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Eddie Hunter fonds

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Part Of
Eddie Hunter fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of motion pictures, sound recordings, textual records and photographs produced by Eddie Hunter. I. Eddie Hunter motion picture footage in four sub-series: A. Red series, predominant 1955-1988, ca.190 motion pictures or segments. Consists of camera originals and finished original fil…
Date Range
[ca.1940]-2005
Reference Code
M346 / S50 / V293
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Motion picture
Film
Video
Photograph
Photograph print
Photograph, transparency
Sound recording
Reel to reel
Textual record
Private record
Published record
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Part Of
Eddie Hunter fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 346
S 50
V 293
Sous-Fonds
M 346
S 50
V 293
Accession Number
549, 6803, 7684 (unproc), 2022.37
Reference Code
M346 / S50 / V293
GMD
Motion picture
Film
Video
Photograph
Photograph print
Photograph, transparency
Sound recording
Reel to reel
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
[ca.1940]-2005
Physical Description
ca.260 motion pictures (ca.490 reels) : some with audio reels. -- 2 audio reels. -- 18 cm of textual records. --3 sound recordings. -- 21 photographs : prints, transparencies
History / Biographical
Edward (Eddie) Clement Edgar Hunter, b.1926, is a skier, cinematographer, broadcaster, photographer and writer based at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Hunter began skiing in his native Edmonton, Alberta and became an expert ski racer in the mountains. He came to live in Banff with his parents in 1934 and was introduced to the Sunshine Ski area in 1936 by his uncle, Lloyd Hunter, who drove "Sunshine Suzie" for Brewster Transport. Hunter skied extensively in the Canadian Rockies, in Squaw Valley, California (1950) and competitively in Europe starting in 1954.
Hunter worked as a free-lance cameraman during the 1950s and later in early live television in Calgary at CHCT, later CFAC. After working as an official photographer for the 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, he joined CFCN television. Hunter hosted a children's show, "Head Hunter," and a talk show, "Late Knight," while running a weekend ski program until 1965. Hunter held the photography concession on Sulphur Mountain, producing Polaroid shots for tourists and giving natural history talks.
Hunter worked mainly as a free-lance motion picture cameraman for the next twenty-nine years. His major accomplishments, while working for other companies, involved a cold-war era agriculture documentary in Russia (1959), a documentary about the Superman movies in Calgary and camera work for the official 1988 Winter Olympic Games film. Most of the film footage in this fonds was produced by Hunter during quiet times when he was not hired out to other production companies. Head Hunter Films produced a number of short promotional films for Air Canada, Canadian Mountain Holidays, Sulphur Mountain Gondola, Norquay Ski Area and others. "How the West was Skied" was mainly a compilation of footage Hunter filmed over the years, supplemented with early footage collected from other sources.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of motion pictures, sound recordings, textual records and photographs produced by Eddie Hunter.
I. Eddie Hunter motion picture footage in four sub-series: A. Red series, predominant 1955-1988, ca.190 motion pictures or segments. Consists of camera originals and finished original films. Mainly unedited footage of skiing, ski racing, celebrities, developments, heli-skiing, disabled skiing, freestyle skiing and humorous skiing in the Canadian Rockies, Bugaboos, Cariboos, Monashees and Coast Range, also the United States and Europe. Features many prominent local and international skiers; Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper and areas; promotional and documentary film footage. B. Blue series, predominant 1960-1985, ca.60 motion pictures and segments, 4 video recordings. Consists of work prints and projection copies. C. Other motion pictures, before 1995, 12 motion pictures, 1 video recording. Consists of motion pictures collected by Hunter. D. Audio reels, between 1970 and 1995, 2 items.
II. Textual records, ca.1945-1991, ca.30 cm. Series consists of film lists, scripts, call sheets, programmes, and other material; files re short films; and historical skiing materials.
