File consists of one lithograph colour poster advertisement for Banff Indian Days celebrations in 1928, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Poster depicts four Indigenous people outside of teepee [one man on horseback, one woman standing, two children sitting] with text in large print at bottom.
1 col. lithography poster on cardboard; 27 x 33 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of one lithograph colour poster advertisement for Banff Indian Days celebrations in 1928, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Poster depicts four Indigenous people outside of teepee [one man on horseback, one woman standing, two children sitting] with text in large print at bottom.
Material Details
Poster has foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface
File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to various members of the Stoney Nakoda community in Mini Thni [?] [Morley] with Georgina Luxton. Images were possibly taken during Banff Indian Days festivities. Images in file are accompanied by a photograph order form in Eleanor Luxton's name from Georg…
File consists of 16 photographs pertaining to various members of the Stoney Nakoda community in Mini Thni [?] [Morley] with Georgina Luxton. Images were possibly taken during Banff Indian Days festivities. Images in file are accompanied by a photograph order form in Eleanor Luxton's name from George Noble Photographer in Banff, dated 1934, and an annotated personal note on a business card of Paul Standard.
Notes
Most individuals in photographs are not identified
File consists of 4 photographs pertaining to speeches and a ceremony, possibly part of Banff Indian Days celebrations, 1937. Includes groups gathered on a stage and one posed group portrait of mostly Indigenous men.
File consists of 4 photographs pertaining to speeches and a ceremony, possibly part of Banff Indian Days celebrations, 1937. Includes groups gathered on a stage and one posed group portrait of mostly Indigenous men.
Helen Reimer interview with Judy Larmour, August 18, 1999 and transcribed by Astrid Bell April 2002. Interview content relates to the following:
Introduction; Orme family background in Banff; Helen’s father had Overland touring car to drive tourists; siblings; Helen born old Mineral Springs Hospit…
31 pp. textual records.-- photographs: 11 prints, b&w
Scope & Content
Helen Reimer interview with Judy Larmour, August 18, 1999 and transcribed by Astrid Bell April 2002. Interview content relates to the following:
Introduction; Orme family background in Banff; Helen’s father had Overland touring car to drive tourists; siblings; Helen born old Mineral Springs Hospital, 1925
Early memories of Banff; father’s job with Rocky Mountain Tours; effect of the Depression on housing for the family; lived in Beaverlodge from 1943-1955
School Days – The Cascadian
Beaverlodge – state of the house when they moved it; description of house and yard
Reflections on Norman Luxton as landlord; lease agreement for Beaverlodge
Family members – William Orme (father); mother, sisters; Margaret and Betty; Helen left school too young to start nurse’s training; work in Harmon’s drug store; references to Dorothy and Loretta Bryan; places Helen lived – Vancouver, Dawson Creek, Kenora; return intermittently until 1956
Recollection of Eleanor Luxton coming over to Beaverlodge (after onset of MS); description of Eleanor Luxton walking
Recollections of Eleanor Luxton as grade 7 teacher 1937-1938; report card, subjects taught; science class; accountancy class
Recollections of a school outing with Eleanor up the river; reference to Alan Mather’s boat; meeting at Luxton house before going on trip; description of stove; reference to trap door to basement where preserves were kept; lunch before setting out to Bow River; Alan Mather’s boat house, location on bow River; canoeing as pastime in Mather’s rented canoes
High School friends late 1930s; Nellie Holmes, Beth McGreggor, Moira Wakeman, Helen Baracos, Brian ?, Jim Jecks, Wally Anderson, Bob Edwards, Ted Thompson
War time in Banff; refugees from London, Hong Kong, Singapore; Vivian Leigh’s daughter staying with grandmother (Mrs. Barkley) at the Mount Royal
Eleanor Luxton’s trip to China 1937; each student received 2 handkerchiefs beginning of classes; description of handkerchiefs
Description of Eleanor Luxton’s appearance in 1937; hair, clothing
Other teachers at Banff High School – Ida Vys, Grisdale, principles A.B. Evanson and J.C. Brown
Archibald family home in Banff
Lou Luxton family – reference to Bill, Olive and Wyona
Norman Luxton and Banff Indian Days; Banff Winter Carnival; Luxton Museum; half-man, half-fish reference; description of the Sign of the Goat
Banff Museum (government), description of; Norman Sanson; children climbing the buffalo
Harmon’s Drug and Curio Store; Mrs. Harmon; Harmon’s trips to China and items he brought back – Buddha, cloisonné, lacquered plates
Barrels of China from England during the war; unpacking, use of paper and excelsior as packing materials
Various departments in Harmon’s – reference to William Hiskcock; reference to Mr. Burns, pharmacy, Mr. Bryan; soda fountain in summer; Helen’s employment with Harmon’s
Returned to Banff in 1955/56 to work in the clinic; reference to Dr. McKenzie; Reference to Dr. Costigan; location of clinic; giving injections to Mrs. G. Luxton and Mrs. Ike Mills; description of Georgina Luxton in 1956; reference to Eleanor Luxton being in Calgary; reference to Eleanor Luxton’s private nurse
Orme family in Banff until 1974
Eleanor Luxton at the opening of the new archives; appearance
Reference to Eleanor Luxton’s involvement in Norman Luxton’s affairs; things in the house
Luxton house – storm door; piano and pictures on the wall; reference to Eleanor Luxton never mentioning her family at school
Observation – no one ever mentioned playing with Eleanor as a child
Discussion of Helen’s childhood/youth in Banff; skating parties on Whiskey Creek; canoeing on Vermilion Lakes; climbing Tunnel Mountain
Winter Carnival in Banff; preparation for events; parade; Annie Fullbrook in kilt with bagpipes; Mounties and Air Force band; ice palace; skijoring; Ike Mills and his dog sled; toboggan slide; Carnival opening on a Thursday, no school on Friday; Mount Norquay events on Saturday and Sunday
Banff Indian Days; horses tied tail to bridle; Indians photographed by tourists at bridge
