Album consists of 14 photographs and accompanying notes pertaining to various historical events in Alberta. Photographs in album pertain to the Ranchmen's Club in Calgary; an unidentified Stoney Nakoda chief receiving royalty payments for oil extraction in 1929; a group of police officers gathered …
Album consists of 14 photographs and accompanying notes pertaining to various historical events in Alberta. Photographs in album pertain to the Ranchmen's Club in Calgary; an unidentified Stoney Nakoda chief receiving royalty payments for oil extraction in 1929; a group of police officers gathered outside of a building [possibly the North-West Mounted Police Barracks in Canmore]; a cattle ranch, possibly located on a Blackfoot reserve; and other related subjects.
Notes
Photographs are copies of older images which were reproduced by Eleanor Luxton, ca.1955-1960. Dates and ownership details of original images is unknown.
File consists of photographs sent to Norman Luxton from various friends, including "Red" [Cathcart?], Eugene LaPorte, Woodworth and Theodora Campbell, the Green family, and Ernest Maunder. Content pertains to Red [Cathcart's?] work transporting oil to mines, and views from his travels in British Co…
77 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs sent to Norman Luxton from various friends, including "Red" [Cathcart?], Eugene LaPorte, Woodworth and Theodora Campbell, the Green family, and Ernest Maunder. Content pertains to Red [Cathcart's?] work transporting oil to mines, and views from his travels in British Columbia and Camp Debert in Nova Scotia; Eugene LaPorte fishing near Lake Ontario; Indigenous communities in Panama [sent by Mr. and Mrs. Campbell]; photos of the Green family [names missing]; photos from a community and nearby forested areas [location and source unknown] with detailed notes on back of related personal memories; Ernest Maunder's model boat hobby; "Dorothy" feeding geese in February 1954 in Inglewood [region in Calgary?]; and photographs of various wildlife by J.H. [Jack?] Munroe.
Notes
Some photographs have annotations on back. Items LUX/I/E4/PA-389 and 397 also have directions and illustrations of property layouts
The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches…
57 cm textual records. -- 50 cm of photographs : prints. -- 189 photographs (15 framed prints, 51 transparencies, 79 negatives; 44 copy negatives). -- 3 photograph albums (139 prints). -- 6 motion pictures. -- 9 sound recordings
Scope & Content
The Archives General File is an artificial collection of accessions which do not constitute separate fonds or collections or cannot be placed within existing fonds or collections. Included in the collection are textual records of many types, such as manuscripts, reports, letters, diaries, speeches, poetry, plans and others; photographs in the form of prints, negatives, transparencies, albums, postcards, etc.; sound recorded interviews and programmes; and motion pictures. Material pertains broadly to the Banff area and many other areas within the Archives collecting mandate.
Notable items include: Walter Wilcox letter; George Kinney report; interviews with Bill Round and Edward Feuz; original copy of Treaty Number Seven; Mary Schaffer material, including letters, notes, photograph and report; reports on the Nakimu Caves; film pertaining to Banff Winter Carnival; Georgia Engelhard letters and photos; plans for buildings and structures; George Noble photograph; W. S. Park photograph.
File consists of 32 b&w miniature prints. File pertains to material donated by others than the Harmon Family but has been attributed to Byron Harmon. Prints pertain to views assembled for miniature print sets sold by Byron Harmon of views along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Aborigina…
V263 / II / F / 1: Attributed Commercial Materials
Reference Code
V263 / II / F / 1 / PA - 1 to 2
Date Range
[ca.1915 to ca.1930]
Physical Description
Photographs: 32 prints, b&w
Scope & Content
File consists of 32 b&w miniature prints. File pertains to material donated by others than the Harmon Family but has been attributed to Byron Harmon. Prints pertain to views assembled for miniature print sets sold by Byron Harmon of views along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Aboriginal and First Nations subjects. Subjects include the Cisco Bridge, the Connaught Tunnel, Train at Albert Canyon, Hell's Gate, Upper Spiral Tunnel, Stoney Creek Bridge, Kicking Horse Canyon, Lower Spiral Tunnel, Albert Canyon, Mount Burgess at Emerald Lake, Takakaw Falls, Mount Stephen at Field, East Portal of Connaught Tunnel, Mount Sir Donald; unidentified totem pole. Stoney First Nations individuals pictured include Jacob Swampy; George Hunter, Betsy or Eliza Hunter, and family; John Peacemaker and Brother and Family; Maggie Hunter; Hector Crawler; Alec House; Joe Stevens (Wi-wa-kun); Morley Beaver and Family; Mark Poucette; Unidentified group of children posed in front of tipis; Jonas Ear; Winnie [could be Wesley or Simeon] and Arthur Twoyoungmen.
Titles of miniature print packages:
V263 / II / F / PA - 1: 16 Miniature Photographs of the Canadian Rockies, Photographed and Published by Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada
V263 / II / F / PA - 2: 16 Miniature Photographs of Indians of Western Canada, Photographed and Published by Byron Harmon, Banff, Canada
Identifications of Stoney First Nations pictured in miniature print portraits were provided through the Recognizing Relations project.