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Our trip around the world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25248
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Belczyk, Renate
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Call Number
- 02 B41o
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- Author
- Belczyk, Renate
- Responsibility
- Renate Belczyk
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 208 pages
- Abstract
- A spirited 1950s travelogue that takes the reader around the world during a time when two independent young women travelling alone was considered almost revolutionary. Renate Belczyk was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1932. When she was three years old her family moved to Berlin, where they settled into a small apartment building on the outskirts of the city. It was in this building that she met another adventurous girl, Sigrid, with whom she would travel around the world as young women after the Second World War. Having spent most of their childhood and teenage years climbing trees, swimming, cycling, hiking, and adventuring around Germany the two young women attended a talk by the German writer Heinrich Böll. During his presentation the renowned author suggested to the crowd that they all travel to different countries and make friends with the locals whenever they could, as this would help prevent another war. Renate and Sigrid took this advice to heart, and from that point their adventures together took flight. Starting in 1955 and travelling for three years to England, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, Japan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Egypt, Turkey, Macedonia, and Greece, their adventures together culminated with their joint return to Germany in 1958. In 1959 Renate returned to the Canadian Rockies to work in the backcountry, and in 1960 she married mountaineer Felix Belczyk and settled in Castlegar, BC, where they raised three children. Our Trip Around the World is an endearing snapshot of the postwar era when adventure travel – mountaineering, hiking, hitchhiking, and cycling – was enticing those with adventurous spirits to experience the world like never before. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Early Years -- Chapter 2: Mexico, 1955-56 -- July 1955 -- September 1955 -- October 1955 -- November 1955 -- December 1955 -- January 1956 -- February 1956 -- March 1956 -- April 1956 -- May 1956 -- June-July 1956 -- Chapter 3: Canada, 1956-57 -- July 1956 -- August 1956 -- September 1956 -- Winter 1956-57 -- Spring 1957 -- May 1957 -- Chapter 4: Japan, 1957 -- May to October, 1957 -- June 1957 -- July 1957 -- Photo Section -- September 1957 -- October 1957 -- Chapter 5: India and Nepal, 1957-58 October 1957 -- November 1957 -- December 1957 -- January 1958 -- Chapter 6: Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Home, 1958 -- February 1958 -- March 1958 -- April 1958 -- May 1958 -- Afterword: A Life of Travel
- ISBN
- 9781771603775
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02 B41o
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Overexposure : a story about a skier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25735
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.5 S9o
- Variant Title
- Sayers, Chad
- Responsibility
- Leslie Anthony and Taylor Godber
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 288 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 35 cm
- Subjects
- Skiing
- Ski mountaineering
- Biography
- Photography
- Abstract
- At the age of 18, Chad Sayers chooses to pursue a perilous existence in the world of professional freeskiing. Immediately successful, he rides high on a train of celebrity, sponsorship, travel, and freedom. But "living the dream" is, in reality, a tiring treadmill of daily risk that eventually sets him adrift from family, friends, lovers -- even himself. As injuries and emotional traumas pile up, his identity fractures into a hall of mirrors -- the flickering images of athlete, son, brother, traveller, and seeker veiling the reality of a man running blindly from heartbreak and physical debilitation. Then one day, in the mountains of France, hanging by a finger above certain death, he sees the one reflection that finally scares him straight: a man who doesn't care. To heal this severed connection to reality and the constant pain he lives with, Sayers quits skiing and turns to his other passions of travel, surfing, and photography. In Overexposure, some of the world's greatest outdoor photographers contribute to this engaging story in order to parse not only the high-stakes gambits required for a pro skier to stay in the spotlight, but also the grandeur of the stage on which these play out. The international roster of renowned photographers included in this stunning work are: Oskar Enander, Mattias Fredriksson, Jordan Manley, Paul Morrison, Steve Ogle, Daniel Ronnback, Chad Sayers, Jason Thompson, Eric Berger, David Carlier, Guy Fattal, Garrett Grove, Guillaume Le Guillou, Bruno Long, Kari Medig, Bruce Rowles, Ben Thouard, and Don Weixl. -- Provided by publisher
- Contents
- An epiphany -- Whistler days -- The Alps -- A skier's journey -- La Grave -- Broken -- Traveller -- Shadows in the snow
- ISBN
- 9781771605199
- Accession Number
- P2022.14
- Call Number
- 01.5 S9o
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Personal Daytimers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions23143
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the 1938 & 1939 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 45 : Includes correspondence regarding ACC. Travel through US staying in cabins overnight. Signed Will February 5. Throughout April and May description of sciatica pain on a daily and weekly basis. Daily documentat…
- Date Range
- 1938-1939
- Reference Code
- M546 / 45 to 46
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
2 images
2 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M546 / V771
- Sous-Fonds
- M546
- Accession Number
- 2014.8312
- Reference Code
- M546 / 45 to 46
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1938-1939
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 9.6 x 15.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the 1938 & 1939 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 45 : Includes correspondence regarding ACC. Travel through US staying in cabins overnight. Signed Will February 5. Throughout April and May description of sciatica pain on a daily and weekly basis. Daily documentation of temperature in morning and night. M546 / 46 : Includes daily notations of temperature in morning and at night. May 26 watched “their majesties” drive by en route to Banff Springs. Often documents pain in his leg. Notations of daily activities, leisure, correspondence, travel between Sidney, Victoria, and Banff.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned
- Name Access
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Biography
- Camps
- Climbing
- Correspondence
- Family and personal life
- Finances
- Leisure
- Mountains
- Professional and Personal Life
- Sports and recreation
- Record keeping
- Transportation
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Weather
