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Part Of
Jon Whelan fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertainin…
Date Range
[1880-2022]
Reference Code
M595 / V818
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Newspaper clipping
Published record
Scrapbook
Album
Part Of
Jon Whelan fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M595
V818
Sous-Fonds
M595
V818
Accession Number
2022.39
Reference Code
M595 / V818
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Newspaper clipping
Published record
Scrapbook
Album
Date Range
[1880-2022]
Physical Description
3 bankers boxes
History / Biographical
Jon Whelan (1952-2022) was a researcher, historian, and collector based in Banff, Alberta. Jon had a special interest in topics related to Banff National Park and Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Jon conducted independent research, as well as research for various authors and historians, from the 1980s onwards. Jon was also an active participant in municipal politics in Banff. "For most of Jon’s life, he was engaged in community affairs and fearless in voicing an opinion. He was successful in raising public awareness and his tenacity achieved a personal goal, which was to initiate the use of video for regular Town of Banff council meetings. He dedicated himself to the concerns of Banff residents." -Barry Kelly, Rocky Mountain Outlook, July 30, 2022
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertaining to Canadian Pacific, Banff, travel and tourism within Canada, and related subjects.
Name Access
Whelan, Jon
Subject Access
Research
Chateau Lake Louise
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Tourism
Travel
Recreation
Publication
Newspaper
History
Community events
Reproduction Restrictions
restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Tourism
Transportation
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Unprocessed
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Malcolm Geddes fonds

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Part Of
Malcolm Geddes fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts …
Date Range
[1896-2013]
Reference Code
M39 / V756
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Transparency
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Malcolm Geddes fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 39
V 756
Sous-Fonds
M 39
V 756
Accession Number
5545, 6504, 7846, 2014.8306, 2015.8558
Reference Code
M39 / V756
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Transparency
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Responsibility
Some views are by Malcolm Geddes; many were obtained through other sources
Date Range
[1896-2013]
Physical Description
444 photographs: 385 b&w and col. transparencies, 59 b&w prints -- 1 album (28 b&w prints) -- 11 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Malcolm Daniel Geddes, 1866-1927, was a journalist, publisher and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Geddes was one of the founders of the "Farmers and Ranch Review" in 1904, and served as vice-president and editor until his death. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1917, was active in ACC summer camps and served as Honorary Secretary from 1924 to 1926. Geddes was killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Lefroy in 1927.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts and publications), Malcolm's career in real estate, family letters, financial records, records of mountain ascents and hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, family trees and genealogical research, and other related materials.
Notes
Fonds consists of three series:
Series I : Professional records I / A : Published materials I / B : Manuscripts and notes I / C : Professional correspondence
Series II : Financial records
Series III : Personal and family records III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions III / B : Genealogy and research III / C : Other personal and family records
Name Access
Geddes, Malcolm
Subject Access
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Hiking
Family and personal life
Personal and Professional Life
Poetry
Property
Finances
Commerce and industry
Communications
Correspondence
Genealogy
History
Research
Publication
Travel
Mountains
Mountaineering
Biography
Obituary
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
British Columbia
Ontario
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
series and file description
electronic finding aid
Creator
Geddes, Malcolm
Category
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on accession records
Content Details
Arrangement of fonds was redone by Processing Archivist Kate Skelton between December 2020 and March 2021 to accommodate unprocessed materials from accessions 7846, 2014.8306 and 2015.8558
Processing Status
Processed
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The 9th grade : 150 years of free climbing

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Chambre, David
Publisher
Les Editions du Mont-Blanc
Call Number
G510 C43 N56
Author
Chambre, David
Publisher
Les Editions du Mont-Blanc
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
297 pages, illustrations (colour)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
France
History
Mont Blanc
Rock climbing
Yosemite Valley
ISBN
9782365450225
Accession Number
AC633
Call Number
G510 C43 N56
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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100th anniversary of the formation of The Rocky Mountains Park Branch of the Great War Veterans’ Association - The Banff Legion - Saturday March 31, 2018

