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Death hunt : the saga of two rivals who clash as enemies and triumph as heroes

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Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2005
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Call Number
06.3 D34 DVD
  1 website  
Responsibility
Peter Hunt (director)
Murray Shostak (producer)
Charles Bronson (actor)
Lee Marvin (actor)
Andrew Stevens (actor)
Carl Weathers (actor)
Angie Dickinson (actor)
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sd., col.
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Films
Film making
Engler Bruno
Auger, Tim
Canmore
Spray Lakes
North West Mounted Police
Search and rescue
Abstract
Canada 1931: The unsociable trapper Johnson lives for himself in the ice-cold mountains near the Yukon river. During a visit in the town he witnesses a dog-fight. He interrupts the game and buys one of the dogs - almost dead already - for $200 against the owner's will. When the owner Hasel complains to Mountie Sergeant Millen, he refuses to take action. But then the loathing breeder and his friends accuse Johnson of murder. So Millen, although sympathetic, has to try to take him under arrest - but Johnson defends his freedom in every way possible.
Notes
Still photography by Bruno Engler
Tim Auger was Charles Bronson's body double
Filmed in the Canmore and Spray Lakes area
Accession Number
P2019-31
Call Number
06.3 D34 DVD
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Death Hunt on IMDb
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Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2007
Publisher
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection
Call Number
06.3 D33 DVD
  1 website  
Responsibility
Terrence Malick (director)
Richard Gere (actor)
Brooke Adams (actor)
Sam Shepard (actor)
Publisher
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection
Published Date
2007
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Film making
Films
Waterton
Waterton Lakes
Southern Alberta
Engler, Bruno
Abstract
In 1910, Bill, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor. He flees to the Texas panhandle with his lover Abby and his little sister Linda, where they work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. When Bill learns that the farmer is ill and has less than a year to live, he encourages Abby to accept the man's attentions. The Farmer and Abby marry, and she and her "siblings" live in the big house, waiting for the Farmer to die, so Abby can inherit, and the three of them live happily ever after. But love seems to be a cure-all: the Farmer seems to be improving--and Abby is no longer seeing this as a marriage of convenience. From a landscape of panoramic vistas, vivid colors, and rich textures comes a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.
Contents
Going places -- Work -- Harvest -- Abby -- Prognosis -- Job ends -- Tired -- Staying on -- Future -- Marriage -- Rich -- Out for a walk -- "I don't know you" -- Flying circus -- Business -- Return -- Locusts -- "Nobody's perfect" -- Hunted -- New beginnings.
Notes
Still photography by Bruno Engler
Filmed in Southern Alberta and Waterton National Park
Special features: Commentary with Jack Fisk, Billy Weber, Patricia Norris, and Dianne Crittenden [audio feature]; Interview with Richard Gere [audio feature] (22 min.); Interview with Sam Shepard (13 min.); Interview with John Bailey (21 min.); Interview with Haskell Wexler (12 min.). Booklet includes essays "On Earth as it is in heaven" by Adrian Martin and "Shooting 'Days of Heaven'" by Nestor Almendros.
