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Malcolm Geddes fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions601
- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts …
- Date Range
- [1896-2013]
- Reference Code
- M39 / V756
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 39
- V 756
- Sous-Fonds
- M 39
- V 756
- Accession Number
- 5545, 6504, 7846, 2014.8306, 2015.8558
- Reference Code
- M39 / V756
- Responsibility
- Some views are by Malcolm Geddes; many were obtained through other sources
- Date Range
- [1896-2013]
- Physical Description
- 444 photographs: 385 b&w and col. transparencies, 59 b&w prints -- 1 album (28 b&w prints) -- 11 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Malcolm Daniel Geddes, 1866-1927, was a journalist, publisher and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Geddes was one of the founders of the "Farmers and Ranch Review" in 1904, and served as vice-president and editor until his death. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1917, was active in ACC summer camps and served as Honorary Secretary from 1924 to 1926. Geddes was killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Lefroy in 1927.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts and publications), Malcolm's career in real estate, family letters, financial records, records of mountain ascents and hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, family trees and genealogical research, and other related materials.
- Notes
- Fonds consists of three series:
- Series I : Professional records I / A : Published materials I / B : Manuscripts and notes I / C : Professional correspondence
- Series II : Financial records
- Series III : Personal and family records III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions III / B : Genealogy and research III / C : Other personal and family records
- Name Access
- Geddes, Malcolm
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Hiking
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Poetry
- Property
- Finances
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Correspondence
- Genealogy
- History
- Research
- Publication
- Travel
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Obituary
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- British Columbia
- Ontario
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Geddes, Malcolm
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Content Details
- Arrangement of fonds was redone by Processing Archivist Kate Skelton between December 2020 and March 2021 to accommodate unprocessed materials from accessions 7846, 2014.8306 and 2015.8558
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Camp 4 : recollections of a Yosemite rockclimber
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Roper, Steve
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers
- Call Number
- 02.8 R68c
- Author
- Roper, Steve
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 255 pages : illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- In the 1960s, California's Yosemite Valley was the center of the rock climbing universe. Young nonconformists -- many of them the finest rock climbers in the world -- channeled their energy toward the largely untouched walls and cracks. Soon climbers from around the globe were coming to Camp 4 -- gathering spot for the creators of the "Golden Age" of Yosemite climbing -- to see whgat all the fuss is about. -- From the back cover
- Notes
- Winner of the 1994 Banff Mountain Book Festival for Mountain Literature
- ISBN
- 9780898863819
- Accession Number
- P2023.19
- Call Number
- 02.8 R68c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Carleton College
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54617
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings, receipts, correspondence (photocopies), a bound copy of the second annual calendar for Carleton College (1943-1944), a programme for the First Commencement Exercises (November 3, 1943), Dorothy's personal reflections of her experiences working alongside Dr. H.M…
- Date Range
- 1942-1998
- 1942-1943
- 1947
- 1998
- Reference Code
- M521 / I / A / 6-7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Newspaper clipping
- Textual record
- Calendar
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers
- Sous-Fonds
- M521
- Sub-Series
- M521 / I / A : Research and Writing
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- M521 / I / A / 6-7
- Date Range
- 1942-1998
- 1942-1943
- 1947
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (23 x 33.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings, receipts, correspondence (photocopies), a bound copy of the second annual calendar for Carleton College (1943-1944), a programme for the First Commencement Exercises (November 3, 1943), Dorothy's personal reflections of her experiences working alongside Dr. H.M. Tory at Carleton College (photocopies and handwritten originals), and two envelopes, 23 x 33.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the founding, early years, and community impact of Carleton College, including instructor profiles, corporation and registration, a tribute to Dr. H.M. Tory (college head), and Dorothy's personal experiences and memories while working at the college from 1942-1944 as the first secretary. Newspaper clippings come from the Ottawa Citizen and the Ottawa Journal and are dated:
- September 14, 1942
- June 30, 1943
- November 7, 1942
- November 4, 1943
- June 9, 1942
- August 29, 1942
- February 7, 1947 Correspondence between Dorothy and Blair Neatby is dated February 19 and February 25, 1998.