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
The Banff Legion
Publisher
The Banff Legion
Call Number
08.3 B22o PAM
Author
The Banff Legion
Responsibility
The Banff Legion
Publisher
The Banff Legion
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
14 pages ; photographs
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History
History of Alberta
Canada
World War I
World War II
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
World Wars
Banff
Banff (residents)
Abstract
Pertains to the history of the Banff Legion, celebrating 100 years of the Great War Veterans’ Association
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
08.3 B22o PAM
Collection
Archives Library
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Alberta-NWT Command Legion Military Service Recognition Book Volume X 2018

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
Publisher
Calgary : The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
Call Number
08.1 R11 m PAM
  1 website  
Author
The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
Publisher
Calgary : The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
352 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume X
Subjects
World War I
World War II
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
World Wars
History
History of Alberta
Abstract
Includes alphabetical list of veterans in Alberta and NorthWest Territories, some with photographs
Contents
Messages Legion Information Articles of Interest Veterans Advertiser’s Index Submission Requirements Veteran Submission Form
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
08.1 R11 m PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via the The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command website
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Army Daze : from Cranbrook to Apeldoorne : life in a man's army

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Boileau, Doris Ann
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Aldridge Street Publishing
Call Number
08.1 B63ar
Author
Boileau, Doris Ann
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Aldridge Street Publishing
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
123 p : illustrations, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History
World War II
Women in war
ISBN
9780986810503
Accession Number
2017.8661
Call Number
08.1 B63ar
Collection
Archives Library
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Bert Riggall's greater Waterton : a conservation legacy

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Towe, Beth (editor)
Publisher
Markham, ON : Fifth House
Call Number
13.117 To65b
  1 website  
Author
Towe, Beth (editor)
Responsibility
edited by Beth Towe
Publisher
Markham, ON : Fifth House
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
xi, 312 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Waterton
Riggall Bert
Conservation
Photography
Photographers
History
Abstract
The publication is an anthology from writers including award winners Sid Marty and Fred Stenson and contributors including Harvey Locke, Charlie Russell, Chris Morrison, Bruce Morrison, Dave Sheppard and Larry Simpson amongst others. All share their insights into this inspiring story. Riggall’s original black-and-white photographs, hand drawn maps and early letters illustrate the manuscript. (from bertriggall.ca)
Contents
Introduction - Fred Stenson
Bert Riggall : A biography - Fred Stenson
Mistakis : The backbone of the earth - Sid Marty
The place Waterton : The Early Days - Chris Morrison
Horses in the high country : Wendy Ryan
The next generation : Bert Riggall and the Russells - Bruce Morrison
Doris Burton : focus on "Babe" - Suzanne Lorinczi
A Sense of Place : Bert Riggall's Photography - Brittany Watson
Bert's Cameras - Don Bourdon
A grandson's perspective - Charlie Russell
Hawk's nest : a conservation legacy - Beth Towe
The Waterton front : nature conservancy in Canada - Larry Simpson
The Waterton biosphere reserve : an overview from the board
The Castle Parks - Dave Sheppard
A blank spot on the map : the Flathead Valley of British Columbia - Harvey Locke
God's breath - Kevin Van Tighem
The 2017 Kenow fire
Sources and endnotes
About the authors
Acknowledgements
ISBN
978-1-927083-51-2
Accession Number
2019.21
Call Number
13.117 To65b
Collection
Archives Library
Websites
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Blanket toss under midnight sun : portraits of everyday life in eight Indigenous communities

