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The canoe in Western Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11033
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1931
- Author
- Ebbut, Frank
- Call Number
- 08.5 Eb1 Pam
- Author
- Ebbut, Frank
- Published Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- p.287-292 : ill
- Subjects
- Kootenay Indians
- Notes
- From Canadian Geographical Journal, vol.III, no.4
- Call Number
- 08.5 Eb1 Pam
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Mountains of the morning
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11740
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1938
- Publisher
- Scotland : Moray Press
- Call Number
- 02.4 St8m
- Responsibility
- by "Stravaiger"
- Publisher
- Scotland : Moray Press
- Published Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 268 p
- Subjects
- Ethnic groups
- Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
- Notes
- Partial contents include biography of worker on railway survey line to Tete Jaune
- Accession Number
- 34000 06-09-2001
- Call Number
- 02.4 St8m
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The game act, 1934 : being Chapter 27 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1932, and amendments
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11833
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1934
- Author
- Alberta. Laws, statutes, etc.
- Publisher
- Edmonton : King's Printer
- Call Number
- 04.2 Al1 1934 Pam
- Responsibility
- W.H. Wallace, Fish and Game Commissioner
- Publisher
- Edmonton : King's Printer
- Published Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 85p
- Accession Number
- 1110
- Call Number
- 04.2 Al1 1934 Pam
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The game act, 1938 : being Chapter 27 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1932, and amendments
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11834
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1938
- Author
- Alberta. Laws, statutes, etc.
- Publisher
- Edmonton : King's Printer
- Call Number
- 04.2 Al1 1938 Pam
- Responsibility
- W.H. Wallace, Fish and Game Commissioner
- Publisher
- Edmonton : King's Printer
- Published Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 85p
- Accession Number
- 1110
- Call Number
- 04.2 Al1 1938 Pam
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The Dominion illustrated : a Canadian pictorial weekly
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11900
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1888-1891
- Publisher
- Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]
- Call Number
- P Newspaper oversize
- Publisher
- Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]
- Published Date
- 1888-1891
- Physical Description
- 7 v. : ill., ports
- Notes
- v. 1-7, no. 182; July 7, 1888-Dec. 26, 1891
- Call Number
- P Newspaper oversize
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Catalogue of pamphlets in the Public Archives of Canada, 1878-1931
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11914
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1932
- Author
- Canada. Public Archives
- Publisher
- Ottawa : King's Printer
- Call Number
- R 00.5 C16pa
- Author
- Canada. Public Archives
- Responsibility
- Prepared by Magdalen Casey, Librarian
- Publisher
- Ottawa : King's Printer
- Published Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 v
- Subjects
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
- Library has vol.II
- Accession Number
- 296
- Call Number
- R 00.5 C16pa
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The spirit of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12133
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1938
- Author
- Smythe, Francis Sydney
- Publisher
- London : Hodder & Stoughton
- Call Number
- 01 Sm9sp
- Author
- Smythe, Francis Sydney
- Responsibility
- by F.S. Smythe
- Publisher
- London : Hodder & Stoughton
- Published Date
- 1938
- Subjects
- Biography
- Mountaineers, British
- Accession Number
- 7277
- Call Number
- 01 Sm9sp
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West by east and other poems by J.E.H. MacDonald
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12239
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1933
- Author
- MacDonald, J.E.H
- Publisher
- Toronto : Ryerson Press
- Call Number
- 05.1 M14w
- Author
- MacDonald, J.E.H
- Responsibility
- by J.E.H. MacDonald
- with drawings by Thoreau MacDonald
- Publisher
- Toronto : Ryerson Press
- Published Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 37p. : ill
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Call Number
- 05.1 M14w
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An introduction to bird study in British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12240
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1931
- Author
- Munro, J. A
- Publisher
- Victoria : King's Printer; Department of Education
- Call Number
- 04.2 M92i
- Author
- Munro, J. A
- Publisher
- Victoria : King's Printer; Department of Education
- Published Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 99p. : ill
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Call Number
- 04.2 M92i
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Birds of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12242
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1934
- Author
- Taverner, P. A. (Percy Algernon)
- Publisher
- Ottawa : King's Printer
- Call Number
- 04.2 T19bi
- Responsibility
- [illustrated by Allan Brooks and F.C. Hennessey]
- published by Canada Department of Mines and National Museum of Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : King's Printer
- Published Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 445p. : ill., maps
- Series
- Bulletin no. 72; Biological series no. 19
- Notes
- Map of Canada on endpapers
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Call Number
- 04.2 T19bi
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Animals of the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12249
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1936
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Publisher
- London : Lovat Dickson
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13a UK edition
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Responsibility
- frontispiece by Carl Rungius
- Publisher
- London : Lovat Dickson
- Published Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- x, 302p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mammals
- Accession Number
- 6892
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13a UK edition
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Animals of the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12250
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1936, reprint 1950
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Publisher
- Toronto : Macmillan
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13a 1950
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Responsibility
- frontispiece by Carl Rungius
- Publisher
- Toronto : Macmillan
- Published Date
- 1936, reprint 1950
- Physical Description
- x, 302p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mammals
- Accession Number
- 6892
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13a 1950
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John L. Stoddard; traveller, lecturer, litterateur
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25074
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1935
- Author
- Crane Taylor, D.
