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The amateur trapper and trap-maker's guide : a complete and carefully prepared treatise on the art of trapping, snaring, and netting, containing plain directions for constructing the most approved traps ... with concise but comprehensive instructions for preserving and stuffing specimens ...

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25069
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1875?
Author
Harding, Stanley
Publisher
New York : Dick & Fitzgerald
Call Number
02.7 H11t
Author
Harding, Stanley
Publisher
New York : Dick & Fitzgerald
Published Date
1875?
Physical Description
134 p. : ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Trapping
Wildlife
Guidebook
Abstract
Guide to trapping fur-bearing and animals including how to make traps and taxidermy and other preservation methods.
Notes
Cover missing
Accession Number
2926
Call Number
02.7 H11t
Collection
Archives Library
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An approximate classification of the lands

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21497
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1878
Call Number
C12-1.22
Published Date
1878
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
North West Territory
Notes
Photostatic copy from Public Archives
two sections
Accession Number
675
Call Number
C12-1.22
Collection
Archives Library
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Annual report of the Department of the Interior

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3651
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1875-1936
Author
Canada. Department of the Interior
Call Number
02.4 C16i
Author
Canada. Department of the Interior
Published Date
1875-1936
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Sessional papers
Subjects
Banff (townsite)
Businesses
Government
Hot springs
Indians
Mining
National parks
Roads
Surveys
Tourism
Utilities
Notes
Holdings: 1875-1936 [some photocopies; some Part V or Part III only]. Photocopies only for: 1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1903/04, 1905/06, 1906/07, 1908 Dept of Interior & Part III only, 1911/12, 1914/15, 1916/17, 1918/19;
Fiscal year Jan-Dec until 1899 - changed with 6 month gap between 1899 (dated Feb 28, 1900) and 1901 (June 1900-Jun30, 1901) [re: change of fiscal year?]; fiscal year change again 1906/07 (April to Mar 31)[ This second change caused there to be an annual report for 1905 of which we have original]
Also referred to as "The Department of the Interior Report"
Accession Number
334
1000
12548
2416
2691
7830
Call Number
02.4 C16i
Collection
Archives Library
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Articles of a treaty

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1878
Call Number
07.2 Ar7 Pam
Published Date
1878
Physical Description
p.xliv-li
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Treaty Number Seven
Notes
From Annual Report of the Department of the Interior for the Year Ended 30th June 1877
Call Number
07.2 Ar7 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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The Blackfeet Indians

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1877
Author
Appleton's Magazine
Call Number
07.2 Ap5 Pam
Author
Appleton's Magazine
Published Date
1877
Physical Description
7p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Accession Number
130
398
Call Number
07.2 Ap5 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Canada on the Pacific : being an account of a journey from Edmonton to the Pacific by the Peace River Valley ... with remarks on the physical features of the Pacific railway route

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6292
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1874
Author
Horetsky, Charles
Publisher
Montreal : Dawson
Call Number
08.5 H78c
Author
Horetsky, Charles
Publisher
Montreal : Dawson
Published Date
1874
Physical Description
x, 244p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Macoun, John
Passes
Surveys
Accession Number
400
443
Call Number
08.5 H78c
Collection
Archives Library
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The Canada Pacific Railway and imperial confederation : a reply

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1879
Author
Fisher, Roswell
Call Number
08.5 F53
Author
Fisher, Roswell
Published Date
1879
Physical Description
p.543-546
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notes
In Rose Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review
Accession Number
8500
Call Number
08.5 F53
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific Railway chart of Nepigon Bay Lake Superior

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21434
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
January 1874
Call Number
C11-3.7(d)
Responsibility
Surveyed by Admiral Bayfield R.N.
Published Date
January 1874
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canada
Railway routes
Notes
To accompany: "Report of the Enginer in Chief Canadian Pacific Railway" 08.5/C16/
Accession Number
10,000
Call Number
C11-3.7(d)
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific Railway chart of the Thunder Bay-Lake Superior

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
January 1874
Call Number
C11-3.7(c)
Responsibility
Surveyed by Admiral Bayfield R.N.
Published Date
January 1874
Scale
Soundings are in feet
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canada
Railway routes
Notes
To accompany report of the Engineer in Chief, C.P.R. 08.5/C16/rep
Accession Number
10,000
Call Number
C11-3.7(c)
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific Railway sketch plan of the mouth of the Saskatchewan River from Hinds Exploring Expedition also plan and section of the Mossy Portage between Cedar Lake and Lake Winnipegoosis and the Meadow Portage

