Fonds consists of ration books; ephemera pertaining to Banff musical and variety productions; Christmas cards from the Beil family, the de Grandmaison family, Peter and Catharine Whyte and the Christofferson family; Alberta Hotel menu, 1913; and photographs pertaining to the Stenton family, ca.1888…
4 cm of textual records. -- 32 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Mabel Sarah Aubin, 1905-1990, was a life-long resident of Banff, Alberta, Canada. Mabel Aubin's parents, the Stenton family, ran the Alberta Hotel beginning ca.1908.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of ration books; ephemera pertaining to Banff musical and variety productions; Christmas cards from the Beil family, the de Grandmaison family, Peter and Catharine Whyte and the Christofferson family; Alberta Hotel menu, 1913; and photographs pertaining to the Stenton family, ca.1888-ca.1950, and 1918 Banff Peace Day parade (First World War), which shows citizens wearing masks in response to the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919
Fonds consists mainly of scrapbook, 1932-1948, pertaining to activities of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Accompanied by Trail Rider publications, ca.1929-1966.
Fletcher P. Brady was a towerman with the New England Association of Railroad Veterans in Providence, Rhode Island. In the 1930s, he served as an officer of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists mainly of scrapbook, 1932-1948, pertaining to activities of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Accompanied by Trail Rider publications, ca.1929-1966.
Fonds consists mainly of diary excerpts and transcripts, 1912-1913, 1921-1954; also includes a guest book, 1924-1956, posters, ca.1942, publications relating the story of Belmore Browne Peak, 1992-1993, and photographs, ca.1930, ca.1955, 1991-1992. Diaries are mainly trip diaries pertaining to summ…
24 cm of textual records. -- 108 photographs : prints, copy negatives, transparencies
History / Biographical
Belmore Browne, d.1954, was a well-known artist who lived and worked at Banff and Seebe, Alberta, Canada and in the United States. Browne and Agnes Evelyn Sibley, 1882-1976, were married in 1913. In 1921, they bought property in Banff for a summer home and with their children, George, 1918-1958, and Evelyn, 1915-1994, travelled extensively throughout the 1920s and 1930s in pursuit of subjects for Belmore Browne's paintings. In 1946, the Brownes built a home near Seebe. Agnes Browne was a diarist for the family and much of her extensive writing centres around the career of Belmore Browne. Her daughter Evelyn consolidated the diaries in the 1980s. George Browne was also an artist.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists mainly of diary excerpts and transcripts, 1912-1913, 1921-1954; also includes a guest book, 1924-1956, posters, ca.1942, publications relating the story of Belmore Browne Peak, 1992-1993, and photographs, ca.1930, ca.1955, 1991-1992.
Diaries are mainly trip diaries pertaining to summer travels and family life in the Canadian Rockies, 1921-1933. Included are trips to Red Earth Creek, Skoki, Mystic Lake, Sawback Lake, Red Deer Valley, Hector Lake, Bow Lake, Kananaskis Valley, Cascade and Panther rivers, Elbow Pass, and other locations. Other diaries cover the years 1943 to 1954, years partly spent at Seebe until Belmore Browne's death. Diary copies and typescripts have been annotated by Evelyn Browne.
Posters on alpine and wilderness survival, ca.1942, were done by Belmore Browne for the American military's Arctic Training Program.
Photographs are mainly photographic copies of paintings by Belmore and George Browne produced by Peter A. Juley & Son, Photographers of Fine Arts, New York, ca.1955, 79 items. Other photographs pertain to Belmore Browne and the Browne family, their Banff home and painting activities, ca.1930; the site of Belmore Browne plaque on Browne Peak, rediscovered and photographed by Tony and Gillean Daffern in September 1991, and dedication of the Belmore Browne plaque, 1992.
Official correspondence pertaining to the naming of Belmore Browne Peak, 1989-1993, is available in document file.
Fonds pertains to Enoch Smith's work in the Banff area. Textual records include correspondence and memoranda between Major Enoch Smith and contractors, Banff National Park Superintendent and other government officials, etc., regarding clearing brush and timber in the Spray Lakes and Lake Minnewank…
70 photographs : prints. -- .5cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Enoch Smith, 1884-1958, was a construction superintendent for Calgary Power Ltd. at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Smith was a Major with the Army Engineers during the First World War. He came to Banff in 1923 and worked for Calgary Power on several projects in the area.
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to Enoch Smith's work in the Banff area. Textual records include correspondence and memoranda between Major Enoch Smith and contractors, Banff National Park Superintendent and other government officials, etc., regarding clearing brush and timber in the Spray Lakes and Lake Minnewanka areas where Calgary Power had hydro electric developments. Correspondents include Claude Brewster, J. M. Wardle and C. M. Walker. Photographs pertain to Lake Minnewanka Power Development, construction of bridge across Stewart Canyon, and old and new Cascade Power Plant; 1923-1943.
