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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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Alpes d'ailleurs : Mon chalet suisse au Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24951
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1999
Author
Vulliamy, Dominique
Publisher
L'alpe
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Vulliamy, Dominique
Responsibility
Dominique Vulliamy
Publisher
L'alpe
Published Date
1999
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Swiss Guides' Village
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Mountaineering
Mountaineers, Swiss
Abstract
Pertains to the Swiss Guides in the Canadian Rockies
Notes
In L'Alpe 04 villegiatures, page 92-97
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Link to online publication including Swiss Guide article
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An impending water crisis in Canada's western prairie provinces

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24934
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Schindler, D.W.
Donahue, W.F.
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Call Number
03.5 Sc1a PAM
  1 website  
Author
Schindler, D.W.
Donahue, W.F.
Responsibility
D.W. Schindler
W.F. Donahue
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
6 pages ; illustrations , maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Watersheds
Climate
Climate change
Climatology
Western Canada
Glaciers
Rivers
Lakes
Abstract
Canada is usually considered to be a country with abundant freshwater, but in its western prairie provinces (WPP), an area 1/5 the size of Europe, freshwater is scarce. European settlement of the WPP did not begin until the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fortuitously, the period since European settlement appears to have been the wettest century of the past two millennia. The frequent, long periods of drought that characterized earlier centuries of the past two millennia were largely absent in the 20th century. Here, we show that climate warming and human modifications to catchments have already significantly reduced the flows of major rivers of the WPP during the summer months, when human demand and in-stream flow needs are greatest. We predict that in the near future climate warming, via its effects on glaciers, snowpacks, and evaporation, will combine with cyclic drought and rapidly increasing human activity in the WPP to cause a crisis in water quantity and quality with far-reaching implications.
Notes
In PNAS May 9, 2006 103 (19) 7210-7216
Call Number
03.5 Sc1a PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via PNAS's website
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Assiniboine Lodge : a treasure chest of mountain memories

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19945
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2009
Author
Martel, Lynn
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Published Date
2009
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Assiniboine, Mount
Cabins
Renner, Sepp
Strom, Erling
History
Abstract
Pertains to the history of Mount Assiniboine Lodge with focus on current managers the Renner family.
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Vol.1, Iss.3, Summer 2009, p.12-14
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
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Barbara Spohr : apparent reasons = raisons apparentes.

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25144
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1995
Author
Spohr, Barbara
Publisher
Banff, Alb. : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Call Number
06.4 Sp6a
  1 website  
Author
Spohr, Barbara
Responsibility
Barbara Spohr
Publisher
Banff, Alb. : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Published Date
1995
Physical Description
81 pages : illustrations, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Photography
Exhibition catalogue
Exhibitions
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Abstract
Exhibition catalogue for the 1995 exhibit of Barbara Spohr's show 'Apparent Reasons' at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Contents
Introduction
Road trip
From where she stood
Barbara Spohr's border crossings
ISBN
0920608418
Accession Number
2021.23
Call Number
06.4 Sp6a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Link to Banff Centre's Barbara Spohr Memorial Award page - includes biographical information
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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2008
Author
Davison, Kristy
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Davison, Kristy
Responsibility
Kristy Davison
Published Date
2008
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Wildlife
Abstract
Pertains to Bear #71
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Summer 2008, p.12
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
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A brief illustrated guide to understanding Islam

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19935
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1997
Author
Ibrahim, I. A.
Publisher
Houston, TX : Darussalam
Edition
2nd ed., 3rd printing
Call Number
05.5 Ib7a
  1 website  
Author
Ibrahim, I. A.
Responsibility
I. A. Ibrahim
Edition
2nd ed., 3rd printing
Publisher
Houston, TX : Darussalam
Published Date
1997
Physical Description
74 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Religion
ISBN
9960340112
Call Number
05.5 Ib7a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
URL pertains to the the books official website
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Call of the wild - National Museum of Wildlife Art Volume 5, Number 1, 2009

