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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25088
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2002
Author
Reid, Gordon
Publisher
Calgary : Fifth House Publishers
Call Number
07.3 R27h
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Author
Reid, Gordon
Responsibility
Gordon Reid
Publisher
Calgary : Fifth House Publishers
Published Date
2002
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations
Bison
Archaeology
Buffalo
Abstract
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Alberta is one of the oldest, largest, and best-preserved buffalo jump sites in North America and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1981. Author Gordon Reid has compiled a history of this significant site, describing the importance of the buffalo to Native peoples, how the jump was used, and the traditions and skills surrounding the hunt. He also looks at the excavation of the site, explaining how archaeologists uncovered artifacts, and what they learned about the history of the site and the people who used it. Also included is an overview of the resources offered by the Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump interpretive centre. This book, originally published in 1993, has been a very popular resource for tourists, educators, students, and people interested in Alberta's heritage. Completely updated and redesigned for this new edition, it will be the only book available that explains, in depth, the vital role of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Native history. (from Fifth House Publishing website)
Contents
Part I - The Buffalo and the Native Peoples Part II - Unearthing the Past Part III - Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Today
ISBN
1894004833
Accession Number
2017.8665
Call Number
07.3 R27h
Collection
Archives Library
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A crown of maples : constitutional monarchy in Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25103
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2008
Author
Canadian Heritage
Publisher
Gatineau, PQ : Canadian Heritage
Call Number
08.1 C16a PAM
  1 website  
Author
Canadian Heritage
Publisher
Gatineau, PQ : Canadian Heritage
Published Date
2008
Physical Description
63, xviii pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
History-Canada
History
Abstract
Pertains to how the Constitutional Monarchy functions in Canada
Contents
Introduction The Canadian Crown - An Overview The Modern Reality of Constitutional Monarchy The Role and Powers of the Canadian Crown Today Canadian Representatives of the Crown Comparison with Other Systems of Government The Visual Presence of the Canadian Crown Conclusion The Royal Anthem - “God Save the Queen” Appendices Photographic Credits Glossary Acknowledgements
ISBN
9780662460121
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
08.1 C16a PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
2015 version available online via the Government of Canada
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Dendroarchaeological and contextual investigations of remote log structures in Jasper, Banff, and Kootenay National Parks, Canada.

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25106
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2004
Author
Brelsford, Karen Jacqueline
Publisher
Victoria : University of Victoria
Call Number
06.5 B74d
  1 website  
Author
Brelsford, Karen Jacqueline
Responsibility
Karen Jacqueline Brelsford
Publisher
Victoria : University of Victoria
Published Date
2004
Physical Description
310 pages ; illus. , maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
National parks
Architecture
Buildings
Cabins
Cabins and shelters
Thesis
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to undertake a comprehensive dendroarchaeological-contextual investigation of 35 sites (44 log structures) in Jasper, Banff, and Kootenay National Parks. Through tree-ring analysis and investigations of relevant documents (i.e., archives and interviews), three main objectives are met: (1) an architectural inventory and tree-ring analysis of sampled structures in the three parks; (2) an exploration of remote construction activity in the three parks, in terms of functional, temporal, and spatial distributions, and tree species selection; and (3) a detailed dendroarchaeological-contextual investigation of three structure case studies. The results provide new insights into remote construction activity from the late-nineteenth to early-twentieth century in the three parks. It assists Parks Canada in their attempt to interpret the cultural heritage resources of this area and contributes to the international need to document and explore vernacular architecture. (from the University of Victoria library website)
Contents
Title Page Abstract Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Literature Review 3.0 Study Sites and Methods 4.0 Characteristics of living and structure chronologies in Jasper, Banff, and Kootenay National Parks Construction Activity in Jasper, Banff, and Kootenay National Parks 6.0 Case Studies 7.0 Conclusions 8.0 References Appendix A: Tree-ring dating results and site descriptions for 35 sites (44 structures) sampled in Jasper, Banff, and Kootenay Parks Appendix B: Interview Transcriptions Appendix C: Copyright Permissions
Accession Number
7561
Call Number
06.5 B74d
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via the University of Victoria
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Conrad Kain - the legacy of Canada's greatest mountain guide

