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The social register of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12384
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1961
- Edition
- 3ed
- Call Number
- R 08.1 So1
- Edition
- 3ed
- Published Date
- 1961
- Subjects
- Biography
- Accession Number
- 1195
- Call Number
- R 08.1 So1
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Fenollosa and his circle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25564
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962
- Author
- Brooks, Van Wyck
- Publisher
- New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Call Number
- 05 B79f
- Author
- Brooks, Van Wyck
- Publisher
- New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Published Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 321 pages
- Abstract
- A parade of fascinating personalities -- intellectuals, artists, travelers and explorers -- moves through this rich and colorful book of biographical essays by the author of Makers and Finders. --From dust cover
- Contents
- Fenollosa and His Circle ; Fanny Wright ; John Lloyd Stephens ; George Catlin ; Charles Wilkes ; Charles Godfrey Leland ; Anecdotes of Maurice Prendergast ; Randolph Bourne
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 05 B79f
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The Oxford companion to Canadian history and literature
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11904
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1967
- Author
- Story, Norah
- Publisher
- Toronto : University Press
- Call Number
- R 00 St7
- Author
- Story, Norah
- Publisher
- Toronto : University Press
- Published Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- xi, 935 : maps
- Subjects
- Biography
- Stoney Indians
- Notes
- Includes bibliography
- Accession Number
- 5000
- Call Number
- R 00 St7
- Collection
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Pete Lum : over 90 years of Kootenay life
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12759
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Jefferson, Dianne
- Call Number
- 13.123 El5b Pam
- Author
- Jefferson, Dianne
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- p.10-13 : ill
- Subjects
- Biography
- Notes
- In Kootenay Life, vol.1, no.1
- Call Number
- 13.123 El5b Pam
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Janet Mitchell, life and art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14142
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Armstrong, Peggy
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Hyperion Press
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ar5j
- Author
- Armstrong, Peggy
- Responsibility
- Peggy Armstrong
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Hyperion Press
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 144 p. : ill. (some col.)
- Notes
- Out of 130 copies made available to the public, this book is # 71/130 Signed by Janet Mitchell in November 1990 "Each edition is accompanied by two original prints specially drawn and signed by Janet Mitchell."
- ISBN
- 0920534910 (leather)
- Accession Number
- 7883
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ar5j
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Those who know : profiles of Alberta's native elders
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5027
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1991
- Author
- Meili, Dianne
- Publisher
- Edmonton : NeWest Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 M47
- Author
- Meili, Dianne
- Publisher
- Edmonton : NeWest Press
- Published Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- xii, 256p. : ports., map
- Subjects
- Biography
- ISBN
- 0-920897-03-7
- Accession Number
- 25000
- Call Number
- 07.2 M47
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Policing a pioneer province : the BC Provincial Police 1858-1950
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11476
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1991
- Author
- Stonier-Newman, Lynne
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Call Number
- 08.2 S7p
- Author
- Stonier-Newman, Lynne
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Published Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 288 p. : ill., ports., maps
- Subjects
- Biography
- Crime
- Search and rescue
- Notes
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- ISBN
- 1-55017-056-2
- Accession Number
- 7342
- Call Number
- 08.2 S7p
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Senator Jean Le´on Co^te´ : pioneer land surveyor and early legislator : a personal biography
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19899
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Co^te´, Jean G.
- Publisher
- [Edmonton] : J. G. Co^te´
- Call Number
- 08.1 C63s
- Author
- Co^te´, Jean G.
