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[untitled - corner of Caribou Street and Banff Avenue with Mount Royal Hotel and Mount Rundle Banff, Alberta, Canada]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19587
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Call Number
- V86/PG-1
1 image
- Responsibility
- Kodach & Rome Card
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 1195
- Call Number
- V86/PG-1
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1964
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Call Number
- V375/PG-8
1 image
- Variant Title
- Canadian Indian Child
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Responsibility
- Evergreen Press Limited
- Place
- Made in Canada
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1964
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 17000
- Call Number
- V375/PG-8
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Call Number
- V375/PG-10
1 image
- Variant Title
- Canadian Indian Child
- Author
- Oxborough, Dorothy
- Responsibility
- Evergreen Press Limited
- Place
- Made in Canada
- Publisher
- Double L Color Productions Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 17000
- Call Number
- V375/PG-10
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1961
- Author
- McDowall, Jack
- Publisher
- Pacific Colour Service Limited
- Call Number
- V616/PG-5
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- Variant Title
- Summer Snow at Lake Louise, Alberta
- Author
- McDowall, Jack
- Responsibility
- The Keystone Press Ltd.
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada
- Publisher
- Pacific Colour Service Limited
- Published Date
- ca. 1961
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 3364
- Call Number
- V616/PG-5
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Publisher
- Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd.
- Call Number
- V648-PG-5
1 image
- Variant Title
- Cascade Hotel
- Place
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1968
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- (duplicate copy)
- Notes
- colour
- Accession Number
- 4095
- Call Number
- V648-PG-5
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1983
- Publisher
- Rick/Simon
- Call Number
- V690/PG-1
1 image
- Variant Title
- Brandy Fetching, King Creek, Alberta
- Place
- Edmonton, Canada
- Publisher
- Rick/Simon
- Published Date
- ca. 1983
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- Features dog by creek
- Notes
- Annotated
- b&w
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 3754
- Call Number
- V690/PG-1
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-2
1 image
- Variant Title
- Banff Chair Lift on Mt. Norquay [Mount Norquay]
- Responsibility
- Scenic Art
- Place
- Banff, Canada Richmond, California Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- Features Mount Rundle and the Bow Valley in background
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- scenes in natural Colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 6394
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-2
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-7
1 image
- Variant Title
- Lake Louise - Mount Lefroy and Victoria Glacier - showing the Iceland Poppies which grow in abundance at this famed resort
- Responsibility
- Scenic Art
- Place
- Banff, Canada Berkeley, Calif. Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- Byron Harmon Photos
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- scenes in natural Colour
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 4015
- Call Number
- V466/PG-B99h-7
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co.
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-27
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- Variant Title
- Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co.
- Published Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- kodachrome
- Includes postage stamp
- Accession Number
- 6394
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-27
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- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1963
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-28
1 image
- Variant Title
- Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise and the Swimming Pool
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada Printed in U.S.A.
- Publisher
- The Coast Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Published Date
- ca. 1963
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Notes
- Annotated
- colour
- Accession Number
- 6394
- Call Number
- V466/PG-C63-28
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Unsung : a history of women in American music
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19783
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Ammer, Christine
- Publisher
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
- Call Number
- 08 Am6u
- Author
- Ammer, Christine
- Responsibility
- Christine Ammer
- Publisher
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- x, 317 pages ; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Music
- Women
- Mills, Ike
- History
- Abstract
- Pertains to Alma (LaPalme) Mills who performed as a cellist as part of the Musical Art Quartet in 1920 and was a pupil of Charlotte White. Alma LaPalme was married to Ike Mills and they resided in Banff (Chapter 3, page 60)
- Contents
- The First Flowering--At the Organ -- The "Lady Violinists" and Other String Players -- Seated at the Keyboard -- The First "Lady Composers" -- Apartheid--The All-Women's Orchestras -- American Composers in European Idioms -- Grass Roots--Composers in American Idioms -- Opera Composers and Conductors -- Contemporary and Postmodern Idioms--After 1950 -- Electronic Music, Mixed Media, Film, Performance Art -- Today's Orchestras, Conductors, and Instrumentalists -- Teaching Music -- Angels and Advocates -- Women Musicians in Thirteen Major U.S. Orchestras.
