File consists of 33 black and white photographs, 10 x 15.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to community events and scenic places in and around Banff, primarily in the 1920's and 1930's. Photographs document Banff Winter Carnival/Festival, Banff Indian Days, swimming at Cave and Basin, Moraine La…
File consists of 33 black and white photographs, 10 x 15.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to community events and scenic places in and around Banff, primarily in the 1920's and 1930's. Photographs document Banff Winter Carnival/Festival, Banff Indian Days, swimming at Cave and Basin, Moraine Lake, and Lake Minnewanka.
Notes
One photograph is annotated on the back, "Moraine Lake"
The swimsuits that were used at the Cave and Basin were rentals and resemble those used between ca. 1915 and 1930
3 photographs appear to be of a pharmacy; if it is Charlie Reid's pharmacy these photographs will date after 1936, as that is the year that Charlie opened his pharmacy. One of these photographs is annotated with "Part of our Fountain" on the back.
File consists of two hand-written letters from Father Robert McGuinness to Alfred Roberts, comprising 7 sheets and 2 envelopes, H27.5 x W21 cm to H9.5 x W16.5. One letter is dated February 11, 1955. One letter is dated October 26, 1954. Topics discussed include: McGuinness' role as inspecting engin…
0.05 cm of textual records (9 pages ; 21 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of two hand-written letters from Father Robert McGuinness to Alfred Roberts, comprising 7 sheets and 2 envelopes, H27.5 x W21 cm to H9.5 x W16.5.
One letter is dated February 11, 1955.
One letter is dated October 26, 1954.
Topics discussed include: McGuinness' role as inspecting engineer for the Banff Springs Hotel expansion; McGuinness' travels and religious education in Rome and Wales; architecture (primarily the Norman Chateau style) of St. Mary's Parish, including sketches; traveling to Liverpool by ship; and material he used while presiding over a wedding service.
Notes
Letters were posted to Alfred V. Roberts in San Diego. McGuinness mentions in one of the letters that Alfred was also an engineer and that they were in Canada at some point together.
File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of…
Some photographs produced by Associated Screen News Ltd., Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Byron Harmon
Date Range
[ca. 1910]
[ca. 1920 - ca. 1930]
[ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]
1941 - 1944
1950
1954
1956
[ca. 1960 - ca. 1970]
1967 - 1969
Physical Description
1 album (193 b&w photographs ; 20 x 25.5 cm or smaller -- 2 textual records)
Scope & Content
File consists of one personal photograph album [likely created by Eleanor Luxton]. Content pertains to staff members of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Aircraft Division and related events including a dinner party in New York, as well as friends and relatives of the Luxton family. Includes images of Eleanor Luxton as a child and as an adult, group and individual portraits of mostly unidentified individuals [likely immediate and extended family and friends of Eleanor, including Norman and Georgina Luxton], unidentified children playing, images from the Calgary Stampede parade [ca. 1940s], unidentified Indigenous groups and individuals [possibly Stoney Nakoda community members during Banff Indian Days], Dr. Casey's Ranch [1944], and a family picnic. File also includes one small textual record describing a 1943 Curtiss-Wright Corporation staff event, as well as an annotated Christmas card from Ruth and Frank Neustadt [n.d.].
Notes
Some items are annotated on back
Items not in chronological or other clear order
Material Details
Album has clear plastic layer on surface of front and back covers
Green plastic stitched around border of both covers and side bindings
File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and…
106 photographs : b&w negatives, glass ; 16.3 x 12 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of black and white glass negative photographs that pertain to George Paris family, friends, activities, recreation and sports; Banff people, places and events; Banff area and Canadian Rockies views. Photographs depict the Banff townsite, winter sports, views from mountain summits, and the Sanitarium Hotel.