- Publisher
- New York, P.J. Kenedy & Sons
- Call Number
- 02 C85j
- Author
- Crane Taylor, D.
- Publisher
- New York, P.J. Kenedy & Sons
- Published Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 325 pages illustrations
- Abstract
- Biography of author John Lawson Stoddard
- Contents
- Preface
- Foundations
- The Troubled Waters
- A Traveller Sets Out
- Before the Public
- The Published Lectures
- Retirement
- Preferences and Prejudices
- Into Thy Vineyard
- Late Harvest
- Index
- Accession Number
- 2020.20
- Call Number
- 02 C85j
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Thrushes, Thrashers, and Swallows*
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25086
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1936
- Author
- Pearson, Gilbert T.
- Publisher
- National Geographic
- Call Number
- 04.2 P31t
- Variant Title
- *Robins and Bluebirds are familiar members of a famous musical family which includes the Hermit Thrush and European Nightingales
- Author
- Pearson, Gilbert T.
- Responsibility
- Gilbert T. Pearson
- Publisher
- National Geographic
- Published Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 13 pages ; illus.
- Abstract
- Pertains to the family Mimidae
- Contents
- Game Wardens find out who killed the cock robin Colonists found a “Blue Robin” Three wives in a single season Cousins of the Nightingale Woodlands ring with flutelike music The Mockingbird is a world-famous vocalist Swallows of a feather flock together What’s in a name? Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) Olive-backed Thrush (Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni) Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) Hermit Thrush (Hylocichla guttata) Veery (Hylocichla fuscescens fuscescens) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis sialis) Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Bendire’s Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei) California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum redivivum) Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma dorsale dorsale) Leconte’s Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei lecontei) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Northern Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon albifrons albifrons) Barn Swallow (Hirundo erhthrogaster) Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina lepida) Tree Swallow (Iridoprocne bicolor) Bank Swallow (Riparia Riparia Riparia) American Pipit (Anthus spinoletta spinoletta) Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spraguei) Horned Lark (Otocoris alpestris)
- Notes
- Reprinted from National Geographic, Volume LXIX, No. 4, April 1936
- Paintings by Maj. Allan Brooks
- Accession Number
- 825
- Call Number
- 04.2 P31t
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The Hannes Schneider Ski Technique
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25091
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1938
- Author
- Rybizka, Benno
- Publisher
- New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Call Number
- 01.5 R95t
- Author
- Rybizka, Benno
- Responsibility
- Benno Rybizka
- Publisher
- New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Published Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- xvi, 109 pages : illustrations, plates, 2 portraits
- Abstract
- Pertains to the ski technique developed by Hannes Schneider as explained by his former assistant Benno Rybizka - includes photographs
- Contents
- Foreward by Hannes Schneider Introduction Equipment Learn to Walk and Climb Downhill Running The First Two Fundamental Exercises The Third Fundamental Exercise Speed Turns Jump Turns and Terrain Jumps Skiing and the Hannes Schneider Technique
- Notes
- Inscribed “ Elizabeth Rummel - Howard Carlson, Assiniboine, March 1940”
- Benno Rybizka - former assistant to Hannes Schneider at St. Anton am Arlberg in the Austrian Tyrol
- Accession Number
- TBD
- Call Number
- 01.5 R95t
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The history of the North-West rebellion of 1885 ... including a history of the Indian tribes of North-Western Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25171
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1885
- Author
- Mulvaney, Charles Pelham
- Publisher
- Toronto : A.H. Hovey
- Call Number
- 08.2 M91 1885
- Author
- Mulvaney, Charles Pelham
- Publisher
- Toronto : A.H. Hovey
- Published Date
- 1885
- Physical Description
- 424p. : ill., maps, ports
- Subjects
- Riel rebellions
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Contents
- Includes list of 56 illustrations
- Full title: [Warning - contains outdated and inappropriate language] The history of the North-west Rebellion of 1884 comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the war, of the various engagements with the Indians and Half breeds, of the heroic deeds performed by officers and men, and of touching scenes in the field, the camp and the cabin; including a history of the indian tribes of North-Western Canada, their numbers, modes of living, habits, customs, religious rites and ceremonies, with thrilling narratives of captures, imprisonment, massacres, and hair-breadth escapes of white settlers, etc.
