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.
16 photographs (8 negatives, 8 transparencies) : col
Notes
NM notes: 1961; with Willie on grey horse; Assiniboine area, CP dupes (Z-563-A, B); Mount Assiniboine Lodge (Z-563-A. horiz); L.S. horses and riders, Erling Strom at sawhorse (Z-563-B); Mt. Assiniboine with Willie (Z-563-C); Mt. Assiniboine with cabin (Z-563-D vert); Assiniboine from distance, with rider (Z-563-E horiz, long shot)
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