Notes
Duplicate positive glass slide of NG-101 depicting black bear
1 Interior of cave at Cave and Basin sulphur springs, Banff
2 Banff Springs Hotel from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1904]
3 Cascade Mountain and Bow River bridge, 1904?
4 Mount Rundle and Bow River bridge, 1904
5 Group on snowshoes
6 Banff Springs Hotel and Mount Rundle, 1904?
7 Sanitarium Hotel after heavy snowfall, 1903
8 Brett House and Sanitarium Hotel, 1898
9 Brett House, 1903?
10 Brett House, 1903
11 Sulphur Mountain Observatory, 1903
12 Bow River Boat House at sunset
13 Grand View Villa at the Upper Hot Springs, 1905
14 Paris house-under construction on Banff Avenue, 1902
15 N.W.M.P. barracks at Banff?
16 Sanitarium Hotel and Bow River bridge, 1908
17 Ida and Cyril Paris behind buildings at Lake Minnewanka, 1904
18 [Casey Oliver?] and interior of Brett Drug Store
19 Brett Drug Store (first drug store in Banff)
20 Charlie Barbour and Miss Thomson in school room, [ca.1905]
21 Tunnel Mountain, east side, and Bow Valley looking east
22 Hoodoos on Tunnel Mountain, Banff
23 Mount Rundle from the Cave and Basin Road, 1900
24 Cascade Mountain and Bow River after rainstorm, 1902
25 North face of Mount Rundle from Loop Drive
26 Mount Edith and the Bow River
27 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek
28 Middle hot springs before it caved in, 1898
29 Mount Rundle and Forty Mile Creek in winter
30 Vermilion Lake in winter
31 Taxidermist Bob Robertson with large sheep head
32 Curling at Banff Front to back: Arthur Saddington, Ralph Edwards, Bill Mather
33 Group on the porch of the Brett Sanitarium Hotel, 1893
34 Hartley going over Bow Falls in boat, 1902
35 George Paris skating on old curling rink, 1901
36 Ida Paris and Mrs. Hatfield boating on Echo Creek, [ca.1900]
37 Ida Paris in canoe on Echo Creek ca, 1900
38 Ida Paris in boat on Forty Mile Creek, 1899
39 Ida Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes (Boulder Creek), 1899
40 George Paris fishing from boat on channel between First and Second Vermilion Lakes, 1899
41, 42 Group outside hospital. Front: Fern Brewster, Claude Frost, Vivian Galletly holding Adeline Fulcher, Jack Frost (Brewster), Syd Frost (later Mrs. Syd Graves). Back row: Ethel Fulcher Ronald, Ida Paris holding Cyril, Mrs. William Frost (later Mrs. Bill Brewster), Mrs. Celia (Lowther) Harrison, Mrs. Jim Brewster, 1904
43 George and Ida Paris, 1903
44 George Paris skating an Forty Mile Creek, 1905
45 George Paris snowshoeing on the Bow River, 1901
46 Bodyguard (Sikhs) of Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V) during Banff visit, 1901
47 [Three nurses?] and Chinese man [at Brett Hospital?]
48 Dr. White, [Raymond Rooper?], Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, Mrs. Brett, Harry Brett at the Brett home, [ca.1903]
49 George Paris skating on the Bow River, 1905
50 George Paris skating on Willow Creek, 1905
51 Ida Paris and others in the Basin, 1900
52 George Paris skating on the Bow River, [ca.1905]
53 George Paris snowshoeing on Bow Falls, 1902
54 Nurse McLauchlin and another nurse in Sanitarium Hospital
55 Sydney Frost (Brewster) (later Mrs. Syd Graves)
56 Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Mrs. Brett, Dr. R. G. Brett, Mrs. Brett's sister, [ca.1903]
57 Sid Baker on snowshoes
58 Group at Lake Minnewanka: Ida Paris with Cyril, Mrs. Fulcher with Ronald, Miss Thompson, Charley Barbour, and two girls, 1904
59 Ida Parts and Cyril, 1904
60 Hockey game on Banff's first skating rink on the Bow River, 1894
61 Chinese laundrymen [or cooks?] at the Sanitarium Hotel, [ca.1898]
62 Raymond Rooper with baby and dog, ca. 1903
63 Raymond Rooper and Mrs. Donna Rooper, ca. 1903
64 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904
65 Ida Paris, Guusie Atkinson, Harry Lang and Harry Symonds with Cyril Paris, 1904
66 Cyril Paris in baby carriage, 1904
67 Ida Paris and Kit Storry, 1903
68 Herb and Ted Parts with nurses, 1911
69 Ida Paris with kitten Murphy
70 [Cyril Paris?] in the backyard, 1905?