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25120
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2009
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Gripped Magazine
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Publisher
Gripped Magazine
Published Date
2009
Physical Description
p.30-35 : ill
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Kain, Conrad
Guide
Abstract
Pertains to mountain guide Conrad Kain and his legacy of guiding in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Notes
In Gripped Volume 11, Number 3, June - July 2009, p. 30-35
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Gripped website
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Call of the wild - National Museum of Wildlife Art Volume 5, Number 1, 2009

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25122
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2009
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2009 PAM
  1 website  
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Published Date
2009
Physical Description
46 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 5, Number 1
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Abstract
Pertains to wildlife art and wildlife artists at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming
Contents
Patrons without peer: selections from the McCoy Collection
He speaks for the trees: Dr. Suess and the Lorax
On the natural world
Collection spotlight: Dan Ostermiller's "The Emperor"
Walter Hood to design sculpture trail for museum
Wildlife in American art
Community focus committee: engaging the community
Notes
Features article on page 18 entitled "Looking at Wildlfe - the maturing Carl Rungius" - the National Museum of Wildlife Art holds the largest collection of Carl Rungius pieces in the United States
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2009 PAM
Collection
Archives Library
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National Museum of Wildlife Art website
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Lanterns on the prairie : the Blackfeet photographs of Walter McClintock

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25239
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2009
Author
Grafe, Steven L.
Farr, William E.
Smith, Sherry L.
Robes Kipp, Darrell
Publisher
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,
Call Number
06.4 G75l
  1 website  
Author
Grafe, Steven L.
Farr, William E.
Smith, Sherry L.
Robes Kipp, Darrell
Responsibility
Steven L. Grafe
William E. Farr
Sherry L. Smith
Darrell Robes Kipp
Publisher
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,
Published Date
2009
Physical Description
xi, 323 pages : illustrations (some color), maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations
Blackfoot
Photography
Abstract
Pertains to the photography of the Blackfeet Peoples by Walter McClintock in Montana in 1896
Contents
Acknowledgements
Editorial note
Chapter 1 - staging the Blackfeet: the curious career of Walter McClintock
Chapter 2 - a point of entry : the Blackfeet adoption of Walter McClintock
Chapter 3 - reimagining the Blackfee t: Walter McClintock in historical context
Chapter 4 - completing the circle
Chapter 5 - the McClintock photographs : content and technique
Plates
Notes
References
List of contributors
Index
ISBN
9780806140292
Accession Number
2021.08
Call Number
06.4 G75l
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Review of publication via University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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The story of modern skiing

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25260
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Fry, John
Publisher
Hanover : University Press of New England
Call Number
01.5 F84t
  1 website  
Author
Fry, John
Responsibility
John Fry
Publisher
Hanover : University Press of New England
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
xxii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Skiing
History
Abstract
This is the definitive history of the sport that has exhilarated and infatuated about 30 million Americans and Canadians over the course of the last fifty years. Consummate insider John Fry chronicles the rise of a ski culture and every aspect of the sport’s development, including the emergence of the mega-resort and advances in equipment, technique, instruction, and competition. The Story of Modern Skiing is laced with revelations from the author’s personal relationships with skiing greats such as triple Olympic gold medalists Toni Sailer and Jean-Claude Killy, double gold medalist and environmental champion Andrea Mead Lawrence, first women’s World Cup winner Nancy Greene, World Alpine champion Billy Kidd, Sarajevo gold and silver medalists Phil and Steve Mahre, and industry pioneers such as Vail founder Pete Seibert, metal ski designer Howard Head, and plastic boot inventor Bob Lange. Fry writes authoritatively of alpine skiing in North America and Europe, of Nordic skiing, and of newer variations in the sport: freestyle skiing, snowboarding, and extreme skiing. He looks closely at skiing’s relationship to the environment, its portrayal in the media, and its response to social and economic change. Maps locating major resorts, records of ski champions, and a timeline, bibliography, glossary, and index of names and places make this the definitive work on modern skiing. Skiers of all ages and abilities will revel in this lively tale of their sport’s heritage. (from publisher's website)
Contents
People and place -- Genesis -- A way of life -- From rope tow to resort -- Technique and equipment: partners in progress -- A revolution in equipment -- Technique: from stem to carve -- New ways to learn -- The story of alpine competition -- The world of alpine racing -- How skiing changed the Olympics -- Racing in America -- Diversity: new disciplines, old ones restored -- Cross-country -- Extremities -- Freestyle -- Snowboarding -- The culture and business of skiing -- "The industry" -- In print -- In movies, on television -- The new ski country.
ISBN
9781584654896
Accession Number
P2020.08
Call Number
01.5 F84t
Collection
Archives Library
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Thinking like a mountain