III. Sound recordings, ca.1965, 2005, 3 items. Series consists of Eddie Hunter nature talk for use on Sulphur Mountain, ca.1965; Edward VIII abdication speech for Canadian Wax Gallery, Banff, undated; two-part interview with Howard Srigley, March 8 & 14, 2005.
IV. Photographs, 1968, 21 items : prints, transparencies. Series pertains to opening day ceremonies at the Banff Public Library / Archives of the Canadian Rockies.
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Name Access
Hunter, Eddie
Subject Access
Communications
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Access Restrictions
Some restrictions on access to originals
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools series and file description
film-maker's notes (in case file: descriptions sometimes inaccurate due to editing of the films subsequent to ca.1990 preparation of notes)
Related Material
Accompanied by publications, motion picture camera and equipment, sound recording/playback equipment, skis, ski apparel, etc. transferred to library and heritage collections, Whyte Museum
Creator
Hunter, Eddie
Category
Communications
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
URL Notes
https://www.whyte.org/digitalvault/fireside-chat-with-eddie-hunter-1
Processing Status
Processed / Unprocessed
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Glen Boles fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 27 limited edition prints of pen and pencil drawings by Glen Boles, 1994-2002. Content of prints include Mt. Assiniboine, Mt. Fay, Mt. Louis, Mt. Alberta, Abbot Pass & Victoria Glacier, Snowpatch Spire, Howser Spires, Mt. Finger, Three Sisters, Tower of Babel, Eisenhower Tower, Mt…
Date Range
1967-2021
Reference Code
M599 / V175
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Drawing
Textual record
  2 websites  
Part Of
Glen Boles fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M599 / V175
Sous-Fonds
M599
V175
Accession Number
7447 (unproc); 8132 (unproc); 2023.38 (unproc)
Reference Code
M599 / V175
GMD
Drawing
Textual record
Date Range
1967-2021
Physical Description
24 drawings; pen & pencil
ca. 40 volumes of textual records
16.5 cm textual records
History / Biographical
Glen Boles (1934-2022), was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick and moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1953. In 1957 he was persuaded to climb with co-worker and mountain guide Heinz Kahl, a native Bavarian. Heinz Kahl and English climber Brian Greenwood introduced Boles to more difficult climbing. Boles has climbed extensively in the Rockies, summiting over 400 peaks including many new routes and first ascents. He has also climbed in the Interior Ranges of British Columbia as well as the St. Elias Range of Alaska and the Alps. Boles is also an avid skier and spent 13 years on the Canadian Ski Patrol System and is a member of the Ski Friends program in Lake Louise.
Boles retired from the City of Calgary Waterworks Engineering Division in 1991 after thirty-five years employment. Boles and his wife (married in 1965) reside in Cochrane, Alberta. From his mountain experiences, Glen has developed an interest in photography, drawing and writing and has co-authored "The Climbing Guide to the Canadian Rockies-South" and "Place Names of the Canadian Alps" with Bill Putnam and Roger Laurilla.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 27 limited edition prints of pen and pencil drawings by Glen Boles, 1994-2002. Content of prints include Mt. Assiniboine, Mt. Fay, Mt. Louis, Mt. Alberta, Abbot Pass & Victoria Glacier, Snowpatch Spire, Howser Spires, Mt. Finger, Three Sisters, Tower of Babel, Eisenhower Tower, Mt. Stephen, Bugaboos, Bighorn Sheep, Cougar, Timber Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Mt. Robson, Berg Lake, and Yamnuska. Fonds also includes approximately 40 diaries, ca. 1967-2021 and 16.5 cm. of correspondence 1987-2010
Notes
27 drawing prints moved to Oversize infofile storage under title "Artists - Glen Boles"
Name Access
Boles, Glen
Subject Access
Arts
Sports, recreation and leisure
Environment
Access Restrictions
Reproductions prohibited for limited edition prints
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
No finding aid
Creator
Boles, Glen
Category
Arts
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Accession record and accompanying notes.
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Unprocessed
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The animal kingdom : based upon the writings of the eminent naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood and others