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25122
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2009
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2009 PAM
  1 website  
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Published Date
2009
Physical Description
46 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 5, Number 1
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Abstract
Pertains to wildlife art and wildlife artists at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming
Contents
Patrons without peer: selections from the McCoy Collection
He speaks for the trees: Dr. Suess and the Lorax
On the natural world
Collection spotlight: Dan Ostermiller's "The Emperor"
Walter Hood to design sculpture trail for museum
Wildlife in American art
Community focus committee: engaging the community
Notes
Features article on page 18 entitled "Looking at Wildlfe - the maturing Carl Rungius" - the National Museum of Wildlife Art holds the largest collection of Carl Rungius pieces in the United States
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2009 PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
National Museum of Wildlife Art website
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Castleguard Cave 2005 - first ascent of the 200-foot aven

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24963
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Vokac, Marek
Publisher
Oslo, Norway : Marek Vokac
Edition
1st
Call Number
03.2 V85c PAM
  1 website  
Author
Vokac, Marek
Responsibility
Marek Vokac
Christian Rushfeldt
Bjorn Myrvold
Jorn Halvorsen
Edition
1st
Publisher
Oslo, Norway : Marek Vokac
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
127 p.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Caves
Castleguard Cave
Research
Exploration
Geography
Geology
Hydrology
Hydrology - Alberta
Abstract
Pertains to the 2005 first ascent into the Castleguard Cave near the Saskatchewan Glacier in Banff National Park by Marek Vokac, Christian Rushfeldt, Bjorn Myrvold and Jorn Halvorsen
Notes
Includes copy of report on CD
Accession Number
2019.97
Call Number
03.2 V85c PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Additional information and maps
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Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance : the glorious imposter

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13989
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2000
Author
Smith, Donald B
Publisher
Red Deer, AB : Red Deer Press
Call Number
07.2 L85s 2000
  1 website  
Author
Smith, Donald B
Responsibility
Donald B. Smith
Publisher
Red Deer, AB : Red Deer Press
Published Date
2000
Physical Description
400 p. : ill., ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians)
ISBN
0889951977
Accession Number
8051
Call Number
07.2 L85s 2000
Collection
Archives Library
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Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2005
Author
Karvonen Films and Boreal Pictures
Publisher
Korvonen Flims Ltd. and Boreal Picture Co-Production
Call Number
04.2 K11c
  1 website  
Author
Karvonen Films and Boreal Pictures
Publisher
Korvonen Flims Ltd. and Boreal Picture Co-Production
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
1 DVD-video (46 min) : sound, colour.
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Abstract
The largest and most powerful bears on earth live only in the northern reaches of the world. Brown bear, polar bear; related yet distinct, both are forces of nature that have left their mark on humankind. The very heart of wilderness beats within these bears, with ranges spanning countries and continents. Circumpolar Bears explores the lives of brown bears and polar bears found throughout the North – from grizzlies in Canada’s Arctic to brown bears in Finland and Russia, and polar bears from around the world. They have survived 200 million years of evolution, but the next hundred years may bring their greatest challenge yet.
Notes
The abstract has been taken directly from the film itself.
The front reads: "come face to face with the largest bears in the world - the Circumpolar Bears."
Accession Number
2019.64
Call Number
04.2 K11c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
The URL is linked to the official website of the publisher, Karvonen Films Ltd.
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Climate change and landscape in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
  1 website  
Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Responsibility
The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Nat Rutter
Murray Coppold
Dean Rokosh
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
137 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glaciers
Climatology
Climate change
Environment
Environmental conservation
Geography
Geology
Abstract
Climate change is at the forefront of public consciousness today. Political initiatives to combat the social and economic effects of changing climate will affect the lives of everyone. Media reports often portray climate scenarios and the range of uncertainty accompanying predictions. How does a reader approach the science behind the headlines? The goal of this book is to explain climate change science by examining the recent Ice Age history so spectacularly exposed in the Canadian Rocky Mountains landscape. Local and global sources of paleoclimate information are combined with dating techniques to unravel the glacial history of the Rockies over the last 30,000 years. The illustrated road log guide can be used by the armchair reader or the traveller to visit the landscape features essential to the interpretation. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the geosciences. Its teaching themes demonstrate the use of physics, biology, chemistry and mathematics in solving science questions and problems. The diverse program includes public lectures, teacher workshops, school programs and guided hikes. The Foundation conducts educational hikes to the Burgess Shale soft-bodied fossil deposit and the Mt. Stephen trilobite beds, both UNESCO World Heritage sites in Yoho National Park. (From Good Reads)
Contents
Introduction -- Archives of Climate Change -- Dating the Archives -- Extracting Climate Information -- Interpreting the Last Ice Age -- Finding Climate Change in the Rockies -- Glaciation in the Banff-Jasper Area -- Road Log Guide to Landscape Features -- Short Term Climate Change -- Future Climate Change -- Rood Log Stop Coordinates.
Notes
Sponsored by the CSPG Foundation
ISBN
9780978013219
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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The CMH gallery : a visual celebration of CMH Heli-Skiing and Heli-Hiking.

