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

Published Date: [1990?]

Author: Usher, John L

Publisher: Calgary : Geotours

Call Number: 03.2 Us3 Pam

Author: Usher, John L

Publisher: Calgary : Geotours

Published Date: [1990?]

Physical Description: 60p. : ill., maps

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

Subjects: Guidebooks

Accession Number: 5893

Call Number: 03.2 Us3 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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20,000 miles : an Englishwoman's impressions in America

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

Published Date: 1939; 1938

Author: Tuke, Ada

Publisher: Southampton : G.F. Wilson

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: 02.3 T81

Author: Tuke, Ada

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: Southampton : G.F. Wilson

Published Date: 1939; 1938

Physical Description: 247p. : facsim., map

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

Subjects: Canada

Notes: Rocky Mountains, p.57-59

Accession Number: 19500

Call Number: 02.3 T81

Collection: Archives Library

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25 years of CMH heli-skiing : a photographic celebration

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

Published Date: 1991

Author: Gmoser, Hans

Publisher: Butte (MT) : Earth and Great Weather Publishing; Banff : CMH Heli-Skiing

Edition: special ed

Call Number: 01.5 G52 oversize

Author: Gmoser, Hans

Responsibility: written by Hans Gmoser; photography by Claes Axstal [et al.]; produced by Neal and Linda Rogers; edited by Cathie Maitre-Orchin and Jon Whyte

Edition: special ed

Publisher: Butte (MT) : Earth and Great Weather Publishing; Banff : CMH Heli-Skiing

Published Date: 1991

Physical Description: 125p. : ill

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

Subjects: Helicopters

ISBN: 1-56037-010-6

Accession Number: 24500

Call Number: 01.5 G52 oversize

Collection: Archives Library

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35 mm color magic

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

Published Date: c1956

Author: Benser, Walther

Publisher: Stuttgart (Germany) : Dr. Diener & Co.

Edition: [Enl. ed. of the German language original / translated by F. Bradley]

Call Number: TR510 B4

Author: Benser, Walther

Responsibility: Walther Benser

Edition: [Enl. ed. of the German language original / translated by F. Bradley]

Publisher: Stuttgart (Germany) : Dr. Diener & Co.

Published Date: c1956

Physical Description: 200p. : ill. (some col.), ports.

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

Subjects: Color photography

Accession Number: 3069

Call Number: TR510 B4

Location: Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access

Collection: Art Library

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60 centuries of skiing

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

Published Date: 1935

Author: Dudley, Charles M

Publisher: Brattleboro (VT) : Stephen Daye

Call Number: 01.5 D86

Author: Dudley, Charles M

Publisher: Brattleboro (VT) : Stephen Daye

Published Date: 1935

Physical Description: 207p. : ill., ports

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

Notes: Bibliography

Accession Number: 400; 4083 - weeded

Call Number: 01.5 D86

Collection: Archives Library

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1991 Alberta resident travel survey : vacation/pleasure travel

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

Published Date: 1994

Publisher: Edmonton : Alberta Economic Development and Tourism

Call Number: 02.8 Al1art Pam

Responsibility: prepared by The Advisory Group, June, 1994

Publisher: Edmonton : Alberta Economic Development and Tourism

Published Date: 1994

Physical Description: 44p. : ill., map

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

Subjects: Tourism

Accession Number: 28000

Call Number: 02.8 Al1art Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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1996 Alberta state of the environment report : aquatic ecosystems

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

Published Date: 1996

Author: Alberta. Environmental Protection

Call Number: 04 Al1ae 1996

Author: Alberta. Environmental Protection

Published Date: 1996

Physical Description: 153 p. : ill., maps

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

Subjects: Fish

Notes: Bibliography and index; Pub. No. I/674 Errata addendum for page 23 and 65

ISBN: 0-7785-0010-1

Accession Number: 7089

Call Number: 04 Al1ae 1996

Collection: Archives Library

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2000 miles of scenic grandeur through the Canadian Rockies : Jasper and the fiords of British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1933

Call Number: 02.5 C16tw 1933 Pam

Responsibility: Canadian National Railways

Published Date: 1933

Physical Description: 22p. : ill

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

Accession Number: 20000

Call Number: 02.5 C16tw 1933 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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"A national crime" : The Canadian Government and the residential school system, 1879 to 1986

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

Published Date: 1999

Author: Milloy, John Sheridan

Publisher: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press

Call Number: 07.2 M62

Author: Milloy, John Sheridan

Publisher: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press

Published Date: 1999

Physical Description: xix, 402 p. : ill

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

Series: Manitoba studies in native history XI

Subjects: Education; Missionaries; Residential schools

Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index

ISBN: 0-88755-646-9 (pbk.)

