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(a): Topographical sheets|(b): Original map

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24654
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1889
Publisher
Dept. of the Interior
Call Number
C3-8.14 (a)
C3-8.14 (b)
Publisher
Dept. of the Interior
Published Date
1889
Scale
Scale:1:40,000
Relief: Contour interval 100 ft.
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Anthracite
Notes
(b): 8 dup in map room
Accession Number
675
400
3069
Call Number
C3-8.14 (a)
C3-8.14 (b)
Collection
Archives Library
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Above the snow line : mountaineering sketches between 1870 and 1880

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26173
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1885
Author
Dent, Clinton
Publisher
London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Call Number
01.2 D43a
Author
Dent, Clinton
Publisher
London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Published Date
1885
Physical Description
327 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Exploration
Mountaineering
Alpine Club (Great Britain)
Expeditions
Switzerland
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01.2 D43a
Collection
Archives Library
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Advertisement for Banff Hot Springs and C.P.R.

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15104
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1890
Call Number
P
Published Date
1890
Physical Description
p.176, ill.
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.89, (March 1890)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Advertisment for 'A Selection of Boorne & May's celebrated Rocky Mountain, Indian and North-West Views'

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15114
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1890
Call Number
P
Published Date
1890
Physical Description
p.404
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Photography
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.103, (June 1890)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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The Alaska boundary question

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5793
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1896
Author
Gosnell, R. E
Call Number
03.7 G69
Author
Gosnell, R. E
Published Date
1896
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
In Canadian magazine, vol.VI, no.3, January 1896
Call Number
03.7 G69
Collection
Archives Library
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Albert Canyon, Illicilliwaet River, Selkirks

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15074
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1889
Call Number
P
Published Date
1889
Physical Description
p.325, ill.
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Selkirk Mountains
British Columbia
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.47 (May 1889)
photograph on p.325, description on p.327 under "Our Engravings"
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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The alpine regions of Switzerland and the neighbouring countries : a pedestrian's noteson their physical features, scenery, and natural history

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26161
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1896
Author
Bonney, T. G.
Publisher
Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.
Edition
1st edition
Call Number
02.2 B64a
Author
Bonney, T. G.
Responsibility
Illustrations by E. Whymper
Edition
1st edition
Publisher
Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.
Published Date
1896
Physical Description
351 pages ; 15 ill. ; 5 plates
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Switzerland
Geology
Italy
Glaciers
Animals
Avalanches
Botany
Folklore
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
02.2 B64a
Collection
Archives Library
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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24925
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1890
Author
J.R.
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Call Number
02.6 R11a PAM O.S
Author
J.R.
Responsibility
J.R. (author)
Frederic Remington (illustrator)
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Published Date
1890
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers, British
Mountaineers, Swiss
Sir Donald, Mount
Glacier House
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Abstract
Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
Notes
In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
Accession Number
7979
Call Number
02.6 R11a PAM O.S
Collection
Archives Library
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The amateur trapper and trap-maker's guide : a complete and carefully prepared treatise on the art of trapping, snaring, and netting, containing plain directions for constructing the most approved traps ... with concise but comprehensive instructions for preserving and stuffing specimens ...

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25069
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1875?
Author
Harding, Stanley
Publisher
New York : Dick & Fitzgerald
Call Number
02.7 H11t
Author
Harding, Stanley
Publisher
New York : Dick & Fitzgerald
Published Date
1875?
Physical Description
134 p. : ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Trapping
Wildlife
Guidebook
Abstract
Guide to trapping fur-bearing and animals including how to make traps and taxidermy and other preservation methods.
Notes
Cover missing
Accession Number
2926
Call Number
02.7 H11t
Collection
Archives Library
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The American bison : its habits, methods of capture and economic use in the North-West, with reference to its threatened extinction and possible preservation

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9113
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1891
Author
Mair, Charles
Call Number
04.2 M28 Pam
Author
Mair, Charles
Published Date
1891
Physical Description
p.93-107
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Buffalo
Indians
Notes
From Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Section II, 1890
Accession Number
373
Call Number
04.2 M28 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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America's wonderlands : a pictorial and descriptive history of our country's scenic marvels as delineated by pen and camera

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3565
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1893
Author
Buel, J. W
Publisher
Philadelphia : Historical Publishing
Call Number
02.3 B86 oversize
Author
Buel, J. W
Publisher
Philadelphia : Historical Publishing
Published Date
1893
Physical Description
503p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
18500
Call Number
02.3 B86 oversize
Collection
Archives Library
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Among the Selkirk glaciers : being the account of a rough survey in the Rocky Mountain regions of British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3982
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1890
Author
Green, William Spotswood
Publisher
London : Macmillan
Call Number
02.6 Se4g
02.6 Se4g M'fiche
Author
Green, William Spotswood
Publisher
London : Macmillan
Published Date
1890
Physical Description
xv, 251p. : ill., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Geology
Mountaineering
Notes
Also on microfiche
Accession Number
400
5142 deaccessioned
Call Number
02.6 Se4g
02.6 Se4g M'fiche
Collection
Archives Library
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Among the Selkirks

