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Healthful sports for boys
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20049
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1910
- Author
- Rochefort, Alfred
- Publisher
- New York : The Christian Herald
- Call Number
- 05.5 C46h
- Author
- Rochefort, Alfred
- Responsibility
- Alfred Rochefort
- Publisher
- New York : The Christian Herald
- Published Date
- 1910
- Physical Description
- 212 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of tips, information, rules and codes of conduct on various sports. The publication is catered to men and discusses an abundance of sporting activities, all of which have been divided among the four seasons. Readers are granted a rare insight into the social expectations of men during the early 20th century, and the ways in which they were expected to behave.
- Contents
- Chapter I: Marbles - How played
- Chapter II: Whip tops and Top Games
- Chapter III: Kites and How Made
- Chapter IV: Hoops, wheels and buzzers
- Chapter V: Let's go A-Fishing
- Chapter VI: Boating and Canoeing
- Chapter VII: Small sail boats
- Chapter VIII: How to swim
- Chapter IX: Styles of swimming
- Chapter X: Things boys should know
- Chapter XI: Curious rhymes for games
- Chapter XII: Tag and bull in the ring
- Chapter XIII: All about leap frog
- Chapter XIV: Duck on the rock-cat
- Chapter XV: Ball, bat and racket
- Chapter XVI: American baseball
- Chapter XVII: All about football
- Chapter XVIII: Mumbly peg-hop scotch
- Chapter XIX: How to camp out
- Chapter XX: Bicylces and lassoes
- Chapter XXI: Golf, hockey and shinny
- Chapter XXII: Skating-skiing-snow shoeing
- Chapter XXIII: Coasting-tobogganing-sleds
- Chapter XXIV: General athletics
- Chapter XXV: Cries-shouts-college yells
- Chapter XXVI: Clever tricks
- Chapter XXVII: Sleight-of-hand
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 05.5 C46h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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New head ski for everyone. Everyone?
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20105
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Head Ski Co.
- Publisher
- Quebec : Head Ski Co.
- Call Number
- 02.8 H34n Pam
- Author
- Head Ski Co.
- Publisher
- Quebec : Head Ski Co.
- Abstract
- Pertains to a short advertisement for Head Ski Company. The publication debunks the myths and differentiates between glass and metal skis. Additionally, the advertisement shares stories and images to entice the consumer to purchase their products.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 02.8 H34n Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Souvenir of Shelby, Montana : Jack Dempsey - Tommy Gibbons world's heavyweight championship match, July 4th, 1923
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20106
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1923?
- Author
- McAllister, H.J.
- Publisher
- Shelby, Montana : H.J. McAllister and A.M. Sellery
- Call Number
- 02.8 M11s Pam
- Author
- McAllister, H.J.
- Responsibility
- H.J. McAllister
- Publisher
- Shelby, Montana : H.J. McAllister and A.M. Sellery
- Published Date
- 1923?
- Physical Description
- 16 pages
- Subjects
- Sports
- Abstract
- Pertains to a souvenir of the heavyweight boxing match held between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons. The publication includes many different photographs showcasing the men during various stages of training and fighting. Additionally, the publication provides a bit of information on Shelby, Montana itself, and the reasons it served as an ideal location for the completion.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 02.8 M11s Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Spirit of '88
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20183
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1985
- 1986
- Publisher
- Calgary Herald
- Call Number
- ARC-P General oversize
- Publisher
- Calgary Herald
- Published Date
- 1985
- 1986
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Series
- Volume 1, Number 1 - February 1985
- Volume 1, Number 2 - Novemeber 1985
- Volume 1, Number 3 - April 1986
- Subjects
- Winter Sports
- Newspapers
- Olympic games
- Abstract
- A supplement to the Calgary Herald newspaper on February 22, 1985, November 23, 1985; March 29, 1986 pertaining to the 1988 Winter Olympics to be in held in Calgary, Alberta
- Call Number
- ARC-P General oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Le patinage artistique
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20254
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- (n.d.)
- Author
- Curry, Manfred
- Publisher
- Paris : Liberaire Delagrave
- Call Number
- GV849 C8
- Author
- Curry, Manfred
- Publisher
- Paris : Liberaire Delagrave
- Published Date
- (n.d.)
