Fonds consists of papers pertaining to Peyto's Boer War service, photography and personal matters and photographs produced and collected by Peyto. Includes resolution of the American Alpine Club commending Peyto for his aid in the rescue of Margaret Stone on July 24, 1921 from Eon Mountain. Mrs. S…
264 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 2 photograph albums (ca.35 prints). -- 3 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Ebenezer William (Bill) Peyto, 1868-1943, was a guide, outfitter, prospector and national park warden at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Peyto was prominent among the early trail guides of the Rockies, beginning a colourful career ca.1893. He led a number of mountaineers into climbing regions until ca.1910. Peyto served in both the Boer and First World Wars, worked a talc mine on the edge of Banff National Park and was a national park warden for over twenty years, retiring in 1937. Peyto Lake, Peyto Glacier, Peyto Peak and Trapper Peak were named in his honour.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of papers pertaining to Peyto's Boer War service, photography and personal matters and photographs produced and collected by Peyto. Includes resolution of the American Alpine Club commending Peyto for his aid in the rescue of Margaret Stone on July 24, 1921 from Eon Mountain. Mrs. Stone was stranded after the accidental death of Dr. W. E. Stone on July 17, 1921. Photographs pertain to Bill Peyto, clients and trips in the Rocky Mountains; also Banff townsite views and events, wildlife and scenic views, ca.1900-ca.1940. Includes large framed portrait of Bill Peyto.
Collection includes: certificate of general resolution of appreciation commending Jack Curren, Frank Betteridge, Frank Gombert, F. Wells, Reno Fitten, William Child and Ralph Rink for aid in the rescue of Mrs. W. E. Stone, July 24, 1921, and recovery of the body of Dr. W. E. Stone, d. July 17, 1921…
Ron Duke was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada
Scope & Content
Collection includes: certificate of general resolution of appreciation commending Jack Curren, Frank Betteridge, Frank Gombert, F. Wells, Reno Fitten, William Child and Ralph Rink for aid in the rescue of Mrs. W. E. Stone, July 24, 1921, and recovery of the body of Dr. W. E. Stone, d. July 17, 1921, on Mount Eon; and various photographs collected by Duke from unknown sources. Included is a Dave White & Sons Ltd. poster of eight prints, showing store 1894 to 1948; also a poster of male descendants of John Brewster, ca.1965, with ten images.
Partial contents: Avalanche / Robert E. Gard; Disaster at Avalanche Mountain / Cecil Clark; The agony of Mrs. Stone / Jon Whyte; At Grips with a Grizzly / Colin Wyatt
File contains 8 pages of typed poems (photocopies) by Gordon Burles; includes 2 copies of “With Mr. Sanson” (one labeled “earlier version”), 2 copies of “Bill Peyto Old” (one labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “The Old Alpinist”, 1 copy of “Mrs. Stone Remembers”, 1 copy of “Lane Returns to Banff…
File contains 8 pages of typed poems (photocopies) by Gordon Burles; includes 2 copies of “With Mr. Sanson” (one labeled “earlier version”), 2 copies of “Bill Peyto Old” (one labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “The Old Alpinist”, 1 copy of “Mrs. Stone Remembers”, 1 copy of “Lane Returns to Banff, 1918” (labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “Lane Johnson Returns to Banff, 1918”; dates on poems 1982-1984; poems are signed by author
Contents: The heron (p.1); The hermit (p.2); Biskobad changes (p.3); Striving stone (p.4); The children on the hill (p.5); The old cabin (p.6); Vision for vision (p.7); With her (p.8); Rural roads (p.9); Bill Peyto alone (p.10); After the funeral (p.11); Among the poplars (p.12); A dream of moonlight (13); Night and day (p.14); The road home (p.15); She goes away (p.16); Love lesson (p.17); We sat here (p.18); The hike (p.19); Reunion (p.20); Plato in the twilight (p.21); The horsemen (p.22); Funeral (p.23); Bill Peyto old (p.24); Spring (p.25); Testament (p.26); A promise of mountain days (p.27); Banff (p.28); After the concert (p.29); Mountain camp (p.30); New love (p.31); The wedding (p.32); Old age(p.33); Seeing Mt. Cascade from the Spray River (p.34); Lane Johnson returns to Banff, 1919 (p.35); With Mr. Sanson (p.36);
The old alpinist (p.37); Meeting a former love (p.38); Old Antophon remembers (p.39); Daybreak (p.40); The ballerina (p.41); The first snow (p.42); Mrs. Stone remembers (p.43); Summer moments (p.44); Mrs. Wheeler’s garden (p.45); At the Banff Springs Hotel (p.46); Plato dying (p.47); Snowfall (p.48); When she walked by (p.49); At the Chateau Lake Louise (p. 50)
Cover: drawing by Wayne Milburn of cabin with Mounts Stoney Squaw and Cascade
S29 / 1-28
Title: Guides and Outfitters of the Canadian Rockies
Name: Turnor, Madeline A.
Interviewer: Kreg O. Sky
Date: Dec. 17, 1983
Place: Invermere
Phys. Description: Scotch 208, 5 inch reel
Side 1: Family home stead in Columbia Valley in 1911. First pack trip, 1916, with A. McCarthy. Alp…
S29 / 1-28
Title: Guides and Outfitters of the Canadian Rockies
Name: Turnor, Madeline A.