Events at grounds; rodeo; Indians receiving a naval orange at the Banff Springs Hotel; Powwows at the grandstand
Memories of Helen’s re the Banff Springs Hotel; babysitting for guests; evening walk along the sidewalk; reference to bands – Mart Kenny, Murray Adaskin, Frances James
Identification and discussion of photographs (see Oral History transcript file LUX/II/F.3.i. EL 1:1 Helen Reimer interview)
1. Group shot of friends, reference to addition at back of house
2. Front of house, reference to stain on logs
3. Back of garden, reference to fence with hops
4. Living room, occasion was shower for Marion Reeves discussion of coverings and colours in room
5. Christmas at Beaverlodge, description of window
6. Chesterfield, discussion of
7. Interior shot of bedroom wall, discussion of
8. Jack Heysel – a bell hop at the Mount Royal Hotel
Story of Jack Heysel
Stories of roomers at Beaverlodge; Bill Williams, Australian hitchhiker; Joe McKinnon, from Cape Breton; Eleanor Dickson ex RCAF and reference to her friend Bette (Davidson) Carlyle
Reference to guestbook from Beaverlodge held at WMCR Archives
Frank Dowler [should be Hobart A. Dowler] – roomed at Beaverlodge while constructing addition to Luxton Museum; reference to two Indian helpers from Hobbema; reference to Dowler building cairns for mountain ascents; reference to the Abbot Cabin
Maintenance of Beaverlodge by the Orme family; description of the bathroom; natural gas installation and conversion of the furnace in 1952; Tanglewood tenants – references to David Nudd, Joe Bayne, Mrs. Jack Taylor
Story of clearing out hundreds of bats when first rented Beaverlodge; Norman Luxton bringing over an animal trap
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Louis Trono interview with Judy Larmour, August 27, 1999 and transcribed by Astrid Bell 2002. Interview content relates to the following:
Introduction; family background/early movements in Bow corridor; Louis Trono born in Bankhead 1909; family moved between Bankhead and Banff; father’s work; The…
33 pp. textual records.--photographs: 2 prints, b&w
Scope & Content
Louis Trono interview with Judy Larmour, August 27, 1999 and transcribed by Astrid Bell 2002. Interview content relates to the following:
Introduction; family background/early movements in Bow corridor; Louis Trono born in Bankhead 1909; family moved between Bankhead and Banff; father’s work; The Eldon copper mine – story about accident with cable release ferry c. 1924
Trono Family; reference to being from Turino area of Italy; Father was Mario Trono and Mother was Laura (Moroso) Trono; language; Piedmontese (dialect) spoken at home; first contacts with English at school; reference to Miss Garrett, a teacher in Banff; family settled in Banff at 338 Muskrat Street
Classmates recalled; Eleanor Luxton, Herbert Ashley, Jack White, John Bayne
Memories of Eleanor Luxton; relations in Banff between British and non-British; reference to recess separation of boys and girls at school; school play Hiawatha; roles played by Eleanor Luxton, Jack White and Louis Trono; Eleanor Luxton’s later recollections of play; description of Eleanor Luxton as “beautiful”; reference to her hair style and clothes
Leaving school after grade nine/becoming a musician; music in family, reference to Bankhead band; description of Bankhead as modern town; moving of houses to Banff
Bankhead Band; Major Bagley and Banff Citizen’s Band ca.1924; Trono sending to Vancouver for a trombone; story of meeting with Bagley and joining band; members of band; going to Calgary Stampede
Development of musical career; playing with Jim Hitchins and Cascade Dance Band; reference to money earned; playing in Calgary during the Depression 1930s; The Gerry Fuller Orchestra; reference to Fuller’s ability to do arrangements; Pendley Dance Hall Calgary; The Barn, Edmonton; Palliser Hotel, Banff Springs Hotel in summer
Invited to join the Navy Band, 1939
Playing in Calgary in 1930s, further discussion of reference to broadcasts on various radio stations; going overseas
The Navy Band in Belfast; launching of Canadian ship; anecdotes; stationed at Greenock; going to London for recording sessions
Reference to being trained as a gunner on aircraft carrier
Story of young Navy and musicians on the torpedoed Nabob
D-Day Invasion story
End of the war; victory parade in London; entertainment of troops waiting to go back to Canada; story about YMCA Canteen
Elsa Pickett; story about how she recognized Louis Trono from Australian TV; documentary on Banff; Meeting Elsa Pickett at Banff Springs Hotel mid 1970s
Career as musician after the war; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; return to Banff 1948; Palliser Hotel; Bruce Bristol’s 10 piece band; making the switch to ballroom music/list of tunes; Louis Trono Trio 1970s; retirement 1980 and now playing special occasions
Banff Springs Hotel 1970s; description
Meeting Eleanor Luxton at Banff Springs Hotel; reference to later meetings once in awhile
Norman Luxton; reference to his strictness with Eleanor Luxton; reference to his temper; reference to Eleanor Luxton’s term “unsure temper”; story about Norman Luxton losing his temper when his dogs got out; reference to Luxton’s dealing at Trono family store “The Magnet”; Eleanor Luxton’s telephone calls with questions about Banff while working on history book
Sign of the Goat; description of “Manfish”; Indian crafts; Lou Luxton; reference to Lou Luxton’s character as opposite to Norman Luxton; the Lou Luxton family
Teenage years; worked as bus boy at Banff Springs Hotel; games played; reference to fishing, playing pool, hiking;
Recollections of the bear cub on the chain outside of the Sign of the Goat
Banff Indian Days; description of parade line-up; reference to Norman Luxton and Jim Brewster; parade coming into courtyard at Banff Springs Hotel; reference to bus boys on fire escapes; reference to drum beating by Native boys; Norman Luxton addressing the crowd; reference to Buffalo ranch
Indians in Banff; as guides on Sulphur Mountain; Indians visiting Catharine Whyte; Indians selling crafts
Recollections of Banff citizenry; Dunsmore, Margaret and Fulton; Lucille (Knight?); Professor Round and Louis Trono attending his theory lessons; Round’s sense of humor; Round as reporter for Calgary Herald; description of Round and his wife Elsie Square Round.