Accession Number
P2019-31
Call Number
06.3 D33 DVD
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Days of Heaven on IMDb
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Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2004
Publisher
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Call Number
06.3 Si3 DVD
  1 website  
Responsibility
Arthur Hiller (director)
Colin Higgins (writer)
Gene Wilder (actor)
Richard Pryor (actor)
Jill Clayburgh (actor)
Publisher
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Published Date
2004
Physical Description
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Films
Film making
Railways
Morant, Nicholas
Abstract
In this wild comedy adventure, rail passenger George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) finds that a romantic escapade with a sultry secretary (Jill Clayburgh) puts him in the middle of a Hitchcockian murder plot. Leaping on and off the train, in and out of roomettes, bars, and dining cars, George teams up with an amiable small-time crook (Richard Pryor) to defy the murder's henchmen, FBI agents and a host of other outrageous characters (from back of DVD)
Notes
Still photography by Nicholas Morant
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976
Accession Number
P2019-31
Call Number
06.3 Si3 DVD
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Silver Streak on IMDb
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A dark secret : your friendly neighborhood fall-out shelter

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19933
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2009
Author
Alexander, Rob
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Alexander, Rob
Responsibility
Rob Alexander
Published Date
2009
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Government
Lac des Arcs
Abstract
Pertains to the fall-out shelter built into Mount McGillivray overlooking Lac des Arcs by private company Rocky Mountain Vaults & Archives during the Cold War
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Vol.1, Iss.2, Winter 2009, p.15-17
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
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Country post : rural postal service in Canada, 1880 to 1945

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19833
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2003
Author
Amyot, Chantal and John Willis
Publisher
Gatineau, Quebec : Canadian Postal Museum
Call Number
08.1 Am1c
  1 website  
Author
Amyot, Chantal and John Willis
Responsibility
Chantal Amyot and John Willis
Publisher
Gatineau, Quebec : Canadian Postal Museum
Published Date
2003
Physical Description
210 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Postal services
History
Canada
Abstract
Pertains to the ways in which rural postal service combat isolationism in rural communities across Canada while using examples in Alberta. References and/or photos pertaining to Alberta include the following locations, Bently, Beverly, Big Valley, Capon, Claresholm, Consort, Coronation, Cressman, Gadsby, Hanna, Kinnodale, Lacombe, Ogden, Rapid City, Lethbridge, Red Lodge, Richdale, Rimbey, Stand Off, Troche, Wardlow and Worsley. The book draws similarities to the isolationism that was likely to exist in the Rocky Mountains at the time of early settlement, and the ways in which rural postal services increased communication among communities.
Contents
Foreword -- Canadian Postal Museum -- Foreword -- Canada post -- Foreword -- Canadian postmasters and assistants association -- Ch. 1. The transformation of rural society in Canada and the post office -- Ch. 2. The significance and symbolism of post offices and their locations -- Ch. 3. The rural postmaster -- Ch. 4. Social role of the post -- Ch. 5. Sending saving, and spending money -- Conclusion : whither the rural post office?
Notes
References and/or photographs of locations in Alberta can be found on the following pages Bently (98), Beverly (103), Big Valley (132), Capon (80), Claresholm (109), Consort (123), Coronation (114), Cressman (43), Gadsby (107), Hanna (98 and 124), Kinnodale (57 and 59), Lacombe (51), Lethbridge (89), Ogden (88), Rapid City (59), Red Lodge (59), Richdale (85), Rimbey (98), Stand Off (41), Troche (116), Wardlow (105) and Worsley (97)
ISBN
0660189984
Accession Number
2019.44
Call Number
08.1 Am1c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Avaliable through online subscription to jstor
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Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2008
Author
Gross, Paul (writer, director, producer, actor)
Dhavernas, Caroline (actor)
Dinicol, Joe (actor)
Bailey, Meredith (actor)
Bellows, Gil (actor)
Publisher
Montreal : Distributed by Alliance Atlantis
Call Number
06.3 P26 DVD
  1 website  
Author
Gross, Paul (writer, director, producer, actor)
Dhavernas, Caroline (actor)
Dinicol, Joe (actor)
Bailey, Meredith (actor)
Bellows, Gil (actor)
Publisher
Montreal : Distributed by Alliance Atlantis
Published Date
2008
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Films
Film making
World War I
World War, 1914-1918
Abstract
Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for a single battle.