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2000
Author
Bateman, Robert
Publisher
Toronto : Viking
Call Number
05.5 B31t
  1 website  
Author
Bateman, Robert
Responsibility
Robert Bateman
Publisher
Toronto : Viking
Published Date
2000
Physical Description
xi, 130 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Environment
Literature
Essays
Authors
Bateman, Robert
Abstract
Thinking Like a Mountain is the result of many years of thinking, talking and writing about the world's growing environmental crisis. Beautifully designed and illustrated with original drawings, it is a gathering of questions, observations and ideas Robert Bateman has drawn from his own life experiences and gleaned from the writings of some of the visionaries who have influenced him. As Einstein said, "We cannot solve the problems of today with the same thinking that gave us the problems in the first place."Only a profound shift in philosophy, Bateman believes, can save our species from extinction. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Preface
Part One : Getting to know the neighbours
Part Two : Message in the bones
Part Three : Signs of hope
More food for thought
Acknowledgements
ISBN
9780670893034
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
05.5 B31t
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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Climate change and landscape in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25284
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
  1 website  
Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Responsibility
The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Nat Rutter
Murray Coppold
Dean Rokosh
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
137 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glaciers
Climatology
Climate change
Environment
Environmental conservation
Geography
Geology
Abstract
Climate change is at the forefront of public consciousness today. Political initiatives to combat the social and economic effects of changing climate will affect the lives of everyone. Media reports often portray climate scenarios and the range of uncertainty accompanying predictions. How does a reader approach the science behind the headlines? The goal of this book is to explain climate change science by examining the recent Ice Age history so spectacularly exposed in the Canadian Rocky Mountains landscape. Local and global sources of paleoclimate information are combined with dating techniques to unravel the glacial history of the Rockies over the last 30,000 years. The illustrated road log guide can be used by the armchair reader or the traveller to visit the landscape features essential to the interpretation. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the geosciences. Its teaching themes demonstrate the use of physics, biology, chemistry and mathematics in solving science questions and problems. The diverse program includes public lectures, teacher workshops, school programs and guided hikes. The Foundation conducts educational hikes to the Burgess Shale soft-bodied fossil deposit and the Mt. Stephen trilobite beds, both UNESCO World Heritage sites in Yoho National Park. (From Good Reads)
Contents
Introduction -- Archives of Climate Change -- Dating the Archives -- Extracting Climate Information -- Interpreting the Last Ice Age -- Finding Climate Change in the Rockies -- Glaciation in the Banff-Jasper Area -- Road Log Guide to Landscape Features -- Short Term Climate Change -- Future Climate Change -- Rood Log Stop Coordinates.
Notes
Sponsored by the CSPG Foundation
ISBN
9780978013219
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
Collection
Archives Library
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Country post : rural postal service in Canada, 1880 to 1945

