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Date
1850 – 1920
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
104.05.0056 a,b
Description
A long straight knife with fluted wooden handle and scabbard ornately trimmed with brass. (a) dagger, short, narrow, pointed, double edged steel blade with small, dark, fluted wooden handle. Blade guard, cast of brass with raised curlicue design, turns upward at sides, handle tip of cast brass wit…
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Title
And Scabbard Dagger
Date
1850 – 1920
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
1.7 x 3.3 x 24.5 cm
Description
A long straight knife with fluted wooden handle and scabbard ornately trimmed with brass. (a) dagger, short, narrow, pointed, double edged steel blade with small, dark, fluted wooden handle. Blade guard, cast of brass with raised curlicue design, turns upward at sides, handle tip of cast brass with similar design and small lug with hole through at one side Note: blade guard loose; wooden handle cracked along length; blade pitted. (b) scabbard, narrow and straight, made of two pieces of wood held together by two rings of heavy cast brass with raised floral motifs, becoming oval medallions on one side with cast relief of dragon like figures. Cast brass bands at mouth and tip repeat dragon floral motif of other two bands and have floral motif cut through exposing pebbly stone inlay in wood. Brass ring near top with small brass loop on one side.
Subject
warfare
fighting
animal
dragon
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.0056 a,b
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Date
1850 – 1935
Material
metal; shell; wood
Catalogue Number
104.05.0060 a,b
Description
Knife with carved pistol grip handle and flame like carved piece at mouth of wooden scabbard. (a) knife, thin, curved, pointed steel blade with handle carved of greenish tortoiseshell ? shaped like a simple pistol grip. Deep single groove incised at each side at top near hilt. Blade joined to hand…
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Title
And Scabbard Knife
Date
1850 – 1935
Material
metal; shell; wood
Dimensions
4.6 x 2.6 x 33.8 cm
Description
Knife with carved pistol grip handle and flame like carved piece at mouth of wooden scabbard. (a) knife, thin, curved, pointed steel blade with handle carved of greenish tortoiseshell ? shaped like a simple pistol grip. Deep single groove incised at each side at top near hilt. Blade joined to handle with roughly formed collar of grey metal. Note: hairline cracks in handle along grain, blade pitted and rusted. (b) scabbard, simple, slightly curved, wood with hoof like ebony tip. Band of tortoiseshell ? at opening carved in shape of flame or flowing leaf sticking out to one side. Round hole drilled through top, five thin lines incised across wood spaced evenly along length of scabbard. Small patches of glossy black material in a few places, and a black colour in the grain of the wood indicate that the wood may have been once enamelled black
Subject
warfare
fighting
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.0060 a,b
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Date
1850 – 1940
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
104.20.0705 a,b
Description
Pair chopsticks with four sided handles, narrowing to dowel like handling tips. Ideogram on each handle, as well as floral decoration which joins when two sticks set beside each other.
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Title
Chopsticks
Date
1850 – 1940
Material
wood
Dimensions
0.5 x 19.3 cm
Description
Pair chopsticks with four sided handles, narrowing to dowel like handling tips. Ideogram on each handle, as well as floral decoration which joins when two sticks set beside each other.
