File pertains to 50 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1943 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various…
File pertains to 50 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1943 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 79 Aug 1 - 1943
1. Rams on cliff morning
8. Mt. Rundle and lake shore
13. Cascade and meadow
14. Sheep in swamp
16. Mama sheep and baby - again
17. one baby sheep
18. 2 baby sheeps
19. 2 baby sheeps flaw in film
Reel 80 Aug 15 - 1943
3. Ewe and others [in swamp - Rundle]
4. Ews and lams in swamp [Rundle]
5. Moose in Vermilion sundown
7. Goat at animal paddock
9. Crowd on opabin glacier
10. Crowd at Mac Arthur Lake at lunch
11. Crowd on opabin glacier
13. /Same not so good\ Crowd strung out on glacier
14. Same - end of line of people
16. Emmy[?], Big Tom and Denny near lake
17. Crowd on meadows - opabin
Reel 81 Aug 21 - 1943
3. Crowd around the dining table
7. Mt. Biddle from Yukness ridge
12. Phyl and Aletta on Yukness
13. Towards Yoho and Balfour fr. Yukness over Wiwaxy col.
15. Ronny with pot at fire Linda Lake
16. Ronny with fish at Linda Lake
17. Walter's T. Model Ford - W. and Ronny and Mr. Stewart[?]
Reel 82 Sept 2 -1943
1. Gopher by tree en route to Linda Lake
2. Ronny w. rucksack
3. Tom, Aletta, Phyl starting for Abbot Pass
4. Mother and Sig[?] looking out window
5. Spray River when I fished - Cascade Mt.
7. Mother at bearspaw table better
12. Mother and bear alarms[?] on step
13. L.G. bringing in faggots [sticks] from yard
14. Fish in pond
15. Fish hatchery fr. viewpoint [illegible]
17. Doe in backwater down Bow R. [illegible]
19. View across BOw to Hoodoos and Cascade
Reel 83 Sept 7 - 1943
1. Boe valley fr. Lake Agnes
4. Trail boulders and Lake Agnes
8. Victoria ridge fr. Fairview slopes
10. Same nearer
15. Sig - and Mt. Rundle fr [Admin gardens]
16. Browne porch and BNG reading [illegible]
17. SIg and 2 companions starting fr. Spray V.
19. DH.G. on hammock
20. ALong the Great Divide by B. Browne.
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
File pertains to 57 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1944 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various…
File pertains to 57 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1944 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 84 Aug 4 - 1944
1. Diamond pines
2. Lou and Richard in arms
3. Richard on our porch
4. [Richard] in coach
5. Lou and Richard on chair - their barn
6. [Lou and Richard on] lawn
7. [Lou and Richard on lawn]
8. Richard on blanket on lawn
9. Same
10. Nearer of same
11. [Nearer of same]
12. [Nearer of same]
14. Buffaloes in paddock
15. Ewe and lamb
17. Bow R. backwater opp. Hoodoes.
Reel 85 Aug 12 - 1944
3. [Cos moose and calf at Sundance Cr.
4. Mt Pinnacle fr. Paradise Valley
5. Mt. Eiffel [fr. Paradise Valley]
6. Part of Hungabee [fr. Paradise Valley]
7. Mt. Lefroy [fr. Paradise Valley]
11. Twin avalanches fr. Lefroy starting
13. Cow elk and baby Louise Road
19. Beaver swimming
Reel 86 Aug 21 - '44
1. Sentinel on the pass and Mt. Lefroy
2. Sentinels on pass early am
3. Ptarmigan on slopes of Eiffel
8. Charley and ptarmigan
10. Crowd watching on hillside
14. Mt. Aberdeen above supply tent
18. L.S. same place [Paradise boulder]
Reel 87 Aug 22, 1944
3. L.S. [on Paradise Peak]
6. [Canfield and H. Kingman w. Eric]
7. Kingman and Ken Jones
11. [Sunday service] closer, gabeline up.
