File pertains to 40 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1977 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains [mostly those located around the town of Banff], mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, …
Selected slides series III Can R reel II show Fall 1977. -- [before 1977]
V225 / 24
Date Range
[ca. 1960-1977]
Physical Description
40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 40 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1977 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains [mostly those located around the town of Banff], mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Moraine Lake.
Titles:
1. R178-7 L.G at Crowfoot GLacier
2. B28-29 Mt Aberdeen - girls on rocks
3. B28-30 Rainbow at L.L.
4. B74-23 Abbots Pass
5. B73-38 Horses at Mirror Lake
6. CH '49 Birds nest, portrait lens 13in
7. CH Ducks nest
8. CH '51 Birds nest
9. CH '51 Chalice cup
10. R171-8 Calice cup
11. CH White vetch
12. CH '51 Turks cap lily Toby Creek
13. CH Vetch
14. CH Black Hornets
15. CH Nest of Black Hornets
16. CH Moth on pink flower
17. CH '58 Butterfly blue green & black border
18. CH '58 [Butterfly] yellow w. [black] spots
19. CH '58 [Butterfly] black & white
20. CH Pink heather
21. CH Calypso - Rungius
22. CH Purple Hedysarum
23. CH '51 Purple Hedysarum
24. R169-23Avalanche lily
25. CH '56 Flower gardens on island Palliser Pass
26. CH '55 Corral Creek
27. B31 19 Ski meet - View towards L.L.
28. B31 20 [Ski meet] Trail until flower
29. B31 21 [Ski meet] Horse on glacier
30. B31 22 Ski meet - crowd on rock 1960
31. B31 23 Skiers on snow
32. B31 24 Ski meet
33. B31 25 [Ski meet] & slopes Abbot Pass in b.g
34. B31 26 [Ski meet]
35. B31 27 Slalom poles & skiers
36. B31 28 [Slalom poles & skiers]
37. B31 29 [Slalom] slope
38. B31 30 [illegible] 6 people
39. B31 15 Flowers - stone crop
40. B31 32 Watyeks 8 people
41. B31 33 Teepees in meadow
42. B31 38 MacArthur & reflections
43. Reel 99-17 [Blank]
44. B73 29 Mary at Lake
45. B72 38 Icefield Chalet
46. B1 36 Tourists at Peyto Lookout
47. B2-10 Canyon at Bow Lakes
48. R179-3 Murray [illegible] fishing chephroe[?]
49. R175 5 Mt Shaeffer from Moose Lake
50. B2-17 MSC & Polly at Mary Lake
51. B2-21 Pool near Mary Lake
52. B2-15 [Pool near Mary Lake]
53. B2-8 Coveney on Trail Bow L.
54. R178-14 Bow Lake
55. R106-9 [Bow Lake]
56. R178-8 [Bow Lake]
57. B9-11 Numtijah Lodge
58. B9-10 Bow Lakes
59. B73-16 Mitchell Hut
60. B73-14 Skyline Camp
61. B30-38 Edw & Martha
62. B23-14 2 on rock
63. B23 23 Party on Opabin
64. B23-1 O'Hara & cabins
65. B23-25 Frozen L. Opabin
66. B23-24 Two & lake frozen
67. B23-27 L.G - opabin
68. B23-32 Fr Goat Cabin I
69. B24-11 Crowd oesa
70. B24-12 Vallances oesa
71. B24-14 Oesa frozen & L.G
72. B24-16 [illegible] on Oesa Ledges
73. B24-18 Falls near Oesa
74. B24-9 Enroute to oesa
75. B24-22 A at oesa frozen
76. B269-13 Party at Schafer cairn
77. B24-26 Party & Ringrose
78. B24-31 Water Lake & fishermen
79. B25-6 O'Hara fr. odaray
80. B24-30 Aileen, lake & odaray
Notes
Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife.
Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.
File consists of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies bulletins from 1931-1974 [some annotated] and one "Skyline Trails" bulletin [1960]. Content pertains to views and events from previous trips, schedules and planned destinations of trail rides, and membership lists.