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1897
Author
Craig, Hugh (editor)
Publisher
New York : Johnson & Bailey
Call Number
04.2 C84a Volume One
04.2 C84a Volume Two
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Author
Craig, Hugh (editor)
Responsibility
John James Audubon
Alfred Edmund Brehm
Publisher
New York : Johnson & Bailey
Published Date
1897
Physical Description
2 volumes : color illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Abstract
Pertains the the animal kingdom as it was known in 1897 and includes stories and summaries and art by several well known wildlife artists and naturalists in two volumes
Contents
Contents of Volume One:
Mammalia
Quadrumana
Cheiroptera
Insectivora
Carnivora
Cetacea
Contents of Volume Two:
Sirenia
Ungulata
Proboscidea
Hyracoidea
Rodentia
Edentata
Marsupialia
Montremata
Notes
Belonged to Pat Brewster
Accession Number
2926
Call Number
04.2 C84a Volume One
04.2 C84a Volume Two
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via Hathi Trust
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The art of Robert Bateman

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1981
Author
Derry, Ramsay
Publisher
Markham, Ontario : Allen Lane / Penguin Books
Call Number
N D47 A78 oversize
  1 website  
Author
Derry, Ramsay
Responsibility
Ramsay Derry (author), Roger Tory Peterson (introduction)
Publisher
Markham, Ontario : Allen Lane / Penguin Books
Published Date
1981
Physical Description
178 p. : ill. (some col.)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Wildlife
Bateman, Robert
Abstract
Pertains to the art of Robert Bateman
Contents
Introduction
Profile
Plates and Commentaries
Sketchbooks
Appendix
Notes
Signed by Ramsay Derry and Robert Bateman
ISBN
0713914335
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
N D47 A78 oversize
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Link to artist website
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Artscanada's Annual Visual Arts Portfolio 1967

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1967
Publisher
Artscanada
Call Number
06 Ar1a
  1 website  
Publisher
Artscanada
Published Date
1967
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Canadian
Canadian art
Abstract
Pertains to Canadian visual art in 1967 - contains seven colour reproductions, seven folios, and six articles and records, "Sculpture '67" pamphlet pertaining to the open-air exhibition of Canadian Sculpture presented by the National Gallery of Canada, 33.3 rpm disc with "Music for Zbigniew Blazeje's audio-kinetic environment, presented in the Canadian pavilion at Expo, introduced by the artist-composer" on side 1; and "Paul Schoeler, one of the architects of the Canadian pavilion, interviewed by Barry Lord" on side 2 - items in silver box portfolio
Contents
Colour Reproductions:
Claude Breeze - Sunday Afternoon
Gino Severini - Abstract Rhythm of Madame S.
Pablo Picasso - Seated Woman
Piero di Cosimo - Vulcan and Aeolus
Jack Bush - Two Reds, Two Greens
Anon - Haida frontlet
Wyndham Lewis - The Armada
Folios:
Edward P. Lawson - Man and his world: one man's choice
Moncrieff Williamson - Charlottetown's Robert Harris
Barry Lord - Miller Brittain's hospital cartoons
Carol Fraser - Two Halifax Artists: Carol Fraser and Charlotte Lindgren
Ian MacEachren - Photographs of Saint Joan
Barry Lord - Jordan Historical Museum
Paul Russell - John Andrew's Scarborough College
Articles and Record:
Donald F. Theall - Expo 67 : a unique art form
James Acland - Expo : the Canadian buildings
Barry Lord - Canadian sculptors at Expo
Philip Leider - Vancouver: scene with no scene
Robert Fulford - Sculpture '67
The National Gallery of Canada - Sculpture '67 catalogue and a record
Notes
Artscanada is now known as Canadian Art Magazine
Accession Number
3069a
Call Number
06 Ar1a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Canadian Art Magazine
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The battle at Belly River : stories of the last great Indian battle

