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Date
1870 – 1935
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
102.04.0242
Description
Hand thrown vase, trimmed foot with swirl design in centre. Bulbous with 2.0 cm. diameter neck. Glazed with deep turquoise (copper) which stops near foot, thickly and roughly glazed.
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Title
Bud Vase
Date
1870 – 1935
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
5.5 x 5.7 cm
Description
Hand thrown vase, trimmed foot with swirl design in centre. Bulbous with 2.0 cm. diameter neck. Glazed with deep turquoise (copper) which stops near foot, thickly and roughly glazed.
Subject
Whyte home
households
decorative
miniatures
E. S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0242
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Date
1875 – 1900
Material
wood, mahogany; glass
Catalogue Number
102.03.0009
Description
A mahogany buffet with a surmounted mirror in an Empire frame. This buffet has three top drawers, cupboards, and a long bottom drawer. There are four cupboard doors; two centre doors and two side doors. The cupboards are centered over a long drawer at the bottom of the piece. The buffet has four…
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Title
Buffet Sideboard
Date
1875 – 1900
Material
wood, mahogany; glass
Dimensions
166.0 x 63.2 x 156.0 cm
Description
A mahogany buffet with a surmounted mirror in an Empire frame. This buffet has three top drawers, cupboards, and a long bottom drawer. There are four cupboard doors; two centre doors and two side doors. The cupboards are centered over a long drawer at the bottom of the piece. The buffet has four ball-and-claw feet.
Subject
households
furniture
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.03.0009
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.07.0057 a,b
Description
a) A buttonhook, possibly silver, with a small hook at the end of a long shaft set into a very simple, plain round flattened handle.b) a small, metal shoe-horn with a flared and slightly curved shape.
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Title
Buttonhook
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.9 (widest point) x 20.2 cm
Description
a) A buttonhook, possibly silver, with a small hook at the end of a long shaft set into a very simple, plain round flattened handle.b) a small, metal shoe-horn with a flared and slightly curved shape.
Subject
assistive device
clothing
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0057 a,b
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.07.0058
Description
A buttonhook, possibly silver, with a small hook at the end of a long shaft set into a very simple flat handle.
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Title
Buttonhook
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal
Dimensions
3.3 (widest point) x 25.5 cm
Description
A buttonhook, possibly silver, with a small hook at the end of a long shaft set into a very simple flat handle.
Subject
assistive device
clothing
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0058
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal; ivory or bone
Catalogue Number
103.07.0061
Description
A small hook, at the end of a long shaft, set into a plain rounded handle of ivory or bone.
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Title
Buttonhook
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal; ivory or bone
Dimensions
1.6 (widest point) x 15.1 cm
Description
A small hook, at the end of a long shaft, set into a plain rounded handle of ivory or bone.
Subject
assistive device
clothing
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0061
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Date
1875 – 1940
Material
metal, brass
Catalogue Number
102.04.0057
Description
A brass pot that flares from base to shoulders, and then curves in again, ending in a stand up rim. The pot is pitted inside and bears an illegible stamp on its base.
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Title
Cachepot
Date
1875 – 1940
Material
metal, brass
Dimensions
13.0 x 14.0 x 14.0 cm
Description
A brass pot that flares from base to shoulders, and then curves in again, ending in a stand up rim. The pot is pitted inside and bears an illegible stamp on its base.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0057
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Californian pictures in prose and verse