Interviewer: Kreg O. Sky
Date: Dec. 17, 1983
Place: Invermere
Phys. Description: Scotch 208, 5 inch reel
Side 1: Family home stead in Columbia Valley in 1911. First pack trip, 1916, with A. McCarthy. Alpine Club camps. Hunting in Assiniboine, 1919. Gibbon party photo in Diamond Hitch while working for Walter Nixon, 1923. Background on Nixon’s outfit. C.P.R. Bungalows (Windermere), day trips and duties. Worked for Staples’ dude ranch at Premier Lake (1927) for 30 years; (S-Half Diamond). Train load of wealthy American girls. Trips: Whiteswan Lake, Sheep (Lussier) Creek, Top of the World. Shorter rides for junior girls. Various camps noted. Hunting trips started after Depression: some guides and hunting areas mentioned. Purcell trips: Lake of the Hanging Glacier. Byron Harmon. Conrad Kain taught her how to pack.
Side 2: Trail riders of the Canadian Rockies in Yoho, 1923. Walter Nixon. Trails: above Invermere, Lake of Hanging Glacier, Toby Creeks. Local outfitters: Tegfart’s McKay’s, Pete Lum, Bert Lowe, Dave Nixon. Other duties at Premier Lake. Dr. and Mrs. Stone’s climbing accident on Mt. Eon. Mr and Mrs Best. Other people. Some comparisons to modern day activities.
Access Restrictions
Copyright on sound recordings in effect until 50 years from the date of creation
Reference use only; no reproduction
* Papyrus Curtain/Black Markets [poem manuscript, 1986?; see also series III. Jon Whyte electronic records] - M88 / 98, 99
* Phil Moore - biodata [JW title; includes research materials, notes, draft, 1991 - see also III.B. Jon Whyte electronic records - DOS files] - M88 / 100
* Roads of the Canadian Rockies [text, photographs, maps and documentation for Jon Whyte / Ed Cavell project (never completed), ca.1974; several related notebooks can be found in sub-series I.B. Jon Whyte literary papers - general] - M88 / 101 (and oversize "F"), V690/
* Swan Song [proposal, drafts, notes, typescripts, 1986?; see also series III. Jon Whyte electronic records] - M88 / 101
Maps. -- [ca.1974]. -- 7 items of cartographic records. -- Includes hand-drawn maps of roads in the Canadian Rockies by Ruth Mark, 5 items, and annotated published maps, 2 items. -- Title based on material. Maps held in oversize "F"
File contains the following poems:
101. The mining camp, 1986—subject: abandoned mining camp—original and revision present
102. For Katherine Mansfield, 1986, 1987—subject: author Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), a New Zealander
103. Stewart Canyon, 1986—subject: Stewart Canyon, near Lake Minnewan…
File contains the following poems:
101. The mining camp, 1986—subject: abandoned mining camp—original and revision present
102. For Katherine Mansfield, 1986, 1987—subject: author Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), a New Zealander
103. Stewart Canyon, 1986—subject: Stewart Canyon, near Lake Minnewanka
104. Inglismaldie Creek, 1986—subject: creek flowing down from between Mt. Inglismaldie and Mt. Girouard; creek name is unofficial
105. Old Miss Hastings and the Rockies, 1986—subject: old age and nature
106. Poet’s night out, 1986—subject: poet
107. September dialogue, 1986—subject: love poem; later revised
108. At Bankhead, 1986—subject: Bankhead musings
109. Mountain awakening, 1986—subject: nature
110. To my wife, 1986—subject: love poem
111. A sunny day in October, 1986—subject: nature
112. Sleeping and waking, 1986—subject: sleep fantasy
113. Sundance Pass, 1986—subject: nature musings; original and revision present
114. The winter garden, 1986—subject: garden in winter—inspired by Cascade Gardens
115. The revelation, 1986—subject: nature musings
116. By Forty-Mile Creek, 1986—subject: love poem
117. Dawn judgment, 1986—subject: aged poet
118. The “Titanic”, 1986—subject: the shipwreck; revised later
119. The encounter, 1986—subject: poet’s father
120. The mountain traveler, 1986—subject: travel musings
121. Conrad Kain musing, 1986—subject: Conrad Kain
122. On Tunnel Mt. Drive, 1986—subject: childhood memory of Tunnel Mt. Drive
123. Winter near Fairholme, 1987—subject: musings near Fairholme Ranch site
124. Summit reverie in youth, 1987—subject: fantasy from Mt. Bourgeau
125. On Otter Street, 1987—subject: Otter Street musings
126. On the west road, 1987—subject: musings along Vermilion Lakes Road
127. After the movie, 1987—subject: memories of walking home from a movie with mother about 1956; movie was “Around the World in Eighty Days”
128. Changes, 1987—subject: nonsense poem
129. Chinook, 1987—subject: marital poem
130. Remembering, 1987—subject: memories of youth
131. After the “Titanic”, 1987—subject: lost love
132. Love story, 1987—subject: nonsense poem
133. The waterfall, 1987—subject: crane love poem
134. Mrs. Stone on the seventh day, 1987—subject: Mt. Eon tragedy
135. Early spring chinook, 1987—subject: chinook musings
136. Betrayal, 1987—subject: love lost
137. Dawn reverie, 1987—subject: dawn; rhyming poem
138. The flower of the deeper self, 1987—subject: nature musing; rhyming poem
139. The program tonight, 1987—subject: nonsense poem
140. Where Kathleen lives, 1987—subject: love poem
141. At the guest lodge, 1987—subject: guest lodge; revised later; inspired by Assiniboine Lodge
142. Blindness, 1987—subject: blind lady
143. At the cliff base, 1987—subject: climbing accident
144. Conquest on the meadow, 1987—subject: fantasy; rhyming poem
145. After the murder, 1987—subject: fantasy
146. Lover’s promise, 1987—subject: love poem
147. Love’s power, 1987—subject: love poem
148. Dream horse, 1987—subject: fantasy; rhyming poem
149. Our love, 1987—subject: love poem
150. September, 1987—subject: autumn musings
File contains the following poems:
401. On Edward Thomas, 1988—subject: based on English poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917)