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Seesequasis, Paul
Publisher
[Toronto] : Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Call Number
06.4 Se1b
  1 website  
Author
Seesequasis, Paul
Responsibility
Paul Seesequasis
Publisher
[Toronto] : Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
179 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations
History
History-Canada
Photography
Abstract
A revelatory portrait of eight Indigenous communities from across North America, shown through never-before-published archival photographs--a gorgeous extension of Paul Seesequasis's popular social media project. In 2015, writer and journalist Paul Seesequasis found himself grappling with the devastating findings of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission report on the residential school system. He sought understanding and inspiration in the stories of his mother, herself a residential school survivor. Gradually, Paul realized that another, mostly untold history existed alongside the official one: that of how Indigenous peoples and communities had held together during even the most difficult times. He embarked on a social media project to collect archival photos capturing everyday life in First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities from the 1920s through the 1970s. As he scoured archives and libraries, Paul uncovered a trove of candid images and began to post these on social media, where they sparked an extraordinary reaction. Friends and relatives of the individuals in the photographs commented online, and through this dialogue, rich histories came to light for the first time. Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun collects some of the most arresting images and stories from Paul's project. While many of the photographs live in public archives, most have never been shown to the people in the communities they represent. As such, Blanket Toss is not only an invaluable historical record, it is a meaningful act of reclamation, showing the ongoing resilience of Indigenous communities, past, present--and future. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction -- Cape Dorset (Kinngait) -- Nunavik -- James Bay -- Hudson Bay Watershed -- Saskatchewan -- Montana and Alberta -- Northwest Territories -- Yukon Territory -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Photo credits.
ISBN
9781553797586
Accession Number
P2020.08
Call Number
06.4 Se1b
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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The book of lists : revised and updated and even more Canadian

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Basen, Ira (editor), Jane Farrow (editor), David Wallenchinsky (editor), Amy Wallace (editor)
Publisher
Canada : Penguin Random House, Knopf Canada
Call Number
08.1 Ba29t
Author
Basen, Ira (editor), Jane Farrow (editor), David Wallenchinsky (editor), Amy Wallace (editor)
Responsibility
edited by Ira Basen, Jane Farrow, David Wallenchinksy, Amy Wallace
Publisher
Canada : Penguin Random House, Knopf Canada
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
482 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
History
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Harris, Lawren
Riggall Bert
Pack trips
Abstract
Pertains to Wilf Carter and his time with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Lawren Harris's paintings and their prices sold at auction, "Grub List" by Bert and Dora Riggall dated 1917
Contents
Introduction and Acknowledgements
People
The Screen
The Arts
Music
Food and Health
Animals
Work and Money
Sex, Love and Marriage
Crime and Justice
Politics and World Affairs
Places
Literature and Words
Sports
Death
Miscellaneous
Credits
Index
ISBN
978-0-7352-7306-1
Accession Number
2019.23
Call Number
08.1 Ba29t
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Volland, Jennifer M. (editor), Bruce Grenville (editor), Stephanie Rebick (editor)
Publisher
Vancouver, BC : Vancouver Art Gallery : Information Office
Call Number
06.5 Vo88c
Author
Volland, Jennifer M. (editor), Bruce Grenville (editor), Stephanie Rebick (editor)
Responsibility
Edited by Jennifer M. Volland, Bruce Grenville, Stephanie Rebick
Publisher
Vancouver, BC : Vancouver Art Gallery : Information Office
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
309 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Cabins