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19833
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2003
Author
Amyot, Chantal and John Willis
Publisher
Gatineau, Quebec : Canadian Postal Museum
Call Number
08.1 Am1c
  1 website  
Author
Amyot, Chantal and John Willis
Responsibility
Chantal Amyot and John Willis
Publisher
Gatineau, Quebec : Canadian Postal Museum
Published Date
2003
Physical Description
210 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Postal services
History
Canada
Abstract
Pertains to the ways in which rural postal service combat isolationism in rural communities across Canada while using examples in Alberta. References and/or photos pertaining to Alberta include the following locations, Bently, Beverly, Big Valley, Capon, Claresholm, Consort, Coronation, Cressman, Gadsby, Hanna, Kinnodale, Lacombe, Ogden, Rapid City, Lethbridge, Red Lodge, Richdale, Rimbey, Stand Off, Troche, Wardlow and Worsley. The book draws similarities to the isolationism that was likely to exist in the Rocky Mountains at the time of early settlement, and the ways in which rural postal services increased communication among communities.
Contents
Foreword -- Canadian Postal Museum -- Foreword -- Canada post -- Foreword -- Canadian postmasters and assistants association -- Ch. 1. The transformation of rural society in Canada and the post office -- Ch. 2. The significance and symbolism of post offices and their locations -- Ch. 3. The rural postmaster -- Ch. 4. Social role of the post -- Ch. 5. Sending saving, and spending money -- Conclusion : whither the rural post office?
Notes
References and/or photographs of locations in Alberta can be found on the following pages Bently (98), Beverly (103), Big Valley (132), Capon (80), Claresholm (109), Consort (123), Coronation (114), Cressman (43), Gadsby (107), Hanna (98 and 124), Kinnodale (57 and 59), Lacombe (51), Lethbridge (89), Ogden (88), Rapid City (59), Red Lodge (59), Richdale (85), Rimbey (98), Stand Off (41), Troche (116), Wardlow (105) and Worsley (97)
ISBN
0660189984
Accession Number
2019.44
Call Number
08.1 Am1c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Avaliable through online subscription to jstor
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Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2005
Author
Karvonen Films and Boreal Pictures
Publisher
Korvonen Flims Ltd. and Boreal Picture Co-Production
Call Number
04.2 K11c
  1 website  
Author
Karvonen Films and Boreal Pictures
Publisher
Korvonen Flims Ltd. and Boreal Picture Co-Production
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
1 DVD-video (46 min) : sound, colour.
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Abstract
The largest and most powerful bears on earth live only in the northern reaches of the world. Brown bear, polar bear; related yet distinct, both are forces of nature that have left their mark on humankind. The very heart of wilderness beats within these bears, with ranges spanning countries and continents. Circumpolar Bears explores the lives of brown bears and polar bears found throughout the North – from grizzlies in Canada’s Arctic to brown bears in Finland and Russia, and polar bears from around the world. They have survived 200 million years of evolution, but the next hundred years may bring their greatest challenge yet.
Notes
The abstract has been taken directly from the film itself.
The front reads: "come face to face with the largest bears in the world - the Circumpolar Bears."
Accession Number
2019.64
Call Number
04.2 K11c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
The URL is linked to the official website of the publisher, Karvonen Films Ltd.
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A 2005 centennial addendum to the 1993 publication "pioneer families of Southern Alberta"

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19930
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2005
Author
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Publisher
[Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
Call Number
08.2 So8a
  1 website  
Author
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Responsibility
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Publisher
[Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
94 p. ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History of Alberta
History
Biography
Pioneer life
Abstract
Pertains to the "Pioneer Families of Southern Alberta" publication compiled in 1995 - addendum for centennial with additional biographical information
Contents
Ascheson to Astley
Baille to Byers
Callaway to Cyr
Dalgleish to Dyke
Earl to Ewell
Faiery to Fullerton
Gaetz to Gunn
Haines to Hutchison
Ilugason to Irvine
Jack to Jukes
Kauntz to Kountz
Lacombe to Lyndon
MacDonald to Myers
Naessens to Norrish
O'Brien to Owens
Pace to Pullar
Quail
Ramsay to Ruers
Sample sto Sweinhurt
Talbot to Tyson
Vanwart to Vincent
Wakeford to Wright
York to Yuill
Zanoni
Illustrations - photos prepared by Robert (Bud) Vine
Notes
Addendum to 08.2 So8p
Accession Number
2019.68
Call Number
08.2 So8a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants
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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2008
Author
Davison, Kristy
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Davison, Kristy
Responsibility
Kristy Davison
Published Date
2008
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Wildlife
Abstract
Pertains to Bear #71
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Summer 2008, p.12
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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A dark secret : your friendly neighborhood fall-out shelter

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19933
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2009
Author
Alexander, Rob
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Alexander, Rob
Responsibility
Rob Alexander
Published Date
2009
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Government
Lac des Arcs
Abstract
Pertains to the fall-out shelter built into Mount McGillivray overlooking Lac des Arcs by private company Rocky Mountain Vaults & Archives during the Cold War
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Vol.1, Iss.2, Winter 2009, p.15-17
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Highline website
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Assiniboine Lodge : a treasure chest of mountain memories

