Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and profession…
ca.32.1 m of textual records (29.3 m textual records, 47 scrapbooks) -- ca.7290 photographs (ca.5300 b&w and col. prints, ca.1915 negatives, 75 transparencies, 2 tintypes) -- 17 albums -- ca.74 cm sound recordings (29 CDs, 45 audio cassettes, 17 R120 DAT tapes, 1 VHS, 8 voicewriter discs)
History / Biographical
The Norman Luxton family was a prominent family in Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1904 until 1962. Daughter Eleanor Luxton maintained the family's position in the town until her death in 1995.
Publisher and businessman Norman K. Luxton, 1876-1962, was the son of Winnipeg Free Press co-founder William Luxton. After working for the Winnipeg Free Press, Norman Luxton travelled, then joined the Calgary Herald for eight years. In 1901, he journeyed 10,000 miles on the Pacific in the dug-out canoe Tilikum. After becoming ill, Luxton abandoned the trip in Fiji and came to Banff to recuperate. The around-the-world trip was subsequently completed by his sailing partner, Capt. John Voss.
Luxton bought Banff's Crag and Canyon newspaper in 1902 and remained as publisher until 1951. Also in 1902, he established the Sign of the Goat Curio store which specialized in Stoney Indian handicrafts and taxidermy specimens. Other significant Luxton businesses were the King Edward Hotel and Livery, Luxton Bros. insurance (with brother Louis Luxton) and the Lux Block, which included a hotel, the Lux Theatre and retail stores.
In 1904, Norman Luxton married Georgina (Georgie) Elizabeth McDougall, 1870-1965, of the pioneer missionary McDougall family of Morley, Alberta. In addition to her McDougall connections, Georgie Luxton was related by marriage to Senator George Ross. Norman and Georgie Luxton had one child, Eleanor Georgina, born in Banff in 1908.
The Luxtons were important Banff "boosters" with involvement in numerous local organizations and events. Norman Luxton managed the Banff Indian Days from 1909 to 1950, was a founder of Banff Winter Carnival and was involved with native events at the Calgary Stampede for 25 years. In 1953, Norman established a museum to house his native artifacts. The Luxton Museum was built in co-operation with Eric Harvie of the Glenbow Foundation of Calgary. After Luxton's death, the museum continued to be managed by the Glenbow until 1992.
Eleanor Luxton, 1908-1995, was a writer, historian, researcher, engineer, teacher and business woman. After graduating from high school in Banff in 1926, she attended the University of Alberta from 1926 until 1939, receiving degrees in history (BA '30, MA'33), a Diploma in Education (1931) and subsequent education, biology and natural history courses during the summers.
Between 1937 and 1956, Eleanor received further degrees and certificates from studies at Garbutt Business College (Calgary), St. Stephen's College (Edmonton), Ottawa Technical High School, Havergal Ladies College (Ontario), St. George Williams College (Montreal), McGill University (Montreal) and the Banff School of Fine Arts. Subjects studied included office practices, shorthand, machine draughting, English, civil engineering (BSc '46), German, broadcast writing, management, commerce, accounting and commercial law.
Eleanor Luxton's extensive education overlapped and preceded a long and varied professional career. Her teaching career extended from high school teacher in Alberta (Banff and Sexsmith), 1933-1940, to university lecturer in Montreal in the 1950s. During the 1940s, she worked in locomotive design for the CPR in Montreal. Beginning in 1956 and continuing until 1965, when she returned to Banff to care for her mother, Eleanor worked throughout southern Alberta as a field researcher for Calgary's Glenbow Foundation. From 1965 until her death in 1995, Eleanor remained in Banff in her family home and pursued an active career in writing and research.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual, visual and sound materials pertaining to Norman Luxton, Eleanor Luxton and their family members and friends (including Georgina Luxton, Norman's parents and siblings, and members of the Ross, Graham and McDougall families). Includes correspondence, personal and professional records, financial documents, organization and volunteer records, business and property records, scrapbooks and albums, research materials, candid and professional portraits, various collected materials, and other related content.
Notes
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds:
I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1880]-1962, ca. 7.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Correspondence, B. Business, financial and legal, C. Personal, D. Personal and professional, E. Collected materials.