12. Same - tents in background
15. Girls on log - tea party upper valley
16. The Richards and red paracol
17. Emmie and chips
19. Col. west moreland - nailing boots
22. Polly meniet[?] gift of Mr. Sampson
Reel 88 Aug 22 - 1944
2. [On] summit Dorothy Richards
5. [View fr. Temple] Yoho
6. Party on Suentinel Pass
7. Trail Ride - D[?]erty etc at start
9. Tepee poles at first camp - Fatigne Creek
10. Cook tent and pots - first camp
13. Crowd riding over summit
14. Crowd on aeplands
15. Helen Zilmer[?] on pass - Assin in rear
19. Porky in tree at lunch
Reel 89 Sept 15 - 1944
1. BHG at gardens - Mt Cascade
2. Helen Harbison and BH.G. Admin gardens
3. Emmie on Rundle ridge
8. Dan and Mary by back door
9. Dan and his cabin - Mt. Rundle
10. B.B. picture "Along the great Divide"
11. Same
12. BH.G. in chair by porch
13. Browne House Mother in chair
14. Same over exposed
15. BH.G. Admin gardens on bench
16. L.S. Admin gardens
17. Same further away
18. [Illegible] in Mt. Norquay fr. Sundance Rd.
19. Beavers at feeding grounds eve
21. Cow and calf Vermilion Lakes - eve
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1945 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…
File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1945 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 93 Aug 21-1945
5. Clay bank and swallow holes
6. Butter and eggs ; 3 people (dans and Sig) ; Rundle
8. [Butter and eggs] single stalk
9. Peaks beyond 3 Sisters and moon
10. 3 Sisters, alpine glow and moon
11. Jim, gordon and packs - backs to us
12. Same, faces towards us - towards Bow
13. Gordon and 2 packs - looking towards Bow
14. Moose - better
15. [Moose - better]
16. Phacelia and arnica
20. Charlie Whenchemna Pass
Reel 94 Aug 21 - 1945
3. [Ice scaned peaks fr. Winchemna P. trail]