Further recollections of Eleanor Luxton; discussions about music; Eleanor Luxton’s requests for tunes at Banff Springs Hotel; reference to Eleanor Luxton in company of the Millers; memories of meeting at Cascade Plaza for coffee; reference to Eleanor Luxton spending time with Reid and Cathy Campbell
Banff Days; reference to Eleanor Luxton at book signing; various people attending – Charlie Beil, Whytes, Sooles; reference to early class distinction in Banff; reference to Eleanor Luxton not retaining this sense; Eleanor Luxton’s appearance after onset of illness; reference to Eleanor Luxton’s serious nature
Visiting Eleanor Luxton in hospital when she had pneumonia; Eleanor Luxton’s optimism
Death of Eleanor Luxton; Louis Trono not well enough to attend the service
Opening of Luxton House; description of the event; reference to McDougall connection; views on the house as a heritage house
Discussion of heritage houses in Banff; Jim Brewster house; Crosby house; designation categories; Trono house and reference to it’s builder Barnett; discussion of present architecture in Banff
Recollections of famous people in Banff; Prince of Wales visit to Banff Springs Hotel; dancing with Dorothy Lougheed and ? Brewster; anecdotes about Prince and Dorothy Lougheed in swimming pool, the prince and the media on the golf course
Film stars and movies; The Alaskan at Bow Falls; The Foreigner and Snow Blind
Part played by Louis Trono in Lost and Found
Bruno Engler and his camera; story of Marilyn Monroe on crutches; meeting Burt Lancaster; how Louis Trono got to know Alli MacGraw
Column in Crag & Canyon; how he got started in 1992; response to his column; reference to article from Summer 1999 (in transcript file); reflections on his career in music; reference to recently singing at Banff Springs Hotel Reunion; reference to Ted Kissanes
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Ralphine Locke interview with Judy Larmour, October 25, 1999 and transcribed by Astrid Bell July 2002. Interview content relates to the following:
Biographical details; born in Lake Louise 1925
Reference to Uncle Tom Wilson “discovering” Lake Louise and Ralphine Locke’s father working for Brewste…
Ralphine Locke interview with Judy Larmour, October 25, 1999 and transcribed by Astrid Bell July 2002. Interview content relates to the following:
Biographical details; born in Lake Louise 1925
Reference to Uncle Tom Wilson “discovering” Lake Louise and Ralphine Locke’s father working for Brewster Transportation Co.; parents were Ralph Strathie Harvie and Elizabeth Boyd Brewster who met through a Brewster connection; reference to her mother nursing Aunt Fern Brewster; reference to Brewster’s move from Tally Ho to motorized vehicle; reference to Jim and Bill Brewster; grandfather was James Irvine Brewster; discussion of family; parent’s marriage in 1921; reference to Ralphine Locke’s birth in a cottage at Lake Louise; memories of summers at Lake Louise; winter houses in Banff; reference to walking everywhere
Eleanor Luxton as her teacher in grades 6 & 7
Luxton’s keeping to themselves
Recollections of Eleanor Luxton and Georgina Luxton at Banff Indian Days and Carnival; description of Banff Indian Days
Reflections on family’s Morley connections
Rodeo and races on Indian grounds
The Banff school; Junior and Senior buildings; reference to no library in school or town; reference to Catharine Whyte’s role in public library; access to Uncle P. Moore’s library
Eleanor Luxton as a teacher
Visiting the Luxton house
Aunt “Georgie” Luxton
Eleanor Luxton’s love of clothes
Aunt Georgie’s costumes; purchased in Montreal and New York
Reflections on the clannishness of the McDougall family
Recollections of Norman Luxton; hunting with R. Harvey; setters; his community involvement and promotion; the Trading Post and description of the store and products, Merman
Memories of Mount Royal Hotel as a child; description, conversations that took place
Lou Luxton; description and comparison to Norman Luxton
Jim Brewster; recollections of his way with people; King and Queen visit to his home in 1939
Sunshine Lodge, opening 1935; description of Ralphine & MaryAlice Stewart’s trip up
School bus trip up Banff-Jasper road; Mistaya Canyon
School trips; Eleanor Luxton’s after school hikes; Miss Gratz’s field trips
Eleanor Luxton; walks, ski-joring, skating with Mrs. Simpson as her teacher
Duncan family
Eleanor Luxton’s decision to leave the Banff school and engineering training in Montreal
Move to Calgary during War with her family
Move to Montreal after the War
Discussion of chronology of Eleanor Luxton’s career in Montreal
Reference to Eleanor as guest for dinner; conversation topics
Eleanor’s involvement with the South Alberta Oldtimers Association
Reference to Eleanor Luxton persuading Ralphine Locke to go on Board
Ralphine Locke’s admiration of Eleanor Luxton; Eleanor Luxton’s upbringing, sense of humor, encouragement of young people
Leaves of the Medicine Tree – history of the High River area
Visiting Eleanor Luxton in Calgary; her apartment; illness and visiting her in Calgary General Hospital
Norman Luxton’s will
Eleanor Luxton’s return to Banff; not working again
Eleanor Luxton’s paper presented to newly founded Canmore Historical Society
Eleanor Luxton’s relationship with her parents
Luxton house; changes after Georgina Luxton’s death; modernization of kitchen and bathroom
Luxton garden
Georgina Luxton’s brother’s farm near Morley
Eleanor Luxton driving a car
McDougall Church Centennial Anniversary; celebration at Morley 1995; Eleanor Luxton and erection of cairn; annual services
Ida Graves’s assistance to Eleanor Luxton
Eleanor Luxton’s social life
Eleanor Luxton’s interest in historical things; loss of grand-parents papers; concern for preservation; discussion of Annie manuscript
Annie McDougall - community involvement; Ontario background and meeting David McDougall; David McDougall’s business losses; living in Calgary 1930s