Accession Number
P2019-31
Call Number
06.3 P26 DVD
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Passchendaele on IMDb
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Manufactured landscapes : the photographs of Edward Burtynsky

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13737
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2003
Author
Pauli, Lori
Haworth-Booth, Mark
Baker, Kenneth
Torosian, Michael
Publisher
Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada
Edition
Fifth printing 2006
Call Number
06.4 B95mp copy 1 - Oversize
06.4 B95mp copy 2 - Reading Room (Feb 17, 2022)
  1 website  
Author
Pauli, Lori
Haworth-Booth, Mark
Baker, Kenneth
Torosian, Michael
Responsibility
Lori Pauli
Mark Haworth-Booth
Kenneth Baker
Michael Torosian
Edition
Fifth printing 2006
Publisher
Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada
Published Date
2003
Physical Description
160 p. : col. ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Environment
Exhibition catalogue
Industry
Mining
Photographers
Photography
Pollution
Abstract
"....documenting the effect of industrialization on the environment, Burtynsky provokes his viewers to contemplate the world he shoots. Published in conjunction with the first major retrospective of Burtynsky's work, this book requires more than a quick flip through the pages. At first one is dazzled by the color and apparent fluidity in the landscapes that he captures, but on deeper examination one begins to realize that these are quarry mines, oil refining factories, and recycling centers. Not your typical coffee-table book, this comes with a social and environmental message that should not be ignored. Essays by three curator/critics and an interview with the artist complement the 64 large-scale color images. Recommended for academic libraries and large art photo collections." – Sheila Devaney, University of Georgia (from Edward Burtynsky website)
Contents
Message from the sponsor
Foreward
Author's acknowledgements
Seeing the big picture - Lori Pauli
Edward Burtynsky : traditions and affinities - Mark Haworth-Booth
Form versus porten t: Edward Burtynsky's endangered landscapes - Kenneth Baker
The essential element : an interview with Edward Burtynsky - Michael Torosian
Plates
List of works
Chronology
Selected exhibitions
Public collections
Selected bibliography
Notes
Published as a companion to exhibition of National Gallery of Canada in 2003
With essays by Mark Haworth-Booth and Kenneth Baker and an interview by Michael Torosian
ISBN
9780300099430
Accession Number
50500
2021.08
Call Number
06.4 B95mp copy 1 - Oversize
06.4 B95mp copy 2 - Reading Room (Feb 17, 2022)
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Book on artist's website
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Thinking like a mountain

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2000
Author
Bateman, Robert
Publisher
Toronto : Viking
Call Number
05.5 B31t
  1 website  
Author
Bateman, Robert
Responsibility
Robert Bateman
Publisher
Toronto : Viking
Published Date
2000
Physical Description
xi, 130 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Environment
Literature
Essays
Authors
Bateman, Robert
Abstract
Thinking Like a Mountain is the result of many years of thinking, talking and writing about the world's growing environmental crisis. Beautifully designed and illustrated with original drawings, it is a gathering of questions, observations and ideas Robert Bateman has drawn from his own life experiences and gleaned from the writings of some of the visionaries who have influenced him. As Einstein said, "We cannot solve the problems of today with the same thinking that gave us the problems in the first place."Only a profound shift in philosophy, Bateman believes, can save our species from extinction. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Preface
Part One : Getting to know the neighbours
Part Two : Message in the bones
Part Three : Signs of hope
More food for thought
Acknowledgements
ISBN
9780670893034
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
05.5 B31t
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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A Century of American alpinism, 2002

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2002
Author
Fay, Charles Ernest
Bent, Allen Herbert
Palmer, Howard
Thorington, James Monroe
Kauffman, Andrew John
Putnam, William Lowell
Publisher
Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,
Call Number
G505 F39 C46
  1 website  
Author
Fay, Charles Ernest
Bent, Allen Herbert
Palmer, Howard
Thorington, James Monroe
Kauffman, Andrew John
Putnam, William Lowell
Responsibility
Charles Earnest Fay, Allen Herbert Bent, Howard Palmer, James Monroe Thorington, Andrew John Kauffman, William Lowell Putnam
Publisher
Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,
Published Date
2002
Physical Description
ix, 196 pages, xxxii pages of plates : illustrations, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
American Alpine Club
History
Mountaineering
Clubs
Abstract
Pertains to a century of American alpinism from 1902 to 2002
Contents
Forward
Preface
I Earliest American Mountaineers
II Pacific Crests
III Later and Farther North
IV Tidewater Alaska