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1966
Author
Johnstone, Alexander
Publisher
Lethbridge : Lethbridge Branch, Historical Society of Alberta
Call Number
08.2 J62t PAM
  1 website  
Author
Johnstone, Alexander
Publisher
Lethbridge : Lethbridge Branch, Historical Society of Alberta
Published Date
1966
Physical Description
22 pages : illustrations, maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alberta
Rivers
First Nations
Cree
Blackfoot
Abstract
Pertains to the Battle at Belly River between Cree, Blackfeet Indigenous Peoples - descriptions of eye witness accounts and includes maps and photographs
Contents
Introduction The Last Great Indian Battle Other Accounts Summing Up Pictorial Representations of the Battle References Acknowledgements
Accession Number
3069a
Call Number
08.2 J62t PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Lethbridge Historical Society website
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Battlefields of the World War : plates

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Medium
Library - Map
Published Date
1921
Author
Wilson Johnson, Douglas
Publisher
Not identified
Call Number
08 J62b MAP
  1 website  
Author
Wilson Johnson, Douglas
Publisher
Not identified
Published Date
1921
Physical Description
11 maps : photoduplication ; in case
Scale
Varies
Medium
Library - Map
Subjects
World War I
World War, 1914-1918
Maps
History
Contents
Maps include: The Battlefield of the Marne -- The Battlefield of Flanders -- The Battlefield of Verdun -- The Battlefield of the Somme -- The battlefield of Lorraine -- Block Dagram of the Isonzo Region -- Block Diagram of the Trentino Region -- Block Diagram of the Asymmetrical Plateaus and Lowlands of Northeastern France -- Aerial Photographs of the Belashitsa Range and Doiran-Struma Basin, and Adige River -- Photoduplications of Aerial Photographs of the Meuse Plateau and Woevre Lowland, and the Dovamont Region -- Aerial Photographs of Isonzo River and carso Plateau, and Asiago Plateau.
Notes
Maps are issued with book, "Battlefields of the world war, southern and western fronts", written by same author which is not held in the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Special Collections Library
Accession Number
2926
Call Number
08 J62b MAP
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via Pritzker Military Museum and Library
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Biostratigraphy and Faunas of the Permian Ishbel Group, Canadian Rocky Mountains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1968
Author
Logan, Alan
McGugan, Alan
Publisher
Journal of Paleontology
Call Number
03.2 L78b PAM
  1 website  
Author
Logan, Alan
McGugan, Alan
Responsibility
Alan Logan
Alan McGugan
Publisher
Journal of Paleontology
Published Date
1968
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Paleontology
Geology
Geology - Alberta - Mountain Park
Research
Abstract
Pertains to Permian Ishbel group in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and attempts to unite the understanding of scattered occurances of fauna within these fossil records.
Notes
In Journal of Paleontology Vol. 42, No. 5 (Sep., 1968), pp. 1123-1139
Call Number
03.2 L78b PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online through JSTOR via subscription
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"Buffalo Medicine" [charm]

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Part Of
Parks Canada fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of documents pertaining to the "Buffalo Medicine" charm manufactured and distributed by the Parks publicity bureau from 1920-1922. The charm was a small metal piece housed in a paper pouch and accompanied by a leaflett that related the legend of the charm. The charms were made in batc…
Date Range
[ca. 1920-1922]
Reference Code
M317 / III / 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Published record
Textual record
  1 website  
Part Of
Parks Canada fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M317 / S23 / V488
Series
III. Textual records series
Sous-Fonds
M317
Accession Number
8134
Reference Code
M317 / III / 1
GMD
Published record
Textual record
Date Range
[ca. 1920-1922]
Physical Description
0.5 cm of textual records (3 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm and 10.5 x 16.5 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of documents pertaining to the "Buffalo Medicine" charm manufactured and distributed by the Parks publicity bureau from 1920-1922. The charm was a small metal piece housed in a paper pouch and accompanied by a leaflett that related the legend of the charm. The charms were made in batches of 10,000 and were popular collectors items. The first batch made in 1920 were made of alluminum, but the design was changed for the second and final issue. Includes a typed letter to Jim Sime from Fergus Lothian regarding the charm and material related to early Park fire prevention ; the leaflet that accompanied a "Buffalo Medicine" charm ; a typed text page meant to accompany the charm while on display.
Notes
The charm and its original pouch are now housed in Heritage Collection.
Name Access
Lothian, Fergus
Sime, Jim
Subject Access
Advertising
Buffalo
Correspondence
Fire
Fire fighters
Fire wardens
National parks and reserves
Parks
Parks Canada
Rocky Mountains Park
Souvenir
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Banff National Park
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Related Material
Charm held in Heritage Collection : 103.01.1043 a,b
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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The Canadian National Parks: Today and Tomorrow: Volume 1