Eleanor Luxton’s relationship with grandmother Annie McDougall
Eleanor Luxton’s romantic side; reference to fiancée being killed overseas; Ralphine Locke’s son at Eleanor Luxton’s house
Elizabeth Costello
Changes in Eleanor Luxton; short temper
Work on Eleanor Luxton’s manuscript Annie; Kathy Campbell typing it; George Stanley editing it
Eleanor Luxton’s vision for the Foundation
Eleanor Luxton’s views on the protection of the Parks
Language
English
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William Luxton Jr. interview with Judy Larmour, March 22, 2000 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, January 2003. Interview content relates to the following:
Outline of Luxton family members and careers
Going to Banff as a child; Sunday dinner; relationship with Grandfather Lou; Cousins – Carol, Lois …
William Luxton Jr. interview with Judy Larmour, March 22, 2000 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, January 2003. Interview content relates to the following:
Outline of Luxton family members and careers
Going to Banff as a child; Sunday dinner; relationship with Grandfather Lou; Cousins – Carol, Lois and Chuck Beil; Christmas at the Lou Luxton house; Norman Luxton at the Trading Post; references to Morley; visits to Morley as a child
Roots of family business; differences between Lou Luxton and NKL
Luxton’s close relationship with First Nations people in Southern Alberta; references to Chief Walking Buffalo; burning of store at Morley; Luxton’s support of education, health and survival of culture; Banff Indian Days; Calgary Stampede; reference to William Luxton Sr. cutting ties with Banff
Lou Luxton – personality and comparison with NKL
Clara Luxton – marriage not accepted by NKL and Georgina Luxton; lack of association between two Luxton families in Banff
Lou Luxton home at 222 Beaver Street - description
Charlie Beil; impressions of; reference to Beil studying under Charlie Russell in Montana; Beil meeting Olive Luxton through the Brewsters
Aunt Minota Luxton; marriage to Percy Olly
Reflections on physical similarities among Luxton family members
Relationship with Norman Luxton
Sign of the Goat store
Distancing himself from Banff in the 1970s; changes and lost family connections; Luxton museum and visit with sons before it closed; disappointment with Glenbow’s actions
Norman Luxton’s deal with Glenbow re the Luxton Museum
Georgina Luxton
Lou Luxton house – description
Uncle George Luxton of Minneapolis – photographer
Discussion of Luxton family and loss of family fortune
Meeting Eleanor Luxton
Summers in Banff, 1950s
Funerals of Lou and Norman Luxton
Attendance at Foundation’s opening of Eleanor Luxton’s house
Reflections on history and growth of Banff
Reflections on National Parks Policy
Great Grandfather W.F. Luxton; his career; loss of family fortune; Luxton School and Luxton Avenue named after him; disappearance of W.F. Luxton Jr.
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Russ Nickles interview with Judy Larmour, March 31, 2000 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, October 2003. Interview content relates to the following:
Born 1952, grew up in Calgary, AB
Thelma Nickles and Eleanor Luxton – development of relationship; Eleanor Luxton a patient at Calgary General while T…
Russ Nickles interview with Judy Larmour, March 31, 2000 and transcribed by Astrid Bell, October 2003. Interview content relates to the following:
Born 1952, grew up in Calgary, AB
Thelma Nickles and Eleanor Luxton – development of relationship; Eleanor Luxton a patient at Calgary General while Thelma Nickles was a nurse there; Thelma Nickles as private nurse to Eleanor Luxton; discussion of shift work and her job
Russ Nickles’s first meeting with Eleanor Luxton at age 7 or 8; his parent’s expectations of his behavior; recollections of Eleanor Luxton
Eleanor Luxton’s residence in Calgary; Russ Nickles’s recollections of her
Going out for dinner with Eleanor Luxton; Thai restaurants, Palliser Hotel; a particular steak house; Eleanor Luxton’s expectations of restaurants and service
Eleanor Luxton’s inclusion of Russ in conversation as a child growing up
Eleanor Luxton’s move to Banff, 1960s; Marion Miller becoming her nurse; change in Thelma Nickles visits to Banff as a friend
Thelma Nickles – background, personality
Trips to Banff to visit Eleanor Luxton
Eleanor Luxton’s stories to Russ in the late 1960s and 1970s; Indian legends; influence of Eleanor Luxton in formation of his own religious beliefs
Eleanor Luxton’s views on change; lamenting end of Banff Indian Days
Eleanor Luxton’s trips with Thelma Nickles 1970s
Russ Nickles relationship with Eleanor Luxton as a young man; seeing each other in Calgary for Historical Society meetings; Eleanor Luxton staying at Nickles home in Calgary; Eleanor Luxton visiting Russ Nickles and wife Marie and family in the 1980s and 1990s; visiting Eleanor Luxton in Banff later years; Marie Nickles’s relationship with Eleanor Luxton
Chronology of Russ Nickles’s education and career; Eleanor Luxton’s involvement in his decisions; University; teaching at Calgary high school; marriage 19080 to Marie Palichuk; children
Eleanor Luxton’s encouragement of his historical studies
Russ Nickles’ impressions of Eleanor Luxton’s house
Banff Festival of the Arts
Eleanor Luxton spending Christmas at the Nickles; gifts received from Eleanor Luxton; gifts given to Eleanor Luxton from the Nickles; Eleanor Luxton’s attendance at Russ Nickles’ wedding
Values that Eleanor Luxton stressed – friends, nature, respect for beliefs and ideas of others
Eleanor Luxton’s strategy for coping with health problems
Reflections on last visit with Eleanor
Reflections on memorial service for Eleanor Luxton
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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].