402. Reality, 1988—subject: rememberings
403. By a glade, 1988—subject: crossing a stream horseback
404. Near Skoki, 1988—winter near Skoki Lodge
405. Ectopia, 1988—subject: nons…
File contains the following poems:
401. On Edward Thomas, 1988—subject: based on English poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917)
402. Reality, 1988—subject: rememberings
403. By a glade, 1988—subject: crossing a stream horseback
404. Near Skoki, 1988—winter near Skoki Lodge
405. Ectopia, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
406. Life’s logolithos, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
407. Against the night, 1988—subject: random musings
408. Cemetery, 1988—subject: children at a grave
409. A school for the heart, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
410. Moments alone, 1988—subject: mountain musings
411. A patchwork mausoleum, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
412. Soldier, 1988—subject: Saxon times
413. Melancholy, 1988—subject: nature fantasy
414. That breathless vision, 1988—subject: nature metaphor; original and revision present
415. Wigmore Creek, 1988—subject: based on ram’s horn suspended from small cliff just north of Wigmore Creek on the Cascade fire road
416. The old uncle, 1988—subject: based on story told of his uncle by Mac Moir, poet
417. Banff, 1900, 1988—subject: Victorian house imagined
418. Before dawn, 1988—subject: night musings
419. Now, dear Leander, 1988—subject: based on Bourgeau Lake
420. Mt. Brewster at night, 1988—subject: remembering attempted ascent of Mt. Brewster (northeast of Banff) in teenage years with Herb MacAulay
421. The knight, 1988—subject: nonsense poem in which Cemetery Tea House appears for the first time; original and revision present
422. The valley, 1988—subject: vision
423. The lynx, 1988—subject: vision based on Banff Springs Hotel
424. Saturday, 1988—subject: Saturday night
425. Waking, 1988—subject: cutting of birches; original and revision present
426. Schoolboy’s lament, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
427. Flowers for allosaurs, 1988—subject: nonsense poem based on early reptiles
428. Two friends, 1988—subject: based on author and Tor Brattland wandering around Bankhead
429. Near sunset, 1988—subject: musings based on Edward Thomas poem, “The Bridge”
430. Palliser Range, 1988—subject: musings based on Palliser Range seen from Banff
431. City, 1988—subject: vision of big city
432. In early May, 1988—subject: spring
433. Ballerina, 1988—subject: based on photo of Bea Lefroy seen in 1983 at her house on Buffalo Street, near cemetery; see poem # 41
434. Good morning, sir, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
435. What I saw, 1988—subject: interment, based on interment author witnessed in Old Banff Cemetery
436. Ambition, 1988—subject: wishful musings
437. Athenian girl, 1988—subject: imagining Greek statue
438. Vernal beauty, 1988—subject: spring evening
439. During the war, 1988—subject: Bill Peyto
440. Note to her, 1988—subject: author’s wedding in 1986; original and revision present
441. Fantasizing, 1988—subject: imagining success
442. Fairholme ridge, 1988—subject: musings
443. Hermione’s rodeo, 1988—subject: nonsense poem; original and two revisions present
444. Near Banff, 1946, 1988—subject: imagining young man hitchhiking to Calgary
445. The boulder, 1988—subject: quartzite boulder
446. Ordeal, 1988—subject: Mrs. Stone on Mt. Eon; see poems 134 and 43
447. Coelacanth, 1988—subject: “living fossil”, the coelacanth
448. The discovery, 1988—subject: finding fossil coelacanth
449. The cherry tree, 1988—subject: based on poster of cherry tree in blossom
450. Welcome back, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
File contains the following poems:
1. The heron, 1970 – Subject: Nature. – Published in: Malahat Review, Number 20, October 1971; Around You Anthology, 1972 prize; Hints’n’prods Canadian Authors Association Magazine, 1976
2. When she walked by, 1970 – Subject: Love poem—published in Around You a…
File contains the following poems:
1. The heron, 1970 – Subject: Nature. – Published in: Malahat Review, Number 20, October 1971; Around You Anthology, 1972 prize; Hints’n’prods Canadian Authors Association Magazine, 1976
2. When she walked by, 1970 – Subject: Love poem—published in Around You anothology, 1972
3. Biskobad changes, 1971 – Subject: Fantasy poem—published in Around You anthology, 1972
4. Striving stone, 1971 – Subject: Garden fantasy – published in Around You Anthology, 1972
5. The children on the hill, 1971- subject: fantasy- published in Around You Anthology, 1972
6. The old cabin, 1972—subject: backcountry—published in Crag and Canyon, unknown date
7. Vision for vision, 1972—subject: fantasy—published in Storm Warning 2, ed. Al Purdy, 1975
8. With her, 1972—subject: love poem—published in Hints ‘n’ Prods, Canadian Authors Association , Calgary, 1976; revision and early version both present—published in Around You anthology, 1972
9. Rural roads, 1972—subject: love poem—published in Dandelion magazine, Calgary, 1977
10. Bill Peyto alone, 1972—subject : Bill Peyto—published in : Storm Warning 2, ed. Al Purdy, 1975; Canadian Alpine Journal, vol. 58, 1975; Western Profiles (textbook), Edmonton, 1979; Tales of the Canadian Rockies, Brian Patton ed., 1984
11. After the funeral, 1973—subject: love poem—published in Harbinger (OFY project), Calgary, 1973
12. Old Antophon remembers, 1973—subject: classical Greek—published in Storm Warning 2, ed. Al Purdy, 1975
13. A dream of moonlight, 1973—subject: fantasy—published in Hints ‘n’ Prods, Canadian Authors Association magazine, Calgary, 1976; Hon. Mention, Poets of Alberta contest, 1974
