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- Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta) 316
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 139
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 132
- Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian) 27
- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 17
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 14
- Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian) 8
- Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian) 8
- Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian) 5
- Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American) 3
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 3
- Graham Noble Norwell (1901 – 1967, Canadian) 2
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album dates to 1947- 1951. Album measures as 35.5 x 28.5 cm, it is blue with “Photographs” embossed in gold, red stains on front. Images relate to skiing, possibly family, mountains, some postcards with writing on back, bike trips.
- Date Range
- 1947- 1951
- Reference Code
- V68 / PD- 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VI. Photograph Albums and Scrapbooks
- Accession Number
- 7361
- Reference Code
- V68 / PD- 1
- Date Range
- 1947- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album: b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Album dates to 1947- 1951. Album measures as 35.5 x 28.5 cm, it is blue with “Photographs” embossed in gold, red stains on front. Images relate to skiing, possibly family, mountains, some postcards with writing on back, bike trips.
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Sports and Recreation
- Title Source
- Supplied title.
- Content Details
- The pictures are tipped in, mounted on black construction paper, some images missing, several pages have captions and dates written in German, images of varying sizes, many 9.5 x 7 cm.
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Memberships and Work Qualifications
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- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Scope & Content
- One of two files pertaining to Memberships and Work Qualifications.
- Date Range
- 1946- 2000
- Reference Code
- M224 / 27
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV.C. Textual records
- Accession Number
- 7877
- Reference Code
- M224 / 27
- Date Range
- 1946- 2000
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records.
- Scope & Content
- One of two files pertaining to Memberships and Work Qualifications.
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Sports and Recreation
- Title Source
- Supplied title.
- Content Details
- Association of Canadian Mountain Guides- Guide’s Book- Certification 1962. Rest of book blank. Canadian Ski Instructor’s Alliance White book. Issued in 1963. Two red CSIA emblems, 1965 and 1980-81. List of Annual fees paid 1965-1974, photograph and signature. Passed examinations of Canadian Ski School in 1956, April 1967, May 1971. Association of Canadian Mountain Guides Identification Card- International Union of the Mountains Guides Associations- valid for 1993. With stamped photograph and validating signatures. International Union of the Mountains Guides Associations-Identification Card- valid for 2000. With stamped photograph and validating signatures. Favorable reference letter from G. A. Short Foreman at Electric- Crafts Limited in Calgary. Feb 19, 1954. Favorable reference Letter from Manager of Davies Electric Company in Calgary. May 11, 1953. Two copies of reference letters in German about iron and steel works regarding job held from Sept 8, 1947-Sept 7, 1950. Reference letter in German from job held July 7, 1932-June 14, 1950. German letter of reference as electrician 8.9.1947-14.11.1951. German Class Certificate from July 8, 1950. Grades gut and sehr gut. German school Certificate July 8, 1950. German School Certificate from 1946, 47 listing classes, grades and teachers. July 19, 1947. German Certificate June 14, 1951. German Certificate Feb 11, 1951. Letter on Mount Assiniboine Lodge stationary from Erling Strom stating that Gmoser is a permanent resident of Banff and that his trip to the United States is a “between season visit.” June 30, 1954.
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Personal Documents
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- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Scope & Content
- One of three files pertaining to Personal Documents.
- Date Range
- 1880-2013
- Reference Code
- M224 / 30
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV.C. Textual records
- Accession Number
- 8111
- Reference Code
- M224 / 30
- Date Range
- 1880-2013
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records.
- Scope & Content
- One of three files pertaining to Personal Documents.
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Sports and Recreation
- Title Source
- Supplied title.
- Content Details
- Canadian Passport July 15, 1983-July 15, 1988 Canadian Passport June 30, 1988- June 30, 1993 Canadian Passport April 6, 1993-April 6, 1998 Canadian Passport Feb 18, 1998-Feb 18, 2003 Photocopy of Johann Wolfgang Gmoser’s Canadian Passport Jan 28, 2003-2008. Photocopy of Johann Wolfgang Gmoser’s Austrian Passport February 3, 2003-2013 Photocopy of passport? From an individual born in 1880.
