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Papers in connection with the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6241
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1880
- Author
- British Columbia Legislative Assembly
- Publisher
- Victoria : Government Printing Office
- Call Number
- 08.5 B77
- Publisher
- Victoria : Government Printing Office
- Published Date
- 1880
- Physical Description
- p.139-310
- Accession Number
- 577
- 2000
- Call Number
- 08.5 B77
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Some startling facts relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway and the North-West lands ; also a brief discussion regarding the route, the western terminus and the lands available for settlement
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6291
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1880
- Author
- Horetsky, Charles
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Free Press
- Call Number
- 08.5 H78
- Author
- Horetsky, Charles
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Free Press
- Published Date
- 1880
- Physical Description
- 76p
- Subjects
- Surveys
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 08.5 H78
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Sketch of Western Section Standard Survey by W. King and Montague Aldons
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21478
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1880
- Call Number
- C12-1.5
- Responsibility
- W. King and Montague Aldons
- Published Date
- 1880
- Subjects
- Western Canada
- Notes
- Photostatic copy from Public Archives
- two sections
- Accession Number
- 675
- Call Number
- C12-1.5
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Far out : rovings retold
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3520
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1880
- Author
- Butler, W. F
- Publisher
- London : William Isbister
- Call Number
- 02 B97
- Author
- Butler, W. F
- Publisher
- London : William Isbister
- Published Date
- 1880
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 386p
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02 B97
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountain and prairie : a journey from Victoria to Winnipeg via Peace River Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3783
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1880
- Author
- Gordon, Daniel Miner
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
- Montreal : Dawson Brothers
- Call Number
- 02.5 G65 (Great Britain)
- 02.5 G65 c.2 (Canada)
- 02.5 G65 M'fiche
- Author
- Gordon, Daniel Miner
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
- Montreal : Dawson Brothers
- Published Date
- 1880
- Physical Description
- x, 310p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Notes
- Also available on microfiche
- Accession Number
- 443
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.5 G65 (Great Britain)
- 02.5 G65 c.2 (Canada)
- 02.5 G65 M'fiche
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- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0019 a,b
- Description
- A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
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- Title
- Beaded Armbands
- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 29.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of beaded leather armlets. The design on each armlet is a turquoise background with vertical stripes and two stepped triangular shapes done in dark blue and red beads. There is scalloped beadwork around the edges, and thong ties at each end.
- Subject
- Stoney Nakoda
- beadwork
- crafts
- decorative
- indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0019 a,b
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- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0022
- Description
- Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.
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- Title
- Beaded Trim
- Date
- 1880
- Material
- skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 196.0 cm
- Description
- Two long strips of beaded leather sewn together end to end. The pattern on the stip is a medium blue background with orange Vs outlined in black along its length.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0022
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- Date
- 1880
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0371
- Description
- Beige and possibly celadon glazes. Beige glaze inside bowl crackled and bubbled with pitting and open areas revealing red clay underneath. Outside pitted more on one side and smoother glazing on other side. Trimmed foot and stamp on base, very small chip out of crackle line inside bowl.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1880
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 3.9 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- Beige and possibly celadon glazes. Beige glaze inside bowl crackled and bubbled with pitting and open areas revealing red clay underneath. Outside pitted more on one side and smoother glazing on other side. Trimmed foot and stamp on base, very small chip out of crackle line inside bowl.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0371
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A summer in prairie-land : notes of a tour through the North-west Territory
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3847
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1881
- Author
- Sutherland, Alexander
- Publisher
- Toronto : Methodist Book and Publishing House
- Call Number
- 02.5 Su8
- Author
- Sutherland, Alexander
- Publisher
- Toronto : Methodist Book and Publishing House
- Published Date
- 1881
- Physical Description
- x, 198p. : ill., port
- Subjects
- McDougall family
- Stoney Indians
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.5 Su8
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1881
- Material
- grass; wood; paper; glass; metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.1005
- Description
- A framed (in a gold-coloured shadow box with a screwed-on wooden back) and glassed-in mound of bison dung surrounded by white tissue paper. There is a screwed-in hook at the top of the box for hanging. Au verso written in pen “THIS 100% PURE BUFFALO CHIP WAS CREATED ON THE PLAINS OF ALBERTA - ABOU…
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- Title
- Buffalo Dung
- Date
- 1881
- Material
- grass; wood; paper; glass; metal;
- Dimensions
- 24.0 (frame 34.0) x 20.0 (frame 29.0) cm
- Description
- A framed (in a gold-coloured shadow box with a screwed-on wooden back) and glassed-in mound of bison dung surrounded by white tissue paper. There is a screwed-in hook at the top of the box for hanging. Au verso written in pen “THIS 100% PURE BUFFALO CHIP WAS CREATED ON THE PLAINS OF ALBERTA - ABOUT 30 MILES S-E OF RED DEER - ON OR ABOUT THE 24TH DAY OF JULY 1881 - PRESERVED BY THE KINDNESS OF THE ABERHART GOVERNMENT”. Signed in pencil in script “Pat Lawrence P-L Ranches Red Deer”. On viewer’s left there is a white rectangular paper sticker with a red border, above this printed in pen “CERTIFIED GENUINE” and written on the paper, extending onto the wood, a signature in pen ESMeaueug?? underlined.
