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Colin Fraser fonds

  • PAA paa-7390
  • Fonds
  • 1893-1896

Fonds consists of daily journals listing trade transactions between Colin Fraser and various individuals.

Fraser, Colin

Colonel Robertson-Ross fonds

  • PAA paa-9103
  • Fonds
  • Copied [ca. 1960] (originally created 1872)

The fonds consists of a copy of Lieutenant Colonel Robertson-Ross's diary while he surveyed the Canadian Northwest in 1872. The diary documents Col. Robertson-Ross's trip from Edmonton to Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, over a pass through the Rocky Mountains and to a location known as White Horse Creek in British Columbia.

Robertson-Ross, Colonel

Constance Peterson fonds

  • JAS jas-1383
  • Fonds
  • 1949-1978

Fonds consists of correspondence, personal interviews and published sources regarding a wide variety of people and topics. Records related to the following are in this fonds: Edward Bridge Abram; Evelyn Arends; J. Burgon Bikersteth; "Major" Fred Brewster; George Edward Camp; Myrle Everett Clark; Phyllis May Clark; Kate Colley; E.N. Copping; Rev. Edwards; Jim Fahey; George Fleming; George Fowlie; Mary George; Mary Gibson; Daisy Hartley; Jasper Hawes; Fred Hindle; Bill Hooper; Ralph James; Florence Jefferson; Adam Joachim; Samuel James Kitchen; Gwen Lewis; Helen Lonsdale nee Renshaw; William McConnell; Donald Shorery McCready; Frank and Miles Moberly; Henry John Moberly; Albert Norris; Dr.Thomas O'Hagan; Dr. Enest Fielden Niven; Clauson Otto; Constance Peterson; Tom Peterson; Donald "Curlie" Phillips; William J. Popey; Frank Reed; Annie E. Richardson; Mabel Richardson; Lillian Roots: Thomas Ross; Harry Rowed; Fred Siebert; James Shand-Harvey; William Shovar; Thirza Schultz; John B. Snape; Mabel Tawse (Milton and Cheadle diary); Dr. Bill Taylor; J. Munroe Thorington; A.B. Webb; Frank Wells; Ted White; Pete Withers; J.A. (Major) Woods; Alex Wylie; Sydney Yoeman; and Thomas Young; Anglican Church, Jasper; automobiles; mountaineering; childbirth; fish hatchery; Fitzhugh; Suzanne Cardinal; Jacque Cardinal; Brazeau family; Louis Loyer; Klyne family; George McDougal, Kwaarakwante; Helen Rudyk; Moberly family; Joachim family; Findlay family; Colin Fraser; Perrault family; Wanniande; Goucher; Gladu; C.A. Kipling; Father DeSmet; Father Tardiff; Tete Jaune (Yellowhead); Archibald McDonald; Hamelin; Wilmot; L'Iroquois, sun dance; Beaver and Cree Indians; curling; Jasper Park Lodge; Lovat Scouts; Pocohantas, coal mining, Limestone; railway construction and accidents; cemeteries; Roman Catholic Church; Jasper schools; skis and skiing; Tete Jaune; theatre: "The Jasper Story" (1956, Elsie Park-Gowan, author, Jack McCreath, director); Jasper United Church; vacations: two acounts of persons vacationing in Jasper area (1919, Leonard D'Appollonia, Bessie Foy Symons); and Eremite Valley Camps.

Peterson, Constance

Couture family fonds

  • JAS jas-2589
  • Fonds
  • 1979 - 2007

The fonds consists of records related to the Couture family, including:;Personal and family documents related to the Couture family and memorabilia;Records related to Jasper Community and Volunteer work with the Jasper Recycling Society;Photographs of historic sites within Jasper National Park and along the provincial boundary of Alberta and British Columbia;Sheila's research related to the Display case at the Jasper Activity Centre, which Sheila creates display as a volunteer service for the Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archives;Records related to Sheila's employment with the Aspen Regional Health Authority;Programs, pamphlets and brochures collected by Sheila when she attends various community events. The fonds also consists of published materials related to Jasper National Park and park history. The fonds also consists of records related to Joe Couture's work as a ski instructor at Marmot, president of the Chamber of Commerce and The municipality of Jasper.

