| Provenance: | De Haan, Bill
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| Title: | Bill de Haan fonds
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| Repository: | Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archives and Library |
| Dates: | [ca.1895]-1975
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| Physical desc.: | ca.220 photographs : prints, transparencies. -- ca.1 cm of textual records
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| Bio/Admin History: | Bill de Haan, b.1903, was a hotel worker, labourer and government worker at Banff, Alberta, Canada. De Haan came to Banff in 1944 after working across Canada. From ca.1950 to ca.1968, he worked for Banff National Park at Tunnel Mountain campground, the east park gate and the warden service equipment building. After 1968, de Haan was a volunteer at the government fish hatchery in Banff. An avid photographer, de Haan was a member of the Bow Valley Camera Club. He photographed wildflowers and warden cabins throughout the park.
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| Custodial hist: | Brett family photographs were acquired by Bill de Haan from another person who was going to discard them.
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| Scope/Content: | Fonds includes textual material in the form of a manuscript, ephemera and photographs made by and collected by Bill de Haan. The manuscript is titled "Photographs to accompany P. M. Sauders report of snow survey in the vicinity of Lake Louise . . . June 14, 1918." Also includes posters and calendar pertaining to Banff National Park and Banff Indian Days. Photographs pertain mainly to cabins, including warden cabins, Banff National Park, 1963-1966; also Brett family, early Banff and area, Bankhead, Canmore cemetery (1975); flooding along Bow River, 1972; and construction of archives and library building, 1967-1968, (now Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies).
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| Title source: | Title based on accession records
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| Physical desc. note: | Textual records include some oversize items
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| Acq. source: | Acquired by donation, 1967-1996
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| Language: | Language is English
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| Originals: | Originals of copied material were retained by donor and others
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| Restrictions: | No restrictions on access
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Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
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| Finding aids: | Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
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| Record No.: | M20 / V169
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| Names: | De Haan, Bill
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| Topic: | Environment
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Family and personal life
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