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Diaries and Logbooks
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- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Scope & Content
- One of five files pertaining to Diaries and Logbooks.
- Date Range
- 1947-1983
- Reference Code
- M224 / 36
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV.C. Textual records
- Accession Number
- 8111
- Reference Code
- M224 / 36
- Date Range
- 1947-1983
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records.
- Scope & Content
- One of five files pertaining to Diaries and Logbooks.
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Sports and Recreation
- Title Source
- Title based on records.
- Content Details
- ACMG Guide Book with Validation Seals and Client Register 1965-1983 (grey folded notebook) Red Simpson Memorandum Book- Across the Ice Fields - April 2- May 1. Back contains notes regarding planning for CBC film Gyproc Yellow notebook Mt. Blackburn Expedition May 17, 1958-June 5, 1958 Tourenbuch I. Teil.- 1947-July 28, 1951- photographs and stamps
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Whole Newspapers and Magazines
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- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Date Range
- 1947-1966
- Reference Code
- M224 / O.S. Category "H"
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV.C. Textual records
- Accession Number
- 8111
- Reference Code
- M224 / O.S. Category "H"
- Date Range
- 1947-1966
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records.
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Sports and Recreation
- Title Source
- Title based on contents.
- Content Details
- The Sunday Sun Vancouver BC. Weekend Magazine Vol. 9, No. 42 Oct. 17, 1959. Front cover “How Canada’s Highest Mountain was Climbed.” P 2-4, 68. Part of three part series over three weeks. The Sunday Sun Vancouver BC. Weekend Magazine Vol. 9, No. 44 Oct. 31, 1959. P 10-14. “They Climbed Canada’s Highest Peak: A River Avenges the Conquered Mountain.” Final part of three part story. The Sunday Sun Vancouver BC. Weekend Magazine Vol. 9, No. 43 Oct. 24, 1959. P 14-16, 52, 53, 55. “They Climbed Canada’s Highest Peak: On the Summit- ‘A Proud and Happy Moment.’” Weekend Telegraph No. 83 April 29, 1966. Cover “The Man Who Climbed the Eiger.” A tribute to the death of John Harlin and mountain climbers. World’s largest Ski Magazine. Oct 1963. “They Call it Mt. Hostility” by Fred Lindholm. P52-55, 90. Paris Match No. 831 13 Mars 1965 1, 20 F. Skiing article annotated on page of “1000Km. A ski Sur Le Toit De L’Europe.” The Saturday Evening Post Oct 25, 1947. The Sunday Sun Vancouver BC Weekend Magazine Vol 13, NO. 39. Sept 28, 1963. P6-10, 16. “Eight men Climb a Wall of Ice.” By Bruce Moss.
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Cartographic Materials
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- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Scope & Content
- Cartographic materials in these four oversized files consist of the following:
- Date Range
- 1914-1973
- Reference Code
- M224 / O.S. Cartographic
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV.C. Textual records: Cartographic records
- Accession Number
- 7361, 7877, 8111
- Reference Code
- M224 / O.S. Cartographic
- Date Range
- 1914-1973
- Physical Description
- 48 cartographic records.
- Scope & Content
- Cartographic materials in these four oversized files consist of the following:
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Sports and Recreation
- Title Source
- Title based on contents.