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19902
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1996
Author
Gmoser, Hans
Publisher
Canmore, Alta. : Altitude Pub.
Call Number
06.4 G11t
  1 website  
Author
Gmoser, Hans
Responsibility
Hans Gmoser
Publisher
Canmore, Alta. : Altitude Pub.
Published Date
1996
Physical Description
127 p. : col. ill. ; 34 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Helicopter Skiing
Skiing
Pictorial works
Rocky Mountains
Hiking
Gmoser, Hans
Abstract
Pertains to the breathtaking photography captured by members of the Canadian Mountain Holiday Heli-skiing and Summer Adventurers in Banff, Alberta. The Canadian Mountain Holiday Company (CMH) worked to create a gallery in their book that would showcase some of the stunning photography they hold in their collection. The photographs are vast, showcasing skiing adventures, snowboarding adventures, hiking trips and the outdoors in its most natural state. Alongside each photograph is a short excerpt written by Hans Gmoser. Although never intended to be a concise story, the captions help to provide context and evoke a greater appreciation for nature and adventure.
Accession Number
2019.64
Call Number
06.4 G11t
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
The URL is linked to the official website for the CMH. Interested users can explore the site for more information concerning the CMH and the services they offer.
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Conrad Kain - the legacy of Canada's greatest mountain guide

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25120
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2009
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Gripped Magazine
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Publisher
Gripped Magazine
Published Date
2009
Physical Description
p.30-35 : ill
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Kain, Conrad
Guide
Abstract
Pertains to mountain guide Conrad Kain and his legacy of guiding in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Notes
In Gripped Volume 11, Number 3, June - July 2009, p. 30-35
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Gripped website
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Country post : rural postal service in Canada, 1880 to 1945

