Fonds consists of material pertaining to the separate careers and families of Jim and Dorothy Boyce, as well as material from their life together. Jim Boyce material consists mainly of business and personal papers and photographs, ca.1910-1982. Business papers arise mainly from the incorporation, …
ca.6.5 m textual records. -- ca.3500 photographs: prints, negatives, copy negatives. -- 4 photograph albums. -- 5 motion pictures: film reels; 8mm, 16mm; col.
History / Biographical
James (Jim) Hawkins Boyce, 1892-1982, was a guide, outfitter, log builder and businessman at Lake Louise and Banff, Alberta, Canada. Dorothy Boyce was a pharmacist and business woman at Calgary, Quebec and Banff, Canada.
Jim Boyce was the son of Joseph Boyce, 1856-1927, and stepson of Wilma "Josephine" Boyce, 1866-1952, of Banff, Alberta. In 1911, Jim joined his father building trails. His guiding and outfitting career began with Jimmy Simpson's outfit as a trail cook. During the 1920s Boyce formed his own outfit with Max Brooks and went on to guide prominent clients Carl Rungius, Caroline Hinman and her parties, George and Adeline Link and William D. Cox of Chicago, USA.
In addition to guiding and outfitting, Jim Boyce worked with motion picture companies on location in the Rockies with his dog teams during the 1920s. A number of well-known log buildings are testament to his log-building skills, including Skoki, Mount Temple Lodge and the Lake Louise Ski Lodge. During the 1930s, Boyce managed and expanded Skoki Lodge. He also supervised road construction on the Banff-Jasper Highway and the Alaska Alcan Military Highway for the U. S. Army during the Second World War and operated the Bar C Ranch (for William D. Cox) for many years. Boyce made his home in Banff.
Dorothy Frances Llewellyn (Whiteman) Boyce, 1901-2001, was the daughter of Rev Arthur Wellesley Richard Whiteman, 1865-1926, and Nina L. Whiteman, 1873-1956. After studying pharmacy at the University of Alberta, Dorothy came to Banff in 1922 to work for Dr. Brett. She subsequently studied at the University of Toronto, Ontario; worked at the Calgary General Hospital, Alberta, from 1926 to 1940; and during the Second World War, worked as a chemist in Quebec, Canada. After the death of her first husband, Tronson James Draper, 1879-1949, an oilman of Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy became a permanent resident of Banff. She owned and operated Travellers Digest in Banff and married Jim Boyce in 1957.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of material pertaining to the separate careers and families of Jim and Dorothy Boyce, as well as material from their life together.
Jim Boyce material consists mainly of business and personal papers and photographs, ca.1910-1982. Business papers arise mainly from the incorporation, operation and expropriation of the Lake Louise Ski Lodge (later Post Hotel) 1941-1969. Other business and personal material pertains to Skoki Lodge, 1933-1942; guiding and outfitting, 1938-1940; Army Service Forces and Alaska Alcan Military Highway, 1943-1944; Bar C Ranch, 1947-1969; laundry and rental businesses, 1962-1965, plans for Boyce house, Banff and family items. Correspondents include William D. Cox and Eldon Woolliams. Jim Boyce photographs pertain to family, friends, associates and activities, Banff and Skoki areas; includes guiding and outfitting, hunting, motion picture and dog team activities, Skoki Lodge and region, Alaska-Yukon activities, Bar C Ranch and personal material.
Papers of Dorothy Boyce, 1901-ca.1950, pertain to her childhood, university career, business life and first marriage; Dorothy Boyce photographs, ca.1920s-1940, pertain to family, friends, professional and recreational activities in Banff, Banff and Yoho National Parks, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto.
Jim and Dorothy Boyce joint material includes photographs, 1900s-1990s, and incoming letters pertaining to home, travel and friends. Album includes mainly published postcards from all over the world. Fonds also includes Boyce family personal and financial papers, 1901-1928; business and estate papers of Joseph Boyce, 1908-1954; Tronson Draper and Draper family personal and professional papers and photographs, 1906-1949; and Whiteman family papers and photographs, ca.1860, 1885-ca.1925. Also included in the Boyce's personal records are film reels ca.1920-1970 which pertain mainly to the Skoki area.
