Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC broc…
62 vol. of textual material. -- 66 vol. of photograph albums
History / Biographical
Arthur Oliver Wheeler (1860-1945) DLS, ALS, BCLS, was born in Ireland, arriving in Canada in 1876. Wheeler was a mountaineer, co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada (1906), and Dominion Land Surveyor. In 1913, Wheeler was appointed Boundary Commissioner and tasked with photo surveying the Alberta / British Columbia interprovincial boundary.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC brochures and notices addressed to ACC members. Volume one covers the period 1902 to 1913; volume two includes materials from 1914 to 1940. A inventory of both volumes, compiled by ACC member Paul Geddes, is also included. Additionally there are 7 volumes of notes corresponding to the photographs A.O. Wheeler took.
Photographic material consists of 66 albums which contain approximately 5000 photographs, black and white positive prints from glass negatives, all 12 x 16 cm. The first album is dated 1915, the last 1924. Some of the albums contain a small map printed on linen. Each album contains an index to the photographs taken for the Alberta - British Columbia Interprovincial Boundary photo survey and are organized by Station, Bearing, and Subject.
Fonds documents the Girl Guides of Canada, Banff area activities and events, ca.1955-ca.1970. Records consist of photographs and a scrapbook pertaining to Banff packs; textual records consist of club and society records, published handbooks, pamphlets, serials, and booklets.
The Girl Guides began Canadian operations in 1910 in St. Catharines, Ontario following the movement's foundation in England by Lord Baden-Powell in 1909. In 1912 Canadian headquarters were established in Toronto and in 1917 a Canadian Council was incorporated. In 1961 the organization became known as Girl Guides of Canada with a goal to teach and train girls responsibility and community service. Girls enroll in various Brownie, Guide or Ranger Packs under the supervision of volunteer Pack leaders. The girls earn badges in a wide variety of activities. The Guide movement in Alberta began in 1912 with Companies forming first in Edmonton and then around the province. A Guide Group of 9-15 girls was established in Banff in the mid-1920s followed by the creation of a Brownie Pack in 1939. In 1961 the Banff Scout-Guide Hall opened in Banff.
Scope & Content
Fonds documents the Girl Guides of Canada, Banff area activities and events, ca.1955-ca.1970. Records consist of photographs and a scrapbook pertaining to Banff packs; textual records consist of club and society records, published handbooks, pamphlets, serials, and booklets.
File consists of handwritten song lyrics and other notes, notebook with attached clippings and annotated clipping and log book. Content pertains to songs taught/performed by Brownies and Girl Guides, games and activities for Guide programs, community events (including article on fundraising initiat…
1 cm of textual records (11 pages ; 22.5 x 28.5 cm)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File consists of handwritten song lyrics and other notes, notebook with attached clippings and annotated clipping and log book. Content pertains to songs taught/performed by Brownies and Girl Guides, games and activities for Guide programs, community events (including article on fundraising initiatives in 1970's for CNIB), local newspaper articles, information about Girl Guides founder visit, etc.; also a 1947 thank you letter to the local Girl Guides from Jenny Johnson (blue paper, attached inside log book).
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File consists of handwritten song lyrics and other notes, notebook with attached clippings and annotated clipping and log book. Content pertains to songs taught/performed by Brownies and Girl Guides, games and activities for Guide programs, community events (including article on fundraising initiat…
1.5 cm of textual records (31 pages ; 23.5 x 28 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File consists of handwritten song lyrics and other notes, notebook with attached clippings and annotated clipping and log book. Content pertains to songs taught/performed by Brownies and Girl Guides, games and activities for Guide programs, community events (including article on fundraising initiatives in 1970's for CNIB), local newspaper articles, information about Girl Guides founder visit, etc.; also a 1947 thank you letter to the local Girl Guides from Jenny Johnson (blue paper, attached inside log book).
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