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Almost a lifetime
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13807
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1995
- Author
- McMahon, John
- Publisher
- Lantzville, B.C. : Oolichan Books
- Call Number
- 08 M22a
- Author
- McMahon, John
- Publisher
- Lantzville, B.C. : Oolichan Books
- Published Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 297 p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Camps, P.O.W.
- World War II
- Notes
- Bibliography and index. Book pertains to experiences of John McMahon, a Prisoner of War from Stalag VIIIB (also known as Stalag 344) in the area of Lamsdorf Germany. Some of the experiences and drawings contained in the book are similar to those of Bill Waterworth of Banff Alberta, who was also a P.O.W. in this camp. Bill Waterworth's oral history and a digitized copy of his Wartime Log scrapbook resides in the Archives and Library of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff Alberta Canada.
- Accession Number
- 60000 2010-12-08
- Call Number
- 08 M22a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The American Alpine Journal, 1946 : special war number
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue210
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1991
- Edition
- Reprint ed
- Call Number
- U240 A5
- Edition
- Reprint ed
- Published Date
- 1991
- Subjects
- Lovat Scouts
- World War II
- Notes
- Contains article by Rex Gibson
- Call Number
- U240 A5
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Canada's Air Heritage
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24942
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1941
- Author
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Government
- Call Number
- 08.1 R53c PAM
- Author
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Responsibility
- Issued under the authority of the Minister of National Defence for Air, Ottawa, Canada
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Government
- Published Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 23 p. : ill.
- Subjects
- World War II
- World War, 1939-1945
- World Wars
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of Canada's Air Force highlighting several pilots and includes portraits by Alphonse Jongers, Barnes, Allan Barr
- Contents
- Forward
- William Avery Bishop
- William George Barker
- Air Commodore Raymond Collishaw
- Alan Arnett McLeod
- Par ardua ad astra
- Notes
- Issued to G.L. Paris on November 20, 1942 on the occasion of recieving his wings at the No. 10 Flying School in Dauphin, Manitoba. Includes invitation to "Wings Banquet and Stag" on November 18th, 1942 upon completion of 20 hours of flying.
- Accession Number
- 3211
- Call Number
- 08.1 R53c PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
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German prisoners of war in Canada and their artifacts,1940-1948
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14197
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1993
- Author
- Madsen, C.M.V.
- Publisher
- Regina : R.J. Henderson
- Call Number
- 08.1 M26
- Author
- Madsen, C.M.V.
- Responsibility
- C.M.V. Madsen & R.J. Henderson
- Publisher
- Regina : R.J. Henderson
- Published Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 203 p. : ill.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Kananaskis
- Notes
- Cover subtitle: A guide for historians, research and collectors.
- ISBN
- 0969788800
- Accession Number
- 13-03-12 70,500
- Call Number
- 08.1 M26
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Highland soldiers : the story of a mountain regiment
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5149
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1994
- Author
- Taylor, William C
- Publisher
- Canmore : Coyote Books
- Call Number
- 08 T21h c.1
- 08 T21h c.2
- Author
- Taylor, William C
- Publisher
- Canmore : Coyote Books
- Published Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 253p. : ill., maps, ports
- Subjects
- Lovat Scouts
- World War II
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 0-9698939-0-6
- Accession Number
- 6743
- 35500
- Call Number
- 08 T21h c.1
- 08 T21h c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Highland soldiers : the story of a mountain regiment
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21264
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1994
- Author
- Taylor, William C.
- Publisher
- Canmore : Coyote Books
- Call Number
- U240 T3
- Author
- Taylor, William C.
- Publisher
- Canmore : Coyote Books
- Published Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 253p. : ill
- Subjects
- Armed forces
- Lovat Scouts
- World War II
- ISBN
- 0969893906
- Call Number
- U240 T3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Hotels : the history of Alberta's hospitality
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13364
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1995
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Hotel Association
- Call Number
- 08.2 Sa5h
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Hotel Association
- Published Date
- 1995
- Subjects
- Alberta Liquor Control Board
- Ethnic groups
- Government
- Prohibition
- Railways
- Taverns
- World War I
- World War II
- Notes
- 75th anniversary publication for Alberta Hotel Association. Includes chapter on George Barr of the King Edward Hotel in Banff, the Andrew family of the Astoria Hotel in Jasper
- Call Number
- 08.2 Sa5h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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I never left home
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20116
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1944
- Author
- Hope, Bob ; illustrated by Carl Rose.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon and Schuster
- Call Number
- 08 H77i Pam
- Variant Title
- Bob Hope's own story of his trip abroad : I never left home
- Responsibility
- Bob Hope ; illustrated by Carl Rose.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon and Schuster
- Published Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 76 pages
- Subjects
- Humour
- World War II
- World War, 1939-1945
- Travel
- American
- Abstract
- "I Never Left Home is about ... Bob Hope's journey among our armed forces, during which he has traveled more than 80,000 miles and played before more than half the entire army. It is composed of about three-fourths straight Hope humor and one-fourth extremely moving tribute to our soldiers. It is a personal adventure story and a Hope's eye view of the war ..." -- From dust jacket.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08 H77i Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mission to Moscow : A record of confidential dispatches to the State department, official and personal correspondence, current diary and journal entries, including notes and comment up to October, 1941.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20060
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1941
- Author
- Davies, Joseph E.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon and Schuster
- Edition
- 6th printing
- Call Number
- 08 D28m
- Author
- Davies, Joseph E.
- Responsibility
- Joseph E. Davies
- Edition
- 6th printing
- Publisher
- New York : Simon and Schuster
- Published Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- xxii, 659 p. : facsims. ; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Germany
- Russia
- World War II
- World War, 1939-1945
- Abstract
- “Mission to Moscow is a report to the American people on the facts which enabled Mr. Davies to predict the Nazis-Soviet Pact, the outbreak of the war, the German attack on Russia, and the amazing resistance of the Red Army. In addition to telling a new story for the first time, Mission to Moscow tells this story in a new way. The book is made up entirely of confidential dispatches to the State Department, selections from diary and journal entries, and correspondence both official and personal.”
- Contents
- Foreword (pg. xi)
- Author's note (pg. xxi)
- I : The mission begins : November 16, 1936 - March 30, 1937 (pg. 1)
- II : Washington and points East : April 5 - June 20, 1937 (pg. 137)
- III: The purge hits the red army : June 25 - July 28, 1937 (pg. 155)
- IV: Russia through her neighbours' eyes : July 28 - December 24, 1937 (pg. 205)
- V: The purge hits Bukharin : January 15 - March 17, 1938 (pg. 281)
- VI: Moscow hears the drums of war : March 14 - April 1, 1928 (pg. 281)
- VII: Climax of the mission : April 6 - July 5, 1938 (pg. 311)
- VIII: Brief on the facts : June 6, 1938 (pg. 375)
- Harvest of the mission : September 6, 1938 - October 28, 1941 (pg. 427)
- Chronology (pg. 515)
- Appendix (pg. 535)
- Index (pg. 647)
- Notes
- The abstract had been taken directly from the book itself
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08 D28m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountain warfare
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12136
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1943
- Author
- United States. War Department
- Publisher
- Washington : United States Government printing office
- Call Number
- 02.7 Un3m Pam
- Responsibility
- prepared under the direction of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff
- Publisher
- Washington : United States Government printing office
- Published Date
- 1943
- Physical Description
- iii, 75 p. : ill., maps
- Series
- Military training pamphlet no.56
- Subjects
- Armed forces
- World War II
- Accession Number
- 7277
- Call Number
- 02.7 Un3m Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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