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21433
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
From a survey by Henry B. Smith, 1873
Call Number
C11-3.7(b)
Published Date
From a survey by Henry B. Smith, 1873
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canada
Railway routes
Notes
Accompanies 08.5/C16/rep
Accession Number
10,000
Call Number
C11-3.7(b)
Collection
Archives Library
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Caricature and other comic art in all times and many lands

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1878
Author
Parton, James
Publisher
New York : Harper
Call Number
NC1325 P3
Author
Parton, James
Publisher
New York : Harper
Published Date
1878
Physical Description
340p. : illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Caricatures and cartoons
Accession Number
400
Call Number
NC1325 P3
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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Chart of the Coast of British Columbia North of Latitude, 51 degrees chiefly from Captain Vancouver's Surveys in 1792 and 1793

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1874
Publisher
C.P.R. 08.5/C16/rep
Call Number
C11-3.7(f)
Publisher
C.P.R. 08.5/C16/rep
Published Date
1874
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canada
Railway routes
Notes
To accompany: Report of the Engineer-in-chief
Accession Number
10,000
Call Number
C11-3.7(f)
Collection
Archives Library
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Coastal Scene, Tides Out, Dalhousie

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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Date
1877
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.04
Description
A bright scene of a rocky coast with water beyond. A rocky island topped with trees fills the centre of the image. The foreground has algae-covered rocks, two figures bending over a boat, and a large cliff at left. flocks of birds fly above the island.
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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Title
Coastal Scene, Tides Out, Dalhousie
Date
1877
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.1 x 24.2 cm
Description
A bright scene of a rocky coast with water beyond. A rocky island topped with trees fills the centre of the image. The foreground has algae-covered rocks, two figures bending over a boat, and a large cliff at left. flocks of birds fly above the island.
Subject
Coast
Nova Scotia
fishing
Credit
Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.04
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The Confederation of Canada with Britain in relation to the Canadian Pacific Railway

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1879
Author
Whitman, James
Call Number
08.5 W59
Author
Whitman, James
Published Date
1879
Physical Description
p.319-327
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
In Rose Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review
Accession Number
8500
Call Number
08.5 W59
Collection
Archives Library
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Cupid and Chow-Chow and other stories

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1873
Author
Alcott, Louisa M.
Publisher
Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle
Call Number
05 A2c
Author
Alcott, Louisa M.
Publisher
Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle
Published Date
1873
Physical Description
283 pages ; 19 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Literature
Canadian
Short Stories
Abstract
A collection of short stories by famed author of Little Women, Louisa M. Alcott
Contents
Cupid and Chow-Chow ; Huckleberry ; Nelly's hospital ; Grandma's team ; Fairy Pinafores ; Mamma's plot ; Kate's choice ; The moss people ; What Fanny heard ; A marine merry-making
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
05 A2c
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1878
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.03 a-c
Description
(a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peoni…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Dancing Lions
Date
1878
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Dimensions
37.1 x 25.0 cm
Description
(a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peonies in the background. All actors hats have bells around the brim.
Subject
figure, male
activity
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.03 a-c
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Description of the country between Lake Superior and the Pacific Ocean on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6254
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1876
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Call Number
08.5 C16d
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Published Date
1876
Physical Description
xxxix, 143p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Passes
Surveys
Notes
Indexes
Accession Number
211
Call Number
08.5 C16d
Collection
Archives Library
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Drawing of Rocky Mountain by J.L.*

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1873
Call Number
C4-5.2
Published Date
1873
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Rocky Mountain House
Notes
Photostatic copy from Public Archives * See The Cairn, vol III, no. 2 last page re: Jean L'Heureux by E.J. Hart
* See: The Cairn, vol III, no. 2 last page re: Jean L'Hereux by E.J. Hart
Accession Number
675
Call Number
C4-5.2
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)
Date
1870 – 1890
Medium
wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0261 a,b
Description
Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with …
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Artist
Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)
Title
fan
Date
1870 – 1890
Medium
wood; fibre
Dimensions
0.7 x 23.0 x 35.8 cm
Description
Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with insect cage, hunting in reeds. Ladies and cage quilted to create relief. Calligraphy and chop mark on right, obverse plain. Both fans are fabric over bamboo or reed with painted and appliqued designs.
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0261 a,b
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Flower Viewing on the Boat

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.14 a-c
Description
This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Flower Viewing on the Boat
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37 x 75 cm
Description
This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st, second and third panels. in this long decorative boat are 7 woman. One woman in the second panel is standing to row. The rest are seated and mostly looking into the water. A third boat floats under a bridge in the third panel. A woman stands at the head of the boat rowing. In the brc of the third panel are many flowers from which the second boat emerges. A group of Red Carp is visible in bottom of the centre panel.
Subject
gathering
women
activity
boating
flower viewing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.14 a-c
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