File consists of various documents including entry tickets, advertisements, event programs, newspaper articles and other documents pertaining to Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff between 1910 and 1973 [some items not dated].
2 cm of textual records ; 22.5 x 30.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of various documents including entry tickets, advertisements, event programs, newspaper articles and other documents pertaining to Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff between 1910 and 1973 [some items not dated].
Notes
File contains numerous duplicates. Additional duplicates of items with more than two copies have been moved to a separate box or potential de-accession.
Items have been arranged in file by date [if known].
Items 20, 23, and 39 contain the photo LUX / I / D3a / NA-12, identified in a copy of item 39 as "Tom Kakitts" [Tom Kaquitts].
File pertains to Barnes family members and activities at Kootenay Plains, Banff, Jumping Pound and Morley, Alberta. Includes a mix of family portraits, scenic views, wildlife, sports and recreation, Stoney Nakoda, and ranching.
File pertains to Barnes family members and activities at Kootenay Plains, Banff, Jumping Pound and Morley, Alberta. Includes a mix of family portraits, scenic views, wildlife, sports and recreation, Stoney Nakoda, and ranching.
Notes
Negatives are related to negatives in sub-series I.A. Negatives : Film
Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives
LIST OF NEGATIVES :
1 Elliott Barnes and dog (Gyp)
2 Elliott Barnes in front of fireplace at his Kootenay Plains cabin, [1907?]
3 Barnes cabin at Kootenay Plains, Elliott Barnes on step, Elliott Peak in background
4 Horses on Kootenay Plains, Indigenous man and Barnes herding, Elliott Peak in background
5 Horses pasturing on Kootenay Plains
6 Kootenay Plains, 1906
7 Kootenay Plains and Mt. Siffleur
8 Kootenay Plains and unknown peak
9 Indigenous woman and child at Kootenay Plains [Mrs. Paul Beaver]
10 Barnes pack train on Siffleur River
11 Horse (Grace) on Badger Pass
12 Valley of the Ten Peaks, 1906
13 Glacier
14, 18 Waterfall/s
15 to 18 Mountain scene/s
19 Elliott Barnes fishing on Forty Mile Creek
20 Elliott Barnes and Mr. Jordan fishing on Forty Mile Creek
21 Fishing scene
22 Elliott Barnes fishing
23 Hockey on Bow River at Banff, 1905-1906
24 Hockey on Bow River at Banff, 1906-1907
25 Cave and Basin bathhouse and pool, 1905 or 1906
26 Elliott Barnes and son Findlay
27 Mrs. E. Barnes and sons, 1907
28 Elliott Jr. and Findlay Barnes, 1907
29 Findlay Barnes with chickens at S-L Ranch
30, 31 Findlay Barnes using stereo viewer, 1909 or 1910
32 Stoney Band, 1909
33 People fishing on Little Jumping Pound Creek
34 Elliott Barnes and Lois fishing on Little Jumping Pound Creek
35 Boys fishing on Jumping Pound Creek (Jack Leeson on right)
36 Jack Leeson cooking fish
37 John Copithorne, [1910?]
38 Elliott and Robert Barnes roping horses at Jumping Pound
39 Elliott and Robert Barnes roping horses at Jumping Pound
40 to 44 Elliott Jr., Robert and Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead, [1914], portrait
45 Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead
46, 47 Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead (sawing), 1911
48 Findlay Barnes with fish
49 Findlay Barnes with sheep at Jumping Pound
50 Findlay Barnes on cart at Jumping Pound
51 Main room of homestead at Jumping Pound, [1914]
52 Family on porch of Jumping Pound homestead, [1914]
53, 54 Muriel Barnes at Milo, 1919, portrait
55 Baby (Eggley baby?)
56 Portrait of woman
57 Elliott Barnes' anti-rattler invention
58 Mounted specimen of cougar attacking deer from Luxton's
59 Bear attacking man
60 Hen and chicks at S-L Ranch
61 [Stoney children with playhouse teepee at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]
62 [Silas Abraham on horseback at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]
63 [Silas Abraham, Morley or Issac Beaver, and John House at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]
64 [Pack train at Kootenay Plains, 1907?]
65, 66 [Stoney horse racing at Morley, 1910?]
67, 68 [Stoney archery competition at Morley, 1910?]
NG 69 to 76 added, no independant entry
Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections.
Elder group identified as Silas Abraham, however, does not match other photos of Silas Abraham, identification not confirmed.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. . The photographs in the Elliot Barnes fonds were taken between 1900-1910. In interviews with Stoney Elders, this era was found to be outside the scope of their rememberance. No new identifications or confirmations were made.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Content Details
*This image is part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives. The photographs in the Elliot Barnes fonds were taken between 1900-1910. In interviews with Stoney Elders, this era was found to be outside the scope of their rememberance. No new identifications or confirmations were made.
Note: It is believed that the handwritten information on the back of the contact sheets was written by former archival staff in the initial phases of processing the photographs of Peter and Catharine Whyte. There is no list of titles attached to the individual images. Any descriptive information or identification of people has been provided by research done through the Recognizing Relations project
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
File consists of 5 copies of portrait photographs of Stoney Nakoda men taken by Byron Harmon in 1906. Portraits depict Sampson Beaver, Silas Abraham and Chief Hector Crawler.
5 photographs :b & w prints ; 23.5 x 30 cm and 9.5 x 23.5 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 copies of portrait photographs of Stoney Nakoda men taken by Byron Harmon in 1906. Portraits depict Sampson Beaver, Silas Abraham and Chief Hector Crawler.