71 Nurse Natress and three guests at the Sanitarium Hotel
72 Mrs. Brett, Dr. White, Marion Cardell, Dr. Brett, and woman, [ca.1903]
73 Ida Paris and three ladies on horses on top of Sulphur Mountain, 1901
74 Frank, Cyril (baby), Ida and George Paris, 1905
75 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1904
76 Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909
77 George and Ida Paris with baby Cyril, 1905
78 Phillip Ashton with Cyril, Ida and Georgie Paris, 1909
79 Ida and Cyril Paris, 1905
80 Ida Winberg (Paris), Charlie Barbour, Ruby Bryant during picnic on the river, 1902
81 Ida Paris with Cyril and Nurse McLauchlin, 1904
82 Echo Creek, 1899
83 Camp near Mount Assiniboine during pack trip led by Bill Peyto, 1900
84 Bow River and boathouse at Banff
85 Cerulean Lake
86 The Three Sisters
87 View of the summit of Mount Rundle showing Sulphur Mountain and the Bow Valley
88 Devil's Canyon
89 Basin end bathhouse with D. D. Galletly
90 View looking west from Banff? after snowstorm, 1906
91 Old Banff bridge, Banff town site and Cascade Mountain, 1898
92 View from summit of Mount Rundle, 1898
93 View from summit of Mount Rundle showing Mount Assiniboine and Sulphur Range, 1899
94 Falls at Upper Hot Springs, 1898
95 Mount Rundle reflected in the Bow River
96 Lime kiln on Tunnel Mountain above Deer Street, 1897
97 View from Sulphur Mountain showing Banff town site, Cascade Mountain, Tunnel Mountain, and the Bow Valley, 1898
98 Town of Banff from Tunnel Mountain, [ca.1900]
99 Cascade Mountain, Bow River bridge and town of Banff, {ca.1900]
100 View of Banff town site and fire at Bankhead from the Sanitarium Hotel, 1905
101 Fred Ballard's bear
102 Dr. Brett's greyhounds
103 Goats in animal paddocks
104 Mountain sheep head
105 Buffalo herd with Mount Rundle in the background, 1901
File consists of 55 black and white photographs, 10 x 15.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to Charles Reid and friends participating in various golfing events in and around Banff from ca. 1920 to 1940. Photographs document a golfing trip and several golf tournaments at the Banff Springs Golf Cou…
File consists of 55 black and white photographs, 10 x 15.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to Charles Reid and friends participating in various golfing events in and around Banff from ca. 1920 to 1940. Photographs document a golfing trip and several golf tournaments at the Banff Springs Golf Course.
Notes
One photograph of a group of men includes Charles Reid and Col. Philip Moore (Edmee Moore's father); this photo is also annotated on the back with "Charlie Reid"
Item consists of one bound album of 158 black and white photographs and one train ticket, H18.5 x W28.5 cm. Photographs pertain to travels in Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise, Yoho National Park, Kootenay National Park, and Vancouver Island. Other points of interest that are depicted in the photographs …
Marjorie Youhill, born c.1910s, was born, raised, and worked in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was a Christian Scientist, had one stepsister, and never married. Marjorie retired in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where she died at the Glengarry Hospital. She left her financial estate to Loreen Dunklee, her cousin.
Scope & Content
Item consists of one bound album of 158 black and white photographs and one train ticket, H18.5 x W28.5 cm. Photographs pertain to travels in Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise, Yoho National Park, Kootenay National Park, and Vancouver Island. Other points of interest that are depicted in the photographs include: Banff Springs golf course, Bow Falls, Cave and Basin, Sulphur Mountain Chalet, Takakkaw Falls, and Lakes O'Hara and McArthur.
Notes
Album also contains a train ticket for the Canadian Pacific Railway traveling from Winnipeg to Banff, dated August 7, 1948.
File consists of one photograph album containing 224 black and white photograph prints, one newspaper clipping and one pressed plant. Many photographs are annotated in white lettering or on reverse sides.
Content pertains to family members and friends of Maud Woodworth and depicts people posing in …
1 album (224 photographs : b&w) dimensions TBD - see "Admin Notes"
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album containing 224 black and white photograph prints, one newspaper clipping and one pressed plant. Many photographs are annotated in white lettering or on reverse sides.
Content pertains to family members and friends of Maud Woodworth and depicts people posing in military uniforms, horseback riding/packing trips in the Canadian Rockies, portraits of various family members, Maud Woodworth at the Banff Winter Carnival ice palace, numerous babies and young children, skiing, children playing, horseback riding and ranching, camping, hiking, swimming, the Bankhead monument, and boating.
Locations include Bear Creek, Brazeau Lake, Nigel Pass, Banff Springs Hotel, the Woodworth home in Banff, Cave and Basin, "The Great Divide" [Alberta/British Columbia border], and Vancouver.
Individuals include Joe Woodworth, Annie and Maud Woodworth, Mary and Margaret Simpson [later known as the "Simpson Sisters"], "Billie" and numerous others who are mostly unnamed.
Newspaper clipping pertains to Will Rogers memorial ice sculpture, n.d.
Notes
Some photographs annotated on reverse side with information re: individuals in photograph, location, etc.
Negatives have been removed from album [see "Conservation" notes]; newspaper clipping and pressed plant kept in album
Condition report completed by Karol Hancik in July 2017.