- ISBN
- 978-1-48357-699-2
- Accession Number
- p2019-03
- Call Number
- 08 Am6u
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Responsibility
- planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
- Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
- editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
- illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- x, 430p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Manuals
- Equipment
- Camping
- Travel
- Rock climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- First aid
- Geology
- Abstract
- Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One - Approaching the Peaks
- Equipment
- Camping and Sleeping
- Alpine Cuisine
- Wilderness Travel
- Navigation in the Hills
- Part Two - Rock Climbing
- Routefinding on Rock
- Balance
- Counterforce
- Roped Climbing
- Belaying
- Pitoncraft and Rappels
- Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Glaciers
- Arrests and Belays
- Part Four - Safe Climbing
- The Climbing Party and its Leadership
- Climbing Dangers
- First Aid
- Alpine Rescue
- Part Five - The Climbing Environment
- Mountain Geology
- The Cycle of Snow
- Mountain Weather
- Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
- ISBN
- 0916890015
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
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Banff : park of all seasons
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19832
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Downs, Art (ed.)
- Publisher
- Surrey (B.C.) : Heritage House
- Call Number
- 13.113 B22d Pam c.3
- Author
- Downs, Art (ed.)
- Responsibility
- Art Downs
- Publisher
- Surrey (B.C.) : Heritage House
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 62p. : ill., ports
- Series
- Frontier series, 10
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Geddes, Malcolm Daniel
- Frank Lloyd Wright Pavilion
- Johnston's Canyon
- Paley
- Skoki
- Elk
- Tourism
- Birds
- History
- Feuz Ernest
- Contents
- hot water from the mountain side
- Banff today
- Wapiti
- Bighorn at Banff
- Gray Jay - friendly symbol of the wilderness
- Notes
- "Fred A. Feuz Salmon Arm" with phone number written on front cover in black ink
- ISBN
- 0-919214-10-X
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 13.113 B22d Pam c.3
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The history of the Calgary Mountain Club: Its members and thier activities 1960 - 1986
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19857
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Chic Scott
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sco3h
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- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Responsibility
- Chic Scott
- Publisher
- Chic Scott
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 384 pg
- Subjects
- Scott, Charles (Chic)
- Calgary
- Banff
- Newspapers
- Clubs
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of the Calgary Mountain Club. Through the use of photographs, written history and newspaper clippings, author Chic Scott works to tell the story of the Calgary Mountain Club. Scott used newspaper clippings extensively, many from local sources such as the Banff Crag and Canyon, the Calgary Herald, the University of Calgary Gazette and the Alberta Report, to tell the story of the Calgary Mountain Club.
- Accession Number
- 2019.57
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sco3h
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The first URL is linked to the official website of the Calgary Mountain Club, while the second URL is linked to the official website of the author, Chic Scott.
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Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National parks: where rivers are born
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19860
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1965
- Author
- Baird, David M.
- Publisher
- Ottawa, Geological survey of Canada, Dept. of mines and technical surveys
- Call Number
- 13.115 B11g Pam
- Author
- Baird, David M.
- Responsibility
- David M. Baird
- Publisher
- Ottawa, Geological survey of Canada, Dept. of mines and technical surveys
- Published Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- v, 104 pages illustrations, maps (1 folded color). 18 cm.
- Subjects
- Geology
- Geology - British Columbia
- Mount Revelstoke National Park
- Glacier National Park
- British Columbia
- Banff National Park
- Abstract
- Pertains to the geology of Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National parks. While providing an overview of the geology, the author also provides the reader with specific details making the experience well rounded. The content pertains to the Rocky Mountains and makes specific mention to Banff and Banff National park
- Contents
- Introduction
- Divides
- Boundaries of the parks
- Origin of the mountains
- The rocks
- The sculpturing of the mountains
- Regional differences in the mountains
- Shapes of mountains
- Roadlog and points of interest along the Trans-Canada Highway
- Epilogue
- Index
- Notes
- The page numbers for the following locations listed in the abstract are as follows; Banff (37), Banff National Park (vi, 4, 19, 37 and 40)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.115 B11g Pam
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Canada's quiet place
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19862
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1964
- Author
- Canada National and Historic Parks Branch
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : [Queen's Printer]
- Call Number
- 13.117 B72c Pam
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : [Queen's Printer]
- Published Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 9 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, map
- Abstract
- Pertains to a guidebook aimed at preserving Canadas National Parks. Includes tips to reduce harm to wildlife, the environment and others, while encouraging visitors to enjoy the beauty of the National Parks.
