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The battle at Belly River : stories of the last great Indian battle

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

Published Date: 1966

Author: Johnstone, Alexander

Publisher: Lethbridge : Lethbridge Branch, Historical Society of Alberta

Call Number: 08.2 J62t PAM

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Author: Johnstone, Alexander

Publisher: Lethbridge : Lethbridge Branch, Historical Society of Alberta

Published Date: 1966

Physical Description: 22 pages : illustrations, maps

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

Subjects: Lethbridge; Lethbridge, Alberta; Rivers; First Nations; Cree; Blackfoot

Abstract: Pertains to the Battle at Belly River between Cree, Blackfeet Indigenous Peoples - descriptions of eye witness accounts and includes maps and photographs

Contents: Introduction The Last Great Indian Battle Other Accounts Summing Up Pictorial Representations of the Battle References Acknowledgements

Accession Number: 3069a

Call Number: 08.2 J62t PAM

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Lethbridge Historical Society website

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The Canadian National Parks: Today and Tomorrow: Volume 1

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

Published Date: 1968

Author: Nelson, J.G.; Scace, R.C.

Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary

Call Number: 13.112 Un1t Volume 1

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Author: Nelson, J.G.; Scace, R.C.

Responsibility: J.G. Nelson; R.C. Scace

Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary

Published Date: 1968

Physical Description: 601p.

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

Subjects: National parks; Research; Conferences

Abstract: Parks & Recreation.; Proceedings of a Conference Organized by The National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada.; Studies in Land Use History and Landscape Change National Park Series No. 3.

Contents: Setting the Stage Uses of the National Parks Measuring the Value of National Parks

Notes: The University of Calgary - The National and Provincial Parks Association on Canada, October 9th - 15th, 1968, Calgary

Accession Number: 485

Call Number: 13.112 Un1t Volume 1

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Available online via Parks Canada History

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The Canadian National Parks: Today and Tomorrow: Volume 2

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

Published Date: 1968

Author: Nelson, J.G.; Scace, R.C.

Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary

Call Number: 13.112 Un1t Volume 2

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Author: Nelson, J.G.; Scace, R.C.

Responsibility: J.G. Nelson; R.C. Scace

Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Calgary

Published Date: 1968

Physical Description: 1027p.

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

Subjects: National parks; Research; Conferences

Abstract: Parks & Recreation.; Proceedings of a Conference Organized by The National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada.; Studies in Land Use History and Landscape Change National Park Series No. 3.

Contents: Other Alternatives : The Role and Planning of Provincial, State and Local Parks Recent Developments in the U.S. and Other Parts Around the World Concessions and Services Planning for the Future

Notes: The University of Calgary - The National and Provincial Parks Association on Canada, October 9th - 15th, 1968, Calgary

Accession Number: 485

Call Number: 13.112 Un1t Volume 2

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Available online via Parks Canada History

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The dangerous river

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

Published Date: 1966

Author: Patterson, Raymond M.

Publisher: Sidney B.C. : Gray's Publishing

Edition: 1st Canadian ed

Call Number: 02.5 P27d 1966

Author: Patterson, Raymond M.

Responsibility: Raymond Murray Patterson

Edition: 1st Canadian ed

Publisher: Sidney B.C. : Gray's Publishing

Published Date: 1966

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

Subjects: Canoeing; Nahanni River

Accession Number: 492

Call Number: 02.5 P27d 1966

Collection: Archives Library

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A nostalgic view of Canada

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

Published Date: 1962

Author: Buchanan, Donald W.

Publisher: Toronto : McClelland and Steward Ltd.

Call Number: 06.4 B86a

Author: Buchanan, Donald W.

Publisher: Toronto : McClelland and Steward Ltd.

Published Date: 1962

Physical Description: 45 pages II. ; 20 cm

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

Subjects: Photography; Alberta; Quebec and Ontario; Canada

Abstract: In this book Donald W. Buchanan recreates the flavour of the Canada of his youth, matching a nostalgic text with his own photographs of evocative scenes from the ranches of Happy Valley, Alberta, to Kamouraska County in Quebec. -- From the publisher

Accession Number: 3069A

Call Number: 06.4 B86a

Collection: Archives Library

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All about babies

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

Published Date: 1963

Author: Coleman, H. T. J.

Publisher: Sidney, British Columbia : Gray's Publishing Ltd.

Call Number: 05.1 C68a

Author: Coleman, H. T. J.

Responsibility: Cover and illustrations E. Downing Baker

Publisher: Sidney, British Columbia : Gray's Publishing Ltd.

Published Date: 1963

Physical Description: 57 pages

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

Subjects: Poetry; Literature

Abstract: A collection of childrens stories detailing a variety of animals as babies.

Accession Number: 3069A

Call Number: 05.1 C68a

Collection: Archives Library

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Science in the history of modern culture

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

Published Date: 1963

Author: Watanabe, Masao

Publisher: Tokyo : Miraisha

Call Number: 03 W29s

Author: Watanabe, Masao

Publisher: Tokyo : Miraisha

Published Date: 1963

Physical Description: 353 pages

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

Subjects: Science; Japanese; culture; Education

Accession Number: 3069A

Call Number: 03 W29s

Collection: Archives Library

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Fenollosa and his circle

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

Published Date: 1962

Author: Brooks, Van Wyck

Publisher: New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.

