Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
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Jimmy Simpson family fonds |
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Simpson family
(Jimmy Simpson family fonds - V577/PA-95) |
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Jimmy Simpson family fonds. -- [ca.1900]-1995. -- 2.5 m of textual records. -- 29 photograph albums (ca.3000 prints). -- ca.1600 photographs (ca.750 prints, 410 negatives, ca.430 transparencies). -- 1 sound recording : audio disc. -- Justin James McCarthy (Jimmy) Simpson, 1877-1972, was a trapper, guide and outfitter and lodge owner at Banff and Bow Lake, Alberta, Canada. Simpson and Williamina (Billie) Ross Reid, 1891-1968, married in 1916 and had three children, Margaret, 1917-1941, Mary, 1919- , and Jimmy Simpson Jr., 1922- . -- Fonds consists of seven series: I. Jimmy Simpson Sr., ca.1901-1972; II. Simpson family, ca.1900-1987; III. Billie Simpson, 1913-1968; IV. Simpson Sisters, 1929-1955; V. Other, 1947-1983. -- Also known as Jimmy Simpson fonds. -- Location: M78 / S16 / V577. Detailed fonds description - Archives Network of Alberta provincial database
I. Jimmy Simpson Sr. Jimmy Simpson Sr. series. -- [ca.1901]-1972. -- ca.74 cm of textual records. -- 23 photograph albums (ca.2875 prints) -- 425 photographs : transparencies. -- Series consists of: A. Business papers and photographs, 1903-1972; B. Literary papers, 1912-1972; C. Other papers, 1903- 1957. Business records pertain mainly to guiding, outfitting and hunting operations. Photographs pertain mainly to hunting trips, ca.1901-ca.1920. -- Microfilm copies of albums are available. -- Constitutes Series I of the Jimmy Simpson family fonds.
II. Simpson family Simpson family series. -- [ca.1900]-1987. -- ca.1.5 m of textual records. -- ca.1085 photgoraphs (ca.675 prints, 410 negatives). -- 6 photograph albums (ca.460 prints). -- 1 sound recording : audio disk. -- Series consists of: A. Textual records, 1907-1987; B. Photographs, [ca.1900-ca.1970]; C. Sound recording. Textual records are: 1. Alphabetical files, 1907-1987; 2. Correspondence, ca.1910-ca.1985; 3. School records, 1923-1936; 4. Num-Ti-Jah Lodge registers, 1939-1957; 5. Other material, 1929-1942. Photographs pertain to Jimmy Simpson and family; friends and guests; lodges and camps, including Num-Ti- Jah Lodge; Banff home and community; pack trips; scenic views; other. Sound recording is home recording of Margaret (Simpson) Brown, Paul Vincent Brown and Roy Shipstead made in the summer of 1941 for Billie and Mary Simpson. -- Constitutes Series II of the Jimmy Simpson family fonds. File descriptions : A. Textual records File descriptions : B. Photographs
III. Billie Simpson Billie Simpson series. -- 1913-1968. -- 6.5 cm of textual records. -- Series consists of Billie Simpson correspondence, literary and dramatic papers. -- Constitutes Series III of the Jimmy Simpson family fonds.
IV. Simpson Sisters Simpson Sisters series. -- 1929-1955. -- ca.20 cm and 3 v. of textual material, ca.15 cm of print material, 86 photographic prints. -- Series pertains to the professional skating career of Margaret Simpson and Mary Simpson. -- Constitutes Series IV of the Jimmy Simpson family fonds.
V. Other material Other material series. --1947-1983. -- 3.5 cm of textual records. -- Series consists of: A. Mary Simpson Hallock papers, 1960-1955; B. Jimmy Simpson Jr. papers, 1947-1983; C. Other, [before 1970], includes art works. -- Constitutes Series V of the Jimmy Simpson family fonds. |
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The Jimmy Simpson family fonds was processed with financial support of the Canadian Council of Archives, 1997-1998. On-line finding aid funded by the Archives Society of Alberta, 2002-2003 |