Fonds consists of sheet music for "The Blue Canadian Rockies", 1953, with numerous autographs including those of band leader Moxie Whitney and other musicians; poster titled "All-inclusive organized camping trips...Mt. Assiniboine Park Egyptian [sic] Lakes, Sunshine Lodge," lettered by Bill Stenton…
2 textual records. -- 12 photographs : prints, transparency
History / Biographical
The Stenton family were business owners in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Maria and Bill Stenton operated BJ Novelty, and later, BJ's Fabrics.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of sheet music for "The Blue Canadian Rockies", 1953, with numerous autographs including those of band leader Moxie Whitney and other musicians; poster titled "All-inclusive organized camping trips...Mt. Assiniboine Park Egyptian [sic] Lakes, Sunshine Lodge," lettered by Bill Stenton; photographs pertaining to Banff and area, including some items by Conrad Stenton.
Fonds consists of 83 lantern slides and accompanying lecture notes. Topics include pack trains, camps, activities and scenic views, Banff and Jasper National Parks and areas. Documents include a handwritten script made by Maud Grice-Hutchinson to accompany the slides and a photocopied copy of the B…
Maud Grice-Hutchinson, of Cheltenham, England, and her husband, Reverend Canon Rowan E. Grice-Hutchinson, lived in Sorrento, BC, from 1913-1916 and again from 1919-1923. During World War I the couple returned to England where Maud served as Commandant for the veteran's hospital on her father's estate, Boddington Manor (Gloucester, UK), and Rowan as a Military Chaplain. Maud and Rowan moved back to Boddington permanently in 1962 when she inherited the estate. A mountain at the north-west end of Shuswap Lake (between the Anstey and Seymour Arms) was named Mount Grice-Hutchinson in 1978 after the Reverend.
On July 9, 1936, Maud, her sister Violet Seeley, and Mary Diana Buckle arrived in Canada after having taken a ship over from Liverpool. They stayed at the Kananaskis Ranch from 4-7 August before starting on their trip. They had four guides and twelve pack horses to make the 300 mile (483 kilometer) trip to Jasper.
Notes about the trip written by Maud later mention locations like the Red Deer River and White Rabbit Pass before arriving at the Saskatechewan River. After that, she names the Snow Dome Glacier, the Columbia Icefield, and Nigel Pass before arriving in Jasper. The four guides in her notes are named Edie Rowe, Edie Fraser, Smoky, and Chet [possibly Chet Ogan, a guide who worked for the Brewster family out of the Kananaskis Ranch in the 1930's].
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 83 lantern slides and accompanying lecture notes. Topics include pack trains, camps, activities and scenic views, Banff and Jasper National Parks and areas. Documents include a handwritten script made by Maud Grice-Hutchinson to accompany the slides and a photocopied copy of the Brewster family's Kananaskis Ranch guestbook page 63, dated August 1936.
Notes
Not all images were taken by Grice-Hutchinson - some bear manufacturers' labels and were most likely purchased after the pack trip.
Fonds consists of 49 lantern slides; subject matter pertaining to psalms, Christmas carols, financial report on the Banff Red Cross.
There are 3 slides included that contain either typed or handwritten text on top of coloured photographs:
PS-39 consists of a Christmas carol printed over an areal ph…
Lantern slides were used for education, entertainment, and administrative purposes. Lantern slide shows were held in the home, classrooms, public halls, and theatres. Lantern slides were manufactured by companies to be sold in sets in order to tell a certain story, or made by individuals for their own purposes. These homemade slides could be made with a variety of techniques, but the easiest was to write (or draw) directly onto a piece of glass and seal it with a transparent lacquer or another piece of glass and then wrap the edges in binding tape. Another simple homemade method was to print text onto cellophane or translucent wax paper with a typewriter and then place the slip between 2 panes of glass and bind it.
This was a useful method for churches in possession of magic lanterns to display lyrics to hymns and carols, as well as specific Bible verses, on the wall during a sermon or other community events.
Homemade slides were also useful for administrative purposes. By writing directly onto a piece of glass with India ink or special slide paint, organizations could display figures, expenditures, or any other pertinent details during meetings.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 49 lantern slides; subject matter pertaining to psalms, Christmas carols, financial report on the Banff Red Cross.
There are 3 slides included that contain either typed or handwritten text on top of coloured photographs:
PS-39 consists of a Christmas carol printed over an areal photo of the Chateau Lake Louise.
PS-48 is a hand-written pslam over a photo of an unknown island.
PS-49 is a typed Christmas carol over a photo of an unknown mountain peak.