- Physical Description
- iv. (unpaged) : plates
- Subjects
- Photography of sports
- Skating
- Notes
- Text in French
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- GV849 C8
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Snow canvas : ski, men and mountains with the Leica
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21170
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- c1937
- Author
- Kruckenhauser, Stefan
- Publisher
- Berlin : Photokino-Varlag Hellmut Elsner
- London : E. Leitz [distributor]
- Call Number
- TR682 K7
- Author
- Kruckenhauser, Stefan
- Responsibility
- by Professor Stefan Kruckenhauser ; edited by Kurt Peter Karfeld
- Publisher
- Berlin : Photokino-Varlag Hellmut Elsner
- London : E. Leitz [distributor]
- Published Date
- c1937
- Physical Description
- 88p. : ill., ports.
- Subjects
- Photography of sports
- Skis and skiing - Pictorial works
- Leica camera
- Photography of mountains
- Accession Number
- 3350
- Call Number
- TR682 K7
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Useful pleasures : the shaping of leisure in Alberta, 1896-1945
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4157
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Wetherell, Donald G
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Culture and Multiculturalism
- Regina : Canadian Plains Research Centre
- Call Number
- 02.8 W53
- Author
- Wetherell, Donald G
- Responsibility
- Donald G. Wetherell with Irene Kmet
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Culture and Multiculturalism
- Regina : Canadian Plains Research Centre
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 430p. : ill., port., facsim
- Subjects
- Recreation
- Skiing
- Sports
- Tourism
- Notes
- Bibliographical notes and index
- Accession Number
- 23000
- Call Number
- 02.8 W53
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Training for the uphill athlete : a manual for mountain runners and ski mountaineers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25036
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Jornet, Kilian
- House, Steve
- Johnston, Scott
- Publisher
- Ventura, CA : Patagonia Books
- Call Number
- GV T73 J67
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- Publisher
- Ventura, CA : Patagonia Books
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 375 pages : color illustrations
- Subjects
- Training
- Sports
- Running
- Skiing
- Mountaineering
- Abstract
- Training for the Uphill Athleete translates theory into methodolgoy to allow you to write your own training plans and coach yourslef to your endurance goals. This is the only book that presents training principles for athletes who regularly partipate in distance running, ski mountaineering, skimo, and other sports that require optimum fitness and customized strength....This book collectes the scientically backed and athelete-tested wisdom and experience of the best uphill athletes and educates outdoor athletes to develop plans to perform their best. (from back cover)
- Contents
- The physiological basis of endurance training -- The methodological basis of endurance training -- Strength and the uphill athlete -- How to train.
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Guidebooks
- ISBN
- 9781938340840
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- GV T73 J67
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Uphill Athlete website with training plans and book summary
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McConkey [DVD video]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14407
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Publisher
- United States : Red Bull Media House ; MSP Films
- Call Number
- 01.5 Mc16 DVD
- Responsibility
- written and directed by Murray Wais, Steve Winter, Scott Gaffney, David Zieff, Rob Bruce ; produced by Steve Winter, Murray Wais ; edited by David Zieff ; executive producers Scott Bradfield, Charlie Rosene, Claude Merkel, Sherry McConkey
- Publisher
- United States : Red Bull Media House ; MSP Films
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 1 digital video disc ; 1 blu-ray disc (100 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
- Subjects
- Gmoser, Hans
- McConkey, Shane
- Skiing
- Sports
- Notes
- Shane McConkey, son of Jim McConkey, is considered a pioneer of freeskiing and ski-BASE jumping. Includes interviews with friends, family, and other action sports legends
- Includes archival footage from Hans Gmoser
- ISBN
- 696859320958
- Accession Number
- 2014.8384
- Call Number
- 01.5 Mc16 DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
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On thin ice: winter sports and climate change
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14480
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2009
- Author
- Bruce, Ian
- Publisher
- David Suzuki Foundation
- Call Number
- 04 B83o Pam
- Author
- Bruce, Ian
- Publisher
- David Suzuki Foundation
- Published Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 53 pages and illustrations
- Subjects
- Climate
- Environment
- Snow
- Sports
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references - effect of warming temperatures on snow, snow pack, and glaciers across Canada - 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and athlete activism
- Call Number
- 04 B83o Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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