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Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-958
  • Fonds
  • 1924-2011

Fonds consists of organizational records including photographs, brochures, correspondence and other documents which are divided into five series [see General Notes]. Content pertains to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, including the organization's history, members and staff, trail rides and other events, publications and advertising, finances, and administration.

Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Dermot Kennedy and J. R. Webb fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-816
  • Fonds
  • 1956, 1974

Fonds consists of cartoon drawings by Dermot Kennedy pertaining to construction of the Banff Windermere Highway. Textual item is mock-up of booklet titled Camp 51, prepared by J. R. Webb, 1974

Kennedy, Dermot

W. Ross Richardson fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-795
  • Fonds
  • 1927-1933, 1978

Fonds consists of research materials in the form of notes and copies of articles describing history, specifications and disposition of Norman Thompson NT 213 and Boeing A - 213 Totem Flying Boat aircraft, which made early flights in the vicinities of Banff and Lake Louise. Also includes a photograph of the Boeing Totem flying boat aircraft on Lake Louise, 1933.

Richardson, W. Ross

C. M. Walker fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-696
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1909]-1950

Fonds consists of professional papers, 1921, 1949-1950; financial papers, 1932-1946; other papers, 1939-1953; and photographs, ca.1909-ca.1947. Textual records pertain mainly to Walker's later career re the Eastern Rockies Forest Conservation Board, Coleman-Savana Creek Highway, and income tax. Also includes miscellaneous papers and ephemera of Mabel Walker's re gardening. Photographs pertain to C. M. Walker, family, associates and activities, ca.1909-ca.1947. Also includes prints collected by Walker

Walker, C. M.

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.

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

Charles H. McAulay fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-569
  • Fonds
  • 1904-1963

Fonds consists of McAulay's personal and professional papers and photographs. Textual records are mainly employment papers of Charles McAulay as General Construction Foreman for Rocky Mountains Park and Banff National Park, 1912- 1939; includes correspondence, memoranda, journals, notes, timebooks and other materials pertaining to public works projects, in particular road building and maintenance. Also includes McAulay's personal journal, 1942-1963, which includes periodic observations on activities of McAulay and family, Banff events and deaths of Banff residents. Photographs pertain to Charles McAulay, family, friends and associates; work activities, including bridge and road construction, pipe-laying, equipment, construction projects in Banff National Park; personal activities, including curling; Banff places and activities; ca.1907-ca.1955. Includes construction of the Banff-Jasper Highway.

McAulay, Charles H.

George Noble fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-519
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1912]-1958

Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection. Includes four series. I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; includes film and glass negatives in sizes up to 8 X 10 inches. Pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival and Banff Indian Days; Indians; scenic views of Banff and area and other Rocky Mountains locations. II. Commercial views, 765 items; includes buildings, businesses, facilities, sports events, organizations, conventions, group portraits, displays and presentations. III. Mixed views, 242 items; includes scenic, documentary and commercial views similar to material in previous series. Also includes some views know to have been produced by Fred Armbrister, a professional photographer who operated out of Lake Louise, Alberta, ca.1930. IV. Portraits, ca.4600. This series contains four groups: A. 1920s-1950s, most unidentified; B. 1930s and 1940s, arranged alphabetically, many unidentified; C. 1950s, arranged alphabetically, most identified, many with proofs (prints); D. 1950s, arranged chronologically by job number. V. Other, ca.50 items. Includes 36 colour stereo transparencies, ca.1955, re Administration Building and gardens, Banff-Jasper Highway scenics, mountain sheep, autumn colour, Banff Avenue, George Noble and staff. Also includes small number of commercial prints produced by Noble, including several large hand-painted views. Fonds is accompanied by business record books, 1950-1958, 2 v. (M533)

Noble, George

George Monilaws fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-487
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1920]-1935

Fonds pertains mainly to locomotives and trains, J. G. Monilaws, friends and associates, ca.1920-1935.

Monilaws, J. George

James Irving McLeod fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-467
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1875]-1980

Fonds includes business papers, 1922-1957, including legal documents, 1922-1957, and other papers, 1925-1957; miscellaneous items pertaining to James I. McLeod and the McLeod family, 1955-1980; and photographs, ca.1875-ca.1956. Textual records pertain to McLeod's tour and transport activities and Homestead Hotel, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport operations, late 1940s and early 1950s and successors. Partners, vendors, etc. referred to include R. V. Bray, R. H. Brett, Earl Gammon, J. H. McLeod, D. M. Soole and H. H. Waterhouse. Photographs pertain to James Irving McLeod, Evelyn Davidson McLeod, family and friends; also, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. Ltd. cars, drivers, buses, promotional photographs.

McLeod, James Irving

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