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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notebooks, unpublished and published manuscripts,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.
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Title based on contents of series. --
Constitutes Series I of the Dan McCowan and Mary McCowan fonds.
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Dan McCowan
letters of appreciation from American audiences : [scrapbook]. --
1927, 1949, 1952. -- 1 cm of textual records. -- Item includes
correspondence from fans regarding lectures (1927) and inserted into
binding. -- Title from scrapbook. -- Location : M55 / 15.
Scrapbook.
-- 1929-1941. -- 1 vol of textual records (1cm) -- Scrapbook contains
newspaper clippings regarding career of Dan McCowan. -- Location : M55
/ 16.
Scrapbooks.
-- 1936-1938. -- 2 vol of textual records (6 cm) -- Scrapbooks contain
international newsclippings, media coverage, book reviews, fan letters
and other correspondence, lecture programmes. -- Title taken from
contents. -- Location : M55 / 17, 18.
Newspaper
clippings. -- File consists of newspaper articles of McCowan's
lectures and shows. -- Title based on contents. -- Location : M55 /
19.
Advertising
and promotion. -- [ca.1940] -- 3 posters : 2 oversize. -- Posters
advertise book, photographic display and lecture by Dan McCowan. --
Title based on material. -- Location : M55 / 20.
Ephemera. -- 1906-1948. -- ca.2.5 cm of textual records. --
Includes menus, concert programs, Banff Springs Hotel sticker label,
gallery catalogues, Royal Train Canada station stationery,
newsclippings (obituaries, career, 1910 proclamation re death of King
Edward VII), cartoons, Calgary Power biography of Dan McCowan, notes
from book publisher, book order leaflets; ; items of interest
(including business cards, programmes, advertising for books and
lectures, press releases, Sherriff's State Association (Pennsylvania)
membership card. -- Title taken from contents. -- Location : M55 / 21,
22.
Newsclippings. -- 1936-194-. -- File contains loose newsclippings
pertaining to World War II, royalty, animals, Banff personalities
(including obituaries of McCowan, Rungius, Ballard, Niven) -- Title
taken from contents. -- Location : M55 / 23. |