- Subject
- plants
- feces
- buffalo
- Nick Morant
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 112.02.1005
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Preliminary note on the geology of the Bow and Belly River districts, N.W Territory : with special reference to the coal deposits
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5443
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Montreal : Dawson Brothers
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32b
- 03.2 D32b M'fiche
- Author
- Dawson, George Mercer
- Publisher
- Montreal : Dawson Brothers
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- 19p
- Notes
- At head of title: Geological Survey of Canada
- Also on microfiche
- Accession Number
- 478
- Call Number
- 03.2 D32b
- 03.2 D32b M'fiche
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Report of an examination of the Upper Columbia River and the territory in its vicinity in September and October, 1881, to determine its navigability and adaptability to steamboat transportation
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6361
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- Symons, Thomas W
- Publisher
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sy6
- Author
- Symons, Thomas W
- Publisher
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- 135p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Paddle steamers
- Accession Number
- 526
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sy6
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- Archives Library
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The horse in motion as shown by instantaneous photography
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20445
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882 (c1881)
- Author
- Stillman, J. D. B.
- Publisher
- Boston : James B. Osgood
- Call Number
- N7660 H6 S7
- Author
- Stillman, J. D. B.
- Responsibility
- Executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford
- Publisher
- Boston : James B. Osgood
- Published Date
- 1882 (c1881)
- Physical Description
- 127p. front. plates
- Subjects
- Horses - Anatomy
- Horses in art
- Notes
- With a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- N7660 H6 S7
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Copy of Map of "Colton's North America"
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21525
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1882
- Publisher
- G.W. and C.B. Colton and Co.
- Call Number
- C13-4.4
- Publisher
- G.W. and C.B. Colton and Co.
- Published Date
- 1882
- Subjects
- North America
- Accession Number
- 11,500
- Call Number
- C13-4.4
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Canada...from the Atlantic to the Pacific...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3689
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- McAdam, J. T
- Edition
- enl. ed
- Call Number
- 02.4 M11
- Author
- McAdam, J. T
- Responsibility
- by Captain "Mac"
- Edition
- enl. ed
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- 353p. : ill., ports
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.4 M11
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- Archives Library
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Picturesque Canada : the country as it was and is
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3698
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Publisher
- Toronto : Belden
- Call Number
- 02.4 P58 oversize
- Responsibility
- edited by George Monro Grant
- illustrated under the supervision of L. R. O'Brien
- Publisher
- Toronto : Belden
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- 2v. : ill
- Subjects
- Views
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.4 P58 oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Picturesque Canada : the country as it was and is
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3699
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Publisher
- Toronto : James Clarke
- Call Number
- 02.4 P58c oversize
- Responsibility
- edited by George Monro Grant
- illustrated under the supervision of L. R. O'Brien
- Publisher
- Toronto : James Clarke
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- xv, 879p. : ill
- Subjects
- Views
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.4 P58c oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Manitoba and the great northwest
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3817
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- Macoun, John
- Publisher
- Guelph : World
- Call Number
- 02.5 M23
- Author
- Macoun, John
- Publisher
- Guelph : World
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- xxii, 687p. : ill., maps, plans
- Subjects
- Natural history
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.5 M23
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- Archives Library
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Camps in the Rockies : being a narrative of life on the frontier, and sport in the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4013
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1882
- Author
- Baillie-Grohman, William Adolph
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low
- Call Number
- 02.7 B15
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low
- Published Date
- 1882
- Physical Description
- viii, 438p. : ill
- Subjects
- Hunting
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.7 B15
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- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1882
- Material
- wood, metal, fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1055
- Description
- Snowshoes handmade by James (Joe) Smith constructed of wood barrel staves with holes drilled in bases. Footbeds are twined wire with a fibre twisted around metal at the toe end. Metal srtips and nails hold shoes together. Handwritten tag attached to snowshoes outlines history of snowshoes, by Rhoda…
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- Title
- Snowshoes
- Date
- 1882
- Material
- wood, metal, fibre
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 105.0 cm
- Description
- Snowshoes handmade by James (Joe) Smith constructed of wood barrel staves with holes drilled in bases. Footbeds are twined wire with a fibre twisted around metal at the toe end. Metal srtips and nails hold shoes together. Handwritten tag attached to snowshoes outlines history of snowshoes, by Rhoda Rouse.
- Subject
- sports
- snowshoeing
- Silver City
- Joe Smith
- Credit
- Gift of Jim Rouse, Calgary, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 106.04.1055
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