V Early Amerian Ascents in the Alps
VI Appalachian Mountain Club Roots
VII The Social Aspect of Alpinism
VIII To the Top of the Continent
IX Other Mountain Clubs of America
X Momentous Events
XI Afield and at War
XII Changing Mores
XIII Moving West
XIV Not All Sweetness and Light
XV The Study of Mountain Elevations
XVI Exclusiveness or Inclusiveness
XVII Changing Faces
Appendices
Index
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
G505 F39 C46
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
American Alpine Club link to book
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Part Of
Glen Boles fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 27 limited edition prints of pen and pencil drawings by Glen Boles, 1994-2002. Content of prints include Mt. Assiniboine, Mt. Fay, Mt. Louis, Mt. Alberta, Abbot Pass & Victoria Glacier, Snowpatch Spire, Howser Spires, Mt. Finger, Three Sisters, Tower of Babel, Eisenhower Tower, Mt…
Date Range
1967-2021
Reference Code
M599 / V175
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Drawing
Textual record
  2 websites  
Part Of
Glen Boles fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M599 / V175
Sous-Fonds
M599
V175
Accession Number
7447 (unproc); 8132 (unproc); 2023.38 (unproc)
Reference Code
M599 / V175
GMD
Drawing
Textual record
Date Range
1967-2021
Physical Description
24 drawings; pen & pencil
ca. 40 volumes of textual records
16.5 cm textual records
History / Biographical
Glen Boles (1934-2022), was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick and moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1953. In 1957 he was persuaded to climb with co-worker and mountain guide Heinz Kahl, a native Bavarian. Heinz Kahl and English climber Brian Greenwood introduced Boles to more difficult climbing. Boles has climbed extensively in the Rockies, summiting over 400 peaks including many new routes and first ascents. He has also climbed in the Interior Ranges of British Columbia as well as the St. Elias Range of Alaska and the Alps. Boles is also an avid skier and spent 13 years on the Canadian Ski Patrol System and is a member of the Ski Friends program in Lake Louise.
Boles retired from the City of Calgary Waterworks Engineering Division in 1991 after thirty-five years employment. Boles and his wife (married in 1965) reside in Cochrane, Alberta. From his mountain experiences, Glen has developed an interest in photography, drawing and writing and has co-authored "The Climbing Guide to the Canadian Rockies-South" and "Place Names of the Canadian Alps" with Bill Putnam and Roger Laurilla.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 27 limited edition prints of pen and pencil drawings by Glen Boles, 1994-2002. Content of prints include Mt. Assiniboine, Mt. Fay, Mt. Louis, Mt. Alberta, Abbot Pass & Victoria Glacier, Snowpatch Spire, Howser Spires, Mt. Finger, Three Sisters, Tower of Babel, Eisenhower Tower, Mt. Stephen, Bugaboos, Bighorn Sheep, Cougar, Timber Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Mt. Robson, Berg Lake, and Yamnuska. Fonds also includes approximately 40 diaries, ca. 1967-2021 and 16.5 cm. of correspondence 1987-2010
Notes
27 drawing prints moved to Oversize infofile storage under title "Artists - Glen Boles"
Name Access
Boles, Glen
Subject Access
Arts
Sports, recreation and leisure
Environment
Access Restrictions
Reproductions prohibited for limited edition prints
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
No finding aid
Creator
Boles, Glen
Category
Arts
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Accession record and accompanying notes.
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Unprocessed
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A Useful Institution: William Twin,"Indianness," and Banff National Park, c.1860-1940

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24965
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2005
Author
Bradford, Tolly
Publisher
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Department of Indigenous Studies , University of Saskatchewan
Call Number
07.2 B72u PAM
  1 website  
Author
Bradford, Tolly
Responsibility
Tolly Bradford
Publisher
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Department of Indigenous Studies , University of Saskatchewan
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
22p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff National Park
Tourism
First Nations
Stoney First Nation (formerly known as Stoney Indians)
Abstract
This paper examines the life of William Twin (c. 1860–1940), a member of the Nakoda (or Stoney) First Nation, and pays particular attention to his connection with Banff National Park and role in facilitating the tourism empire that still flourishes there. Being careful to distinguish between who William Twin was and how he was imagined to be, this paper argues that his life story has at least two aspects: William as an ‘institution’ useful to the development of Banff National Park, and William as a person who enjoyed sustained and very personal interactions with both Stoney and Euro-Canadian communities (abstract)
Notes
In Native Studies Review . 2005, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p 77-98.
