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Douglas of the fir : a biography of David Douglas botanist

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1947
Author
George Harvey, Athelstan
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
Call Number
04.1 H26d
Author
George Harvey, Athelstan
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
Published Date
1947
Physical Description
x, 290 pages illustrations, portraits, maps 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Science
Travel
Canada
Upper Canada
Columbia River
Contents
Scotland ; The Horticultural Society ; United States and Upper Canada ; First Great Adventure ; Columbia River Region ; With Chief Tha-a-muxi ; Up the Columbia to Kettle Falls ; The Blue Mountains ; In Search of the Sugar Pine ; Homeward by Hudson's Bay Express ; Putting Mountains on the Map ; Fame and its Aftermath ; Second Great Adventure ; California ; Third Visit to the Columbia ; Ill-Fated Journey ; Flakes of Gold ; Hawaii and its Volcanoes ; Last Journey ; In Tribute
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
04.1 H26d
Collection
Archives Library
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A preliminary catalogue of the flora of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19993
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1921
Author
Provincial Museum of Natural History
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : William H. Cullin [Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty]
Call Number
04.1 P94a
Author
Provincial Museum of Natural History
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : William H. Cullin [Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty]
Published Date
1921
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Flora
Flowers
Vancouver Island
Queen Charlotte Islands - Bella Bella
Abstract
Pertains to the botanical account of the flora of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands. Documenting both the scientific name, as well as the common name of the flora, the publication serves as a comprehensive guide. Each category is divide and then further divided into sub series, in an effort to achieve further accuracy. Readers can expect to find a comprehensive list of flora species that existed on Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands.
Accession Number
7201
Call Number
04.1 P94a
Collection
Archives Library
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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1921

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1922
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Call Number
04 P94r 1921
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Published Date
1922
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Museums
Anthropology
Zoology
Entomology
Botany
Paleontology
Abstract
Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1921. Published in 1922, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.
Contents
Objects (pg. 7)
Admission (pg. 7)
Visitors (pg. 7)
Activities (pg. 7)
Loan Collection of Lepidoptera (pg. 8)
Mammals (pg. 8)
List of Chipmunks in the Province of British Columbia (pg. 8)
A Remarkable Case of External Hind Limbs in a Humpback Whale (pg. 9)
Ornithology (pg. 11)
Notes on the Occurrence of the White-winged Dove (Melopelia asiatica) (pg. 11)
Accessions (pg. 11)
Botany (pg. 13)
Entomology (pg. 17)
The Pterophoridae of British Columbia (pg. 34)
Accession Number
7201 deaccessioned
Call Number
04 P94r 1921
Collection
Archives Library
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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1922

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1923
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Call Number
04 P94r 1922
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Published Date
1923
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Museums
Anthropology
Zoology
Entomology
Botany
Paleontology
Abstract
Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1922. Published in 1923, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.
Contents
Staff of the Museum (pg. 6)
Objects (pg. 7)
Admission (pg. 7)
Visitors (pg. 7)
Activities (pg. 7)
Anthropology (pg. 8)
Accessions (pg. 10)
Botany (pg. 13)
Ornithology (pg. 16)
Notes on the occurrence of the Plumed Egret (pg. 16)
Notes on the Iceland Gull (pg. 17)
Notes on the occurrence of the White Pelican (pg. 18)
Notes on the occurrence of the Brown Pelican (pg. 18)
Entomology (pg. 18)
British Columbia insects new to science (pg. 19)
Lepidoptera not previously recorded from British Columbia (pg. 22)
Rare and uncommon Lepidoptera taken in British Columbia during 1922 (pg. 23)
Microlepidoptera (pg. 26)
Illustrated Lepidoptera (pg. 31)
Notes and Corrections (pg. 35)
Accession Number
7201
Call Number
04 P94r 1922
Collection
Archives Library
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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1925

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1926
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Call Number
04 P94r 1925
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Published Date
1926
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Museums
Anthropology
Zoology
Entomology
Botany
Paleontology
Abstract
Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1925. Published in 1926, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.
Contents
Staff of the museum (pg. 6)
Objects (pg. 7)
Admission (pg. 7)
Visitors (pg. 7)
Activities (pg. 7)
Anthropology (pg. 9)
Petroglyphs (pg. 9)
Palaentology (pg. 10)
Botany (pg. 10)
Marine Zoology (pg. 17)
Amphibians and Reptiles (pg. 21)
Coleoptera (pg. 24)
Accessions (pg. 34)
Publications received from other Museums (pg. 37)
In Memoriam (pg. 38)
Accession Number
7201
Call Number
04 P94r 1925
Collection
Archives Library
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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1928