Subject
households
kitchen
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0705 a,b
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Civilian internment in canada : histories and legacies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25512
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Publisher
Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press
Call Number
08.1 H58c
Responsibility
Edited by Rhonda L. Hinther and Jim Mochoruk
Publisher
Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
414 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
Internment Camps
Ukrainians
Japanese
Memory
Public History
Abstract
Civilian Internment in Canada examines abuse of the civil rights and liberties of tens of thousands of Canadians and Canadian residents via internment from 1914 to the present day. This ongoing story spans both war and peacetime and has affected people from a wide variety of political backgrounds and ethno-cultural communities, bequeathing a complex legacy for survivors and their descendants. Despite the well-known impounding of tens of thousands of Japanese, Ukrainians, assorted eastern Europeans, Germans, and Italians as "enemy aliens" during the two World Wars, civilian internment in this country has not been widely discussed, particularly in comparative ways. Indeed, there has been a propensity to sweep these events under the proverbial rug, keeping them out of the national discourse. Civilian Internment in Canada brings together senior scholars in the field of internment and civil liberties studies with emerging scholars, graduate students, community members, teachers, public historians, artists, former internees, descendants of internees, and redress activists to examine the processes and consequences of civilian internment during real and perceived wartime contexts, ranging from the Great War to the Cold War to the "War on Terror." It demonstrates the ways in which "shared authority" between scholars and subjects can both reshape our understanding of crucial episodes in Canada's history and bring a sense of vibrancy and immediacy to the all-too current question of civil liberties and minority rights in today's security state. -- from back cover
Contents
The rule of law and human rights in the twenty-first century / Dennis Edney ; Human rights and the politics of freedom: civilian internment in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights / Jodi Giesbrecht ; Reinserting radicalism: Canada's first national internment operations, the Ukrainian left, and the politics of redress / Kassandra Luciuk ; Collateral damage: the defence of Canada regulations, civilian internement, ethnicity, and left-wing institutions / Jim Mochoruk ; An unprecedented dichotomy: impacts and consequences of Serbian internment in Canada during the Great War / Marinel Mandres ; The ex-minister and the fascist: a tale of two RCMP informants during the Second World War / Travis Tomchuk ; "Camp boys": privacy and the sexual self / Christine Whitehouse ; "Likely to be hampered and so she prepared for the worst": far left women and political incarceration during the Second World War / Rhonda L. Hinther ; Informal internment: Japanese Canadian farmers in southern Alberta, 1941-1945 / Aya Fujiwara ; Destroying the myth of quietism: strikes, riots, protest, and resistance in Japanese internment / Mikhail Bjorge ; Japanese Canadian internment: a personal account / Grace Eiko Thomson ; Anecdote and document: the internment experience of Rolf Schultze and Dorothy Caine / Clemence Schultze ; Ukrainian internment during the Second World War: the case of the Ukrainian Labour Farmer Temple Association and Peter Prokopchak / Myron Momryk ; The New Brunswick Internment Camp Museum: preserving the history of Internment Camp B-70 / Ed Caissie and Todd Caissie ; Exhibiting contentious topics: finding a place for the internment violin in the Canadian History Hall / Emily Cuggy and Kathleen Ogilvie ; Civilian internment and the impact of war: legacy and public history / Sharon Reilly ; The paradox of survival: Jewish refugees interned in Canada, 1940-1943 / Paula J. Draper ; Narrating internment, narrating Canada: wartime experiences of German merchant seamen / Judith Kestler ; A numbers game?: stories of suffering in Italian Canadian internment in the Second World War / Franca Iacovetta ; The internment of Japanese Canadians: a human rights violation / Art Miki
ISBN
9780887558450
Accession Number
P2022.02
Call Number
08.1 H58c
Collection
Archives Library
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Great waves & mountains : perspectives and discoveries in collecting the arts of Japan

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26277
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Publisher
Gainesville : University of Florida Press
Call Number
06.1 Oy7g
Publisher
Gainesville : University of Florida Press
Published Date
2022
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Japanese
Japan
Edward Sylvester Morse
Art History
Abstract
This richly illustrated volume addresses the history of collecting Japanese art and the factors that contributed to the growth of collections in North America following the Meiji Restoration in 1868"-- Provided by publisher."Illuminating the history of collecting Japanese art This richly illustrated volume addresses the history of collecting Japanese art and the factors that contributed to the growth of collections in North America following the Meiji Restoration in 1868. With wide-ranging essays that fill in gaps in the scholarly investigation of the subject, art historians discuss the historical development of the Japanese aesthetic and examine questions of connoisseurship, authenticity, and controversial collectors and their current-day reception. The volume also features case studies on the formation of Japanese art collections in North America, exploring the diverse array of factors that contributed to their quality, contents, and the role that these collections play for their respective communities. Contributors delve into university and museum archives and interview art dealers, collectors, and artists to better understand their own collections. They present original research on cross-pollination and dialogue between artists from Japan and the United States, the development and growth of museums, and the personal histories of the people who shaped art collections. Together, these essays illustrate the shifting priorities in the collection of Japanese art across 150 years. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction / Natsu Oyobe and Allysa B. Peyton -- Kwan ko dzu setsu: a textbook of Japanese ceramics for foreign collectors / Princess Akiko of Mikasa -- Collecting art and culture: the case of Edward Sylvester Morse / Midori Oka -- Fluctuating authenticity: the journey of a Ninsei tea bowl at the Royal Ontario Museum / Akiko Takesue -- A century of collecting for artists and designers at the RISD Museum / Wai Yee Chiong -- Prints for Portland: the Mary Andrews Ladd collection / Jeannie Kenmotsu -- Avery Brundage and the formation of the Asian Art Museum's Japanese collection / Robert Mintz -- The Japanese art collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1915 to 1951 / Sine´ad Vilbar -- Japanese unglazed ware at the University of Michigan Museum of Art: exchange between Japanese and American ceramic artists, 1950s-1960s / Natsu Oyobe -- A brush with beauty: Japanese paintings in the Indianapolis Museum of Art / John Tadao Teramoto -- Making visible again: Postwar Japanese art at the Dallas Museum of Art / Vivian Li.
