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The Cave and Basin : Banff's hot springs and the birth of Canada's national parks

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25251
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Hart, E.J. (Ted)
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Call Number
08.3 H11c
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Author
Hart, E.J. (Ted)
Responsibility
Ted (E.J.) Hart
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
91 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Cave and Basin
History
History of Alberta
History-Canada
National parks
Tourism
Abstract
THE CAVE AND BASIN by Ted Hart is the story of mineral springs in Banff National Park that were instrumental to the growth of Banff and formed the nucleus of Canada’s national park system. Authored by renowned historian E.J. (Ted) Hart, Cave and Basin offers background on what is now protected as a national historic site, exploring the story of its discovery and the lives of those involved in its development as a world-famous attraction. It describes these unique and fascinating hot springs and how they became the catalyst for important developments in Canadian history and culture. The book details the story of the springs’ first discovery, their critical place in a government decision to create a reserve to protect them for public use and their development into a tourist location where generations of Canadians and those from around the world came to enjoy their soothing balm. In the process, the springs, and the Cave and Basin particularly, became the epicentre for both the creation and the commemoration of Canada’s national parks. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Sacred waters of the mountains
Chapter 2 - Like some fantastic dream
Chapter 3 - The hot springs investigation
Chapter 4 - Recuperate the patients and recoup the treasury
Chapter 5 - As near perfetion as it is possible to make
Chapter 6 - Walter Painter's wonder
Chapter 7 - Different guises
Chapter 8 - Recent times
Index
Photo credits
About the author
ISBN
9781926983271
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
08.3 H11c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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In time and place : master plan 2005 for the protection, preservation, and presentation of Alberta's past

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24956
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2005
Author
Tracey, William
Field, Dorothy
Myers, Patricia A.
Vickers, J. Rod
Wyman, Marlena
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Community Development
Call Number
00.5 T67i
  1 website  
Author
Tracey, William
Field, Dorothy
Myers, Patricia A.
Vickers, J. Rod
Wyman, Marlena
Responsibility
William Tracey
Dorothy Field
Patricia A. Myers
J. Rod Vickers
Marlena Wyman
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Community Development
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
vi, 165 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alberta
Alberta - History
Archives
History
History of Alberta
Guide
Abstract
Pertains to a suggested plan by heritage professionals to thematically protect, preserve and present history in Alberta
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Master Plan 2005: A New Approach to Preserving Alberta's History
Part I: Preservation Strategy
Part II: A Thematic Approach
Part III: Using Master Plan 2005
Part IV: The Thematic Framework
Part V: CD with Printable Appendices
Notes
Includes letter from author Marlena Wyman
ISBN
0778543374
Accession Number
2019.93
Call Number
00.5 T67i
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Full text of publication available online
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art : a handbook of the American Wing

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21002
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1928
Author
Halsey, R. T. H.
Publisher
New York : The Museum
Edition
4th ed.
Call Number
NK2003 H3
Author
Halsey, R. T. H.
Responsibility
by R. T. H. Halsey and Charles O. Cornelius
Edition
4th ed.
Publisher
New York : The Museum
Published Date
1928
Physical Description
295p. : ill. plans
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Furniture - U.S. - History
House furnishings - U.S. - History
Interior decoration - U.S. - History
Notes
Includes index
Accession Number
3069
Call Number
NK2003 H3
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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North of America : Canadians and the American century, 1945-60