- Content Details
- Folder 1 Map on heavy paper, wrapped in plastic. “A Reconnaissance Topographic Map Suveyed and edited by Bradford Washburn” printed in Bern, Switzerland. Centred on Mt. McKinley.- From 7361. Palliser- Kananaskis Area British Columbia and Alberta- Publication No. 1962- Reprinted by the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa. Mistaya British Columbia and Alberta- Compiled, drawn and printed at the office of the Surveyor General, Ottawa, 1931. Reprinted with corrections at the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Ottawa, 1950. National Topographic Series. Yoho British Columbia and Alberta- Compiled, drawn and printed at the office of the Surveyor General, Ottawa, 1932. Reprinted with corrections at the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Ottawa, 1952. National Topographic Series. Price 25 cents. Invermere British Columbia Kootenay Land District- National Topographic System- First Status Edition compiled and produced by the Geographic Division, Surveys, and Mapping Branch, Dept. of Lands, Forests and Water Resources, Victoria, BC 1964-65- annotated Beaton British Columbia Kootenay Land District- National Topographic System- First Status Edition compiled and produced by the Geographic Division, Surveys, and Mapping Branch, Dept. of Lands, Forests and Water Resources, Victoria, BC 1964-66- annotated Lardeau British Columbia Kootenay Land District- National Topographic System- First Status Edition compiled and produced by the Geographic Division, Surveys, and Mapping Branch, Dept. of Lands, Forests and Water Resources, Victoria, BC 1963- annotated Mount McKinley Alaska, Published by the Museum of Science, Boston, Mass, USA and the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich. 1960. Centennial Range Yukon Territory- M.C.R. 7 Edition 1- Produced and printed 1967 by the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources- maps printed in 1961-62- annotated British Columbia Land Recording Dists.- Land Commissioner’s Offices- Department of Lands and Forests- first published 1957- Updated Nov. 1, 1960. Master Site Plan Bugaboo Creek Lodge Project number 6844- June 18, 1973- Cohos Delesalle & Evamy. Folder 2 Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Athabasca Pass- Sheet No. 27A – annotated- centered on Jasper Park Boundary Between Alberta and BC-All below Wheeler Maps (by hand) used for the Great Divide as per Chic-no topographical maps used for both Hans and similar maps were used by Chic bottom rip taped- Sheet No. 20- Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa - centered on Clearwater forest and Lyell Icefield at bottom right Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Sheet No. 15- Drawn and printed at the Surveyor General’s Office, Ottawa, Canada- centered on Rocky Mountains Park Boundary Between Alberta and BC - Sheet No. 19- Drawn and printed at the Surveyor General’s Office, Ottawa, Canada- centered on centered on Clearwater Forest with Mt. Alan Campbell at bottom Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Sheet No. 25- annotated- Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa - centered on Jasper Park with Chisel Peak at bottom Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Sheet No. 19- dirt and annotated- revised 1925- drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa- centered on Clearwater and Push Pass W. Boundary Between Alberta and BC- annotated- Sheet 16- revised 1925- drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa- centered on Yoho Park and Rocky Mountains Park Steele Glacier- Topographical Survey 1967 Arial Photography 1951 Mount St. Elias Canada- United State of America- Produced and Printed by the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys 1962 from air photographs taken in 1951 and 1956- annotated Woolsey Glacier- Revelstoke National Park British Columbia – Printed by the Surveys and Mapping Branch Department of Energy, Mines and Resources- 1967 Windermere Kootenay District- Map 165A Issued 1918- Reprinted by the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa. Folder 3 Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Sheet No. 20- heavily annotated- revised 1925- drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa- centered on Clearwater Forest, Saskatchewan Glacier at top left Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Sheet No. 18- heavily ripped- annotated - notes on back- revised 1925- drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa- centered on Clearwater Forest, Mt Mummery at bottom Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Sheet No. 17 (in pencil “A and B”)- annotated - heavily ripped- drawn and printed at the Surveyor Generals’ Office- centered on Clearwater Forest and Yoho Park Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Sheet No. 26- annotated- revised 1925- drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa- centered on Jasper Park and Icefields Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Sheet No. 17- revised 1925- drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa- centered on Clearwater Forest and Yoho Park Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Sheet No. 28- stained- centered on Jasper Park Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Sheet No. 24- annotated- revised edition, 1925- drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa- centered on Jasper Park Boundary Between Alberta and BC- Sheet No. 16- annotated- revised 1925- drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa- centered on Yoho and Rocky Mountains Park Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Revised edition 1925 drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 27. Following maps are from accession 7877. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1920. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 26. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1920, 1921. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 25. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1919, 1921. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 24. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Revised edition 1925 drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 21. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Revised edition 1925 drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 18. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1913. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 13 A. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1916. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 12 A. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1916. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 11. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1916. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 10. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1916. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 9. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1916. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 8. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1916. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 6. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1915. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 5. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1914. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 4. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1922. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 31. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1922, 1924. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 30. Interprovincial Boundary Commission Boundary Between Alberta and British Columbia. Surveyed 1917. Drawn and printed by the Topographical Survey of Canada, Ottawa. Sheet No. 29.
