File pertains to 149 col. prints of production shots from the filming of the movie "Death Hunt" in and around Canmore and the Spray Lakes area. Includes locations used for shooting, identified by page by Engler, as well as two printed maps with numbered dots identifying specific locations.
Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (149 photographs, col.)
History / Biographical
Also known as "Arctic Rampage," directed by Peter Hunt in 1981 and starred Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, and Angie Dickinson.
Loosely based on the true-life story of Albert Johnson (The Mad Trapper of Rat River) who was pursued by the Mounted Police in the Northwest Territories and Yukon after shooting a police constable in 1932.
Filmed entirely in the Canmore/Spray Lakes area, apart from one scene at the Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park.
"Death Hunt" was the first film to use Canmore and the Spray Valley as primary set locations, and many locals were recruited as extras. Additionally, dog teams were brought from throughout Alberta for Mad Trapper pursuit scenes on the Spray Lakes Reservoir. Mountaineer and Association of Canadian Mountain Guide Tim Auger stood in as a body double for Bronson for some scenes.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 149 col. prints of production shots from the filming of the movie "Death Hunt" in and around Canmore and the Spray Lakes area. Includes locations used for shooting, identified by page by Engler, as well as two printed maps with numbered dots identifying specific locations.
* Lake O'Hara area views, Elizabeth Parker Hut - 1951
* Mount Goodsir and Ice River area, climbing, views, camp, close-ups of individuals - 1954
* Lake O'Hara area views - 1956, 1960
* Mount Hungabee, fire and smoke - 1961
* Ice River, close-ups of individuals - 1961
* Ice River and Vaux Glacier. Includes Ice School, climbing, camp, helicopter and scenic views. Also includes photograph competition Class II entries of climbers on Summit Ridge and glacier crevasse - 1961
* Lake O'Hara area views - 1963
* Lake O'Hara area views, flora, alpenhorn - 1965
* Lake O'Hara area views - 1966
* Hiking, Lake O'Hara area - 1967
* Lake O'hara area, flora, views, camp, hiking - 1968
* MGH competition entries : Above MacArthur, Packing Up, Odaray Ridge, Gargoyle and Cathedral, O'Hara Horseshoe, Indian Paintbrush
* R. C. Hind annotated flora - 1968
* Lake O'Hara area views, flora - 1968
* Lake O'Hara area views, hiking close-ups, Marj Hind annotated - 1969
* Unveiling ceremony of Lawrence Grassi plaque at Lake O'Hara, includes Lawrence Grassi and others - 1971
* Lake O'Hara area views, boy - 1972
* MGH competition entry of Lake O'Hara area - 1973
File pertains to trips to Clemenceau Glacier area. Includes Mount Shackleton and Shackleton Glacier (1963), and Mount Rhodes, Mount Cummins area landscape views. flora, group camp and hiking (1920) File includes good close-ups of Bob Hind and dog Chance, and annotated slides by both Bob Hind and M…
File pertains to trips to Clemenceau Glacier area. Includes Mount Shackleton and Shackleton Glacier (1963), and Mount Rhodes, Mount Cummins area landscape views. flora, group camp and hiking (1920)
File includes good close-ups of Bob Hind and dog Chance, and annotated slides by both Bob Hind and M. G. Hind
File pertains to 1967 Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition (YACE), including reconnaissance trip, 1966. The Alpine Club of Canada was an expedition sponsor. Also includes Yukon trip in 1988. Transparencies are annotated and are marked with an asterisk
File pertains to 1967 Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition (YACE), including reconnaissance trip, 1966. The Alpine Club of Canada was an expedition sponsor. Also includes Yukon trip in 1988. Transparencies are annotated and are marked with an asterisk
File pertains to a scrapbook of ephemera and memorabelia pertaining to Pat Brewster. Includes newsclippings and sketches pertaining to Nicholas Morant, personal correspondence letters and greeting cards sent from Pat Brewster, and photographs of Pat Brewster and his family.
Sheila Keough had worked with Pat Brewster on his books
Scope & Content
File pertains to a scrapbook of ephemera and memorabelia pertaining to Pat Brewster. Includes newsclippings and sketches pertaining to Nicholas Morant, personal correspondence letters and greeting cards sent from Pat Brewster, and photographs of Pat Brewster and his family.
File pertains to hand-written lists of slide numbers and titles that make up various slide shows [originally housed in plastic Kodak carousels] curated by Lillian Gest. The slides used for these shows were pulled from her various collections. Also includes slips of paper with various notes pertaini…
1 cm of textual records (28 pages ; 21.6 x 35.4 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to hand-written lists of slide numbers and titles that make up various slide shows [originally housed in plastic Kodak carousels] curated by Lillian Gest. The slides used for these shows were pulled from her various collections. Also includes slips of paper with various notes pertainin to the conent or showing of the slide shows most likely removed from original housing.