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1968
Author
Nelson, J.G.
Scace, R.C.
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary
Call Number
13.112 Un1t Volume 1
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Author
Nelson, J.G.
Scace, R.C.
Responsibility
J.G. Nelson
R.C. Scace
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary
Published Date
1968
Physical Description
601p.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
National parks
Research
Conferences
Abstract
Parks & Recreation.; Proceedings of a Conference Organized by The National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada.; Studies in Land Use History and Landscape Change National Park Series No. 3.
Contents
Setting the Stage Uses of the National Parks Measuring the Value of National Parks
Notes
The University of Calgary - The National and Provincial Parks Association on Canada, October 9th - 15th, 1968, Calgary
Accession Number
485
Call Number
13.112 Un1t Volume 1
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via Parks Canada History
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The Canadian National Parks: Today and Tomorrow: Volume 2

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1968
Author
Nelson, J.G.
Scace, R.C.
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary
Call Number
13.112 Un1t Volume 2
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Author
Nelson, J.G.
Scace, R.C.
Responsibility
J.G. Nelson
R.C. Scace
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary
Published Date
1968
Physical Description
1027p.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
National parks
Research
Conferences
Abstract
Parks & Recreation.; Proceedings of a Conference Organized by The National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada.; Studies in Land Use History and Landscape Change National Park Series No. 3.
Contents
Other Alternatives : The Role and Planning of Provincial, State and Local Parks Recent Developments in the U.S. and Other Parts Around the World Concessions and Services Planning for the Future
Notes
The University of Calgary - The National and Provincial Parks Association on Canada, October 9th - 15th, 1968, Calgary
Accession Number
485
Call Number
13.112 Un1t Volume 2
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via Parks Canada History
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Catharine Robb Whyte ; Peter Whyte : a commemorative portfolio

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1980
Publisher
Banff : Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation
Call Number
06 W62
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Responsibility
editor: Jon Whyte
Publisher
Banff : Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation
Published Date
1980
Physical Description
1 portfolio
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Abstract
Pete 'n' Catharine : their story : drawn from diaries, letters and notes : illustrated with their drawings, photographs, cartoons and sketches / selected and annotated by Jon Whyte
Notes
Limited edition of three hundred signed, numbered copies
Accession Number
5861
Call Number
06 W62
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
www.whyte.org/commemorative-portfolio
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Les conquerants de l'inutile : des Alpes a l'Annapurna