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26238
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Publisher
Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press
Call Number
08.1 M19n
Responsibility
Edited by Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson
Publisher
Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
xii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Government
Politics
History
History-Canada
History-United States
Abstract
In 1941, influential publishing magnate Henry Luce wrote a stirring essay on American global power, declaring that the world was in the midst of the first great American century. What did a newly outward-looking and hegemonic United States mean for its northern neighbour? From constitutional reform to transit policy, from national security to the arrival of television, Canadians were ever mindful of the American experience. This sharp-eyed volume provides a unique look at postwar Canada, bringing to the fore the opinions and perceptions of a broad range of Canadians--from consumers to diplomats, jazz musicians to urban planners, and a diverse cross-section in between. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
"A Natural Development": Canada and Non-Alignment in the Age of Eisenhower / David Webster -- Cheers to the Canadian Wheat Surplus! Lester Pearson's Visit to the Soviet Union and the West's Détente Dilemma / Susan Colbourn -- Living Dangerously: Canadian National Security Policy and the Nuclear Revolution / Timothy Andrews Sayle -- From Normandy to NORAD: Canada and the North Atlantic Triangle in the Age of Eisenhower / Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson -- An Emerging Constitutional Culture in Canada's Postwar Moment / P.E. Bryden -- Rethinking Postwar Domesticity: The Canadian Household in the 1950s / Bettina Liverant -- Racial Discrimination in "Uncle Tom's Town": Media and the Americanization of Racism in Dresden, 1948-56 / Jennifer Tunnicliffe -- Between Distrust and Acceptance: The Influence of the United States on Postwar Quebec / François-Olivier Dorais and Daniel Poitras -- Living the Good Life? Canadians and the Paradox of American Prosperity / Stephen Azzi -- Make Room for (Canadian) TV: Print Media Cover the Arrival of Television in the Shadow of American Cultural Imperialism, 1930-52 / Emily LeDuc -- Getting Off the Highway: Frederick Gardiner and Toronto's Transit Policy in the Age of the Interstate Highway, 1954-63 / Jonathan English -- Talking Jazz at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1956-58 / Eric Fillion.
ISBN
9780774868846
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
08.1 M19n
Collection
Archives Library
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Rails over the mountains : exploring the railway heritage of Canada's western mountains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25285
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Brown, Ron
Publisher
Toronto : Dundurn
Call Number
08.3 B78r
  1 website  
Author
Brown, Ron
Responsibility
Ron Brown
Publisher
Toronto : Dundurn
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
156 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Railways
History
History of Alberta
History-Canada
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Abstract
Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is where grand railway hotels were built to attract tourists to the West’s beautiful scenery and bring profit to the railway lines as well. Rustic stations added to the allure. The challenges of conquering the mountains resulted in some of Canada’s most ingenious feats of engineering, such as spiral tunnels and soaring trestles (one of which was featured in The Amazing Race Canada). Relive the days of rail on a steam train, the luxurious Rocky Mountaineer, or one of VIA Rail’s mountain journeys. Outdoor enthusiasts can follow the abandoned roadbeds of Canada’s more spectacular rail trails, like the legendary Kettle Valley Railway. Also included are some of Canada’s most extensive railway museums, which have helped to bring this vanished era back to life. (From publisher's website)
Contents
The rails arrive -- Conquering the mountains : the tunnels and bridges -- The faces of the railways : the heritage railway stations -- Life on the line : the railway towns -- The dream castles : western Canada's railway hotels -- Railway structures : a forgotten heritage -- Celebrating the heritage : the railway museums -- The rail trails -- All aboard.
ISBN
9781459733596
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
08.3 B78r
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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100th anniversary of the formation of The Rocky Mountains Park Branch of the Great War Veterans’ Association - The Banff Legion - Saturday March 31, 2018

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25093
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
The Banff Legion
Publisher
The Banff Legion
Call Number
08.3 B22o PAM
Author
The Banff Legion
Responsibility
The Banff Legion
Publisher
The Banff Legion
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
14 pages ; photographs
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History
History of Alberta
Canada
World War I
World War II
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
World Wars
Banff
Banff (residents)
Abstract
Pertains to the history of the Banff Legion, celebrating 100 years of the Great War Veterans’ Association
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
08.3 B22o PAM
Collection
Archives Library
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A 2005 centennial addendum to the 1993 publication "pioneer families of Southern Alberta"