14. Night and day, 1974—subject: backcountry fantasy—published in The Whole Apple, U of Calgary, 1974
15. The road home, 1974—subject: love poem
16. She goes away, 1974—subject: love poem—published in Storm Warning 2, Al Purdy ed., 1975; also in A Sense of Place (textbook), Edmonton, 1979
17. Love lesson, 1974—subject: love poem—Hon. Mention, Poets of Alberta contest, 1974
18. We sat here, 1975—subject: hiking
19. The hike, 1978—subject: hiking—published in Dandelion magazine, Calgary, 1977
20. Reunion, 1978—subject: love poem—published in : CVII, spring 1983; Writing the Terrain anthology, U of Calgary Press, 2005; printed as Reunion (for Eleonora) in Those Grand Poplars
21. Plato in the twilight, 1982—classical Greek—published in CVII, spring 1983
22. The horsemen, 1982—subject: backcountry—revised in 2003; both versions present
23. Funeral, 1982—subject: funeral
24. Bill Peyto old, 1982—subject: Bill Peyto
25. Spring, 1982—subject: Spring
26. Testament to a lover, 1982—subject: love poem
27. A promise of mountain days, 1982—subject: love of mountains—part of Exceptional Pass art show at Whyte Museum 1982; written for that show
28. Banff, 1982—subject: Banff area
29. After the concert, 1982—subject: experience in winter—revised before publication in Lords of Many Orchards, 2003
30. Mountain camp, 1982—subject: backcountry camping—written for Skyline Hikers competition after camp at Sunset Pass; got honourable mention
31. New love, 1982—subject: love poem
32. The wedding, 1982—subject: wedding fantasy—revised before self-publication later
33. Old age, 1982—subject: Helen Wells of Banff
34. Seeing Mt. Cascade from the Spray River, 1982-- subject: wilderness
35. Lane Johnson returns to Banff, 1919, 1983—subject: war veteran
36. With Mr. Sanson, 1983—subject: Norman Sanson
37. The old alpinist, 1983—subject: old alpinist—published in Canadian Alpine Journal. Vol. 58, 1975
38. Meeting a former love, 1983—subject: love poem
39. Among the poplars, 1983—subject: nature
40. Daybreak, 1983—subject: dawn
41. The ballerina, 1983—subject: death—inspired by photo in house of Bea Lefroy on Buffalo Street
42. The first snow, 1983—subject : nature—revised for self-publication later; both versions present
43. Mrs. Stone remembers, 1984—subject: Mt. Eon tragedy
44. Summer moments, 1984—subject: summer
45. Old Mrs. Wheeler’s garden, 1984, 1985—subject: old age—inspired by Walter Painter’s widow; revised many times
46. At the Banff Springs Hotel, 1984—subject: evening at Banff Springs Hotel
47. Plato dying, 1984—classical Greece
48. Snowfall, 1984—subject: evening in winter
49. The hermit, 1984—subject : the hermit of Johnson’s Lake
50. At the Chateau Lake Louise, 1984—subject: experience at Chateau Lake Louise
Various views from Harmon’s travels in China. Subjects include a palace and stone barge, labourers at docks, harbour scenes, sampans, sloops, junks, warships, market waterfront, business areas, beggars, rural scenes, water buffalo, village pagoda, huge barge, ploughing fields, Mrs. Pearl Harmon and…
1 Motion Picture: 16 mm (1 film reel, ca.400', 11 min): acetate, b&w; silent.
Scope & Content
Various views from Harmon’s travels in China. Subjects include a palace and stone barge, labourers at docks, harbour scenes, sampans, sloops, junks, warships, market waterfront, business areas, beggars, rural scenes, water buffalo, village pagoda, huge barge, ploughing fields, Mrs. Pearl Harmon and sampan rowers, waterfront scenes.
File consists of 39 b&w, prints. The prints pertain to Peter and Catharine's activities and interests. Prints include people like Dr. and Mrs. Duncan MacKenzie, Robin Peyto, Mrs. Holmes, George Nobel taking a photograph, an image of Mary Schaffer with Mrs. Harry Brett, Mrs Earl Brett and Mr. Robe…
V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 809 to 848
Date Range
ca.1880 to ca.1935
Physical Description
Photographs: 39 prints; b&w.
Scope & Content
File consists of 39 b&w, prints. The prints pertain to Peter and Catharine's activities and interests. Prints include people like Dr. and Mrs. Duncan MacKenzie, Robin Peyto, Mrs. Holmes, George Nobel taking a photograph, an image of Mary Schaffer with Mrs. Harry Brett, Mrs Earl Brett and Mr. Roberts, Fern Brewster with animal skulls, Jim Wardle with Stewart Clark, Byron Harmon, Phil Moore, Leslie Mather, Peter Whyte at the Cave and Basin during Winter Carnival, Walter Buxhaum at Jack Sinclair's cabin, a portraits of Jack Sinclair and Ike Herbert, and Constable Wark and Sargeant Casey Oliver in R.C.M.P. uniform. Other images are of Alf Capel with Tom Grant and Fred Grant on a porch, two First Nations women, an image of Anthracite, a written commendation from the American Alpine Club in regards to Bill Peyto helping Mrs. W.E. Stone. Other people include Cliff White, Dennis Mighall and Betty (Painter) Walker with Peter and Catharine Whyte at Norquay, Peter and Catharine on a hiking trip. Other images are of Tom Kaquitts, and Ben Kaquitts and his wife. Other First Nations images are from Tom Wilson's negatives and include Job Hunter and his wife, Tom (?) with a medal, John Hunter with his father George and his mother, Joshua and William Hunter (Twins) and grandson at Big Horn, Enos Hunter, George McLean, Ben Kaquitts, Old Dan Wildman and Young Dan Wildman standing together, George MacLean, george Kauitts, John Salter, Peter Ear, Lazarus red White Claw, William Wesley, Tom Simeon and Guy Soldier with bow and arrows, Enoch Wildman and two boys, Tom Kaquitts, some Stoney Nakoda at Kootenai Plains, the son and daughter of Jonas Benjamin, Mark Poucette, Chief Samson, Reverand R.B. Steinhauer, Reverand John McDougall, Chief Pakan, Chief Jonas Big Stoney. Some images are annotated with identification and stories.
