Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. . No identification was possible.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
File consists of a handwritten notes, private correspondence, disability insurance, Crag & Canyon press certificate tickets, and seed orders pertaining to multiple businesses in Banff. File includes: mortgage certificate executed by George E. and Ada Luxton to Grace S. Mariette; Canadian Passenger …
File consists of a handwritten notes, private correspondence, disability insurance, Crag & Canyon press certificate tickets, and seed orders pertaining to multiple businesses in Banff. File includes: mortgage certificate executed by George E. and Ada Luxton to Grace S. Mariette; Canadian Passenger Association Press Certificate for G. E. Luxton; private correspondance, notifications, and invoices with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Imperial Bank of Canada, O.K. Electric, and Suburban Life Magazine; correspondence relating to the Lux Theatre regarding roof repair and seating replacement following fire loss with The Metallic Roofing Co. of Canada, Limited, and Winnipeg Scenic Co. Ltd; correspondence with Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. inquiring about Balopticon lantern projection; and seed orders and correspondence with Dingee & Conard Co., Briggs Seed Col, Limited, Hitchings & Company Greenhouses, and T. Eaton Co.
Notes
The Canadian Passenger Association Press Certficiate ticket sheet booklet has one ticket sheet removed, all the rest are intact. Only one sheet of tickets is digitized.
File consists of minutes, brochures, notes, notebook, letterhead, posters, event programs pertaining to the Banff Winter Carnival from 1920-1954, primarily from 1920-1927. File includes event planning notes and information about things such as dog racing code, event passes, competition trophies and…
Banff Winter Carnival, also known as Winter Sports of the Canadian Rockies, was the first post-war winter sports programme held in Banff, Alberta. The organization had Banff directors, Calgary directors and Directors-at-large from Alberta and outside the province. A wide variety of social and sports events took place under the organization's direction.
Scope & Content
File consists of minutes, brochures, notes, notebook, letterhead, posters, event programs pertaining to the Banff Winter Carnival from 1920-1954, primarily from 1920-1927. File includes event planning notes and information about things such as dog racing code, event passes, competition trophies and prize information, and planning notes.
Notes
File includes a brochure that folds out oversized, and a couple of information sheets with duplicate copies [duplicates not scanned]
File consists of portraits and candid photographs of Norman Luxton, alone or with family members, friends, acquaintances or dogs. Includes comic portraits, ca.1905, and joint x-ray negatives, ca.1916. File also includes Norman Luxton attestation paper military service exemption, 1917
ca.130 photographs (ca.112 prints, 18 negatives). -- 1 textual record
Scope & Content
File consists of portraits and candid photographs of Norman Luxton, alone or with family members, friends, acquaintances or dogs. Includes comic portraits, ca.1905, and joint x-ray negatives, ca.1916. File also includes Norman Luxton attestation paper military service exemption, 1917
File consists of trip diaries for hunting trips in the Red Deer River (1910), Clearwater / Pipestone (1922), Nordegg (1930 July), Ghost River (1930 Oct), Kananaskis area (1935) and Kootenay Plains / Nordegg areas, 1936 Individuals accompanying Luxton on these trips included [George?] Harrison, Jaco…
File consists of trip diaries for hunting trips in the Red Deer River (1910), Clearwater / Pipestone (1922), Nordegg (1930 July), Ghost River (1930 Oct), Kananaskis area (1935) and Kootenay Plains / Nordegg areas, 1936 Individuals accompanying Luxton on these trips included [George?] Harrison, Jacob Hunter, John Twoyoungmen, Jonas Rider, Silas Abraham, Samson Beaver and other Stoney Indians. Diary for the 1910 trip to Red Deer River notes that the trip ended with the confiscation of hunting trophies and a subsequent fine
File also includes: diary for 1928 rail trip to the west coast; diary for trip to Lake O'Hara area, 1938; hunting logs for 1923-1924 and 1925-1926; trips notes and sketch maps, 6 items, one map dated 1957?
Notebook containing Kananaskis area trip, 1935, also contains automobile log for 1935-1936 and person-counts for Banff Indian Days or the Calgary Stampede Indian villiage, 1936. Lake O'Hara area trip notebook, 1938, contains other writings. Hunting log notebook, 1923-1924, also contains accounts and notes
Notes
Related record: a portion of notebook recording Indian events at the 1926 Calgary Stampede pertains to Kananaskis hunting trip, 1927. A photocopy is provided for reference use. Original notebook is in LUX/I/D3-[5?]