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19930
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2005
Author
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Publisher
[Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
Call Number
08.2 So8a
  1 website  
Author
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Responsibility
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Publisher
[Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
94 p. ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History of Alberta
History
Biography
Pioneer life
Abstract
Pertains to the "Pioneer Families of Southern Alberta" publication compiled in 1995 - addendum for centennial with additional biographical information
Contents
Ascheson to Astley
Baille to Byers
Callaway to Cyr
Dalgleish to Dyke
Earl to Ewell
Faiery to Fullerton
Gaetz to Gunn
Haines to Hutchison
Ilugason to Irvine
Jack to Jukes
Kauntz to Kountz
Lacombe to Lyndon
MacDonald to Myers
Naessens to Norrish
O'Brien to Owens
Pace to Pullar
Quail
Ramsay to Ruers
Sample sto Sweinhurt
Talbot to Tyson
Vanwart to Vincent
Wakeford to Wright
York to Yuill
Zanoni
Illustrations - photos prepared by Robert (Bud) Vine
Notes
Addendum to 08.2 So8p
Accession Number
2019.68
Call Number
08.2 So8a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants
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Alberta-NWT Command Legion Military Service Recognition Book Volume X 2018

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25092
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
Publisher
Calgary : The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
Call Number
08.1 R11 m PAM
  1 website  
Author
The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
Publisher
Calgary : The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
352 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume X
Subjects
World War I
World War II
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
World Wars
History
History of Alberta
Abstract
Includes alphabetical list of veterans in Alberta and NorthWest Territories, some with photographs
Contents
Messages Legion Information Articles of Interest Veterans Advertiser’s Index Submission Requirements Veteran Submission Form
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
08.1 R11 m PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via the The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command website
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Ancestors : indigenous peoples of Western Canada in historic photographs

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25527
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Library
Call Number
07.2 C24a
07.2 C24a copy 2
Responsibility
Edited by Sarah Carter and Inez Lightning
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Library
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
x, 188 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
Photography
History
History of Alberta
Western Canada
Colonialism
Abstract
This exhibition catalogue introduces historic photographs of Indigenous peoples of Western Canada from a collection housed at the University of Alberta's Bruce Peel Special Collections. The publication focuses on the ancestors represented in the collection and how their images continue to generate stories and meanings in the present. The selected photographs contribute to a richer, deeper understanding of the past. There is strength, character, persistence, determination, artwork, humour, dance, celebration, and so much more in the photographs. Some serve as records of cherished landscapes that may have been altered. Others provide links to ancestors: revered leaders, soldiers, healers, thinkers, and orators. The curators hope that the process of identifying the people in these photographs, only begun here, will continue. (Provided by Publisher)
Contents
Foreword / Chief Willie Littlechild ; The nature of the collection and its challenges ; Western Canada in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries ; The aims of the curators ; The Exhibition
ISBN
9781551954547
Accession Number
P2022.05
Call Number
07.2 C24a
07.2 C24a copy 2
Collection
Archives Library
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Be it ever so humble

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20085
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1975
Author
Soby, Trudy
Publisher
[Calgary] : Century Calgary Publications
Call Number
08.2 So1b
Author
Soby, Trudy
Responsibility
Trudy Soby
Publisher
[Calgary] : Century Calgary Publications
Published Date
1975
Physical Description
[55] p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Historic sites - Alberta
History
History of Alberta
Calgary
Abstract
Pertains to a collection of photographs and text pertaining to various buildings, homes and shops in Calgary, Alberta. While history can be explored through a multitude of lenses, author Trudy Soby decided to focus on the ways homes, apartments, buildings, and hotels contributed in creating a unique identity in Calgary, Alberta. The publication treasures the past, paying a particular homage to some of the first homes in the Calgary area. As our world continues to be revolutionized, economic motives drive industrial change, resulting in the destruction of many of the first homes in an effort to build new, and more modern housing options. The authors acknowledge such changes, and work to commemorate the homes of some of the first settlers and pioneers in the city before they are gone.
Notes
Conservation Alert: pages easily detach from spine
Accession Number
3069 a
Call Number
08.2 So1b
Collection
Archives Library
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