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The collection consists of genealogical information about Blackfeet, Montana; accounts by Blood warriors Calf Robe, Eagle Arrow, and White-Man-Runnning-Around of their warfare experiences; Church of England calendar used by missionary W.R. Haynes on Peigan Reserve, Brockett, Alberta (1909); photographs of First Nations; colour reproductions of Blackfeet portraits done by Winold Reiss; Royal North West Mounted Police inaugural celebrations; and people present at the commencement of the Calgary Power Company's Ghost River Dam Project.

The fonds consists of photographs of Fort Macleod businesses, buildings, institutions, and events (1887-1925); Indian personalities (1910-1918); and of Annora's parents (1892). Includes recorded interview with Annora about her career (1982).

The fonds consists of recorded interview about his life (1962); reminiscences (1957-1959); and photographs of Frog Lake (1885), Piapot (nd), and his 1956 trip to Gleichen. The 1959 reminiscences have been scanned and my be viewed via the link below.

The fonds consists of Archdeacon Tims' diaries(1879-1894, 1898-1899, 1901, 1906-1908, 1911-1916, 1919, 1921-1940), notebooks, correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, certificates, and Blackfoot and Sarcee language papers, including Jean L'Heureux's English / Blackfoot dictionary; Winifred Tims' correspondence, articles and school papers; J. Reginald Tims' correspondence, certificates and interview re father; family newsclippings, scrapbooks, programs and greeting cards; extensive photographs of native peoples, family and mission work; and lantern slides used by Rev. Tims for religious and educational purposes, including 207 views of the Blood, Blackfoot, Peigan, and Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina) reserves. Includes statistics, accounts, plans, annual returns etc. of various native missions and churches in which Tims was active, and the 1923 diary of W.R. Haynes, the missionary at Brocket. RECORDS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS ARE ALSO IN THIS FONDS. SEE INVENTORY FOR DETAILS: James Big Plume, John L. Bowen, Mrs. H.E. Downe, Gleichen, F.W. Godsal, Canon Gould, Joshua Hinchcliffe, John W. House, Charles Jackson, Allan McGibbon, Bishop John McLean, Bishop Pinkham, poetry, Red Crow, Canon Stocken, Bishop Isaac O. Stringer, Rev. Frank Swainson, Winnifred Thompson, and Samuel Trivett.

The fonds consists of photographs of Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina) personalities and activities on the reserve including ceremonies, rodeos and ranching, and the building of tipis and sweat lodges (1930s-1940s); photographs of Blackfoot (Siksika) personalities at sun dances and Calgary Stampede (1919-1947); and photographs of Arnold and Maggie (1920s-1930s), Blood personalities and ceremonies (1930s-1951), Stoneys (1950) and Peigan in Montana (1930s).

The fonds consists of photographs of Calgary, Banff and Lake Louise (ca. 1940s); slides of mountain landscapes by Roland Gissing (1940s); slides of Stoneys by Gerda Christofferson and her model release forms (1940s); and correspondence regarding sales of slides (1949, 1950). Includes agreement and list of creditors related to sale of Photocrafts (1953), miscellaneous financial records (1949, 1950), and photographs of Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina) by Arnold Lupson (1940s).

The fonds consists of a calendar of pictographs, recording significant annual events for the North Peigan Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy, from 1764 to 1910. The winter count was compiled ca. 1910 by Bull Plume (and annotated by Anglican missionary W.R. Haynes), and records battles and deaths, the arrival of diseases like smallpox and measles, the disappearance of the buffalo, the signing of Treaty 7, and the death of Queen Victoria. The volume also lists the leaders of the Blackfoot, and includes drawings of material culture items. The fonds also consists of one page of Blackfoot syllabics with English translation; an article about Bull Plume written by Moses B. Cotsworth (1939); photographs of the Arthur family, Fort Macleod, Alberta and region, and Peigan Indian Agency at Brocket. Includes the school and military records of Clive Arthur.

The fonds consists of photographs of Cardston personalities, businesses, buildings including the Mormon temple, clubs, oil industry and institutions (1914-1954); and Blood personalities, and St. Mary's and St. Paul's schools and students (1900-1905, 1924-1946). Includes J.T. Scott's photographs of Cardston and area personalities (1902-1909). Also includes miscellaneous correspondence and photograph register of A.T. Henson.

The fonds consists of a biography about his mission work compiled by Eva, possibly from his diaries (1956); and stories he wrote about Shaganash or William Sinclair (Ojibway), John Kesto (Sioux), Chief Piapot and the sun dance, Didymus Burnt-Stick, and the battles of Keewatin and Devil's Gap (ca. 1930s).

The fonds consists of photographs of horse racing, rodeo events, Calgary Exhibition grounds, First Nations groups, and Banff Avenue in Banff, Alberta.