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.117 B72c Pam
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The story of the mountains : Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19863
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Belyea, Helen R.
- Publisher
- Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
- Call Number
- 13.115 B41s Pam
- Variant Title
- The story of the mountains in Banff National park
- Author
- Belyea, Helen R.
- Responsibility
- Helen R. Belyea
- Publisher
- Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 42 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of Banff National Park. The author, Helen R. Belyea, provides a comprehensive description and glossary pertaining to the type of rocks that makes up the mountains in Banff National Park. Additionally, she highlights specific areas of geological interest such as, but not limited to the following: Hoodoos viewpoint, Sulphur Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Norquay and the Hot Springs. Due to the nature of the publication, that being a Geological Survey of Canada, the author includes an excerpt on rock formation for each area marked as one of geological interest.
- Contents
- The rocks (pg. 4)
- The building of the mountains (pg. 12)
- Mountain sculpture (pg.13)
- Drainage patterns (pg. 17)
- Glossary of terms (pg. 18)
- References (pg. 23)
- Local points of geological interest (pg. 24)
- Photographs (pg. 43)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.115 B41s Pam
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Canada's mountain national parks : Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, Waterton Lakes, Yoho
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19864
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Scharff, Robert
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Evergreen Press Limited
- Toronto : Musson Book Company
- Call Number
- 13.113 Sch1c Pam
- Author
- Scharff, Robert
- Responsibility
- by Robert Scharff, in association with the Natural and Historic Resources Branch, Dept. of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Evergreen Press Limited
- Toronto : Musson Book Company
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- vii, 184 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- National parks
- Banff National Park
- Guide
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Mount Revelstoke National Park
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Abstract
- Pertains to a guide on Canada’s National Parks. This comprehensive guide offers readers a brief history of each Mountain National Park, as well as other useful information pertaining to risk reduction, camping, environmental preservation, wildlife preservation and sightseeing. Additionally, Robert Scharff includes information regarding activities that may be of interest to visitors such as cycling, canoeing, climbing, hiking, trail riding and more. Refers to Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, Waterton Lakes and Yoho National Parks.
- Contents
- Chapter one - introduction to the mountain national parks (pg. 1)
- Chapter two - sightseeing in the parks (pg. 34)
- Chapter three - seeing the wilderness areas of the park (pg. 87)
- Chapter four - plant life in the parks (pg. 110)
- Chapter five - wildlife and birds in the parks (pg. 119)
- Chapter six - fishing in the parks (pg. 142)
- Chapter seven - winter in the parks (pg. 149)
- Chapter eight - accomodations and service in the parks (pg. 158)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 Sch1c Pam
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Crossing the pass : new poems from Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19867
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1986
- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Publisher
- Gordon Burles
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92c Pam
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- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Responsibility
- Gordon Burles
- Publisher
- Gordon Burles
- Published Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 55 pages
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Art
- Banff National Park
- Abstract
- Pertains to the works of Gordon Burles, a poet of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The poet includes works exclusively from the Banff area and covers topics pertaining to nature, places and people.
- Notes
- Annotated – the author has signed the inside front page with the following, “Best wishes Liz and Ron, from Gordon Burles”
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92c Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL is linked to Gordon Burles archival fonds held at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
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The old cabin : poems from Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19869
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1984
- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta. : G. Burles
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92o Pam
1 website
- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Responsibility
- Gordon Burles
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta. : G. Burles
- Published Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 50 pages ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Canadian Rockies
- Banff
- Abstract
- Pertains to the works of Gordon Burles, a poet of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The poet’ includes works exclusively from the Banff area and covers topics pertaining to nature, places and people.
- Notes
- Annotated – the author has signed the front page with the following, “Best wishes, Liz and Ron, from Gordon Burles”
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92o 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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