Sub-series consists of business and personal letters, written mainly to Norman Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts. First portion, 1900-1902, 12 cm, consists of letters written to Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts before, during and after Til…
Sub-series consists of business and personal letters, written mainly to Norman Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts. First portion, 1900-1902, 12 cm, consists of letters written to Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts before, during and after Tilikum voyage. Includes letters of news and concern from Luxton's parents, siblings and family friends; letters from individuals met during preparations in British Columbia and post-voyage stay at Sydney and Port Manly, Australia; letter from Norman Luxton to George Perry in Vancouver, Canada, describing the voyage, November 1901; and a sample of envelopes, 1901-1902
Access Restrictions
Reproduction may be restricted due to conservation concerns
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Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Content Details
FILES #1-359 ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. See Scope Note 2B for file number matched to the date
LETTERS FROM: B-Bo
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company of Canada Limited 1942
B., F. J. 1933
B. H. Blackwell Limited 1949
B. Pasquale Company 1944
Babbitt, B. E. 1951
Babcock, W. H. 1911
Bacon, J. Earle 1927
Bacon, J. S. 1955
Bacon, Marie 1907
Badcock, A. G. 1944
Badger, M. 1940
Badger, Madelaine 1939
Bagcraft 1954
Bailey Brothers 1911
Bailey, C. S. 1937, 1938
Bailey, C. S. 1939
Bailey, Harold W. 1942
Bailey, (Mrs) George 1911
Bailey, Percy (T.) 1960
Bain, A. D. 1936
[Bain?], Dan 1936
Bain, Donald H. 1927, 1928, 1931, 1937, 1939,1940, 1946-1949
Bains, J. S. 1928
Bainum, George W. 1950
Bair, George 1920
Baker, Asa M. 1939
Baker, C. F. 1920, 1921, 1922
Baker, C. J. 1916
Baker, C. M. 1933-1936
Baker, Charles H. 1913
Baker, F. 1907
Baker, H. J. 1910, 1911
Baker, S. H. 1908-1911, 1913-1915
Baker, (Sargeant) E. G. 1933
Baker, W. S. 1916
Balderson, T. W. 1917, 1929, 1931, 1942
Balderston, Stella M. 1955
Balderston, T. W. 1938
Balderston, T. W. 1938
Balderston, William 1953, 1954, 1955
Baldwin, A. 1912
Baldwin, L. R. 1931
Baldwin, Rodger 1911
Balfour, H. E. 1937, 1938
Balfour, Sigurd G. 1938
Balkind, M. 1939
Ball, Victor 1938-1942, 1946
Balla, Keno 1938
Ballard, B. 1932
Ballard, Clara 1932
Ballard, E. 1908
Ballard, Jack 1915, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1936
Ballard, (Mrs) Jack 1922, 1932
Balmanno, Jack H. 1954 Possibly "Jack H. Balmanns"
Bamford, H. G. 1928
Bancroft, Michael 1959
Band, Barbara 1942
Band, Helen (E. or G.?) 1950, 1952, 1957
Banff Advisory Council 1953, 1958
Banff Advisory Council 1960
Banff Canadian Club 1960
Banff Chairlift Corporation Limited 1955, 1957
Banff Chamber of Commerce 1958-1960
Banff Chamber of Commerce, Winter Carnival Committee 1958
Banff Christmas Seals Committee 1946-1949
Banff Construction 1954
Banff Crag and Canyon 1960
Banff Curling Club 1941, 1956-1958
Banff Float Committee 1950
Banff Floral 1960
Banff General Agencies 1945, 1949
Banff Indian Days Committee 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1959 a.k.a. "Indian Days Committee", "Banff Indian Days" or "Indian Days"
Banff Motor Company 1940
Banff National Park Board of Trade 1938
Banff National Park Chamber of Commerce 1955, 1956
Banff. Postmaster 1957
Banff Retail Merchants' Association 1941
Banff School District Number 102 1941, 1942, 1944, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1960 a.k.a. "Banff School District"
Banff Springs Hotel 1939
Banff Springs Hotel Recreation Club 1951
Banff Transport 1946
Banff Volunteer Fire Brigade 1954
Banff Winter Carnival Committee 1940, 1950, 1952-1955, 1957 a.k.a. "Banff Winter Carnival"
Bank of Montreal 1943
Banks, C. A. 1937
Banks, Richard C. 1960
Bannerman, Edna 1957
Bannerman, F. 1905
Baptie, J. M. 1944
Baptie, Marion 1944
Baptie, Marshall 1933
Baptiste, Enoch 1945
Baptiste, Irene 1956
Barager, M. E. Barager, (Mrs.) M. E. 1959
Barbeau, C. M. 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928
Barbeau, Marius 1956-1958
Barber, Fred 1939
[Barber?], [Guy?] 1936
[Barbet?], [H.?] I. 1935
Barker, (Mrs) Charles 1907
Barker, R. L. 1933
Barkley, W. H. 1949
Barlett, A. Eugene 1909
Barlow, Francis 1952
Barnes Electric Company 1933
Barnes, F. M. 1964
Barnes, Florilla M. 1957
Barnes, H. T. 1932
Barnes, Harry 1928
Barnes, Harry T. 1940, 1941, 1942
Barnes, S. D. 1908
Barnes, Stanley 1934
Barnetson, J. 1928
Barr, George 1948
Barrett, J. D. S. 1928
Barrett, L. R. 1905, 1907, 1908
Barrett, Michael 1939
Barrick, H. L. 1958
Barrick, Maurine 1955
Barron, A. L. 1930, 1931
Barry, T. E. 1948, 1949
Barthrop, Anne M. 1959
Bartlett, A. 1911
Bartley, H. 1954
Barton, Alfred E. 1913
Barton, Arthur 1905
Barton, Francis M. 1937, 1949 a.k.a. Mrs. Percy Barton