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Published Books
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- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Scope & Content
- One of five files containing published books considered but not transferred to library.
- Date Range
- 1942 - 1951
- Reference Code
- M224 / 65
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M224
- Series
- IV.C. Textual records
- Sous-Fonds
- M224
- Accession Number
- 7877, 8111
- Reference Code
- M224 / 65
- Date Range
- 1942 - 1951
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records.
- Scope & Content
- One of five files containing published books considered but not transferred to library.
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Sports and Recreation
- Title Source
- Supplied title.
- Content Details
- Fritz Raskop. Der Katechismus fur die Ankerwickelei. Berlin: Technischer Verlag Herbert Cram, 1951. “Hans Gmoser Private Guide Banff, Alberta” written on inside cover. Books transferred to libary include: Walther Ziersch. Gustav Waldau. Munich: Zinnen-Verlag, 1942. Mrs. Theodore Thomas (Rose Fay). Our Mountain Garden. New York: The Macmillian Company, 1904. – dedication in pencil “William Jordan from Mrs. A.S.J. Taylor”- dedication in pen “For Margaret Gmoser from Ye Abbot”- post it note stuck to scrap paper “Ye Abbot is Bill Putnam.” Marius Barbeau. Banff Indian Days in the Canadian Rockies. Toronto: The McMillian Company Canada, 1923 Peter Vergo. Vienna 1900. Edinburg, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1983. – dedication to Chic from Pam. Gottfried Brandstatter. Nasswald und siene Pioniere. Austria: Verlag Gerhard Holler, 1998. Otto Braun. Ihre Welt, die Berge: Huttenwirte auf Schneeberg & Rax. Wien: Verlag Niederosterreichisches Pressehaus, 1992. – with post it note “Complimentary copy to Hans, with helped with Conrad Kain”, dedication inside similar, in German. J. Russell Harper, ed. Paul Kane’s Frontier: Including Wanderings of an Artist among the Banff Indians of North America. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971. Otto Eidenschink. Richtiges Bergsteigen: Bergsteigen und seine Technik in Fels und Eis. Germany: Verlag F. Bruckmann, 1951. – covered in brown paper Wastl Mariner. Neuzeitliche Bergrettungstechnik. Innsbruck: Tiroler Graphik 1959. Dipl.Ing Leo Handl. Praktische Schnee-und Lawinenkunde. Innsbruck: Wagner’sche Universitats, 1955. Osterreichischer Schi-Lehrplan. Salzburg: Otto Muller Verlag, 1957.- inside cover “Hans Gmoser Guide Banff, Alberta. R. L. G. Irving. Werden und Wandlungen Des Bergsteigens. Wien: Verlag Adolf Holzhausens Nachfolger, 1949. – covered in brown paper, dedication handwritten on inside cover, in German dated “Traun 17. Nov. 1951.” Rocky Mountains: Canada’s Playground. Victoria: Shaw Bros., LTD. inside cover “Putnam For Battle Abbey.” “Der Bergsteigerfriedhof in Johnsbach” by Josef Hasitschka, 1997 - short paperback book rough trans title “The Mountaineer’s Cemetery in Johnsbach.”
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Published Books
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- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Scope & Content
- One of five files containing published books considered but not transferred to library.
