Fonds includes literary papers, ca.1970-1975, reports commemorating the life of Conrad Kain and two volumes of files relating to the implementation of Parks Canada's Wilderness Pass, 1994; motion picture posters, 1957-1981; and photographs, 1940-1981. The literary papers include notes and manuscri…
ca. 24 cm textual records. -- 109 photographs: prints, transparencies, negatives
History / Biographical
Brian Patton, b.1943, is a writer and naturalist at Banff and Canmore, Alberta and Columbia Valley, British Columbia, Canada. An authority on the Canadian Rockies, Patton has written extensively on recreation, geography and history of the mountains. Patton's interest in film-making in the Rockies has led him to collect films and posters and gather information on the subject.
Scope & Content
Fonds includes literary papers, ca.1970-1975, reports commemorating the life of Conrad Kain and two volumes of files relating to the implementation of Parks Canada's Wilderness Pass, 1994; motion picture posters, 1957-1981; and photographs, 1940-1981. The literary papers include notes and manuscripts for "The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide" by Brian Patton and Bart Robinson and "Parkways of the Canadian Rockies" by Brian Patton, also re Ruth Oltmann, writer. The posters pertain to feature films shot in the Canadian Rockies. Photographs by Brian Patton pertain to demolition of the Alpine Club of Canada clubhouse at Banff, 1974, and the Banff Bus Depot fire, 1981. Photographs collected by Patton include aerial photographs of the Rocky Mountains and movie-making publicity stills.