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1890]-1995, ca. 15 m. of textual records, sound recordings and photographs in six series: A. Correspondence, B. Professional, C. Personal, D. Business, financial and legal, E. Travel and events, F. Collected materials.
III. Luxton family sous-fonds, 1836-1972, ca.6.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Norman Luxton family series, [ca.1900-ca.1970]; B. Georgina Luxton series, [ca.1890]-1967; C. Related family series, [ca.1890]-1972; D. Other material series, 1836-1970; E. Luxton family home records [1996].
Sub-series consists of business and personal letters, written mainly to Norman Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts. First portion, 1900-1902, 12 cm, consists of letters written to Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts before, during and after Til…
Sub-series consists of business and personal letters, written mainly to Norman Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts. First portion, 1900-1902, 12 cm, consists of letters written to Luxton by family, friends, acquaintances and business contacts before, during and after Tilikum voyage. Includes letters of news and concern from Luxton's parents, siblings and family friends; letters from individuals met during preparations in British Columbia and post-voyage stay at Sydney and Port Manly, Australia; letter from Norman Luxton to George Perry in Vancouver, Canada, describing the voyage, November 1901; and a sample of envelopes, 1901-1902.
FILES #1-359 ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. See Scope Note 2B for file number matched to the date
LETTERS FROM: A-Al
A. and M. Hurtig Furs 1935
A. C. Baker Registered 1952-1956, 1958, 1959 a.k.a.: A. C. Baker Company Limited
A. J. Williamson 1942 a.k.a. "A. J. Williamson and Son"
Abbott, Clifton 1946, 1947
Abbott, Margaret L. 1953
Abercrombie, Mabel 1953
Abraham, (Mrs) Silas 1930
Abraham, Silas 1930, 1950
Acheson, Barclay 1952
Acheson, Thomas S. 1952
[Ackie?] 1941
Acme Glass Cement Company 1937
Acme Printing Company 1946, 1947
Acousticon Dictagraph Company of Canada
Limited 1948
Acousticon International 1946, 1947
[?], Ada 1955
Adam, Dinnit 1939
Adams, A. C. L. A. 1927
Adams, Cedric 1950
Adams, E. D. 1908
Adams, F. C. 1935
Adams, Fred 1905, 1908
Adams, H. J. 1907
Adams, (Mrs) C. R. 1951
Adams, Norman E. 1960
Adams Radio Parlors 1943
Adams, S. A. 1919
Adamson, J. G. 1912
Addison, William (Billy) 1939, 1940, 1942-1947
Administration and Trust Company 1935
Adolf Hujer Commercial and Export Company 1949
Adolph, Emily 1940
Aeulut, Bob 1922
Agnew, J. E. 1931
[?], Aida 1938
[---aig?], Guy 1949
Airth, Andy 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954
Airth, Elsie 1954-1958
Aitkens, Harry A. 1942, 1943 a.k.a. "Aitkens, Harry"
Aitkens, Jo Aitkens, Harry 1941
Aitkens, Jo 1946, 1949, 1955 a.k.a. "Aitkens, Joey"
Alaska Furriers 1932
Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Reunion 1932
Alaskan Yukon Club 1941
Albee, Fred H. 1915
Albert Britnell Book Shop 1942
Alberta. Board of Industrial Relations 1948
Alberta. Bureau of Statistics 1960
Alberta. Canadian Vocational Training 1946
Alberta Clay Products Company Limited 1939
Alberta. Department of Agriculture 1938-1941
Alberta. Department of Economic Affairs, Cultural Activities Branch 1957
Alberta. Department of Industries and Labour, Bureau of Statistics 1952, 1954-1956
Alberta. Department of Industries and Labour, Bureau of Statistics 1957
Alberta. Department of Lands and Forests 1951, 1953, 1954. 1957, 1958
Alberta. Department of Lands and Mines 1942,1943, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950
Alberta. Department of Provincial Secretary, Motor Vehicles Branch 1950
Alberta. Department of Public Health, Division of Cancer Services 1959