Sub-series consists mainly of biographical research files containing notes, transcripts and writing re individuals and families in the High River area and other ranching communities of southern Alberta
Files were created as part of Glenbow-Alberta Institute research projects, 1956-1961
Date Range
[1956-1961]
Physical Description
24 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
Sub-series consists mainly of biographical research files containing notes, transcripts and writing re individuals and families in the High River area and other ranching communities of southern Alberta
Access Restrictions
Reproduction may be restricted due to conservation concerns
Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Content Details
LIST OF FILES (LUX / II / B4 - 1 to 22) :
B4 - 1
* Earl Adsit : 1 item
* James Aird : 1 item
* Alexanders of Two Dot : empty
* W. H. Allan : 1 item, re 50th wedding anniversary
* John Allan : 1 item; Staff Sergeant John Allan, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
* Bill Alley : 1 item
* Thomas Andrews : 1 item, re Thomas and Flora Andrews
* Sam P. Armstrong : 1 item; Regimental Tailor, Sergeant, North West Mounted Police
* Henry Arnett : 1 item
* William E de Chautiers Austin : 1 item; William Edmund de Chautiere Austin
* Harry Baines : 5 items, re Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hewitt Baines
* Thomas Baird : empty
* William Baird : 2 items, also includes Miss Pearl Baird
* I. G. Baker : 1 item, re daughter Frances Baker born in Fort Benton, Montana 1867
* A. A. Ballachey : 1 item; Alec Addington Ballachey
* Albert Edward Banister : 3 items, re Albert Edward and Helen Mary Banister
* Harold Banister : 2 items
* John J. Barter : empty
* Frank Bedingfeld & mother : 1 item
* Dr. Bedingfield : 1 item; Dr. Howard Ernest Bedingfield. Also includes Dr. John Smith Stewart, dentists
* Mrs. M. Begg : empty
* Robert A. Begg : 4 items, re Bob and Alex Begg
* Andrew Bell : 1 item, re Andy Bell
* Billy Bews : 1 item
* James G. Bews : 6 items, re Sullivan Creek Ranch. One item is notes on Jim Bews and Sullivan Ranch in Lenore Bews Grade 6 school notebook
* Big Rock School : empty
B4 - 2
* Dave Blacklock : 1 item
* Alec S. Blackwood : 2 items, re Mr. and Mrs. Alec S. Blackwood
* Jack & George Blake : 6 items; John (Jack) S. Blake
* George Blake NWMP : 1 item; Sergeant George (Kid) Blake, North West Mounted Police
* Charlie Blazier : 1 item, re Charlie "The Wolfer" Blazier, antelope rancher
* Bliss brothers : empty
* Blunt & Holmes : 1 item, re Dave Blunt and "Bar D" Holmes
* James N. Bond : 1 item
* William M. Bond : 2 items, re Bond family
* Tom Boulton : 3 items; Thomas Boulton
* Jerry Boyce : 1 item
* Levi Bradley : 2 items, re buffalo bone hunts, leather business
* Harry Brayne : 3 items
* Frank Brazil : empty
* Menno, Harvey & Edgar Bricker : 5 items
* Bridges, Albert : empty
* Stephen Bridges : empty
* Peter Briggs : empty
* R. N. Broderick : 2 items; Richard N. Broderick
* Edmund Forster Brown : 3 items, also includes Annora Brown
* Jean Brown : empty
* Jebb Brown : 1 item; Sergeant Jebb Brown, North West Mounted Police
* Joseph Harrison Brown : 4 items, aka "Seven U" Brown
B4 - 3
* Sam Brown : 2 items (B4-3)
* Sylvester J. Brown : 2 items; forest ranger
* Dave Bryant : empty
* Elizabeth J. Bryce : 1 item; Elizabeth Jane Bryce
* Henry & Mary Anne Bryce : 2 items
* William Bryce : 4 items, re Mr. and Mrs. William Bryce
* George A. Burchet : 1 item; George Alfred Burchet
* Edward Burke : 2 items, re Burke family
* Patrick Burns : 1 item; Senator Patrick Burns
* Mr. Butler : 1 item, re Mr. and Mrs. Butler
* James Byron : empty
* [Caldwell] : 1 item
* Duncan Cameron : 1 item
* John Cameron : empty
* Kenneth Cameron : empty
* John Carmichael : empty
* H. Walter Carpenter : empty
* James H. Carr : empty
* Mrs. Carr : empty
* Henry Carroll : 2 items
* Mr. & Mrs. E. A. Cartwright : 3 items; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Aubrey Cartwright
* Hugh Cayley : 1 item; Hugh Quentin Cayley
B4 - 4
* Charles Clark, Sr. : 3 items, re founder and editor of the High River Times
* Louis B. Cochrane : 1 item
* [Mr. Collier] : 1 item
* F. N. Comstock : 2 items; Francis Norman Comstock
* Joe Comstock : 1 item, re Comstock family, including Joe, Frank, Richard (Dick), Fred and Albert
