File consists of 127 pages of compiled research, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H28 cm x W21.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the renaming of Castle Mountain to Mt. Eisenhower in 1946 under the William Lyon Mackenzie King administration and the restoration of the Castle name in 1975-1976…
2 cm of textual records (127 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
Freeman Keyte was a scientist originally from Ontario who was living in Calgary at the time when Castle Mountain was renamed to Mt. Eisenhower. He argued for the Castle name to be reinstated and communicated with the Geographic Board of Alberta, Members of Parliament, and the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names.
Scope & Content
File consists of 127 pages of compiled research, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H28 cm x W21.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the renaming of Castle Mountain to Mt. Eisenhower in 1946 under the William Lyon Mackenzie King administration and the restoration of the Castle name in 1975-1976. File includes photocopies of government records, newspaper clippings, and other research compiled by Freeman Keyte. It also includes handwritten correspondence between Dorothy and Freeman, Dorothy and Ted Hart, and newspaper clippings that were collected by Dorothy.
Notes
On March 12, 1980, Freeman sent a copy of his findings in a 113-page binder to Dorothy, who then gifted it to the Whyte Museum in 1987.
Included a photocopy of the letter from Dorothy to Ted Hart. The photocopy was discarded. Dorothy filed the original with Freeman's compilation of research as represented in this file.
Records from accn.7504 were filed in an envelope titled, "The Castle Mountain Battle (from Castle to Eisenhower & back to Castle."
Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook has annotated title page which reads "Current Events January February March". Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to media coverage of World War II from early 1940.
Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook has annotated title page which reads "Current Events January February March". Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to media coverage of World War II from early 1940.
Notes
Some pages are annotated in pen with dates [presumably the month and year of publication of each page's respective articles].
Several metal paperclips have been removed and replaced with plastic clips due to visible rust damage and risk of contaminating other materials in scrapbook
Metal bindings of scrapbook have been replaced with unbleached string for preservation reasons.
Related Material
Scrapbook LUX/III/B4/25 is part of collection of related scrapbooks [LUX / III / B4 / 24 to 28] covering global current events, commerce and political news from 1938-1940.
Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook has annotated title page which reads "Current Events September October November and December". Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to media coverage of World War II from 1939.
Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook has annotated title page which reads "Current Events September October November and December". Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to media coverage of World War II from 1939.
Notes
Some clippings have small annotations in ink or pencil [i.e. publishing date of a specific newspaper article].
Metal bindings have been removed and replaced with unbleached string for preservation purposes
Related Material
Scrapbook LUX/III/B4/24 is part of collection of related scrapbooks [LUX / III / B4 / 24 to 28] covering global current events, commerce and political news from 1938-1940.
File consists of research notes, drafts and published copies of articles which Ben Gadd wrote for the "Park Notebook" column in the Jasper Booster newspaper while working for Parks Canada between 1981 and 1984; and notes related to an interpretive teaching guide for Jasper National Park.
File consists of research notes, drafts and published copies of articles which Ben Gadd wrote for the "Park Notebook" column in the Jasper Booster newspaper while working for Parks Canada between 1981 and 1984; and notes related to an interpretive teaching guide for Jasper National Park.
File consists of personal interest materials, including newspaper clippings, research articles, loose notes, and other textual records collected by Ben Gadd. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject title.
File consists of personal interest materials, including newspaper clippings, research articles, loose notes, and other textual records collected by Ben Gadd. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject title.
Notes
Contents of individual folders in file:
M590 / I / C / 127 to 128 : Parks Canada Reorganization [Files 1 and 2 of 2]
M590 / I / C / 129 : Pipeline (Trans Canada, etc.)
M590 / I / C / 130 : Plans
M590 / I / C / 131 : Pocahontas (Maps, Plans)
M590 / I / C / 132 : Pole, Graeme
M590 / I / C / 133 : Poisons, Pesticides, Pollution
M590 / I / C / 134 : Population Explosion
M590 / I / C / 135 : Provincial Parks
M590 / I / C / 136 : Railways
M590 / I / C / 137 : Rapson, Dwight
M590 / I / C / 138 : RCMP
M590 / I / C / 139 : Resorts, Industrial Tourism
M590 / I / C / 140 : Roy Richards
M590 / I / C / 141 : Rivers, Flooding
M590 / I / C / 142 : Roads + Highways, Salting
M590 / I / C / 143 : Rocky Mountain Youth Initiative
Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings dated between 1939 and 1940 pertaining to global and Canadian agriculture, commerce, mining, politics and military statistics. Scrapbook is annotated with title on front cover: "World Progress Finances…
Scrapbook is handmade from coloured construction paper. Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings dated between 1939 and 1940 pertaining to global and Canadian agriculture, commerce, mining, politics and military statistics. Scrapbook is annotated with title on front cover: "World Progress Finances Agriculture Travel Protection". Scrapbook contains table of contents inside front cover [see "Content Details"].
[Table of Contents:]
Organized Man Power: Ireland and the War
Wheat: Britain and War Taxes
Food and the War
Wool, Cattle, Metal Markets; Bacteria in Milk
Oil, Butter, Sugar: Rayon, Bluestone, Radium
Chemical Production in the United States
New Methods of Transportation
The Soy Bean
Irrigation
Development of the Soviet Union
The Chain Store
Co-operatives: Frontier Opening
Montreal as a Market
Investments
Africa
Chile: Russia
Germany and Synthetic Goods
Bermuda: Gibraltar
The Great Lakes Project: Rice: Farm Moisture
London: The Panama and the Americas
Great Britain: Banff: Canada
Canada's Milk Production: Butter: Results of War on Sugar, etc.
U.S. Alaska Highway: Canada Facts and the Flag
Possible mines in Canada: U.S.A. and Latin America
Deserts and Snow: The Caribbean
Pacific Defences [sic] and the Panama Canal
Trans Canada Air Lines: Oil and the War
Canada and Japan area comparison: Transatlantic Airways
European Politics and Men at the Head of Governments