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15113
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
21st June 1890
Call Number
P
Responsibility
Wiliiam S. Green
Published Date
21st June 1890
Physical Description
p.395
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Selkirk Mountains
British Columbia
Mountaineering
Glaciers
Avalanches
Notes
In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.103, (June 1890)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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An approximate classification of the lands

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21497
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1878
Call Number
C12-1.22
Published Date
1878
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
North West Territory
Notes
Photostatic copy from Public Archives
two sections
Accession Number
675
Call Number
C12-1.22
Collection
Archives Library
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Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1885 – 1905
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.24
Description
Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)
Date
1885 – 1905
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 15.0 cm
Description
Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
Subject
botanical
flower
anenome
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.24
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The animal kingdom : based upon the writings of the eminent naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood and others

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25070
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1897
Author
Craig, Hugh (editor)
Publisher
New York : Johnson & Bailey
Call Number
04.2 C84a Volume One
04.2 C84a Volume Two
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Author
Craig, Hugh (editor)
Responsibility
John James Audubon
Alfred Edmund Brehm
Publisher
New York : Johnson & Bailey
Published Date
1897
Physical Description
2 volumes : color illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Abstract
Pertains the the animal kingdom as it was known in 1897 and includes stories and summaries and art by several well known wildlife artists and naturalists in two volumes
Contents
Contents of Volume One:
Mammalia
Quadrumana
Cheiroptera
Insectivora
Carnivora
Cetacea
Contents of Volume Two:
Sirenia
Ungulata
Proboscidea
Hyracoidea
Rodentia
Edentata
Marsupialia
Montremata
Notes
Belonged to Pat Brewster
Accession Number
2926
Call Number
04.2 C84a Volume One
04.2 C84a Volume Two
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via Hathi Trust
Websites
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1885
1886
1887
1888-1889
1894
1898
Author
Geological Survey of Canada
Call Number
03.1 G29ar
Author
Geological Survey of Canada
Responsibility
articles by George Mercer Dawson, G.C. Hoffmann, R.G. McConnell, E.D. Ingell, J. McEvoy, J.B. Tyrell and others
Published Date
1885
1886
1887
1888-1889
1894
1898
Physical Description
7v. : ill., maps
Library has: 1886, 1885 Pt. 3, 1886 Pt. R, 1887 (photocopy), 1887 Pt. T (photocopy), 1887 Pt. E (photocopy), 1887 Pt. D, 1888-1889, 1894, 1898, 1898 Pt. D
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mineral resources
Peace River
Yellowhead Pass
Notes
Contents: Report on a part of Northern Alberta and portions of adjacent districts of Assiniboia and Saskatchewan / J.B. Tyrell. -- Montreal, 1887. [Pt. E]; Extracted from geological and natural history survey of Canada 1887 : assay reports from samples taken in the Northwest Territory and the Province of British Columbia [Pt. T];
Accession Number
112
333
400
512
732
3187
4000
Call Number
03.1 G29ar
Collection
Archives Library
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Annual report for the year 1892

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8063
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1893
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Call Number
08.5 C16an Pam
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Responsibility
Signed : Wm. C. Van Horne, President
Published Date
1893
Physical Description
1v. : maps, tables
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Accession Number
8000
Call Number
08.5 C16an Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Annual report for the year ending 31st December, 1897, 1898 : being an account of mining operations for gold, coal, etc. in the Province of British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5708
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1898-1899
Author
British Columbia. Minister of Mines
Publisher
Victoria : Queen's Printer
Call Number
03.6 B77
Author
British Columbia. Minister of Mines
Publisher
Victoria : Queen's Printer
Published Date
1898-1899
Physical Description
2v. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Accession Number
7000
Call Number
03.6 B77
Collection
Archives Library
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Annual report of the Department of the Interior

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3651
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1875-1936
Author
Canada. Department of the Interior
Call Number
02.4 C16i
Author
Canada. Department of the Interior
Published Date
1875-1936
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Sessional papers
Subjects
Banff (townsite)
Businesses
Government
Hot springs
Indians
Mining
National parks
Roads
Surveys
Tourism
Utilities
Notes
Holdings: 1875-1936 [some photocopies; some Part V or Part III only]. Photocopies only for: 1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1903/04, 1905/06, 1906/07, 1908 Dept of Interior & Part III only, 1911/12, 1914/15, 1916/17, 1918/19;
Fiscal year Jan-Dec until 1899 - changed with 6 month gap between 1899 (dated Feb 28, 1900) and 1901 (June 1900-Jun30, 1901) [re: change of fiscal year?]; fiscal year change again 1906/07 (April to Mar 31)[ This second change caused there to be an annual report for 1905 of which we have original]
Also referred to as "The Department of the Interior Report"
Accession Number
334
1000
12548
2416
2691
7830
Call Number
02.4 C16i
Collection
Archives Library
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