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Approach of Night
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.05.11
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.11
- Description
- Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.
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- Title
- Approach of Night
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper board
- Dimensions
- 11 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.11
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Archaeology and ethno-history in the Arrow Lakes, southeastern British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5080
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Turnbull, Christopher J
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Museums of Canada
- Call Number
- 07.2 T84
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- Author
- Turnbull, Christopher J
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Museums of Canada
- Published Date
- 1977
- Series
- National Museum of Man. Mercury series; Archaeological Survey of Canada, paper 65
- Subjects
- Ktunaxa
- Kootenay Indians
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- SG10000
- Call Number
- 07.2 T84
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Cattle Roundup near Village
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- Date
- c. 1897
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.57
- Description
- A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.
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- Title
- Cattle Roundup near Village
- Date
- c. 1897
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 27 cm
- Description
- A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.57
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Consolation Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.46
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.46
- Description
- Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.
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- Title
- Consolation Lake
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 27.1 cm
- Description
- Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Audrey Campbell, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.46
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Couple By Seashore
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.59
- Description
- Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.
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- Title
- Couple By Seashore
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.59
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.05
- Description
- Minimally painted red canyon; pencil drawn image frame 46.0x13.7 has tlc painted shapes of red and green; a line drops off from this to left of brc; red/yellow at bottom goes into red/purple then fades off into white; pencil lettered under image DWN UNDE
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- Title
- Down Under
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Minimally painted red canyon; pencil drawn image frame 46.0x13.7 has tlc painted shapes of red and green; a line drops off from this to left of brc; red/yellow at bottom goes into red/purple then fades off into white; pencil lettered under image DWN UNDE
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.05
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Elik, and other stories of the MacKenzie Eskimos
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24943
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1970
- Author
- Schwarz, Herbert T.
- Ohoveluk, Mona
- Publisher
- Toronto, McCelland and Stewart
- Call Number
- 06.1 Sc1e
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- Responsibility
- Herbert T. Schwarz (author)
- Mona Ohoveluk (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Toronto, McCelland and Stewart
- Published Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 79 pages illustrations, portraits
- Abstract
- Pertains to Inuit stories with associated illustrations by Mona Ohoveluk, and highlights Inuit story tellers
- Contents
- Part One:
- Introduction: Inside the Arctic Circle
- The MacKenzie Land
- The Northern Lights People
- Elik
- Elik, the Far Seeing One
- Akaluk and the Stolen Soul of Ugpik
- The Origin of the White Whale
- The Rave and the Whale
- The Whale Hunt
- The Great Eskimo Rally and Fort McPherson
- Part Two:
- Story-tellers of Old
- Alik Aluhuk Stefansson, Inuvik, NWT
- Elizabeth Blake and William Firth, Fort McPherson, NWT
- Felix Nuyaviak, Tuktoyaktuk, NWT
- Archie (Headpoint) Erigaktuk, Aklavik, NWT
- Susie Tiktalik, Sach Harbour, Banks Island, NWT
- Kenneth Peeloolook, Inuvik, NWT
- Jessie Olorgrak, Paulatuk, NWT
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Accession Number
- 2019.86
- Call Number
- 06.1 Sc1e
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6630
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Hellson, John C
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Museums of Canada
- Call Number
- 04.1 H36
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- Author
- Hellson, John C
- Responsibility
- by John C. Hellson and Morgan Gadd
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Museums of Canada
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- iii, 138p. : ill., port
- Subjects
- Plants, Edible
- Plants, Medicinal
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 2729
- Call Number
- 04.1 H36
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Fraser River at Yale BC
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WaC.05.01
- Description
- River winding through rocky mountains. River is calm in foreground and rougher in background. 4 figures on beach with two canoes at center right. Another figure with white pack horse on rocky outcrop above. Mountains primarily brown and grey with one snowcapped peak in distance. Trees and other shr…
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- Title
- The Fraser River at Yale BC
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 52.0 x 75.5 cm
- Description
- River winding through rocky mountains. River is calm in foreground and rougher in background. 4 figures on beach with two canoes at center right. Another figure with white pack horse on rocky outcrop above. Mountains primarily brown and grey with one snowcapped peak in distance. Trees and other shrubbery on rocky outcrop at right and on slopes at left and center distance. “CJ (overlapping) Way YALE BC” in red at lower right. In ornately carved gold painted wood frame with glass. White tag from Masters Gallery Ltd. on back.
- Credit
- Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- WaC.05.01
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.07
- Description
- A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes…
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- Title
- Lake O’Hara
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 55.0 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes to the left, waterfalls (Seven Veils), snow-covered mountain with glacier in the background (Mt. Oesa), mid-to-far right a mountain in varying shades of grey rising to almost the top of the painting (Opabin Mountain). Top portion blue sky with clouds. The extreme bottom and right hand side is left mostly unpainted.Signed, in script, blue watercolour paint bottom right hand corner “Middleton 78”. The lake bleeds into the signature.