File consists of Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies bulletins from 1931-1974 [some annotated] and one "Skyline Trails" bulletin [1960]. Content pertains to views and events from previous trips, schedules and planned destinations of trail rides, and membership lists.
Notes
Brochures are organized by date [see "Content Details"]
File consists of Canadian Pacific Railway negative photographs pertaining to trail riders, camp staff, guides and outfitters, trail rides, fishing, camps, ceremonies, scenic views of Yoho, Jasper, and Banff National Parks, Canmore and surrounding area, and Banff's townsite. Trail riders in photogr…
129 photographs : b&w nitrate negatives ; 12 x 9.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of Canadian Pacific Railway negative photographs pertaining to trail riders, camp staff, guides and outfitters, trail rides, fishing, camps, ceremonies, scenic views of Yoho, Jasper, and Banff National Parks, Canmore and surrounding area, and Banff's townsite. Trail riders in photographs include John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius and Charlie Beil.
Notes
Original order retained, appears to be chronological.
Most negative envelopes individually titled and dated, majority from 1943 and 1944. Mostly nitrate photographs.
Original CPR negative envelopes retained in document file.
Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.
M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including cor…
154 cm of textual records. -- 1304 photographs (1190 prints, 95 negatives, 19 transparencies). -- 6 photograph albums.
History / Biographical
The Wardle family was comprised of husband and wife, James Morey Wardle (June 26,1888 - May 18,1971) and Maud Leette (Roney) Wardle (May 24,1889 - December 1,1969), and their one child, Dorothy Hope Wardle (May 23,1919 - July 20,2003).
James Wardle, born in Chiliwack, British Columbia, was a civil engineer and public servant. He was the Superintendent of Banff National Park from 1918-1921, Chief Engineer for Parks Canada from 1921-1935, and Deputy Minister of the Interior from 1935-1936. He is primarily known as a highway design engineer, particularly for building the Banff-Windermere, Banff-Lake Louise, and Banff-Jasper highways. He was a councillor for the Municipality of Rockcliffe Park in Ontario and he was the President of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Banff from 1925-1929. Mount Wardle in Vermillion was named after him in 1921. James married Leette on November 4, 1913, with whom he had one child, Dorothy.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy (also known as Dot and Dorie) grew up in Banff, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario, due to her father's position with the federal government. She was educated at the Mountain School in Banff and at the Elmwood School in Ottawa. All three family members were graduates of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. James graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Leette graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and in 1942, Dorothy also earned a Bachelor's degree. Dorothy was prominent in student life and active in athletics. In 1941, Dorothy became the first woman elected as President of the Alma Mater Society and during her academic career, Dorothy was a member of the Levana Intercollegiate Debative, University Centenary Committee, and Queen’s War Aid Commission.
Dorothy spent her career as a freelance writer however, upon graduation she served as the first Secretary-In-Charge of Records at Carleton College (now Carleton University) from 1942-1944 in Ottawa and in the mid-1950s worked as a secretary for the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary. Dorothy pursued a lifelong interest in traveling, art, and antiques. Although she was fiercely proud and protective of Banff and the Park, and remained a volunteer and patron of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Dorothy eventually settled in Sidney, British Columbia and shared an apartment with Sheila Iris Ritchie, with whom Dorothy travelled extensively. After her death in 2003, Dorothy, "Dorie," was laid to rest alongside her parents in the Old Banff Cemetery.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.
M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including correspondence with Carl Rungius and Mrs. Helen Brett, and Christmas and other greeting cards from Peter and Catharine Whyte). Series III: Queen's University, 7.5 cm, 1911-1980 (including graduation certificates for each family member and records pertaining to Dorothy's participation on the Alma Mater Society). Series IV: Travel, 44.5 cm, ca.1950-1988 (includes hand-written notebooks meticulously detailing their travels).
V75 consists of two series, 79.5 cm, ca. 1912-2001. Series I: Wardle Family, ca. 1912-1971, 6 albums, 31 cm of photograph prints and negatives (including family trips, trail rides in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and family gatherings). Series II: Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001, 34 cm of photograph prints, negatives, and transparencies (including Dorothy's travels in Alberta and British Columbia, overseas, and various outings with friends).
