File consists of author's copies of multiple editions of Ben Gadd's book, Handbook of the Canadian Rockies. Editions in file are annotated with notes and corrections by the author.
File consists of author's copies of multiple editions of Ben Gadd's book, Handbook of the Canadian Rockies. Editions in file are annotated with notes and corrections by the author.
File consists of 4 prings : col. 35.1 x 24.8 cm or smaller and 4 maps (2 paper, 2 overlays) : col., on mylar ; 60.4 x 30. cm or smaller. File pertains to aerial views of Banff National Park, showing the towns of Banff and Lake Louise, ski hills (Norqay Ski Hill, Sunshine Village, and Lake Louise Sk…
4 maps (2 paper, 2 overlays) : col., annotations, on mylar ; 60.4 x 30. cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of 4 prings : col. 35.1 x 24.8 cm or smaller and 4 maps (2 paper, 2 overlays) : col., on mylar ; 60.4 x 30. cm or smaller. File pertains to aerial views of Banff National Park, showing the towns of Banff and Lake Louise, ski hills (Norqay Ski Hill, Sunshine Village, and Lake Louise Ski Resort), as well as other georgraphic features. The mylar overlays contain various amounts of detail and annotations - one consists of a dark red sheet overlayed with place names in negative.
File consists of 3 colour promotional posters for Canadian Pacific. Content pertains to identical views of the Banff Springs Hotel and the Bow Valley, two of which have explanatory text below. Text reads, "Banff in the Canadian Rockies Travel Canadian Pacific". Image used in posters was taken by Ni…
File consists of 3 colour promotional posters for Canadian Pacific. Content pertains to identical views of the Banff Springs Hotel and the Bow Valley, two of which have explanatory text below. Text reads, "Banff in the Canadian Rockies Travel Canadian Pacific". Image used in posters was taken by Nicholas Morant.
Notes
Originally stored together in cardboard poster tube, labelled as follows:
"Banff Poster Sulfur View"
"POSTER (1958) BOW VALLEY with B.S. HOTEL"
Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, …
ca. 7.9 metres of textual records -- ca. 274 maps -- 29 VHS tapes -- ca.15 discs with digital files -- 21 cassettes -- photographs -- oversized materials -- USB stick with 15 sldeshows
History / Biographical
Ben Gadd (1946-) is a retired naturalist, guide, geologist, instructor, freelance writer and award-winning author based in the Canadian Rockies.
Ben was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1946. He met his wife, Cia (Langdon) Gadd at Colorado College in 1965, and the couple married four weeks later. Ben and Cia had two sons, Will and Toby. Ben and his family relocated to Jasper in the late 1960s. Ben later attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science in 1972.
Between 1976 and 1980, Ben taught classes at Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology; he later taught additional classes at Grant MacEwan College and Lakeland College. From 1981, Ben also worked as a seasonal naturalist/guide for Parks Canada. Ben left Parks Canada in 1985 to start an independent naturalist guiding business with Cia based in Jasper and other parts of the Canadian Rockies, which the couple continued to operate for over two decades.
Ben published his best-known work, "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", through his publishing company Corax Press in 1986. The second edition of "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" received multiple awards after its release in 1995. Ben's fiction book, "Raven's End" won the title of Best Canadian Rockies Book at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in 2001 and became a Canadian bestseller. Overall, Ben has authored or co-authored 11 books and received nearly one dozen awards for his achievements as a writer, researcher and guide.
Ben continued to lead guided hikes and school programs until his retirement in 2016.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other related material. Materials donated in 2024 include one USB stick containing
Notes
Ben Gadd fonds arrangement:
Series I : Personal records
- Subseries A : Travel guides and maps
- Subseries B : Education and early writings
- Subseries C : Personal interest files
- Subseries D : Other personal and collected
Series II : Research and publication records
- Subseries A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies
- Subseries B : Other publications
Series III : Professional records
- Subseries A : Parks Canada Records
- Subseries B : Interpretive guiding
- Subseries C : Teaching records
- Subseries D : Other contracts and projects
Series IV : Legal and financial records
- Subseries A : Legal records
- Subseries B : Financial records
File consists of 10 prints : col. ; 64 x 61 cm or smaller. File pertains to Murray Hay's participation in Calgary's Olympic Bid in the early 1980s. File includes a variety of different reproduced draft maps depciting Calgary and Canada Olympic Park, Banff National Park, Kananaskis, Spray Valley, et…
File consists of 10 prints : col. ; 64 x 61 cm or smaller. File pertains to Murray Hay's participation in Calgary's Olympic Bid in the early 1980s. File includes a variety of different reproduced draft maps depciting Calgary and Canada Olympic Park, Banff National Park, Kananaskis, Spray Valley, etc.
