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The 9th grade : 150 years of free climbing

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15369
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

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25093
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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1950s Canada : politics and public affairs

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25702
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Wiseman, Nelson
Publisher
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press
Call Number
08.1 W75c
Author
Wiseman, Nelson
Publisher
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
History
1950s
Politics
Public Affairs
Abstract
While the 1950s in Canada were years of social conformity, it was also a time of political, economic, and technological change. Against a background of growing prosperity, federal and provincial politics became increasingly competitive, intergovernmental relations became more contentious, and Canada's presence in the world expanded. The life expectancy of Canadians increased as the social pathologies of poverty, crime, and racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination were in retreat. 1950s Canada illuminates the fault lines around which Canadian politics and public affairs have revolved. Chronicling the themes and events of Canadian politics and public affairs during the 1950s, Nelson Wiseman reviews social, economic, and cultural developments during each year of the decade, focusing on developments in federal politics, intergovernmental relations, provincial affairs, and Canada's role in the world. The book examines Canada's subordinate relationship first with Britain and then the United States, the interplay between Quebec's distinct society and the rest of Canada, and the regional tensions between the inner Canada of Ontario and Quebec and the outer Canada of the Atlantic and Western provinces. Through this record of major events in the politics of the decade, 1950s Canada sheds light on the rapid altering of the fabric of Canadian life.-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction: reflections on studying Canada of the 1950s -- 1950 -- 1951 -- 1952 -- 1953 -- 1954 -- 1955 -- 1956 -- 1957 -- 1958 -- 1959 -- Conclusion: politics and public affairs in the 1950s
ISBN
9781487555450
Accession Number
P2023.10
Call Number
08.1 W75c
Collection
Archives Library
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A 2005 centennial addendum to the 1993 publication "pioneer families of Southern Alberta"

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19930
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2005
Author
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Publisher
[Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
Call Number
08.2 So8a
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Author
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Responsibility
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Publisher
[Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
94 p. ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History of Alberta
History
Biography
Pioneer life
Abstract
Pertains to the "Pioneer Families of Southern Alberta" publication compiled in 1995 - addendum for centennial with additional biographical information
Contents
Ascheson to Astley
Baille to Byers
Callaway to Cyr
Dalgleish to Dyke
Earl to Ewell
Faiery to Fullerton
Gaetz to Gunn
Haines to Hutchison
Ilugason to Irvine
Jack to Jukes
Kauntz to Kountz
Lacombe to Lyndon
MacDonald to Myers
Naessens to Norrish
O'Brien to Owens
Pace to Pullar
Quail
Ramsay to Ruers
Sample sto Sweinhurt
Talbot to Tyson
Vanwart to Vincent
Wakeford to Wright
York to Yuill
Zanoni
Illustrations - photos prepared by Robert (Bud) Vine
Notes
Addendum to 08.2 So8p
Accession Number
2019.68
Call Number
08.2 So8a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants
Websites
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Adventures of an alpine guide

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1932
Author
Klucker, Christian
Publisher
London : John Murray
Edition
1st (English)
Call Number
01.2 K71a
Author
Klucker, Christian
Responsibility
Translation by Erwin and Pleasaunce Von Gaisberg. Edited with additional chapters by H. E. G. Tyndale
Edition
1st (English)
Publisher
London : John Murray
Published Date
1932
Physical Description
329 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guide
Klucker, Christian
Alps
Whymper, Edward
Canadian Rockies
Mont Blanc
Mountaineering
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
01.2 K71a
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
Websites
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Aloft : Canadian Rockies aerial photography

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25493
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Zizka, Paul
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
06.4 Z7a
Author
Zizka, Paul
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Rockies
Photography
Photography, Aerial
Mountains
Nature
Environment
Abstract
An astounding, unique collection of some of the most stunning mountain landscapes in North America. There is a reason why the Canadian Rockies are some of the most photographed mountains in the world. Rugged peaks encircle glacier-fed lakes, rise up like protective walls around tree-filled valleys, and offer a stunning backdrop to open alpine meadows. They have been photographed from the valley bottoms, from the shores of famous lakes, and from the summits of prominent peaks. They are accessible by vehicle, boat, gondola, skis and hiking boots. But a lucky few have photographed the Rockies from the air. In the most comprehensive collection of aerial photos to date, Aloft: Canadian Rockies Aerial Photography by Paul Zizka gives the reader a unique bird's-eye view of this prized mountain range. From vast glaciers to winding rivers, animal overpasses to lakes that look like brilliant spills of turquoise paint on the landscape, these images provide a rare look at mountains that are as grandiose from the skies as they are from their better-known vantage points.
ISBN
9781771603973
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
06.4 Z7a
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
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Alpine huts in the Rockies, Selkirks and Purcells...