- Notes
- Carleton College is now Carleton University.
- Blair Neatby was a historian who wrote a biography of Carleton College.He contacted Dorothy (ca. 1997-1998) to solicit her experiences and memories of when she worked there. "Creating Carleton: The Shaping of a University" was published in 2002.
- Envelopes were originally used to file the records. There are notations and labels on them created by Dorothy.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Tory, Dr. H.M.
- Neatby, Blair
- Subject Access
- Education
- History
- Newspaper
- Organizations
- Professional and Personal Life
- World War II
- Biography
- Geographic Access
- Ottawa
- Canada
- Ontario
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Clippings are taped and glued together. May present conservation issues in the future.
- Creator
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Category
- Education
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Ed and Dorothy : Rocky Mountain romance
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25229
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Storry, Lea
- Carleton, Brian
- Carleton, Mike
- Carleton, Terry
- Publisher
- Alberta : Family Lines Publishing
- Call Number
- 08.3 F21e
1 website
- Responsibility
- Lea Storry
- Brian Carleton
- Mike Carleton
- Terry Carleton
- Publisher
- Alberta : Family Lines Publishing
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 307 pages
- Abstract
- The book is a testament to three sons’ love for their parents, Ed and Dorothy. Ed and Dorothy were kind and caring people and raised their family with those values. This book is also a testament to a family’s love of community, the community of Banff National Park.I hope when you read this book, you’ll be immersed in a bygone era that includes the Second World, to the backcountry of Canada’s oldest national park. I hope you will see a way of life that can never be recreated in a place that is ever-changing but will always be home to Ed and Dorothy. (Edited down from Our Family Lines website)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Edmond Clarence Carleton
- Chapter Two: Calgary Highlanders
- Chapter Three: Dorothy Eileen (nee Sweetzer) Fowler
- Chapter Four: Exercising War
- Chapter Five: Looking Towards the Future
- Chapter Six: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carleton
- Chapter Seven: "Home" in Banff
- Chapter Eight: This is backcountry living
- Chapter Nine: Nature reels
- Chapter Ten: Tragedies and changes
- Chapter Eleven: A time capsule, royalty and lots of wildlife
- Chapter Twelve: A year in the life of a warden and his family
- Chapter Thirteen: Conservation and concerns
- Chapter Fourteen: Making new memories while remembering the old
- Chapter Fifteen: Life moves on
- Endnotes
- Acknowledgements
- Sources
- ISBN
- 9780991707522
- Accession Number
- 2021.06
- Call Number
- 08.3 F21e
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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A house in the sky : a memoir
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Lindhout, Amanda and Sara Corbett
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner
- Edition
- First Scribner paperback edition
- Call Number
- 05 L64a
1 website
- Responsibility
- Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
- Edition
- First Scribner paperback edition
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 373 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the chilling account of Amanda Lindhout’s abduction in Somalia. Lindhout was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and began travelling the world at the age of nineteen. After only four days in Somalia, Linhout was abducted and would be held hostage for the next 460 days. She shares her gripping story, inviting the reader to take a glimpse into the torturous conditions she was held within. Compelling yet chilling, Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett share an intensely personal account of heart break, pain and hope.
- ISBN
- 9781451645606
- Accession Number
- 2019.66
- Call Number
- 05 L64a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL is linked to Amanda Lindhout's official website page. Interested viewers are able to find out more infromation on the author and her humanitarian efforts.