Accession Number: 6-1-00 33,000

Call Number: 07.2 M62

Collection: Archives Library

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Aboriginal overkill and native burning: implications for modern ecosystem management

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

Published Date: October 1995

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Western Journal of Applied Forestry, Vol. 10, No. 4

Call Number: 04 K18ab Pam

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Western Journal of Applied Forestry, Vol. 10, No. 4

Published Date: October 1995

Physical Description: 7 pages and illustrations

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

Subjects: Ecology; Fire ecology; Rocky Mountains (U.S.); Ungulates

Notes: Includes bibliographical references - photocopy - discusses traditional First Nations hunting practices and fire ecology

Call Number: 04 K18ab Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Aboriginal overkill and native burning: the role of Native Americans in structuring the Yellowstone ecosystem

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

Published Date: 1997

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Logan, Utah : Utah State University

Call Number: 04 K18abor Pam

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Responsibility: by Charles E. Kay and Steve Simms

Publisher: Logan, Utah : Utah State University

Published Date: 1997

Physical Description: 10 pages

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

Subjects: Ecology; Fire ecology; Rocky Mountains (U.S.); Ungulates

Notes: Photocopy; Contains a letter written to Congressman Rick Hill by Charles E. Kay about letters-to-the-editor inclduing charts. The second letter is asking the congressman to present at an upcoming conference. Ulitmately the request is rejected

Call Number: 04 K18abor Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Aboriginal overkill and the biogeography of moose in western North America

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

Published Date: 1997

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Alces Vol. 33

Call Number: 04 K18abo Pam

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Alces Vol. 33

Published Date: 1997

Physical Description: 24 pages

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

Subjects: Animal populations; First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians); Hunting; Yellowstone National Park

Notes: Includes bibliographical references - proposes that moose populations and habitat was controlled by First Nations hunting - includes hypothesis of "Aboriginal Overkill" and that First Nations were ultimate "keystone predator"

Call Number: 04 K18abo Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Aboriginal overkill: the role of Native Americans in structuring western ecosystems

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

Published Date: 1994

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Human Nature, Vol. 5, No. 4

Call Number: 04 K18a Pam

Author: Kay, Charles E.

Publisher: Human Nature, Vol. 5, No. 4

Published Date: 1994

Physical Description: 39 pages and illustrations

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

Subjects: Conservation; Ecology; First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians); Hunting

Notes: Includes bibliographical references - discusses traditional Native American hunting practices controlling ungulate populations and ecosystems - Yellowstone National Park - carnivore predation - age and sex of ungulates hunted and First Nations conservation practices

Call Number: 04 K18a Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Accessories Box

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Date: 1950 – 1970

Material: cardboard; paper; plastic; leather; metal; glass;

Catalogue Number: 104.41.0213

Description: Carboard Turtles Chocolates box with “LEICA STUFF” written on the lid in black marker. Inside the box are 11 adapter rings [made by Lecia, Kodak, and Enteco], a small rectangular Leica-Meter with a window showing a silver metal grid over a purple-blue filter [housed in a brown leather pouch], a Lei…

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Title: Accessories Box

Date: 1950 – 1970

Material: cardboard; paper; plastic; leather; metal; glass;

Dimensions: 4.6 x 15.2 x 18.1 cm

Description: Carboard Turtles Chocolates box with “LEICA STUFF” written on the lid in black marker. Inside the box are 11 adapter rings [made by Lecia, Kodak, and Enteco], a small rectangular Leica-Meter with a window showing a silver metal grid over a purple-blue filter [housed in a brown leather pouch], a Leica-Meter camera attachment in its original red cardboard box, instruction manuals for the Leica-Meter attachment and the Leica M5, and an empty Kodak filter box. Some of the adapter rings are housed in cardboard Enteco or Kodak boxes while others are free-floating.

Subject: camera equipment; photography; photographic equipment; camera accessories;

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.41.0213

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Accessories Guitar Accessories

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Date: 1930 – 1950

Material: metal; wood; ivory; plastic

Catalogue Number: 104.34.0008 a-m

Description: A collection of odd guitar accessories. (a) finger pick set (3.4 x 2.0 diam) four metal frames that fit over the finger tip,Y-shaped with the arms of the Y forming an adjustable band that fits around finger, and the stem of the Y passing up over the tip of the finger and down the back halfway to t…

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Title: Accessories Guitar Accessories

