250 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
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ITEM LIST OF NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 128 to 377):
[Note: Repeat descriptions have been combined by the archivist]
128-134 North Bend & Victoria -- [1900?] -- [Includes B.C. legislature buildings; Chinese man carrying baskets; Indigenous drying rack?; Indigenous burial platform?; elderly Indigenous man; Indigenous people on railroad track?; man crossing unidentified stream]
135-142 Glacier & west -- [1900?] -- [Unidentified mountains]
143-144 Glacier & west -- [1900?] -- [Illecillewaet Glacier]
145-150 East of Glacier / Dr. Sharples -- [1900?] -- [Unidentified scenes]
151-155 East of Glacier -- [1900?] -- [Kicking Horse River, Mount Burgess, Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy]
156-158 East of Glacier / Dr. Sharples -- [1900?] -- [The Mitre and Abbot Pass, Abbot Pass]
159 East of Glacier -- [1900?] -- [Group of six alpinists on Victoria Glacier?]
160-161 East of Glacier / Dr. Sharples -- [1900?] -- [Includes train on unidentified bridge, ladies eating]
162-166 East of Glacier -- [1900?] -- [Includes teepees and fence, ladies and children, people on station platform]
167-172 Lake Marion -- 7/1900 -- [Includes unidentified mountains, Mount Sir Donald?]
173-180 On the Great Glacier -- 1900 -- [Includes George Vaux Jr. & Edward Feuz Sr., Mary M. Vaux, unidentified Swiss Guide/s, unidentified men, edge of crevasse]
181 [Mary M. Vaux with Swiss guide crossing snowbridge over crevasse] -- [1900?]
182 [Mary M. Vaux and Swiss guide roped together on unidentified mountain] -- [1900?]
183-191 On the Great Glacier -- 1900 -- [Includes views of people, crevasses and seracs, surroundings]
292-304 On CPR 1900 From Field east -- 1900 -- [Includes railway conductors and passengers, Kicking Horse River, burnt timber beside railroad, unidentified mountains, Mt. Temple from railroad, Castle Mtn. and remains of Silver City]
305-307 Mt. Temple -- 1900 -- [From Bow River]
308 [Mt. Temple from Bow River] -- [1900?]
309-310 Victoria Glacier -- 1900
311 [Group of alpinists above Lake Louise near Victoria Glacier] -- [1900?]
312-326 Victoria Glacier -- 1900 -- [Includes views of Victoria Glacier, Lake Louise from Victoria Glacier, alpinists on and near glacier, "Glacier table"]
327 [Man on "glacier table" near Victoria Glacier] -- [1900?]
328 Victoria Glacier [Group of six people Victoria Glacier including Swiss guide and cameraman] -- 1900 -- [Photograph by Mary Vaux, July 24, 1900]
329 [Group of six people on Victoria Glacier including Swiss guide and cameraman] -- [July 24, 1900]
330 Victoria Glacier -- 1900 -- [Caleb Cresson with fossilized rock, July 24, 1900]
331 Victoria Glacier -- 1900 -- [Alpinists eating near marker boulder "XV '99", July 24, 1900]
332 [Man beside marker boulder "XV '99" near Victoria Glacier] -- [July 24, 1900]
333-337 Victoria Glacier -- 1900 -- [Mount Lefroy?, Abbot Pass, The Mitre and Abbot Pass]
338 [Abbot Pass] -- [1900?]
339 Victoria Glacier -- 1900 -- [Alpinists on Victoria Glacier]
340 [Unidentified river] -- [1900?]
341 [Unidentified lake with island] -- [1900?]
342 [Unidentified mountains and waterfall] / Mary Vaux
343 [Alpinists looking at view from unidentified mountain]
344 [Unidentified moraine and lake]
345 [Unidentified mountains and river]
346 [Unidentified glacier]
347 [Conductor and dog on station platform] -- [1900?]