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Howdy, I'm John Ware : and this is the story of my cowboy life
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25246
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Clough, Ayesha
- Rookwood, Hugh
- Publisher
- Carstairs, Alberta, Canada : Red Barn Books
- Call Number
- 08.1 C62h
1 website
- Author
- Clough, Ayesha
- Rookwood, Hugh
- Responsibility
- Ayesha Clough (author)
- Hugh Rookwood (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Carstairs, Alberta, Canada : Red Barn Books
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 39 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, colour maps, portraits
- Abstract
- Howdy, I’m John Ware is a children's book about Canada's legendary Black cowboy. The story, ideal for ages 6-12, brings the real-life legend to a new generation of kids. Despite experiencing enslavement, war and discrimination, this gifted horseman blazed a trail of kindness, becoming one of Alberta’s most loved and respected pioneer ranchers. (From publisher's website)
- ISBN
- 9781999108786
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.1 C62h
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Lorenzo Grassi in ' Merica. Un umile eroe falmentino in Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19777
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Costa, Elio and Gabriele Scardellato
- Publisher
- Verbania, Italy : Tarara' Edizioni Associazione Culturale
- Call Number
- 01 Co81l
- Responsibility
- Elio Costa and Gabriele Scardellato
- Publisher
- Verbania, Italy : Tarara' Edizioni Associazione Culturale
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 167 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Biography
- Mountaineering
- History
- Canada
- Italy
- Rocky Mountains
- Abstract
- Italian edition of "Lawrence Grassi : from Piedmont to the Rocky Mountains"
- Contents
- Nota Introduttiva
- Prefazione
- Premessa
- Gli Inizi : Falmenta, La Val Cannobina, E L'Emigrazione
- Caro Figlio Scrivimi : Quelli Lasciati Alle Spalle E Vita Nel North Shore
- Lawrence Grassi Sulle Montagne
- Il Tracciatore di Sentieri
- Epilogo : Simbolo e Leggenda Delle Montagne Rocciose Canadesi
- Alcune Lettere da Falmenta
- Ringraziamenti
- ISBN
- 978-88-97795-35-3
- Accession Number
- 2019.22
- Call Number
- 01 Co81l
- Collection
- Archives Library
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My heroes have always been Indians : a century of great Indigenous Albertans
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25267
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Voyageur, Cora J.
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
- Call Number
- 07.2 V85m
1 website
- Author
- Voyageur, Cora J.
- Responsibility
- Cora J. Voyageur
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 226 pages
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- First Nations
- History
- Biography
- Alberta
- Abstract
- In a series of inspirational profiles, Cora Voyageur celebrates the achievements of 100 remarkable Indigenous Albertans in the fields of art, literature, business, politics, sports, education, human rights and more. From world-renowned architect Douglas Cardinal, whose iconic designs are seen from Edmonton to Washington, DC, to Nellie Carlson, a tireless activist whose work has advanced the rights of Indigenous women, the contributions of Indigenous Peoples have greatly enriched the social, cultural and economic fabric of Alberta. An introduction provides a brief history of Indigenous Peoples in Alberta, including an explanation of the Numbered Treaties. (from publisher's website)
- ISBN
- 9781550597547
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 07.2 V85m
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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A Native Heritage
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one large booklet/portfolio containing biographical information, illustrations, and 10 copies of painted colour portraits all pertaining to Indigenous chiefs. Individuals depicted are: Crowfoot [Southern Blackfoot], Old Sun [Northern Blackfoot], Red Crow [Southern Blood tribe], Bul…
- Date Range
- [1970-1980]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 55
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Drawing
- Painting
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 55
- Responsibility
- Art produced by Mort Graham
- Date Range
- [1970-1980]
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 38 x 48 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one large booklet/portfolio containing biographical information, illustrations, and 10 copies of painted colour portraits all pertaining to Indigenous chiefs. Individuals depicted are: Crowfoot [Southern Blackfoot], Old Sun [Northern Blackfoot], Red Crow [Southern Blood tribe], Bull Head [Sarcee], Eagle Tail [North Piegans], Poundmaker [Cree], Medicine Calf [Southern Blood tribe], Big Bear [Cree], Big Plume [Sarcee], and Pakan [Wood Cree]. Collection also includes historical information pertaining to Indigenous history in Western Canada written by Dr. James G. MacGregor, and a map depicting Indigenous treaty boundaries in and around the Rocky Mountains.
