Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1931 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Harold Banister, 1873-1934, was born in England and came to Alberta with his father, Albert Edward Banister, in 1884. The family homesteaded at Davisburg near Calgary. Harold worked for a time in British Columbia before homesteading himself at Davisburg. In 1903 he married Laura Beatrice Bryce and they had nine children, Bertram Harold, 1904-1949, Mary Beatrice, 1905-1907, Stanley Bryce, 1906-1966, Dallas (Wright), 1908-?, Audrey Amelia (Bolin), 1910-?, George Alwyn, 1911-?, John Albert Weston, 1914-1979, Ronald Kitchener, 1917-?, and Patricia (Wedderburn), 1920-?. In 1913 he sold the farm and moved to Okotoks where he worked in real estate and insurance. He served as a police magistrate and was mayor of Okotoks from 1932 until his death. In 1931 he dictated his memoirs to his daughter, Dallas, and they were published as a serial by the Calgary Herald.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Dallas Wright, 1980.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of memoirs of early life, entitled "As I Remember". Also includes a research paper about Harold Banister which was written by his great-grandson, Ken Banister, in 2002.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
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Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
The published version of his memoirs is in the Glenbow Library in the Banister family clippings file.
Related units of description
Records of Albert E. Banister and sister-in-law Amelia Brown Banister are also held by Glenbow.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
Albert E. Banister fonds is M 6874
Note
Amelia Brown Banister fonds is M 8364 and NA 1808.
Note
M 6391 is a duplicate of M 5655 and should be deaccessioned.