4. Eiffel and Tower fr. Winchemna Pass Trail
5. Fay and Little? thru tree across lake
6. LG on aeplands - Neptuark[?] in b.g.
7. C.S.H. on [aeplands]looking across valley
8. C.S.H. and Dave on aeplands
11. Measurocles[?] and C.S.H. on skyline
12. M's and CSH on top Eiffel close
14. Goodsirs across Wenchemna Pass
15. Hungabee from Eiffel
18. [Helen and Dave] ditto for them
19. Helen on aeplands Eiffel in b.g.
Reel 95 Aug 21-1945
1. Three on trail lake below
2. Hungabee fr. slopes of Paradise
3. Same Dave and Helen in fore
6. Eiffel and Tower
7. Helen on trail - Fay in b.g.
9. Jane Nearmello[?]
10. Conner on Temple and view towards Bow[?]
11. View over Popes to Habel etc
12. C.H. and Dave on snow on Temple
13. L.G. on Temple Saller[?] in b.g.
14. L.G. [on Temple] Fay in b.g.
16. Measurolls[?] in front of tent
17. C.H., Dave and LG in front of cook tent
Reel 96 Sept 10-1945
2. Helen on stumps near tent
3. Helen and Dave bet. boulders above camp
4. Dave on top of boulder
8. Avalanche on quadra fr. Cres. Lake
10. C.H. Helen and Dave in front cooktent
11. C.H. L.S. [and Dave in front cooktent]
12. Mt Allen through trees
13. L.S. in front of her tent. no good
Reel 97 Sept 10-1945
5. [Camp across lake] brighter sun
6. Cooktent and crowd across meadow. Pack in b.g.
7. Crowd at breakfast
8. [Crowd at breakfast] closer, Ruth near fire
9. Ruth Brewster at cooktent
10. Crowd at breakfast. Fred L. in fore
12. Helen at breakfast on lg
13. Crowd on log at breakfast
16. Crowd at campfire and tepees in rear
17. Crowd approaching MacArthur
18. Jimmie's gang at MacArthur
19. [Jimmie's gang] looking for goat w. glacier
20. Blue MacArthur and Cliff on lake shore
Reel 98 Sept 10 - 45
1. Mr. Gibbon leaving camp
2. Trav. Coleman and Michael
3. Glacier Peak fr. Odaray Plateau thru trees
5. Jimmie Hendrie and party [Odaray Plateau]
6. Hickens on Odaray Plateau
7. L.S. on Odaray P. Delta and Hung. in b.g
8. L.S. on edge pleateau
9. Mrs. Link and Green on edge plateau
10. Hikees[?] on end plateau
12. Mr Sampson leaving camp
13. Tepees at packing time
16. [Packing at O'Hara]
17. Packing at O'Hara, blankets
18. Jimmie Hendrie by tent
19. Jean Stewart
20. Tent mates at O'Hara
Reel 99 Sept 10-1945
1. Tentmates at MacArthur camp
5. Ronnie fishing f. boat front view
6. Helen [fishing]
7. Ronnie [fishing] Odaray in b.g
8. [Ronnie] in boat, reflection
10. [Ronnie] and Helen fishing fr. shore
11. [Ronnie and Helen] in boat
12. Soapy, Michail and outfit etc
13. Jane Dwirty[?] on bus
14. Ranger's cabin at graveyard
15. Sae nearer
16. Aileen taking picture fr. Lookout
17. View fr. Lookout towards Mt. Sir Allen[?]
18. Deer and fawn in corral. dark
Reel 100 Sept 1945
1. Deer by corral
2. Two fawns in grass beyond road
4. Close-up of same
5. Two does in corral log barn
8. Sillouette of deer on front lawn
10. Sillouette of deer on front lawn
11. Moose on bank Echo River
13. Moose on bank Echo River
14. Wild geese on Bow R. flats
15. Same in flight
18. Sun recorder[?] on lawn
20. Mt Rundle and S[illegible] in gardens
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…
File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, wildlife, the opening dedication of the A.O. Wheeler Hut, and the drive back home. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 117 Sept 1947
2. [Wheeler Hugh Dedication]
3. group at [Dedication]
4. H.E. Sampson speaking
5. Sir Oliver Wheeler
6. Bonldew Prastice
7. [Bonldew Prastice]
8. Belaying from above
9. Roping down
11. Sid and Eric
12. Phebe and Polly on road
13. My tentmates
14. Banff Musance[?] Park sign
16. Elk on mud flats
17. [Elk on mud flats]
18. [Elk] morning
19. Elk and Roy T.
20. [Elk] overexp.
21. Elk
26. Lamb descending rocks
27. Ewe and lamb
29. Rams at Bankhead - nearer
30. [Rams at Bankhead] further
31. [Rams at Bankhead] moving off
Reel 118 Sept 1947
8 pictures
6. Delphiniums good
10. Sheep in swamp fair
12. [Sheep in swamp] overexp.
20. Mt. Eisenhower good 8/2
Reel 119- Sept 1947
13. View down river
15. Dam at Seebe 8/10
18. Aileen and Mrs B. at Seebe
19. [Aileen and Mrs B.] and house at Seebe
Reel 120 Sept 1947
1. Down Couloir fr. Sawback Pinnacle
7. Bear on road overexp.
8. [Bear on road overexp.]
17. House and garden near Grassi's
21. Buffalo
Reel 121 Sept 1947
6. Bears at dump
13. The Bear Show
15. Goose flats - Bow R.
17. BHG. at window A-ha-hi-na
19. Mt Rundle and reflections
Reel 122 Sept 22. 47
1. The Sea Cadet Races
2. [The Sea Cadet Races] Boathouses in b.g.
