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Summer suns in the far west : a holiday trip to the Pacific slope

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1890
Author
Blaikie, W. G
Publisher
London : Thomas Nelson
Call Number
02.3 B57
Author
Blaikie, W. G
Publisher
London : Thomas Nelson
Published Date
1890
Physical Description
160p : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
337
Call Number
02.3 B57
Collection
Archives Library
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By ocean, prairie and peak : some gleanings from an emigrant chaplain's log on journeys to British Columbia, Manitoba and eastern Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3635
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1896
Author
Boddy, Alexander A
Publisher
London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Call Number
02.4 B63
Author
Boddy, Alexander A
Publisher
London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Published Date
1896
Physical Description
204p. : ill., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
24000
Call Number
02.4 B63
Collection
Archives Library
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Publications, correspondence, events

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54506
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwrit…
Date Range
1888
1898
1906
[ca. 1910]
1911
1914 - 1916
[ca. 1915 - ca. 1920]
Reference Code
M74 / IV / A / 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Postcard
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M74 / V324
Series
M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records
Sous-Fonds
M74
Sub-Series
M74 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920
Accession Number
3109
2016.8581
Reference Code
M74 / IV / A / 1
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Postcard
Date Range
1888
1898
1906
[ca. 1910]
1911
1914 - 1916
[ca. 1915 - ca. 1920]
Physical Description
1.5 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Frederick Albert Woodworth (August 8, 1895 - April 16, 1916) was the fifth child of eleven, born to parents Elizabeth and Benjamin Woodworth in the town of Banff. Fred Woodworth worked as an electrician in the mines at Bankhead prior to joining the war effort in February 1915. Fred was shot by enemy fire on April 16, 1916 and is now buried in Ypres, Belgium. Fred has a second memorial located in the Woodworth family section of the Banff Town Cemetery.
Scope & Content
File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwritten; postcards sent to Benjamin Sr., Maud and Ethel Woodworth, between 1906 and ca. 1915; a copy of the newsletter "Trench Echo" from the 27th Battalion in Winnipeg from 1915; a dinner banquet menu/programme for the 56th Overseas Battalion dated 1916; a news clipping announcing the marriage of Ted and Minnie Davidson, ca. 1915; two pages of a June 7, 1888 publication of the "National Park Life" newspaper; an invitation to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Ladies Auxiliay Annual Ball 1914; and a news clipping of a memorial article for Frederick Woodworth who was killed in action during World War I.
Notes
One page of a two-page handwritten poem is signed "E M W" [likely "Ella Maud Woodworth"].
Name Access
Brett, Reginald H. (Harry)
Tuthill, J. A.
Woodworth, Benjamin Frederick
Brett, Robert G.
Woodworth, Fred
Woodworth, Maude
Subject Access
Sports
Winter sports
Hockey
Community events
Hotels
Travel
Family and personal life
Cascade Lodge No. 5
Military
World War I
National parks and reserves
Canadian Pacific Railway
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Calgary
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Language
English
Conservation
Fragile newspaper and loose pages encased in mylar or acid free paper for protection, use caution when handling
Category
Family and personal life
Military
Biographical Source Notes
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12326261/frederick-albert-woodworth
https://albertaonrecord.ca/woodworth-family-fonds
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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America's wonderlands : a pictorial and descriptive history of our country's scenic marvels as delineated by pen and camera

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3565
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1893
Author
Buel, J. W
Publisher
Philadelphia : Historical Publishing
Call Number
02.3 B86 oversize
Author
Buel, J. W
Publisher
Philadelphia : Historical Publishing
Published Date
1893
Physical Description
503p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
18500
Call Number
02.3 B86 oversize
Collection
Archives Library
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Zigzag journeys in the great Northwest : or a trip to the American Switzerland

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1890
Author
Butterworth, Hezekiah
Publisher
Boston : Estes and Lauriat
Call Number
02.3 B97
Author
Butterworth, Hezekiah
Publisher
Boston : Estes and Lauriat
Published Date
1890
Physical Description
319p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Juvenile literature
Notes
Also available on microfiche
Accession Number
400
Call Number
02.3 B97
Collection
Archives Library
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The great war of 189- : a forecast

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5113
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1893
Author
Colomb, P
Publisher
London : William Heinemann
Call Number
08 C71
Author
Colomb, P
Responsibility
by Rear-Admiral P. Colomb (and others)...
illustrations...by F. Villiers
Publisher
London : William Heinemann
Published Date
1893
Physical Description
x, 308p. : ill., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
400
Call Number
08 C71
Collection
Archives Library
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A social departure : how Orthodocia and I went round the world by ourselves