Date: 1930 – 1950

Material: metal; wood; ivory; plastic

Dimensions: 3.4 cm

Description: A collection of odd guitar accessories. (a) finger pick set (3.4 x 2.0 diam) four metal frames that fit over the finger tip,Y-shaped with the arms of the Y forming an adjustable band that fits around finger, and the stem of the Y passing up over the tip of the finger and down the back halfway to the band, tip is crimped in stiff fold, 3 have solder at the tip to form a longer point. (MFG: Fitrite).(b) finger pick set (2.5 x 1.8 x 2.0) six metal rings that fit over the finger tips, adjustable band has circles cut out along it, flame shaped fingernail rises from band, curling inward slightly, and with cut out circle at middle. (mfg: National) (c) finger pick (2.5 x 1.9 x 2.0) as (b) but without cut out circles (mfg: Artisto) (d) finger picks (3.0 x 1.7 x 1.9) two metal bands that wrap around finger tip, widening near the end, then narrowing to a point that extends off to one side of the finger. (e) finger picks (3.5 x 1.5 x 1.9) two flat ivory bands which curl once around finger tip and extend out to one side in a point. (f) pick (3.2 x 2.3 x .1) small, flat, egg shaped, marbleized, grey plastic, stiff. (mfg: Durro). (g) pick (3.0 x 2.2 x .1) as (f) but brown tortoise shell coloured plastic (mfg: Eureka). (h) pick (2.7 x 1.9 x .1) as (f) but transparent yellowed plastic ?, slightly curled. (i) capo (5.3 x 1.9 x .9) flat metal bar with small hooks at either end to hold tightly coiled spring across the under side, lined underneath bar with cork. (mfg: Elton). j) bridge ? (4.7 x .8 x 1.1) a long, half round, hollow metal bar with six incised rings spaced evenly along the length. (mfg: Kamiki). (k) slides (7.2 x 1.7 diam) two heavy, solid, brass rods (used to slide over strings when playing the guitar Hawaiian style) (1) peg (5.0 x .9 x 2.3) white, cast plastic peg with long shaft and flattened key with finger depression each side, ferrules around top of shaft. (m) bridge (4.7 x 1.4 x 1.9) low, unfinished wood bridge with small dark support perpendicularly across under middle, short legs thicken slightly at base, series of small notches across top, some deliberately cut into wood, some worn in odd places from strings (mfg: Grover).

Subject: Whyte home; households; entertainment; pastime; Annie White; music; accessories; equipment; sound; song

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.34.0008 a-m

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Accessories Guitar Accessories

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Date: 1930 – 1950

Material: wood; plastic

Catalogue Number: 104.34.0009 a-e

Description: A collection of odd, stringed instrument accessories. (a) bridge (5.0 x 1.3 x .5) long, squared, wood, with low legs thicker at base, four shallow notches evenly spaced across top, for ukulele?( b) bridge (4.4 x 1.7 x .6) as (a) but taller and not as long. (c) bridge (2.7 x 2.1 x .3) a small, …

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Title: Accessories Guitar Accessories

Date: 1930 – 1950

Material: wood; plastic

Dimensions: 5.0 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm

Description: A collection of odd, stringed instrument accessories. (a) bridge (5.0 x 1.3 x .5) long, squared, wood, with low legs thicker at base, four shallow notches evenly spaced across top, for ukulele?( b) bridge (4.4 x 1.7 x .6) as (a) but taller and not as long. (c) bridge (2.7 x 2.1 x .3) a small, high, yellowed, glass like bridge with arced top, and arch under between legs, curved in at sides, and four shallow notches across top. (d) pegs (15.9 x .9 x 1.9) three plain, wooden tuning pegs with straight, tapering shafts, and simple round flat keys at top with depressions for fingers to grasp, small slit cut across bottom, impressed marks from strings around bottom. (e)pick guard (7.8 x 5.2) small, lyre shaped form cut from a thin sheet of tortoiseshell patterned plastic, two pinholes at stem where broken off from something else (a bracket?).

Subject: Whyte home; households; entertainment; pastime; Annie White; music; accessories; equipment; sound; song;

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.34.0009 a-e

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Addresses delivered to the members during the year 1929

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

Published Date: 1930

Author: Empire Club of Canada

Publisher: Toronto : T.H. Best

Call Number: 08.2 Em7

Author: Empire Club of Canada

Publisher: Toronto : T.H. Best

Published Date: 1930

Physical Description: xi, 380p. : port

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

Notes: Partial contents: Robins, E.F. The Peace River Country; Thornton, H.W Problems of the Canadian National Railways; Gibbon, J.M. The music of the people; Dafoe, J.W. Canada's new Northwest development

Accession Number: 7000

Call Number: 08.2 Em7

Collection: Archives Library

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Advent Calendar

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Date: 1950 – 1979

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 105.02.0097

Description: A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed througho…

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Title: Advent Calendar

Date: 1950 – 1979

Material: paper

Dimensions: 30.2 x 30.2 cm

Description: A child's Advent calendar, a single sheet of paper with brightly coloured scene. Nine rosy cheeked pudgy children engaged in various activities, playing, carrying, and sorting mail, etc. The major figure, presumably Santa Claus, sits at desk writing and talking on the telephone. Dispersed throughout the scene are twenty four little doors numbered from 1 - 24. Each door opens to reveal a picture printed on a luminous sheet of paper glued to the calendar. The calendar has not been used and is contained in its original envelope for mailing. Marks, printed in Western Germany.