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... The discovery and exploration of the Fraser River

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8013
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1909
Author
Holman, Frederick H
Call Number
08.2 F86h Pam
Author
Holman, Frederick H
Published Date
1909
Physical Description
15p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Fraser, Simon
Notes
From the Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, vol.X, no.2
Accession Number
8500
Call Number
08.2 F86h Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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5 Mile Point, West of Banff

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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
GyH.03.04
Description
Large jagged rocks encompass the centre of this work, with grass and foliage surrounding. A large tree rises on the right.
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
5 Mile Point, West of Banff
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Description
Large jagged rocks encompass the centre of this work, with grass and foliage surrounding. A large tree rises on the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian
mountain
Credit
Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
Catalogue Number
GyH.03.04
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
c1956
Author
Benser, Walther
Publisher
Stuttgart (Germany) : Dr. Diener & Co.
Edition
[Enl. ed. of the German language original / translated by F. Bradley]
Call Number
TR510 B4
Author
Benser, Walther
Responsibility
Walther Benser
Edition
[Enl. ed. of the German language original / translated by F. Bradley]
Publisher
Stuttgart (Germany) : Dr. Diener & Co.
Published Date
c1956
Physical Description
200p. : ill. (some col.), ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Color photography
Accession Number
3069
Call Number
TR510 B4
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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48 specially selected views of the Canadian Rockies on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1907
Publisher
Montreal : Valentine
Call Number
02.6 N84f Pam c.1
02.6 N84f Pam c.2
Responsibility
photographed by Wm. Notman & Son
Publisher
Montreal : Valentine
Published Date
1907
Physical Description
48l : all ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Cover title: Wonderland of Canada : the Rocky Mountains
Accession Number
5400
5970
8003
Call Number
02.6 N84f Pam c.1
02.6 N84f Pam c.2
Collection
Archives Library
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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1911
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.322
Description
Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
Date
c. 1911
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.322
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3800 miles across Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1908
Author
Haldane, John Wilton Cunninghame
Publisher
London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent
Call Number
02.4 H12 1908
Author
Haldane, John Wilton Cunninghame
Responsibility
by J.W.C. Haldane
Publisher
London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent
Published Date
1908
Physical Description
xxiii, 344, 23 p. : ill., 2 folded maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
CP Rail
Banff
Lake Louise
Field
Rocky Mountains Canada
Notes
Folded map in back of book has become detached, in brittle condition 1908 edition has a supplementary chapter written by authour
Accession Number
7966
Call Number
02.4 H12 1908
Collection
Archives Library
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3800 miles across Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1900
Author
Haldane, John Wilton Cunninghame
Publisher
London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent
Call Number
02.4 H12
Author
Haldane, John Wilton Cunninghame
Publisher
London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent
Published Date
1900
Physical Description
344p. : ill., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Accession Number
400
Call Number
02.4 H12
Collection
Archives Library
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Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier

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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.04
Description
A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy
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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Title
Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier
Date
1956
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 39.1 cm
Description
A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy
Subject
landscape
mountain
Abbot Pass
Credit
Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.04
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1952
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
GyH.02.15
Description
A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Above Bow Falls
Date
1952
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
31.0 x 39.0 cm
Description
A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.
Subject
Banff
Bow Falls
Rocky Mountains
water
waterfall
Credit
Gift of Fred Burghardt, Edmonton, 2018
Catalogue Number
GyH.02.15
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Across widest America : Newfoundland to Alaska

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1906
Author
Devine, E. J
Publisher
New York : Benzinger Brothers
Edition
2d ed
Call Number
02.3 D49
Author
Devine, E. J
Edition
2d ed
Publisher
New York : Benzinger Brothers
Published Date
1906
Physical Description
307p. : ill., ports., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
400
Call Number
02.3 D49
Collection
Archives Library
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Aesthetics and history

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1954
Author
Berenson, Bernard
Publisher
Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday
Call Number
N66 B4
Author
Berenson, Bernard
Publisher
Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday
Published Date
1954
Physical Description
283p.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art - Philosophy
Art - Psychology
Aesthics
Art - History
Notes
(Doubleday Anchor Books)
Accession Number
492(?)
Call Number
N66 B4
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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Aids to working in the cold

