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Whyte Museum Oral History Programme (collection)

  • WHYTE whyte-708
  • Collection
  • 1967-1989

Fonds includes recordings of interviews, events, broadcasts, meetings, notes, readings and slide shows produced by and for the Archives of the Whyte Museum. I. Interviews with numerous individuals and groups of individuals. See subject headings for names. II. Events: dedication of Margaret Greenham Theatre; ceremony re Catharine Robb Whyte adoption in Stoney Tribe; Earth Day programme at Margaret Greenham Theatre; dedication of Mt. Jimmy Simpson; dedication of Edouard Deville historic site; Back to Banff Day, 10th anniversary; Louis Trono 75th birthday. III. Broadcasts re: Murray Adaskin, George Clutesi, Allan Jarvis, Kootenay River raft trip, Ottawa Ski Club, Helen Shandruk, Siri Strom, Springtime in the Rockies, Village Lake Louise Project, water pollution, Waterton area. IV. Meetings: Bow Valley Naturalists; National and Provincial Parks Association conference; Indian- Eskimo Conference re George Clutesi. V. Notes by Maryalice Stewart re: Cyril Fuller, Al Johnston, Maude Kidney, Norman Knight, Ulysses LaCasse. VI. Readings by: Ray Bagley, Earle Birney, Jon Whyte. VII. Slide shows: Jon Whyte slide show commentary re Peter and Catharine Whyte. Interviews and recordings were made by Maryalice Harvey Stewart, Elizabeth Rummel, Jon Whyte, E. J. (Ted) Hart, Sue Davies and others.

Whyte Museum Oral History Programme

Joe Weiss fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-698
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1940-1959], 1975

Fonds is mainly negatives, 1940-1959, pertaining to Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, particularly the Maligne Lake area. Also includes some views of Banff, Lake Louise and Calgary, Alberta. Textual item is photocopy of a letter, 1975, to Joe Weiss from Alan Rayburn of Geographical Names, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, announcing official approval of the naming of Mount Weiss in Jasper National Park.

Weiss, Joe

Ruth Oltmann fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-677
  • Fonds
  • 1974-1976

Fonds consists of research interviews by Ruth Oltmann, as part of her research on the Kananaskis Valley; with: Eileen Langille, Chris Bearns, Joanne Goodwin, Gordon and Ida Matthews, Clarence and Jenny Sage, Jack S. Charlesworth, Art Krowchuk, Bruno Engler, Cord Tietzen. Pertain to human history of the Kananaskis Valley, including mining, lumber industry, hunting and guiding, power and road development, recreation, film making, and community life; Ribbon Creek village, personalities, events, buildings, etc. Kananaskis Ranger Station; Kananaskis prisoner-of-war camp; natural history of the region, including wildlife, forests and fishing resources.

Oltmann, Ruth

A. J. Smyth fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-671
  • Fonds
  • [1884-1885]

Fonds consists of photographic views of railway construction in the Kicking Horse Valley and life at Donald, B.C. Accompanied by letter from Bob [Mead], Spring Valley, Minnesota, to brother Ed Mead, Saw Mill Siding, End of C.P.Ry., Track west via Winnipeg, Man., Canada, May 17, 1885. Views are credited as A. J. Smyth, Artist, Rocky Mountains, B.C. or A. J. Smyth, Photographer, Rocky Mountains, B.C.

Smyth, A. J.

William O. Field fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-666
  • Fonds
  • 1885-1989, predominant 1902-1989

Fonds consists of records created and collected by William O. Field during to glacier study, research and travels in the Canadian Rockies and area. I. CR files : [Canadian Rockies series], 1919-1989, 110 files and 13 volumes of textual records and ca.275 files of photographs. Textual records include diaries, notebooks and files for 1948, 1949 and 1953. Photographs include ca.5800 prints, ca.325 negatives and 4 photograph albums in annual files for years 1919 to 1927 and 1948, 1949 and 1953. II. Reports, before 1980. III. Resources, 1902-1985, consists of photographs, maps and textual volume collected by Field for research use. IV. Display photographs, 1885-1953.

Field, William O.

George (Lucky) Skirrow fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-651
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1920]-1969

Fonds consists mainly of photographs pertaining primarily to the boat launch, boats and boating at Lake Minnewanka; also, Lake Minnewanka and area, Lake Minnewanka Power Development and Lucky Skirrow. Includes set of aerial views of Lake Minnewanka and area produced by the Department of National Defense, pre-1940. Textual items are newsclipping re the "Aylmer," 1948; and letters from students requesting employment, 1969. Material was produced and collected by Lucky Skirrow.

Skirrow, George (Lucky)

Edward (Ted) Varcoe Baker fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-65
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1978-ca.1983]

Fonds pertains to Banff and Alberta people, places and events, including parades and Banff Indian Days; mountain regions of western Canada, including Jasper, Banff, Canmore and Sunshine in Alberta and Mount Robson, Golden and Mount Assiniboine in British Columbia; mountain scenes, wildflowers and animals; and travels to eastern Canada and England.

Baker, Edward (Ted) Varcoe

A. B. Thom fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-647
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1885-ca.1890]

Fonds consists of photographic views primarily of the Cave and Basin, Banff Springs Hotel and Banff area, ca.1890. Three views are copies of stereo photographs by Bingham and Thom made in the Castle Mountain and Field, B.C. areas, probably during railway construction.

Thom, A. B.

Professional photographers collection

  • WHYTE whyte-644
  • Collection
  • [ca.1885-ca.1925]

Collection contains credited and uncredited professional photographs, mainly taken along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in western Canada. Includes unidentified photographs and individual photographs that cannot be placed in other fonds or collections. Eighteen albumen prints are uncredited views along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Glacier, B.C. and Canmore, Alberta, ca.1895. Also includes views by Bailey Bros., H. O. Dodge, Alexander Henderson, T. J. Hileman, B. W. Kilburn, Neelands Bros., W. J. Oliver, Henry Greenwood Peabody, Prest Photo Company (William Archie Prest), and others. Nineteen prints, received as contents of 5 album pages, are travel views between Banff, the Pacific Coast and Washington, U.S.A. Includes views of Lake Minnewanka, Banff Springs Hotel and Glacier, B.C. Views are by Wm. Notman & Son, Boorne & May and other unidentified professional photographers. Album is presentation album of professional views taken along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Victoria, B.C. and Banff, Alberta, September to October 1889, by an unknown photographer. Includes views of Banff and area, Field and Glacier areas, Fraser Canyon, Vancouver and Victoria. Album was possibly produced by of for the CPR. Views are similar to those produced by other professional photographers working along the railway. Images in album are accompanied by hand-written captions and exact dates. Collection was assembled by the Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

Professional photographers (collection)

John Marsh fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-628
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1970], 1979

Fonds consists of research notes, essays, publications and sound recordings pertaining to Glacier National Park, Glacier House, the Nakimu Caves and Golden, B.C. Includes excerpts from the Glacier House Scrapbook, 1897-1910; papers on human history, glacier study, skiing, avalanches, Glacier House and Glacier National Park; and information booklet on Golden, B.C. Sound recordings are interviews by John Marsh with Cecil Smith at Salmo, B.C., and Rick Ryckman at Trail, B.C., November 1979, as part of research on the history of Glacier National Park, Glacier House and the Nakimu Caves. Recordings include information on railway operations, personnel, maintenance, accidents, buildings and facilities, landscape, personalities, and events at Glacier, B.C. and the Nakimu Caves, 1917-1930.

Marsh, John

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