File pertains to 50 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1943 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various…
File pertains to 50 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1943 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 79 Aug 1 - 1943
1. Rams on cliff morning
8. Mt. Rundle and lake shore
13. Cascade and meadow
14. Sheep in swamp
16. Mama sheep and baby - again
17. one baby sheep
18. 2 baby sheeps
19. 2 baby sheeps flaw in film
Reel 80 Aug 15 - 1943
3. Ewe and others [in swamp - Rundle]
4. Ews and lams in swamp [Rundle]
5. Moose in Vermilion sundown
7. Goat at animal paddock
9. Crowd on opabin glacier
10. Crowd at Mac Arthur Lake at lunch
11. Crowd on opabin glacier
13. /Same not so good\ Crowd strung out on glacier
14. Same - end of line of people
16. Emmy[?], Big Tom and Denny near lake
17. Crowd on meadows - opabin
Reel 81 Aug 21 - 1943
3. Crowd around the dining table
7. Mt. Biddle from Yukness ridge
12. Phyl and Aletta on Yukness
13. Towards Yoho and Balfour fr. Yukness over Wiwaxy col.
15. Ronny with pot at fire Linda Lake
16. Ronny with fish at Linda Lake
17. Walter's T. Model Ford - W. and Ronny and Mr. Stewart[?]
Reel 82 Sept 2 -1943
1. Gopher by tree en route to Linda Lake
2. Ronny w. rucksack
3. Tom, Aletta, Phyl starting for Abbot Pass
4. Mother and Sig[?] looking out window
5. Spray River when I fished - Cascade Mt.
7. Mother at bearspaw table better
12. Mother and bear alarms[?] on step
13. L.G. bringing in faggots [sticks] from yard
14. Fish in pond
15. Fish hatchery fr. viewpoint [illegible]
17. Doe in backwater down Bow R. [illegible]
19. View across BOw to Hoodoos and Cascade
Reel 83 Sept 7 - 1943
1. Boe valley fr. Lake Agnes
4. Trail boulders and Lake Agnes
8. Victoria ridge fr. Fairview slopes
10. Same nearer
15. Sig - and Mt. Rundle fr [Admin gardens]
16. Browne porch and BNG reading [illegible]
17. SIg and 2 companions starting fr. Spray V.
19. DH.G. on hammock
20. ALong the Great Divide by B. Browne.
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
File pertains to 57 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1944 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various…
File pertains to 57 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1944 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 84 Aug 4 - 1944
1. Diamond pines
2. Lou and Richard in arms
3. Richard on our porch
4. [Richard] in coach
5. Lou and Richard on chair - their barn
6. [Lou and Richard on] lawn
7. [Lou and Richard on lawn]
8. Richard on blanket on lawn
9. Same
10. Nearer of same
11. [Nearer of same]
12. [Nearer of same]
14. Buffaloes in paddock
15. Ewe and lamb
17. Bow R. backwater opp. Hoodoes.
Reel 85 Aug 12 - 1944
3. [Cos moose and calf at Sundance Cr.
4. Mt Pinnacle fr. Paradise Valley
5. Mt. Eiffel [fr. Paradise Valley]
6. Part of Hungabee [fr. Paradise Valley]
7. Mt. Lefroy [fr. Paradise Valley]
11. Twin avalanches fr. Lefroy starting
13. Cow elk and baby Louise Road
19. Beaver swimming
Reel 86 Aug 21 - '44
1. Sentinel on the pass and Mt. Lefroy
2. Sentinels on pass early am
3. Ptarmigan on slopes of Eiffel
8. Charley and ptarmigan
10. Crowd watching on hillside
14. Mt. Aberdeen above supply tent
18. L.S. same place [Paradise boulder]
Reel 87 Aug 22, 1944
3. L.S. [on Paradise Peak]
6. [Canfield and H. Kingman w. Eric]
7. Kingman and Ken Jones
11. [Sunday service] closer, gabeline up.
12. Same - tents in background
15. Girls on log - tea party upper valley
16. The Richards and red paracol
17. Emmie and chips
19. Col. west moreland - nailing boots
22. Polly meniet[?] gift of Mr. Sampson
Reel 88 Aug 22 - 1944
2. [On] summit Dorothy Richards
5. [View fr. Temple] Yoho
6. Party on Suentinel Pass
7. Trail Ride - D[?]erty etc at start
9. Tepee poles at first camp - Fatigne Creek
10. Cook tent and pots - first camp
13. Crowd riding over summit
14. Crowd on aeplands
15. Helen Zilmer[?] on pass - Assin in rear
19. Porky in tree at lunch
Reel 89 Sept 15 - 1944
1. BHG at gardens - Mt Cascade
2. Helen Harbison and BH.G. Admin gardens
3. Emmie on Rundle ridge
8. Dan and Mary by back door
9. Dan and his cabin - Mt. Rundle
10. B.B. picture "Along the great Divide"
11. Same
12. BH.G. in chair by porch
13. Browne House Mother in chair
14. Same over exposed
15. BH.G. Admin gardens on bench
16. L.S. Admin gardens
17. Same further away
18. [Illegible] in Mt. Norquay fr. Sundance Rd.