Call Number: 05 B79f

Author: Brooks, Van Wyck

Publisher: New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.

Published Date: 1962

Physical Description: 321 pages

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

Subjects: Japanese; Japan; Art; Slavery; Archaeology; Mexico; Mayan; Biography

Abstract: A parade of fascinating personalities -- intellectuals, artists, travelers and explorers -- moves through this rich and colorful book of biographical essays by the author of Makers and Finders. --From dust cover

Contents: Fenollosa and His Circle ; Fanny Wright ; John Lloyd Stephens ; George Catlin ; Charles Wilkes ; Charles Godfrey Leland ; Anecdotes of Maurice Prendergast ; Randolph Bourne

Accession Number: 3069A

Call Number: 05 B79f

Collection: Archives Library

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An introduction to crystallography

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

Published Date: 1966

Author: Phillips, F. C.

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green and Co Ltd

Call Number: 03 P54a

Author: Phillips, F. C.

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green and Co Ltd

Published Date: 1966

Physical Description: 340 pages : 535 diagrams

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

Subjects: Crystallography; Geology; Science

Contents: 1. The nature of the crystalline state -- 2. Methods of projection -- 3. The description of crystals -- 4. A general study of the seven crystal systems -- 5. Goniometry -- 6. The thirty-two classes -- 7. Parallel growth and composite crystals -- 8. Some mathematical relationships -- 9. Crystal drawings -- 10. The symmetry of internal structure -- 11. Space groups -- 12. Diffraction of x-rays by crystals -- 13. Crystal habit

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 03 P54a

Collection: Archives Library

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Principles of stratigraphy

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

Published Date: 1966

Author: Dunbar, Carl O. and Rodgers, John

Publisher: New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Call Number: 03 D91p

Author: Dunbar, Carl O. and Rodgers, John

Publisher: New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 1966

Physical Description: 356 pages

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

Subjects: stratigraphy; Geology

Abstract: Carl O. Dunbar and John Rodgers authored this textbook in response to the growing interest in the study of stratigraphy in academia.

Contents: Part I : Environments of deposition -- Part 2 : Basic stratigraphic relations -- Part 3 : Interpretation of specific lithotopes -- Part 4 : Synthesis

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 03 D91p

Collection: Archives Library

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Intoduction to the structure of the earth

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

Published Date: 1969

Author: Spencer, Edgar W.

Publisher: New York : McGraw Book Company

Call Number: 03 S3i

Author: Spencer, Edgar W.

Publisher: New York : McGraw Book Company

Published Date: 1969

Physical Description: 597 pages

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

Subjects: Geology

Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts of stress and strain -- 3. Theory and rock failure -- fracture -- 4. Faults -- 5. Behavior of materials -- 6. Folds and folding -- 7. Clevage, mullion, rodding, kinks, and boudinage -- 8. Primary sedimentary structures -- 9. Structures in unconsolidated sediment and salt -- 10. Earth's interior and major crustal elements -- 11. The North American continental craton and its stable margin -- 12. A case study of an orogenic belt -- the Alps -- 13. Anatomy of a folded mountain belt -- the Appalachians -- 14. Structural features of the North American cordillera -- 15. Sturctural features of the ocean basins -- 16. Examples of modern diatrophism -- 17. Tectonic syntheses

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 03 S3i

Collection: Archives Library

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The alpine regions of Switzerland and the neighbouring countries : a pedestrian's noteson their physical features, scenery, and natural history

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

Published Date: 1896

Author: Bonney, T. G.

Publisher: Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.

Edition: 1st edition

Call Number: 02.2 B64a

Author: Bonney, T. G.

Responsibility: Illustrations by E. Whymper

Edition: 1st edition

Publisher: Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.

Published Date: 1896

Physical Description: 351 pages ; 15 ill. ; 5 plates

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Geology; Italy; Glaciers; Animals; Avalanches; Botany; Folklore

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 02.2 B64a

Collection: Archives Library

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My home in the Alps

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

Published Date: 1892

Author: Le Blond, Elizabeth

Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Company Limited

Call Number: 02.2 L46m

Author: Le Blond, Elizabeth

Responsibility: Mrs. Main

Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Company Limited

Published Date: 1892

Physical Description: 131 pages

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Europe; Alps; Travel; Women; Nature

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 02.2 L46m

Collection: Archives Library

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Mountain climbing

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

Published Date: 1897

Publisher: London : Charles Scribner's Sons

Call Number: 01 W69m

Responsibility: Edward L. Wilson, Edwin Lord Weeks, A. F. Jaccaci, W. Martin-Conway, Mark Brickell Kerr, William Williams, and H. F. B. Lynch

Publisher: London : Charles Scribner's Sons

Published Date: 1897

Physical Description: 358 pages

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; St. Elias; Alps; Climbing; Glaciers

Contents: I. Mount Washington in winter / Edward L. Wilson -- II. Some episodes of mountaineering by a cause amateur / Edwin Lord Weeks -- III. Ascent of Mount Aetna / A. F. Jaccaci -- IV. Ascent of Mount Ararat / H. F. B. Lynch -- V. Climbing Mount St. Elias / William Williams -- VI. Mount St. Elias and its glaciers / Mark Brickell Kerr -- VII. One thousand miles through the Alps / Sir. W. Martin Conway