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1929
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Call Number
04 P94r 1928
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Published Date
1929
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Museums
Anthropology
Zoology
Entomology
Botany
Paleontology
Abstract
Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1928. Published in 1929, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.
Contents
Staff of the museum (pg. 6)
Admission (pg. 6)
Inception and History of Provincial Musuem (pg. 7)
Objects (pg. 8)
Visitors (pg. 9)
Activities (pg. 9)
Anthropology and Archaeology (pg. 10, 23)
Palaeontology (pg. 22, 23)
Botany (pg. 15)
Marine Zoology (pg. 12, 25)
Entomology (pg. 24)
Amphibians (pg. 24)
Ornithology (pg. 24)
Mammology (pg. 23)
Accesions (pg. 23)
Publications received from other Museums (pg. 26)
Accession Number
7201
Call Number
04 P94r 1928
Collection
Archives Library
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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1939

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1940
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Call Number
04 P94r 1939
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Published Date
1940
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Museums
Anthropology
Zoology
Entomology
Botany
Paleontology
Abstract
Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1939. Published in 1940, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.
Contents
Objects (pg. 7)
Visitors (pg. 7)
Activities (pg. 7)
Accessions (pg. 10)
Anthropology and Archaeology (pg. 10)
Botany (pg. 10, 12)
Mammals (pg. 11)
Birds (pg. 11)
Invertebrates (pg. 12)
Palaeontology (pg. 12)
Library (pg. 15)
Addenda to the Flora of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands (pg. 15)
Accession Number
7201
Call Number
04 P94r 1939
Collection
Archives Library
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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1940

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1941
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Call Number
04 P94r 1940
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Published Date
1941
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Museums
Anthropology
Zoology
Entomology
Botany
Paleontology
Abstract
Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1940. Published in 1941, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.
Contents
Report of the acting director (pg. 7)
Indian Village (pg. 7)
Exhibition and Preparation (pg. 8)
Cataloguing (pg. 8)
Library (pg. 8)
Publications (pg. 8)
Staff Changes (pg. 9)
Visitors (pg. 9)
Report of the Assistant Director (pg. 10)
Field-work (pg. 10)
Exhibition and Preperation (pg. 10)
Education (pg. 11)
Report of the Botanist (pg. 11)
Accessions (pg. 14)
Botanical (pg. 14)
Anthropological (pg. 14)
Zoological (pg. 15)
Publications of the Provincial Museum (pg. 16)
Accession Number
7201
Call Number
04 P94r 1940
Collection
Archives Library
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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1941

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1942
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Call Number
04 P94r 1941
Author
Province of British Columbia
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]
Published Date
1942
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Museums
Anthropology
Zoology
Entomology
Botany
Paleontology
Abstract
Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1941. Published in 1942, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.
Contents
Report of the Acting Director (pg. 5)
Thunderbird Park (pg. 5)
Exhibition and Preparation (pg. 5)
Loan Exhibits (pg. 6)
Field-work (pg. 6)
Motion-picture Production (pg. 7)
Cataloguing (pg. 7)
Publications (pg. 7)
Lectures and Demonstrations (pg. 7)
Staff Changes (pg. 7)
Attendance (pg. 8)
Report of the Botanist (pg. 9)
Report of the Entomologist (pg. 11)
Accessions to the Museum (pg. 12)
Accession Number
7201
Call Number
04 P94r 1941
Collection
Archives Library
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Smithsonain Institution : Mary Vaux Walcott wildflowers : donor edition

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1925
Author
Vaux Walcott, Mary
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Call Number
04.1 W14m O.S.
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Author
Vaux Walcott, Mary
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Published Date
1925
Physical Description
1 portfolio (1 folded sheet, 5 plates, 4 loose leaves) : color illustrations, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Art
Walcott, Mary Vaux
Flowers
Smithsonian Institute
Research
Vaux family
Abstract
Pertains to wildflower prints by Mary Vaux Walcott reprinted by the Smithsonian Institution as a "Donor Edition - Contributing Membership Smithsonian National Associate Program" - short write up about the process and her career with 5 prints on rag paper created using the "Smithsonian Process"
Contents
White Epidendrum - epidendrum nocturnum Jaquin - 337 - MVW - 1925
Silverberry - elaeagnus commutata [additional single print - no write up] - 70 - MVW
Goldenpea - thermopsis rhombifolia (Nuttal) Richardson - 297 - MVW - 1925
Missouri Pricklypear - opuntia polyacantha - Haworth - 35 - MVW - 1925
Rabbitbean - cracca virginiana - Linnaeus - 44 - MVW - 1925
Notes
Contributing Membership Smithsonian National Associate Program
Accession Number
3089 (single print)
3077 (portfolio)
Call Number
04.1 W14m O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Mary Vaux Walcott spotlight with images of wildflower prints on the Smithsonian Art Museum website
Websites
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