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Alberta miners : a tribute
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5719
- 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
- 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
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At rest in the peaks : a guided walk through the old Banff Cemetery
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6078
- 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
- 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
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History of Hinton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6122
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Hart, Hazel R
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Friesen
- Call Number
- 08.3 H59h
- Author
- Hart, Hazel R
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Friesen
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- viii, 352p. : ill., ports., maps., facsim
- Subjects
- Biography
- Brewster family
- Coal
- Jasper
- Moberly family
- Notes
- Bibliographical notes and index
- ISBN
- 0-88925-202-5
- Accession Number
- 13500
- Call Number
- 08.3 H59h
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Jasper reflections
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6125
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- 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
- Subjects
- Biography
- Notes
- Index
- ISBN
- 1-55056-213-4
- Accession Number
- 29000
- Call Number
- 08.3 J31jr
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Off the beaten track : women adventurers and mountaineers in Western Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6169
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1989
- Author
- Smith Cyndi
- Publisher
- Jasper : Coyote Books
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sm5
- Copy 2 Reference Room Browser's Shelf
- Author
- Smith Cyndi
- Responsibility
- foreword by Jon Whyte
- Publisher
- Jasper : Coyote Books
- Published Date
- 1989
- Physical Description
- 290p. : ill., ports., maps, facsim
- Subjects
- Biography
- Akeley, Mary Jobe
- Benham, Gertrude
- Engelhard, Georgia Cromwell
- Gardiner, Katie
- Gest, Lillian
- Harragin family
- Hinman, Caroline
- MacCarthy, Elizabeth Larned
- Munday, Phyllis
- Parker, Elizabeth
- Schaffer, Mary
- Vaux family
- Wilson, Henrietta Tuzo
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 0-9692457-2-6
- Accession Number
- 5645
- 7895
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sm5
- Copy 2 Reference Room Browser's Shelf
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Pioneer families of Southern Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6394
- 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
- Subjects
- Biography
- Accession Number
- 6716
- Call Number
- R 08.2 Al1pi
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Who's who at the University of Alberta, 1919-1939
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6396
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1993
- Author
- University of Alberta. Archives
- Call Number
- R 08.2 Al1un
- Published Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 163, xviiip
- Accession Number
- 6526
- Call Number
- R 08.2 Al1un
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Pete Lum : over 90 years of Kootenay life
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12759
- 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
- Subjects
- Biography
- Notes
- In Kootenay Life, vol.1, no.1
- Call Number
- 13.123 El5b Pam
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Risking adventure : mountaineering journeys around the world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12874
- 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
- Subjects
- Biography
- ISBN
- 155192093X
- Accession Number
- 38500
- Call Number
- 01 H11r
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Mainstays : women who shaped BC
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12882
- 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
- Subjects
- Biography
- Henshaw, Julia
- Munday, Phyllis
- ISBN
- 0-920663-62-1
- Call Number
- 08.2 C76m
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Franklin and Harriett : the Crosby family story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12886
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Huck, Virginia
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : The Crosby Company
- Call Number
- 02.6 W31h
- Author
- Huck, Virginia
- Responsibility
- by Virginia Huck
- Terri Nye, Research Assistant
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : The Crosby Company
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 247p. : ill
- Notes
- Includes descriptions of hunting trips with Bert Riggall to the Waterton and Crowsnest Pass areas of the Southern Alberta Rockies (pp.140-155)
- Accession Number
- 7201
- Call Number
- 02.6 W31h
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Lights and shadows
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12887
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1986
- Author
- Bennett, Miriam F
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : Miriam F. Bennett
- Call Number
- 02.6 W31b
- Author
- Bennett, Miriam F
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : Miriam F. Bennett
- Published Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 149p. : ill
- Notes
- Family life of Miriam and Russell Bennett, who owned the Shoderee Ranch near Waterton
- Accession Number
- 7201
- Call Number
- 02.6 W31b
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Janet Mitchell, life and art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14142
- 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.)