Alberta. Department of Public Works 1948
Alberta. Deputy Provincial Secretary, Theatres Branch 1937
Alberta Directory Enterprises Company Limited 1953
Alberta Field Trials Club 1936-1940, 1942
Alberta Fish and Game Association 1939, 1942
Alberta Furniture Company Limited 1940, 1941,1943
Alberta. Game Commissioner, Edmonton 1935, 1936
Alberta Government Telephones 1951, 1955, 1960
Alberta. Highway Traffic Board 1950
Alberta Historical Review 1962
Alberta Job Press Limited 1942
Alberta. Judicial Offices 1941
Alberta Linseed Oil Company Limited 1957
Alberta Live Stock Associations 1941
Alberta Locker Service 1949
Alberta Motor Association 1932-1943, 1948-1951, 1953, 1954
Alberta. National War Finance Committee 1943, 1945
Alberta. Office of the Lieutenant Governor 1955
Alberta. Provincial Mental Hospital, Ponoka 1939
Alberta Provincial Trapshooting Association 1938
Alberta. Public Administrator 1948
Alberta. Public Trustee 1956, 1960
Alberta Raw Fur Merchants Association 1944, 1945
Alberta. Southern Alberta Land Registration District 1945
Alberta Stock Yards Company Limited 1954
Alberta. Treasury Department 1938, 1944
Alberta Tuberculosis Association 1952, 1955
Alberta Wood Products 1949
Alberta. Workmen's Compensation Board 1952, 1953
Alberta. Workmen's Compensation Board 1953
The Albertan 1949, 1951
Alcock Downing and Wright Limited 1946, 1947
Aldhelm-White, E. 1961
Aldrich, A. H. 1910
Alexander, Antasia 1958
Alexander, F. H. 1908, 1909
Alexander, Gaby G. 1907
Alexander, J. A. R. 1910
Alexander, (Mrs) James 1954, 1955, 1960
Alexander, R. 1915
Alexander, Virginia 1955
Alexander, W. 1928, 1937, 1941
Alexo Coal Company Limited 1933, 1935, 1937, 1940
Alfred Cloutier Limited 1952
[?], Alice 1946, 1947
Alkim, (Mrs) Michael 1956
All Canada Insurance Federation 1951
Allan, Edwin H. 1920
Allan, Edwin (Sandy) 1932
Allan, H. W. 1907, 1908
Allan, John A. (J. A.) 1929, 1930, 1933
Allan, Mabel 1920
Allan, Norman 1946
Allan, S. 1929
Allan, Thorburn 1914, 1915
Allard, Charles 1912
Allen, Annie 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1925
Allen, Bill 1946
Allen, F. B. 1952
Allen, George H. 1914
Allen, H. Hershall 1943
Allen, H. J. 1915
Allen, J. D. 1905, 1906
Allen, John A. 1926
Allen-Kirkpatrick, Mignon 1940, 1942
Allen, M. 1916
Allen, M. E. 1955
Allen, Newton (Shorty) 1907
Allen, Norman 1946
Allen, W. B. 1914
Allied Display Company 1953, 1954, 1955
Allin, Nellie 1957
Allison, Harry 1942, 1948, 1949
Allison, Tannis 1942
Allister, J. G. M. 1909
Alloway, Robert 1951, 1952
Allport, John 1944
Alpine, L. G. 1946
Alpine, Lucy 1949
Alpine, (Mrs) Noah 1949, 1950, 1951
Alpine, N. 1948
Alsco Limited 1957
Alton, H. Ed. 1925
Alton, T. 1929
Norman Luxton correspondence files:
LUX / 1 / A - 1 to 12 1900 – 1902
LUX / 1 / A - 13 to 24 1903 – May 1907
LUX / 1 / A - 25 to 38 June 1907 – January 1908
LUX / 1 / A - 39 to 51 February – September 1908
LUX / 1 / A - 52 to 62 October 1908 – August 1909
LUX / 1 / A - 63 to 77 September 1909 – 1910
LUX / 1 / A - 78 to 89 1911 – June 1912
LUX / 1 / A - 90 to 100 July 1912 – August 1913
LUX / 1 / A - 101 to 111 September 1913 - 1914
LUX / 1 / A - 112 to 125 1915 - 1916
LUX / 1 / A - 126 to 140 1917 – June 1922
LUX / 1 / A - 141 to 153 July 1922 – 1926
LUX / 1 / A - 154 to 161 1927 – May 1928
LUX / 1 / A - 162 to 169 June - December 1928
LUX / 1 / A - 170 to 177 1929
LUX / 1 / A - 178 to 184 January 1930 – June 1931
LUX / 1 / A - 185 to 191 July 1931 – August 1932
LUX / 1 / A - 192 to 199 September 1932 – December 1933
LUX / 1 / A - 200 to 208 January 1934 – May 1935
LUX / 1 / A - 209 to 216 June 1935 – August 1936
LUX / 1 / A - 217 to 224 September 1936 – December 1937
LUX / 1 / A - 225 to 232 January 1938 – April 1939
LUX / 1 / A - 233 to 240 May 1939 – August 1940
LUX / 1 / A - 241 to 248 September 1940 – December 1941