Call Number
07.2 B72u PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Native Studies Review via the University of Saskatchewan Department of Indigenous Studies
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Dendroarchaeological and contextual investigations of remote log structures in Jasper, Banff, and Kootenay National Parks, Canada.

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25106
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2004
Author
Brelsford, Karen Jacqueline
Publisher
Victoria : University of Victoria
Call Number
06.5 B74d
  1 website  
Author
Brelsford, Karen Jacqueline
Responsibility
Karen Jacqueline Brelsford
Publisher
Victoria : University of Victoria
Published Date
2004
Physical Description
310 pages ; illus. , maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
National parks
Architecture
Buildings
Cabins
Cabins and shelters
Thesis
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to undertake a comprehensive dendroarchaeological-contextual investigation of 35 sites (44 log structures) in Jasper, Banff, and Kootenay National Parks. Through tree-ring analysis and investigations of relevant documents (i.e., archives and interviews), three main objectives are met: (1) an architectural inventory and tree-ring analysis of sampled structures in the three parks; (2) an exploration of remote construction activity in the three parks, in terms of functional, temporal, and spatial distributions, and tree species selection; and (3) a detailed dendroarchaeological-contextual investigation of three structure case studies. The results provide new insights into remote construction activity from the late-nineteenth to early-twentieth century in the three parks. It assists Parks Canada in their attempt to interpret the cultural heritage resources of this area and contributes to the international need to document and explore vernacular architecture. (from the University of Victoria library website)
Contents
Title Page Abstract Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Literature Review 3.0 Study Sites and Methods 4.0 Characteristics of living and structure chronologies in Jasper, Banff, and Kootenay National Parks Construction Activity in Jasper, Banff, and Kootenay National Parks 6.0 Case Studies 7.0 Conclusions 8.0 References Appendix A: Tree-ring dating results and site descriptions for 35 sites (44 structures) sampled in Jasper, Banff, and Kootenay Parks Appendix B: Interview Transcriptions Appendix C: Copyright Permissions
Accession Number
7561
Call Number
06.5 B74d
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via the University of Victoria
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Tears for old Lacerta : new poems

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19868
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1990
Author
Burles, Gordon
Publisher
Banff, Alta. : G. Burles
Call Number
05.1 B92t Pam
  1 website  
Author
Burles, Gordon
Responsibility
Gordon Burles
Publisher
Banff, Alta. : G. Burles
Published Date
1990
Physical Description
92 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Poetry
Art
Rocky Mountains Canada
Abstract
Pertains to the works of Gordon Burles, a poet of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The poet’s work reflects a somber undertone, and covers topics pertaining to people, places, and nature.