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20181
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1986
Author
Kariel, Herbert G.
Kariel, Pat
Publisher
Banff : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
06.5 K11a
Author
Kariel, Herbert G.
Kariel, Pat
Responsibility
by Herbert G. Kariel and Patricia E. Kariel
Publisher
Banff : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
1986
Physical Description
183p. : ill., maps, plans, ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Architecture
Cabins
Cabins and shelters
Huts
Mountaineering
History
Abstract
Pertains to alpine huts in the Rocky Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, and Purcell Mountains - includes photographs, history, and other details.
Contents
Prologue
Rocky Mountains:
Lake Louise-Yoho Area:
Abbot Pass Hut
Elizabeth Parker Hut
Fay Hut
Stanley Mitchell Hut
Halfway/Ptarmigan Hut
Graham Cooper Hut
Neil Colgan Hut
Castle Mountain Hut
Wapta Icefield Area:
Balfour Hut
Peter and Catharine Whyte Hut / Petyto Hut
Bow Hut
Banff-Jasper National Park Boundary Areas:
Saskatchewan Glacier Hut
Athabasca Glacier Hut
Lloyd MacKay / Mount Freshfield Hut
Mount Alberta Hut
Jasper Area:
Pocahontas / Disaster Point Hut
Wates-Gibson-Memorial Hut
Ralph Forster / Mount Robson Hut
Mount Colin Centennial Hut
Fryatt Creek / Sydney Vallance Hut
Lawrence Grassi / Mount Clemenceau Hut
Shangri-La and Watchtower Cabins
Fortress Lake Cabin
Mount Assiniboine Area:
Naiset Cabins
Robin C. Hind / Mount Assiniboine Hut
Surprise Creek Cabin
Police Meadows Cabin
Mitchell River Cabin
Bryant Creek and Egypt Lake Shelters
Other Huts in the Rockies:
CMC Valley / Archie Simpson Hut
Elk Lake Cabin
Fish Lake Cabin
Selkirk Mountains:
Rogers Pass Area:
Hermit Hut
Glacier Circle Hut
Arthur O. Wheeler Hut
Sapphine Col Hut
Balu Pass Hut
Eva Lake Shelter
Northern Selkirks:
Fairy Meadow Hut
Sir Sandford / Great Cairn Hut
Kokanee Glacier Area:
Slocan Chief Cabin
Silver Spray Cabin
Woodbury Glacier Cabin
Enterprise Hut
Valhalla Ranges:
Mulvey Basin Hut
Gwillim Creek Cabin
Evans Lake Cabin
Cove Creek Cabin
Cahill Lake and Beatrice Lake Cabins
Nemo Creek Cabin
Sharp Creek Cabins
Wee Sandy Cabins
Wragge Creek Cabin
Other Huts in the Selkirks:
Echo Basin and Ripple Ridge Cabins
Purcell Mountains:
Bugaboo Area:
Conrad Kain Hut
Vowell / Mallory Igloo
McMurdo Creek Cabin
Epilogue
Appendix
Index
ISBN
0-920330-18-5
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
06.5 K11a
Collection
Archives Library
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The Alps and alpinism

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1968
Author
Lukan, Karl
Publisher
London, Thames & Hudson
Call Number
01.2 L96t
Author
Lukan, Karl
Responsibility
Karl Lukan (editor)
Hugh Merrick (translator)
Christian Bonington (introduction)
Publisher
London, Thames & Hudson
Published Date
1968
Physical Description
200 pages illustrations (12 color), facsimiles, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Alps, Austrian
Alps, Bavarian
Alps, French
Alps, Italian
Mountains
History
Abstract
Pertains to the history of mountaineering the Alps
Contents
Foreward
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Life in the Alps
Climbers in the Alps
The Development of Skiing
Sport Among the Rapids
Building in the Alps
Artists and the Alps
Mountain Photography and Films
Notes
Originally published as Alpinismus in Bildern. Vienna, Schroll, 1967.
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
01.2 L96t
Collection
Archives Library
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The American Western in Canadian literature