LUX / 1 / A - 249 to 255 January 1942 – June 1943
LUX / 1 / A - 256 to 261 July 1943 – September 1944
LUX / 1 / A - 262 to 268 October 1944 – February 1946
LUX / 1 / A - 269 to 275 March 1946 – April 1947
LUX / 1 / A - 276 to 283 May 1947 – June 1948
LUX / 1 / A - 284 to 290 July 1948 – August 1949
LUX / 1 / A - 291 to 297 September 1949 – August 1950
LUX / 1 / A - 298 to 304 September 1950 – December 1951
LUX / 1 / A - 305 to 310 1952
LUX / 1 / A - 311 to 316 1953
LUX / 1 / A - 317 to 322 1954
LUX / 1 / A - 323 to 328 1955
LUX / 1 / A - 329 to 334 1956
LUX / 1 / A - 335 to 340 1957
LUX / 1 / A - 341 to 349 1958 – June 1959
LUX / 1 / A - 350 to 361 July 1959 - 1962
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]
13 textual records (1.5 cm) : typescripts, holographs
Scope & Content
File consists of reminiscences in the form of trip accounts and memoirs
Access Restrictions
Access to originals is restricted. Reference copies are available
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
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 purchase, inventory and sale of goods and services for Luxton's curio stores, including the Sign of the Goat. Accounts pertain mainly to the purchase, inventory and sale of a wide variety of goods including: curios, souvenirs, publications, post cards, notions, furs, skins,…
43 cm of textual records (34 v., 2.5 cm and 41 p.)
Scope & Content
Sub-series pertains to purchase, inventory and sale of goods and services for Luxton's curio stores, including the Sign of the Goat. Accounts pertain mainly to the purchase, inventory and sale of a wide variety of goods including: curios, souvenirs, publications, post cards, notions, furs, skins, taxidermy, trophy heads, glassware and jewellery, photographic views.
Notes
Volumes occasionally contain information pertaining to other businesses
Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Content Details
LIST OF VOLUMES (LUX / I / C1 - 1 to 42):
* [Order and sales ledger], 1904-1905, 1 v. (folder 1)
* Curio store cash book, July 24 / 05, 1905-1906, 1 v. (folder 2)
* Book I for 1906, from April 3rd, 1906 to July 27th, 1906 : [cash and sales book], 1906, 1 v. (folder 3)
* Book II for 1906, from July 27th, 1906 to Sept. 17th, 1906 : [cash and sales book], 1906, 1 v. (folder 4)
* Book III for 1906, from Sept.18th, 1906 to July 8th, 1907 : [cash and sales book], 1906-1907, 1 v. (folder 5)
* [Account ledger], 1906-1914, 1 v. Re furrier and taxidermy business (folder 6)
* Inventory of stock returned from branch curio store, Sept.24/07, 1907, 1 v. (folder 7)
* Stock put in branch curio store near CPR hotel, May 1907 : [stock book], 1907, 1 v. (folder 8)
* The Branch Curio Store, Banff Alta, May 1907 : [account book], 1907, 1 v. (folder 9)
* Banff Alta, season 1908 account book, 1908, 1 v. Re curio shop and livery business (folder 10)
* From Jan 2nd, 1908 to Sept. 2nd, 1908 : [account book], 1908, 1 v. (folder 11)
* Curio stock, Nov 1908 to November 1909, also stock taken Nov. 11/10 : [stock book] 1908-1912, 1 v. (folder 12)
* Stock book from branch store, 1911-1912, 1 v. (folder 13)
* Curio store sales book 1913, 1913-1915, 1 v. (folder 14)
* Curio store : [account book], 1915, 1 v. (folder 15)
* [Account book], 1917, 1 v. Re May to August 1917 (folder 16)
* [Account book], 1917, 1 v. Re July to October 1917 (folder 17)
* [Account book], 1917, 1 v. Re August to December 1917 (folder 18)
* [Ledger], 1928-1933, 1 v. (folder 19) - Oversize storage
* Inventory summary : [curio store inventory], 1932-1935, 9 p. (folder 20) - Oversize storage
* [Account book], 1935-1942, 1 v. Re curio store accounts and personal expenses (folder 21)
* Inventory sheets, 1935-1945, 1.5 cm. Re game heads, furs, beadwork, curios (folder 22) - Oversize storage
* Fur dealer's record (N. K. Luxton, dealer), 1936-1944, 1 v. (folder 23)
