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Alberta miners : a tribute

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1993

Author: Chrismas, Lawrence

Publisher: Calgary : Cambria

Call Number: 03.6 C46 oversize c.1; 03.6 C46 oversize c.2

Author: Chrismas, Lawrence

Responsibility: photography and text by Lawrence Chrismas; foreword by Thomas H. Patching; produced in collaboration with the Alberta Chamber of Resources

Publisher: Calgary : Cambria

Published Date: 1993

Physical Description: 224p. : ports., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Coal and coal mines; Photography; Portraits

Notes: Bibliography and index

ISBN: 0-9697023-0-2

Accession Number: 26000; copy 2 from unknown source (possibly Museum Shop?) in 2006/07

Call Number: 03.6 C46 oversize c.1; 03.6 C46 oversize c.2

Collection: Archives Library

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At rest in the peaks : a guided walk through the old Banff Cemetery

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1994

Author: Deziel-Letnick, Helene

Publisher: Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Friends of Banff National Park

Call Number: 08.3 B22d c.1; 08.3 B22d c.2

Author: Deziel-Letnick, Helene

Responsibility: text: Helene Deziel-Letnick, E.J. Hart; design assistance: Kerstin Quintin

Publisher: Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Friends of Banff National Park

Published Date: 1994

Physical Description: 40p. : ill., ports., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff (residents); Biography

Notes: Bibliography

ISBN: 0920608-42-6

Accession Number: 6794

Call Number: 08.3 B22d c.1; 08.3 B22d c.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Jasper reflections

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1996

Publisher: Jasper : Jasper Community History

Call Number: 08.3 J31jr

Responsibility: Edith Gourley, Chairman

Publisher: Jasper : Jasper Community History

Published Date: 1996

Physical Description: ix, 477p. : ill., ports., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography

Notes: Index

ISBN: 1-55056-213-4

Accession Number: 29000

Call Number: 08.3 J31jr

Collection: Archives Library

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Pioneer families of Southern Alberta

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1993

Publisher: [Alberta] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants

Edition: 1st ed

Call Number: R 08.2 Al1pi

Edition: 1st ed

Publisher: [Alberta] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants

Published Date: 1993

Physical Description: 257p. : ill., ports

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography

Accession Number: 6716

Call Number: R 08.2 Al1pi

Collection: Archives Library

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Who's who at the University of Alberta, 1919-1939

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1993

Author: University of Alberta. Archives

Call Number: R 08.2 Al1un

Author: University of Alberta. Archives

Published Date: 1993

Physical Description: 163, xviiip

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Cameron, Donald; Corbett, Edward Annand

Accession Number: 6526

Call Number: R 08.2 Al1un

Collection: Archives Library

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Senator Jean Le´on Co^te´ : pioneer land surveyor and early legislator : a personal biography

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1992

Author: Co^te´, Jean G.

Publisher: [Edmonton] : J. G. Co^te´

Call Number: 08.1 C63s

Author: Co^te´, Jean G.

Responsibility: Jean G Co^te´

Publisher: [Edmonton] : J. G. Co^te´

Published Date: 1992

Physical Description: 32, 32 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., plan, port. ; 23 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Alberta; Surveyors

Abstract: Pertains to the story and ways in which Jean G. Co^te´, an early land surveyor, legislator and pioneer, helped shaped Alberta’s early identity. Some of the topics discussed in the book are as follows, family, politics, early surveying and Cote’s contribution to Alberta’s Research Council. As a legislator, Cote was influential in the development of Alberta’s Tar Sands. Additionally, the foreword has been written by E.J. Hart, the previous director of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, thus drawing a connection to the Canadian Rocky Mountains but more specifically, Banff.

Contents: Introduction (pg. 1); Ancestry and Youth (pg. 1); First trip west in 1886 (pg. 2); Ottawa College (pg. 3); Alaska-Canada Boundary Survey 1893-1895 (pg. 4); Dawson City, Yukon 1899. Partnerhip with Cautley Brothers (pg. 6); Edmonton, N.W.T. 1903-4 (pg. 9); Surveys aroudn Edmonton - E.Y. & P.RY (pg. 10); Marriage in Quebec City to Cecile Gagnon, 1907 (pg. 11); New survey partnerships (pg. 13); Politics, 1909 (pg. 14); Early recollections (pg. 15); Prairie suveys (pg. 17); Cabinet Minister 1918-1921 (pg. 18); Development of Tar Sands and other natural resources (pg. 19); Alberta Research Council (pg. 20); Post-War Election 1921 (pg. 21); Surveying 1921-1923 (pg. 22); Appointment to the Senate (pg. 23); Last summer in the Laurentians (pg. 24); Postscript (pg. 26); Jean Leon Cotes Descendants (pg. 28); Acknowledgements (pg. 30); Bibliography (pg. 31)

Notes: Text is in both English and French; Annotated by author - Inside cover reads: "To EJ. "Ted" Hart. With many thanks for your superb forword to this book. Jean G. Cote"

ISBN: 1895850010

Accession Number: 2019.64

Call Number: 08.1 C63s

Collection: Archives Library

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Pioneer families of Southern Alberta

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1993

Author: Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants

Publisher: [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants

Edition: 1st ed

Call Number: 08.2 So8p

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Author: Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants

Responsibility: Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants

Edition: 1st ed

Publisher: [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants

Published Date: 1993

Physical Description: 257p. : ill., ports

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; History of Alberta; History; Pioneer life

Abstract: "A 'Pioneer,' for this account, is a person who was resident of that part of the Province of Alberta lying south of Township 40 on December 31, 1890 and a person who was resident in the three prairie provinces prior to December 31, 1890 who applied for and was admitted to membership in the Society [now Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants] between May 8, 1964 and October 25, 1967."--Introd.