Pressed plant in album has been encapsulated to prevent damage to other album materials
5 black and white negatives have been removed from album and will be stored with other V324 negatives in separate file box in downstairs vault, processed under V324 / I / A / NA
Album has been interleaved with acid-free tissue paper
Series consists of: one postcard inside a protective cover (H9 x W14.5 cm) one hand-written note (H14.5 x W15 cm) one 13-page hand-written memoir/family history by Oswald A. McGuinness (H28 x W21.5 cm) one envelope (H40 x W23 cm) Content includes: McGuinness family tree; history of the McGuinness f…
1 cm of textual records (16 pages ; 23 x 40 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
Series consists of:
one postcard inside a protective cover (H9 x W14.5 cm)
one hand-written note (H14.5 x W15 cm)
one 13-page hand-written memoir/family history by Oswald A. McGuinness (H28 x W21.5 cm)
one envelope (H40 x W23 cm)
Content includes: McGuinness family tree; history of the McGuinness family and their time in Belleville, Ontario; Robert's role as inspecting engineer in the Banff Springs expansion; Robert's artwork on the CPR postcard depicting the spiral tunnels; and the envelope that was used to gift the above items to the Whyte Museum
Notes
Oswald A. McGuinness is the younger brother of Father Robert McGuinness. Oswald was a surveyor and helped build the road from Invermere to Calgary, and he lived in Invermere
The McGuinness family tree goes back to Oswald and Robert's great-grandparents, from Ireland to England and then to Ontario
In the hand-written note, which is undated and the author is unknown although it is possible that it was written by Flora McGuinness when she gave it to Mark Nightingale, an association between Robert and the building of the Bow River Bridge is made
Mark Nightingale also gifted 3 newspaper clippings located in M460 / I / B / 3-5
M460 / II / 1 : created by the Canadian Pacific Railway
File consists of 11.5 cm of textual records, 32 x 42 cm or smaller. Records include: Book of Common Prayer (1872); The Pocket Cook Book by Elizabeth Woody (1942); Guide to Marks of Origin on British and Irish Silver Plate from mid-16th Century to the Year 1943 and Old Sheffield Plate Makers' Marks,…
11.5 cm of textual records (32 x 42 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 11.5 cm of textual records, 32 x 42 cm or smaller. Records include: Book of Common Prayer (1872); The Pocket Cook Book by Elizabeth Woody (1942); Guide to Marks of Origin on British and Irish Silver Plate from mid-16th Century to the Year 1943 and Old Sheffield Plate Makers' Marks, 1743-1860 (1943); four booklets related to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies (1934-1950); a booklet titled "Sir George Simpson Centennial Celebration" (1928); an assortment of recipes; "The Margaret P. Hess Collection" booklet published by the University of Calgary (1977) and a related Calgary Herald newspaper clipping (1986); one Carl Rungius postcard; and six miscellaneous postcards depicting a former school teacher of Leette Wardle (1911), James Wardle at the Cave and Basin (1920), the Wardles in San Francisco (n.d.), two unidentified men (n.d.), and visitors to the Banff Springs Hotel (n.d.).
Notes
Book of Common Prayer inscribed with: “Martha Morey, November 4, 1872. New Westminster, BC. From her mother.” It belonged to James Wardle's mother.
The Pocket Cook Book contains annotations and written notes tucked in among the pages of the book.
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies booklets kept because the Wardles participated in trail rides and there are photos/mentions of James and Dorothy, and possibly Leette.
The "Sir George Simpson Centennial Celebration" booklet contains a photograph print between pages 32 and 33.
Some of the postcards are annotated on the back, specifically the postcard depicting the Banff Springs Hotel which is addressed to Dorothy.
File consists of one photograph album, comprising 183 photographs, H12 x W17.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to Charlie Reid and his family and friends during, predominantly, the 1920's. The first photograph is of a child and man; the child looks like it could be Charlie Reid at around 4 to 5 …
1 album (183 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of one photograph album, comprising 183 photographs, H12 x W17.5 cm or smaller.
Photographs pertain to Charlie Reid and his family and friends during, predominantly, the 1920's. The first photograph is of a child and man; the child looks like it could be Charlie Reid at around 4 to 5 years old.
Photographs document sports and recreation (races, sledding, skiing, snowshoeing, track, canoeing, golf, camping, horseback riding, fishing), events at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival (Festival), Highland gathering, Herald road race, and various activities in and around Banff.
Locations include: Banff, Medicine Hat, University of Alberta (Edmonton), and Lake Louise.
Notes
One of the photographs is a cut-out quote, "a canoo in foolish hands is probably the nation's greatest tipping well"
Album is bound in brown leather with "photographs" written on the cover. Some of the photographs have captions. Not every page is filled.