Cabins and shelters
Architecture
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogue
History
Abstract
"Cabin Fever traces the tradition of the cabin in Canada and the United States--from the settlement of the frontier to the contemporary depictions feverishly circulated across the Internet--showing how this humble architectural form has been appropriated for its symbolic value and helped shape a larger cultural identity. The exhibition title is borrowed from the idiomatic expression for an anxious state of mind resulting from a prolonged stay in a remote or confined place. But it also plays upon the more consumer-driven definition of "fever:" a contagious, usually transient, fascination with an object of desire. Cabin Fever will offer a historical and cultural survey of the cabin in North America, an acknowledgement of the pervasive influence of this typology. Not only has the cabin survived in various forms and iterations, but it also has resonated deeply in our cultural psyche."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Essay on architecture / Marc-Antoine Laugier -- My saga - Part 1 / Karl Ove Knausgaard -- Ways of life in cold climates the north American subarctic / Jean-Luc Pilon -- The log cabin in America : From pioneer days to the present / C. A. Weslager -- Homesteading / Jennifer M. Volland -- A new home, who'll follow? Or, glimpses of western life / Caroline M. Kirkland -- Unsettling the frontier / Dawn E. Keetley -- Demogracy in America / Alexis de Tocqueville -- Roughing it / Mark Twain -- The problem of housing the negro : The home of the slave / W. E. B. Du Bois -- Railway cabins / Stephanie Rebick -- The industrial archaelogy of the organization of work / Dianne Newell -- Housing reconstruction after the catastrophe / Marie Bolton and Nancy C. Unger -- Fire lookouts / Jennifer M. Volland -- Mid-August at sourdough mountain lookout / Gary Snyder -- Alone on a mountain top / Jack Kerouac -- The journey home : Fire lookout : Numa Ridge / Edward Abbey -- Alpine huts / Jennifer M. Volland -- The disaster point hut / Helen A. Burns -- Ice huts / Photographs by Richard Johnson -- Walden; or, life in the woods / Henry David Thoreau -- Pond scum : Henry David Thoreau's moral myopia / Jathryn Schulz -- Structures in state parks-An apologia / Herbert Maier and A. H. Good -- Conrad Meinecke's your cabin in the woods / Stephanie Rebick -- Everything cold is new again / Michael Prokopow -- Ideas of north; Glenn Gould and the aesthetic of the sublime / Anyssa Neumann -- The modern cabin / Photographs by Julius Shulman -- Mail-order modern / David Hill -- A-Frame / Chad Randl -- Drop city / Peter Rabbit -- Drop city revisitied / Simon Sadler -- Understanding whole systems : Countercultural publications / Stephanie Rebick -- Urban renewal : Ghost traps, college, condos, and squats / Scott Watson -- The writer's cabin / Jennifer M. Volland -- The small cabin / Margaret Atwood -- Pilgrim at Tinker Creek / Annie Dillard -- To Louis Ginsberg [Paterson, NJ] July 10, 1974 / Allen Ginsberg -- Woodswoman / Anne LaBastille -- The terror and tedium of living like Thoreau / Diana Saverin -- Cabin fever / Mark Wigley -- The cabin on the screen : Defining the "Cabin Horror" film / Matthew Grant -- Why look at cabin porn? / Finn Arne Jørgensen -- The log cabin campaign : Image deception in 1840 / Steven Seidman -- Lincoln logs-Toying with the frontier myth / Erin Cho -- Living history sites / Jennifer M. Volland -- How to build a community / Zach Klein -- Airbnb and cabin mania / Stephanie Rebick -- The sinister truth behind cabin porn / Akiva Blander -- Eye candy : Recent publications on cabins / Jennifer M. Volland -- A place of my own : The architecture of daydreams / Michael Pollan -- Getting off the grid : A re-examination of the writer's cabin / Allison Geller -- The aesthetics of ruggedness / Stephanie Rebick -- Proposal for Kimball art center / Jennifer M. Volland -- High-tech companies, low-tech offices / Monica Kim -- Partisans, grotto sauna / Jennifer M. Volland -- Sustainable practices / Stephanie Rebick -- Mattie Gunterman -- Dorothea Lange -- Walker Evans -- Vikky Alexander -- Liz Magor -- James Benning.
ISBN
978-1-927656-39-6
Accession Number
2019.25
Call Number
06.5 Vo88c
Collection
Archives Library
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Calgary Heritage Authority Annual Report 2010

