File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and photocopied clippings pertaining to Chamber of Commerce activities, tourism, the National Park centennial, skiing and ski hills, the Olympics, and other community events throughout Banff National Park.
4 cm of textual records (46 pages ; 27.5 x 38.5 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and photocopied clippings pertaining to Chamber of Commerce activities, tourism, the National Park centennial, skiing and ski hills, the Olympics, and other community events throughout Banff National Park.
File consists of 23 photographs pertaining to friends and extended family members of Eleanor Luxton. Includes wedding and graduation photos; portraits of babies, children and families; personal travel photos; and other related materials.
23 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 23 photographs pertaining to friends and extended family members of Eleanor Luxton. Includes wedding and graduation photos; portraits of babies, children and families; personal travel photos; and other related materials.
File consists of personal photographs of Maud and Forest Kidney and their extended family, and photographs from the Bow Valley Minor Hockey League. Content pertains to Maud and Forest Kidney's Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1973; Maud and Forest with family and friends including Karin and Betty MacA…
35 photographs : col. prints ; 12.5 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of personal photographs of Maud and Forest Kidney and their extended family, and photographs from the Bow Valley Minor Hockey League. Content pertains to Maud and Forest Kidney's Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1973; Maud and Forest with family and friends including Karin and Betty MacAulay, Bill Dunbar, Ilse Shaw and Mrs. Lundholm [first name unknown] and several unnamed individuals; a trip to Quebec City in 1989; Jill MacAulay's wedding; garden views; and unidentified players and coaches from the Bow Valley Minor Hockey League.
Notes
Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.
M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including cor…
154 cm of textual records. -- 1304 photographs (1190 prints, 95 negatives, 19 transparencies). -- 6 photograph albums.
History / Biographical
The Wardle family was comprised of husband and wife, James Morey Wardle (June 26,1888 - May 18,1971) and Maud Leette (Roney) Wardle (May 24,1889 - December 1,1969), and their one child, Dorothy Hope Wardle (May 23,1919 - July 20,2003).
James Wardle, born in Chiliwack, British Columbia, was a civil engineer and public servant. He was the Superintendent of Banff National Park from 1918-1921, Chief Engineer for Parks Canada from 1921-1935, and Deputy Minister of the Interior from 1935-1936. He is primarily known as a highway design engineer, particularly for building the Banff-Windermere, Banff-Lake Louise, and Banff-Jasper highways. He was a councillor for the Municipality of Rockcliffe Park in Ontario and he was the President of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies in Banff from 1925-1929. Mount Wardle in Vermillion was named after him in 1921. James married Leette on November 4, 1913, with whom he had one child, Dorothy.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy (also known as Dot and Dorie) grew up in Banff, Alberta and Ottawa, Ontario, due to her father's position with the federal government. She was educated at the Mountain School in Banff and at the Elmwood School in Ottawa. All three family members were graduates of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. James graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Leette graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and in 1942, Dorothy also earned a Bachelor's degree. Dorothy was prominent in student life and active in athletics. In 1941, Dorothy became the first woman elected as President of the Alma Mater Society and during her academic career, Dorothy was a member of the Levana Intercollegiate Debative, University Centenary Committee, and Queen’s War Aid Commission.
Dorothy spent her career as a freelance writer however, upon graduation she served as the first Secretary-In-Charge of Records at Carleton College (now Carleton University) from 1942-1944 in Ottawa and in the mid-1950s worked as a secretary for the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary. Dorothy pursued a lifelong interest in traveling, art, and antiques. Although she was fiercely proud and protective of Banff and the Park, and remained a volunteer and patron of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Dorothy eventually settled in Sidney, British Columbia and shared an apartment with Sheila Iris Ritchie, with whom Dorothy travelled extensively. After her death in 2003, Dorothy, "Dorie," was laid to rest alongside her parents in the Old Banff Cemetery.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two sous-fonds: M521 and V75.
M521 consists of four series, 154 cm, ca.1870-2002. Series I: Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers, 69.5 cm, ca.1870-2002 (includes Dorothy's written work and research and notes related to Banff). Series II: Wardle Family, 32.5 cm, 1872-1998 (including correspondence with Carl Rungius and Mrs. Helen Brett, and Christmas and other greeting cards from Peter and Catharine Whyte). Series III: Queen's University, 7.5 cm, 1911-1980 (including graduation certificates for each family member and records pertaining to Dorothy's participation on the Alma Mater Society). Series IV: Travel, 44.5 cm, ca.1950-1988 (includes hand-written notebooks meticulously detailing their travels).