File consists of 11.5 cm of textual records, 32 x 42 cm or smaller. Records include: Book of Common Prayer (1872); The Pocket Cook Book by Elizabeth Woody (1942); Guide to Marks of Origin on British and Irish Silver Plate from mid-16th Century to the Year 1943 and Old Sheffield Plate Makers' Marks,…
11.5 cm of textual records (32 x 42 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 11.5 cm of textual records, 32 x 42 cm or smaller. Records include: Book of Common Prayer (1872); The Pocket Cook Book by Elizabeth Woody (1942); Guide to Marks of Origin on British and Irish Silver Plate from mid-16th Century to the Year 1943 and Old Sheffield Plate Makers' Marks, 1743-1860 (1943); four booklets related to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies (1934-1950); a booklet titled "Sir George Simpson Centennial Celebration" (1928); an assortment of recipes; "The Margaret P. Hess Collection" booklet published by the University of Calgary (1977) and a related Calgary Herald newspaper clipping (1986); one Carl Rungius postcard; and six miscellaneous postcards depicting a former school teacher of Leette Wardle (1911), James Wardle at the Cave and Basin (1920), the Wardles in San Francisco (n.d.), two unidentified men (n.d.), and visitors to the Banff Springs Hotel (n.d.).
Notes
Book of Common Prayer inscribed with: “Martha Morey, November 4, 1872. New Westminster, BC. From her mother.” It belonged to James Wardle's mother.
The Pocket Cook Book contains annotations and written notes tucked in among the pages of the book.
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies booklets kept because the Wardles participated in trail rides and there are photos/mentions of James and Dorothy, and possibly Leette.
The "Sir George Simpson Centennial Celebration" booklet contains a photograph print between pages 32 and 33.
Some of the postcards are annotated on the back, specifically the postcard depicting the Banff Springs Hotel which is addressed to Dorothy.
File consists of 82 colour photograph negatives, 35 mm. File pertains to miscellaneous events/outings, friends, and objects related to Dorothy Wardle. File documents the animal paintings from the Mount Royal Hotel (Banff); gravestones at the Old Banff Cemetery (1993-1999); miscellaneous photographs…
File consists of 82 colour photograph negatives, 35 mm. File pertains to miscellaneous events/outings, friends, and objects related to Dorothy Wardle. File documents the animal paintings from the Mount Royal Hotel (Banff); gravestones at the Old Banff Cemetery (1993-1999); miscellaneous photographs in and around Banff, including the cabins on the grounds of the Whyte Museum (1993-1999); Savary Island with Joy (1996); the waterfront at Sidney, British Columbia (1997); Yellow Point Lodge with Anne Hudson (August 3-6, 1997); Anne Hudson's home and property (August 12, 2001); and miscellaneous images of artwork by Carl Rungius.
Notes
Images of Carl Rungius' artwork were originally filed with M521 / I / B / 27
File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assi…
File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assiniboine, with several landscape photographs but mostly of the hikers.
Notes
Jean wrote an article about her experience in the form of an article and a poem [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures.
Slides are numbered on the back. Some are missing, the new number and order was imposed by Archive and Library Assistant for clarity.
Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."
File consists of 13 black and white negatives, 16 x 9 cm or smaller. File pertains the Wardle family's travels and trail rides with various friends and family members. File documents James Wardle posing in front of the Simpson Monument during the Waterton Ride (1929), the Wardles and friends posing…
13 photographs : b&w negatives ; 16 x 9 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 13 black and white negatives, 16 x 9 cm or smaller. File pertains the Wardle family's travels and trail rides with various friends and family members. File documents James Wardle posing in front of the Simpson Monument during the Waterton Ride (1929), the Wardles and friends posing in front of a car during their Big Bend motor trip (1930), travels with Carl Rungius, James and Dorothy Wardle at the Yoho Valley Camp over Burgess Pass to Field (1938), and an undated photograph of Leette Wardle.
Notes
Original envelopes are located with corresponding prints (see related material).