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24966
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2010
Author
Calgary Heritage Authority
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Calgary Heritage Authority
Call Number
08.2 C11c PAM
  1 website  
Author
Calgary Heritage Authority
Responsibility
Lesley Beale
Joni Carroll
Sarah Meilleur
Clea Sturgess
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Calgary Heritage Authority
Published Date
2010
Physical Description
38 p.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
History
History of Alberta
Buildings
Research
Architecture
Abstract
Pertains to built heritage resources in the city of Calgary as of 2010 - includes photographs, timelines, maps, recommendations
Contents
Executive Summary
Identify Protect Manage
Looking Back
Who We Are
Implementing
Saving Places
Reaching Out
Raising Awareness
Acknowledging
Funding
Identifying Places
Notes
Table of Contents page has information about James Langlands Thomson who also sculpted the faces on the Banff stone bridge.
Accession Number
2019.98
Call Number
08.2 C11c PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Final 2012 version of report available online via the Calgary Heritage Authority
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Canadians and the natural environment to the twenty-first century

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25269
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Forkey, Neil S.
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Call Number
04 F74c
  1 website  
Author
Forkey, Neil S.
Responsibility
Neil S. Forkey
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
157 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Ecology
Politics
History
Canada
Environment
Environmental conservation
Abstract
Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and the natural world into national, continental, and global contexts. Forkey's engaging survey addresses significant episodes from across the country over the past four hundred years: the classification of Canada's environments by its earliest inhabitants, the relationship between science and sentiment in the Victorian era, the shift towards conservation and preservation of resources in the early twentieth century, and the rise of environmentalism and issues involving First Nations at the end of the century. Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an accessible synthesis of the most important recent work in the field, making it a truly state-of-the-art contribution to Canadian environmental history (from publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction -- The classification of Canada's environments (1600s to early 1900s) -- Natural resources, economic growth, and the need for conservation (1800s and 1900s) -- Romanticism and the preservation of nature (1800s and 1900s) -- Environmentalism (1950s to 2000s) -- Aboriginal Canadians and natural resources : an overview -- Conclusion.
ISBN
9780802090225
Accession Number
P2020.08
Call Number
04 F74c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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Canadians and the natural environment to the twenty-first century

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Forkey, Neil Stevens
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Call Number
08.1 Fo74c
Author
Forkey, Neil Stevens
Responsibility
Neil Stevens Forkey
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
157 pages ; 22 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Nature
Canada
History
History-Canada
Canadian Rockies
Alpine Club of Canada
Group of Seven
Harris, Lawren
Parker, Elizabeth
National parks
Canadian Pacific Railway
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Abstract
"Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and the natural world into national, continental, and global contexts. Forkey's engaging survey addresses significant episodes from across the country over the past four hundred years: the classification of Canada's environments by its earliest inhabitants, the relationship between science and sentiment in the Victorian era, the shift towards conservation and preservation of resources in the early twentieth century, and the rise of environmentalism and issues involving First Nations at the end of the century. Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an accessible synthesis of the most important recent work in the field, making it a truly state-of-the-art contribution to Canadian environmental history."--Publisher's website.
Contents
Introduction -- The classification of Canada's environments (1600s to early 1900s) -- Natural resources, economic growth, and the need for conservation (1800s and 1900s) -- Romanticism and the preservation of nature (1800s and 1900s) -- Environmentalism (1950s to 2000s) -- Aboriginal Canadians and natural resources : an overview -- Conclusion.
ISBN
978-0-8020-9022-5
Accession Number
p2019-18
Call Number
08.1 Fo74c
Collection
Archives Library
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Castle in the wilderness : the story of the Banff Springs Hotel

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24950
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Robinson, Bart
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Edition
1st Edition
Call Number
08.5 R55c
  1 website  
Author
Robinson, Bart
Responsibility
Bart Robinson
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
160 p.; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Hotels
History
Travel
Tourism
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Abstract
A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel is the definitive historical record of one of the world’s most famous mountain resorts. The story navigates the hotel’s early history from its construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the glittering era of the 1920s through to the changes of modern times. Local author and historian Bart Robinson has been exploring and writing about the Banff Springs Hotel since the 1970s. In A Castle in the Wilderness he combines a complete hotel history with rich anecdotes and snippets of the past that have enriched Banff and indeed Canada, from the hotel’s links to the construction of the transcontinental rail line to the visits of maharajahs and movie stars.How did such a gracious hotel come to be in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies? How much did it cost to build? Who designed it? Who selected its furnishings? Which famous visitors has it hosted? And why is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs? These and many more questions are answered in the Castle in the Wilderness. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction
Origins of a Hotel
Grand Designs
Vistas and Vendettas
Growing Pains
Towers and Troubles
Princes and Politicians
Out of the Fire
A Brief But Golden Moment
Tribulations and Triumph
A Second Century
Into the New Millenium
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Credits
Acknowledgements
About the Author
ISBN
9781926983356
Accession Number
2019.89
Call Number
08.5 R55c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Link to publishers website where publication can been purchased
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The Cave and Basin : Banff's hot springs and the birth of Canada's national parks