Notes
Received with carousels of slides (V225/NS 19 - NS 28). Photocopies have been placed with carousels.
File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fish…
I : [transparencies]. -- [before 1981]
V225 / NS 26
Date Range
[ca.1960-1981]
Physical Description
80 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara.
Titles:
R159-2 Administration Bldg, pool, Rundle
R163-3 View from [Administration Bldg]
R160-28 A pool & summer house
R161-7 B.S.H. Terrace
B50-29 Minnewanka docks
B75-3 Mary & Can flga
B30-19 Indigenous
B30-18 [Indigenous]
B9-19 [Indigenous]
A11-16 Hoodoos
A11-18 [Hoodoos] & youth 1966
A11-19 [Hoodoos] stones on top
K11-10 Tree w. bear [illegible]
A21-38 Camp in Alpine meadow 1969
K23-1 Games at Lake Louise
K23-6 [Games at Lake Louise] Pitcher Race
K23-5 [Game at Lake Louise] Hand race
K23-9 Coupel with dog
K23-12 Outlet stream & mt. Cathedral
K23-13 Woodpile at O'Hara
K23-17 Mt Cath. reflections
K23-18 Polly & Eileen
Tim W 2 View across lake to Lefroy (winter)
[Tim W] 3 Skier on lake
[Tim W] 4 [Skier] cabin & Odaray
[Tim W] 5 [Skier] & tracks
[Tim W] 6 View towards Odaray?
[Tim W] 7 [blank]
B66-29 Mt Assin. & 2 horsemen
B27-12 [Mt. Assin.] & 4 hikers
B26-31 Winstons & Assin.
B67-16 Erling & porkie
B67-17 [Erling & porkie] Chos H.
A10-11 Mt. Eisenhower
R159-14 Lake Louise - people on shore
R169-14 Lake Louise & poppies
B49-33 Chateau
R178-22 Trail to Mirror Lake (?)
R163 23 Lake Agnes fr. trail to Goat V.
R168-22 At Tea House Lake Agnes
R164-35 Squirrel & mits
B74-37 Mt. Rundle
B71-2 Boats at Minnewanka
B22-9 Aileen in field of paint brush
B22-10 Ten peaks from road
B2-29 L. Coveney at Moraine Lake
B22-16 Dot & Elsa
R141-7 3 girls on trail to Sentinel Pass
R198-30 Giant steps
R144-7 [blank]
R144-8 Same - people nearer
B49-36 Bag Piper Band
B27-17 Sedan left & Mt. Vic
B27-19 Phyl admiring the view
CH.'51 Fall colors
CH fall colors Bow Valley
CH [fall colors] Horse show at Mile 8
CH [fall colors] Near 8 Mile
CH.49 Rundle & Banff fr. Norquay
R178-6 Crowfoot glacier
B2-6 Laurence at Bowl
R176-4 Chephron & Murray Graty
CH. Water [illegible] herb on shore of river
B55-25 Mt Athabaska & flowers in Chalet
R202-29 Deer - horns in velvet
R146-6 Fawn lying down
R207-15 Ed Feuz & H. Green on trail
R164-11 Needles & Lake Agnes
R207-17 Edw. & H.G. on Vic Ridge
R207-21 Crack bet. Needles
R207-16 Tea House thru crack
R204-25 L.G. Sunbruned PR
B68-19 1st Lake of [illegible]
B54-9 Party on Lake shore
R207-33 Abbot Pass Hut
Notes
Please note: Language pertaining to First Nations people is outdated and offensive.
Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife.
Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.
File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fish…
I : [transparencies]. -- [before 1981]
V225 / NS 27
Date Range
[ca. 1960-1981]
Physical Description
80 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara.
Titles:
1. K14-15 Clouds from plane
2. K17-26 3 Sisters & clouds
3. K11-8 From Poet's Pool
4. K207-34 Oesa from Abbots Pass
5. B30-27 Babg sandpiper
6. CH 4 fish from Baker Cr.
7. CH. Wilson's Ranch
8. CH. Douglas Lake at sunrise
9. CH. '55 ACC Camp Robson
10. CH. '55 N.E. from Ptarmigan Pk.
11. CH. '55 Banff fr. shoulder Cascade
12. CH. '55 Scarab L. & Whistler Pass
13. CH. 55 Lake & Healy Ck. Plateau
14. CH. 55 Egypt, Scarab, & Mummy Lake
15. CH. 55 NE across Scarab & Egypt L.
16. CH. 55 Monarch Mt. unnamed Lake
17. CH. 55 Mummy Lake
18. CH. 55 Healy Cr. summit & Talc mine L. beyond
19. CH. 55 Ptarmigan, Baker, Redonlet Lakes
20. CH 55 Fr. Ptarmigan Peak
21. CH 55 North fr. Ptarmigan Pk
22. CH 55 Merlin Lake
23. CH 55 Fossil Mt & Baker Lake fr. Ptarm. Pk
24. CH 55 Egypt Lake
25. B50-5 Garden & fowers
26. B32-6 MacArthur Lake
27. Duplicate Cathedral Basin
28. B27-24 Phyl waiting for train
29. K22-21 Spiral Tunnel
30. K22-18 [Spiral Tunnel]
31. K111-18 Photographer Hiker
32. K17-13 Crystal Cave
33. K17-23 Big Rock on trail
34. K16-12 Main Camp & Mt Coleman
35. K16-2 Around stream & dogs
36. K16-13 Campers & Mt Coleman
37. K16. 22 Conne & my horse
38. K16-23 [Conne] & her horse
39. K16-6 Hay fr. the horses
40. K10-14 Canoe on Lake O'Hara
41. -- 10 Walyek & party on porch
42. K5-34 Party by cairn
43. R146-36 Fool hen
44. CH. Baby ptarmigan
45. 191-15 Ptarmigan
46. R144-27 [Ptarmigan] on rocks
47. Vallance 60 Hummingbird male
48. [Vallance] 60 [Hummingbird] female
49. B55-11 Fool hen (nearest)
50. B13-37 Close up of moose
51. B13-35 Moose on club porch
52. B67-4 Charlie feeding moose
53. B11-26 4 buffalo feeding
54. B11-24 Buffalo herd
55. B30-4 Pika
56. B1-24 Beaver in pond
57. R173-34 Bear & cub at one pot
58. R173-33 Bear & 2 cubs one standing
59. R173-35 Bear
60. R185-16B1 Mt goat (bouglet)
61. R177-28 Coyote
62. B27-34 2 Sheep & tourists
63. B8-21 Sheep on the road
64. B27-31 3 ewes
65. B71-36 SHeep & marg fo[?]
66. R173-9 Ewe
67. B65-22 Deer at Club house
68. K36-3 2 plaques at old [Club house]
69. K36-1 Club house plaque
70. K36-2 [Club house plaque]
71. R206-28 Camp at Robson
72. R189-6 Phyl's rope on glacier
73. R187-21 Crowd on decsent
74. B46-4 Above Sunshine Lodge
75. B68-5 Camp fire w- flame
76. R179-17 Al gates plane in meadow
77. R204-32 Mashed plane
78. K15-6 Cars cars cars
79. K15-5 Cars at the Chateau
80. K15-4 View from #658 window
Notes
Please note: Language pertaining to First Nations people is outdated and offensive.
Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife.
Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.
File pertains to 79 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s with emphasis on the Lake O'Hara area of Yoho National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, v…
K38 to K41 Summer '81, latest DVS snowstorm. -- 1981
Date Range
[ca. 1971-1981]
Physical Description
79 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 79 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s with emphasis on the Lake O'Hara area of Yoho National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies], Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara.
Titles:
1. 10 Peaks Moraine Lake K38-3
2. Quadra & Borgeau K38-4
3. Peaks Moraine Lake K38-5
4. Boat landing & peaks K38-6
5. [Boat landing & peaks] K38-7
6. Dead logs in stream K38-8
7. Stream below lake K38-9
8. Boulders stream & peaks K38-10
9. Life preservers – red K38-11
10. Fr. my Chateau window K38-12
11. Fr. Chateau window K38-13
12. Same K38-14
13. Lake & Mt. Vic K38-15
14. From Chateau K38-16
15. Fr. window towards staff house K38-17
16. Towards swim pool K38-18
17. View fr. my window Chateau K39-2
18. Towards Boathouse K39-3
19. View from my window K39-4
20. [View from my window] K39-5
21. [View from my window] K39-6
22. [View from my window] K39-7
23. [View from my window] K39-8
24. [View from my window] K39-9
25. [View from my window] K39-10
26. Toward boathouse K39-11
27. View from hall window – boathouse K39-12
28. AM reflections K39-13
29. Reflections AM K39-14
30. AM fr. window K39-15
31. Baby goat & mother good K39-16
32. Baby goat good K39-17
33. Ewe & baby goat w. car K39-18
34. Mama goat walks away K39-19
35. Takkakaw K39-20
36. [Takkakaw] K39-21
37. Towards swim pool K40-1
38. Towards boathouse K40-2
39. Towards Cath Mt. clouds & autoes K40-3
40. Reflections early AM K40-4
41. [Reflections early AM] K40-5
42. Outlet & stream & mt. White K40-6
43. Boathouse AND People K40-7
44. Lake shore towards staff house nearer K40-8
45. Lake shore towards staff house further K40-9
46. Hotel flower beds & people K40-10
47. Tim’s house nearer shadow on roof K40-11
48. Tim’s house further shadows on roof K40-12
49. Door to Tim’s house K40-13
50. O’Hara & Mt Cath K40-14
51. Stream O’Hara & Mt Cath K40-15
52. Little Odaray & 2 workers on trail K40-16
53. Reflections of Mt Odaray K40-17
54. Log over stream Cataract K40-18
55. From trail to Bridge K40-19
56. Mt & clouds K40-20
57. The wood pile K40-21
58. View from Banff Springs & porch K41-1
59. Same view fr. BSH & porch K41-2
60. View from BSH golf course & river K41-3
61. Dunwoody Home K41-4
62. [Dunwoody Home] flower bed in front K41-5
63. Big snow storm K41-6
64. [Big snow storm] K41-7
65. [Big snow storm] K41-8
66. [Big snow storm] K41-9
67. [Big snow storm] K41-10
68. [Big snow storm] K41-11
69. [Big snow storm] K41-12
70. [Big snow storm] K41-13
71. [Big snow storm] K41-14
72. [Big snow storm] K41-15
73. [Big snow storm] K41-16
74. [Big snow storm] K41-17
75. [Big snow storm] K41-18
76. [Big snow storm] K41-19
77. [Big snow storm] K41-20
78. [Big snow storm] K41-21
79. [Big snow storm] K41-22
Notes
This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material.
Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife.
Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray. One slide is missing.
File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s as well as a trip to Glacier National Park, Montana and Yellowstone National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wi…
File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1950s to 1970s as well as a trip to Glacier National Park, Montana and Yellowstone National Park. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies], Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara.
Titles:
1. Reel R195-6 Horse at Hotel Many Glacier
2. R123 21 [Blank]
3. R200 3 Old Faithful
4. R200 5 [Old Faithful] good clouds
5. R195 15 Bear grass
6. R195 5 Boats ay Many [Glacier]
7. R203 30 Meadows - globe flowers
8. K8 12 Snow- grass - view down Valely
9. K8 14 2 girls coming down lake - SNow & Wiwaxy
10. B26 33 Sis on trail
11. R179 38 2 hikers on trail
12. B23 5 2 photo eagle nest
13. 0CH Columbine
14. 0CH Dryas going to seed
15. 0CH Western globe flower
16. K8 15 2 girls lake & snow - Cathedral & Wiwaxy
17. Twin wake - Snow Mt. Huber & Mt. Vic
18. K15 17 SNow & Mt. Avery
19. K15 15 "Batwing Beauty" [illegible] in b.g.
20. K15 16 Chow Line Mt. Coleman
21. K15 12 Our tent in snow
22. K15 13 Camp in snow
23. B64 4 Camp fire w. campers
24. B10-10 Indigenous
25. B67 26 Banff Indian Days carriages & tepees
26. B67 26 Rodeo audience
27. B36 26 Banff Indian Days & parade grounds
28. B10-6 Banff Indian Days
29. B11-1 Banff Indian Days & teepee
30. B10-2 Banff Indian Days
31. A8-17 Stream & flowers Sunshine 1968
32. A8-19 [Sunshine] flowers
33. A10-34 Chepron Lake
34. A10-35 [Chepron] tea
35. A11-1 Greens Hamilton Lake
36. A11-3 [Greens Hamilton Lake]
37. A11-7 [Greens Hamilton Lake]
38. A11-8 [Greens] View to Valley
39. A18-26 LG & car
40. A18 29 3 hills fr. road
41. A20-28 Fr. Mierville[?] meadows
42. A20-3 [Fr. Mierville[?] meadows]
43. A23-21 Eysa Falls
44. A24-1 Nymphs Pool[?]
45. B23-28 4 girls at Skoki 1959
46. B23-34 [4 girls at Skoki 1959]
47. B26-2 [4 girls at Skoki 1959]
48. B45-11 Above Sedan Lift
49. Reel B45-14 Above Sedan Lift
50. B51-29 Lilies & cabin in b.g.
51. B1-34 Doris on trail Miller L. 1963
52. B52 fr. Hunt 30A Mummy Lake 1963
53. B22-38 [Hunt] Fall on Creek fr. Talc Lake
54. B52-34 View of Mummy Lake
55. B55-20 Lake & tree
56. B68-19 ACC Camp 1964
57. B71-5 Lamb
58. B73-28 Mary by No see-um Lake 1965
59. B26 36 Sis on trail
60. B26-30 Over Allenby Pass
61. B65-28 Up Brewster Creek
62. R203-10 Horses heads
63. B65-34 Dana fixing stirrup
64. B26-32 Sis & Aubrey
65. CH. 51 Assin. east side
66. R181-25 G on log Assin
67. CH. 51 Assin & reflect.
68. B27-1 Party
69. B27-4 Horseman & horse
70. B27-6 Assin in b.g.
71. B27-7 Blank
72. B27-8 Blank
73. B27-9 Blank
74. B27-11 Blank
75. B27-13 Blank
76. B67-13 Watching climb of Assin
77. B67-3 Elk in glade - Assin
78. B66-36 Nub Trip
79. B66-31 From Nub
80. B55-16 Canyon Panther Falls
Notes
Please note: Language pertaining to First Nations people is outdated and offensive.
Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife.
Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.
Records were generated by the Canadian Mount Everest Society.
Date Range
predom. 1979-1984
Physical Description
3.15 m of textual records.
History / Biographical
The Alpine Club of Canada was a major sponsor of the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition.
Scope & Content
Canadian Mount Everest Expedition records are primarily Director's records; also includes material on publication, "Everest Canada."
Finding Aid
Inventory available in analog format plus pdf
Related Material
Constitutes Sous-fonds II of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Some records pertaining to expedition planning and preparation can also be found in I.A.2.d. and I.A.3.d., ACC admininstrative records. Other records pertaining to the expedition can be found in Larry Emrick fonds (M539), Bruce Patterson fonds (S42), Peter Spear fonds (M562,V787, S56), John Amatt fonds (M563, V788, S57), and Al Burgess fonds (M64, S48)
File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies.
Includes:
M67 / 6 - 1 : black leather diary, titled July 15 - 1975: 1976 - July 25-76 on fabric adhered to the cover with tape. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1975 trip (carried o…
7.5 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies.
Includes:
M67 / 6 - 1 : black leather diary, titled July 15 - 1975: 1976 - July 25-76 on fabric adhered to the cover with tape. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1975 trip (carried over from M67 / 5 - 6) and the first few months of the summer 1976 trip to the Canadian Rockies. Includes stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas as well as hiking trips with and without the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada. Also includes a list of Lake O'Hara staff for 1975, reservation details for 1976, song lyrics, and lists of people met.
M67 / 6 - 2 : black leather diary, dated July 26-1976 - Sept 8-1976 on fabric tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1976 trip (carried over from M67 / 6 - 1) and contains details about club activity as part of the Alpine Club of Canada, various hikes, travel around the Canadian Rockies, and travel back to Pennsylvania. Also includes reservation details for 1977, names and phone numbers, people met, and information from a letter sent to Dr. Link from Edward Feuz in 1960 that included details about the Feuz family (including when they came to Canada and when they retired) and other matters relating to Lake O'Hara.
M67 / 6 - 3 : black leather diary, titled June [illegible] - Sept 2-1977 on badly damaged fabric tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the summer 1977 trip to the Canadian Rockies with stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas, hikes with and without the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada, and between Banff and Pennsylvania. Also includes birds seen at Lake O'Hara, lists of staffs and people met, and events from Banff in 1977 (including the construction of the Sundance Mall and Elizabeth Rummel's 80th birthday that March).
M67 / 6 - 4 : black leather diary, titled June 21, 1978 to June 26, 1979 to Aug 5, 1979 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the summer trips of 1978 and 1979 to the Canadian Rockies. Summer 1978 includes stays in the Banff, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Field BC areas as well as many hiking trips with and without organizations like the Alpine Club of Canada and the Sky Line Trail Hikers. Summer 1979 includes stays in the Banff and Lake O'Hara areas, hiking trips, and travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by air. Also includes lists of staff names, phone numbers, and people met, histories and timelines for the Lake Louise area and Simpson's Ranch, distances, and events (including the marriage of Carole Harmon to Stephen Hutchings, summer 1978).
M67 / 6 - 5 : black leather diary, titled August 5-25 1979 - Sun July 6-1980 to Aug 2 1980 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the last few weeks of the summer 1979 trip (carried over from M67 / 6 - 4) and the summer 1980 trip. The summer 1980 trip included time spent in and around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas, as well as hiking trips and details pertaining to travelling between Banff and Pennsylvania. Also includes detailed lists of equipment for 1980 &1981, a small list of notes (including selling prices for a book called "Mt. Assiniboine" written by Lillian Gest), and lists of people met.
