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Banff Winter Carnival fonds

Banff Winter Carnival event on Banff Avenue, 1948

(Bill Gibbons fonds  - V227/NA-1684) 

     Banff Winter Carnival fonds. -- 1945-1959. -- ca.350 photographs : prints. -- 18 textual records. -- Banff Winter Carnival was the first post-war winter sports programme held in Banff, Alberta, Canada. -- Consists of two series:  I. Photographs;  II. Textual records. -- Location: M13 / V427

Detailed fonds description - Archives Network of Alberta provincial database

I.  Photographs

Photographs series. -- [ca.1950-ca.1956]. --349 photographs : prints, 4x5" and 8x10". -- Series pertains to the Banff Winter Carnival Queen contest, presentations, ceremonies, parade, masquerade dance and other activities. -- Title based on contents of series. -- Condition is fair to good. -- Gift of Jean Watt, 1992. -- Constitutes Series I of the Banff Winter Carnival fonds. 

File descriptions

II.  Textual records

Textual records series. -- 1945-1959. -- 18 textual records. -- Series contains scrapbook and loose items pertaining to Banff Winter Carnival and Ethel "Tillie" Knight. -- Title based on material. -- Condition is poor to good. -- Gift of Tillie Knight, 1992. -- Constitutes Series II of the Banff Winter Carnival fonds. Negatives for many of the photographs can be found in the Bill Gibbons fonds [V227]. 

File descriptions

The Banff Winter Carnival  fonds was processed with financial support

of the Canadian Council of Archives, 1998-1999.

On-line finding aid funded by the Archives Society of Alberta, 2002-2003

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