348-349 [Man and dog on station platform] -- 1900
350-367 Banff -- 1900 -- [Views pertain to man with dog on station platform, Mount Rundle, Bow River, Cascade Mountain, Bow River and boathouse, Mount Edith, Basin pool, Cave and Basin caretaker's house, NWMP barracks, Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Avenue, Sulphur Mountain, road west of Banff]
368-372 On CPR 1900 Ottawa N shore of Lake Superior -- 1900
373-374 [Market] Montreal & Quebec -- 9/ /00 -- [Market]
105 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
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ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 586 to 623) :
[Note: Repeat descriptions have been combined by the archivist]
586-623 Canadian Pacific trip -- 8/1909 -- [Views pertain to Montreal? (586); Winnipeg? (587); Mount Tuzo and Mount Deltaform (588); pack trip; avalanche (592,593); Alpine Club camp at Lake O'Hara (595-598); glacier; Mount Balfour and Lake Margaret (601-603); Yoho Valley from below Lake Margaret (604); Mount Daly, Mount Niles and Daly Glacier (605); Daly Glacier and Takakkaw Falls? (606); Takakkaw Falls (607); Twin Falls (608,609); Yoho Glacier (610,611,615-617); ice cave at Yoho Glacier (612-614)]; Mt. Sir Donald? (619); unidentified scenes (594,618,620-623)]
ITEM LIST OF 6.5 x 8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1567 to 1633) :
1567 Glacier -- 1909
1568-1571 Ice on Illecillewaet Glacier (poor) -- 1909
1572-1575 Glacier -- 1909
1576-1579 Asulkan Glacier Pan -- 1909
1580 Illecillewaet Glacier Pan -- 1909
1581-1585 Panorama from Illecillewaet Glacier -- 1909
774-782, 783-846 Rockies -- 1904, [1912?] -- [Views thought to be 1912 pertain to Mount Rundle (774, 775); Bow River (774-777); Bow River boat house (776, 777); Mount Temple (778-782); Valley of the Ten Peaks (782); Lake Louise (784, 785); Mount Victoria? (784); Victoria Glacier (785); Takakkaw Falls (786-789); Twin Falls (790-793); Yoho Glacier (794); pack train, trip and camps (between 795 and 844); rockslide/s (800, 804, 807, 821, 822, 837); all other views are unidentified and pertain to people, dogs, railway line, mountains, glaciers, rivers, valleys, waterfalls, other]
783 Rockies -- [Aug.24, 1904] -- [Mary M. Vaux and George Vaux Jr. with camera on Mount Fairview]
228 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
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ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 386 to 513) :
[Note: Repeat descriptions have been combined by the archivist]
386-392 #1 Penns. Manor -- 7/5/06
393-402 #2 To Takakkaw Fall -- 7/17/06 -- [Takakkaw Falls]
403-412 #4 To Ptarmigan -- 8/2/06 -- [Views pertain to mounted muskox head, Ptarmigan Lake, Ptarmigan Valley, Deception Pass?, unidentified mountain, crevasse, bergschrund]
413-421 #5 To Pipestone Pass -- 8/4/06 -- [Packtrain party at edge of Pipestone River, camp scenes, Mt. Temple from Ptarmigan Valley, Pipestone Pass]
422-425 #6 To Lake Louise and (Yoho?) -- 8/6/06 -- [Views pertain to packtrain, Moar Mtn. from Pipestone River, man with cowl]
426-428 #3 -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to people with cow and party in boat at Lake Louise]
429 [Man with cow at Lake Louise Chalet] -- [1906]
430 [Two women and man with cow at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
431 [Man milking cow at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
432-433 [Boatman at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
434-436 [People in boat at Lake Louise] -- [1906]
437-440 #7 [Men packing horse] -- 1906
441 #7 -- 1906 -- [Takakkaw Falls]
442-443 #7 -- 1906 -- [Twin Falls]
444 #7 -- 1906 -- [Mt. Niles?]
445 [Terminus of Yoho Glacier?] -- 1906
446 [Ice cave at terminus of Yoho Glacier] -- 1906
447 [Two men on horseback at terminus of Yoho Glacier] -- 1906
448 #7 -- 1906 -- [Scree]
449 [Packhorse] -- 1906
450 [Men saddling horse at Field] -- 1906
451 [Camp at foot of Takakkaw Falls] -- 1906
452 [Packtrain at top of Pass] -- 1906
453 [2 people and dog sleeping] -- 1906
454 [Man and woman on glacier] -- 1906
455 [Woman on moraine] -- 1906
456 [Moraine] -- 1906
457 [William & George Vaux Jrs. at edge of crevasse] -- 1906
458 [Crevasses] -- 1906
459 [Man at edge of crevasse] -- 1906
460 [Crevasse] -- 1906
461 [Dog beside stream] -- 1906
462 [Unidentified mountain and stream] -- 1906
463 [Unidentified waterfall] -- 1906
464-465 [Unidentified mountain] -- 1906
466-467 [Unidentified mountains] -- 1906
468 [Packtrain on Pipestone Pass] -- 1906
469 [Man with horses in front of unidentified mountain] -- 1906
470-476 #8 To Laughing Falls -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to packtrain; Laughing Falls; Yoho Glacier and ice cave]
477 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake]
478-479 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake]
480-481 #3 -- 1906 -- [ACC camp at Summit Lake?]