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1891
Author
Duncan, Sara Jeannette
Publisher
New York : D. Appleton and Company
Call Number
02 D91s
Author
Duncan, Sara Jeannette
Responsibility
Sara Jeannette Duncan, with illustrations by F.H. Townsend
Publisher
New York : D. Appleton and Company
Published Date
1891
Physical Description
417p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Glacier House
Illecillewaet Glacier
Women
Notes
Partial contents: p.40-51 pertains to Victorian era tourism in Canadian Rocky Mountains around Banff, Lake Louise and Yoho areas
Accession Number
39000
Call Number
02 D91s
Collection
Archives Library
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Our western archipelago

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1895
Author
Field, Henry M
Publisher
New York : Charles Scribner
Call Number
02.3 F45
Author
Field, Henry M
Publisher
New York : Charles Scribner
Published Date
1895
Physical Description
ix, 250p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
21000
Call Number
02.3 F45
Collection
Archives Library
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Picturesque California : The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24928
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1894
Author
Muir, John (editor)
Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
Publisher
San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
Call Number
02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
Author
Muir, John (editor)
Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
Responsibility
John Muir (editor)
Ernest Ingersoll (author)
Eminent American Artists (photos, photogravures, wood engravings derived from paintings)
Publisher
San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
Published Date
1894
Physical Description
16 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
California Series No. 32, April 23, 1894
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Rocky Mountains
Art
Fraser, John Arthur
Notman, William & Son
Banff
Canmore
Kamloops
Vancouver
Victoria
Sir Donald, Mount
Bow River
Hot springs
Banff Springs Hotel
Emerald Lake
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
Asulkan Glacier
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Abstract
Pertains to the Canadian Rockies as authored by Ernest Ingersoll with introduction by John Muir including a variety of sketches of Sir Donald, Bow River, Canmore, the Great Glacier, hot springs, open pool, Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake, Bow Falls and Banff Springs Hotel, the Selkirks and Hermit Mountain, Cheops, Asulkan Glacier, Stanley Park, Victoria, Shushwap Mission at Kamloops, and the Canadian Pacific Docks at Vancouver.
Notes
Part XXVI - The Canadian Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll
Accession Number
7901
Call Number
02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24925
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1890
Author
J.R.
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Call Number
02.6 R11a PAM O.S
Author
J.R.
Responsibility
J.R. (author)
Frederic Remington (illustrator)
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Published Date
1890
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers, British
Mountaineers, Swiss
Sir Donald, Mount
Glacier House
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Abstract
Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
Notes
In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
Accession Number
7979
Call Number
02.6 R11a PAM O.S
Collection
Archives Library
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Book Prizes and Miscellaneous

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54152
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 4 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'New World Ballads' by John Murray Gibbons (1939) with a note to Nicholas Morant from the author inside; 1 copy of 'Tom Brown's School Days' (1894) with a certificate attached labelling the book as a prize for Mollie Wylde (Morant) dated 'Xmas …
Date Range
1894
1896
1921
1923
1931
1939
Reference Code
M300 / III / D / 5 / 26 to 29
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
M300
Sub-Series
M300 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
Accession Number
7784
Reference Code
M300 / III / D / 5 / 26 to 29
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Responsibility
John Murray Gibbons , Mollie Morant , R.C. MacBeth , Stephen Coleridge
Date Range
1894
1896
1921
1923
1931
1939
Physical Description
4 Textual Records: books
Scope & Content
File consists of 4 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'New World Ballads' by John Murray Gibbons (1939) with a note to Nicholas Morant from the author inside; 1 copy of 'Tom Brown's School Days' (1894) with a certificate attached labelling the book as a prize for Mollie Wylde (Morant) dated 'Xmas 1896'; 1 copy of 'The Romance of the Canadian Pacific Railway' by R.C. MacBeth (1931) signed by author and annotated by Nicholas Morant; 1 copy of 'Letters to My Grandson' by Stephen Coleridge (1921) with writing prize certificate for Nicholas Morant from the Victoria University Boys' School, dated 1923.
Storage Range
In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 26 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 29
Material Details
Nicholas Morant
Name Access
Morant, Mollie
Subject Access
Publication
Poetry
Victoria University Boys School
Canadian Pacific Railway
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Access Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Reproduction Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Language
English
Conservation
Items in this file with risky materials attached to surface, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free barrier to protect adjacent items.
Creator
John Murray Gibbons , R.C. MacBeth , Stephen Coleridge
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Letter from CPR (1895) re: Death of Burton Wheatley