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1878
Author
Avery, Benjamin Parke
Publisher
New York : Hurd & Houghton; Cambridge (Mass.): Riverside
Call Number
F866 A9
Author
Avery, Benjamin Parke
Publisher
New York : Hurd & Houghton; Cambridge (Mass.): Riverside
Published Date
1878
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
F866 A9
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Date
1878
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
105.02.0124 a-j
Description
Japanese, different coloured scenes. Delicately printed colour scenes, mostly left corner. One inscribed: "To Miss Edith Morse, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Tatsu Kikuchi."
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Title
Calling Card
Date
1878
Material
paper
Dimensions
5.8 x 9.0 cm
Description
Japanese, different coloured scenes. Delicately printed colour scenes, mostly left corner. One inscribed: "To Miss Edith Morse, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Tatsu Kikuchi."
Subject
households
Christmas
Edith Morse Robb
Tatsu Kikuchi
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0124 a-j
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Date
1870 – 1900
Material
stone, catlinite; wood
Catalogue Number
109.02.0010 a,b
Description
A wooden pipe stem and carven pipestone bowl.a) A pipe stem of a long sightly curved hollowed willow (?) branch with light coloured wood at the mouthpiece becoming dark at the other end. b) The small red-brown bowl is of very simple design, at a right angle to the stem, and is slightly flaring to t…
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Title
Calumet
Date
1870 – 1900
Material
stone, catlinite; wood
Dimensions
4.5 (bowl) x 29.0 cm
Description
A wooden pipe stem and carven pipestone bowl.a) A pipe stem of a long sightly curved hollowed willow (?) branch with light coloured wood at the mouthpiece becoming dark at the other end. b) The small red-brown bowl is of very simple design, at a right angle to the stem, and is slightly flaring to the opening. The bowl is incised with simple animal and geometric shapes.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
women
smoking
ceremonial
carving
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.0010 a,b
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Date
1870 – 1910
Material
stone, catlinite; wood
Catalogue Number
109.02.0012 a,b
Description
A wooden pipe stem with a pipestone bowl.a) A straight rather short pipe stem carved of wood and hollowed like a straw. The stem has two coloured rings painted around it.b) A simple right-angled bowl carved from red-brown pipestone. There is a ring carved where the stem joins.
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Title
Calumet
Date
1870 – 1910
Material
stone, catlinite; wood
Dimensions
5.5 (bowl) x 18.0 cm
Description
A wooden pipe stem with a pipestone bowl.a) A straight rather short pipe stem carved of wood and hollowed like a straw. The stem has two coloured rings painted around it.b) A simple right-angled bowl carved from red-brown pipestone. There is a ring carved where the stem joins.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
ceremonial
carving
smoking
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.0012 a,b
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Date
1870 – 1900
Material
skin; quill; glass; hair, horse
Catalogue Number
109.02.0005
Description
A long narrow bag with fringe along the bottom edge and a drawstring closing and flap at the top. The bag is completely beaded with a white background and figures of two horses (one white, one dark) with four crosses beaded at the top. The top of the fringe is wrapped with quills, predominently r…
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Title
Calumet Bag
Date
1870 – 1900
Material
skin; quill; glass; hair, horse
Dimensions
18.0 x 95.0 cm
Description
A long narrow bag with fringe along the bottom edge and a drawstring closing and flap at the top. The bag is completely beaded with a white background and figures of two horses (one white, one dark) with four crosses beaded at the top. The top of the fringe is wrapped with quills, predominently red with white and dark zig-zag pattern. The flap is beaded at the end with three hair tassels.
Subject
Indigenous, Sioux
beadwork
quillwork
animals, horses
smoking
Pat Brewster
Philip Moore
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.0005
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
109.02.0019
Description
Tubular wooden pipe stem carved from a piece of wood with narrow diameter ends, one to fit into a pipe bowl, and the other for a mouthpiece. A hole has been drilled through its length and knots and woodgrain are visible.
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Title
Calumet Stem
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
wood
Dimensions
2.1 x 2.1 x 25.8 cm
Description
Tubular wooden pipe stem carved from a piece of wood with narrow diameter ends, one to fit into a pipe bowl, and the other for a mouthpiece. A hole has been drilled through its length and knots and woodgrain are visible.
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
ceremonial
carving
smoking
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.02.0019
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
wood; metal, brass; skin
Catalogue Number
102.03.0031
Description
A two-piece mahogany inlay campaign chest with six drawers; three small drawers and three long drawers. Between the two small top drawers is a third drawer face that is fitted to pull out as desk with leather writing pad and pigeon holes. The chest has brass pulls and brass plates at each corner.
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Title
Campaign Chest
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
wood; metal, brass; skin
Dimensions
101.5 x 99.0 cm
Description
A two-piece mahogany inlay campaign chest with six drawers; three small drawers and three long drawers. Between the two small top drawers is a third drawer face that is fitted to pull out as desk with leather writing pad and pigeon holes. The chest has brass pulls and brass plates at each corner.
Subject
households
furniture
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.03.0031
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Canada on the Pacific : being an account of a journey from Edmonton to the Pacific by the Peace River Valley ... with remarks on the physical features of the Pacific railway route

