Fonds consists of minutes of annual meetings and executive meetings from the organization's establishment by Banff sportswomen in 1931. Meetings pertain primarily to events, competitions and policy.
Fonds consists of minutes of annual meetings and executive meetings from the organization's establishment by Banff sportswomen in 1931. Meetings pertain primarily to events, competitions and policy.
File consists of 5 b&w negative photographs. Content pertains to the Banff Springs Hotel - includes inner views of terrace with models, and views of hotel golf course.
File consists of 5 b&w negative photographs. Content pertains to the Banff Springs Hotel - includes inner views of terrace with models, and views of hotel golf course.
Notes
Contains some duplicate images of Banff Springs Hotel golf course.
V500 / I / A7 / 26 - portion transferred to V500 / I / A7 / 10 (Oil and gas)
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).
Image is of a golf course with mountains in the distance. There are 5 men on the right playing golf. One man is in mid-swing while the other men watch. There is also a group of more men on the green in the distance near the middle of the scene. Image takes place in fall as leaves on trees are g…
Image is of a golf course with mountains in the distance. There are 5 men on the right playing golf. One man is in mid-swing while the other men watch. There is also a group of more men on the green in the distance near the middle of the scene. Image takes place in fall as leaves on trees are golden and orange. Possibly of the Banff Springs Golf Course? On the immediate right there is a large rock and on the immediate left there is a tree framing the picture.Artist signature is in bottom right corner: “Wadym D. 55”cascade hotel mural
Sub-series consists of lantern slides depicting Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Townsite, Lake Louise, Lake O’Hara, travel rides, Bow Lake, Yoho National Park.
40 photographs : col. slides ; 10 x 8.2 cm
Transparencies mounted as lantern slides.
History / Biographical
While most lantern slides are made of images that have been drawn, painted, printed, or developed directly onto a pane of glass, this collection consists of cellulose-based transparencies that have been placed within a paper border and secured between 2 panes of glass.
Colour positive cellulose-based film first became available to consumers in 1941 when Kodak introduced Kodacolor print film, a process that involved taking photographs on black and white film and then developing them into full colour positives in a lab. In 1946, Kodak was able to simplify the development process with Ektachrome, which used a colour slide film and also made it much easier for photographers to develop their photos at home.
Based on small notches cut into the edge of the films in this collection, these images were taken on Separation Negative 4133, Type 2, which was a type of black and white negative film produced by Kodak.
Scope & Content
Sub-series consists of lantern slides depicting Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Townsite, Lake Louise, Lake O’Hara, travel rides, Bow Lake, Yoho National Park.
All slides were cleaned prior to scanning - cleaning cloth came out red-brown, possibly residue from the red binding tape reacting to the acid-free paper sleeves.
The Focal Encyclopaedia of Photography, 4th edition, Michael R. Peres editor-in-chief, Focal Press Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London, 2007, pp. 699.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notch_code
Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Content Details
[1] Slide patented December 29, 1986. Image of 1940's trail ride; two unidentified people on horses.
[2] Two unidentified individuals on 1940's trail ride.
[3] Horse standing on a mountain during trail ride.
[4] Unidentified individual on a horse; unidentified mountains.
[5] Unidentified individual riding a horse. Sticker reads, “George Vaux. Bryn Mawr, PA.”
[6] Town site of Banff and surrounding mountains.
suffering from severe white spotting.
[7] View of Banff, Rundle Mountain and Tunnel Mountain.
[8] View of Banff, Rundle Mountain and Tunnel Mountain.
suffering from severe white spotting.
[9] View of The Banff Springs Hotel and Golf Course.
suffering from severe white spotting.
[10] The Banff Springs Hotel and Golf Course.
[11] Unidentified individuals putting on the green at The Banff Springs Golf Club.
[12] Unidentified individuals in a canoe on Vermilion Lakes, Rundle Mountain in the background.
[13] View of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier.
[14] View of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier with table, chairs and an umbrella.
[15] View of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier with table, chairs and an umbrella. Sticker reads, “George Vaux, Bryan Mawr, PA.”
[16] View of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier.
[17] Unidentified individuals during a riding trail, glaciers in the distance.