* William W. Conklin : 1 item; re William (Billy) Wallace Conklin
* J. H. Connell : 2 items, re Mr. and Mrs. Joseph (Harry) Henry Connell
* John Thomas Cooper : empty
* William Cousins : 1 item
* W. R. Cox : 1 item; And cattle died by the thousands : [excerpt from W. R. Cox' diary], 1889
* Coyote Pete : 1 item, re catching coyotes
* John Crawford : 1 item, re Jack Crawford
* Finlay Creighton : 1 item, re Creighton family
* A. E. Cross : 3 items, re Alfred Ernest Cross, Cross family, reminiscences of roundup 1887
* Crowfoot : 1 item; Chief Crowfoot, Blackfoot Indian Chief
* J. C. Cuffling : 1 item; John Coleman Cuffling
* John Currie : 1 item, re John Currie family
* [Robert Currie] : 1 item
* William Cust : 1 item, re wheat farmers
* E. A. Dagget : 1 item; Earnest Austin Daggett
B4 - 5
* Harold Daly : 2 items, re Harold Mayne Daly and life at the Bar-U Ranch in the 1890s
* Peter John Danielson : 1 item
* Harry Darrigan : 1 item
* H. E. Denning : 2 items, re Harry Denning and family
* Milton Doty : 1 item, re Milton Dody, adventurer
* J. W. Douglas : 3 items, excerpts from J. W. Douglas' diary 1886
* Charles L. Douglass : 1 item
* L. A. Douglass : 1 item; Wagon Wheels a Squeaking / L. A. Douglass : [poem]
* Dunbow : 3 items, re Dunbow School, St. Joseph's Indian Industrial School
* Pat Eagen : 1 item; Sergeant Pat Egan, North West Mounted Police, horse thieves
* James Eberly : 2 items, re Mr. and Mrs. James Eberly
* Mrs. J. A. Eckersley : 1 item, re pioneer women, George "Joe" Eckersley, stone quarry owner and contractor
* A. H. Eckford : 3 items; Herbert Eckford
* Bob Edwards, The Eye Opener : 8 items; Robert Chambers Edwards
* [Pat Egan] : 1 item; Detective Pat Egan: Bad medicine for horse thieves
B4 - 6
* John Eide : 1 item
* Joseph Rushton Emery : 2 items
* Fallow family history : 1 item; As I remember it / Myrtle Fallow Cuyler, 43p
* Mr & Mrs Thomas Field : empty
* Mary Jane Findlay : empty
* Fisher : 1 item
* Mr. E. Fisk : 1 item, re Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fisk
* May Flanagan : 7 items, includes 4 photographs
* Alexander Fleming : 2 items, re "Mutiny" Fleming, North West Mounted Police
* Comtesse de Foras : 1 item; Father was Brazilian Ambassador to the Court of Belgium
* Foreign reference : empty
B4 - 7
* E. Forrester diary : 1 item; January to December 1889, North West Mounted Police camp life, 39p
* A. S. H. Fowler : 1 item, re road construction east of Banff
* L. A. Fowler : 2 items
* Johnny Franklin : 1 item, re famous horseman
* A. H. Fraser : 1 item; A. H. Fraser, Surgeon-General
* Duncan Grahame Fraser : 3 items; Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Grahame Fraser, a war story 1918
* Emma L. Fraser : 1 item, re Emma Louise Fraser
* Lafunette French : 2 items, re Lafayette French, prospector for the Lemon Mine
* A. Gardner : 1 item
* W. C. Gardner : 5 items; William C. Gardner
* Gervais : 1 item, re Gervais brothers: Louis, Guillaume, Adrien and Romain
* William Gilmore : empty
* John Glendenning : 1 item, re John M. Glendenning, round-ups
* E. W. Godsal : empty
* Frank Gough : 4 items, includes newspaper clipping January 15, 1930
* Edwin W. Gould : 1 item
B4 - 8
* Mrs. Marvin Graves : 1 item
* Donald Gray : 3 items
* Paddy Green : 2 items, re piano
* Alexander Robinson Greig : 1 item
* George Greig : 1 item; "Geordy" Greig
* James Allan Greig : 1 item; James Alan "Sam" Greig
* Octavius & Ronnie Greig & George Sage : 1 item
* A. B. Hamilton : 3 items, re Fort Whoop Up
* Frank Hamilton : empty
* John Hamilton : 1 item
* Walter Hanson & wife : 7 items; Walter Theodore Hanson and Ruth Hanson
* James Hargrave : 1 item, re irrigated vegetables
* [Charles W. S. Harkness] : 1 item
* Lilly Harper : 1 item, aka Mrs. George Harper
* Howell Harris : 1 item, re Gabriel Dumont's rescue of Harris
* Francis John Hartell : empty
* Jane Havens : 2 items, re life on the Duke of Sutherland's farm 1911; covered wagon family
* Bayard L. Hayes : 2 items; Bayard Leverett Hayes
* John J. Healy : 4 items, re John Jerome Healy, Fort Whoop Up
* Harry Hemus : 1 item
* Mrs. Tom Henry : 1 item, re Mrs. Thomas Henry, pioneer woman
B4 - 9
* William Henry : 6 items, re William (Billy) Henry and Agnes Baird Henry; Billy Henry trailed beef to Dawson City, 1898, and was wagon boss for Bar-U Ranch