* Fur dealer's record, 1937, 1949, 1 v. (folder 24)
* [Account book], 1942-1944, 1 v. Re curio store accounts (folder 25)
* [Account ledger], 1944-1945, 1 v. Re curio store accounts (folder 26)
*[Inventory and stock ledger], 1945-1946, 1 v. (folder 27)
*Stock sheets, 1948-1953, 1 cm (5 sets). Sets are: April 1948 - March 1949, April 1949 - March 1950, April 1950 - March 1951, April 1951 to March 1952, April 1952 to March 1953. (folder 28, 29, 30)
* [Expense and inventory ledger], 1961, 1 v. (folder 40)
* Stoney Indians 1961 received : [account sheets], 1961, 2 p. (folder 41) - Oversize storage
* Inventory : [account sheets], before 1962, 16p. (3 sets). Appears to pertain to native arts, goods and supplies. One set is titled "Fort St. James" (folder 42)
Sub-series consists of account ledgers pertaining to advertising accounts and paper products purchases (tickets, envelopes, cards, menus, passes, etc.) of Banff businesses, organizations and individuals
Sub-series consists of account ledgers pertaining to advertising accounts and paper products purchases (tickets, envelopes, cards, menus, passes, etc.) of Banff businesses, organizations and individuals
Sub-series consists of ledgers pertaining to King Edward Hotel supplies and suppliers, employees, bar accounts, groceries, etc., 1904-1910; and King Edward livery and garage accounts, 1912-1926
Sub-series consists of ledgers pertaining to King Edward Hotel supplies and suppliers, employees, bar accounts, groceries, etc., 1904-1910; and King Edward livery and garage accounts, 1912-1926
Related Material
See also : [Coal accounts ledger and index book]. -- 1912, 1922-1923. -- 2 v. -- 1912 portion of ledger pertains to livery. (folder 55)
Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Content Details
LIST OF VOLUMES (LUX / I / C1 - 46 to 54):
* [Account ledger], 1904-1906, 1 v. (folder 46)
* Account book, ca.1905, 1 v. Re employees and grocery accounts. Found inside 1906-1908 account ledger (folder 47)
* [Account ledger], 1906-1908, 1 v. (folder 47)
* [Account ledger], 1909, 1 v. (folder 48)
* Bar ledger, 1909-1910, 1 v. (folder 49)
* [Account ledger], 1909-1910, 1 v. Re liquor inventory, staff lists, grocery inventory, etc (folder 50)
* Hotel King Edward : [bar ledger], 1910, 1 v. (folder 51)
* [King Edward livery ledgers], 1912-1915, 2 v. (folder 52) - Oversize storage
* King Edward garage : [account book], 1919, 1 v. (folder 53)
* King Edward livery : [account book], 1926, 1 v. (folder 54)
* Old livery inventory cars, undated, .5 cm (folder 52) - Oversize storage
Sub-series pertains to business, properties, rentals, banking, house and personal accounts
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Alberta
Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Content Details
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)
Sub-series consists of coal accounts ledger books. Each volume has an index, either separate or at the beginning of the volume. One volume includes a portion pertaining to the King Edward livery, 1912 (folder 55)
Sub-series consists of coal accounts ledger books. Each volume has an index, either separate or at the beginning of the volume. One volume includes a portion pertaining to the King Edward livery, 1912 (folder 55)
File consists of panorama negatives pertaining to antelope hunt on the Red Deer River near Brooks, October 1905, 5 items (folder 6); mountain sheep hunt north of Banff Park, ca.1909 (folder 7), 25 items; Jasper trip with Howard Douglas, ca.1910 (folder 8) 18 items; also prints and negatives pertain…
File consists of panorama negatives pertaining to antelope hunt on the Red Deer River near Brooks, October 1905, 5 items (folder 6); mountain sheep hunt north of Banff Park, ca.1909 (folder 7), 25 items; Jasper trip with Howard Douglas, ca.1910 (folder 8) 18 items; also prints and negatives pertaining to: Nordegg hunting trip, 1919; Brooks hunting trip, 1941; and Didsbury hunting trip, 1942; bear hunting, fishing trips, hunting dogs, birds, taxidermy