19. Beavers at feeding grounds eve
21. Cow and calf Vermilion Lakes - eve
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1945 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…
File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1945 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 93 Aug 21-1945
5. Clay bank and swallow holes
6. Butter and eggs ; 3 people (dans and Sig) ; Rundle
8. [Butter and eggs] single stalk
9. Peaks beyond 3 Sisters and moon
10. 3 Sisters, alpine glow and moon
11. Jim, gordon and packs - backs to us
12. Same, faces towards us - towards Bow
13. Gordon and 2 packs - looking towards Bow
14. Moose - better
15. [Moose - better]
16. Phacelia and arnica
20. Charlie Whenchemna Pass
Reel 94 Aug 21 - 1945
3. [Ice scaned peaks fr. Winchemna P. trail]
4. Eiffel and Tower fr. Winchemna Pass Trail
5. Fay and Little? thru tree across lake
6. LG on aeplands - Neptuark[?] in b.g.
7. C.S.H. on [aeplands]looking across valley
8. C.S.H. and Dave on aeplands
11. Measurocles[?] and C.S.H. on skyline
12. M's and CSH on top Eiffel close
14. Goodsirs across Wenchemna Pass
15. Hungabee from Eiffel
18. [Helen and Dave] ditto for them
19. Helen on aeplands Eiffel in b.g.
Reel 95 Aug 21-1945
1. Three on trail lake below
2. Hungabee fr. slopes of Paradise
3. Same Dave and Helen in fore
6. Eiffel and Tower
7. Helen on trail - Fay in b.g.
9. Jane Nearmello[?]
10. Conner on Temple and view towards Bow[?]
11. View over Popes to Habel etc
12. C.H. and Dave on snow on Temple
13. L.G. on Temple Saller[?] in b.g.
14. L.G. [on Temple] Fay in b.g.
16. Measurolls[?] in front of tent
17. C.H., Dave and LG in front of cook tent
Reel 96 Sept 10-1945
2. Helen on stumps near tent
3. Helen and Dave bet. boulders above camp
4. Dave on top of boulder
8. Avalanche on quadra fr. Cres. Lake
10. C.H. Helen and Dave in front cooktent
11. C.H. L.S. [and Dave in front cooktent]
12. Mt Allen through trees
13. L.S. in front of her tent. no good
Reel 97 Sept 10-1945
5. [Camp across lake] brighter sun
6. Cooktent and crowd across meadow. Pack in b.g.
7. Crowd at breakfast
8. [Crowd at breakfast] closer, Ruth near fire
9. Ruth Brewster at cooktent
10. Crowd at breakfast. Fred L. in fore
12. Helen at breakfast on lg
13. Crowd on log at breakfast
16. Crowd at campfire and tepees in rear
17. Crowd approaching MacArthur
18. Jimmie's gang at MacArthur
19. [Jimmie's gang] looking for goat w. glacier
20. Blue MacArthur and Cliff on lake shore
Reel 98 Sept 10 - 45
1. Mr. Gibbon leaving camp
2. Trav. Coleman and Michael
3. Glacier Peak fr. Odaray Plateau thru trees
5. Jimmie Hendrie and party [Odaray Plateau]
6. Hickens on Odaray Plateau
7. L.S. on Odaray P. Delta and Hung. in b.g
8. L.S. on edge pleateau
9. Mrs. Link and Green on edge plateau
10. Hikees[?] on end plateau
12. Mr Sampson leaving camp
13. Tepees at packing time
16. [Packing at O'Hara]