3. [The Sea Cadet Races] Mt. Cascade
4. Sunset on Fairholme Range
5. Goat at paddock
6. [Goat at paddock]
12. Rundle fr. Vermilion Lakes
13. Mt. Rundle and Reflections
15. Fr Bridge - moon over Bourgeau
16. At Mrs. Lyalls - C.H. and Mrs L.
18. The Wee Hoose
19. Mrs. Lyalls garden
20. Kilmorey Lodge - Dodge and C.H.
21. Waterton from P of W. Hotel
Reel 123 Oct 1947
1. The road home
2. Sheep on road
3. Sheep moving off road
5. View out back of car - sheep
6. Giant Springs of great Falls, Mont.
7. Feeding dogs at Rodman Ranch
9. Mrs. Rodman and dog
10. Hayel and 2 pups - standing
11. Hayel sitting down and pups
12. Yellowstone
13. Caroline near pool - Yellowstone
14. L.G. by pool
15. Yellowstone -
16. Old Faithful and circle of people
19. [Old Faithful] no people
21. [Old Faithful] and trees and road
Reel 124 Oct. 10 - 47
1. Durls Tower from foot on trail
2. [Durls Tower from foot on trail]
4. Blank
5. Durls Tower whole with trees
6. [Durls Tower] solid mass
7. [Durls Tower] fr. auto road
11. Grain fields and trees
13. [Rushmore memorial]
14. [Rushmore memorial] thru window
15. The road home - drive [illegible]
16. Wheat fields
18. BHG. on enclosed porch
19. Enclosed porch BHG.
20. 650 Hayle[illegible] ave - good of house
21. Peace Rose
The last 10 slides [named 124a] depict sites around Yellowstone National Park and were most likely purchased by Lillian Gest while visiting the park. The slides' matting paper states they were manufactured by the park and all are wrapped in a thin plastic sleeve.
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
R112 - not numbered slides ; 12 omitted
R113 - not numbered slides
R114 - not numbered slides
File pertains to 99 35 mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, and black binding tape with blue dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides the original title and Reel locations written on the matting paper - all slides in this colelction ha…
File pertains to 99 35 mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, and black binding tape with blue dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides the original title and Reel locations written on the matting paper - all slides in this colelction have been pulled from varius Reels taken by Lillian Gest from trips taken in the Canadian Rockies between 1940 and 1947. Their removal is noted in the slide title notebook SL I (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Topics include a broad selection of images pertaining to Canadian Rockies, Banff and area, camps and hikes, wildlife, flora, friends and associates.
Titles:
1. Jasper Lake Beauvert & Cavel R33-15
2. [Jasper] Lake Beauvert 39-5
3. [Jasper Lake Beauvert] & Pyramid 40-18
4. [Jasper] golf course [& Pyramid] R40-16
5. [Jasper golf course] R40-15
6. Mt. Edith Cavel & Clouds 39-16
7. On steps of Lodge 33-19
8. Rock garden of Lodge 39-4 [MISSING]
9. [Rock garden] & flag 39-17
10. Bear in the Lake 40-20
11. [Bear] on trail (L. Louise) 76-8
12. [Bear]s at Dump Jasper 40-2
13. [Bear] on road (Deer Lodge) 76-11
14. Jasper rodeo 40-4
15. [Jasper rodeo] 40-5
16. Ram by the road 32-15
17. [Ram by the road] eating 32-17
18. [Ram] on cliff 79-3
19. Two rams on rocks 79-2
20. Deer in sandpit (Jasper) 38-18
21. [Deer] on Bow River 82-18
22. Two bucks (Banff) 112-9
23. Baby Fawn (Dan)
24. Whistler Mt Trail 39-12
25. Engelman spruce & cones 102-2
