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Ben Gadd fonds
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, …
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- V810
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- 2024.01
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Physical Description
- ca. 7.9 metres of textual records -- ca. 274 maps -- 29 VHS tapes -- ca.15 discs with digital files -- 21 cassettes -- photographs -- oversized materials -- USB stick with 15 sldeshows
- History / Biographical
- Ben Gadd (1946-) is a retired naturalist, guide, geologist, instructor, freelance writer and award-winning author based in the Canadian Rockies. Ben was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1946. He met his wife, Cia (Langdon) Gadd at Colorado College in 1965, and the couple married four weeks later. Ben and Cia had two sons, Will and Toby. Ben and his family relocated to Jasper in the late 1960s. Ben later attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science in 1972. Between 1976 and 1980, Ben taught classes at Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology; he later taught additional classes at Grant MacEwan College and Lakeland College. From 1981, Ben also worked as a seasonal naturalist/guide for Parks Canada. Ben left Parks Canada in 1985 to start an independent naturalist guiding business with Cia based in Jasper and other parts of the Canadian Rockies, which the couple continued to operate for over two decades. Ben published his best-known work, "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", through his publishing company Corax Press in 1986. The second edition of "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" received multiple awards after its release in 1995. Ben's fiction book, "Raven's End" won the title of Best Canadian Rockies Book at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in 2001 and became a Canadian bestseller. Overall, Ben has authored or co-authored 11 books and received nearly one dozen awards for his achievements as a writer, researcher and guide. Ben continued to lead guided hikes and school programs until his retirement in 2016.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other related material. Materials donated in 2024 include one USB stick containing
- Notes
- Ben Gadd fonds arrangement: Series I : Personal records - Subseries A : Travel guides and maps - Subseries B : Education and early writings - Subseries C : Personal interest files - Subseries D : Other personal and collected Series II : Research and publication records - Subseries A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Subseries B : Other publications Series III : Professional records - Subseries A : Parks Canada Records - Subseries B : Interpretive guiding - Subseries C : Teaching records - Subseries D : Other contracts and projects Series IV : Legal and financial records - Subseries A : Legal records - Subseries B : Financial records
- Subject Access
- Education
- Research
- Publication
- Environment
- Geology
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Academics
- Guiding
- Guides
- Businesses
- Finances
- Conservation
- Wildlife
- Natural history
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Lethbridge
- United States of America
- Colorado
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions apply
- Language
- English
- French
- Dutch
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Chinook winds and other climatic conditions of the north-west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7161
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1886
- Author
- Bowerman, A
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Manitoba Free Press
- Call Number
- 03.5 B67 Pam
- Author
- Bowerman, A
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Manitoba Free Press
- Published Date
- 1886
- Physical Description
- 6p
- Subjects
- Geology
- Mackenzie, Alexander
- Accession Number
- 7000
- Call Number
- 03.5 B67 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Handbook of the Canadian Rockies
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1995
- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Publisher
- Jasper : Corax Press
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Call Number
- 04 G11 1995
- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Publisher
- Jasper : Corax Press
- Published Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 831p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Geology
- Guidebooks
- Notes
- Bibliographical references and index
- ISBN
- 0-9692631-1-2
- Accession Number
- 28000
- Call Number
- 04 G11 1995
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Illustrations - Geology
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of research notes, illustration drafts and printed sample pages from geological publications. Contents were used as reference material during the production of fossil and other geological illustrations for Ben Gadd's book, Handbook of the Canadian Rockies.
- Date Range
- [ca.1985-1995]
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / A / 73 to 74
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Drawing
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / II : Research and publication records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / II / A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / A / 73 to 74
- Date Range
- [ca.1985-1995]
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records -- illustrations
- Scope & Content
- File consists of research notes, illustration drafts and printed sample pages from geological publications. Contents were used as reference material during the production of fossil and other geological illustrations for Ben Gadd's book, Handbook of the Canadian Rockies.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Publication
- Research
- Geology
- Art
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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In search of ancient Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11235
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Huck, Barbara
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Heartland
- Call Number
- 07.2 H86
- Author
- Huck, Barbara
- Responsibility
- Barbara Huck and Doug Whiteway
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Heartland
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 287 p. : ill. (some col.), maps
- Subjects
- Geology
- Geomorphology
- Guidebooks
- Paleontology
- ISBN
- 1-896150-00-4
- Accession Number
- 8-13-98 31,000
- Call Number
- 07.2 H86
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Preliminary report on field notes in Cariboo District, B.C., 1885
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7309
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1886
- Author
- Bowman, Amos
- Call Number
- 03.6 B68 Pam
- Author
- Bowman, Amos
- Published Date
- 1886
- Call Number
- 03.6 B68 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A sense of place : an atlas of issues, attitudes and resources in the Yellowstone to Yukon ecoregion
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11367
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- April 1998
- Author
- Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
- Publisher
- Canmore : Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
- Edition
- 1st printing
- Call Number
- 04 Ye3
- Responsibility
- Louisa Wilcox, Project Director; Bart Robinson, Project Coordinator; Ann Harvey, Editor
- Edition
- 1st printing
- Publisher
- Canmore : Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
- Published Date
- April 1998
- Physical Description
- 138 p. : ill., maps
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 31000
- Call Number
- 04 Ye3
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Sun pictures of Rocky mountain scenery
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1275
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1870
- Author
- Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer
- Publisher
- New York : J. Bien
- Call Number
- F594 H39
- Author
- Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer
- Publisher
- New York : J. Bien
- Published Date
- 1870
- Subjects
- Geology
- Rocky Mountains, U.S.
- Notes
- Fragile - removed for conservation work
- Call Number
- F594 H39
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Upon the origin of alpine and Italian lakes ; and upon glacial erosion
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26171
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Publisher
- New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.
- Call Number
- 03.4 R14u
- Responsibility
- A. C. Ramsay, John Ball, Roderick I. Murchinson, B. Studer, A. Favre, Edward Whymper, and J. W. Spencer.
- Publisher
- New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- 148 pages
- Subjects
- Switzerland
- Italy
- Europe
- Alps
- glaciology
- Glaciers
- Geology
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 03.4 R14u
- Collection
- Archives Library
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'Weird wonders' fuel a battle over evolution's path
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14481
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- January 1993
- Author
- Lessem, Don
- Publisher
- Smithsonian
- Call Number
- 03.2 L46w Pam
- Author
- Lessem, Don
- Publisher
- Smithsonian
- Published Date
- January 1993
- Physical Description
- 9 pages and illustrations
- Notes
- Descriptions of fossilized organisms including Hallucigenia, Marella splendens, Wiwaxia, Anomalocaris, Olenoides, and Opabinia - discussion of evolution and Walcott's early theories
- Call Number
- 03.2 L46w Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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