* Mike Herman : 1 item
* A. Herr : 4 items, re Mr. and Mrs. Albert Herr
* William Stewart Herron : 1 item, re pioneer oilman, Turner Valley
* Fred Hicks : 1 item
* Mrs. I. J. Hicks : empty
* Ted Hill : 1 item
* Col. W. C. Hitchener : 1 item, re 27 years of auctioneering in Alberta
* George Hoadley : 4 items; Provincial Cabinet Minister
* Sam R. Hodson : 3 items; newspaperman
* Mrs. Hogge : 4 items, re Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hogge
* W. E. G. & W. E. M. Holmes : 2 items, also includes Janet Holmes (aka Mrs. W. E. G. Holmes)
B4 - 10
* Sam Howe : 1 item
* Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Hull : 7 items; Mr. and Mrs. William Roper Hull
* Hunt & Watt : empty
* [Billy Hyde] : 1 item
* W. J. Iken : empty
* Jim & John Ingram : 6 items, also includes Douglas, Hugh and Oliver Ingram
* Fred Ings : 1 item; Ranching in Alberta / F. W. Ings : [manuscript], 36p
* James W. Ings : 2 items, re Mr. and Mrs. James Walter Ings
* John Innis : 1 item
* William Irvine : 1 item, re Billy Irvine
* John Alexander Irving, P. H. Irving : 3 items; Percy Harold Irving
* Mrs. William Jackson : 1 item
* Frances G. Jameson : 1 item; Frances Grace Jameson
* Ed Johnson, 2 items
* George Hope Johnston : 1 item
B4 - 11
* J. H. Johnston : 4 items; James (Jimmy) H. Johnston
* John (Liver Eating) Johnson : 2 items
* Thomas Wesley Kadey : 4 items
* H. A. Kanouse : 1 item
* James Kipp : 2 items
* Charles Knox : 1 item; Charles T. G. Knox
* Fred Kuck : 1 item
* Joe Lamar : 2 item
* James Lambert : 1 item; James F. Lambert
* George Lane : 8 items
* Thomas "Paddy" Langford : empty
* Edwin Larkin : empty
* Lavers : 1 item
* Isaac Laycraft : 1 item
* Joseph Limoges : 1 item
* The Linehams : 3 items
B4 - 12
* Sam Livingstone : 5 items
* Thomas Long : 1 item
* Harry Longbaugh : empty
* Tom Lynch : empty
* The Macabees to Dec 31/58 : 2 items
* D. C. Macdonald : empty
* Alexander MacDougall : 1 item; Alexander Peter MacDougall
* William MacDougall : 2 items; William C. MacDougall, also includes Frank Shier
* George Edmund Mack : 1 item
* Roderick R. Macleay : 6 items
* James F. Macleod : 1 item; Colonel James Farquharson Macleod
B4 - 13
* Edward Marsden : 7 items; aka Edmund Marston
* [Ed Martin] : 1 item
* P A Matheson : 1 item
* Ed McArthur : 1 item
* Mrs. S. J. McBee : empty
* Mrs. McCorquodale : 3 items; Mrs. Alexander Yound McCorquodale
* Mrs. Margaret McCorrister : 1 item
* Big Jim McDonough : 1 item
* Alexander McDougall : empty
* Peter McElroy : empty
* John H. McEwan : 4 items
* Frank McHugh : 2 items
* Duncan McIntosh : 3 items; Duncan S. McIntosh
* W. M. McIntosh : 3 items; William Murray McIntosh
* McIntosh, Walter Wilde : 1 item, also includes Charles Edgar McIntosh
B4 - 14
* McIntyre Ranch (B. McIntyre) : 1 item; Billie MCIntyre : [article], 29p, re William H. "Billie" McIntyre
* John McKeage : 3 items
* Mrs. R. G. McKeage : 1 item
* J. W. McLaughlin "Shorty" : 3 items; John Wesley McLaughlin
* Tom McMaster : empty
* [Robert John McNamee] : 1 item
* Addison McPherson : 4 items
* Duncan McPherson : 1 item
* Alexander McRae : 3 items
* John Stewart McTavish : 1 item
* Charles F. Meadows : 1 item; Charles Francis Meadows
* The Meinsingers : 1 item, re Jim Meinsinger family
* Thomas Albert Merriam : 1 item
* Herb Millar : 5 items; Herbert William Millar / Miller
B4 - 15
* Malcolm Millar : 1 item; Malcolm T. Millar
* Joe Miller : 1 item
* Charles Wesley Minue : empty
* James & Robert Mitchell : 1 item
* J. H. Monkman : 2 items, re James Hamilton Monkman, Marla Monkman and family
* The Mont Head Ranch : 1 item
* Wm. Moodie : 1 item
* Mr. Moody : 1 item
* Donald Morrison : 1 item, also includes Grace McRae Morrison
* Rev. Wm. Morrison : 1 item; Reverend William Morrison
* James Alexander Nesbitt : 1 item; aka Alex Nesbitt
* Dr. Charles S. Noble : 8 items; Dr. Charles Sherwood Noble, also includes Margaret Naomi Noble
* Paddy Nolan : 2 items; P. J. Nolan
* [Jack Norish] : 1 item, notes by son, S. H. Norish
* John D. Norrish : 1 item
* Dr. Oliver : 1 item
* Hon. Frank Oliver : empty
* [Guy Pallister] : 1 item
* Billy Parker : 1 item
* Charlie Parks : 1 item
B4 - 16
* Alexander Patterson : 1 item
* [John J. (Jack) Petterson] : 1 item
* A. C. Tucker Peach : 1 item
* William J. Pender : 3 items
* Mrs. Vern Peterson : 1 item