File pertains to Pablo-Allard buffalo round-up, 1908, including panorama negatives and prints (ca.100 items) (folders 9, 10) and set of 12 mailing cards titled "Portfolio Views Buffalo (folder 11); and to horse round-up in Ya-Ha-Tinda area, 1917, panorama negatives and prints, 22 items (folders 12,…
ca.125 photographs (ca.40 prints, ca.85 negatives). -- 1 item of print material (set of 12 mailing cards)
Scope & Content
File pertains to Pablo-Allard buffalo round-up, 1908, including panorama negatives and prints (ca.100 items) (folders 9, 10) and set of 12 mailing cards titled "Portfolio Views Buffalo (folder 11); and to horse round-up in Ya-Ha-Tinda area, 1917, panorama negatives and prints, 22 items (folders 12, 13)
Related Material
Reminiscences are found in LUX / I / D4 - 3, 4. Related photographs are found in Norman Luxton photograph albums: LUX / I / D6c
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 receipts, notes, newsclippings, memberships, certificate, handbooks and other ephemera pertaining to the Tilikum voyage and life in Australia, 1901-1902. Includes original copy of Fiji Times, September 18, 1901, and comic certificate received by Norman Luxton.
File consists of receipts, notes, newsclippings, memberships, certificate, handbooks and other ephemera pertaining to the Tilikum voyage and life in Australia, 1901-1902. Includes original copy of Fiji Times, September 18, 1901, and comic certificate received by Norman Luxton.
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
Sub-series consists of files pertaining to income tax, school tax and other personal finances; records pertaining to leases, businesses, rents, properties and speculations; insurance policies re businesses and properties; other legal and financial records
Sub-series consists of files pertaining to income tax, school tax and other personal finances; records pertaining to leases, businesses, rents, properties and speculations; insurance policies re businesses and properties; other legal and financial records
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Title based on contents of sub-series
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LIST OF FILES (LUX / I / C4 - 1 to 27) :
Note: File titles are based on contents of file unless indicated
* Crag and Canyon records, 1901-1944, 1.5 cm. Re lease agreements; equipment, supplies and property; first issue; other. Includes letter of application, nd, and press pass, 1912 (folder 1)
* Plans and blueprints, after 1902, 13 items (folder 2) - Oversize storage - List of items below
* Curio and taxidermy business records and products, 1906-1908, 1935, 14 textual records, 2 photographs, 3 sets of miniature photographs. Promotional material in the form of Taxidermy Store calendars, 1906, 1907, business cards, brochure and letterhead; curio store products (miniature photograph sets; some or all images by George Luxton, ca.1910); Trade Mark and Design Act application, registration certificate and supporting documents. Includes oversize material (folder 3)
* Game permits and notes, 1907-1932, 5 cm, fragile condition (folders 4, 5)
* Legal records, ca.1905-ca.1925, 2.5 cm. Re King Edward Hotel, Exshaw Trading Co., King Edward Livery and other businesses and consist of business agreements and financial records re insolvency and land indentures (folders 6, 7)
* Financial records, 1909-1911, 4 textual records. List of creditors, 1909; insurance statement, 1909?; assignee's statement of assets, 1911 (folder 8)
* Insurance policies, 1911-1925, 1.5 cm. Re King Edward Hotel, curio store, Crag and Canyon, Tanglewood, houses. Oversize storage (folder 9)