Barton, Frank 1910
Barton, Guy 1930
Barton, Percy 1908-1910, 1930-1932, 1935, 1936, 1937?, 1944?, 1947? May sign "Percy"
Barwis, W. B. 1907
Bassett, F. 1929
Bassett, Vera R. 1941
Bastien, A. 1919, 1920
Bastien, Bear 1946
Bastien Brothers 1932
Bastien, M. E. 1932
Bate, A. C. 1911, 1912
Bates, George D. 1931
Bateson, Jm. Jr. 1911
Battersby, Bertha 1916
Bauer, Eddie 1938
Bawden, J. W. 1935
Baxter, Adeline 1908
Bayley, William 1911
Baynes, Ernest Harold 1909
Beach, George A. 1946
Beach, T. H. 1911
Bean, David 1946
Bean, (Mrs) George 1960
Bean, P. E. 1910
Bearspaw, David 1912, 1921, 1927, 1929, 1934-1937, 1940, 1943, 1952, 1956 a.k.a. "Chief David Bearspaw"
Bearspaw, Hanson 1952
Bearspaw, Johnnie 1957
Bearspaw, Johnny (John) 1936, 1937, 1949, 1952
Bearspaw, King 1940
Beasly, Calvert M. 1954
Beason, K. E. 1905
Beaton, J. M. 1912
Beatson, Fred 1938
Beattie, Bruce 1953
Beattie, F. A. 1925
Beattie, James 1908
Beattie, Tom 1920
Beatty Brothers Limited 1932, 1933
Beatty, H. C. 1928
Beatty Washer Store 1932
Beauregard Fur Corporation Limited 1954
The Beaver 1932, 1959 a.k.a. The Beaver Magazine
Beaver, Morley 1925, 1930-1932, 1946-1947
Beaver, (Mrs) Morley 1939 Jean Beaver
Beaver, Paul 1954
Beck, Florence 1942
Beck, H. M. 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1941
Becker, Harry 1911
Becker, R. C. 1908, 1927
Becker, S. J. 1949
Becker, W. Fay 1931, 1937
Beclger, W. Jay 1931
Bedard, W. H. 1910, 1911, 1912
Bedell, M. B. 1905
Bedson, K. C. 1905
Beeman, W. G. 1948
Beeshy, M. I. 1949
Befus, Harry 1954
Begg, R. K. 1941
Beil, Charles 1936, 1950 a.k.a. "Charlie Beil"
Beil, Charles A. 1954
[Beil], Olive [Beil], Charlie 1950
[Beil?], Olive 1955
Beketov, N. A. 1938
Bell and Company Insurance Underwriters 1953
Bell, Anne 1949
Bell Burkholder, Emma 1935
Bell, Eddie 1950
Bell, G. M. 1950
Bell, H. 1910
Bell, Harry W. 1949
Bell, Jim 1942
Bell, Mary M. 1913
Bell, N. 1907
Bell, W. E. 1932
Bell, Winthrop 1959
Bella, J. W. 1944
Bella, (Mrs) J. W. 1943 a.k.a. signed "Mrs. Bell"
Bella, Nellie 1946
Beltz, Ed 1955
Benaglia, A. 1920
[Benbow, C. S.?] 1954
Bender, E. N. 1910
Benedict-Proctor Manufacturing Company Limited 1935
Benger, F. 1946
Benjamin, H. A. 1912, 1913
Benjamin, Jonas 1927, 1928
Benjamin, Libby 1957, 1958, 1960 May also be spelled "Libey"
Benjamin, (Mrs) J. 1931
Bennet, Henry & Co. 1909
Bennett and White Construction Company Limited 1932, 1938, 1946
Bennett, Bill 1956
Bennett, Hannah Bennett, Sanford 1935
Bennett, J. G. 1919, 1932
Bennett, Maggie 1905
Bennett, R. B. 1903, 1914, 1918, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1937, 1938
Bennett, W. W. 1919
Bentley, Theo 1945
Bepler, Herbert 1955
Bereton, Jack 1916
Berg, J. L. 1909
Bergenhaur, (Mrs) Peter 1935
Bergenhaur, Peter 1935
Berkner, A. 1946
Bernard, Bernard 1907, 1908
Bernard, Denise 1952
Bernard, (Miss) 1948
Bernet-Rollande, (Rev) E. 1951
Berry, F. H. 1907
Berry, J. R. 1941
Berryman, A. M. 1943, 1945
Berseton, David L. 1912
[?], Bert 1937
Berton, Pierre 1953
Berwick, E. W. H. 1948
Bessette, L. E. 1927
Best, T. D. 1937
Beste, August 1910
Betts, Clive 1945
Betts, D. C. 1919, 1920, 1925
Betts, Mary 1950
Betts, S. C. 1946
Betts, Sid 1950
Betts, W. A. 1955
Beubaur, D. J. 1907, 1908, 1909
Beuson, Marjorie 1911
Bevan, George A. 1907
Bevan, R. F. (Daisy) 1931
Bevel, J. H. 1949
Big Bear, (Chief) Joe 1945, 1952, 1958, [1959]
Bigelow, H. A. 1908
Bigg, Eleanor A. 1942
Bigger, (Mrs) William 1913
Biggs, M. F. 1908
Bighorn Trading Company Limited 1932, 1936, 1940, 1942-1944, 1946, 1947
Bigstoney, Amos 1912
Bigstoney, David 1931
[?], Bill 1932, 1937
[?] Bill 1958, 1960, 1961 Possibly William (Bill) Luxton
Bill, Allen H. 1943-1949, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, [1960] a.k.a. "Allen Bill", "A. H. Bill", "Allen B." or "Allen"
Bill, Hortense 1949
Bill, W. D. 1946
Billings, H. H. 1957
Billy Smart's New World Circus Limited 1954
Bilyea, Leila 1940
Bing, Walter G. 1952
Bingham Display Supplies Limited 1958
Birch, A. G. 1937
Birch, D. C. 1949
[?], Bird 1948
Birdsong, A. C. 1958
Birdstone, Al 1946, 1947
Birdstone, Lucy 1951
Birdstone, Madeleine 1948
Birdstone, (Mrs) A. 1951
Birdstone, (Mrs) Zachary 1948
Birkinshaw, Susan M. 1956
Birney, W. G. 1912
Birney, Walter G. 1953
Birt, B. D. 1915, 1919
Bishop, R. D. 1929
Biss, (Mrs) W. M. 1946, 1947
Bissell, C. A. 1910
Bitterman, W. 1945
Black, B. H. 1954
Black, D. E. 1908, 1929
Black, H. V. 1946, 1947
Blackey, J. H. 1927-1929, 1931, 1932
Blackley, Bernice 1950, 1955 (Whiteside)
Blackley, Bonnie Lee 1957-1960
Blackman, Bob 1949
Blackwell, G. 1939
Blackwood, L. A. 1910
Blaisdell, Polly 1941
Blake, Maxine 1952, 1953
Blakley, Jessie 1945
Blaseckie, C. 1959
Blazier, C. J. 1903-1914, 1929
Bletcher, G. F. 1951
Bloch, E. 1927
Blodgett, H. A. 1948
Blow, Don 1932, 1934 May sign "Don"
Blow, E. A. 1912, 1927, 1928, 1931
Blow, Harry 1937, 1938
Blow, Jane 1954
Blue Cloud, Chief 1946, 1947
Blue Quills School 1951
Boasten, Fred T. 1932
[?], Bob 1932, 1933, 1936, 1942 Possibly Bob Laporte?