Couture (family)

Cumberland Salter fonds

  • GLEN glen-3357
  • Fonds
  • 1918

The fonds consists of an album of photographs of western Canada and Montana, including images of Regina, Qu'appelle Valley, and Balcarres, Saskatchewan; Edmonton, Jasper, Peace River, Lady Mackworth (steamer), Waterhole, Dunvegan, Spirit River, Clairmont, Coutts, Lethbridge, and Calgary in Alberta; Prince George, Kitwanga, Kitselas Canyon, Bulkley River, Prince Rupert, Prince Rupert (ship), Anyox, Ocean Falls, Swanson Bay, Vancouver, and Victoria in British Columbia; Kalispell, Polson, Glacier National Park, Great Falls, and Sweet Grass in Montana. Includes images of Charlie Williams of Kitwanga, Captain Mackenzie of the Prince Rupert, and F. C. Salter.

Salter, Cumberland

Curly Phillips Photograph Collection

  • JAS jas-2526
  • Collection
  • 1890-1938

The collection consists of photographs pertaining to Curly Phillips life. Includes many C. Phillips photos as well as several from other sources.

Phillips, Curly, collector

Cyndi Smith fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-661
  • Fonds
  • 1985-1988

Fonds consists of research correspondence, copies of personal papers, and sound recordings pertaining to Mary Vaux Walcott, Georgia Engelhard (Cromwell), Henrietta Tuzo (Wilson), Mary Schaffer Warren, Elizabeth Parker, Bess MacCarthy, Margaret Stone, Mary Jobe (Akeley), Caroline Hinman, Lillian Gest, Katie Gardiner, Gertrude Benham, Phyl Munday and others. Material was gathered during research and production of "Off the Beaten Track." Sound recordings are titled: "To Cyndi Smith from Henry Vaux," re Mary Vaux; and "Some information re women of the mountains from M.D. Fleming.

Smith, Cyndi

Dan McCowan and Mary McCowan fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-458
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1885-1967?]

Fonds consists of two series: I. Dan McCowan series; II. Mary E.(Fee) McCowan series. I. Dan McCowan series, ca.1905-1967?, ca.30 cm of textual records and ca.3400 photographs. Includes five sub-series: A. Correspondence; B. Writing; C. Photography; D. Professional activities; E. Ephemera. Correspondence includes incoming letters re writing, business and broadcasting. Writing is in the form of notes and notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts, newspaper articles and other materials. Photography includes negatives, lantern slides, 35mm transparencies and prints. Material pertains to flora, fauna, people, places and scenery, also family, activities and events. Photographs of Banff personalities and visitors are available in negative and lantern slide form, 254 items. Lantern slides were designed for lectures such as: "On skyline trails in the Canadian Rockies"; "On nature trails at Banff and Lake Louise"; "A naturalist in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Snow peaks and flower meadows in the Canadian Rockies" (200 slides); "Over the hills and far away: a pictorial review of the Canadian Rockies"; "Victory Day, May 8th 1945, Dan McCowan presents: Bye-gone days in Banff" (exact titles were based on title slides). II. Mary E. (Fee) McCowan series consists of diaries, 1926-1957, photocopied from 12 volumes (19 cm), and letters from Dan McCowan, 1943. Diaries discuss joint travels, activities, lecture tours for CPR (Canada, US, UK), Banff, trail rides, skyline hikes, and Royal Visit, 1939.

McCowan, Dan

Dave Cheesmond fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-669
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1978-ca.1985]

Fonds consists of research files in three series: I. Asia series, ca.1982-ca.1985 (A. Karakoram, Pakistan, B. Nepal, C. China, D. India); II. North America series, ca.1978-ca.1985 (A. United States, B. Canada, C. General); III. South America series, ca.1983 (A. Patagonia, B. Andes). Canada sub-series pertains to mountaineering in the Yukon, British Columbia and Baffin Island. Research files primarily contain correspondence, personnel planning and administration records, notes, annotated maps, brochures, photographs and copies of articles from mountaineering journals.

Cheesmond, Dave

David Goerzen fonds

  • JAS jas-2599
  • Fonds
  • Digitized June 2005 (originally created 1943-1945)

The fonds consists of pictures of Conscientious Objectors, their camps, their work, and how they spent their leisure time.

Goerzen, David

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