Fonds pertains to the McCowan family, mainly the McCowan brothers and John and Jen (McCowan) Wilson. Content includes Banff personalities and places; activities, including curling, hockey, curling and fishing; events, including floods and fires in the town; Banff personalities and places. Also p…
Fonds includes photographs by Bill McCowan and Dan McCowan. Negatives are mainly by Dan McCowan. Wilson-McCowan photograph album was assembled by Bill Waterworth
Date Range
1908-1981, predominant 1908-[ca.1950]
Physical Description
80 photographs (40 negatives, 38 prints, 2 transparencies). -- 2 photograph albums (ca.800 prints). -- 1 textual record (1 v.)
History / Biographical
Bill McCowan, 1897-1975, was a government employee at Banff, Alberta, Canada. McCowan came to Banff from Scotland with his family in 1911. His brother, Dan McCowan, was a renowned naturalist and writer. Other siblings were Marie, Jim, Duncan, Rae, Jock and Jennie. Jennie McCowan (1894-1984) married John Clark Wilson (1888-1932), son of Tom and Minnie Wilson. Their daughter, Bernice, married Bill Waterworth.
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to the McCowan family, mainly the McCowan brothers and John and Jen (McCowan) Wilson. Content includes Banff personalities and places; activities, including curling, hockey, curling and fishing; events, including floods and fires in the town; Banff personalities and places. Also pertains to World War I events and 82nd Battalion; royal visits; Calgary, Alberta places and events; scenic views, Banff and area, Rocky Mountains; Margaret Ashley, Henry and Mrs. Fonda. Textual item is Jock McCowan scrapbook, 1913-1981.
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Hom…
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, brochures, business cards, and advertisements for businesses around Banff and Lake Louise. Includes a mix of magazine and newspaper clippings in both black and white and in colour, postcards, advertising for hotels like the King Edward Hotel, Homestead Inn, Mount Royal Hotel, Castle Mountain Lodge, and the Chateau Lake Louise, and a cover of the Sky Line Trail Hiker bulletin featuring members of the Royal Family.
File consists of 40 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to (na - 1 to 9) the Banff Platoon - 82nd Battalion, (na - 10 to 11) Tom and John Wilson, (na - 12 to 20) Jennie McCowan Wilson feeding deer, (na - 21) portraits of Jim McCowan, Dunc McCowan, Cassie [?], (na - 22 to 31) Jock and Bill McCowan'…
File consists of 40 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to (na - 1 to 9) the Banff Platoon - 82nd Battalion, (na - 10 to 11) Tom and John Wilson, (na - 12 to 20) Jennie McCowan Wilson feeding deer, (na - 21) portraits of Jim McCowan, Dunc McCowan, Cassie [?], (na - 22 to 31) Jock and Bill McCowan's golf trophies, (na - 32 to 36) Bill McCowan with 10lb trout, (na - 37 to 40) Jock McCowan fishing
Notes
Most negatives relate to photographs in V407 / I / A / PD - 2 - original envelopes with information stored with negatives
File consists of 38 b&w photographs. Photographs (pa - 1 to 3) pertain to the Banff Springs Hotel fire, (pa - 4) Fanny Fowles in cake-dress costume, (pa - 5 to 38) Seniors Banff Hockey Club 1908, D.E. Black Curling Trophy runners-up, Calgary Brewing & Malting Cup Banff, Nordegg Curling, Bill McCow…
File consists of 38 b&w photographs. Photographs (pa - 1 to 3) pertain to the Banff Springs Hotel fire, (pa - 4) Fanny Fowles in cake-dress costume, (pa - 5 to 38) Seniors Banff Hockey Club 1908, D.E. Black Curling Trophy runners-up, Calgary Brewing & Malting Cup Banff, Nordegg Curling, Bill McCowan with juvenile red tail hawk, fishing around Banff National Park, Banff Springs Hotel and tipis
Notes
Most prints looks as if they were removed from an album - likely album V407 / I / A / pd - 2