482-483 Asulkan Burgess Pass #9. To Summit Lake -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to men packing horse at Field; packtrain]
484 [Party of riders preparing to leave Lake Louise Chalet] -- 1906
485-486 Asulkan Burgess Pass #10 -- 1906 -- [Party of riders preparing to depart Lake Louise Chalet; unidentified woman]
487-497 Asulkan Burgess Pass #10. To Asulkan -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to man and woman on glacier; seracs; unidentified mountain/s]
498-508 #11 -- 1906 -- [Views pertain to Tower of Babel and Moraine Lake; Mount Bident and Mount Quadra; Valley of the Ten Peaks; camp scene; alpinists; horses grazing by lake; terminus of Asulkan Glacier; unidentified glacier]
509-513 #3 Paradise Valley -- 9/28/06 -- [Views pertain to alpinists; glacier stream; crevasses]
ITEM LIST OF 6.5x8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1388 to 1487) :
1388-1390 Camp at Summit Lake (No.1,2,3) -- 1906
1391-1394 Head of Upper Yoho Panorama (No.4,5,6,7) -- 1906
1395 Upper Yoho Valley with stream in foreground (No.8) -- 1906
1396 Head of Yoho with stream (best) (No.9) -- 1906
1397 Head of Upper Yoho from below camp (No.10) -- 1906
1398 Mt. Niles and Mt. Daly from Upper Yoho (No.11) -- 1906
1399 The Vice-President Upper Yoho (No.12) -- 1906
1400 Head of Upper Yoho from Camp (No.13) -- 1906
1401-1402 Test picture Wapta Glacier (No.14,15) -- 1906
151 photographs : negatives; film, 4x5" and 6.5x8.5"
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ITEM LIST OF 4x5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 514 to 585) :
514-517 Yoho #1 -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to people on moraine and terminus of Yoho Glacier]
518-535 Yoho #2 -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Yoho Glacier, including terminus, alpinists; horses and riders; streams; moraine; Mary Vaux] -- 1907
536-537 #3 Paradise Valley -- 1907 -- [Lake Louise from toe of Victoria Glacier]
538-548 #4 Lake O'Hara -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Lake Agnes, the Devil's Thumb, Lake Louise Chalet, camp scenes, Mary J. Vaux]
549-561 #5 Spray Lake -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to George Shouldice, R. E. Campbell, Mary J. Vaux; pack trip and camp; Mount Assiniboine; unidentified scenes]
562-563, 565-568 To Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine, Mary J. Vaux, pack trip]
564 #5 Spray Lake -- 1907 -- [Packtrain party]
569-580 #7 At Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine (570,571,573-575); Mount Magog (577); Naiset Point and Mount Terrapin (578); Wonder Peak and The Towers (579)]
581-585 #8 At Assiniboine -- 1907 -- [Views pertain to Mount Assiniboine (583-585) and area]
ITEM LIST OF 6.5x8.5" NEGATIVES (V653/NA - 1488 to 1566) :
1488-1492 Panorama A from head of Paradise Valley (No.1,2,3,4,5) -- 1907
1493 Panorama A Paradise Valley (No.6) -- 1907
1494-1500 Panorama A from head of Paradise Valley (No.7,8,9,10,11,12,13) -- 1907
1501 Panorama A (No.14) -- 1907
1502-1507 Panorama B Paradise Valley (No.15,16,17,18,19,20) -- 1907
1508-1512 Panorama C from Little Beehive (No.21,22,23,24,25) -- 1907
1513-1514 Lefroy &c. from Little Beehive (No.26,27) -- 1907
1515-1517 Panorama D Bow Valley from Little Beehive Poor (No.28) -- 1907
1518 Lake Louise & Chalet from Little Beehive (No.31) -- 1907
1519-1520 Camp at Lake O'Hara (No.32,33) -- 1907
1521 Lefroy &c from camp Lake O'Hara (No.34) -- 1907
1522 Lake O'Hara (No.35) -- 1907
1523 Opabin Pass from Lake O'Hara (No.36) -- 1907
1524-1526 First view of Assiniboine (No.37,38,39) -- 1907
1527 Assiniboine from camp (No.40) -- 1907
1528-1532 Assiniboine Panorama F (No.41,42,43,44,45) -- 1907
1533 Assiniboine. May be used in Panorama F (No.46) -- 1907