* A. Pettibone : 1 item
* Pettipiece : empty
* Bert Pierson : 2 items
* Place names : 1 item, report re Alberta places names, 15p
* William Podger : 4 items
* "Scotty" Porteous : 2 items; David "Scotty" Porteous
* Mr. Porter : 1 item
* Isaac Potter : 1 item, also pertains to Pettipiece
* Jerry Potts : 3 items
* Charlie Priddis : 2 items
* [Priest family] : 1 item
* John Quirk : empty
* Thomas Raycraft : 1 item
* Walter Renard : 1 item
B4 - 17
* Senator Dan Riley : 17 items (.5 cm), includes manuscript re the Lost Lemon Mine by Dan Riley, ca.1946
* Ezekiel Roberts : 1 item
* Harry Robertson : 2 items, also includes Hugh Robertson and Edgar Robertson
* Thomas Wilkinson Robertson : 1 item
* R. T. Rod : empty
* The Rodgers brothers : 1 item
* Ada Rowland : 3 items, also includes Mabel Rowland
* Andy Rowles : 4 items; Andrew Reuban Rowles, also includes Thomas Rowles
B4 - 18
* Charles Russell : 3 items
* Rev. J. H. Ruttan : 1 item
* Ryan : 2 items
* Asa P. Samples : 2 items, also includes Daniel Samples
* Samson & Harford : empty
* James F. Sanderson : 2 items
* Charles Schack : 1 item
* [Ted Schintz and Janet Kay Schintz] : 1 item
* Mr. & Mrs. J. Lem Sexsmith : 9 items, also includes Robert E. Fisk, Edward Fisk and Mrs. J. H. (Lillian) Sutherland
* John Sexsmith : 3 items, also includes Mrs. Jane Sexsmith
* Marston Sexsmith : 2 items
* Miss Shackley : 1 item, poem: Legend of the Hand Hills, 1p
* Mrs. Charles Shattuck : 1 item
* Hugh Murray Shaw : 1 item
* Mrs. H. Sheppard : 1 item, excerpts from Mrs. H. (Isabell) Sheppard's diary, 1893
* Henry F. Sheppard : empty
* Henry Norman Sheppard : 2 items
* Frank Shier : 2 items
B4 - 19
* Charles C. Short : 14 items (1.5cm), also includes Joseph William Short, Charles Conklin Short, Edith Emma Short (McIntosh), Julia Anna (Lulu) Short (Asher), William Hall Short
B4 - 20
* John Slade : 1 item
* Buck Smith : 2 items; Jasper "Buck" Smith
* Henry Smith : 1 item
* Orville H. Smith : 1 item; aka Buster Smith
* Albert B. Snider : 1 item; Albert Bricker Snider
* Mr. & Mrs. J. Snyder : 1 item; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Snyder
* Dick Spackman : 1 item
* John Speers : 1 item
* Harry Spurrier : 1 item
* Dr. G. D. Stanley : 2 items; Dr. George D. Stanley
* Vin Stanley : 1 item
* Mr. & Mrs. R. J. C. Stead : 1 item
* Alexander G. Stewart : 5 items, also includes Martha Stewart
* Howard Stewart : empty
* James Stewart : empty
* William B. Stitt : 2 items
* Harry Streeter : 1 item
* Charles Stubbs : 1 item
* David Suitor : 1 item, also includes William Suitor and John Suitor
* Samuel Suitor : 1 item
* John Sullivan : 7 items, re John J. Sullivan, Barbara Harkley Sullivan (Hicks) and family
* Bill Summers : 2 items; William Summers
* Duke of Sutherland : empty
B4 - 21
* Percy Taylor : 1 item
* Jack Thomas : 1 item
* Robert Cadogan Thomas : 1 item
* Mrs. A. E. Thompson : 1 item
* Alexander William Thompson : 3 items, also includes Annie Isabell Thompson
* John V. Thomson : 3 items
* [Thomas John Thompson] : 1 item
* Thomas Thomson : 2 items, also includes Mrs. Thomas Thomson
* The Thorburns : 1 item; Captain William Thorburn and David Thorburn
* Thorburn, William : empty
* Wilfred Bevan Thorne and Milton Thorne : 4 items
* John Thorp : 3 items
* James Elmer Tillotson : empty
* Robert, James and John Turner : 1 item
* [Mr. Tweed] : 1 item
* Walter & Agrippa Vine : 2 items
* Vulcan : empty
* Mr. & Mrs Walter Wake : 1 item
* Charles & Noah Wakeford : 3 items
* Mr. & Mrs. R. A. Wallace : 3 items
* Mr. Walton : 1 item
* John Ware : 9 items
* James Henry Wark : 1 item, re Susan Mildred Wark
B4 - 22
* John Cook Warren : 1 item
* Frank Watt : 1 item
* Walter Langmuir Watt : 1 item
* Guy Weadick : 5 items
* Phil Weinard : 3 items, includes History of the Highwood River from 1882 - 1898 / Philip Weinard, 12p
* A. P. Welsh : 1 item
* Westropp brothers : 2 items; R. W. "Dick" Westrop and Harry Westropp
* Mr. & Mrs. E. R. Wilder : 2 items; Everard Raphael (Bert) Wilder and Bertha Wilder
* Mr. & Mrs. James Williams : 1 item
* Mrs. H. H. Wilson : 1 item
* Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Wilson : 4 items; John H. Wilson
* Slim Woods : 2 items
* Mrs. Herschel Wright : 1 item
* Alex Wyndham : 1 item
* Beatrice Wyndham : 1 item
* Mrs. S. F. York : 1 item; Ella York, aka Mrs. Stanley York