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6292
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1874
Author
Horetsky, Charles
Publisher
Montreal : Dawson
Call Number
08.5 H78c
Author
Horetsky, Charles
Publisher
Montreal : Dawson
Published Date
1874
Physical Description
x, 244p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Macoun, John
Passes
Surveys
Accession Number
400
443
Call Number
08.5 H78c
Collection
Archives Library
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The Canada Pacific Railway and imperial confederation : a reply

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6277
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1879
Author
Fisher, Roswell
Call Number
08.5 F53
Author
Fisher, Roswell
Published Date
1879
Physical Description
p.543-546
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notes
In Rose Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review
Accession Number
8500
Call Number
08.5 F53
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian and western history research papers : Research

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22034
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
Sub-series consists of research notes relating to western Canadian history.
Date Range
[1869-1970]
Reference Code
LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Series
II.B.4. Professional : historical research
Sous-Fonds
II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Reference Code
LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278
Date Range
[1869-1970]
Physical Description
15 cm textual material
Scope & Content
Sub-series consists of research notes relating to western Canadian history.
Title Source
Title based on contents of sub-series
Content Details
LIST OF FILES (LUX / II / B4 - 269 to 278 ) : * 9 research notebooks, Canadian and western history research * 1 research notebook * 9 articles: "Fort Owen - A Chronology"; "Ukrainians in Canada"; "Esterhazy - Saskatchewan's Fifty-Year Old Magyar Settlement"; "Pioneer Spirit: Kaposvar The Oldest Hungarian Colony, 1886-1926"; Comment on "Pioneer Spirit"; "Steinbach: The First Mennonite Settlement in Western Canada"; "Icelanders in Canada"; "The Church and the Pioneering Life in Scandia"; "Across the Prairies Two Centures Ago." * 1 research notebook * 1 research notebook * 0.7 cm research notes * 1 research notebook * 0.3 cm collected correspondence re Buffalo Hunt [1910-1974] * 3.0 cm collected essays, correspondence and articles[1869-1955]
Processing Status
Processed
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Canadian Pacific Railway chart of Nepigon Bay Lake Superior

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21434
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
January 1874
Call Number
C11-3.7(d)
Responsibility
Surveyed by Admiral Bayfield R.N.
Published Date
January 1874
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canada
Railway routes
Notes
To accompany: "Report of the Enginer in Chief Canadian Pacific Railway" 08.5/C16/
Accession Number
10,000
Call Number
C11-3.7(d)
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific Railway chart of the Thunder Bay-Lake Superior

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24556
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
January 1874
Call Number
C11-3.7(c)
Responsibility
Surveyed by Admiral Bayfield R.N.
Published Date
January 1874
Scale
Soundings are in feet
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canada
Railway routes
Notes
To accompany report of the Engineer in Chief, C.P.R. 08.5/C16/rep
Accession Number
10,000
Call Number
C11-3.7(c)
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific Railway sketch plan of the mouth of the Saskatchewan River from Hinds Exploring Expedition also plan and section of the Mossy Portage between Cedar Lake and Lake Winnipegoosis and the Meadow Portage

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21433
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
From a survey by Henry B. Smith, 1873
Call Number
C11-3.7(b)
Published Date
From a survey by Henry B. Smith, 1873
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canada
Railway routes
Notes
Accompanies 08.5/C16/rep
Accession Number
10,000
Call Number
C11-3.7(b)
Collection
Archives Library
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Candelabrum Candleholder

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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
stone, marble; glass; metal
Catalogue Number
102.05.0036
Description
A three piece candelabrum set with one centre piece and two side pieces. The centre canelabrum holds three candles, and the side candelabrum hold one candle each. Each piece has a single, draped figure standing on a stepped marble base with candleholders rising above the head of the figure. The …
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Title
Candelabrum Candleholder
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
stone, marble; glass; metal
Dimensions
49.0 (b); 43.0 (a,c) x 18.0 (b); 18.0 (a,c) x 46.0 (b); 18.0 (a,c) cm
Description
A three piece candelabrum set with one centre piece and two side pieces. The centre canelabrum holds three candles, and the side candelabrum hold one candle each. Each piece has a single, draped figure standing on a stepped marble base with candleholders rising above the head of the figure. The candleholders are trumpet shaped, with a ring of ornate leaf-work around the bottom of each holder. The ring supports numerous, hanging, elongated glass prisms. The figures and candleholders are gilded.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.05.0036
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