DAN MCCOWAN AND MARY McCOWAN Fonds :

DAN MCCOWAN SERIES : photography : prints

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. Correspondence;  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  Writing is in the form of notes and notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts, newspaper articles and other materials.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.

A Naturalist in Canada. -- [before 1941] -- 13 photographs : prints. -- File consists of photographs of wildlife and birds used in A Naturalist in Canada, published in 1941. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Location : V408 / PA - 1 to 12.

Hill-top Tales. -- [before 1948] -- 13 photographs : prints. -- File includes the following views used in Hill-top Tales, published in 1948. Views are attributed to Dan McCowan, CPR, Associated Screen News and others: Lake of the Hanging Glaciers Simpson Cairn Old Bow Fort site Sir James Hector Catherine Schubert Memorial, Armstrong, B.C. Church at Windermere, B.C. Cathedral Mountain Conrad Kain Bill Hartley Throwing the diamond hitch Trail cook Banff Highland Gathering King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Banff, with letter attached. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Location : V408 / PA - 13 to 25.

Dan McCowan. -- [ca.1920-ca.1950] -- 13 photographs : prints; 2 oversize. -- File consists of portraits and candid photographs of Dan McCowan. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Location : V408 / PA - 26 to 38.

Nature photographs. -- [before 1956] -- 29 photographs : prints; 16 oversized. -- File pertains to wildlife, birds and flower. Animals featured are mountain sheep, elk, mountain goat, bear and others. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Location : V408 / PA - 39 to 67.

Rocky Mountains. -- [ca.1890-ca.1940] -- 11 photographs : prints; 3 oversize. -- File includes views of Banff townsite, Anthracite, Field, cars on west road, parade, train station, royal visit?, winter scenes. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Location : V408 / PA - 68 to 78.

Signs and monuments. -- [before 1956] -- 9 photographs : prints. -- File consists of photographs of monuments, cairns, blazes, plaques and signs pertaining to George Simpson, David Thompson and others. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Location : V408 / PA - 79 to 87.

Other photographs. -- [before 1956] -- 11 photographs : prints. -- File includes soldiers in Scottish dress [re Highland gathering, Banff?], views of Scotland, locomotive, cartoon, painting. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Location : V408 / PA - 88 to 98.

Canadian Pacific Railway. -- [ca.1950] -- 9 photographs : prints. -- File consists of views along the Banff-Jasper Highway, including the Columbia Icefield. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Location : V408 / PA - 99 to 107.

Nicholas Morant photographs. -- [ca.1930] -- 6 photographs : prints. -- File pertains to Dan McCowan, hiking and horse groups. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Location : V408 / PA - 108 to 113.

Associated Screen News photographs. -- [ca.1930] -- 4 photographs : prints. -- File includes camp and trail photographs featuring J.M. Gibbon, Phil Moore, Pearl Moore and Dan McCowan. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Location : V408 / PA - 114 to 117.

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