PARKS CANADA Fonds : PHOTOGRAPHS

Photographs series. -- 1903-1965. -- ca.13,000 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies. -- 7 motion pictures. -- Includes six sub-series:  A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s- 1950s);  B. Banff National Park warden service;  C. Lantern slides, [ca.1915-ca.1920];  D. Cave and Basin project, 1981-1985;  E. Other, 1966-1994. -- Title based on accession records. -- Some access and use restrictions apply. -- Constitutes Series I of the Parks Canada fonds.    

V488 / I.A.

Banff National Park photograph collection. -- 1903-1965, predominant 1920s-1950s. -- ca.1750 photographs : prints, negatives. -- Sub-series pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park.  Included are private and government buildings, dwellings, roads and utilities; resource and wildlife development and management; visitor facilities; lodges, hotels and bungalow camps; warden and fire protection activities; Banff events; Norman Sanson trips and expeditions. -- On loan from Banff National Park. -- Preliminary inventory available.

 

V488 / I.B.

Banff National Park warden service. -- [before 1985]. -- ca.11,000 photographs and motion pictures. -- Sub-series pertains to wardens, warden activities and cabins, wildlife management. -- Accompanied by textual documentation. -- On loan from Banff National Park.

 

V488 / I.C.

Lantern slides. -- [ca.1915-ca.1920]. -- 199 photographs : transparencies. -- Sub-series consists of two lecture sets: 1. CPR lecture set, ca.1915, 145 items; 2. Canadian Rockies lecture set, ca.1920, 54 items, accompanied by lecture notes (stored with textual material M317). -- On loan from Banff National Park.

 

V488 / I.D.

Cave and Basin project. -- 1981-1985. -- 204 photographs :  negatives; copies. -- Sub-series consists of mainly snapshot prints of historic images acquired by the Cave and Basin restoration and re-development project from various individuals.

 

V488 / I.E.

Yoho National Park collection. -- [before 1990]. -- ca.90 photographs : prints. -- 3 textual records. -- Sub-series pertains to Yoho National Park landscape, scenery, railway, places and facilities, including Field.  Textual records are letters. -- Collected from numerous donors, including Kevin Hargadon, T. Lees, Ernie Plant, F. W. Yeats and Millie Adamson.

 

V488 / I.F.

Other photographs. -- 1966-1994. -- ca.90 photographs : prints, transparencies, copy negatives. -- 1 video recording. -- Sub-series includes: colour transparencies by Jack Holroyd and Bruce Gordon, 1966-1974, re Banff buildings and Protection Mountain mine; photographs of Bankhead, its people and activities used for project Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town by Ben Gadd, 1989; video recording, "Saskatchewan Glacier Clean-up 1994".

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