Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
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Mather family fonds |
 Mather family
(Mather family fonds - V397/49) |
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Mather family fonds. -- 1895-1953. -- 13 cm of textual records. -- ca.900 photographs : negatives, prints. -- 3 photograph albums (486 prints). -- The Mather family were boat house operators at Banff, Alberta, Canada. William Mather (d. 1927) and Margaret McRavey Mather had four children, Jennie, Leslie, Allan and Hazel. The family boating business was succeed by Bow River Boat House Limited, which operated from 1927 to 1951. -- Fonds consists of three series: I. Mather family, 1895-ca.1945; II. Bow River Boat House Ltd., 1929-1951; III. Other records, 192- -1953. -- Location: M87 / V397. Detailed fonds description - Archives Network of Alberta provincial database
I. Mather family
Mather family series. --
1895-1945. -- 2.5 cm of textual records. -- ca.900 photographs
(negatives, prints). -- 3 photograph albums (486 prints). -- 4
cartographic records. -- Textual records consist of marriage and
birth certificates, 1896-1900; boathouse and property records,
1895-1917; estate papers, 1928-1943; agreements, 1929, 1931; and,
stock certificates, 1929-1945. Photographs consist of:
Mather family negatives, [before ca.1945?]; Jennie Mather
photographs, [ca.1910-ca.1930]; Leslie Mather photographs,
ca.1910-ca.1940; Other photographs, ca.1910-ca.1930.
Photographs pertain to Mather family, activities, friends; Mather
home and properties; boats and boating on Lake Minnewanka and the
Bow River; winter sports, including skating, hockey and skiing;
hiking, floods, Banff area mountain views and Rocky Mountain
scenic views.
-- Title based on contents of
series. --
Constitutes Series I of the Mather family fonds.
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The Mather family fonds was processed with financial support of the Archives Society of Alberta, 2000-2001. On-line finding aid funded by the Archives Society of Alberta, 2002-2003 |