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The Indians of the Americas
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1947
- Author
- Collier, John
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton
- Call Number
- 07 C69
- Author
- Collier, John
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton
- Published Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 326p. : ill., map., port
- Subjects
- Folklore
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 387
- Call Number
- 07 C69
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Johnny Chinook : tall tales and true from the Canadian West
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1945
- Author
- Gard, Robert E
- Publisher
- London : Longmans, Green
- Call Number
- 08.2 Al1g
- Author
- Gard, Robert E
- Responsibility
- introduction by Donald Cameron
- Publisher
- London : Longmans, Green
- Published Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- xix, 360p. : ill
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 08.2 Al1g
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green fel…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green felt. The marble is black, streaked with white.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
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Race, language and culture
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4879
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1940
- Author
- Boas, Franz
- Publisher
- New York : Macmillan
- Call Number
- 07.2 B63n
- Author
- Boas, Franz
- Publisher
- New York : Macmillan
- Published Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- xx, 647p. : ill
- Subjects
- Folklore
- Notes
- Bibliographical footnotes
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 07.2 B63n
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Father De Smet, pioneer priest of the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1940
- Author
- Magaret, Helene
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar & Rinehart
- Call Number
- 07.2 D46m
- Author
- Magaret, Helene
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar & Rinehart
- Published Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 371p. : port., map
- Subjects
- Folklore
- Missionaries
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 07.2 D46m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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History of the North American Indians : their origin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5022
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1858
- Author
- McIntosh, John
- Publisher
- New Haven (CT) : H. Mansfield
- Call Number
- 07.2 M18
- Author
- McIntosh, John
- Publisher
- New Haven (CT) : H. Mansfield
- Published Date
- 1858
- Physical Description
- 345p. : ill
- Notes
- 1849 ed. also in Library
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 07.2 M18
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal, brass; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0084
- Description
- A lidded, cylindrical brass container. The box is decorated with a raised floral design with an enameled background. “Made in India” is stamped on the base.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal, brass; enamel
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- A lidded, cylindrical brass container. The box is decorated with a raised floral design with an enameled background. “Made in India” is stamped on the base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0084
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0200
- Description
- A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0200
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- Date
- 1940 – 1957
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0314
- Description
- Unvarnished, hand carved box, lid inset inside box rim, unhinged. Box is flat based with sides sitting on base edge, exterior roughly carved, inside straight sided. Lid French Canadian rural scene with man in horse drawn sleigh. Torn sticker that was removed indicated Canadian manufacture. Dark sta…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1940 – 1957
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 11.0 x 24.3 cm
- Description
- Unvarnished, hand carved box, lid inset inside box rim, unhinged. Box is flat based with sides sitting on base edge, exterior roughly carved, inside straight sided. Lid French Canadian rural scene with man in horse drawn sleigh. Torn sticker that was removed indicated Canadian manufacture. Dark stain at horse's head. Carved on lid is "Ardin"(?)
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0314
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- bark, birch
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0149
- Description
- A round birch bark basket made from the brown underbark of the birch sewn together with dyed strips of bark through pre-punched holes. The lid has a circle of light birchbark with notched edges sewn to the top with large X-stitching.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- bark, birch
- Dimensions
- 12.0 cm
- Description
- A round birch bark basket made from the brown underbark of the birch sewn together with dyed strips of bark through pre-punched holes. The lid has a circle of light birchbark with notched edges sewn to the top with large X-stitching.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0149
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