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1961
Author
Terray, Lionel
Publisher
France : Gallimard
Edition
1st
Call Number
G512 T47 L47
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Author
Terray, Lionel
Responsibility
Lionel Terray
Edition
1st
Publisher
France : Gallimard
Published Date
1961
Physical Description
560 p. ; 88 illus. ; maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Terray, Lionel
Biography
Alps
Eiger
Himalaya Mountains
Abstract
"All these faces that appear in close-up in the news or in the press are also men. The name of Lionel Terray, one of the most famous living mountaineers, comes back periodically in conversations, because he participated in a rescue or because he helped to conquer a great world summit like Annapurna or the Makalu. In The Conquerors of the Useless , it is the whole mountain and its secrets that it reveals to us without emphasis and especially without pretension. We see how a little boy can already sense his vocation and soon to live only for the mountain; how this passion led him from the Alps to the Himalayas, from Canada to Peru. Each story of his prodigious ascensions will fascinate those who know the mountain only through the cable car. Indeed, this book that Lionel Terray wrote entirely himself using notes and stories in which he fixed his memories throughout his career, was written for them. The Conquerors of the Useless is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the heroic fate of the last survivors of the Knights race. " (from publisher's website)
Contents
Decouverte de la montagne
Premieres conquetes
La guerre des Alpes
Je rencontre Lachenal
La face nord de l'Eiger
Guide de grandes courses
L'Annapurna
Sur les sommets du monde
Notes
EVE-DELACROIX PRIZE OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY 1962
French edition signed by Lionel Terray
Newsclipping tucked inside entitled "La mort de Lionel Terray a stufefie les membres du Ski Club"
ISBN
2070262146
Accession Number
AC636
Call Number
G512 T47 L47
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Publication information on publisher's website
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Crossing the pass : new poems from Banff

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1986
Author
Burles, Gordon
Publisher
Gordon Burles
Call Number
05.1 B92c Pam
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Author
Burles, Gordon
Responsibility
Gordon Burles
Publisher
Gordon Burles
Published Date
1986
Physical Description
55 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Poetry
Art
Banff National Park
Abstract
Pertains to the works of Gordon Burles, a poet of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The poet includes works exclusively from the Banff area and covers topics pertaining to nature, places and people.
Notes
Annotated – the author has signed the inside front page with the following, “Best wishes Liz and Ron, from Gordon Burles”
Accession Number
2017.8683
Call Number
05.1 B92c Pam
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
The URL is linked to Gordon Burles archival fonds held at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
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Dorothy Knowles : paintings, 1964-1982

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1983
Author
Fenton, Terry
Publisher
Edmonton : The Gallery
Call Number
06.1 F35d
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Author
Fenton, Terry
Responsibility
Terry Fenton
Publisher
Edmonton : The Gallery
Published Date
1983
Physical Description
35 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 26 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Exhibition catalogue
Exhibitions
Abstract
Pertains to the Dorothy Knowles exhibition catalogue, organized by Terry Fenton from the Edmonton Art Gallery. While the catalogue was never meant to capture the entirety of Knowles’ artist career, Terry Fenton organizes a thorough exhibition covering the last two decades of her work. It was in part due to Knowles enrollment at the Banff School that she was able to achieve a greater level of confidence in her artist skill. Through both essay and art work, Terry Fenton has been able to share the legacy of Dorothy Knowles.
Contents
Dedication (iii)
Preface (vii)
Beginnings (pg. 1)
Since 1964 (pg. 9)
Exhibitions with art dealers (pg. 32)
Critical and Curatorial support (pg. 33)
Catalogue of the exhibition (pg. 34)
Works on Canvas
Works on Paper
Exhibition Itinerary (pg. 35)
Notes
Annotated - inside of the front page has been signed by Dorothy Knowles
Book is written in both French and English
Exhibition has been organized by Terry Fenton
ISBN
0889500355
Accession Number
2019.71
Call Number
06.1 F35d
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Terry Fenton is himself an accomplished artist. Some of his work can be found using the URL above.
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Eyes of a city : early Vancouver photographers, 1868-1900

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24971
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1986
Author
Mattison, David
Publisher
Vancouver : Vancouver City Archives
Call Number
06.4 M43e
  1 website  
Author
Mattison, David
Responsibility
David Mattison
Publisher
Vancouver : Vancouver City Archives
Published Date
1986
Physical Description
75 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photographers
Photography
Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
Businesses
History
Abstract
Pertains to the early photographers in Vancovuer, BC
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreward
Introduction
About the Photographs
Early Views
J.A. Brock and Company
Landscape Artists: The Bailey Brothers
Trueman and Caple, Photographers
A Platinum Master : A.J. Thompson
Bibliography
Appendix
Index
Notes
Vancouver City Archives Occasional Paper No. 3
ISBN
0969163711
Call Number
06.4 M43e
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website of the City of Vancouver Archives occasional paper
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The Great Glacier and its house : the story of the first center of alpinism in North America, 1885-1925