- 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."
- ISBN
- 0920534910 (leather)
- Accession Number
- 7883
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ar5j
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A memoir on the life of T. Mower Martin, RCA, OSA, RBC
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14612
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1986
- Author
- Harbert, E.T
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : E.T. Harbert
- Call Number
- 06 H22m
- Author
- Harbert, E.T
- Responsibility
- E.T. Harbert
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : E.T. Harbert
- Published Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 113 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 28 cm
- Subjects
- Artists
- Biography
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Notes
- Thomas Mower Martin was a CPR Railway artist , travelling to the Rocky Mountains
- From Toni Graeme June 20, 2006
- Accession Number
- 2015.8542
- Call Number
- 06 H22m
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Deep currents : Roderick and Ann Haig-Brown
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14774
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Haig-Brown, Valerie
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers
- Call Number
- 04 H12d
- Author
- Haig-Brown, Valerie
- Responsibility
- Valerie Haig-Brown ; foreword by Steve Raymond
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- viii, 215 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Biography
- Conservation
- Fishing
- ISBN
- 1551431084
- Accession Number
- P2016-73,000-01
- Call Number
- 04 H12d
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Senator Jean Le´on Co^te´ : pioneer land surveyor and early legislator : a personal biography
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19899
- 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
- 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
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Pioneer families of Southern Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19929
- 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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- 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
- 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
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- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants
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The road west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19944
- 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.
- 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
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Harvest of the spirit : Illingworth Kerr retrospective
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20026
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1985
- Author
- catalogue essay and exhibition production, Maggie Callahan
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Edmonton Art Gallery
- Call Number
- 06.1 C13h
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Edmonton Art Gallery
- Published Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 62 p. : ill., port. ; 22 x 26 cm
- Subjects
- Art
- Biography
- Exhibition catalogue
- Subjects
- Painting
- Abstract
- Pertains to the work of Illingworth Kerr, a Canadian western landscape painter. The exhibition and catalogue was intended to celebrate the extensive art career, and 80th birthday of Illingworth Kerr. In an effort to showcase the variety of Kerr’s artistic expression, the exhibition organizer’s divided Kerr’s work into the following categories; landscapes, animal studies, portraits, townscapes, abstracts and automatic paintings. The exhibition organizer, Maggie Callahan, shares a comprehsneive anlalysis of Kerr’s life as an artist and his work over his impressive 60 year career.
- Contents
- Forword (pg. 2)
- Curators' notes (pg. 3)
- Acknowledgements (pg. 4)
- Essay -
- Kerr's youth (pg. 6)
- Ontario College of Art (1924-27) (pg. 7)
- Back to the prairies (1927-36) (pg. 16)
- A decade of wandering (1936-46) (pg. 28)
- Alberta College of Arts (1947-67) (pg. 32)
- Kerr today (pg. 42)
- List of works (pg. 55)
- Selected bibliography (pg. 59)
- Chronology (pg. 60)
- Itinerary (pg. 62)
- Notes
- Exhibition held at the Edmonton Art Gallery, Mar. 2-Apr. 14, 1985 and other places.
- ISBN
- 088950041X
- Accession Number
- 2019.61
- Call Number
- 06.1 C13h
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Paint and circumstance
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4544
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Author
- Kerr, Illingworth
- Publisher
- Calgary : Jules and Maureen Poscente [et al.]
- Call Number
- 06.1 K46p
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- Author
- Kerr, Illingworth
- Responsibility
- Illingworth Kerr
- Publisher
- Calgary : Jules and Maureen Poscente [et al.]
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 53 pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color)
- Abstract
- Pertains to artist Illingsworth Kerr - includes reminisces and illustrations
- ISBN
- 0-9693218-1-3
- Accession Number
- 6705
- Call Number
- 06.1 K46p
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- Ilingsworth Kerr gallery website
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