[18] Portrait of an unidentified man with camera.
[19] View of Bow Lake, Bow Peak and Bow Glacier.
[20] View of Crowfoot Mountain.
[21] North view of Cathedral Mountain and Lake O’Hara.
[22] View of Lake O’Hara and Cathedral Mountain.
in addition to minimal white spotting and clouding minimal blurriness to image is apparent.
[23] View of Lake O’Hara and Cathedral Mountain.
[24] View of Lake O’Hara and Cathedral Mountain.
[25] View of Lake O’Hara and Cathedral Mountain.
[26] Unidentified male on a horse in the mountains; riding trail.
[27] Photograph taken during a horse trail ride in the mountains; unidentified glaciers in the background. Sticker reads, “George Vaux, Bryan Mawr, PA.”.
[28] View of Cathedral Mountain.
[29] View of Bow Lake with mountains.
[30] View of Cathedral Mountain.
[31] View of Crowfoot Glacier.
[32] View of Crowfoot Glacier.
[33] View of two men with horse; unidentified mountain in background.
[34] View of Crowfoot Glacier.
[35] View of Lake O’Hara.
[36] View of Lake O’Hara.
[37] View of Takakkaw Falls in Yoho Provincial Park, British Columbia.
[38] View of Takakkaw Falls in Yoho Provincial Park, British Columbia.
[39] View of Lake O’Hara and mountains.
[40] View individuals setting up camp with an unidentified mountain in the background.
File consists of 109 black and white and colour photograph prints, 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller. File documents various unidentified family members and friends, travels and outings, special events (e.g. weddings, graduations), holidays (e.g. Easter), official portraits (including a National Film Board o…
109 photographs : b&w and col. ; 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 109 black and white and colour photograph prints, 23.5 x 17 cm or smaller. File documents various unidentified family members and friends, travels and outings, special events (e.g. weddings, graduations), holidays (e.g. Easter), official portraits (including a National Film Board of Canada portrait of James Wardle), and sports and leisure (e.g. canoeing, golf). File also includes photographs of Carl Rungius (on his birthday in 1954), Betty Ormond in Peru (with a message addressed to "Dorrie" written on the back of the print), graduation photograph of James Wardle from Queen's (c.1912), and travel photographs from the United States in 1948 (New York, Washington, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City) and Amsterdam, Netherlands (1952). Notable places the photographs depict include Banff (including Banff Train Station), the Great Divide, St. Lawrence River (the Wardle family had a cottage here), Sunshine trail, Mt. Athabasca, Columbia Icefields, Lake O'Hara, Montreal, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Paris (France), Ghost River, Ottawa, Peru, Lake Minnewanka, Elk Island, and Maligne Lake.
Notes
Most (but not all) photographs are annotated on the back identifying who is in the photograph, when it was taken, and where.
Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to a group of people in funny dress playing golf on various ski runs at Sunshine Ski Resort. Called "Skolf," participants used golf clubs to try and knock what appears to be a squash ball into tin cans sunk into the snow while also tryint to keep…
1 motion picture (1 film reel: 270'): 16 mm, original, b&w, silent
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to a group of people in funny dress playing golf on various ski runs at Sunshine Ski Resort. Called "Skolf," participants used golf clubs to try and knock what appears to be a squash ball into tin cans sunk into the snow while also tryint to keep the ball from rolling all the way down the hill.
The original label on the case reads "Title Sunshine Village Golf Game on Ski, Name 'Skolf', Camera B. Engler, Date 19, Footage 270 feet, Time 7 minutes."
Records in this file consist of Georgina Luxton's membership cards to Women's Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association [also one membership fee receipt], Canadian Red Cross, the Navy League of Canada, and Banff Springs Golf Club; invitations to Canadian Pacific Pools, Canadian Pacific…
Records in this file consist of Georgina Luxton's membership cards to Women's Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association [also one membership fee receipt], Canadian Red Cross, the Navy League of Canada, and Banff Springs Golf Club; invitations to Canadian Pacific Pools, Canadian Pacific Hotels Supper and Dance; tickets to the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics; Banff Post Office registration; receipts from various Banff businesses; hotel receipts; and passes to Banff Indian Days.