- Notes
- Date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist
- Name Access
- Graham, Mort
- MacGregor, James
- Subject Access
- Indigenous Peoples
- History
- Art
- Artist
- Portrait
- Biography
- Geography
- Government
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- United States of America
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Oral histories
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55691
- Part Of
- Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 22 sound recordings produced and/or collected by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Content pertains to interviews conducted by Maryalice with various members of the Banff community and mountaineers. Includes several interviews with Maryalice's father, Ralph S. Harvey.
- Date Range
- 1973-1979
- [ca.1980-1990]
- 1993
- Reference Code
- S13 / I / B / 15 to 36
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Part Of
- Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M9
- S13
- V605
- Series
- S13 / I : Professional records
- Sous-Fonds
- S13
- Sub-Series
- S13 / I / B : Research and other professional records
- Accession Number
- 7412
- Reference Code
- S13 / I / B / 15 to 36
- Date Range
- 1973-1979
- [ca.1980-1990]
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 22 sound recordings : 19 cassettes, 2 film reels -- 0.2 cm textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 22 sound recordings produced and/or collected by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Content pertains to interviews conducted by Maryalice with various members of the Banff community and mountaineers. Includes several interviews with Maryalice's father, Ralph S. Harvey.
- Notes
- Contents of recordings in file:
- S13 / I / B / 15 : "Banff - June 21 /93 George Vaux + MHS"
- S13 / I / B / 16 - 17 : "Joe Halstonson"
- S13 / I / B / 18 : "Orville Thomas - Oct 24 /93 New Denver"
- S13 / I / B / 19 - 20 : "Thomas L. Wood July 21 /78" Tape I and Tape II
- S13 / I / B / 21 : "Kitty Bagley July 1976", Verda Mignon Bagley
- S13 / I / B / 22 : "Ralph S. Harvey May 3 /78"
- S13 / I / B / 23 : "Norman Brice - July 7 1979 MHS"
- S13 / I / B / 24 : "Mt. Royal [Ranch]", Marjorie Spicer (n.d.)
- S13 / I / B / 25 : "Ralp[h] Harvey Dec 1978 Harvey Locke + Sunshine [Ski Area]"
- S13 / I / B / 26 : "Ralph [Harvey], May 3" [copy by Ted Hart], 1978
- S13 / I / B / 27 : "Ralph S. Harvey Feb 25 /84"
- S13 / I / B / 28 - 29 : "Ralph S. Harvey 1973 with MHS" Tapes I and II
- S13 / I / B / 30 : "Aunt Alice Harvey Mitchell July 20 1978 at Ralphine's - Calgary" [Ralphine Locke]
- S13 / I / B / 31 : "Ralph Harvey, May 1 /78" [rec. at Victoria General Hospital by E.J. Hart; childhood, Brewster Transport, motor mechanics course in Calgary]
- S13 / I / B / 32 : "Geo[rge] Vaux June 21 /93 Reopening of Whyte Museum on 25th Ann[iversary]George Vaux at ribbon[?] [Ribbon Creek?] with Eleanor Luxton - talk"
- S13 / I / B / 33 : "Lecture - Noel Odell" about Everest 1924 expedition (n.d.)
- S13 / I / B / 34 : Test recording - Maryalice reading brief excerpt of Rockies prehistory from untitled book (n.d.), approx.10 min long; side B is blank
- S13 / I / B / 35 - 36 : "Marjorie (Crosby) Dye Interviewed by Maryalice Stewart" (Nov. 27, 1981), tapes #1 and #2
- Name Access
- Stewart, Maryalice Harvey
- Harvey, Ralph
- Locke, Ralphine
- Brice, Norman
- Dye, Marjorie (Crosby)
- Halstonson, Joe
- Thomas, Orville
- Wood, Thomas
- Bagley, Kitty
- Vaux, George
- Subject Access
- Interview
- Biography
- Research
- History
- Exploration
- Employment
- Education
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- S1 / 137A (related to S13 / I / B / 15)
- S1 / 141 (related to S13 / I / B / 23 and 26)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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