- Date Range
- 1942 - 1997
- Reference Code
- M224 / 66
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M224
- Series
- IV.C. Textual records
- Sous-Fonds
- M224
- Accession Number
- 7877
- Reference Code
- M224 / 66
- Date Range
- 1942 - 1997
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records.
- Scope & Content
- One of five files containing published books considered but not transferred to library.
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Sports and Recreation
- Title Source
- Supplied title.
- Content Details
- Fritz Raskop. Berechnungsbuch des Elektromaschinenbauer-Handwerkers (Ankerwicklers). Berlin: Technischer Verlag Herbert Cram, 1951. “Hans Gmoser Private Guide Banff, Alberta” written on inside cover. Hilfsbuch 1: Rechnungen an Elektromotoren in der Reparaturwerkstatt. Books transferred to libary include: Walther Ziersch. Gustav Waldau. Munich: Zinnen-Verlag, 1942. Mrs. Theodore Thomas (Rose Fay). Our Mountain Garden. New York: The Macmillian Company, 1904. – dedication in pencil “William Jordan from Mrs. A.S.J. Taylor”- dedication in pen “For Margaret Gmoser from Ye Abbot”- post it note stuck to scrap paper “Ye Abbot is Bill Putnam.” Marius Barbeau. Banff Indian Days in the Canadian Rockies. Toronto: The McMillian Company Canada, 1923 Peter Vergo. Vienna 1900. Edinburg, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1983. – dedication to Chic from Pam. Gottfried Brandstatter. Nasswald und siene Pioniere. Austria: Verlag Gerhard Holler, 1998. Otto Braun. Ihre Welt, die Berge: Huttenwirte auf Schneeberg & Rax. Wien: Verlag Niederosterreichisches Pressehaus, 1992. – with post it note “Complimentary copy to Hans, with helped with Conrad Kain”, dedication inside similar, in German. J. Russell Harper, ed. Paul Kane’s Frontier: Including Wanderings of an Artist among the Indians of North America. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971. Otto Eidenschink. Richtiges Bergsteigen: Bergsteigen und seine Technik in Fels und Eis. Germany: Verlag F. Bruckmann, 1951. – covered in brown paper Wastl Mariner. Neuzeitliche Bergrettungstechnik. Innsbruck: Tiroler Graphik 1959. Dipl.Ing Leo Handl. Praktische Schnee-und Lawinenkunde. Innsbruck: Wagner’sche Universitats, 1955. Osterreichischer Schi-Lehrplan. Salzburg: Otto Muller Verlag, 1957.- inside cover “Hans Gmoser Guide Banff, Alberta. R. L. G. Irving. Werden und Wandlungen Des Bergsteigens. Wien: Verlag Adolf Holzhausens Nachfolger, 1949. – covered in brown paper, dedication handwritten on inside cover, in German dated “Traun 17. Nov. 1951.” Rocky Mountains: Canada’s Playground. Victoria: Shaw Bros., LTD. inside cover “Putnam For Battle Abbey.” “Der Bergsteigerfriedhof in Johnsbach” by Josef Hasitschka, 1997 - short paperback book rough trans title “The Mountaineer’s Cemetery in Johnsbach.”
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Valley near Revelstoke
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- Date
- 1949 – 1968
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AtS.05.01
- Description
- General colour: blue, green. Looking down into a river valley. The tops of a tree down left and two trees lower right appear in the foreground. The pale distant mountain slopes that fill in the majority of the picture, lead to a peak right of enter near the top. Clouded sky fills upper edge.
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- Title
- Valley near Revelstoke
- Date
- 1949 – 1968
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 20.6 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, green. Looking down into a river valley. The tops of a tree down left and two trees lower right appear in the foreground. The pale distant mountain slopes that fill in the majority of the picture, lead to a peak right of enter near the top. Clouded sky fills upper edge.
- Credit
- Gift of Bud Styles, Ottawa, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- AtS.05.01
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Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine
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- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- BwB.02.06
- Description
- General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.