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19833
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2003
Author
Amyot, Chantal and John Willis
Publisher
Gatineau, Quebec : Canadian Postal Museum
Call Number
08.1 Am1c
  1 website  
Author
Amyot, Chantal and John Willis
Responsibility
Chantal Amyot and John Willis
Publisher
Gatineau, Quebec : Canadian Postal Museum
Published Date
2003
Physical Description
210 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Postal services
History
Canada
Abstract
Pertains to the ways in which rural postal service combat isolationism in rural communities across Canada while using examples in Alberta. References and/or photos pertaining to Alberta include the following locations, Bently, Beverly, Big Valley, Capon, Claresholm, Consort, Coronation, Cressman, Gadsby, Hanna, Kinnodale, Lacombe, Ogden, Rapid City, Lethbridge, Red Lodge, Richdale, Rimbey, Stand Off, Troche, Wardlow and Worsley. The book draws similarities to the isolationism that was likely to exist in the Rocky Mountains at the time of early settlement, and the ways in which rural postal services increased communication among communities.
Contents
Foreword -- Canadian Postal Museum -- Foreword -- Canada post -- Foreword -- Canadian postmasters and assistants association -- Ch. 1. The transformation of rural society in Canada and the post office -- Ch. 2. The significance and symbolism of post offices and their locations -- Ch. 3. The rural postmaster -- Ch. 4. Social role of the post -- Ch. 5. Sending saving, and spending money -- Conclusion : whither the rural post office?
Notes
References and/or photographs of locations in Alberta can be found on the following pages Bently (98), Beverly (103), Big Valley (132), Capon (80), Claresholm (109), Consort (123), Coronation (114), Cressman (43), Gadsby (107), Hanna (98 and 124), Kinnodale (57 and 59), Lacombe (51), Lethbridge (89), Ogden (88), Rapid City (59), Red Lodge (59), Richdale (85), Rimbey (98), Stand Off (41), Troche (116), Wardlow (105) and Worsley (97)
ISBN
0660189984
Accession Number
2019.44
Call Number
08.1 Am1c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Avaliable through online subscription to jstor
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A crown of maples : constitutional monarchy in Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25103
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2008
Author
Canadian Heritage
Publisher
Gatineau, PQ : Canadian Heritage
Call Number
08.1 C16a PAM
  1 website  
Author
Canadian Heritage
Publisher
Gatineau, PQ : Canadian Heritage
Published Date
2008
Physical Description
63, xviii pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
History-Canada
History
Abstract
Pertains to how the Constitutional Monarchy functions in Canada
Contents
Introduction The Canadian Crown - An Overview The Modern Reality of Constitutional Monarchy The Role and Powers of the Canadian Crown Today Canadian Representatives of the Crown Comparison with Other Systems of Government The Visual Presence of the Canadian Crown Conclusion The Royal Anthem - “God Save the Queen” Appendices Photographic Credits Glossary Acknowledgements
ISBN
9780662460121
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
08.1 C16a PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
2015 version available online via the Government of Canada
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A dark secret : your friendly neighborhood fall-out shelter

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19933
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2009
Author
Alexander, Rob
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Alexander, Rob
Responsibility
Rob Alexander
Published Date
2009
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Government
Lac des Arcs
Abstract
Pertains to the fall-out shelter built into Mount McGillivray overlooking Lac des Arcs by private company Rocky Mountain Vaults & Archives during the Cold War
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Vol.1, Iss.2, Winter 2009, p.15-17
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
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Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2007
Publisher
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection
Call Number
06.3 D33 DVD
  1 website  
Responsibility
Terrence Malick (director)
Richard Gere (actor)
Brooke Adams (actor)
Sam Shepard (actor)
Publisher
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection
Published Date
2007
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Film making
Films
Waterton
Waterton Lakes
Southern Alberta
Engler, Bruno
Abstract
In 1910, Bill, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor. He flees to the Texas panhandle with his lover Abby and his little sister Linda, where they work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. When Bill learns that the farmer is ill and has less than a year to live, he encourages Abby to accept the man's attentions. The Farmer and Abby marry, and she and her "siblings" live in the big house, waiting for the Farmer to die, so Abby can inherit, and the three of them live happily ever after. But love seems to be a cure-all: the Farmer seems to be improving--and Abby is no longer seeing this as a marriage of convenience. From a landscape of panoramic vistas, vivid colors, and rich textures comes a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.
Contents
Going places -- Work -- Harvest -- Abby -- Prognosis -- Job ends -- Tired -- Staying on -- Future -- Marriage -- Rich -- Out for a walk -- "I don't know you" -- Flying circus -- Business -- Return -- Locusts -- "Nobody's perfect" -- Hunted -- New beginnings.
Notes
Still photography by Bruno Engler
Filmed in Southern Alberta and Waterton National Park
Special features: Commentary with Jack Fisk, Billy Weber, Patricia Norris, and Dianne Crittenden [audio feature]; Interview with Richard Gere [audio feature] (22 min.); Interview with Sam Shepard (13 min.); Interview with John Bailey (21 min.); Interview with Haskell Wexler (12 min.). Booklet includes essays "On Earth as it is in heaven" by Adrian Martin and "Shooting 'Days of Heaven'" by Nestor Almendros.
Accession Number
P2019-31
Call Number
06.3 D33 DVD
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Days of Heaven on IMDb
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Dear Nan : letters of Emily Carr, Nan Cheney, and Humphrey Toms