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Language
English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: preliminary electronic finding aid
motion picture summaries
Related Material
Transparencies by Adeline and/or George Link of trips with Jim Boyce, formerly retained by Jim Boyce, can be found in George K. K. Link fonds (M60/V276)
Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage collections, Whyte Museum)
6 files of investment information, Annual Reports and banking information from Dorothy and Jim Boyce. Investments include: Alberta Energy Company, Willroy Mines, Imperial Oil, Canadian Gas and Energy Fund, Claiborne Industries.
See fonds level description for biographical history.
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6 files of investment information, Annual Reports and banking information from Dorothy and Jim Boyce. Investments include: Alberta Energy Company, Willroy Mines, Imperial Oil, Canadian Gas and Energy Fund, Claiborne Industries.
One file of personal correspondence addressed to a variety of individuals including family members of Tronson Draper, Dorothy Boyce, and Jim Boyce. Recipients include: Mr. and Mrs. H. Mann, Kathleen Mann, Margaret and Mary Draper, Mrs. Peatman, Mary Boyce, Rupert Edwards, Mrs. Hanson, Mrs. A. M. Ma…
See fonds level description for biographical history. Note to researcher: Mrs. H. Mann was Tronson Draper's sister.
Scope & Content
One file of personal correspondence addressed to a variety of individuals including family members of Tronson Draper, Dorothy Boyce, and Jim Boyce. Recipients include: Mr. and Mrs. H. Mann, Kathleen Mann, Margaret and Mary Draper, Mrs. Peatman, Mary Boyce, Rupert Edwards, Mrs. Hanson, Mrs. A. M. Mack. Letter from H. Tiesmaki dated 19 June 1939, pertaining to film (accn 1418).This file includes unaddressed correspondence. Undated correspondence at back of file.
Address book entries include Dorothy Whiteman's address in Calgary, the Cox family, Caroline Hinman, Carl Runguis, Elizabeth Von Rummel. At the centre of the address book, laminated with scotch tape, is the wedding announcement for Dorothy and Tronson: "Draper-Whiteman- A wedding of wide interest to Calgary and Banff was solemnized with Dorothy Frances Whiteman, daughter of the late Rev. A. W. Whiteman of Calgary, became the bride of Mr. Tronson James Draper of Petrolia, Ont. The ceremony took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ashworth, Toronto. Rev. James McNeill officiated."
34 - File contains Ladies Visiting List book with entries in Index, Christmas Record Book 1969-1973 and Christmas Record Book 1969.
35 - File contains two brown address books, one with newspaper clipping at back regarding death of Nina Whiteman and Ethel Riggin, and Mary Alice Boyce's blue address book dated 1972.
36 - File contains deer notebook with addresses and phone numbers, 1937 Imperial Products notebook with addresses and phone numbers, red "Addresses Telephones" book with financial notations throughout, Birthday Forget Me Not book belonging to Nina L. Grenny, Brantford.
37 - File contains loose addresses on pieces of lined paper, papers ripped from envelopes, envelope stickers, and loose Christmas card lists.
See fonds level description for biographical history. Reverend Arthur Wellesley Richard Whiteman was born in 1865 in Teeswater, ON. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree from Queen’s University and received his Bachelor of Divinity from his studies at the Belfast and Edinburgh Universities. He also attended Robertson College for a year in Edmonton. Rev. Whiteman began his career as a missionary in British Columbia. He worked in Presbyterian churches in Cardston, Cochrane, Calgary and Macleod. At Knox Church in Calgary he was financial secretary and assistant minister for nine years. He was active in the church union question, and organized congregation members at Knox Church and St. Andrew’s, Macleod who voted against union. He married Nina L. Whiteman (nee Grenny) in 1898, and their daughter Dorothy Whiteman was born in 1901. Rev. Whiteman died in 1926 in Macleod, AB.
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One file of Reverend A. W. R. Whiteman's address books.