Notes
A square cardboard box was also included with the slides, it held single-pane hand-written slides pertaining to Red Cross and church inventories, expenditures, and other administrative details. The box has what is probably a manufacturer's label on the lid, almost the entirety of which is obscured by a thick piece of brown tape that was used to hold the box closed (the tape was broken prior to accession). Written on the tape is "Cover Glasses 01" in pencil. The box was in poor condition with many joints broken, it was discarded.
Donation also included a magic lantern, held in artifacts (105.05.1036 a,b).
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Language
Language is English
Conservation
PS-36 glass panes replaced. Slide text is printed on transparent plastic, this slip was removed from the original broken glass housing, digitally scanned, and placed in 2 new pieces of glass. No binding tape available, the new slide is held together with flat string and placed in non-acidic paper.
PS-26 to PS-35 are single panes of glass with hand-written text that require delicate cleaning.
All glass panes, not including the text sides of PS-26 to PS-35 were cleaned.
File contains 17 b&w prints and 3 b&w postcards. File consists of photographs and postcards of the Banff area, Bow Falls, Chateau Lake Louise, Jasper Park Lodge, as well as photographs of Heinie, the Russian pony. Four b&w photographs of Bow Falls, Chateau Lake Louise, Jasper Park Lodge and one of …
See fonds level description for biographical information
Scope & Content
File contains 17 b&w prints and 3 b&w postcards. File consists of photographs and postcards of the Banff area, Bow Falls, Chateau Lake Louise, Jasper Park Lodge, as well as photographs of Heinie, the Russian pony. Four b&w photographs of Bow Falls, Chateau Lake Louise, Jasper Park Lodge and one of Heinie were taken in 1927 by Miros Thom. The date of Marianne Thom Anderson's trip to the Rocky Mountains is estimated at 1920.
Murray Hay is a self taught artist who left Regina at age 16 and began a career as a commercial artist.
Murray Hay was born in 1931 and passed away in 2015 at the age of 84 years. Murray Hay moved to Alberta in1963? In 1976 Sir Rodney Touche approached him and asked if he would paint a ski map. The first ski map Murray painted was one of Lake Louise, the second was of Ski Big Three and the third was Sunshine Mountain ski resort
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of four paintings on coreboard, posters, photographs, newspaper clippings and drawings
Transparencies flagged to show John Garden, author of books on Nick Morant. Views are related to those in previous file: 35mm returns from Miller to be refiled Pertains to Fairholme Range, rainbows, Mount Temple, Mount Assiniboine, Bow Lake, Bow Peak, tree, woodpecker, moose, lighthouses, teepees, …
Transparencies flagged to show John Garden, author of books on Nick Morant. Views are related to those in previous file: 35mm returns from Miller to be refiled
Pertains to Fairholme Range, rainbows, Mount Temple, Mount Assiniboine, Bow Lake, Bow Peak, tree, woodpecker, moose, lighthouses, teepees, harvesting, railyards at Calgary, diesel and steam locomotives, passenger train near Mount Stephen
Broad range of views used in Morant slide shows. Includes a number of Morant's signature views
File consists of thirteen titled sections: * General intro: views of the Empress Hotel (Victoria BC), oil, trucking, air travel, railway, ferry, Chateau Frontenac, totem pole. 11 items * Bread winners: cl…
Broad range of views used in Morant slide shows. Includes a number of Morant's signature views
File consists of thirteen titled sections:
* General intro: views of the Empress Hotel (Victoria BC), oil, trucking, air travel, railway, ferry, Chateau Frontenac, totem pole. 11 items
* Bread winners: classic Morant views: train at "Morant's curve" (Bow River in the Bow Valley); fishing scene with models and Mountie at Vermilion Lakes near Banff; Willie Morant, rider and packhorse in mountains; couple under beach umbrella at Canadian Pacific's Algonquin Hotel, New Brunswick. 4 items
* People: artists Carl Rungius and Charlie Beil at work; Nick Morant with bird on this head and with cow; artists at work with stained glass, totem poles and pottery; people in Peru; other. 25 items
* Ruination: downed trees, squirrel. 2 items
* Pix uses: Nova Scotia, including Church Point. 7 items
* Skiers: skiers and models at Sunshine ski area and Mount Assiniboine. Also: packtrain, men removing snow from roof, Mount Assiniboine in summer. 13 items
* Skiing: empty
* Winter, Louise: summer and winter views of Lake Louise and area. 6 items
* Cuisine: displays of food at Chateau Frontenac, 5 items
Views used in Morant slide shows pertaining to the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Includes Banff National Park AB, Yoho National Park BC and Mount Assiniboine area BC