Contents: Prologue - Pioneers Memories Treasured; Forward; Calgary Stampede; Introduction; Biography Index & Genealogical Information; Biographies; History; Past Presidents; Pioneer Photographs

Notes: Links to "A 2005 Centennial Addendum to the 1993 Publication" Call # 08.2 So8a

Accession Number: 2019.68

Call Number: 08.2 So8p

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants

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The road west

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1996

Author: Elkington, Peter W.

Publisher: Revelstroke, B.C. : Peter's Press

Call Number: 08.1 El5t

Author: Elkington, Peter W.

Responsibility: Peter W. Elkington

Publisher: Revelstroke, B.C. : Peter's Press

Published Date: 1996

Physical Description: vi, 172 p. : maps ; 19 cm.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Western Canada; Travel

Abstract: Pertains to the travelers and places Peter W. Elkington came across during his personal travels west. He captures an authentic humanity in each story, sharing hardships and hope. He writes of each traveler’s individual life, pain and successes. Elkington invites the reader to find ourselves in his stories, and reflect on the journeys we so often find ourselves on.

Contents: Preface (pg. III); Prologue (pg. IV); Chapter 1: The Pilgrim (pg. 1); Chapter 2: The Trader (pg. 11); Chapter 3: The Goldseeker (pg. 19); Chapter 4: The Golden Mountain (pg. 33); Chapter 5: The Prospectors (pg. 41); Chapter 6: The Railroad (pg. 49); Chaoter 7: Sligh and Friends (pg. 59); Chapter 8: Black bear (pg. 69); Chapter 9: The priest (pg. 77); Chapter 10: George (pg. 87); Chapter 11: The Immigrants (pg. 95); Chapter 12: The RCMP (pg. 105); Chapter 13: Emily (pg. 113); Chapter 14: The Explorer (pg. 127); Chapter 15: Alfred Mason (pg. 137); Chapter 16: Amy (pg. 149); Chapter 17: Willie (pg. 157); Chapter 18: Peter (pg. 165); Epilogue (pg. 168)

Notes: The front inside page of the book has been annotated by the author and reads, "Peter W. Elkington"

ISBN: 0969994427

Accession Number: 2019.71

Call Number: 08.1 El5t

Collection: Archives Library

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Those who know : profiles of Alberta's native elders

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1991

Author: Meili, Dianne

Publisher: Edmonton : NeWest Press

Call Number: 07.2 M47

Author: Meili, Dianne

Publisher: Edmonton : NeWest Press

Published Date: 1991

Physical Description: xii, 256p. : ports., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography

ISBN: 0-920897-03-7

Accession Number: 25000

Call Number: 07.2 M47

Collection: Archives Library

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Pete Lum : over 90 years of Kootenay life

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1990

Author: Jefferson, Dianne

Call Number: 13.123 El5b Pam

Author: Jefferson, Dianne

Published Date: 1990

Physical Description: p.10-13 : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography

Notes: In Kootenay Life, vol.1, no.1

Call Number: 13.123 El5b Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Risking adventure : mountaineering journeys around the world

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1997

Author: Haberl, Jim

Publisher: Vancouver : Raincoast Books

Call Number: 01 H11r

Author: Haberl, Jim

Responsibility: Jim Haberl; foreword by Greg Child

Publisher: Vancouver : Raincoast Books

Published Date: 1997

Physical Description: xi, 156p. : col. ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography

ISBN: 155192093X

Accession Number: 38500

Call Number: 01 H11r

Collection: Archives Library

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Mainstays : women who shaped BC

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Author: Converse, Cathy

Call Number: 08.2 C76m

Author: Converse, Cathy

Published Date: 1998

Physical Description: 212 p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Henshaw, Julia; Munday, Phyllis

ISBN: 0-920663-62-1

Call Number: 08.2 C76m

Collection: Archives Library

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Janet Mitchell, life and art

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1990

Author: Armstrong, Peggy

Publisher: Winnipeg : Hyperion Press

Call Number: 06.1 Ar5j

Author: Armstrong, Peggy

Responsibility: Peggy Armstrong

Publisher: Winnipeg : Hyperion Press

Published Date: 1990

Physical Description: 144 p. : ill. (some col.)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Women; Calgary Exhibition and Stampede

Notes: Out of 130 copies made available to the public, this book is # 71/130 Signed by Janet Mitchell in November 1990 "Each edition is accompanied by two original prints specially drawn and signed by Janet Mitchell."