Notes
Catharine Robb Whyte's maternal grandfather, Edward Sylvester Morse included.
ISBN
9781683402657
Accession Number
2024.09
Call Number
06.1 Oy7g
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1850 – 1880
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
102.03.0126
Description
Japanese chest of dark, varnished wood with many drawers of various sizes, each carved with Japanese symbols painted red. Drawers have small brass ring pulls with small round backing plates. Drawers fit into box-like cubby holes. Fourteen drawers in all. Two sliding lid panels on top, cover compar…
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Title
Medicine Cabinet
Date
1850 – 1880
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
36.0 x 24.0 x 56.0 cm
Description
Japanese chest of dark, varnished wood with many drawers of various sizes, each carved with Japanese symbols painted red. Drawers have small brass ring pulls with small round backing plates. Drawers fit into box-like cubby holes. Fourteen drawers in all. Two sliding lid panels on top, cover compartments beneath. Contents of drawers and compartments see Source Document.
Subject
households
furniture
Japanese
E. S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.03.0126
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Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
104.05.0063
Description
Light brown varnished, one piece carved wood sword handle carved in swirl design with leaf butt chipped at blade end blade double edged, but not sharp
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Title
Practice Sword
Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood
Dimensions
3.5 x 2.4 x 65.8 cm
Description
Light brown varnished, one piece carved wood sword handle carved in swirl design with leaf butt chipped at blade end blade double edged, but not sharp
Subject
fighting
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.0063
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Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
104.20.0230
Description
Nearly square black lacquered tray with short straight sides and flat horizontal lip tapering at corners. Gold lacquer design of seven circles, approx. 5 cm diam, each made up of a different wreath formed by leaves, branches and blossoms of various flowers tinted in colour, iris, chrysanthemum, …
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Title
Serving Tray
Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood
Dimensions
1.6 x 23.2 x 25.8 cm
Description
Nearly square black lacquered tray with short straight sides and flat horizontal lip tapering at corners. Gold lacquer design of seven circles, approx. 5 cm diam, each made up of a different wreath formed by leaves, branches and blossoms of various flowers tinted in colour, iris, chrysanthemum, peach.
Subject
households
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0230
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Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
102.03.0122 a,b
Description
Two light weight wood stacking chests with two drawers each. Chests are fastened together by a rectangular metal latch (23 x 8) on each side which slides up to hook onto two metal prongs placed at the bottom of the chest above. Each corner is reinforced by a metal covering. Oval shaped brown metal …
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Title
Stacking Chest Of Drawers
Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
50.5 x 41.0 x 94.0 cm
Description
Two light weight wood stacking chests with two drawers each. Chests are fastened together by a rectangular metal latch (23 x 8) on each side which slides up to hook onto two metal prongs placed at the bottom of the chest above. Each corner is reinforced by a metal covering. Oval shaped brown metal plates (12.5 cm. long with straight length-wise sides) decorate the bottom front of each chest. Each drawer has a lock placed in the center of a 10.5 cm. brown metal disc with silver metal rim and center. Discs extend over upper top edge of drawers by about 3 cm., two shiny brown metal handles on each drawer. Each of the handles is fastened to inside of drawer by a wing-type (or butterfly) fastener rather than screws.