26. [Engelman spruce] cones 101-1
27. Avalanche fr. Lefroy 101-15
28. Mt. Athabaska & A1 R32-20
29. Mt. Kitchner 36-8
30. Natural Bridge Field 44-18
31. Takkakaw Falls 60-10
32. Polly above Twin Falls 52-14
33. Trail into Little Yoho 45-13
34. Fireweed – Mt Balfour 45-8
35. Lake Louise & Poppies 101-28
36. [Lake Louise] & horseman 101-26
37. Chateau fr. Fairview Lake Trail 76-21
38. On lawn of Chateau 102-20
39. Reflections in window 101-34
40. [Reflections] in shiny ball 101-33
41. Giant Steps R75-15
42. [Giant Steps] R75-17
43. Reflections Opabin Lake J6-4
44. Lunch Sheol Valley 83-7
45. Arnica 56-2
46. Queen Cap R103-2
47. Ptarmigan & chick 86-5
48. Chick in hand & mother 86-9
49. [Chick in hand] R93-17
50. [Chick in hand] R93-19
51. Gopher & lunch box 12-5
52. At Peyto Lookout R106-11
53. Kay & Polly St Nick Glacier 107-7
54. Party at lake opabin Pass 81-1
55. Opabin Pass 55-10
56. Edward on needles 102-16
57. Polly [on needles] 102-19
58. Lake Agnes fr. [needles] 102-15
59. Our tent at O’Hara Camp 81-4
60. Sun on Bugaboos 103-4
61. More sun on [Bugaboos] 103-5
62. Climb of Yukness D.R. 81-14
63. Rope on [Yukness] 81-19
64. Cliff on Mt Forbes 37-18
65. Party on Eiffel 94-13
66. Eiffel Tower 94-16
67. AAC Party on Paradise 87-2
68. Glacier Peak fr. Yukness 81-14
69. Goodsirs fr. Temple 88-4
70. On Paradise Pk. Daver C.H. 95-5
71. Sunday Service 87-13
72. Summit St. Nicholas 107-12
73. Party on E. Post Trip 103-8
74. [Party on E. Post] R103-9
75. Top cliffs Snow Patch 103-14
76. Howser Spire 105-10
77. Party for Mt. Pigeon 105-14
78. Snow slope on Baker 128-29
79. Looking down crevasse 105-14
80. Pinnacle E. Post 103-16
81. Summit Mt. Christian 35-4
82. On Top – St. Nicholas 107-8
83. Indigenous people at Banff Springs 57-18
84. Two Indigenous Chiefs 57-5
85. Indigenous woman & girl 57-9
86. Tepee tops in sky 58-12
87. Hoodoos 73-15
88. Storm on Fairholme Mts 89-6
89. Deer at 202 Muskrat 107-19
90. Deer at garbage pail 107-20
91. Doe by corral 100-3
92. Mt Edith & beaver dam 122-14
93. The Beaver Show 144-12
94. Beaver 114-14
95. Tree cut by brawn R42-8
96. [Tree] over trail R42-7
97. Mt Rundle & gardens 75-4
98. Columbine R73-17
99. Close-up pool & flowers R58-5
100. Bow Valley view R51-8
Notes
This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material.
Slide numbering and titles as originally organized, as noted on a title list adhered to the inside of the box lid.
File pertains to 99 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, black binding tape, and red dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides also have paper labels adhered to the glass noting the original title and Reel location - all slides in thi…
File pertains to 99 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in glass with silver matting paper, black binding tape, and red dots denoting the collection in the upper right corners. The slides also have paper labels adhered to the glass noting the original title and Reel location - all slides in this collection have been pulled from various Reels taken by Lillian Gest from trips between 1943 and 1947. Their removal is noted in the slide title notebook SL I (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Topics include images pertaining to the Canadian Rockies, Banff and area, camps and hikes, wildlife, flora, friends and associates.