- Responsibility
- Jean G Co^te´
- Publisher
- [Edmonton] : J. G. Co^te´
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 32, 32 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., plan, port. ; 23 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the story and ways in which Jean G. Co^te´, an early land surveyor, legislator and pioneer, helped shaped Alberta’s early identity. Some of the topics discussed in the book are as follows, family, politics, early surveying and Cote’s contribution to Alberta’s Research Council. As a legislator, Cote was influential in the development of Alberta’s Tar Sands. Additionally, the foreword has been written by E.J. Hart, the previous director of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, thus drawing a connection to the Canadian Rocky Mountains but more specifically, Banff.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg. 1)
- Ancestry and Youth (pg. 1)
- First trip west in 1886 (pg. 2)
- Ottawa College (pg. 3)
- Alaska-Canada Boundary Survey 1893-1895 (pg. 4)
- Dawson City, Yukon 1899. Partnerhip with Cautley Brothers (pg. 6)
- Edmonton, N.W.T. 1903-4 (pg. 9)
- Surveys aroudn Edmonton - E.Y. & P.RY (pg. 10)
- Marriage in Quebec City to Cecile Gagnon, 1907 (pg. 11)
- New survey partnerships (pg. 13)
- Politics, 1909 (pg. 14)
- Early recollections (pg. 15)
- Prairie suveys (pg. 17)
- Cabinet Minister 1918-1921 (pg. 18)
- Development of Tar Sands and other natural resources (pg. 19)
- Alberta Research Council (pg. 20)
- Post-War Election 1921 (pg. 21)
- Surveying 1921-1923 (pg. 22)
- Appointment to the Senate (pg. 23)
- Last summer in the Laurentians (pg. 24)
- Postscript (pg. 26)
- Jean Leon Cotes Descendants (pg. 28)
- Acknowledgements (pg. 30)
- Bibliography (pg. 31)
- Notes
- Text is in both English and French
- Annotated by author - Inside cover reads: "To EJ. "Ted" Hart. With many thanks for your superb forword to this book. Jean G. Cote"
- ISBN
- 1895850010
- Accession Number
- 2019.64
- Call Number
- 08.1 C63s
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Alberta miners : a tribute
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5719
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1993
- Author
- Chrismas, Lawrence
- Publisher
- Calgary : Cambria
- Call Number
- 03.6 C46 oversize c.1
- 03.6 C46 oversize c.2
- Author
- Chrismas, Lawrence
- Responsibility
- photography and text by Lawrence Chrismas
- foreword by Thomas H. Patching
- produced in collaboration with the Alberta Chamber of Resources
- Publisher
- Calgary : Cambria
- Published Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 224p. : ports., maps
- Subjects
- Biography
- Coal and coal mines
- Photography
- Portraits
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 0-9697023-0-2
- Accession Number
- 26000
- copy 2 from unknown source (possibly Museum Shop?) in 2006/07
- Call Number
- 03.6 C46 oversize c.1
- 03.6 C46 oversize c.2
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Pioneer families of Southern Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6394
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1993
- Publisher
- [Alberta] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Call Number
- R 08.2 Al1pi
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- [Alberta] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Published Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 257p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Biography
- Accession Number
- 6716
- Call Number
- R 08.2 Al1pi
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Who's who at the University of Alberta, 1919-1939
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6396
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1993
- Author
- University of Alberta. Archives
- Call Number
- R 08.2 Al1un
- Published Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 163, xviiip
- Accession Number
- 6526
- Call Number
- R 08.2 Al1un
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Pioneer families of Southern Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19929
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1993
- Author
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Publisher
- [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Call Number
- 08.2 So8p
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- Responsibility
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Published Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 257p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Biography
- History of Alberta
- History
- Pioneer life
- Abstract
- "A 'Pioneer,' for this account, is a person who was resident of that part of the Province of Alberta lying south of Township 40 on December 31, 1890 and a person who was resident in the three prairie provinces prior to December 31, 1890 who applied for and was admitted to membership in the Society [now Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants] between May 8, 1964 and October 25, 1967."--Introd.
- Contents
- Prologue - Pioneers Memories Treasured
- Forward
- Calgary Stampede
- Introduction
- Biography Index & Genealogical Information
- Biographies
- History
- Past Presidents
- Pioneer Photographs
- Notes
- Links to "A 2005 Centennial Addendum to the 1993 Publication" Call # 08.2 So8a
- Accession Number
- 2019.68
- Call Number
- 08.2 So8p
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants
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Roots in the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11428
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1993
- Author
- Camp, Frank
- Publisher
- Ucluelet, B.C. : Frank Camp ventures
- Call Number
- 13.114 C15r c.1
- 13.114 C15r c.2
- Author
- Camp, Frank
- Publisher
- Ucluelet, B.C. : Frank Camp ventures
- Published Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 167 p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Biography
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Jasper
- McDonald, Ed
- Search and rescue
- Wildlife management
- Notes
- Index
- ISBN
- 0-9697015-0-0
- Accession Number
- 33500
- Call Number
- 13.114 C15r c.1
- 13.114 C15r c.2
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At rest in the peaks : a guided walk through the old Banff Cemetery
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6078
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1994
- Author
- Deziel-Letnick, Helene
- Publisher
- Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Friends of Banff National Park
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22d c.1
- 08.3 B22d c.2
- Author
- Deziel-Letnick, Helene
- Responsibility
- text: Helene Deziel-Letnick, E.J. Hart
- design assistance: Kerstin Quintin
- Publisher
- Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Friends of Banff National Park
- Published Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 40p. : ill., ports., map
- Subjects
- Banff (residents)
- Biography
- Notes
- Bibliography
- ISBN
- 0920608-42-6
- Accession Number
- 6794
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22d c.1
- 08.3 B22d c.2
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Jasper reflections
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6125
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Jasper : Jasper Community History
- Call Number
- 08.3 J31jr
- Responsibility
- Edith Gourley, Chairman
- Publisher
- Jasper : Jasper Community History
- Published Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- ix, 477p. : ill., ports., map
- Subjects
- Biography
- Notes
- Index
- ISBN
- 1-55056-213-4
- Accession Number
- 29000
- Call Number
- 08.3 J31jr
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The road west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19944
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1996
- Author
- Elkington, Peter W.