* Mount Royal Hotel, 1914, 1 cm. Correspondence, quotes and specifications re re-building of the hotel (folder 10)
* Morley Trading Co records, 1917-1918, 1 cm. Receipts, expense sheets, account sheets and statements (folder 11)
* King Edward livery / garage records, 1915-1921, .5 cm. Re National Park livery tariffs, regulations and promotion, 1915-1918; and King Edward garage purchase agreement, 1921 (folder 12)
* Lease assignment records, 1917, 1919, 3 textual records. Re lease transfers from Georgia Luxton to Norman Luxton and Norman Luxton to the Merchants Bank of Canada (folder 13)
* Income tax records, 1919-1953, 1.5 cm. Tax records for the following years: 1919 to 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1942 to 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953 (folder 14)
* Lease sale records, 1920, .5 cm. Re sale of Villa Lot and dwelling by Norman Luxton to the Earl of Minto (folder 15)
* Winnipeg property tax records, 1920-1948, .5 cm. Re Winnipeg property held by Georgina Luxton c/o Norman Luxton (folder 16)
* Municipal District of Shepard property tax notices, 1921-1932, .5 cm. Re property held by Norman Luxton at Chestermere Lake, Alberta (folder 17)
* School tax records, 1922-1954, 3.5 cm (folders 18, 19, 20)
* Statement of liabilities and assets, 1928-1946, .5 cm. Re N. K. Luxton with Imperial Bank of Canada (folder 21)
* Accountant statements of income and expenditure, 1928-1954, 5 cm. Statements include correspondence, tax documents and related documents (folders 22, 23)
* "Geological report on petroleum and natural gas leases in Morleyville settlement and Grand Valley district" / John A. Allan, 1929, 1 v. Report includes letters, photographs, diagrams and maps. Accompanied by letters. "Geological report" / John A. Allan, 1929, 1 v. Re Grand Valley leases and duplicates a portion of the full report "Geological report on petroleum and natural gas leases . . ." (folder 24)
* Lease and indenture agreements, 1935-1949, 11 textual records (1 cm). Re King Edward Hotel, drug store, garage and livery. Signees include Norman Luxton, the Calgary Brewing and Malting Company, James I. McLeod, the Banff Motor Company, E. J. Langridge, Dr. Gilbert Atkin, Hugh A. Gourlay, the King Edward Hotel Company, George Brewster, and Brewster Transport Company (folder 25)
* Banff land rent and utilities accounts invoices, ca.1955, 1 cm (folder 26)
* Other material, 1898-1935, 1.5 cm. Guidebooks, report, letterhead, business cards, menus, notes, miscellaneous (folder 27)
PLANS AND BLUEPRINTS (LUX / I / C4 - 2):
* Athalmer townsite : [annotated townsite plan and lot price list], 1912, two annotations
* Sketch of part of the Villa Lot section Banff Alberta showing outlined in pink leased lands affected by proposed subdivision, 1917
* Sketch suggestion for revised design for apartment building, 1939
* Proposed auto court on Lot 3A, Banff Alta for Mr. N. K. Luxton, plan showing general layout : [pencil sketch and blueprint] / Arthur J. Wade, 1941, 2 items
* Proposed cabins to be built on auto court for Mr. N. K. Luxton on Lot 3A, Banff Alta : [pemcil sketch] / Arthur J. Wade, 1941
* [Imperial Oil Ltd. service station plans], 1955, 2 items
* Reference plan of Town of Banff : [annotated plan], after 1956, Luxton properties have been shaded
* Proposed temporary storage shed on Lot 4 Block 5, Banff Alta for Mr. N. K. Luxton, after 1902. Site of proposed shed was behind the Crag and Canyon building
* Revised rear elevation proposed addition to Crag & Canyon bldg for N. K. Luxton, Banff Alta, before 1950
* Store front for N. K. Luxton, Banff : [pencil sketch], before 1962
* [Annotated section ownership plan], before 1962. Plan is for area along Athabaska River near Moose Lake and Calling Lake