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Deshaye, Joel
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press
Call Number
08.1 D45t
Author
Deshaye, Joel
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
x, 414 pages ; 23 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Nationalism
Literature
Canada
Canada - Western Region
History
American
Abstract
The first historically broad and in-depth study of the Canadian Western, its relationship to the American genre, and its shifting place within Canada's national and regional literary traditions. The Western, with its stoic cowboys and quickhanded gunslingers, is an instantly recognizable American genre that has achieved worldwide success. Cultures around the world have embraced but also adapted and critiqued the Western as part of their own national literatures, reinterpreting and expanding the genre in curious ways. Canadian Westerns are almost always in conversation with their American cousins, influenced by their tropes and traditions, responding to their politics, and repurposing their structures to create a national literary tradition. The American Western in Canadian Literature examines over a century of the development of the Canadian Western as it responds to the American Western, to evolving literary trends, and to regional, national, and international change. Beginning with Indigenous perspectives on the genre, it moves from early manifestations of the Western in Christian narratives of personal and national growth, and its controversial pulp-fictional popularity in the 1940s, to its postmodern and contemporary critiques, pushing the boundary of the Western to include Northerns, Northwesterns, and post-Westerns in literature, film, and wider cultural imagery. The American Western in Canadian Literature is more than a simple history. It uses genre theory to comment on historical perspectives on nation and region. It includes overviews of Indigenous and settler-colonial critiques of the Western, challenging persistent attitudes to Indigenous people and their traditional territories that are endemic to the genre. It illuminates the way that the Canadian Western enshrines, hagiographies, and ultimately desacralizes aspects of Canadian life, from car culture to extractive industries to assumptions about a Canadian moral high ground. This is a comprehensive, highly readable, and fascinating study of an underexamined genre.-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction. Signposts and scales -- Scaling and spacing the genre transnationalism, nationalism, and regionalism -- Tom King's John Wayne Indigenous perspectives on the Western -- Northwestern Cross Christianity and Transnationalism in early Canadian westerns -- From law to outlaw -- Second World War, westerns, and the '40s pulps -- CanLit's postmodern westerns ghosts and the cowgirl riding off into the sunrise -- Degeneration through violence contemporary historical westerns and post-human horsemen -- Conclusion mining the western in the Twenty-First Century.
ISBN
9781773852676
Accession Number
P2023.07
Call Number
08.1 D45t
Collection
Archives Library
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Ancestors : indigenous peoples of Western Canada in historic photographs

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25527
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Library
Call Number
07.2 C24a
07.2 C24a copy 2
Responsibility
Edited by Sarah Carter and Inez Lightning
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Library
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
x, 188 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
Photography
History
History of Alberta
Western Canada
Colonialism
Abstract
This exhibition catalogue introduces historic photographs of Indigenous peoples of Western Canada from a collection housed at the University of Alberta's Bruce Peel Special Collections. The publication focuses on the ancestors represented in the collection and how their images continue to generate stories and meanings in the present. The selected photographs contribute to a richer, deeper understanding of the past. There is strength, character, persistence, determination, artwork, humour, dance, celebration, and so much more in the photographs. Some serve as records of cherished landscapes that may have been altered. Others provide links to ancestors: revered leaders, soldiers, healers, thinkers, and orators. The curators hope that the process of identifying the people in these photographs, only begun here, will continue. (Provided by Publisher)
Contents
Foreword / Chief Willie Littlechild ; The nature of the collection and its challenges ; Western Canada in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries ; The aims of the curators ; The Exhibition
ISBN
9781551954547
Accession Number
P2022.05
Call Number
07.2 C24a
07.2 C24a copy 2
Collection
Archives Library
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Anthropology on the Great Plains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26190
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1980
Publisher
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
Call Number
07.2 W86a
Responsibility
Edited by W. Raymond Wood and Margot Liberty
Publisher
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
Published Date
1980
Physical Description
vii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
Indigenous Culture
Indigenous Customs
Indigenous People
Indigenous Traditions
Turtle Island
History
Abstract
Native American tribes living on the Great Plains have long attracted the attention of Euro-American scholars, inspiring over the years a vast quantity of research. The contributors to this volume discuss and evaluate all the major works of scholarship devoted to the culture of Plains Indians, from the arrival of these peoples on the North American grasslands thousands of years ago, through their subsequent Village and High Plains lifeways, to their present-day adaption to reservation and urban life. Toghether, the twenty-two authors undertake a comprehensive survey of the state of anthropology on the Plains: what it has been, what it is now, and what it may offer theory and method in the future. -- From interior dustjacket
Contents
The Plains setting / B. Miles Gilbert -- The influence of Plains ethnography on the development of anthropological theory / E. Adamson Hoebel -- The Plains culture area concept / Richard Scaglion -- Prehistoric studies on the Plains / Alfred E. Johnson and W. Raymond Wood -- An overview of Great Plains physical anthropology / David V. Hughey -- Studies in Plains linguistics : a review / Robert C. Hollow and Douglas R. Parks -- Plains trade in prehistoric and protohistoric intertribal relations / W. Raymond Wood -- The ethnohistorical approach in Plains area studies / Mildred Mott Wedel and Raymond J. DeMallie -- Plains economic analysis : the Marxist complement / Alan M. Klein -- Morgan's problem : the influence of Plains ethnography on the ethnology of kinship / John H. Moore -- Social control on the Plains / Garrick Bailey -- The Sun Dance / Margot Liberty -- The Ghost Dance / Omer C. Stewart -- The Native American church / Omer C. Stewart -- Plains Indian art / Mary Jane Schneider -- Plains Indian music and dance / William K. Powers -- Psychological anthropology / Margot Liberty and Robert Morais --The formal education of Plains Indians / Janet Goldenstein Ahler -- Plains Indian women : an assessment / Katherine M. Weist -- Research in health and healing in the Plains / Luis S. Kemnitzer -- Peoples of the Plains / compiled by Douglas R. Parks, Margot Liberty, and Andrea Ferenci.
ISBN
9780803247086
Accession Number
2022.17
Call Number
07.2 W86a
Collection
Archives Library
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Army Daze : from Cranbrook to Apeldoorne : life in a man's army