V75 consists of two series, 79.5 cm, ca. 1912-2001. Series I: Wardle Family, ca. 1912-1971, 6 albums, 31 cm of photograph prints and negatives (including family trips, trail rides in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and family gatherings). Series II: Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001, 34 cm of photograph prints, negatives, and transparencies (including Dorothy's travels in Alberta and British Columbia, overseas, and various outings with friends).
File consists of correspondence, order forms, price lists and other documents pertaining to merchandise orders made through the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Includes commemorative pins, buttons, crests and buckles; t-shirts; and 75th anniversary miniature bronze statues by artist Malcolm "…
3.5 cm of textual records (21.5 x 28 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of correspondence, order forms, price lists and other documents pertaining to merchandise orders made through the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Includes commemorative pins, buttons, crests and buckles; t-shirts; and 75th anniversary miniature bronze statues by artist Malcolm "Mac" MacKenzie.
Notes
Items are organized into three folders based on contents and date ranges [see "Content Details"].
File pertains to 91 b&w & colour negatives of the Banff Centre's 50th Anniversary Celebration on May 8, 1983, demolition of the "Original Homestead" house, an unidentified group event, the Howse Pass Memorial dedication in 1981, and views of Banff from the top of Tunnel Mountain.
File pertains to 91 b&w & colour negatives of the Banff Centre's 50th Anniversary Celebration on May 8, 1983, demolition of the "Original Homestead" house, an unidentified group event, the Howse Pass Memorial dedication in 1981, and views of Banff from the top of Tunnel Mountain.
File pertains to 32 b&w prints of former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed and his family being guided up Mount Lougheed in Kananaskis Country as part of the 75 anniversary of Alberta joining Canadian Confederation.
Also includes 3 copies of a clipping from the front page of the August 30, 1980 editio…
File pertains to 32 b&w prints of former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed and his family being guided up Mount Lougheed in Kananaskis Country as part of the 75 anniversary of Alberta joining Canadian Confederation.
Also includes 3 copies of a clipping from the front page of the August 30, 1980 edition of The Weekend Herald featuring a photograph of the Lougheeds and their guides on the mountain peak, as well as a clipping from a July 1997 Kananskis newspaper featuring an interview with Lougheed.
File pertains to 78 b&w & col. negatives on 15 strips of 35mm film of former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed and his family being guided up Mount Lougheed in Kananaskis Country as part of the 75 anniversary of Alberta joining Canadian Confederation and Lougheed opening the Kananaskis Golf Course in …
File pertains to 78 b&w & col. negatives on 15 strips of 35mm film of former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed and his family being guided up Mount Lougheed in Kananaskis Country as part of the 75 anniversary of Alberta joining Canadian Confederation and Lougheed opening the Kananaskis Golf Course in July, 1983.
File consists of published materials produced by Ben Gadd between 1989 and 1992. File includes various newspaper articles pertaining to wildlife and the environment in Jasper National Park and other areas of the Canadian Rockies; letters by Ben Gadd sent to various newspaper editors pertaining to e…
File consists of published materials produced by Ben Gadd between 1989 and 1992. File includes various newspaper articles pertaining to wildlife and the environment in Jasper National Park and other areas of the Canadian Rockies; letters by Ben Gadd sent to various newspaper editors pertaining to environmental issues and industrial development; and copies of a speech written by Ben summarizing how he and his wife Cia met and describing their wedding day in 1965, which Ben presented in honour of their 25th wedding anniversary.
File consists of approved drafts of three articles which Ben Gadd wrote on behalf of Parks Canada Interpretive Services while employed as a Park Naturalist. Articles pertain to waterfall climbing, the 75th anniversary of Jasper National Park, and a summary of the 1981 summer interpretive season. Fi…
File consists of approved drafts of three articles which Ben Gadd wrote on behalf of Parks Canada Interpretive Services while employed as a Park Naturalist. Articles pertain to waterfall climbing, the 75th anniversary of Jasper National Park, and a summary of the 1981 summer interpretive season. File includes a copy of an article titled "Happy 75th Anniversary, Jasper National Park" which was printed in the Jasper Booster newspaper.