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- Title
- Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 59.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- BwB.02.06
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- Date
- 1942
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- BwB.02.07
- Description
- General colour: purple, blue and yellow. Foreground - flowers, grass, a log lies left to center. Poplars with occasional pine, in the distance make a horizon. Three chunks of mountain rise up behind and a grey clouded sky fills the top.
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- Title
- Massive Range
- Date
- 1942
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: purple, blue and yellow. Foreground - flowers, grass, a log lies left to center. Poplars with occasional pine, in the distance make a horizon. Three chunks of mountain rise up behind and a grey clouded sky fills the top.
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- BwB.02.07
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Canmore Mining Town
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- graphite; charcoal on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.10
- Description
- General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.
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- Title
- Canmore Mining Town
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- graphite; charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.
- Subject
- landscape
- urban
- mountains
- industry
- coal mining
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.10
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Garibaldi Park 1941
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- Artist
- B.A. Fry
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FrB.04.01
- Description
- General colour: blue and green. Night scene. Two tents can be seen, one in the foreground amongst trees at the left side; the other, (a yellow one) in the background at the right side. A large peak rises up on the left side. To the upper right in the distance is a glacier and one star peeking out f…
- Artist
- B.A. Fry
- Title
- Garibaldi Park 1941
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.8 x 21.2 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue and green. Night scene. Two tents can be seen, one in the foreground amongst trees at the left side; the other, (a yellow one) in the background at the right side. A large peak rises up on the left side. To the upper right in the distance is a glacier and one star peeking out from under clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Jim Walls, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- FrB.04.01
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Tangled Foilage, Manitoulin Island
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgoc.04.01
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GoC.04.01
- Description
- General colour: brown on off white. Lower half is round rocks sitting in a bit of water. Upper half is tree trunks and foliage.
- Title
- Tangled Foilage, Manitoulin Island
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.8 x 35.4 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown on off white. Lower half is round rocks sitting in a bit of water. Upper half is tree trunks and foliage.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- GoC.04.01
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Back of Sawback
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.06
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.06
- Description
- General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.
- Title
- Back of Sawback
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.06
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Bow Pass, Early Morning
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.04
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.04
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown on grey. Lower third is blue and brown rocks surrounding a pool of water lower center. Up the left side rises a warm brown rock face. The sky is the grey of the paper and fills the upper right half.
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- Title
- Bow Pass, Early Morning
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.1 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown on grey. Lower third is blue and brown rocks surrounding a pool of water lower center. Up the left side rises a warm brown rock face. The sky is the grey of the paper and fills the upper right half.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.04
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Cathedral Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.23
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.23
- Description
- General colour: grey, blue, black. Dead burnt trees stand on slightly regrown earth at the bottom of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow slopes and blue cliffs. The upper two thrids is rain clouds. Rain falls center and at the right in the distance.
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- Title
- Cathedral Mountain
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.2 x 41.8 cm
- Description
- General colour: grey, blue, black. Dead burnt trees stand on slightly regrown earth at the bottom of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow slopes and blue cliffs. The upper two thrids is rain clouds. Rain falls center and at the right in the distance.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.23
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Consolation Valley
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- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.01
- Description
- General colour: blue, green, brown. Grass and a clump of fur trees are in the lower right area. Water is in the lower left area. Trees on the far shore at the left side. The blue mountain sweeps up from the water at center reaching the upper edge and clouds in the blue sky.
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- Title
- Consolation Valley
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 48.2 x 37.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, green, brown. Grass and a clump of fur trees are in the lower right area. Water is in the lower left area. Trees on the far shore at the left side. The blue mountain sweeps up from the water at center reaching the upper edge and clouds in the blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of W. (Mrs.) B. Milne, Nanaimo, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.01
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- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.02.01
- Description
- General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
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- Title
- Mount Babel
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.2 x 45.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of W. (Mrs.) B. Milne, Nanaimo, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.02.01
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Ghost Lake, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.12
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.12
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.
- Title
- Ghost Lake, Alberta
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 32.9 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.12
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