Notes
Annotated – the author has signed the front page with the following, “To Liz – best wishes, from Gordon Burles”
Accession Number
2017.8683
Call Number
05.1 B92t Pam
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
The URL is linked to the Gordon Burles fonds held at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
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Significant treasures = Tre´sors parlants

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25084
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1997
Author
Canadian Federation of Friends of Museums
Publisher
Toronto : Canadian Federation of Friends of Museums
Call Number
08.1 C16s
  1 website  
Variant Title
A guide to significant treasures awaiting you in Canada’s museums
Author
Canadian Federation of Friends of Museums
Publisher
Toronto : Canadian Federation of Friends of Museums
Published Date
1997
Physical Description
320 pages : illustrations (some color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Museums
First Nations
Stoney First Nation (formerly known as Stoney Indians)
Abstract
Summaries of significant artefacts held in museum collections across Canada organized by province and territory. Includes the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Contents
Foreward Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Atlantic Provinces Newfoundland Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Northwest Territories Yukon Indices
Notes
Stoney-Assiniboine beaded moccasins from Morley dated 1895 to 1910 at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies are featured on page 232-233
ISBN
1550565044
Accession Number
6999
Call Number
08.1 C16s
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Canadian Federation of Friends of Museums website
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A crown of maples : constitutional monarchy in Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25103
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2008
Author
Canadian Heritage
Publisher
Gatineau, PQ : Canadian Heritage
Call Number
08.1 C16a PAM
  1 website  
Author
Canadian Heritage
Publisher
Gatineau, PQ : Canadian Heritage
Published Date
2008
Physical Description
63, xviii pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
History-Canada
History
Abstract
Pertains to how the Constitutional Monarchy functions in Canada
Contents
Introduction The Canadian Crown - An Overview The Modern Reality of Constitutional Monarchy The Role and Powers of the Canadian Crown Today Canadian Representatives of the Crown Comparison with Other Systems of Government The Visual Presence of the Canadian Crown Conclusion The Royal Anthem - “God Save the Queen” Appendices Photographic Credits Glossary Acknowledgements
ISBN
9780662460121
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
08.1 C16a PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
2015 version available online via the Government of Canada
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Antarctic oasis : under the spell of South Georgia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20140
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1998
Author
Carr, Pauline
Carr, Tim
Publisher
London ; W.W. Norton & Company
Call Number
G370-480 C37 A58
  1 website  
Author
Carr, Pauline
Carr, Tim
Responsibility
Tim and Pauline Carr
Publisher
London ; W.W. Norton & Company
Published Date
1998
Physical Description
256 pages : illustrations ; maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Antarctic Regions
Sailing
Boating
Travel
Abstract
An account of one couple's life on a remote island beyond the Polar Front, a tale to rival the exploits of the great nineteenth-century explorers. After twenty-five years of cruising the world's oceans, renowned blue-water sailors Pauline and Tim Carr found themselves being drawn to the lonely places of the higher latitudes to experience earth's last, scarcely touched regions. Antarctic Oasis records the culmination of those exploits. True adventurers, the Carrs have lived year-round on South Georgia for five years its only civilian inhabitants experiencing a way of life that has all but vanished from our modern world. A center of the Norwegian whaling industry in the last century, today a remnant of the far-flung British Empire, South Georgia is a splendid if forbidding land of towering, glacier-clad mountains and a treacherous, storm-torn coast punctuated by sheltered bays. During its brief polar summer, the island's verdant shoreline offers Antarctic wildlife a place to feed, mate, and rear their young. The only humans on the scene, the Carrs have learned intimate details about the lives of whales, penguins, seals, albatrosses, skuas, and many others. In all seasons the Carrs explore South Georgia's uncompromising coast aboard their yacht Curlew. Their deep fascination with the island, its wildlife, and its history will stir the spirit of adventure and discovery in us all. (from Abe Books)
Contents
Foreward
Preface and Acknowledgements
Chapter I - Ultimate Landfall
Chapter II - Antarctic Outpost
Chapter III - Nine to Five
Chapter IV - Green Antarctic
Chapter V - Kindred Souls
Chapter VI - Shackleton's Shadow
Chapter VII - The Rough with the Smooth
Chapter VIII - Albatross
Chapter IX - Elephantastic
Chapter X - The Mountaineering Dimension
Chapter XI - Just Talking to the Birds
Chapter XII - The Wild Side
Chapter XIII - A Shimmer of Ice
Chapter XIV - A Clean Pair of Heels
Index
Notes
Ephemra of Margaret Gmoser pertaining to trip removed from book and added to AC637 box of archival materials
Signed by the eleven participants of the September 17-19, 2004 Shackleton Crossing trip
Signed by the authors with greetings addressed to Margaret Gmoser
ISBN
0393046052
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
G370-480 C37 A58
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
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Abandoned in the Arctic : Adolphus W. Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay expedition, 1881 - 1884

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20137
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2007
Author
Clark, Geoffrey E.
Publisher
Portsmouth Athenaeum
Call Number
G670 C53 A23
  1 website  
Author
Clark, Geoffrey E.