- Publisher
- Revelstroke, B.C. : Peter's Press
- Call Number
- 08.1 El5t
- Author
- Elkington, Peter W.
- Responsibility
- Peter W. Elkington
- Publisher
- Revelstroke, B.C. : Peter's Press
- Published Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- vi, 172 p. : maps ; 19 cm.
- Subjects
- Biography
- Western Canada
- Travel
- Abstract
- Pertains to the travelers and places Peter W. Elkington came across during his personal travels west. He captures an authentic humanity in each story, sharing hardships and hope. He writes of each traveler’s individual life, pain and successes. Elkington invites the reader to find ourselves in his stories, and reflect on the journeys we so often find ourselves on.
- Contents
- Preface (pg. III)
- Prologue (pg. IV)
- Chapter 1: The Pilgrim (pg. 1)
- Chapter 2: The Trader (pg. 11)
- Chapter 3: The Goldseeker (pg. 19)
- Chapter 4: The Golden Mountain (pg. 33)
- Chapter 5: The Prospectors (pg. 41)
- Chapter 6: The Railroad (pg. 49)
- Chaoter 7: Sligh and Friends (pg. 59)
- Chapter 8: Black bear (pg. 69)
- Chapter 9: The priest (pg. 77)
- Chapter 10: George (pg. 87)
- Chapter 11: The Immigrants (pg. 95)
- Chapter 12: The RCMP (pg. 105)
- Chapter 13: Emily (pg. 113)
- Chapter 14: The Explorer (pg. 127)
- Chapter 15: Alfred Mason (pg. 137)
- Chapter 16: Amy (pg. 149)
- Chapter 17: Willie (pg. 157)
- Chapter 18: Peter (pg. 165)
- Epilogue (pg. 168)
- Notes
- The front inside page of the book has been annotated by the author and reads, "Peter W. Elkington"
- ISBN
- 0969994427
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 08.1 El5t
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Jimmy Simpson : mountain man [videocassette]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3015
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kelowna : Filmwest Associates
- Call Number
- 02.7 Si5 V
- 02.7 Si5 DVD reference copy
- Responsibility
- directed by Jon Whyte
- photography : Robert Reece
- still photography: Bruno Engler [et al.]
- Publisher
- Kelowna : Filmwest Associates
- Published Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette (26 min.) : col. with b & w sequences
- Subjects
- Biography
- Notes
- Premiered as film in 1973
- Jimmy Simpson interviewed by Catharine Robb Whyte
- Accession Number
- 29000
- Call Number
- 02.7 Si5 V
- 02.7 Si5 DVD reference copy
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Risking adventure : mountaineering journeys around the world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12874
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Haberl, Jim
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Raincoast Books
- Call Number
- 01 H11r
- Author
- Haberl, Jim
- Responsibility
- Jim Haberl
- foreword by Greg Child
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Raincoast Books
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- xi, 156p. : col. ill., maps
- Subjects
- Biography
- ISBN
- 155192093X
- Accession Number
- 38500
- Call Number
- 01 H11r
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Deep currents : Roderick and Ann Haig-Brown
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14774
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Haig-Brown, Valerie
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers
- Call Number
- 04 H12d
- Author
- Haig-Brown, Valerie
- Responsibility
- Valerie Haig-Brown ; foreword by Steve Raymond
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- viii, 215 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Biography
- Conservation
- Fishing
- ISBN
- 1551431084
- Accession Number
- P2016-73,000-01
- Call Number
- 04 H12d
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Mainstays : women who shaped BC
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12882
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Converse, Cathy
- Call Number
- 08.2 C76m
- Author
- Converse, Cathy
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 212 p. : ill
- Subjects
- Biography
- Henshaw, Julia
- Munday, Phyllis
- ISBN
- 0-920663-62-1
- Call Number
- 08.2 C76m
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