Fonds includes Bill Round Sr. papers, Bill Round Sr. photographs, Bill Round Jr. photographs and Round family photographs. Textual records consists of Bill Round Sr. literary papers, ca.1925-1967; personal papers, 1922-1967; and other papers, 1887-1966. Material is mainly research materials, manus…
11 cm of textual records. -- 371 photographs (223 negatives, 130 prints, 18 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album (ca.80 prints)
History / Biographical
William E. Round (Bill Round Sr.), formally known as William John? Eley-Round, 1883-1967, was a musician and journalist at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Round came to Banff before 1918, where he established and operated the Banff Academy of Music, 1920-1958, served as a CPR press representative and was Banff correspondent for the Albertan newspaper of Calgary from 1930-1965. Bill Round Sr. was married to Elsie (Squair) Round, formally Espeth Eley-Round, 1891-1965. The Rounds raised two children, Doreen and Bill Jr., and two grandchildren, Doreen and Eileen Wickens. F. W. E. Round (Bill Round Jr.), formally Francis William Eley-Round, 1918-1978, was a photographer and film-maker at Banff, Alberta and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Scope & Content
Fonds includes Bill Round Sr. papers, Bill Round Sr. photographs, Bill Round Jr. photographs and Round family photographs.
Textual records consists of Bill Round Sr. literary papers, ca.1925-1967; personal papers, 1922-1967; and other papers, 1887-1966. Material is mainly research materials, manuscripts and correspondence resulting from Round's literary career. Content concerns human and natural history of the Rockies, including: Banff tourist information, Canadian Pacific Railway construction and surveys, crime, Norman Luxton, William McCardell, A. B. Rogers, A. L. Rogers, George Simpson and Tom Wilson.
Photographs include: I. Round family photographs, including Bill, Elsie, Doreen, Bill Jr. and friends and activities, 1915-1940, 106 items. II. Bill Round Sr. and Bill Round Jr. negatives of people and events, Banff and area, ca.1925-1955, 205 items; includes some copies. III. Negatives by Bill Round Jr., portraits of ski associates, 1937-1939, 18 items. IV. Transparencies by Bill Round Jr., scenic views, wildlife and people, n.d., 18 items; includes two views of Peyto Lake by Ted MacAulay. V. Prints collected by Bill Round Sr. regarding people, places and events, Banff and area, ca.1890-1930, 25 items.
File consists of newspaper articles by W. E. Round re the history of the Bow Valley, 1935-1967; also one response to Round article, 1934
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
List of items:
* A prairie gopher makes reply / C. A. E. Shaw, in The Vancouver Province, [1934?] - oversize
* Silver Jubilee Number, Crag and Canyon, May 3, 1935
* Rundle rock returns / W. E. Round, in Banff Crag and Canyon May 10, 1961
* Bath Creek named to commemorate dunk / W. E. Round, in Banff Crag and Canyon, August 3, 1966
* Different versions of how Canmore came to be named / W. E. Round, in Banff Crag and Canyon, August 24, 1966
Along history's road / W. E. Round, in Banff Crag and Canyon, August 31, 1966
Montanic moralizings / W. E. Round, in Banff Crag and Canyon, December 7, 1966 and December 14, 1966
Humour on Banff Avenue / W. E. Round, in Banff Crag and Canyon, January 4, 1967 and January 18, 1967
Tall stories / W. E. Round, in Banff Crag and Canyon, February 1, 1967
Trees / W. E. Round, in Banff Crag and Canyon, March 1, 1967
A prairie gopher makes reply / C. A. E. Shaw. -- [1934?]. -- Article from the Vancouver Province in response to previous article by W. E. Round re Major Rogers and work by "prairie gophers" on the CPR. Held in oversize "H"