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20180
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1982
Author
Putnam, William Lowell
Publisher
New York : American Alpine Club
Call Number
01.4 P98t reference
  1 website  
Author
Putnam, William Lowell
Responsibility
Willaim Lowell Putnam
Publisher
New York : American Alpine Club
Published Date
1982
Physical Description
23 pages : illustrations, portraits, map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glacier House
Illecillewaet Glacier
Selkirk Mountains
Railway routes
Railway stations
Railways
Tourism
Mountaineering
American Alpine Club
History
Abstract
he hotel is gone and the passenger trains, now rarely on time, go by only once daily. The Great Glacier has all but vanished. The motor traffic on the fast, modern highway sweeps past in ignorance that this deep, half-forgotten, Illecillewaet valley of the Selkirk Mountains, with its dark forests and glittering summits, was the cradle of professional North American mountaineering and, for several decades, the principal Canadian attraction for climbers from three continents. Surely the time has long since passed for someone to tell the story of the early days when geologists, scientists, alpinists, guides, tourists and more than a few of our continent’s empire builders stopped in Glacier, British Columbia to explore, study, climb, earn a modest living, admire the scenery or just rest from their labors. It is most appropriate that William L. Putnam, one of America’s outstanding experts on the Selkirks, should have undertaken the task of writing a history of the area. It is even more appropriate that this history should have been published by The American Alpine Club, whose first president, Professor Charles E. Fay, spent many sunny days over several seasons scaling the region’s unclimbed summits and, as we learn from the text, many rainy weeks in the Old Glacier House where at idle moments he amused himself by analyzing the comments in the hotel’s guest register. The author has labored hard and gone to great lengths to obtain original source material and to check facts. As might be expected, his story begins with the construction of the Canadian Pacific track through Roger’s Pass; without it, the central Selkirks and the outstanding Matterhorn-like crest of Mount Sir Donald would no doubt still be little known and less visited. The absence of dining cars on the early transcontinental express trains, plus the superb view of what was then the awesome Illecillewaet Glacier, led to the building of a small restaurant-hotel by the track some five miles west of the pass. In time that hotel grew to become the Canadian Pacific’s western show-piece. Tourists, scientists, mountaineers and guides arrived in growing numbers. The peaks were measured and climbed, trails were built, caves explored and an electric generator was constructed to light the premises. A pet bear was even provided on the grounds for the entertainment of guests. Then, slowly, the Great Glacier retreated, the railroad was modernized and rerouted through a five-mile tunnel some distance from the hotel, tourists and climbers alike went off to war on the battlefields of France, and the Canadian Pacific shifted its emphasis to its latter-day attraction at Lake Louise in the nearby Rockies. The old hotel was closed, then torn down, and the valley and its glacier almost forgotten. Such is the skeleton of Putnam’s story. But it is far more. Putnam has labored industriously. He has unearthed, and quoted at length, the original on-the-spot observations of the early visitors in the decades between 1890 and 1920. He has recovered ancient photographs, many excellent, to illustrate the stories and anecdotes he recounts. Thanks to his labor of love, those of us who are familiar only with modern mountaineering now have the opportunity to learn what climbing was like in the good old days around the turn of the century. Despite its deceptive scrapbook style, the work is scholarly. It is also highly nostalgic. The author is at his best with the history of the early climbing. One wishes he had personally said more and quoted less—but, then, many of the quotations are memorable. He might also have omitted, or at least modified, the chapter on distant Mount Sir Sandford, for its story, while essential in any broad account of Selkirk climbing, belongs elsewhere and shifts the focus away from the House and the Glacier at the very moment when the reader has become engrossed in both. But these, however, are minor flaws, overshadowed by good research, an entertaining style, excellent history and magnificent illustrations. Samuel H. Goodhue (from American Alpine Club)
Contents
Introduction
The Railroad Track
The House
The Tourists
First Climbers
Men of Science
Alpina Americana
Britannic Majesty
Canadians at Last
Some of the Best
The Last Big Mountain
The Rest is Silence
Appendices
A: The Guides
B: Place Names in the Central Selkirks
Bibliography
Index
Notes
Signed by author - addressed to Hans Gmoser
ISBN
0930410130
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
01.4 P98t reference
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Link to book review on American Alpine Club website
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Highways, motor camps and stopping places in British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24953
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1929
Author
Bureau of Provincial Information
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Printer to the King
Call Number
02.5 B85h PAM
  1 website  
Author
Bureau of Provincial Information
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Printer to the King
Published Date
1929
Physical Description
96 pages : illustrations, maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Automobiles
Highways
British Columbia
Camps
Maps
Government
Abstract
Pertains to highways, camping, and stopping places in British Columbia as of 1929 - includes maps and descriptions
Contents
British Columbia:
Camps and Fire Precautions
Fishing and Hunting
Island Highway
Vancouver Highways
Dewdney Road
Pacific Highways
Yale Road
Cariboo Road
South Trunk Highway
Kamloops-Okanagan Highway
Trans-provincial Highway
Northern Highway
Okanagan-Arrow-Kootenay Lakes
Columbia Valley Highway
Accession Number
2014.8336
Call Number
02.5 B85h PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Mentioned as a "Special Publication" in this document entitled "Publications of the Government of British Columbia 1811-1947"
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The history of the Calgary Mountain Club: Its members and thier activities 1960 - 1986