Boden, Oscar 1905-1914, 1917, 1919
Bogardus, John 1910
Bogstory, Jonas 1908
[Bohomolee?, A.?] 1959
Boirer, Joe 1913
[Bolander?], Jack 1954
Bolton, N. A. 1917
Bomford, S. 1919
Bond, Alan K. 1951
Bond, George B. R. 1913
Bond, L. W. 1945
Bond, William A. 1959
Bonertz, (Mrs) Cyril 1952
Bonser, E. A. 1907
Bonser, Horace 1927
Book Mart 1939
Boomhower, Novice E. 1928
Boone and Crockett Club 1949-1952, 1954, 1955
Boot, Lilian E. 1957
Boote, Walter 1949
Booth, George 1916
Boronda, Drew 1957
Borrowman, D. 1920
Boswell, C. H. 1909, 1910, 1911
Bottomley, E. 1928
Boucher, G. H. 1928
Boudreau, (Mrs) Otto 1930, 1931, 1932
Boultbue, E. K. 1907
Bourdeau, J. 1907, 1908
Bourindt, Elsie 1927
Bow Garage 1939
Bow Valley Kennels 1946, 1947
Bowden, E. E. 1909
Bowden, J. W. 1932
Bowden, T. [N?] 1936
Bowden, Tomas Nicholos 1946
Bowden, W. W. 1943
Bower, J. 1907, 1912, 1916, 1926
Bowers, (Mrs) W. G. 1956
Bowes, D. 1909
Bowes, V. A. 1932
Bowind, Elsie 1929
Bowker, P. 1949
Bowlen, J. J. 1936
Bowler, Frank 1907, 1908
Bowman, Basil 1946, 1947
Bowman, John 1951
Bowman, Suzanne 1946, 1947
Bown, Elizabeth A. Q. 1942
Boy Scouts Association 1946, 1947
Boyce, J. A. 1912
Boyce, J. W. 1916
Boyce, Jim 1937, 1941
Boyd, S. H. 1914
[?], Boyda 1938, 1945 May also be signed "Me"
Boyles, Thomas J. 1944
Norman Luxton correspondence files:
LUX / 1 / A - 1 to 12 1900 – 1902
LUX / 1 / A - 13 to 24 1903 – May 1907
LUX / 1 / A - 25 to 38 June 1907 – January 1908
LUX / 1 / A - 39 to 51 February – September 1908
LUX / 1 / A - 52 to 62 October 1908 – August 1909
LUX / 1 / A - 63 to 77 September 1909 – 1910
LUX / 1 / A - 78 to 89 1911 – June 1912
LUX / 1 / A - 90 to 100 July 1912 – August 1913
LUX / 1 / A - 101 to 111 September 1913 - 1914
LUX / 1 / A - 112 to 125 1915 - 1916
LUX / 1 / A - 126 to 140 1917 – June 1922
LUX / 1 / A - 141 to 153 July 1922 – 1926
LUX / 1 / A - 154 to 161 1927 – May 1928
LUX / 1 / A - 162 to 169 June - December 1928
LUX / 1 / A - 170 to 177 1929
LUX / 1 / A - 178 to 184 January 1930 – June 1931
LUX / 1 / A - 185 to 191 July 1931 – August 1932
LUX / 1 / A - 192 to 199 September 1932 – December 1933
LUX / 1 / A - 200 to 208 January 1934 – May 1935
LUX / 1 / A - 209 to 216 June 1935 – August 1936
LUX / 1 / A - 217 to 224 September 1936 – December 1937
LUX / 1 / A - 225 to 232 January 1938 – April 1939
LUX / 1 / A - 233 to 240 May 1939 – August 1940
LUX / 1 / A - 241 to 248 September 1940 – December 1941
LUX / 1 / A - 249 to 255 January 1942 – June 1943
LUX / 1 / A - 256 to 261 July 1943 – September 1944
LUX / 1 / A - 262 to 268 October 1944 – February 1946
LUX / 1 / A - 269 to 275 March 1946 – April 1947
LUX / 1 / A - 276 to 283 May 1947 – June 1948
LUX / 1 / A - 284 to 290 July 1948 – August 1949
LUX / 1 / A - 291 to 297 September 1949 – August 1950
LUX / 1 / A - 298 to 304 September 1950 – December 1951
LUX / 1 / A - 305 to 310 1952
LUX / 1 / A - 311 to 316 1953
LUX / 1 / A - 317 to 322 1954
LUX / 1 / A - 323 to 328 1955
LUX / 1 / A - 329 to 334 1956
LUX / 1 / A - 335 to 340 1957
LUX / 1 / A - 341 to 349 1958 – June 1959
LUX / 1 / A - 350 to 361 July 1959 - 1962
File consists of miscellaneous ephemera including Bridge Tally cards; notes; Eleanor Luxton's blank stationary samples; hand drawn plans for additions to the house on Beaver street; newspaper clippings; a McDougall Stoney Mission Society annual report, 1993; a Banff Indian Days 58th Anniversary pro…
File consists of miscellaneous ephemera including Bridge Tally cards; notes; Eleanor Luxton's blank stationary samples; hand drawn plans for additions to the house on Beaver street; newspaper clippings; a McDougall Stoney Mission Society annual report, 1993; a Banff Indian Days 58th Anniversary program, 1947; an article in the Rocky Mountain Pathways, 1992 regarding the Luxton Museum re-opening under Buffalo Nations Cultural Society; a map of Calgary - Alberta - British Columbia with the area North of Cochrane and East of Big Hill Springs Provincial Park outlined; short stories.
