 76: Annie Munro
Image 77: N.W.M.P. Post Canmore 1889
Image 78: Percy Hardisty
Image 79: 1914 Princess Pats Training Calgy.
Fonds consist of eight separate series: A. Moving Images; B. Photographs; C. Banff - Lake Louise - Chamber of Commerce Plaques; D. Printed Materials; E. Newspaper Clippings; F. Sunshine Village Lodge & Skoki Ski Lodge; G. Written Materials; H. Phone List. Fonds consists of records pertaining primar…
7 cm textual records. -- 24 photographs: prints. -- 2 motion pictures: 16mm film, video
History / Biographical
Clifford Jackson White (II), 1929-2003, was born in Banff, Alberta, the son of Clifford and Mildred (Jackson) White and the grandson of Dave White. Clifford J. White attended public and high school in Banff and in 1951, married Beverly Pogue of Calgary. Together they have four children: Clifford (III), Tara, Bradford, and Tristan. Cliff White was thirteen years old when he guided for his father at Mount Temple, and he operated the bulldozer for Sunshine Village from 1946 to 1949. From 1949 to 1953, Cliff White was assistant to the general manager of Snowmobile Tours at the Icefields, and 1953-1963, he owned a service station in Banff. In 1960, White purchased Sunshine Village ski resort, sold it in 1966 and remained the manager there until 1977. White succeeded his aunt, Catharine Whyte as President of the Board of Trustees, Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation, 1979-1993. White was a member of the Kiwanis Club at Banff, and was the director of the Banff Chamber of Commerce. He was a Cub pack leader from 1953 to 1956.
Scope & Content
Fonds consist of eight separate series: A. Moving Images; B. Photographs; C. Banff - Lake Louise - Chamber of Commerce Plaques; D. Printed Materials; E. Newspaper Clippings; F. Sunshine Village Lodge & Skoki Ski Lodge; G. Written Materials; H. Phone List. Fonds consists of records pertaining primarily to Sunshine ski area. Textual records include a speech: "The Human History of Skiing at lake Louise," Feb. 8, 1992. Discusses origins of skiing in Banff, 1920s, the establishment of Skoki and Mt. Temple Chalet, and the first chair lifts. The remainder of the speech deals with White's recollections of a typical "ski week" in 1943 when he worked as a licensed ski guide at Mount Temple Chalet. Also includes a list of significant dates and events in Lake Louise ski history, 1894-1991. Textual records also include personal and legal records, Sunshine ski area pamphlets, 1960 - ?, correspondence, certificates, clippings, and pamphlets. Photographs consist of 20 prints re Clifford J. White, Beverly White and their children; Clifford White Sr. and ski development history. Motion pictures include a film "Top of the World," ca. 1970, 16mm, sd., col., ca. 500 ft., ca. 14 minutes. "A Jim Rice Production." Sunshine Village promotional film: skiing, lodge, lifts, helishots, etc. interspersed with 1930s footage of Skoki area skiing (some of which exists in this fonds). Film was property of Sunshine Village. Clifford J. White supplied some historical film footage by or collected by his father, Clifford White, for this film.
File pertains to print copies made from original negatives of Vaux family travels in the Canadian Rockies in the late 1800s. Includes views of mountains, scree slopes, glaciers, train scenes (including tracks and the interior of a dining car), Glacier House, and portrais of the family members.
File pertains to print copies made from original negatives of Vaux family travels in the Canadian Rockies in the late 1800s. Includes views of mountains, scree slopes, glaciers, train scenes (including tracks and the interior of a dining car), Glacier House, and portrais of the family members.
John Donaldson Curren, 1852-1940, emigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1886, settling at Anthracite, Banff and Cochrane, Alberta. Two of his children were Annie (White) and Isobel (Farquharson).
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to Curren family, activities and views of Banff and area.
Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series. I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E…
ca.50 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs (ca.1000 negatives, ca.1540 lantern slides, ca.770 transparencies 35mm, 117 prints). -- 4 graphic records
History / Biographical
Dan McCowan, 1882-1956, was a naturalist, lecturer and writer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland in 1907. There he met Mary Ethel Fee, 1888-1973, a teacher, and they married in 1921. Mary McCowan shared an interest in Dan's work, hand-coloured his lantern slides and accompanied him on his tours. Dan McCowan was an active photographer and naturalist and lectured at hospitals during and following the First World War. He was later recommended to Sir Edward Beatty, CPR President and hired by the CPR to promote the scenic beauties and natural history of the mountains, which he did for 26 years. For a period his lantern slide presentations included motion pictures. During the 1940s, he used natural colour Kodachrome slide photography. While in England in 1936, McCowan was made a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society. From ca.1907 onwards, he wrote for magazines and newspapers. The first of six books was published in 1936; the last in 1955. Beginning ca.1937, McCowan wrote and broadcast radio talks on natural history on CBC. These were heard widely in Canada and the United States. In 1939, McCowan accompanied the King and Queen on a portion of their railway tour through the mountains, providing information on natural history and residents. During the Second World War, he toured extensively on behalf of the YMCA. The McCowans retired to Cloverdale (now Surrey), B.C., ca.1951.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two series : I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series.
I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records, ca.3400 photographs, 4 graphic records. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E. Ephemera.
Correspondence includes incoming letters re writing, business and broadcasting. Writing is in the form of notes and notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts, newspaper articles and other materials.
Photography includes negatives, lantern slides, 35mm transparencies and prints. Material pertains to flora, fauna, people, places and scenery, also family, activities and events. Photographs of Banff personalities and visitors are available in negative and lantern slide form, 254 items.