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19945
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2009
Author
Martel, Lynn
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Published Date
2009
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Assiniboine, Mount
Cabins
Renner, Sepp
Strom, Erling
History
Abstract
Pertains to the history of Mount Assiniboine Lodge with focus on current managers the Renner family.
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Vol.1, Iss.3, Summer 2009, p.12-14
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Treasures of the trail : a nature guide to Edworthy Park, Lawrey Gardens and the Douglas Fir Trail

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20078
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2002
Author
Osborn, Jerry
The Edworthy Park Heritage Society
Publisher
Calgary : Edworthy Park Heritage Society
Call Number
04 O1t
  1 website  
Author
Osborn, Jerry
The Edworthy Park Heritage Society
Responsibility
Jerry Osborn
The Edworthy Park Heritage Society
Publisher
Calgary : Edworthy Park Heritage Society
Published Date
2002
Physical Description
164 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Wildlife
Archaeology
History
History of Alberta
Maps
Ecology
Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Walking
Tours
Guidebook
Guidebooks
Trails
Abstract
Pertains to Edworthy Park in Calgary, Alberta, including the geology, paleontology, plant life, animal life, insect life, archaeology, Indigenous Peoples history, settler history and maps of walks which include plant and bird checklists. The three brick plants that operated in what is now Edworthy Park: Burnvale, Brickburn, Tregillus Clay Products were used to construct many buildings in Banff.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Geology and Paleontology
Plant Life
Animal Life
Butterflies
Archaeology and Native Culture
History
Park Map
Walk One - Wester Plateau of Edworthy Park
Walk Two - Brickburn and the Pond Lookout Trail
Walk Three - Edworthy Park Riverside
Walk Four - Douglas Fire Trail West
Walk Five - Quarry Road Trail, Lawrey Gardens, and Douglas Fire Trail East
Appendix One - Plant Checklist
Appendix Two - Bird Checklist
Contributors
Further Reading
Index of Photos
Notes
Brick information as per Ann Jones conversation with Lena Goon.
ISBN
0973176105
Accession Number
2014.8268
Call Number
04 O1t
Collection
Archives Library
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City of Calgary website re: Edworthy Park location and trail maps
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A tale of two passes : an inquiry into certain alpine literature

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20167
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2008
Author
Putnam, William Lowell
Publisher
Flagstaff, Arizona : Light Technology
Co-published by American Alpine Club, Alpine Club of Canada and International Association of Alpine Societies
Call Number
08 P98 T14
  1 website  
Author
Putnam, William Lowell
Responsibility
William L. Putnam
Publisher
Flagstaff, Arizona : Light Technology
Co-published by American Alpine Club, Alpine Club of Canada and International Association of Alpine Societies
Published Date
2008
Physical Description
i, 219 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Alps
Alps, Italian
History
Passes
Literature
Abstract
Written by AAC Honorary President William L Putnam, "this text is devoted to that pair of passes: the Mont Cenis and the Great Saint Bernard. Both of these mountain crossings appear to have been known and used from pre-Roman times. Both were prominently and frequently used by the Romans inestablishing and maintaining their empire; both were long adorned with hospice/shelters near their crests; and both have been by-passed by modern tunnels but are still crossed by paved highways. Despite these similiarites, their historic prominence derives from distinctly different events and factors. Herein lies the histories of these passes and stories of many travelers amongst the Alps - told as much as possible in their own words." ( from book jacket)
Contents
Introduction
Part I:
Chapter I : Early Alpine Passages
Chapter II : The Terrain
Part II:
Chapter III : Hannibal's Crossing
Chater IV : The Argument
Chapter V : The Railway
Part III:
Chater VI : The Other Route of the Ancients
Chapter VII : Hazards of the Mountain
Chapter VIII : The Great Saint Bernard in Later Literature
Chapter IX : The Early Alpinists
Chapter X : The Largest Crossing
Chapter XI : Popes and Passes
Index
Notes
Signed by author - addressed to Margaret Gmoser - dated October 19th, 2008
ISBN
1-891824-66-X
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
08 P98 T14
Collection
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An impending water crisis in Canada's western prairie provinces

