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Verkuil family fonds

  • CA WHYTE whyte-1095
  • Fonds
  • 1923-1978

Fonds consists of family papers and ephemera, including list of electors, legal documents, typescript of "The story of Rundle" and print material. Fonds also includes newspaper clippings and a letter from Ralph Edwards, 1958 and a Banff Winter Carnival brochure, 1948.

Verkuil (family)

Violet Harbidge fonds : [ca.1918]

  • CA WHYTE whyte-297
  • Fonds
  • Copies made 1976

Fonds pertains to parades and events on Banff Avenue.

Harbidge, Violet

Ulysses LaCasse fonds

  • CA WHYTE whyte-792
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1896-ca.1967]

Fonds consists of two series: I. Professional series, ca.1910-1949; II. Professional / personal life series, ca.1896-ca.1967. Professional series contains volumes of textual records, photograph albums and photographs in two sub-series: A. Warden and civil service papers and photographs, and B. Guiding and outfitting papers and photographs. Professional / personal life series contains volumes of textual records, as well as photographs, in two sub-series: A. Scrapbooks, and B. Other material. Textual records consist of warden journals, 1934-1949, and scrapbooks, 1911-1961. Journals record weather conditions, wildlife observations, enforcement, construction and maintenance duties, etc. around Castle Mountain and Lake Louise. Scrapbooks contain correspondence and memoranda, 1929-1948, from LaCasse's civil service career. Textual records also include diary of Mavis Benedict, 1917, kept during Caroline Hinman pack trips; copy of a ski trip diary; and biographical notes on LaCasse, ca.1950. Photograph albums pertain to a Caroline Hinman trip in the Mount Assiniboine area, 1917; Columbia Icefield expedition, 1924; and horse trips in the Canadian Rockies, ca.1925.

LaCasse, Ulysses

Lucy Jarvis fonds

  • CA WHYTE whyte-385
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1915]

Fonds pertains to students and teachers from Havergal Ladies College in Toronto, including Miss Haskins (Margaret Greenham). Margaret Greenham was Headmistress of the college from 1912 until ca.1918.

Jarvis, Lucy

Luxton family fonds

  • CA WHYTE whyte-76
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1860]-1995

I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1880]-1962, ca. 7.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Correspondence, B. Business, financial and legal, C. Personal, D. Collected. II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds, [ca.1890]-1995, ca. 15 m. of textual records, sound recordings and photographs in five series: A. Correspondence, B. Professional, C. Personal, D. Business, financial and legal, E. Collected. III. Luxton family sous-fonds, 1836-1972, ca.6.5 m. of textual records and photographs in four series: A. Norman Luxton family series, [ca.1900-ca.1970]; B. Georgina Luxton series, [ca.1890]-1967; C. Related family series, [ca.1890]-1972; D. Other material series, 1836-1970.

Luxton (family)

Rosalie Twoyoungman fonds : [ca.1930-ca.1944]

  • CA WHYTE whyte-986
  • Fonds
  • Copies made in 1970 and 1972

Fonds pertains to Stoney Indians of Morley, Alberta, Canada, including members of Twoyoungman, Ear and Hunter families

Twoyoungman, Rosalie

Sias Standish family fonds

  • CA WHYTE whyte-803
  • Fonds
  • 1901-[ca.1960]

Fonds consists of mainly of photographs pertaining to Sias and Tillie Standish, son Gordon Standish and family, Dorothy and husband, Const. Thomas M. Paull; includes portraits, family homes, Banff Avenue and Bow River Bridge, Standish Garage, Banff Winter Carnival, skiing, Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, RCMP officers. Textual item is letter of appreciation to Tillie Standish, first president of the Union Ladies' Aid, Banff, 1912.

Standish, Sias (family)

Sally Weaver fonds

  • CA WHYTE whyte-963
  • Fonds
  • 1955-1969

Fonds consists of letters, 1965-1969; newspaper clippings, 1955-1959; ephemera, n.d., 1955-1958; and photographs, ca.1955. Textual items include Christmas greetings from Peter and Catharine Whyte and articles and ephemera re Banff issues and activities. Photographs pertain to Jim and Sally Pogue, ca.1955.

Weaver, Sally

Soapy Smith fonds

  • CA WHYTE whyte-948
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1948

Fonds consists of personal papers, 1940-1948, pertaining to guiding examination, Smith's son Michael Guinn, and Smith's estate; financial papers, 1914-1946, re business accounts, 1914-1919, income tax and receipts; photographs pertaining to Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.

Smith, Soapy (Herbert Alonzo)

Tex Vernon-Wood fonds

  • CA WHYTE whyte-598
  • Fonds
  • 1874-1972

Fonds consists of manuscripts and published articles on hunting and fishing, wildlife, life on the trail, etc. for various American outdoors magazines, 1929-1938; correspondence pertaining to guiding and publication of Vernon-Wood's articles, 1928-1940; other textual material, 1972; and photographs of Vernon-Wood with RCMP and firefighters, ca.1915. Includes a letter dated June 20,1874 from Owen Morris, Lieutenant Governor of the North West Territories, to Rev. John McDougall of Morleyville, Bow River, instructing McDougall to advise Indians of arrival and intentions of the North West Mounted Police, boundary commission and aims of the Queen

Vernon-Wood, Tex

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