Titles:
1. Three Sisters R93-1
2. Juncture Bow & Spray R. R84-13
3. Banff Ave & Gardens 89-5
4. Gardens - Mt Rundle 107-34
5. Poppies & Mt Cascade 82-9
6. [Poppies & Mt Cascade] 108-14
7. [Poppies & Mt Cascade] 108-10
8. Summer house in Gardens 108-8
9. Sunshine Recorder 108-15
10. From Healy Creek Road 92-18
11. Beaver Dam 85-18
12. Cow Moose at Stream 43-3
13. [Cow Moose] n. highway 43-4
14. [Cow Moose] and calf 92-6
15. [Cow Moose] in Vermillion Lake 92-9
16. Two moose & calf 92-6
17. Moose – Mt Rundle 92-7
18. Sheep in Paddock 110-8
19. [Sheep in Paddock] 110-9
20. Fawn (dan)
21. Doe and fawn 113-30
22. Polly at Norquay Hut 70-20
23. L.G on Rundle Ridge 89-4
24. Mary Read on Sulphur Mt. 85-17
25. Banff & Lakes fr. Tunnel Mt 113-6
26. [Banff] Springs Hotel [fr. Tunnel] 133-5
27. Party on Sulphur Mt. 85-14
28. Emmie [on Sulphur Mt.] 85-16
29. Caroline at [Sulphur Mt.] Hut 109-4
30. Ram on Sulphur Mt. 79-4
31. [Ram on Sulphur Mt.] 79-7
32. Indigenous Chiefs 57-1
33. Indigenous woman on horseback 57-2
34. Indigenous Boy on horseback 57-12
35. Indigenous Encampment 58-8
36. Indigenous Encampment 58-7
37. Trail-Riders Fatigue Pass 88-12
38. [Trail-Riders] down [Fatigue Pass] 88-18
39. [Trail-Riders] on Skyline 88-16
40. [Trail-Riders] cross Brewster Ck. 88-8
41. Skyline Hikers Camp 96-18
42. [Skyline Hikers Camp] 96-14
43. Tepees and Mt. Cathedral 97-15
44. Lake Louise – poppies – horses 101-27
45. [Lake] O’Hara fr. Plateau 98-11
46. Opabin Lake & meadows 55-9
47. Whistling Marmot 102-8
48. Ptarmigan 55-7
49. Twin Falls 52-13
50. Forest Fire 33-3
51. View up Consolation Valley 71-5 [MISSING]
52. David Woods & gopher hole 104-21
53. [David Woods & gopher hole] 104-22
54. Rock Rabbit & Lake Louise 83-11
55. Chalice cup 81-6
56. Dryas by rock 53-9
57. Alpine savifrage 96-6
58. Hare’s Tail sedge 83-3
59. Delphiniums & butterflies 47-1
60. Just a Trail 75-11
61. Mt. Athabaska 42-18
62. Num-Ti-Gah Lodge – Bow L. 107-15
63. Kay – glacial Lake below Nich. Pk. 107-14
64. L.G at Lake Kimetonk 106-5
65. Witty on Paradise Pk. 86-17
66. Alpine Party on Mt. Bell 72-8
67. From Mt. Odaray 56-15
68. On Forbes glacier 37-9
69. [On Forbes] Trip 37-12
70. [On] ridge Mt. Temple 95-8
71. Christ on Mt. Chris 35-3
72. Climbers slopes of Astley 113-14
73. Summit Mt. Astley 113-22
74. Bugaboo Camp fr. Stream 104-3
75. [Bugaboo] Peaks fr. campfire 104-1
76. [Bugaboo] Ken & Don 104-2
77. [Bugaboo] Mens Tents 104-24
78. [Bugaboo] Sunday Service 104-20
79. [Bugaboo] Sunday Service 104-19
80. [Bugaboo] Quintet No 3 104-10
81. [Bugaboo Quintet] No 3 & moon 104-7
82. Party en route to No 3 104-10
83. Rope on four – Quintet 104-13
84. Brad on Quintet 104-15
85. View fr. [Quintet] No 2 104-11
86. Poll, Mary, Brad – Summit 104-14
87. Party on rocks – Ascent 104-12
88. [Party on rocks] – descent 104-16
89. Three Climbers for Pigeon 104-23
90. Glacier Tour 105-5
91. [Glacier Tour] 105-2
92. Cliffs at Snowpatch 104-26
93. Rex cuts steps 105-6
94. [Rex cuts steps] nearer 104-32
95. Ronny Feuz 99-9
96. In Buttercup Meadow 53-3
97. C.H Waterton Lake 123-9
98. L.G [Waterton Lake] 122-22
99. BHG – Browne living room 78-13
100. Rainbow Emerald Lake 106-8
Notes
This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material.