File includes a Blue-bird Notebook used as an address book at Robertson College, a leather address book Reverend Whiteman used at Knox Church, which held a black and white photograph of three Chinese women and a Canada Registration Board card dated June 20, 1918.
File consists of 48 prints pertaining to assorted images of Banff people, events and sights, Jim Boyce in Alaska and Bill and Helen Cox at the Bar C Ranch.
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File consists of 48 prints pertaining to assorted images of Banff people, events and sights, Jim Boyce in Alaska and Bill and Helen Cox at the Bar C Ranch.
File includes photograph of Princess Margaret with Eleanor Luxton and Princess Margaret with Jack Anderson and Lou Crosby, two eight by ten photographs from the 1931 Caroline Hindman trip, former numbers PA 167-4, PA 167-99. A selection of photographs are captioned on the back.
File includes: “1920 U of A Cheerbook” Dorothy Whiteman written in pencil on cover, “Vest Pocket Song Book” Dorothy Whiteman written in pencil on cover, Song Sheet of the Rooters’ Cub at the University of Alberta, The Gateway publication 1920-1921, The Gateway publication January 1921, The Trail publication November 1924, The Trail publication march 1925, The Trail publication June 1935, The New Trail 1953, pamphlet regarding a fire impacting the University of Toronto’s Varsity Fund/Update program, pamphlet regarding Sample Will Clauses for the University of Alberta, gift request for the University of Alberta Alma Mater Fund, University of Toronto 1923 pamphlet advertising lectures on Chemical Plant Equipment. 1988-1994 Alumni Magazines from the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta. Three copies of the 1993 University of Alberta donor thank you list, with a photograph and short paragraph regarding Dorothy’s graduation from the Faculty of Pharmacy in 1922 on page 18. Two copies of “New Trail” Magazine from the University of Alberta Summer 1994 with a photograph and short paragraph regarding Dorothy’s graduation from the Faculty of Pharmacy in 1922 on page 18.
See fonds level description for biographical history. Reverend Arthur Wellesley Richard Whiteman was born in 1865 in Teeswater, ON. He graduated with a Bachelors Degree from Queen’s University and received his Bachelor of Divinity from his studies at the Belfast and Edinburgh Universities. He also attended Robertson College for a year in Edmonton. Rev. Whiteman began his career as a missionary in British Columbia. He worked in Presbyterian churches in Cardston, Cochrane, Calgary and Macleod. At Knox Church in Calgary he was financial secretary and assistant minister for nine years. He was active in the church union question, and organized congregation members at Knox Church and St. Andrew’s, Macleod who voted against union. He married Nina L. Whiteman (nee Grenny) in 1898, and their daughter Dorothy Whiteman was born in 1901. Rev. Whiteman died in 1926 in Macleod, AB.
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A annotated Bible belonging to Reverend A. W. R. Whiteman.
“The Comprehensive Teachers’ Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments According to the Authorised Version. Together with New and Revised Helps to Bible Study A New Concordance and an Indexed Bible Atlas.” London: S. Bagster and Sons, Limited. New York: James Pott and co.
Inside cover “AWR. Whiteman Belfast Ireland Dec. 25th 1889 J. Livingstone.” Bible is heavily annotated. Sections throughout the Bible are underlined or indicated in pencil, with occasional notes in the margins. Pages of handwritten text, presumably sermons, have been glued into the pages of the Bible and are loose throughout. Inserted pages are utilized on recto and verso in diminutive handwriting. Newspaper article regarding parasitic life in alcohol inserted near end of Bible. Several addresses written across the tops of the pages at the end of the volume. Three newspaper articles glued to back page. Pages with sermons and notes are loose at front and back of Bible, including a sheet of “The Chinese Mission” letterhead which indicates that Rev. A. W. R. Whiteman, B.A., B. D., was the Missionary Sec’y.
File includes: 1943 Immunization Register. Construction Account Code Book October 1943. Report of Field Personnel Action in the Whitehorse District 1944.Northwest Division Equipment Manual with "J. Boyce" written on cover.