17. Packing at O'Hara, blankets
18. Jimmie Hendrie by tent
19. Jean Stewart
20. Tent mates at O'Hara
Reel 99 Sept 10-1945
1. Tentmates at MacArthur camp
5. Ronnie fishing f. boat front view
6. Helen [fishing]
7. Ronnie [fishing] Odaray in b.g
8. [Ronnie] in boat, reflection
10. [Ronnie] and Helen fishing fr. shore
11. [Ronnie and Helen] in boat
12. Soapy, Michail and outfit etc
13. Jane Dwirty[?] on bus
14. Ranger's cabin at graveyard
15. Sae nearer
16. Aileen taking picture fr. Lookout
17. View fr. Lookout towards Mt. Sir Allen[?]
18. Deer and fawn in corral. dark
Reel 100 Sept 1945
1. Deer by corral
2. Two fawns in grass beyond road
4. Close-up of same
5. Two does in corral log barn
8. Sillouette of deer on front lawn
10. Sillouette of deer on front lawn
11. Moose on bank Echo River
13. Moose on bank Echo River
14. Wild geese on Bow R. flats
15. Same in flight
18. Sun recorder[?] on lawn
20. Mt Rundle and S[illegible] in gardens
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…
File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, wildlife, the opening dedication of the A.O. Wheeler Hut, and the drive back home. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 117 Sept 1947
2. [Wheeler Hugh Dedication]
3. group at [Dedication]
4. H.E. Sampson speaking
5. Sir Oliver Wheeler
6. Bonldew Prastice
7. [Bonldew Prastice]
8. Belaying from above
9. Roping down
11. Sid and Eric
12. Phebe and Polly on road
13. My tentmates
14. Banff Musance[?] Park sign
16. Elk on mud flats
17. [Elk on mud flats]
18. [Elk] morning
19. Elk and Roy T.
20. [Elk] overexp.
21. Elk
26. Lamb descending rocks
27. Ewe and lamb
29. Rams at Bankhead - nearer
30. [Rams at Bankhead] further
31. [Rams at Bankhead] moving off
Reel 118 Sept 1947
8 pictures
6. Delphiniums good
10. Sheep in swamp fair
12. [Sheep in swamp] overexp.
20. Mt. Eisenhower good 8/2
Reel 119- Sept 1947
13. View down river
15. Dam at Seebe 8/10
18. Aileen and Mrs B. at Seebe
19. [Aileen and Mrs B.] and house at Seebe
Reel 120 Sept 1947
1. Down Couloir fr. Sawback Pinnacle
7. Bear on road overexp.
8. [Bear on road overexp.]
17. House and garden near Grassi's
21. Buffalo
Reel 121 Sept 1947
6. Bears at dump
13. The Bear Show
15. Goose flats - Bow R.
17. BHG. at window A-ha-hi-na
19. Mt Rundle and reflections
Reel 122 Sept 22. 47
1. The Sea Cadet Races
2. [The Sea Cadet Races] Boathouses in b.g.
3. [The Sea Cadet Races] Mt. Cascade
4. Sunset on Fairholme Range
5. Goat at paddock
6. [Goat at paddock]
12. Rundle fr. Vermilion Lakes
13. Mt. Rundle and Reflections
15. Fr Bridge - moon over Bourgeau
16. At Mrs. Lyalls - C.H. and Mrs L.
18. The Wee Hoose
19. Mrs. Lyalls garden
20. Kilmorey Lodge - Dodge and C.H.
21. Waterton from P of W. Hotel
Reel 123 Oct 1947
1. The road home
2. Sheep on road
3. Sheep moving off road
5. View out back of car - sheep
6. Giant Springs of great Falls, Mont.
7. Feeding dogs at Rodman Ranch
9. Mrs. Rodman and dog
10. Hayel and 2 pups - standing
11. Hayel sitting down and pups
12. Yellowstone
13. Caroline near pool - Yellowstone
14. L.G. by pool
15. Yellowstone -
16. Old Faithful and circle of people
19. [Old Faithful] no people
21. [Old Faithful] and trees and road
Reel 124 Oct. 10 - 47
1. Durls Tower from foot on trail
2. [Durls Tower from foot on trail]
4. Blank
5. Durls Tower whole with trees
6. [Durls Tower] solid mass
7. [Durls Tower] fr. auto road
11. Grain fields and trees
13. [Rushmore memorial]
14. [Rushmore memorial] thru window
15. The road home - drive [illegible]
16. Wheat fields
18. BHG. on enclosed porch
19. Enclosed porch BHG.
20. 650 Hayle[illegible] ave - good of house
21. Peace Rose
The last 10 slides [named 124a] depict sites around Yellowstone National Park and were most likely purchased by Lillian Gest while visiting the park. The slides' matting paper states they were manufactured by the park and all are wrapped in a thin plastic sleeve.
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
R112 - not numbered slides ; 12 omitted
R113 - not numbered slides
R114 - not numbered slides
File consists of a draft of "Banff National Park of Canada Management Plan" produced by Parks Canada and dated October 26, 2009. File also includes drafts of "Key Strategy" documents and an "Environmental Impact Assessment" for the regions of Jasper, Lake Louise, Banff, Yoho and Kootenay [Parks Can…
File consists of a draft of "Banff National Park of Canada Management Plan" produced by Parks Canada and dated October 26, 2009. File also includes drafts of "Key Strategy" documents and an "Environmental Impact Assessment" for the regions of Jasper, Lake Louise, Banff, Yoho and Kootenay [Parks Canada]. Contents pertain to natural resources, tourism, townsite development and other related issues within Canadian Rockies national parks.
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 pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.
File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.
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.