M67 / 6 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 1981 on an adhesive paper label torn in half. Pertains to first two weeks of July 1924 summer trip and summer 1981. Summer 1924 consists of early details for a trip organized by Caroline Hinman and mainly of lists of names of those included. Summer 1981 consists of time spent predominantly in and around the Lake Louise and Lake O'Hara areas, with shorter stays in Banff at the beginning and end of the trip. Also includes details of a climbing trip two people took over Wenkchemna Pass on Aug 9, lists of people met, staff of businesses around Banff, and telephone numbers.
Also includes loose items consisting of notes to self, a postcard, a photograph, guest lists and itineraries for the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and newspaper clippings.
File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover.
51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949.
51 - 2 : "S…
4.5 cm of textual records (4 volumes ; 10.8 x 17.6 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover.
51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949.
51 - 2 : "SL II" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1949 and 1955.
51 - 3 : "SL III" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1955 and 191965.
51 - 4 : "SL IV" (Slides Book IV) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1966 and 1981.
Also includes folder of loose material from the notebooks.
File pertains to Douglas Leighton's reports he created when he worked in the interpretative program for British Columbia Parks. Includes topics: Salmon, Kokanee Creek Park, Southern Selkirks, photography, and Kootenay Mustangs.
File pertains to Douglas Leighton's reports he created when he worked in the interpretative program for British Columbia Parks. Includes topics: Salmon, Kokanee Creek Park, Southern Selkirks, photography, and Kootenay Mustangs.
Bill Waterworth enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of 18. On September 19, 1942, Waterworth was shot down over the French coast just short of completing his 33rd mission. Waterworth avoided capture by German patrols for two weeks before being captured and taken prisoner by the G…
Bill Waterworth enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of 18. On September 19, 1942, Waterworth was shot down over the French coast just short of completing his 33rd mission. Waterworth avoided capture by German patrols for two weeks before being captured and taken prisoner by the Gestapo. He was sent by boxcar to a Prisoner of War (POW) camp - Stalag VIIIB/344 - in Lamsdorf, Germany where he remained for three years. In 1943 the Red Cross issued each P.O.W. a blank 151 page logbook "A Wartime Log : A Remembrance from Home Through the Canadian Y.M.C.A." Waterworth treasured this log during his captivity and compiled it as a scrapbook collecting photographs, artwork by fellow prisoners, newsclippings, parcel lists and letters from home. In January 1945 the prisoners were forced to march from Poland to France, and he carried his log throughout the ordeal. His sense of history and purpose with the Wartime Log continued throughout his life, with follow-up stories of fellow POWs and of their reunions through to 1999.
S1 / 162 - Whyte Museum Oral History Prograamme : Bill Waterworth's Wartime Log interview with Bill Waterworth by Head Archivist E. J. (Ted) Hart, May 28, 2009
Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recordings of Peter and Catharine Whyte and the papers and photographs of their respective families. Consists of three sous-fonds: V683, S37 and M36. M36 and S37 consists of three series. Series I: Peter and Catharine Whyte, Series II: Robb and Morse …
25 m of textual records. -- ca.46,000 photographs : prints, albums, postcards, cased photographs, transparencies, negatives. -- 178 sound recordings : audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 6 motion pictures (and film strips)
History / Biographical
Peter and Catharine Whyte were artists, photographers, outdoor enthusiasts, travelers, philanthropists and cultural workers at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Peter Whyte, 1905-1966, was born at Banff in 1905 to pioneer merchant Dave White and Annie (Curren) White. He was an accomplished skier and ski jumper and one of the region's first native-born painters with an intimate knowledge of the mountains and was an active photographer from ca.1920 until the 1950s. Peter Whyte studied art at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1923-1924, and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston, 1925, where he met Catharine Robb. Catharine Robb Whyte, 1906-1979, was born in 1906 at Concord, Massachusetts and grew up amongst the wealth and creativity of the Robb and Morse families. She studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston, 1925-1929.