Records in this file consist of Georgina Luxton's membership cards to Women's Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association [also one membership fee receipt], Canadian Red Cross, the Navy League of Canada, and Banff Springs Golf Club; invitations to Canadian Pacific Pools, Canadian Pacific…
Records in this file consist of Georgina Luxton's membership cards to Women's Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association [also one membership fee receipt], Canadian Red Cross, the Navy League of Canada, and Banff Springs Golf Club; invitations to Canadian Pacific Pools, Canadian Pacific Hotels Supper and Dance; tickets to the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics; Banff Post Office registration; receipts from various Banff businesses; hotel receipts; and passes to Banff Indian Days.
Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasp…
Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasper Park Lodge, and Canadian and international politics.
File consists of records concerning attendance, events, payments and accounts
Notebook for 1924 includes notes of the 1924 Calgary Stampede
Notes
Related records: a portion of notebook recording Indian events at the 1933 Calgary Stampede pertains to Banff Indian Days 1933 (LUX/I/D3-[5a?); a portion of notebook recording Indian events at the 1939 Calgary Stampede pertains to Banff Indian Days 1939 (LUX/I/D3-[5a?)
File consists of Norman Luxton's judging records for Indian events, parade costumes and teepees at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, 1926 to 1956, 24 volumes. Missing years are: 1927, 1930, 1936, 1946, 1949 Judging notebook for 1926 includes account of 1927 hunting trip to Kananaskis area, Albe…
File consists of Norman Luxton's judging records for Indian events, parade costumes and teepees at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, 1926 to 1956, 24 volumes. Missing years are: 1927, 1930, 1936, 1946, 1949
Judging notebook for 1926 includes account of 1927 hunting trip to Kananaskis area, Alberta. Judging notebook for 1933 includes records for Banff Indian Days 1933. Judging notebook for 1939 includes records for Banff Indian Days 1939
13 textual records (1 cm) : typescripts, holographs
Scope & Content
Files contains articles and editorials on various topics
Access Restrictions
Access to originals is restricted. Reference copies are available
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF ITEMS (LUX / I / D4 - 9):
* Dr. Atkin has thrilling ride, 1915, 2p, typescript. From the Crag & Canyon, December 18, 1915
* Predatory conditions, 1902 to 1943, 1943, 1p, typescript. In the form of a letter to Bill Fisher
* [Article], 1946, 6p, typescript. In form of letter to Mabel Knight, of the Christian Science Monitor of Boston; re Banff Indian Days, Stoney Indians and native issues
* [Article], 1946?, 3p, typescript. In form of letter to Mabel [Knight]; re Banff Indian Days, Stoney Indians and native issues
10 textual records (1 cm) : typescripts, print material
Scope & Content
File consists of poems, story, script, speeches and published booklet
Access Restrictions
Access to originals is restricted. Reference copies are available
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF ITEMS (LUX / I / D4 - 10):
1. The wages of sin : [poem], before 1960, 1p, typescript
2. The old man's Christmas : [poem], before 1960, 1p, typescript
3. Robbing Peter to pay Paul : [poem], before 1960, 1p, typescript
4. A panorama of Italy : [poem], 1940s, 2p, typescript
5. [Script], before 1960, 4p, typescript, annotated. Re memories of Dieppe
6. [Speeches], 1940, typescripts, annotated : 3p & 2p. Delivered at Banff Indian Days, 1940
7. O Canada : [speech], 1955, 5p, typescript. Delivered for opening of Southern Alberta Pioneers and Oldtimers' Association building at Calgary Stampede grounds
8. [Speech], 2p, typescript. Re induction of Ernie Kehr into the Stoney tribe
9. The last of the buffalo : [booklet], 1908, 32p, 1 of 2 copies [this copy is not boumd and in good condition]
10.The last of the buffalo : [booklet], 1908, 32p, 2 of 2 copies [This copy has pink marker on front cover and is bound with string in poor condition]
11.The last of the buffalo : [booklet], 1909, 32p, 1 copies [some images are horizontally flipped. Images are in different order than the 1908 published booklet]
File consists of trip diaries for hunting trips in the Red Deer River (1910), Clearwater / Pipestone (1922), Nordegg (1930 July), Ghost River (1930 Oct), Kananaskis area (1935) and Kootenay Plains / Nordegg areas, 1936 Individuals accompanying Luxton on these trips included [George?] Harrison, Jaco…
File consists of trip diaries for hunting trips in the Red Deer River (1910), Clearwater / Pipestone (1922), Nordegg (1930 July), Ghost River (1930 Oct), Kananaskis area (1935) and Kootenay Plains / Nordegg areas, 1936 Individuals accompanying Luxton on these trips included [George?] Harrison, Jacob Hunter, John Twoyoungmen, Jonas Rider, Silas Abraham, Samson Beaver and other Stoney Indians. Diary for the 1910 trip to Red Deer River notes that the trip ended with the confiscation of hunting trophies and a subsequent fine
File also includes: diary for 1928 rail trip to the west coast; diary for trip to Lake O'Hara area, 1938; hunting logs for 1923-1924 and 1925-1926; trips notes and sketch maps, 6 items, one map dated 1957?
Notebook containing Kananaskis area trip, 1935, also contains automobile log for 1935-1936 and person-counts for Banff Indian Days or the Calgary Stampede Indian villiage, 1936. Lake O'Hara area trip notebook, 1938, contains other writings. Hunting log notebook, 1923-1924, also contains accounts and notes
Notes
Related record: a portion of notebook recording Indian events at the 1926 Calgary Stampede pertains to Kananaskis hunting trip, 1927. A photocopy is provided for reference use. Original notebook is in LUX/I/D3-[5?]
File consists of records pertaining to events, participants, fees and prizes
Notes
Related records: this file includes one bareback event marking card in same style as those found in the Calgary Stampede events records (LUX / I / D3c)