- Credit
- Purchased from Willock & Sax, 2013
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.07
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Mount Assiniboine
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- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.02
- Description
- The tip of Mount Assiniboine is in cloud; the sky is cloudy with pink and light yellow to the right and light blue/green to the left; there is quite a bit of snow but the mountain to the right is green and the mountain on the left is in the purple/green range. A blue/green lake is in the immediate …
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- Title
- Mount Assiniboine
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 42.2 x 58.1 cm
- Description
- The tip of Mount Assiniboine is in cloud; the sky is cloudy with pink and light yellow to the right and light blue/green to the left; there is quite a bit of snow but the mountain to the right is green and the mountain on the left is in the purple/green range. A blue/green lake is in the immediate foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.02
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Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.09
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.09
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.
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- Title
- Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.4 x 23.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- water
- Credit
- Gift of Gus (Mrs.) Baracos, Banff, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.09
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- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolor; graphite on arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.19
- Description
- Two green masses on the left and right of a brown and white road, which extends to the centre of the work to a series of mountains sketched in graphite. The top section of the image is sketched in brown and green tones.
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- Title
- Mountains Up
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- watercolor; graphite on arches paper
- Dimensions
- 30.8 x 40.4 cm
- Description
- Two green masses on the left and right of a brown and white road, which extends to the centre of the work to a series of mountains sketched in graphite. The top section of the image is sketched in brown and green tones.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.19
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- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- watercolour on board
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.05.01
- Description
- blue circle with tree trunk in the middle and mountain scene behind the tree in the circle
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- Title
- O’Hara
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- watercolour on board
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- blue circle with tree trunk in the middle and mountain scene behind the tree in the circle
- Subject
- Lake O’Hara
- Spohr
- tree
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 2016
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.05.01
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- Date
- 1977 – 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.04
- Description
- Partially painted flower drawing; pencil drawn frame 18.3x12.4; blossom cluster extends beyond pencil frame; peach coloured blossoms; green stem and leaves.
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- Title
- Peach Glad
- Date
- 1977 – 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Partially painted flower drawing; pencil drawn frame 18.3x12.4; blossom cluster extends beyond pencil frame; peach coloured blossoms; green stem and leaves.
- Subject
- abstract
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.04
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0161
- Description
- A brown suede purse which hangs by two straps from a fabric belt. There is a small money holder with a metal frame that fits inside a pocket. The money holder fastens with two snaps. The lining of the purse is stamped with a patent note.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 1.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A brown suede purse which hangs by two straps from a fabric belt. There is a small money holder with a metal frame that fits inside a pocket. The money holder fastens with two snaps. The lining of the purse is stamped with a patent note.
- Subject
- tourism
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0161
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- Date
- 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3009
- Description
- Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. Th…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. The reverse of the tag has CRW's writing: "Purse for belt belonged to Edwin Dixons mother - Belt he wore & is worn out Mina Lefthand - blind since he was 7."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3009
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.11
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting. The painting is of a road winding through a mountain landscape. The image is tall and narrow. In the background there are three mountain peaks. All the mountains have simple outlines that have been done in pencil. The largest of the peaks, on the viewer’s right, ha…
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- Title
- RD MTN TWST
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting. The painting is of a road winding through a mountain landscape. The image is tall and narrow. In the background there are three mountain peaks. All the mountains have simple outlines that have been done in pencil. The largest of the peaks, on the viewer’s right, has a dark grey-blue wash near the top. The peak on the left in the background has a brown-grey wash. There is a brown-grey road that starts in the brhc and winds to the left, then disappears into the mountains about half way up the painting. Around the image there is a thin pencil line border. Under the image, at centre, is the title written in pencil, “RD MTN TWST”. In the brhc of the paper is the artist signature written in pencil and the year, “Sinclair 78”. Au verso, written in red ink in the top rhc is, “R.S. 666”.
- Credit
- Gift of David McClintock Denovan, Calgary, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.11
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Ribboned Passage
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- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- aquatec stain on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.01
- Description
- unpainted road into dark canyon; foreground is unpainted except for pencil drawn lines indicating a road to right of centre; 5 irregular vertical panels, narrow brown at right edge, next panel moss green, dark blue then variant rose, next panel moss green, farthest left panel greyish; left side of …
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- Title
- Ribboned Passage
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- aquatec stain on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.7 x 41.0 cm
- Description
- unpainted road into dark canyon; foreground is unpainted except for pencil drawn lines indicating a road to right of centre; 5 irregular vertical panels, narrow brown at right edge, next panel moss green, dark blue then variant rose, next panel moss green, farthest left panel greyish; left side of painting and foreground unpainted.
- Subject
- abstract
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.01
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The Shuswap people of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4915
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1891
- Author
- Dawson, George M
- Call Number
- 07.2 D32s Pam
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- Author
- Dawson, George M
- Published Date
- 1891
- Physical Description
- p.3-44 : ill., plan., map
- Subjects
- Stoney Indians
- Notes
- From Transactions / Royal Society of Canada, section II
- Accession Number
- 19000
- Call Number
- 07.2 D32s Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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