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24934
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Schindler, D.W.
Donahue, W.F.
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Call Number
03.5 Sc1a PAM
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Author
Schindler, D.W.
Donahue, W.F.
Responsibility
D.W. Schindler
W.F. Donahue
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
6 pages ; illustrations , maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Watersheds
Climate
Climate change
Climatology
Western Canada
Glaciers
Rivers
Lakes
Abstract
Canada is usually considered to be a country with abundant freshwater, but in its western prairie provinces (WPP), an area 1/5 the size of Europe, freshwater is scarce. European settlement of the WPP did not begin until the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fortuitously, the period since European settlement appears to have been the wettest century of the past two millennia. The frequent, long periods of drought that characterized earlier centuries of the past two millennia were largely absent in the 20th century. Here, we show that climate warming and human modifications to catchments have already significantly reduced the flows of major rivers of the WPP during the summer months, when human demand and in-stream flow needs are greatest. We predict that in the near future climate warming, via its effects on glaciers, snowpacks, and evaporation, will combine with cyclic drought and rapidly increasing human activity in the WPP to cause a crisis in water quantity and quality with far-reaching implications.
Notes
In PNAS May 9, 2006 103 (19) 7210-7216
Call Number
03.5 Sc1a PAM
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Archives Library
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Available online via PNAS's website
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In time and place : master plan 2005 for the protection, preservation, and presentation of Alberta's past

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24956
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2005
Author
Tracey, William
Field, Dorothy
Myers, Patricia A.
Vickers, J. Rod
Wyman, Marlena
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Community Development
Call Number
00.5 T67i
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Author
Tracey, William
Field, Dorothy
Myers, Patricia A.
Vickers, J. Rod
Wyman, Marlena
Responsibility
William Tracey
Dorothy Field
Patricia A. Myers
J. Rod Vickers
Marlena Wyman
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Community Development
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
vi, 165 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alberta
Alberta - History
Archives
History
History of Alberta
Guide
Abstract
Pertains to a suggested plan by heritage professionals to thematically protect, preserve and present history in Alberta
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Master Plan 2005: A New Approach to Preserving Alberta's History
Part I: Preservation Strategy
Part II: A Thematic Approach
Part III: Using Master Plan 2005
Part IV: The Thematic Framework
Part V: CD with Printable Appendices
Notes
Includes letter from author Marlena Wyman
ISBN
0778543374
Accession Number
2019.93
Call Number
00.5 T67i
Collection
Archives Library
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Full text of publication available online
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Expanding horizons : painting and photography of American and Canadian landscape, 1860-1918

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24957
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2009
Author
Goldfarb, Hilliard T.
Publisher
[Montreal] : Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Call Number
06.1 G11e O.S.
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Author
Goldfarb, Hilliard T.
Responsibility
Hilliard T. Goldfarb (editor)
Publisher
[Montreal] : Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Published Date
2009
Physical Description
318 pages : illustrations (some color), maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Landscapes
Artists
Photographers
Photography
Exhibitions
Canada
United States
North America
Abstract
Catalogue of an exhibition first held at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from June 18 to Sept. 27, 2009 and then travelling to Vancouver Art Gallery, from Oct. 17, 2009 to Janu. 17, 2010. Issued also in French under title: Grandeur nature : peinture et photographie des paysages ame´ricains et canadiens de 1860 a` 1918.
Contents
Endangered horizons / Nathalie Bondil -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Crossed destinies: manifesting the paths of nationhood in the United States and Canada through Landscapes, 1860-1918 / Hilliard T. Goldfarb -- Flexible frontiers: expansion, contraction, regeneration / T.J. Jackson Lears -- Nature transcendent -- The most northerly horizon / Rosalind Pepall -- The forest, Niagara and the sublime / Franc¸ois-Marc Gagnon -- Works -- The stage of history and the theatre of myth -- Looking at landscape in athe age of environmentalism / Lynda Jessup -- Too silent to be real / Richard Hill -- Works -- Man versus nature -- Painting and photography in British Columbia, 1871-1916: some observations / Ian Thom -- Works -- Nature domesticated -- Word and image: North American landscape in nineteenth-century illustrated publications / Brian Foss -- John Singer Sargent's adventurous summer in the Canadian Rockies: the visit to rh Yoho Valley in 1916 / Hilliard T. Goldfarb -- Works -- The urban landscape -- "To pavements and homesteads here" : landscape, photography, and the transcendence of time and space / Philip Brookman -- Works -- The return of nature -- Introduction -- Works.
ISBN
9782891923347
Accession Number
2019.94
Call Number
06.1 G11e O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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Review and synopsis on Canadian Architect website
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