Responsibility
Geoffrey E. Clark
Publisher
Portsmouth Athenaeum
Published Date
2007
Physical Description
81 pages : illustrations, maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Arctic
Arctic Regions
Research
Survival
Film making
Films
American
Abstract
In August, 1881 Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely and a team of 25 determined men set out as part of the First International Polar Year to build a research station on Ellesmere Island, 450 miles from the North Pole. The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition began as the most ambitious arctic expedition in United States history, but was destined to descend into a three year journey through a frozen hell - a voyage of forced retreaat, starvation, brewing mutiny and cannibalism. Against all odds, six men survived and returned to Portsmouth, New Hampshire as American heros. (from back of book)
Contents
Introduction
Adolphus W. Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition
The Beginning
Research and Exploration
The Retreat
The Rescue
Greely's Later Years
The Making of the Flim - Abandoned in the Arctic
List of Illustrations
Bibliography
Notes
DVD of associated film included with publication
Robson Gmoser was a member of the 2004 expedition team which also included Bob Saunders, Scott Simper, Julia Szucs, Tom Stere, Jeff Clark, Steve Smith, James Shedd, Gino Ded Guercio
ISBN
0974089524
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
G670 C53 A23
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
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Climate change and landscape in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25284
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
  1 website  
Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Responsibility
The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Nat Rutter
Murray Coppold
Dean Rokosh
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
137 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glaciers
Climatology
Climate change
Environment
Environmental conservation
Geography
Geology
Abstract
Climate change is at the forefront of public consciousness today. Political initiatives to combat the social and economic effects of changing climate will affect the lives of everyone. Media reports often portray climate scenarios and the range of uncertainty accompanying predictions. How does a reader approach the science behind the headlines? The goal of this book is to explain climate change science by examining the recent Ice Age history so spectacularly exposed in the Canadian Rocky Mountains landscape. Local and global sources of paleoclimate information are combined with dating techniques to unravel the glacial history of the Rockies over the last 30,000 years. The illustrated road log guide can be used by the armchair reader or the traveller to visit the landscape features essential to the interpretation. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the geosciences. Its teaching themes demonstrate the use of physics, biology, chemistry and mathematics in solving science questions and problems. The diverse program includes public lectures, teacher workshops, school programs and guided hikes. The Foundation conducts educational hikes to the Burgess Shale soft-bodied fossil deposit and the Mt. Stephen trilobite beds, both UNESCO World Heritage sites in Yoho National Park. (From Good Reads)
Contents
Introduction -- Archives of Climate Change -- Dating the Archives -- Extracting Climate Information -- Interpreting the Last Ice Age -- Finding Climate Change in the Rockies -- Glaciation in the Banff-Jasper Area -- Road Log Guide to Landscape Features -- Short Term Climate Change -- Future Climate Change -- Rood Log Stop Coordinates.
Notes
Sponsored by the CSPG Foundation
ISBN
9780978013219
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2008
Author
Davison, Kristy
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Davison, Kristy
Responsibility
Kristy Davison
Published Date
2008
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Wildlife
Abstract
Pertains to Bear #71
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Summer 2008, p.12
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
Websites
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The hungry spirit : selected plays and prose by Elsie Park Gowan

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19787
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1992
Author
Day, Moira (editor)
Publisher
Edmonton : NeWest Press
Call Number
05.3 Da33t
  1 website  
Author
Day, Moira (editor)
Responsibility
Edited by Moira Day
Publisher
Edmonton : NeWest Press
Published Date
1992
Physical Description
328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff Little Theatre
Banff Centre
Banff School of Fine Arts
Edmonton
Poetry
Arts
Abstract
Pertains to Elsie Park Gowan who was an adjudicator and instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts between 1930 and 1958.
Contents
Homestead -- The hungry spirit -- Back to the kitchen, women! -- The last caveman -- High green gate -- Breeches from Bond Street -- Woman in the twentieth century -- The freedom of Mrs. Rodway.
ISBN
0-920897-19-3
Accession Number
p2019-07
Call Number
05.3 Da33t
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Biographical information found in the Canadian Encyclopedia
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