- Accession Number
- 492
- Call Number
- 08.2 M91 1885
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The pathfinder [film]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25526
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- [1932?]
- Publisher
- Associated Screen News Limited
- Call Number
- 08.3 W69 NF
- Responsibility
- B.E. Norrish [producer]
- Photographer: Alfred Jacquemin
- described by B.K. Sandwell
- narrated by Corey Thomson
- Publisher
- Associated Screen News Limited
- Published Date
- [1932?]
- Physical Description
- 1 16mm film reel
- Subjects
- Wilson, Tom
- Abstract
- Biography about Tom Wilson. Storyline includes reenactments of unidentified Indigenous men who showed him where the locations of Lake Louise and Emerald Lake were. Also includes the real Tom Wilson, Pat Brewster, ca. 1932.
- Notes
- 16mm film copied to digital file May 27, 2021: mp4; .mov and .mxf. Former 08.3 W69 V DVD copy was from a VHS copy.
- Call Number
- 08.3 W69 NF
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The rise of American civilization : Volume One
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25559
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1930
- Author
- Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
- Publisher
- New York : The MacMillan Company
- Call Number
- 08 B38t
- Responsibility
- Decorations by Wilfred Jones
- Publisher
- New York : The MacMillan Company
- Published Date
- 1930
- Subjects
- American
- American Civil War
- History
- Colonialism
- War
- Politics
- Contents
- I. England's Colonial Secret ; II. Laying the Structural Base of the Thirteen Colonies ; III. The Growth of Economic and Poltical Power ; IV. Provincial America ; V. The Clash of Metropolis and Colony ; VI. Independence and Civil Conflict ; VII. Populism and Reaction ; VIII. The Rise of National Parties ; IX. Agricultural Imperialism and the Balance of Power ; X. The The Young Republic ; XI. New Agricultural States ; XII. Jacksonian Democracy -- A Triumphant Farmer-Labor Party ; XIII. Westward to the Pacific ; XIV. The Sweep of Economic Forces ; XV. The Politics of the Economic Drift ; XVI. Democracy: Romantic and Realistic
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 08 B38t
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Contemporary japan : a review of Japanese affairs, March 1934, Vol. II, No. 4
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25565
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1934
- Publisher
- Tokyo : The Foreign Affairs Association of Japan
- Call Number
- 08 F76g
- Responsibility
- The Foreign Affairs Association of Japan
- Publisher
- Tokyo : The Foreign Affairs Association of Japan
- Published Date
- 1934
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Contemporary Japan: A Review of Japanese Affairs includes various contributors writing about a variety of topics focused on Japan. This quarterly review was published by the Foreign Affairs Association of Japan.
- Contents
- The Open Door in China and Manchuria / Sakutaro Tachi ; Anglo-Japanese Relations / M. D. Kennedy ; Japan and Soviet Russia / Katsuji Fusé ; The New Delhi Conference / Tanzan Ishibashi ; The Real Hirota / Taketora Ogata ; The Japanese Spirit / Masaatsu Yasuoka ; Seventy Years with the Chisel (illustrated) / Koun Takamura ; War Clouds in the Far East / Hatsutaro Haraguchi ; Dissolve the Political Parties / Yosuké Matsuoka ; Sen Katayama / H. vere Redman ; Whither the Japanese Peasantry? / Akira Kazami ; Outdoor Sports in Japan / G. Caiger ; Konjaku Monogatari -- Another Heian Masterpiece / Masajiro Kojima
- Notes
- From Catharine Robb Whyte Estate. Contains image that has been tipped-in.
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 08 F76g
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The romance of mountaineering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26157
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1935
- Author
- Irving, R. L. G.
- Publisher
- London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Call Number
- 01 Ir8t
- Author
- Irving, R. L. G.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 320 pages ; 40 ill.
- Contents
- PART ONE: BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS -- Introductory and personal -- Lux in tenebris -- The winning of Mont Blanc -- The growth of understanding -- The great peaks are won -- PART TWO: SIGNS OF MATURITY -- The extension of the playground -- The old leading-strings are dropped -- Mechanization and the cult of danger -- The highest mountains in the world -- Nationality in mountaineering -- PART THREE: PERPETUAL YOUTH -- Methods of approach -- Mountaineering out of season -- Solidary mountaineering -- Solvitur in excelsis.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01 Ir8t
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