Slide numbering and titles as originally organized, as noted on a title list adhered to the inside of the box lid.
File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the new…
1.9 cm of textual records (116 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
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File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], news pertaining to the war [including Italy entering the war in June, British children being brought to Canada, the Blitz], the Lake Louise-Jasper highway officially opening [Pete and Catharine drive up for the weekend, their first visit to Jasper National Park], the deaths of Louise Rungius in May and Dave White in late June [also includes details of Dave's funeral], errand trips to Calgary [mostly to meet with Clifford about Dave's estate], Catharine and Pete's 10th wedding anniversary, visits to Bow Lake to paint throughout July and August [a large forest fire was burning about 30 miles north of Bow for most of July], Banff Indian Days, Pete joining the militia ["Non-Permanent Active Service" force part of the 2nd Battalion of the Calgary Highlanders], going on the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip in August, painting/sketching [including a short visit to Lake O'Hara in mid-August for this purpose], Catharine going to Concord for a few weeks in early September, Pete and Catharine going to Victoria at the end of September [Annie was having health issues and was advised to go to Victoria - they went to help], cleaning and household chores [including installing new blue linoleum in the kitchen], minor repairs to the roof and other outdoor work to the property, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, trips to Mount Temple Lodge to help Cliff with various chores, descriptions of meals, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete helping construct the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], going to the movies, working on the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities, presents, and parties.
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Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided.
Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.
109 - 17 contains a sketch of the Num-Ti-Jah Lodge's main building, recently completed.
109 - 56 contains a sketch of the ground floor of Pete and Catharine's home, including the new partition wall in the living room.
File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1940-1947 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
Includes:
M67 / 2 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 40 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken to Jasper Park Lodge, G…
8 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11.5 x 18 cm or smaller)
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File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1940-1947 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
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M67 / 2 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 40 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken to Jasper Park Lodge, Glacier Lake Camp, the Icefields Chalet, and Emerald Lake during the summer of 1940. Includes details of movies and photographs taken at the back of the diary.
M67 / 2 - 2 : black leather diary, dated 41 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips to the Chateau Lake Louise. Twin Falls, and Emerald Lake taken during the summer of 1941. At least part of the summer was spent attending a motor car tour organized by Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of names and addresses of other people who attended Hinman's tour, as well as details on milage and on films and photographs taken.
M67 / 2 - 3 : black plastic 6-ring diary. Pertains to a collection of trip notes, mostly trips throughout the Canadian Rockies, from summer 1942 to summer 1945. Mostly consists of place names, people, and trip highlights - not much detail.
M67 / 2 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 42 43 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to Alpine Club of Canada Camp at Consolation Lakes (July 19-24) and a stay at Deer Lodge at Lake Louise (Aug 16-22) in 1942, an informal ACC Camp at Lake O'Hara and a stay at Deer Lodge (Aug 16-18). For both summers she notes "In Browne House, Banff" which possibly could have been a home available for rent. Also includes details pertaining to the various costs of the trips (years not specified), the fish hatchery, a list of home movies from 1942, a list of stills (no date), and a list of equipment used at the ACC Camp in 1943.
M67 / 2 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 44 45 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken by Lillian Gest during the summers of 1944 and 1945. 1944 includes travelling from Toronto to Banff, staying at the Browne House (presumably a guest house or other such rental property), annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in Paradise Valley, Trial Riders of the Canadian Rockies trip to Fatique Pass and Eohippus Lake. 1945 inlcudes travelling from Toronto to Banff, staying at the Browne House, annual ACC Camp in Larch Valley, Sky Line Trail Hikers trip in Lake O'Hara (Aug 3-6), and a trip with A. Harmon [?] to graveyard cabin and Summet Pass. Also includes a list of people met during these trips, a list of equipment left in the Browne House (1944), trees local to the Canadian Rockies, and a small sketch of downtown Banff focussed around the Bow River Bridge.