1534 Assiniboine from camp (No.47) -- 1907
1535 Assiniboine from camp Finest (?) (No.48) -- 1907
1536-1539 ssiniboine from camp Panorama G (No.49,50,51,52) -- 1907
1540-1541 Assiniboine from near head of valley (No.53,54) -- 1907
1542-1543 Panorama H Lake Aline (No.55,56) -- 1907
13 textual records (1.5 cm) : typescripts, holographs
Scope & Content
File consists of reminiscences in the form of trip accounts and memoirs
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LIST OF ITEMS (LUX / I / D4 - 1, 2) :
* [Trip account], 1917, 6p, holograph. Re wild horse roundup
* Luxton spins an interesting yarn : [memoir], 1923, 4 drafts, holographs, typescript. Re working at the Calgary Herald 1896 to 1899
* Brooks Alta hunting 1944 : [trip account], 1944, 19p, typescript; title from envelope
* A few remarks about my shoot at Brooks Oct.20th and to continue until the weather is impossible 1945 : [trip account], 1945, 19p, typescript
* Trip from Banff via Big Bend Highway to within about fifty miles of Fort George on the Cariboo Road in Aug. 1947 : [trip account], 1947, 7p, typescript; title from envelope
* Saturday August 21st 1948 : [trip account], 1948, 1 p, typescript; re hunting trip to Columbia Valley
* Take it or leave it : [memoir], 1949, 5p, typescript; re Luxton home in London, Ontario, ca.1885
* [Memoirs], [1957?], 21p, typescript. Written for the Calgary Herald 75th anniversary issue (1958). Accompanied by two notes and a letter
* [Trip account], [before 1950], 9p, holograph
* [Memoir], 6p, typescript, annotated; re Hector Crawler
Sub-series pertains to business, properties, rentals, banking, house and personal accounts
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Banff
Banff National Park
Alberta
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LIST OF VOLUMES (LUX / I / C1 - 60 to 71):
* [Account ledger], ca.1905, 1 v. Entries pertain to Merchants Bank, H. E. Sibbald, David McDougall, and personal accounts. Some entries are dated 1906 and 1907 (folder 60)
* Transient ledger : [sheets], 1911, 1.5 cm. Re house, bar, livery and curio accounts (folder 61) - Oversize storage
* [Account ledger], 1912-1928, 1 v. Re businesses (curio, coal, livery, other) and personal accounts (folder 62)
* Purchase and general accounts : [ledger sheets], 1914-1928, 4 sheets. Re properties. Involves Byron Lee Smith and Robert Vass (folder 63) - Oversize storage
* Purchase and general accounts : [ledger sheets], 1915-1927, 1.5 cm. Re properties, businesses, insurance and personal accounts (folder 63) - Oversize storage
* [Account ledger], 1917, 1 v. Re mainly horse and hay accounts with individuals and businesses (folder 64) - Oversize storage
* Daily statement of business : [cash and charge records], 1917-1918, 2 v. (folder 65) - Oversize storage
* [Property record books], 1907-1928, 3 v. Property records describe Luxton properties, enhancements, rents, furnishings, renters, etc. Books cover 1918-1922 (with loose items back to 1907), 1922-1925, and 1923-1928. Includes loose items (folder 66)
* [Account book], 1925-1936, 1 v. Re personal accounts, including sundries and banking, also curio shop etc (folder 67) - Oversize storage
* [Account ledger], 1932-1945, 1 v. Re business, rental and personal accounts (folder 68)
* [Account sheets], 1935-1939, .5 cm. Re sundries, banking, curio store, personal and car accounts (folder 68B) - Oversize storage
* [Account sheets], 1943-1944, .5 cm. Re business, property and personal accounts (folder 69) - Oversize storage
* [Account ledger], 1948-1956, 1 v. Re properties, business leases, rents and taxes (folder 70)
* [Account book sheets], before 1962, .5 cm. Re accounts with Stoney individuals, perhaps at Morley (folder 71)