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Isabelle Hulet fonds

  • CA GPR 0154
  • Fonds
  • 1937-1950

The fonds consists of copies of photographs of a 1937 trip through the Monkman Pass area, including Kinuso Falls; and copies of photographs of the Wembley main street fire of c. 1950.

Hulet, Isabelle

Charles F. Johnson fonds

  • GLEN glen-1332
  • Fonds
  • 1896-[ca. 1920]

The fonds consists of photographs of St. Peter's mission school, Hay River and Slaveys; diary of his journey to the Arctic coast with Bishop Stringer (July 8-October 19, 1909); letters from missionaries Margaret Tims and Bertie March (1897, 1905); and a Slavey grammar and dictionary apparently compiled by Margaret Tims.

Johnson, Charles F.

George Robinson fonds

  • CA GPR 0188
  • Fonds
  • 1957-1971

The fonds consists of one hard-covered ledger listing 6153 items described by Mr. Robinson as being a copy of a catalogue of items in his private museum. The catalogue lists the name of each item, what formation it was found in, the location (degrees latitude, township, range, West of which meridian), who it was collected by and which shelf it was placed on in the museum. There are also notes on museums various items were loaned or given to and who identified the item. Inside the front cover, Mr. Robinson notes: In the location description in this catalogue +100’ refers to above the Bad Heart Sandstone and 100’ is below the formation.

Robinson, George

Duncan McNab McEachran fonds

  • GLEN glen-2656
  • Fonds
  • Copied 1970 (originally created 1881)

The fonds consists of a typescript of his article, "A Journey over the Plains from Fort Benton to Bow River and Back", which includes descriptions of the country passed through, bull train travel, Fort Macleod, Fort Calgary, the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), native peoples, a sun dance, buffalo hunters, whiskey traders, a prairie fire, and the surrender of Sitting Bull at Fort Buford, Montana. Includes an 1895 photograph of the Faculty of Comparative Medicine at McGill.

McEachran, Duncan McNab

Geraldine and Douglas Moodie fonds

  • GLEN glen-3916
  • Fonds
  • 1813-1967, predominant 1895-1915

The fonds consists primarily of photographs taken by Geraldine Moodie at Battleford (including an 1895 Cree sun dance), Maple Creek, and Hudson Bay; and photos taken by Douglas Moodie during the two Hudson Bay expeditions, and the Governor-General's trip. The fonds also consists of diaries kept by both Geraldine and Douglas during their time in the north, and registers and copyright records related to their photography. Significant records of their ancestors and descendants in this fonds include James FitzGibbons memoirs and correspondence re his military career and Isaac Brock (1813-1865); poems and correspondence of the Strickland women (1830-1907); Agnes Dunbar Chamberlin's botanical sketchbook (1874-1883); and newspaper clippings re the Earl and Countess of Egmont (1932-1938).

Moodie, Geraldine (family)

Hinton Train Crash collection

  • HINT hint-17
  • Collection
  • 1986-2010

This collection consists of thirty-seven colored photographs taken by Rob Hoover of Northern Lights Freelance Photography of Hinton, Alberta, photographs donated by Dr. Duncan Murray, numerous newspaper and magazine articles,a DVD entitled "Disasters of the Century, The Hinton Train Crash", produced by Partners in Motion and a VHS labelled "VIA Train Wreck, Edmonton Tornado, July 1987".

Hinton Municipal Library

Alpine Club of Canada. Jasper/Hinton Section fonds

  • HINT hint-20
  • Fonds
  • 1906-2009

The fonds consists of 2 volumes of the Centennial Gazette published in 2006; 1 volume of the Alpine Club Journal for the year 2009; "100 Peaks Project" (completed by the Jasper Hinton Section) and digitalized by Peter Amann, certified mountain guide and past Chairman of the Jasper Hinton Section.

Alpine Club of Canada: Jasper/Hinton Section

Isaac Sanford Freeze fonds

  • GLEN glen-989
  • Fonds
  • 1883-1921

The fonds consists of personal letters to his wife, and family photographs. The letters were written to his wife Evelyn in New Brunswick, before she came to Calgary to join him. The letters describe his trip across Canada, his early life in Calgary, the establishment of his grocery store, and the arrival of the railway to Calgary (page 32). Some letters are missing pages.

Freeze, Isaac Sanford

Robert Terrill Rundle fonds

  • GLEN glen-2013
  • Fonds
  • 1840-1916, predominant 1840-1848

The fonds consists of Robert's journal which includes his diary, notes, and baptism and marriage registers (1840-1848); a small amount of correspondence (1841-1892); extracts of the journal, possibly transcribed by daughter (nd); obituary; missionary publications (1911, 1916); and photographs of Banff (1911). Records related to the following subjects are also in this fonds. See inventory for details: Bow River, Fort Pitt, William Flett, J. E. Harriott, Oxford House, Red Deer River, and Stoneys.

Rundle, Robert Terrill

Peter Erasmus fonds

  • GLEN glen-907
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1920s]

The fonds consists of Peter's reminiscences as told to Henry T. Thompson.

Erasmus, Peter

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