Lantern slides were designed for lectures such as: "On skyline trails in the Canadian Rockies"; "On nature trails at Banff and Lake Louise"; "A naturalist in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Snow peaks and flower meadows in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Over the hills and far away: a pictorial review of the Canadian Rockies"; "Victory Day, May 8th 1945, Dan McCowan presents: Bye-gone days in Banff" (exact titles were based on title slides).
II. Mary E. (Fee) McCowan series consists of diaries, 1926-1957, photocopied from 12 volumes (19 cm); and letters from Dan McCowan, 1943. Diaries discuss joint travels, activities, lecture tours for CPR (Canada, U.S., U.K.), Banff, trail rides, skyline hikes, and Royal Visit, 1939
Notes
Both Dan and Mary McCowan have written identifications on the slide mounts
Fonds consist of three separate series: A. Correspondence and Printed Materials; B. Prints; C. Tintype. Fonds consists of photographs found in Annie White's trunk.
1192 photographs: prints, negatives, tintype. -- 0.5cm of textual records.
History / Biographical
Dave White, 1864-1940, was born in New Brunswick and came to Banff, Alberta as a C.P.R. section foreman in 1886. In October 1894, Dave White quit the C.P.R. and built the Park Store. Between 1904 and 1907, Dave White ran a store at Bankhead with the help of partner D.C. Baynes. From 1908 to 1928 Sam Armstrong was Dave White's partner and the store was renamed Dave White and Co. After 1930, Dave's three sons, Peter, Clifford and Dave Jr. joined the partnership now called Dave White and Sons Ltd. In 1901, Dave married Annie Curren, whose father, John D. Curren, came from Glasgow, Scotland to investigate the coal mining at Anthracite. Dave and Annie had four children: Peter, 1905-1966; Clifford, 1902-1964; Dave Jr. (Jack), 1908-1961; and Lila, d.1961.
Dave White had three brothers: Daniel, who joined him in Banff, Angus and Peter as well as three sisters, Margaret, Lizzie and May.
Scope & Content
Fonds consist of three separate series: A. Correspondence and Printed Materials; B. Prints; C. Tintype. Fonds consists of photographs found in Annie White's trunk.
Fonds consists mainly of photographs collected by Harmon in the process of his work. Photographs pertain to Banff personalities, events, activities, street views, facilities and buildings, 1883-1967, and includes both original and copy material. Textual records include: undated notes re Byron Har…
163 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 11 textual records
History / Biographical
Don Harmon, 1917-1997, was a publisher, photographer and businessman at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Harmon operated Byron Harmon Photographs and the Harmony Drug Store after his father's death in 1942. Byron Harmon Photographs was subsequently run by Don Harmon's daughter, Carole Harmon.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists mainly of photographs collected by Harmon in the process of his work. Photographs pertain to Banff personalities, events, activities, street views, facilities and buildings, 1883-1967, and includes both original and copy material. Textual records include: undated notes re Byron Harmon, Harmony Block and business history; letters, 1967-1974, re photographs; Harmony Drug Store Ltd. stationary, ca.1925; photograph list, n.d.; newspaper, "The Climber," 1906; letters to Lloyd Harmon, 1941.
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).
Fonds consists of: I. Personal papers, business papers and ephemera mainly concerning Whyte's involvement in publicity and hospitality with Canadian Pacific, primarily with the Banff Springs Hotel. II. Correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Peter and Catharine Whyte and he…
16 cm of textual records. -- 5 photograph albums (ca.400 prints). -- ca.260 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Dorothy V. Whyte, b.1893, was a Canadian Pacific Railway employee at Banff, Alberta, Canada, until 1939. Whyte came to Banff from the Yukon and was first employed by the Banff Springs Hotel in 1920. She worked as an Information Clerk and later Special Representative for the Canadian Pacific Railway until 1939. She worked in Vancouver until 1963, returning to Banff where she became involved in local affairs before returning to West Vancouver in 1969. While living at the coast, Whyte frequently visited the Mount Assiniboine area and maintained close ties with Banff. Dorothy Whyte is not related to the White/Whyte family of Banff.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of: I. Personal papers, business papers and ephemera mainly concerning Whyte's involvement in publicity and hospitality with Canadian Pacific, primarily with the Banff Springs Hotel. II. Correspondence and writings resulting from her friendship with Peter and Catharine Whyte and her interest in Banff affairs; correspondents include Catharine Robb Whyte, Jon Whyte and Erling Strom. III. Copy of last will and testament of Catharine Robb Whyte, 1977, and probate, 1980, of which Dorothy Whyte was a beneficiary. IV. Photographs pertaining to Dorothy Whyte, friends and associates; activities, particularly hiking and trail riding in Rocky Mountains; Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, events and staff; Banff people and events. Most views ca.1925.
File consists of three photograph prints on individual construction paper/thick paper mounts. Content pertains to members of the Woodworth family outside an early homestead in Banff [1886]; the first community picnic in Banff [1888]; and numerous members of the Woodworth family outside their home i…
3 photographs : b&w prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller on paper mount
Scope & Content
File consists of three photograph prints on individual construction paper/thick paper mounts. Content pertains to members of the Woodworth family outside an early homestead in Banff [1886]; the first community picnic in Banff [1888]; and numerous members of the Woodworth family outside their home in Banff [ca. 1905]. Items are annotated with names, dates and other relevant information on paper backings.