M67 / 2 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 46 47 in red paint on the front cover. Trips taken during the summer of 1946 include staying at the Chateau Lake Louise (June 29-July 12), Emerald Lake [Lodge?] (July 12-Aug 2), annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in the Bugaboos (July 13-24), Mitchell Hut, Yoho (July 26-30), Banff (Aug 2-Sept 3), and Bow Lake (Aug 3-9). Trips in 1947 included time spent in Calgary during the Stampede, annual ACC Camp, pack trip organized by Caroline Hinman, and time spent around the town of Banff. Also includes list of people met during trips, and milage and details about trip from Banff to Merion (September 1947).
Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers, Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, and the Calgary Stampede, postcard, tellegram, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.
File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
Includes:
M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout …
7.3 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)
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File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
Includes:
M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout Banff National Park during the summer of 1948. Includes milage list and list/details of people met around Banff, including bankers, hotel staff, cleaning ladies, and the boy hired to cut the grass. Also notes the passing of Soapy Smith that winter.
M67 / 3 - 2 : black leather diary, date 49 50 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various motor car, hiking, horseback (orgranized by Caroline Hinman), and leisure trips taken around Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Parks during the summer of 1949. Trips taken during the summer of 1950 mostly consist of Alpine Club of Canada activities and Camps and with the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Also includes details on milages for different motor car trips and people met over both summers.
M67 / 3 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 51 52 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various trips taken during the summers of 1951 and 1952. 1951 includes travel from the Paoli, Pennsylvania to Banff, stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, a camp based in Lake O'Hara (possibly as part of the Alpine Club of Canada), a night spent at the residence of Aileen Harmons [?], a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and another stay at the Banff Springs Hotel. 1952 includes many trips involving stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and other luxury hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper, as well as trips with the ACC, the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of people met during both summers at various locations, highlights of Banff news (including the deaths of Hal Waterhouse and Col. Phillip Moore, marriages, construction work, and illnesses), lists of equipment, and telephone numbers.
M67 / 3 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 53 54 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to a 1953 trip that started in Banff (with stay at Banff Springs Hotel) before going to Jasper where Lillian Gest participated in an Alpine Club of Canada Camp, then a few days in Lake O'Hara (staying in the lodge) before returning to Banff and then heading home to Pennsylvania. The summer of 1954 consisted of a motor car trip originating in Pennsylvania that worked west through Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana before reatching Banff. Also includes lists of mileages, people met during both summers, telephone numbers, information about flying with Air Canada (most likely in 1953), and the deaths of the Mexican tourists on Mt. Victoria, July 30, 1954.
M67 / 3 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 54 55 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of Lillian Gest's 1954 motor car trip, detailing the second half from Banff back to Pennsylvania and the 1955 trips to Banff, Mount Robson, the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Vancouver. Also includes lists of people Gest met in various locations throughout 1955 and a brief list of changes in Banff, including tree cutting for the new Trans Canada Highway, the opening of the new Timberline Hotel, and expansions of the Mount Royal Hotel and the Upper Hot Springs.
M67 / 3 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 56 57 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various hiking, motor car, and scenic trips taken by Lillian Gest throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summers of 1956 and 1957. Also includes lists of people met both summers, phone numbers for people both in Banff and in Pennsylvania, details pertaining to an Alpine Club of Canada 1956 photo competition that Gest entered, and a brief list of mostly construction-related updates from Banff and Lake Louise. One small newspaper clipping insert dated Aug 24, 1956 notes the funeral details for Mary Thorpe Gest.
Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, tellegrams, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.
File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover.
51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949.
51 - 2 : "S…
4.5 cm of textual records (4 volumes ; 10.8 x 17.6 cm or smaller)
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File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover.
51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949.
51 - 2 : "SL II" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1949 and 1955.
51 - 3 : "SL III" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1955 and 191965.
51 - 4 : "SL IV" (Slides Book IV) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1966 and 1981.
Also includes folder of loose material from the notebooks.