Subject
households
furniture
Japanese
E. S. Morse;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.03.0122 a,b
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Torres, J. and Namisato, David
Publisher
Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press Ltd.
Call Number
08.1 T63s
Author
Torres, J. and Namisato, David
Publisher
Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press Ltd.
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
111 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Internment Camps
Japanese
World War II
World War, 1939-1945
Graphic novel
Abstract
Sandy Saito looks back to his childhood in 1940s Vancouver, when he was eight years old. He's a happy kid: he goes to school, reads comic books and is obsessed with baseball -- especially the Asahi baseball team, the pride of the Japanese-Canadian community. Then the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor -- and everything changes. The kids Sandy used to play with every day now call him names and chase him from the playground. He and his family are no longer permitted to go outside at night or visit certain areas of the city. Japanese-Canadians are stripped of their rights, their jobs and their homes, and soon the government begins to round up Japanese families, sending them to internment camps. It isn't long before Sandy's family is among them. The reader accompanies Sandy on his journey to the camp and the seasons that follow in this historically accurate portrayal of a grave chapter in both Canadian and American history. David Namisato's detailed art depicts the 1940s setting with cultural and historical precision, following Sandy and his family as they are forced to leave their home and relocate to a prison camp comprised of crowded, makeshift barracks in a remote site without electricity or running water. The theme of baseball, Sandy's favorite sport, runs through the story as a message of hope and renewal. -- Provided by publisher
ISBN
9781525303340
Accession Number
P2022.14
Call Number
08.1 T63s
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
104.19.0060
Description
Footed, bulbous, lidded container with copper lining, green from corrosion, and gold black speckled background throughout, with gold lacquer floral vine decoration through. Lid has knob and sits inside short jar rim.
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Title
Tea Jar
Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
7.1 x 6.5 cm
Description
Footed, bulbous, lidded container with copper lining, green from corrosion, and gold black speckled background throughout, with gold lacquer floral vine decoration through. Lid has knob and sits inside short jar rim.
Subject
households
tea ceremony
Japanese
Edith Morse Robb
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.19.0060
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Date
1850 – 1890
Material
wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
108.02.0003
Description
Carved, ivory coloured, Noh Japanese theatre mask. Grimacing face, with carved teeth and cavity, nostrils and eyes. Hemp hair held in place by holes drilled through forehead. Two holes in ears where cord passes to hold mask on. Triangle and calligraphy incised on back of mask, soiled and stained, …
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Title
Theatre Mask
Date
1850 – 1890
Material
wood; fibre
Dimensions
22.0 x 8.0 x 15.5 cm
Description
Carved, ivory coloured, Noh Japanese theatre mask. Grimacing face, with carved teeth and cavity, nostrils and eyes. Hemp hair held in place by holes drilled through forehead. Two holes in ears where cord passes to hold mask on. Triangle and calligraphy incised on back of mask, soiled and stained, paint loss over face surface.
Subject
households
entertainment
decorative
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Edith Morse Robb
Kabuki
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
108.02.0003
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Date
1850 – 1925
Material
metal; wood
Catalogue Number
104.05.0049 a,b
Description
A cutlass with wooden handle and scabbard trimmed with brass. (a) cutlass, knife with short thick curved blade inlaid with ornate silver organic and geometric pattern on one side. Thick brass S-shaped guard at hilt, handle of dark brown wood with inlaid brass diamond shape on either side, and tu…
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Title
With Scabbard Cutlass
Date
1850 – 1925
Material
metal; wood
Dimensions
7.5 x 2.3 x 41.0 cm
Description
A cutlass with wooden handle and scabbard trimmed with brass. (a) cutlass, knife with short thick curved blade inlaid with ornate silver organic and geometric pattern on one side. Thick brass S-shaped guard at hilt, handle of dark brown wood with inlaid brass diamond shape on either side, and turned brass cap at ends with floral medallion at tip. (b) scabbard, slightly curved wooden scabbard shaped to fit blade. Wide brass band at mouth has moth shaped plaque, with incised features, standing out from one side. Tip covered with wide brass band and small knob at end. Single narrow brass band girds middle of scabbard, with indication on wood that there may have been another band at one time .
Subject
warfare
hunting
fighting
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.0049 a,b
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