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25251
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Hart, E.J. (Ted)
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Call Number
08.3 H11c
  1 website  
Author
Hart, E.J. (Ted)
Responsibility
Ted (E.J.) Hart
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
91 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Cave and Basin
History
History of Alberta
History-Canada
National parks
Tourism
Abstract
THE CAVE AND BASIN by Ted Hart is the story of mineral springs in Banff National Park that were instrumental to the growth of Banff and formed the nucleus of Canada’s national park system. Authored by renowned historian E.J. (Ted) Hart, Cave and Basin offers background on what is now protected as a national historic site, exploring the story of its discovery and the lives of those involved in its development as a world-famous attraction. It describes these unique and fascinating hot springs and how they became the catalyst for important developments in Canadian history and culture. The book details the story of the springs’ first discovery, their critical place in a government decision to create a reserve to protect them for public use and their development into a tourist location where generations of Canadians and those from around the world came to enjoy their soothing balm. In the process, the springs, and the Cave and Basin particularly, became the epicentre for both the creation and the commemoration of Canada’s national parks. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Sacred waters of the mountains
Chapter 2 - Like some fantastic dream
Chapter 3 - The hot springs investigation
Chapter 4 - Recuperate the patients and recoup the treasury
Chapter 5 - As near perfetion as it is possible to make
Chapter 6 - Walter Painter's wonder
Chapter 7 - Different guises
Chapter 8 - Recent times
Index
Photo credits
About the author
ISBN
9781926983271
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
08.3 H11c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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A century of antics, epics & escapades : the Varsity Outdoor Club, 1917-2017

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19924
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Varsity Outdoor Club
Publisher
Vancouver, B.C. ; University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoor Club
Call Number
G505 V37 A58
  1 website  
Author
Varsity Outdoor Club
Responsibility
Varsity Outdoor Club
Publisher
Vancouver, B.C. ; University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoor Club
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
252 p. : illus. (colour)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Clubs
British Columbia
History
Conservation
Women
Maps
Abstract
The Varsity Outdoor Club has turned 100. To celebrate the rich history of the clubs wilderness (mis-)adventures we’ve independently published the best of our collective stories from the last century into one beautiful coffee table book. The VOC has been intimately tied with the history of hiking, skiing, mountaineering and exploration of Southwestern British Columbia and beyond. From building a wooden cabin on the untamed wilds of Grouse Mountain (in the 1920s), to the first ski crossing of the now ultra-classic, “Neve Traverse” in Garibaldi Park, to modern adventures pushing how far and how fast we can go. Each chapter explores the decades from 1917 to 2017, combining primary written accounts, stunning photos and oral histories of the members into a larger unfolding narrative of the ever-evolving relationship between adventurers and nature. (from Varsity Outdoor Club website)
Contents
Foreward
A history older than ours
Table of contents
Timeline
1917-1939 - Maps: VOC areas & traverses over time
1940s - Decades of Garibaldi Park
1950s - Decades of Loganeering
1960s - Buildering; decades of socializing
1970s - Conservation and advocacy in the VOC; Decades of transportation
1980s - Women in the VOC; decades of adventure
1900s
Huts
Nerdiness in the VOC; Maps: selection of traverses since 2000s & climbing pilgrimages
2000s
VOC portrait: Roland Burton
VOC marriage proposals
2010s
Beyond 2017
Acknowledgements
A note on sources
Appendix: executive lists
ISBN
9781775043003
Accession Number
AC635
Call Number
G505 V37 A58
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Varsity Outdoor Club website - publication information
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Dining with Canadian Railways : Volume I - Canadian Pacific chinaware