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19857
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1987
Author
Scott, Chic
Publisher
Chic Scott
Call Number
01.4 Sco3h
  2 websites  
Author
Scott, Chic
Responsibility
Chic Scott
Publisher
Chic Scott
Published Date
1987
Physical Description
384 pg
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Scott, Charles (Chic)
Calgary
Banff
Newspapers
Clubs
Abstract
Pertains to the history of the Calgary Mountain Club. Through the use of photographs, written history and newspaper clippings, author Chic Scott works to tell the story of the Calgary Mountain Club. Scott used newspaper clippings extensively, many from local sources such as the Banff Crag and Canyon, the Calgary Herald, the University of Calgary Gazette and the Alberta Report, to tell the story of the Calgary Mountain Club.
Accession Number
2019.57
Call Number
01.4 Sco3h
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
The first URL is linked to the official website of the Calgary Mountain Club, while the second URL is linked to the official website of the author, Chic Scott.
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Juniper Roots Sculptor

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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to Wilfred Garstrong Hodgson, a sculptor in Southern Alberta who makes carvings out of Juniper tree roots, most likely as part of a National Film Board production. Two copies of the footage are on the reel. The original label on the case reads "T…
Date Range
1962
Reference Code
V190 / VI / NF - 45
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Film
Motion picture
  1 website     2 images  
Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M323 / S40 / V190
Series
VI : Retained file
Sous-Fonds
V190
Accession Number
7436
Reference Code
V190 / VI / NF - 45
GMD
Film
Motion picture
Date Range
1962
Physical Description
1 motion picture (1 film reel: 300'): 16 mm, original, b&w, silent
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
Item consists of one 16 mm motion picture pertaining to Wilfred Garstrong Hodgson, a sculptor in Southern Alberta who makes carvings out of Juniper tree roots, most likely as part of a National Film Board production. Two copies of the footage are on the reel. The original label on the case reads "Title Juniper Roots Sculptor NFB, Camera B. Engler, Date 1962, Footage 150 ft B&W, Time 4 minutes, Total Footage 300ft 2 copies."
Subject Access
Activities
Art
Artists
Hoodoos
Horses
Geographic Access
Alberta
Language
English
Creator
Bruno Engler
Title Source
Original title kept
Processing Status
Processed
Websites
Images
thumbnail
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