Notes
Date range is approximate. The Olympic Bid was selected in 1981.
One print depicting the City of Calgary with the Canadian Rockies in the background has a note taped to it that reads: "A view from Calgary to Banff showing Olympic sites for 1988 winter games (proximity exaggerated."
File consists of 126 colour transparencies, various sizes, most of which are individually titled. Content pertains to numerous landscape views across Canada (including scenes in British Columbia, Alberta, the Canadian prairies, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia), with a majority depicting the Canadia…
File consists of 126 colour transparencies, various sizes, most of which are individually titled. Content pertains to numerous landscape views across Canada (including scenes in British Columbia, Alberta, the Canadian prairies, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia), with a majority depicting the Canadian Rockies regions. Content also includes other assorted images pertaining to the Stoney Nakoda community, as well as Canadian Pacific tourism-related images.
Storage Range
In file box V500 / II / C / 5 / NS - 410 to 535 and V500 / III / D / 4 / NS - 1 to 9
File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia …
File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia and Quebec and some which do not mention locations in their titles.
Notes
Items originally stored together in large poster tube, labelled :
"Montreal Quebec - 8 I '63 Canada Postage 15 [cents]"
"Mr. Nick Morant, P.O. Box 1288, Banff, Alberta. Department of Publc Relations Canadian Pacific Railway Company Windsor Station - Montreal 3, Quebec"
"OLD CP VIEWS - Kodaks - "
"CP Airline Plane / Chateau Frontenac / Sulphur Mt. Skyline View / Evangeline Church / Kick. Horse - Mt. Field / Kick Horse Canyon with Train / Empress Hotel / BS Hotel from Sulphur Mt. / Quebec Windmills / Yoho Valley Hi-Line Trail / Peggy's Cove / Thompson River View / Moraine Lake Scenic / Icefields / Yoho Valley / Lake Louise / Lake O'Hara / 'Canadian' Stoney Cr. / Freight nr. Lake Louise / Empress of Britain (painting)"
Storage Range
In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 37 O.S.
File consists of 30 transparencies, various sizes. Contents pertain to Canadian Pacific Railway (most depict CPR trains), as well as some miscellaneous promotional / tourism - related images for Canadian Pacific. Other transparencies originally stored with contents of this file are now filed under …
File consists of 30 transparencies, various sizes. Contents pertain to Canadian Pacific Railway (most depict CPR trains), as well as some miscellaneous promotional / tourism - related images for Canadian Pacific. Other transparencies originally stored with contents of this file are now filed under V500 / II / C / 5 / NS - 73 to 93.
Storage Range
In file box V500 / II / C / 5 / NS - 1 to V500 / II / C / 5 / NS - 409
File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 10 x 22 cm. File pertains to tourist maps of the Canadian Rocky Mountains created by Murray Hay. File includes a brochure of titled "Canadian Rockies Access Maps" that, when unfolded, includes several maps of the various areas that make up the Canadian Rock…
File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 10 x 22 cm. File pertains to tourist maps of the Canadian Rocky Mountains created by Murray Hay. File includes a brochure of titled "Canadian Rockies Access Maps" that, when unfolded, includes several maps of the various areas that make up the Canadian Rocky Mountains, like Kananaskis Country, Canmore, Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Yoho National Park, etc.
File consists of 9 promotional posters (colour) for Canadian Pacific. Content pertains to images of different locations within the Canadian Rockies with the specific location listed below each photograph. Images produced by Nicholas Morant for purpose of promoting tourism to Western Canada. Feature…
File consists of 9 promotional posters (colour) for Canadian Pacific. Content pertains to images of different locations within the Canadian Rockies with the specific location listed below each photograph. Images produced by Nicholas Morant for purpose of promoting tourism to Western Canada. Featured locations include Mt. Eisenhower, Mt. Rundle, and Moraine Lake; also images of a freight train travelling around Morant's Curve near Lake Louise, and 'The Canadian' train (close-up) turning a corner after crossing a bridge.
Notes
Originally stored together with June 1961 calendar, which has been moved to storage with other calendars under same sub-series. Items were kept in brown paper packaging, labelled:
"116 Old CPR Poster Scenics
Canadian - Stoney Creek
Freight - Diesel M-113
Moraine Lake Scenics 2x
Transport Truck
Vermillion Lake Scenic"
"Lou K 116"
"From: C.P. Windsor Station MONTREAL"
"Mr. Nick Morant c/o STATION AGENT BANFF, ALBERTA" (writing scribbled over with marker)
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Language
English
Conservation
Items being stored together must be covered with a protective barrier such as acid-free paper to prevent damage from contact with adjacent items in storage.