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15438
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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Banff : park of all seasons

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19832
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1980
Author
Downs, Art (ed.)
Publisher
Surrey (B.C.) : Heritage House
Call Number
13.113 B22d Pam c.3
Author
Downs, Art (ed.)
Responsibility
Art Downs
Publisher
Surrey (B.C.) : Heritage House
Published Date
1980
Physical Description
62p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Frontier series, 10
Subjects
Accidents
Geddes, Malcolm Daniel
Frank Lloyd Wright Pavilion
Johnston's Canyon
Paley
Skoki
Elk
Tourism
Birds
History
Feuz Ernest
Contents
hot water from the mountain side
Banff today
Wapiti
Bighorn at Banff
Gray Jay - friendly symbol of the wilderness
Notes
"Fred A. Feuz Salmon Arm" with phone number written on front cover in black ink
ISBN
0-919214-10-X
Accession Number
2019.43
Call Number
13.113 B22d Pam c.3
Collection
Archives Library
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Be it ever so humble

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20085
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1975
Author
Soby, Trudy
Publisher
[Calgary] : Century Calgary Publications
Call Number
08.2 So1b
Author
Soby, Trudy
Responsibility
Trudy Soby
Publisher
[Calgary] : Century Calgary Publications
Published Date
1975
Physical Description
[55] p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Historic sites - Alberta
History
History of Alberta
Calgary
Abstract
Pertains to a collection of photographs and text pertaining to various buildings, homes and shops in Calgary, Alberta. While history can be explored through a multitude of lenses, author Trudy Soby decided to focus on the ways homes, apartments, buildings, and hotels contributed in creating a unique identity in Calgary, Alberta. The publication treasures the past, paying a particular homage to some of the first homes in the Calgary area. As our world continues to be revolutionized, economic motives drive industrial change, resulting in the destruction of many of the first homes in an effort to build new, and more modern housing options. The authors acknowledge such changes, and work to commemorate the homes of some of the first settlers and pioneers in the city before they are gone.
Notes
Conservation Alert: pages easily detach from spine
Accession Number
3069 a
Call Number
08.2 So1b
Collection
Archives Library
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Bert Riggall's greater Waterton : a conservation legacy

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19776
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
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Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25206
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Correy, Ryan
Call Number
02.6 C81b
  1 website  
Author
Correy, Ryan
Responsibility
Ryan Correy
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
192 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biking
Canadian Rockies
Travel
Abstract
Before his untimely death from cancer in 2018, veteran rider and passionate cyclist Ryan Correy (two-time finisher of the Tour Divide, founder of Bikepack Canada and author of A Purpose Ridden) pedalled his way through the most popular national parks in the Canadian Rockies in order to complete his work on this unique guidebook. Featuring routes in Waterton, Kananaskis, Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, and Jasper, Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies will take biking enthusiasts on Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert journeys in the following locations: Front Range – 496 km gravel grind down the Alberta foothills High Rockies – 183 km opening sampler for the Great Divide Beaverfoot – 389 km expedition along the Rocky Mountain Trench Devil’s Gap – 214 km backcountry passage into Banff National Park Highwood – 357 km over Highwood Pass into the Crowsnest region Castle – 266 km circumnavigation of Waterton and Castle parks Top of the World – 347 km of remote climbs in the East Kootenays Flathead Valley – 291 km through “Grizzly Bear Alley” in southeast British Columbia Three Point – 173 km hike-a-bike adventure around Kananaskis Icefields Parkway (in winter) – 291 km fat-bike trek up the world-renowned Highway 93 to Jasper The result of Correy’s remarkable dedication is an unparalleled collection of ten ambitious, multi-day routes complete with directional cues, detailed maps, a helpful Bikepacking 101 section, rich photography, and personal stories that will stoke the curiosity of both the beginner and the experienced backcountry rider. (From Rocky Mountain Books)
Contents
Foreward
Preface
Introduction
Bikepacking 101
Intermediate Routes
Advanced Routes
Expert Routes
Appendices
Acknowledgements
ISBN
9781771602372
Accession Number
P2020.7
Call Number
02.6 C81b
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Rocky Mountain Books
Websites
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Blanket toss under midnight sun : portraits of everyday life in eight Indigenous communities

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25259
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
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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

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19778
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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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.06
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1963
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
32.3 x 40.1 cm
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.06
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