File consists of fifteen titled sections: * Peyto: views of Peyto Lake from lookout, 3 items * Agnes: Lake Agnes area. Includes views o…
Views used in Morant slide shows pertaining to the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Includes Banff National Park AB, Yoho National Park BC and Mount Assiniboine area BC
File consists of fifteen titled sections:
* Peyto: views of Peyto Lake from lookout, 3 items
* Agnes: Lake Agnes area. Includes views of Lake Agnes, Lake Agnes tea house, Plain of Six Glaciers tea house and Chateau Lake Louise from Mirror Lake trail. 6 items
* Moraine: Moriane Lake area. Views include Moraine Lake, the Valley of the Ten Peaks and Mount Temple. 3 items
* O'Hara: Lake O'Hara area, 2 items
* Mountie: Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer with Bow Valley (from the Banff Spring Hotel) in the background, 1 item
* Assiniboine: Mount Assiniboine area. Views include riders and packtrain. 5 items
* Louise: Lake Louise area. Views include Mount Victoria and Victoria Glacier; Chateau Lake Louise, swimming pool and gardens; canoeing and riding. 11 items
* Emerald, Yoho: empty
* Louise, winter: Chateau Lake Louise, 1 item
* Dawn: Lake Louise at dawn, 8 items
* Camp at Banff Indian Days grounds. Views feature teepees, beadwork, people, Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 9 items
* Icefields: views along the Icefields Parkway (Banff-Jasper Highway). Includes scenic views, buses and cars on highway, bears and Columbia Icefield. 15 items
* Yoho: Yoho Valley, including Cathedral Mountain, Yoho Valley road and Takakkaw Falls. 7 items
* Autumn trees: autumn views made in various locations, including the Bow Valley. 19 items
* World at feet: pertains to slide presentation "World at Your Feet" and includes mainly close-up views of flowers, mushrooms, seedheads and insects. 18 items
Broad range of views used in Morant slide shows. Includes advertising photographs, photographs of Nick Morant at work and of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
File consists of eleven titled sections: * Advertising: advertising photographs and items and copies of published items. Includes view of Emera…
Broad range of views used in Morant slide shows. Includes advertising photographs, photographs of Nick Morant at work and of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
File consists of eleven titled sections:
* Advertising: advertising photographs and items and copies of published items. Includes view of Emerald Lake used on $10 bill; military manufacturing view used on 50 cent stamp; 20 cent stamp featuring harvesting view; view of lobby of Banff Springs Hotel; view of Canadian Pacific Railway train passing Three Sisters mountain. 18 items
* Back-stage: images of Nick Morant at work; also Moraine Lake and Empress Hotel gardens. 5 items
* Scaffolds: Nick Morant photographing at the Banff Springs Hotel golf course and along the Canadian Pacific Railway using scaffolds. 6 items
* Special train: passenger train (locomotive 2856). Also includes one view of a freight train at the Spiral Tunnels. 3 items
* Canadian: passenger train "The Canadian" at locations in near Ottertail and Beaver Canyon, BC, and near the Bow River, Alberta. 5 items
* Cuisine: mainly displays of food. Also includes view of deer. 10 items
* Signs: Ray Bagley gate sign, theatre announcement signs, focus sign, unusual telephone pool, wax museum figure. 6 items
* [Wildlife]: includes bear, deer and moose. Most images were made in the Morant yard in Banff. 6 items
* Peruvian railroad: train, ship and courtyard scene. 5 items
* Livestock: Willie Morant with Peruvian and llama in mountain setting, 1 item
* Steam: steam and diesel locomotives, trains and budd car along the Canadian Pacific Railway. Locations include the Selkirk Mountains, Spiral Tunnels, Castle and Grotto Mountain areas, and at Lethbridge. Also includes mountain-moon view and Morant outdoor Christmas tree. 14 items
File pertains mainly to Rocky Mountain wildlife, including bear, moose, mountain sheep, beaver, muskrat, squirrel, osprey, Canada goose and other birds. Also includes domestic sheep, cattle and horses
File pertains mainly to Rocky Mountain wildlife, including bear, moose, mountain sheep, beaver, muskrat, squirrel, osprey, Canada goose and other birds. Also includes domestic sheep, cattle and horses
File pertains to scenic views, cities and town, buildings, bridges, ships and boats, totems poles. Includes the following areas: Revelstoke, Kamloops, Thompson Rivers, Nelson, Emerald Lake, Ashcroft, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Victoria, north coastal BC
File pertains to scenic views, cities and town, buildings, bridges, ships and boats, totems poles. Includes the following areas: Revelstoke, Kamloops, Thompson Rivers, Nelson, Emerald Lake, Ashcroft, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Victoria, north coastal BC
Notes
NM note: fibre-based prints made by Nicholas Morant