Following their marriage in 1930, the Whytes pursued a life of painting, photography, hiking, skiing and travelling. Their log home and studio in Banff became a focal point for their artist friends, Stoney Indians and local pioneers. Catharine shared Pete's involvement in skiing and hiking organizations and together they managed Skoki Lodge from 1932-1934. In following years, the Whytes travelled extensively. During the Second World War, Peter served in the reserve army, with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer and, briefly, as an official war artist. Catharine continued to paint and maintain their home and, when possible, accompanied Pete to his military postings. In civilian life, Pete resumed his art career, explored new photographic techniques and sculpted.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Whytes formulated plans for a foundation to preserve the art and history of the Canadian Rockies. Plans for a building to house an archives, public library and gallery were in preparation when Pete died in 1966. The Peter Whyte Foundation was named in his honour. Catharine immersed herself in the development of what is now the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, in the cultural community, painting, outdoor activity, travel and work with the Stoney First Nations. She became a more active photographer, recording her travels and outdoor pursuits. She served in an official capacity with numerous cultural and charitable organizations, was a patron to individuals studying art and music, and supported numerous causes relating to the Stoney First Nations. Catharine also supported causes related to multiculturalism, regional culture and recreation, and cancer research. Despite her modesty and often anonymous patronage of causes, Catharine was recognized with numerous awards and honours, including the Order of Canada in 1978. She died in Banff in 1979.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recordings of Peter and Catharine Whyte and the papers and photographs of their respective families. Consists of three sous-fonds: V683, S37 and M36. M36 and S37 consists of three series. Series I: Peter and Catharine Whyte, Series II: Robb and Morse families, Series III: White and Curren families. Within Series I, there are four Sub-series: Series: A. Catharine Robb Whyte papers; B. Peter Whyte papers; C. Peter and Catharine Whyte papers accessioned after 2017; D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings.
Fonds consists mainly of poems by Gordon Burles, 1970-2017. Manuscripts contain about twenty-seven hundred poems, mainly in free verse, some with revisions. Poems are numbered in chronological order. About 2016 Burles stopped numbering each poem. The year of creation is indicated with each poem.…
ca. 36.5 cm textual records + 9 CD-R (textual records). -- 7 photographs : prints, negatives.
History / Biographical
James Gordon Burles, b.1949, is a poet, surveyor and civil servant at Banff, Alberta, Canada. A native of Banff, Burles is a student of the Canadian Rockies. In Burles' own words, much of his poetry is inspired by four environments: the life and history of Banff National Park, the town of Banff, the Okanagan Valley, and Calgary.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists mainly of poems by Gordon Burles, 1970-2017. Manuscripts contain about twenty-seven hundred poems, mainly in free verse, some with revisions. Poems are numbered in chronological order. About 2016 Burles stopped numbering each poem. The year of creation is indicated with each poem. Some poems pertain to mountain personalities such as Bill Peyto, Norman Sanson, Margaret Stone, Walter D. Wilcox, Walter J. Phillips, Conrad Kain, and Georgia Engelhard. Many are surrealist or nonsense poems and many deal with the Cemetery Tea House, an imaginary teahouse frequented by various characters.
Fonds consists of three series: I : Poetry Manuscripts; II : Prose and research; III: Digital typeset copies of published poems
Some poems deal with Burle's parents and family. The collection also holds fifty-three books and booklets, self-published by the author from 1984 to 2017. The books published from 2003 to 2017 contain all the poems which the author considers worth preserving. Some in one book have been revised in a later book. Some poems were revised more than once. The three books published in 1984, 1986, and 1990 are considered by the author as early works. Only the poems in those books that the author considered worth publishing have been republished in the 2003-2017 books. Names in the poem titles are usually made up.
Some titles are tongue-in-cheek. There were so many poems that the author resorted to names like "Portrait for Bertrand Clerihew-Guggenheim" to make it easier. Some titles, of course, are obviously connected to the content of the poem. Many titles were long enough to preclude the difficulty of getting the graphic designer to centre the title over the poem! Also included are manuscripts, research materials, articles, and notes etc. regarding Bill Peyto, the Copper Mountain Mine, Banff National Park museum, logging roads in the Johnson Lake area, and the Sanson-Bethune connection.
Photographs pertain to remains of hay rake and wagon in the Third Vermilion Lake area (1975) and remains of the Queen of the Hills Mine, above Silver City (1977).
CD-ROMS's contain typeset copies of manuscripts by Gordon Burles in Pagemaker, In Design and .pdf file formats. Manuscripts include "The Jagged Harmony," 2005, "An Avenue Without End," 2005, "That Perfect Elsewhere," n.d., "Much Like A Dream," 2004, "All the Universe of Sight," 2006, "Those Grand Poplars," 2004, "Lords of Many Orchards: Selected Best Poems of Gordon Burles," 2003, "That trellis of tombs: Further Selected Poems of Gordon Burles," 2004, "The Closing of Many Doors: More Poems by Gordon Burles," 2006.
II : Prose and research includes "Life story of James Gordon Burles," 2022
Notes
Books of poetry published by Gordon Burles are located in the Whyte Museum Archives Library 05.1/B92.