Sub-series consists of photographs pertaining to the Trading Post and the King Edward Hotel
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Content Details
TRADING POST PHOTOGRAPHS (LUX / I / C4-28 to 30):
1.a. Trading post photograph album, ca.1905, 1 album (58 prints). Includes views of store front, interior wall displays, outdoor displays and scenes, mounted heads and specimens (folder 28)
1.b. Negatives for photograph album, ca.1905, 49 negatives : 6.5 x 11 cm. Includes views of store front (1 item); interior wall displays (4 items), outdoor displays and scenes (8 items), mounted heads and specimens (36 items) - (folder 29)
2.a. Buffalo head at trading post, 1907?, 2 negatives : 6.5 x 11 cm (folder 30)
2.b. Norman Luxton and Bill Round Sr near Bow River, after 1920, 1 negative : 9 x 10 cm (folder 30)
2.c. Man-fish by Bow River, after 1920, 2 negatives : 9 x 10 cm (folder 30) - (Accompanied by 1 print - folder 31)
2.d. Man-fish near Bow River; men with dog, ca.1930, 6 negatives : 7.5 x 12.5 cm (folder 30)
2.e. Norman Luxton with car and dog; moose antlers, ca.1930, 6 negatives : 7.5 x 12.5 cm (folder 30)
2.f. Sheep heads, 1936, 2 negatives : 12.5 x 17.5 cm (folder 30) - (Accompanied by prints - folder 31)
2.g. Native man and artifact display, ca.1940?, 16 negatives : 6.5 x 11 cm, 4.5 x 7 cm (folder 30)
2.h. Carl Rungius etchings?; Norman Luxton? and dogs, 1940s?, 4 negatives: 4.5 x 6.5 cm (folder 30) - (Accompanied by 1 print - folder 31)
2.i. Model tableaus, 1944, 8 negatives : 4.5 x 6.5 cm (folder 30)
3. Prints, before 1950?, 37 items. Includes interior and exterior views, mer-man, Norman Luxton and others ar trading post (folder 31)
KING EDWARD HOTEL PHOTOGRAPHS (LUX / I / C4 - 32) :
1. Exterior view, ca.1915, 1 print
2. Interior views, ca.1920, 5 prints. Re lobby, dining room and guest rooms
3. Exterior views, ca.1925, 2 negatives : 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Front and back view
4. Exterior view, ca.1925, 1 negative : 20x25 cm. View of hotel block. Attributed to George Noble
5. Exterior views, 1940s, 4 negatives, 4 prints : 4.5 x 6.5 cm
File consists of records pertaining to operations, including: pass, patron and subscription lists; letters, reports and notes; newspaper clipping; draft letter to the Board of Trade, outlines Luxton's suggestions for Indian Days.
2 cm of textual records : 16 texts ; 21.3cm x 35.3cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of records pertaining to operations, including: pass, patron and subscription lists; letters, reports and notes; newspaper clipping; draft letter to the Board of Trade, outlines Luxton's suggestions for Indian Days.
Notes
Original drawing in newspaper clipping LUX / I / D3a / 4 / 9 may be found as LUX / I / D3 / 02
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photog
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Content Details
Mary Wesley, married to Peter Wesley chief of Wesley band
Scratches on negative and edge tape is peeling off
Title Source
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. . No identification was possible.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Scope & Content
[Unknown women and children by tipi]
Notes
The negative has been digitized in order to retain detail in the highlights. For reproduction, it may be beneficial to refer to print copy within the file for intended contrast.
Scratches on the negative. Part of the glass negative corner is missing.
Title Source
This image is part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives. No identification was possible.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. . No identification was possible.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
[George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) on left, Johnny Mark (centre) with son Paul Mark- Leah Mark Crawler (right) (married to George Crawler)]*
[George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) on left, Johnny Mark (centre) with son Paul Mark- Leah Mark Crawler (right) (married to George Crawler)]*
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Item consists of photograph of (top L-R) Philip Dogtail, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), Nat Hunter, Ben Kaquitts (Mînâ Yuha Wagicha) (Dances with Sword), (bottom L-R) Elijah Hunter (Sûga Pore) (Dog Nose), Tom Kaquitts (Sûga Wakâ) (Dog God), John Englishman / Rockymountain, Hector Crawler (Wachegiye) (Prayer Giver) and Georgina Luxton. [identifications made from scan that is laterally inverted]
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Scratches on the negative. Piece of glass missing on bottom left (when viewing negative emulsion side up). Some emulsion delamination.
Title Source
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
Missing glass in upper left corner (when viewing negative emulsion side up)
Title Source
Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023.
The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.