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[1956?]
Author
Coffey, M.P
Publisher
Ottawa : Dept. of National Defence
Call Number
02.7 C65 Pam
Author
Coffey, M.P
Publisher
Ottawa : Dept. of National Defence
Published Date
[1956?]
Physical Description
17p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Accession Number
753
Call Number
02.7 C65 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Airborne from Edmonton

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1959
Author
Myles, Eugenie Louise
Publisher
Toronto : Ryerson
Call Number
08.5 M99
Author
Myles, Eugenie Louise
Publisher
Toronto : Ryerson
Published Date
1959
Physical Description
xii, 280p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Aviation
Notes
Rocky Mountain references: p.41, 56, 135
Index
Accession Number
21500
Call Number
08.5 M99
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.24
Description
General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Airdrie, Alberta
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.8 cm
Description
General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
Subject
architecture, rural
landscape, prairie
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.24
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Artist
William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1977
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
BpW.02.02
Description
General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the pict…
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Artist
William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)
Title
Aklavik, N.W.T.
Date
prior to 1977
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
35.6 x 45.6 cm
Description
General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the picture.
Subject
animal, dogteam
figure, man
man, Inuit
landscape, winter
Credit
Purchased from William Bonnetplume, 1978
Catalogue Number
BpW.02.02
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Alberta and British Columbia [road map]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24411
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1953
Publisher
Imperial Esso Touring Service
Call Number
C9-1.21
Publisher
Imperial Esso Touring Service
Published Date
1953
Physical Description
8 maps on 1 sheet : col
Scale
Scale: 1 inch = ca 30 1/2 miles
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Alberta
British Columbia
Notes
Contents : Alberta. -- British Columbia
Insets feature maps of Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Alaska Highway, Fraser Valley. Cover features Waterton Lakes with Prince of Wales Hotel
Accession Number
6787
Call Number
C9-1.21
Collection
Archives Library
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[Alberta business directory]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6388
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[1902?]
Call Number
R 08.2 Al1bu
Published Date
[1902?]
Physical Description
p.130-167
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Includes names of individuals and businesses in Banff, Anthracite, Canmore, Cochrane and Morley
Identity of original uncertain
Accession Number
985
Call Number
R 08.2 Al1bu
Collection
Archives Library
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[Alberta business directory]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12392
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[1902?]
Call Number
R 08.2 Al1bu
Published Date
[1902?]
Physical Description
p. 130-167
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Directories
Notes
Photocopy. -- Includes Banff, Anthracite, Canmore, Cochrane and Morley
Accession Number
985
Call Number
R 08.2 Al1bu
Collection
Archives Library
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The Alberta golden jubilee anthology

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4166
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1955
Author
Hardy, W. G., ed
Call Number
05 Al1
Author
Hardy, W. G., ed
Responsibility
editor in chief : W.G. Hardy
illustrated by H.G. Glyde
Published Date
1955
Physical Description
471p. : ill., map, port
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff School of Fine Arts
First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians)
Pioneer life
McDougall family
Education
Notes
Partial contents: School among the peaks / by Margaret Coleman Johnson. --- Lake among the peaks / A.L. Marks. --- Books for everybody / by Louise Riley. --- Mountain playgrounds / MacGregor Matheson. ---Stardust in their eyes / Elizabeth Sterling Haynes. --- One who looks at the stars : a play for radio / by Elsie Park Gowan
Handwritten on inner cover- Peter Whyte
Copy 1 has original dustjacket
Copy 2 has no dustjacket
Accession Number
400 & 7883 deaccessioned
Call Number
05 Al1
Collection
Archives Library
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[Alberta] Resources and Development

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24423
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1952
Publisher
A. Shnitka, Qheens' Printer for Alberta
Call Number
C9-5.1
Publisher
A. Shnitka, Qheens' Printer for Alberta
Published Date
1952
Physical Description
1 map : col
Scale
Scale: 1 inch: 20 miles
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Alberta
Accession Number
372
Call Number
C9-5.1
Collection
Archives Library
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