In 2018 Gordon Burles compiled a listing of the original poems that were edited and re-published. This list is in the M196 document file, and is also a PDF attached to the fonds level record
Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and profession…
ca.32.1 m of textual records (29.3 m textual records, 47 scrapbooks) -- ca.7290 photographs (ca.5300 b&w and col. prints, ca.1915 negatives, 75 transparencies, 2 tintypes) -- 17 albums -- ca.74 cm sound recordings (29 CDs, 45 audio cassettes, 17 R120 DAT tapes, 1 VHS, 8 voicewriter discs)
History / Biographical
The Norman Luxton family was a prominent family in Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1904 until 1962. Daughter Eleanor Luxton maintained the family's position in the town until her death in 1995.
Publisher and businessman Norman K. Luxton, 1876-1962, was the son of Winnipeg Free Press co-founder William Luxton. After working for the Winnipeg Free Press, Norman Luxton travelled, then joined the Calgary Herald for eight years. In 1901, he journeyed 10,000 miles on the Pacific in the dug-out canoe Tilikum. After becoming ill, Luxton abandoned the trip in Fiji and came to Banff to recuperate. The around-the-world trip was subsequently completed by his sailing partner, Capt. John Voss.
Luxton bought Banff's Crag and Canyon newspaper in 1902 and remained as publisher until 1951. Also in 1902, he established the Sign of the Goat Curio store which specialized in Stoney Indian handicrafts and taxidermy specimens. Other significant Luxton businesses were the King Edward Hotel and Livery, Luxton Bros. insurance (with brother Louis Luxton) and the Lux Block, which included a hotel, the Lux Theatre and retail stores.
In 1904, Norman Luxton married Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall, 1870-1965, of the pioneer missionary McDougall family of Morley, Alberta. In addition to her McDougall connections, Georgie Luxton was related by marriage to Senator George Ross. Norman and Georgie Luxton had one child, Eleanor Georgina, born in Banff in 1908.
The Luxtons were important Banff "boosters" with involvement in numerous local organizations and events. Norman Luxton managed the Banff Indian Days from 1909 to 1950, was a founder of Banff Winter Carnival and was involved with native events at the Calgary Stampede for 25 years. In 1953, Norman established a museum to house his native artifacts. The Luxton Museum was built in co-operation with Eric Harvie of the Glenbow Foundation of Calgary. After Luxton's death, the museum continued to be managed by the Glenbow until 1992.
Eleanor Luxton, 1908-1995, was a writer, historian, researcher, engineer, teacher and business woman. After graduating from high school in Banff in 1926, she attended the University of Alberta from 1926 until 1939, receiving degrees in history (BA '30, MA'33), a Diploma in Education (1931) and subsequent education, biology and natural history courses during the summers.
Between 1937 and 1956, Eleanor received further degrees and certificates from studies at Garbutt Business College (Calgary), St. Stephen's College (Edmonton), Ottawa Technical High School, Havergal Ladies College (Ontario), St. George Williams College (Montreal), McGill University (Montreal) and the Banff School of Fine Arts. Subjects studied included office practices, shorthand, machine draughting, English, civil engineering (BSc '46), German, broadcast writing, management, commerce, accounting and commercial law.
Eleanor Luxton's extensive education overlapped and preceded a long and varied professional career. Her teaching career extended from high school teacher in Alberta (Banff and Sexsmith), 1933-1940, to university lecturer in Montreal in the 1950s. During the 1940s, she worked in locomotive design for the CPR in Montreal. Beginning in 1956 and continuing until 1965, when she returned to Banff to care for her mother, Eleanor worked throughout southern Alberta as a field researcher for Calgary's Glenbow Foundation. From 1965 until her death in 1995, Eleanor remained in Banff in her family home and pursued an active career in writing and research.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and professional records, financial documents, organization and volunteer records, business and property records, scrapbooks and albums, research materials, candid and professional portraits, various collected materials, and other related content.
Notes
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds:
I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1880]-1962, ca. 7.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Correspondence, B. Business, financial and legal, C. Personal, D. Personal and professional, E. Collected materials.
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1890]-1995, ca. 15 m. of textual records, sound recordings and photographs in six series: A. Correspondence, B. Professional, C. Personal, D. Business, financial and legal, E. Travel and events, F. Collected materials.
III. Luxton family sous-fonds, 1836-1972, ca.6.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Norman Luxton family series, [ca.1900-ca.1970]; B. Georgina Luxton series, [ca.1890]-1967; C. Related family series, [ca.1890]-1972; D. Other material series, 1836-1970; E. Luxton family home records [1996].
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Hom…
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Homestead Inn, Mount Royal Hotel, Castle Mountain Lodge, and the Chateau Lake Louise, and a cover of the Sky Line Trail Hiker bulletin featuring members of the Royal Family.