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19845
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Smith, Will
Publisher
[Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
Call Number
08.5 Sm5d
  1 website  
Author
Smith, Will
Responsibility
Will Smith
Publisher
[Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
[248 pages] : illustrations (some colour), map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Restaurants
Travel
Canada
Industry
History
History-Canada
Hotels
Abstract
Pertains to the chinaware used by the Canadian Pacific Railway on affiliated trains, steamships, hotels, restaurants, airlines with focus on history and specific patterns used on ceramics
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Scope and arrangement of book
Chapter 2 - Research sources
Chapter 3 - Railway
Chapter 4 - Steamships
Chapter 5 - Hotels, resorts and restaurants
Chapter 6 - Airline
Chapter 7 - The evolution of CPR's chinaware logos
Chapter 8 - The scope of chinaware and its movement withing CPR's operations
Chapter 9 - Where did al that chinaware go?
Chapter 10 - Souvenir chinaware
Chapter 11 - Fakes and reproductions
Chapter 12 - Market value
Chapter 13 - Interpreting the individual pattern listing
Chapter 14 - Railway, steamship, hotel and restaurant patterns
Chapter 15 - Affiliated Dominion Atlantic & Quebec Central patterns
Chapter 16 - Airline patterns
Appendix A - Manufacturers and their abbreviation codes
Appendix B - Patterns by manufacturer
Appendix C - Patterns by decade of introduction
Appendix D - Patterns by CPR operations
Appendix E - Hotels, resorts, bungalow camps and rest/tea houses by province
Appendix F - Railway station restaurants by province: 1892, 1907, 1920 & 1956
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
ISBN
9781999382100
Accession Number
2019.27
Call Number
08.5 Sm5d
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Credit Valley Railway Company Ltd. distributes publication
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Eagle Valley - our legacy

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25283
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
May 2018
Author
Macklin, Anne
McCullough, Douglas
Henry, Lynne
Souster, Bill
Greif, Frank
Publisher
Cochrane, AB : Satellite Printing Ltd.
Call Number
08.2 E1e
  1 website  
Author
Macklin, Anne
McCullough, Douglas
Henry, Lynne
Souster, Bill
Greif, Frank
Responsibility
The Eagle Valley Working Group
Anne Macklin
Douglas McCullough
Lynne Henry
Bill Souster
Frank Greif
Publisher
Cochrane, AB : Satellite Printing Ltd.
Published Date
May 2018
Physical Description
7 sections ; illustrations (some colour), colour maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Research
Alberta
Development
Maps
Soil
History
History of Alberta
Agriculture
Abstract
In August 2016, a group of about 40 residents as well as a couple of county councillors met at the Eagle Valley Community Hall to discuss the process of creating a new area structure plan under the oversight of a steering committee. The result of that meeting was a consensus to create a working group to provide the county with input as well as to help officials “understand who we are as a community, the commitment that we have to the land we live on, and our heritage, cultural and social resources that are in the community,”.Five volunteers — Anne Macklin, Lynne Henry, Douglas McCullough, Bill Souster and Greif — formed the Eagle Valley Working Group, which is not affiliated with any recognized societies already in the region. Over the following six months, a questionnaire was formulated to glean information from the community’s residents. A summary of the survey’s results was then discussed during a meeting held at the Sundre Petroleum Operators Group’s office this past January. When the process started, a number of important stakeholders in terms of working relationships were identified, such as the oil and gas industry, social services including Greenwood Neighbourhood Place as well as the Town of Sundre. So following January’s meeting, the working group was tasked with preparing the legacy document. Included within its pages is information about Eagle Valley’s climate, oil and gas sector, geology, as well as infrastructure issues such as roads, wastewater, water, parks and recreation. A copy of the book, is available for sale at the Sundre Municipal Library. (Summarized from Mountainview Today article - website)
Contents
Reader's guide
Introduction and background
Pride of ownership
Sense of values
Environmental harmony
Stewardship of resources
Property protection and personal security
Legislative and management framework
Appendices
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
08.2 E1e
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Article with further information
Websites
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Everest : the first ascent : the untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14908
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2013
Author
Tuckey, Harriet
Publisher
London : Rider
Call Number
G512 T83
Author
Tuckey, Harriet
Publisher
London : Rider
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
xxiii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Everest, Mount
Himalaya Mountains
History
Mount Everest Expedition 1953
Medicine
ISBN
9781826043499
Accession Number
AC609
Call Number
G512 T83
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Forgotten Pioneers : The Chinese in Montana

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15483
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015 (summer)
Author
Montana the magazine of western history
Publisher
Montana : Montana Historical Society
Call Number
08 Mo74c
Author
Montana the magazine of western history
Publisher
Montana : Montana Historical Society
Published Date
2015 (summer)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Montana
History
Chinese
Archaeology
Call Number
08 Mo74c
Collection
Archives Library
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