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last pa…
Date Range
1895
Reference Code
M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Corporate record
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
M300
Sub-Series
M300 / III / D: Personal and Family Records : Collected Material
Accession Number
182
Reference Code
M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Corporate record
Responsibility
Canadian Pacific Railway
Date Range
1895
Physical Description
1 Textual Record (3 pages): tissue paper; non-annotated
History / Biographical
Burton Wheatley was an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway company, who died during a railway accident in 1894 which occurred at Field Hill, B.C. The Wheatley family were related to Ivy "Willie" Morant (1910-1986), wife of photographer Nicholas Morant.
Scope & Content
Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last page of the document to write the date and witness signatures have not been filled in (likely a copy of a completed form).
Notes
Item was previously numbered as M27/3/O.S./"H" and is entered into database twice; more recently updated as item in Nicholas Morant fonds
Name Access
Wheatley, Burton
Subject Access
Wheatley family
Wheatley, Burton
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Engineer
Death
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Reproduction Restrictions
Reference use only; no reproduction
Language
English
Conservation
Must be stored flat in mylar sheets
Creator
Nicholas Morant
Biographical Source Notes
http://www.archivesalberta.org/findingaids/whyte/Morant/M300-III%20inv.pdf
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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The western avernus : or toil and travel in further North America

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1896
Author
Roberts, Morley
Publisher
London : Archibald Constable
Edition
new ed
Call Number
02.3 R54 1896
Author
Roberts, Morley
Responsibility
illustrated by A. D. McCormick and from photographs
Edition
new ed
Publisher
London : Archibald Constable
Published Date
1896
Physical Description
277p. : ill., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
400
Call Number
02.3 R54 1896
Collection
Archives Library
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By track and trail : a journey through Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3706
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1891
Author
Roper, Edward
Publisher
London : W.H. Allen
Call Number
02.4 R68
Author
Roper, Edward
Publisher
London : W.H. Allen
Published Date
1891
Physical Description
xiv, 455p. : ill., ports, maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
400
Call Number
02.4 R68
Collection
Archives Library
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De Quebec a Victoria

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1893
Author
Routhier, A. B
Publisher
Quebec : Charles Verge
Call Number
02.4 R76
Author
Routhier, A. B
Publisher
Quebec : Charles Verge
Published Date
1893
Physical Description
392p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
19500
Call Number
02.4 R76
Collection
Archives Library
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On the cars and off : being the journal of a pilgrimage along the Queen's highway to the East...

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3711
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1895
Author
Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton
Publisher
London : Ward, Lock & Bowden
Call Number
02.4 Sl1
Author
Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton
Publisher
London : Ward, Lock & Bowden
Published Date
1895
Physical Description
xviii, 477p. : ill., maps, ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
400
17500
Call Number
02.4 Sl1
Collection
Archives Library
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A Yorkshireman's trip to the United States and Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3606
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1892
Author
Smith, William
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green
Call Number
02.3 Sm6
Author
Smith, William
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green
Published Date
1892
Physical Description
x, 317p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Accession Number
28500
Call Number
02.3 Sm6
Collection
Archives Library
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Part Of
Jon Whelan fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertainin…
Date Range
[1880-2022]
Reference Code
M595 / V818
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Newspaper clipping
Published record
Scrapbook
Album
Part Of
Jon Whelan fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M595
V818
Sous-Fonds
M595
V818
Accession Number
2022.39
Reference Code
M595 / V818
GMD
Textual record
Photograph
Print
Newspaper clipping
Published record
Scrapbook
Album
Date Range
[1880-2022]
Physical Description
3 bankers boxes
History / Biographical
Jon Whelan (1952-2022) was a researcher, historian, and collector based in Banff, Alberta. Jon had a special interest in topics related to Banff National Park and Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Jon conducted independent research, as well as research for various authors and historians, from the 1980s onwards. Jon was also an active participant in municipal politics in Banff. "For most of Jon’s life, he was engaged in community affairs and fearless in voicing an opinion. He was successful in raising public awareness and his tenacity achieved a personal goal, which was to initiate the use of video for regular Town of Banff council meetings. He dedicated himself to the concerns of Banff residents." -Barry Kelly, Rocky Mountain Outlook, July 30, 2022
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertaining to Canadian Pacific, Banff, travel and tourism within Canada, and related subjects.
Name Access
Whelan, Jon
Subject Access
Research
Chateau Lake Louise
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Tourism
Travel
Recreation
Publication
Newspaper
History
Community events
Reproduction Restrictions
restrictions may apply
Language
English
Category
Exploration and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Tourism
Transportation
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Unprocessed
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