DAN MCCOWNA AND MARY McCOWAN Fonds : DAN MCCOWAN SERIES : CORRESPONDENCE;  WRITING

Dan McCowan series. -- [ca.1905-1967?]. -- ca.30 cm of textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs. -- 4 graphic records. -- Series consists of five sub-series:  A. CORRESPOND-ENCE;  B. WRITING;  C. Photography;  D. Professional activities; E. Ephemera.  Correspondence includes incoming letters re writing, business and broadcasting.  Writing is in the form of notes and notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts, newspaper articles and other materials. Photography includes negatives, lantern slides, 35mm transparencies and prints.  Material pertains to flora, fauna, people, places and scenery, also family, activities and events.  Photographs of Banff personalities and visitors are available in negative and lantern slide form, 254 items.  Lantern slides were designed for lectures. -- Title based on contents of series. -- Constitutes Series I of the Dan McCowan and Mary McCowan fonds.

Correspondence. -- 1936-1952. -- 3.5 cm of textual records. -- File consists of incoming letters re writing, 1936-1943; business, 1939, 1952; and broadcasting, 1937-1940. Pertain to books, lectures, CBC radio \ broadcasts, royal visit. Includes letters from radio broadcast fans; letters from and pertaining to John Murray Gibbon; correspondence with Dudley Stamp of Stanstead College accompanied by listings of prints and slides used for books; 1 letter from Leonard Brockington of Odeon Theatres (1952) -- Title taken from contents. -- Location : M55 / 1, 2.

 

Correspondence. -- [1967?] -- 1.5 cm of textual records. -- Letters from Mary Alice Stewart of Archives of the Canadian Rockies; also various book lists. -- Title taken from contents. -- Location : M55 / 3.

 

Notebooks and notes. -- 1918-1949. -- 6.5 cm of textual records (incl. 4 volumes) -- Includes diaries, field notes and data regarding the natural history (3 volumes) and human history (1 volume) of Banff; also handwritten notes re "Winnipeg" photo captions. -- Title taken from contents. -- Location : M55 / 4 to 7.

 

Natural history manuscripts. -- [between 1905 and 1957] -- 4 cm of textual records. -- File consist of 47 typewritten articles by Dan McCowan on natural history. -- Title taken from contents. -- Includes handwritten table of contents with note "This volume contains articles written by Dan McCowan" -- Material was received in binder with bird on cover. -- Location : M55 / 8 to 10.

 

Manuscripts. -- [before 1950] -- 1 cm of textual records. -- File contains typewritten manuscripts. Includes: "Appendix" with bibliography and data listings of wildlife and plants, n.d.; The address to immortal memory [lecture], 1949, 2 copies; Memorials of Western Canada : illustrations from photographs by the author / by Dan McCowan. -- Title taken from contents. -- Location : M55 / 11.

 

Published materials and manuscripts. -- 1938-1952. -- 2 cm of textual records. -- Includes assorted Sky Line Trail periodicals with articles by Dan McCowan, 1939-1952; $25 a Month Adventures in Aberhartia with Arch Dale and the Winnipeg Free Press, 1938; Oryx, vol.7 (Nov 1952) including letter to and mention of Dan McCowan; other published articles by Dan McCowan, including 1 pamphlet Manuscript titles include "So long old timer," March 1947, 3 p, re Jim Brewster; Hilltop Tales revision, chapter XIV, n.d., 10p; letter from artist Duggan, 1934; "Silvertip" / Dan McCowan, Canadian Alpine Journal, ??? -- Taken based on contents. -- Location : M55 / 12, 13.

 

Newspaper articles. -- 1949-1956. -- ? cm of textual records. -- File consists of loose clippings of newspaper column articles by Dan McCowan, 1949-1956. -- File title based on contents. -- Location : M55 / 14.

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