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25081
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1990
Author
Walker, Doreen (editor)
Publisher
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press
Call Number
06.1 W14d
  1 website  
Author
Walker, Doreen (editor)
Responsibility
Doreen Walker (editor)
Publisher
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press
Published Date
1990
Physical Description
xlvi, 436 pages : illustrations (some color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Artists
Carr, Emily
Abstract
This collection includes 150 letters Emily Carr wrote to her friends Nan Cheney and Humphrey Toms, and 100 other letters relating mainly to Emily Carr. The letters date from 1930 to 1945, the most prolific period in Carr’s career as both painter and writer. In them she writes in colourful detail about her everyday activities, and discusses her painting – “the biggest thing in my life.” There are outbursts of exasperation and anger as well as many indications of her caring, her warmth, her wisdom and her wit, and of her impatience with critics and poseurs, and they give insights into her various relationships with, among others, Lawren Harris, Ira Dilworth, Jack Shadbolt, Garnett Sedgewick, Dorothy Livesay, A.Y. Jackson, and Arthur Lismer. Nan Cheney and Humphrey Toms shared Emily Carr’s interest in art. Carr’s relationship with Cheney dated back to 1930 but did not flourish until 1937 when Cheney moved from Ottawa to Vancouver to become the first full-time medical artist at UBC. Humphrey Toms was only twenty years old when he first met Emily Carr, having asked to visit her after seeing some of her paintings, following which a warm friendship developed. The correspondence between Cheney and Toms reveals how Carr was regarded at the time and attests to their mutual interest in the Vancouver art scene. As an active member Cheney relates gossip about the local art community, providing a very personal and often exceedingly critical view of the Vancouver art milieu of the time. Doreen Walker has chosen not to change the original text of the letters and includes Carr’s misspellings and grammatical irregularities, which give a feeling of immediacy to the writing. There are numerous examples of her talent for graphic description, how she felt “rag rug level” when depressed and how she “was sat down with a spank” when ill. Perhaps most significant are the many revelations of her deep commitment to her work and of her industry and perseverance despite her failing health. “Queer how we go on,” she wrote to Cheney, “luck there is so much rubber in human composition.” (from UBC Press website)
Contents
Foreward Introduction Note on the text Acknowledgements Abbreviations Colour Plates Chronology Illustrations The Letters Postscript Transcription of the Carr Letters Emily Carr’s “Variations” Index
ISBN
9780774803908
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
06.1 W14d
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Summary on UBC Press website
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Death hunt : the saga of two rivals who clash as enemies and triumph as heroes

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24979
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2005
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Call Number
06.3 D34 DVD
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Responsibility
Peter Hunt (director)
Murray Shostak (producer)
Charles Bronson (actor)
Lee Marvin (actor)
Andrew Stevens (actor)
Carl Weathers (actor)
Angie Dickinson (actor)
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sd., col.
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Films
Film making
Engler Bruno
Auger, Tim
Canmore
Spray Lakes
North West Mounted Police
Search and rescue
Abstract
Canada 1931: The unsociable trapper Johnson lives for himself in the ice-cold mountains near the Yukon river. During a visit in the town he witnesses a dog-fight. He interrupts the game and buys one of the dogs - almost dead already - for $200 against the owner's will. When the owner Hasel complains to Mountie Sergeant Millen, he refuses to take action. But then the loathing breeder and his friends accuse Johnson of murder. So Millen, although sympathetic, has to try to take him under arrest - but Johnson defends his freedom in every way possible.
Notes
Still photography by Bruno Engler
Tim Auger was Charles Bronson's body double
Filmed in the Canmore and Spray Lakes area
Accession Number
P2019-31
Call Number
06.3 D34 DVD
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Death Hunt on IMDb
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