- Work
- Geographic Access
- Rocky Mountains
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Victoria
- Sidney
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Wheeler, A. O.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Raven's witness : the Alaska life of Richard K. Nelson
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25252
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Lentfer, Hank
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
- Call Number
- 08 L46r
1 website
- Author
- Lentfer, Hank
- Responsibility
- Hank Lentfer
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 251 pages : illustrations
- Abstract
- Before his death in 2019, cultural anthropologist, author, and radio producer Richard K. Nelson's work focused primarily on the indigenous cultures of Alaska and, more generally, on the relationships between people and nature. Nelson lived for extended periods in Athabaskan and Alaskan Eskimo villages, experiences which inspired his earliest written works, including "Hunters of the Northern Ice." In "Raven's Witness," Lentfer tells Nelson's story--from his midwestern childhood to his first experiences with Native culture in Alaska through his own lifelong passion for the land where he so belonged (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Foreword / Barry Lopez -- Prologue: Solid Ground -- Part I: Niglik -- Part II: Making Prayers -- Part III: Island Years -- Part IV: True Wealth -- Afterword: Wings
- Notes
- 2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Grand Prize
- 2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Mountain Literature
- ISBN
- 9781680513073
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08 L46r
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Senescence : a year in the Bow Valley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26198
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Author
- Alhomsi, Amal
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Chinook Press
- Call Number
- 05 Al3s
- Author
- Alhomsi, Amal
- Responsibility
- Cover design by Megan Miller
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Chinook Press
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- 174 pages
- Subjects
- Literature
- Bow Valley
- Biography
- Abstract
- Senescence is a meditation on nature and its seasons. The text is a personal account of a year spent in the Bow Valley, Alberta. In the summer; Alhomsi compares a leaf miner's work to the work of echatologists; in the fall, he studies in the relation between texts, land, and bodies; in the winter, he stalks a muskrat and talks to marmots; in spring, he observes a month's metamorphosis and reflects on love. Between fire & a flood, Alhomsi paints a refreshing image of what is means to live. -- From Backcover
- ISBN
- 9781738898008
- Accession Number
- P2023.25
- Call Number
- 05 Al3s
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Souvenir of Alberta: being a general resume of the province, with portraits, engravings and biographies of a number of the men who have helped build this great new province of the West
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5902
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1906
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Salesman
- Call Number
- 08.2 Al1s
- Publisher
- Winnipeg : Salesman
- Published Date
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 142p
- Subjects
- Biography
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 08.2 Al1s
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The spirit of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12133
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1938
- Author
- Smythe, Francis Sydney
- Publisher
- London : Hodder & Stoughton
- Call Number
- 01 Sm9sp
- Author
- Smythe, Francis Sydney
- Responsibility
- by F.S. Smythe
- Publisher
- London : Hodder & Stoughton
- Published Date
- 1938
- Subjects
- Biography
- Mountaineers, British
- Accession Number
- 7277
- Call Number
- 01 Sm9sp
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Stoney Nakoda portraits, Chief Crowfoot, Chief Poundmaker
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55008
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of portraits depicting Stoney Nakoda families and individuals [some not identified] from the early and mid-1900s. Named individuals in photographs include members of the Hunter, Twoyoungmen, Crawler, McLean and Rollinmud families. Includes several early portraits by Byron Harmon [1906…
- Date Range
- [ca.1884-1886]
- 1885
- [ca.1890]
- 1902-1903
- 1906
- [ca.1910-1920]
- [ca.1930-1940]
- 1953
- 1958
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E6 / PA - 466 to 523
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E6 : Photographs : Stoney
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E6 / PA - 466 to 523
- Responsibility
- Some photographs produced by Byron Harmon; Items LUX/I/E6/PA-484 to 489 produced by Ernest Kehr; Item LUX/I/E6/PA-501 attributed to Nicholas Morant; Items LUX/I/E6/PA-522 and 523 produced by Buell Photography
- Date Range
- [ca.1884-1886]
- 1885
- [ca.1890]
- 1902-1903
- 1906
- [ca.1910-1920]
- [ca.1930-1940]
- 1953
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 58 photographs : b&w prints ; 21 x 25.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of portraits depicting Stoney Nakoda families and individuals [some not identified] from the early and mid-1900s. Named individuals in photographs include members of the Hunter, Twoyoungmen, Crawler, McLean and Rollinmud families. Includes several early portraits by Byron Harmon [1906]; 6 photograph prints on matboard depicting John Hunter and Job Stevens “staging a battle” [1903]; and two early photograph prints depicting Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot [1885] and Cree Chief Poundmaker. [ca.1884-1886].
- Notes
- Some names spelled incorrectly in original annotations on photographs, including name "Job Stephen[sic]" [Stevens]
- Name Access
- Rollinmud, Tom
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- McLean, George
- Hunter, John
- Hunter, Eliza
- Hunter, Leah Rider
- Twin, Judea
- Stevens, Job
- Powderface, Tom
- Crawler, Flora
- Twoyoungmen, Sarah
- Twoyoungmen, Jonas
- Walden, Bert
- Hunter, Judas
- Francis, Paul
- Chief Crowfoot
- Chief Poundmaker
- Subject Access
- Indigenous Peoples
- History
- Portrait
- Photography
- Family and personal life
- Teepees
- Children
- Community life
- Biography
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Morley
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 283 and 284 (duplicates of John Hunter and Job Stevens photographs)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel scrapbook of commercial postcard prints and souvenirs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54619
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the At…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- 1932
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Postcard
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E / 1
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by George S. Cladds [?], Byron Harmon, Gerta Christoffersen, Detroit Publishing Co., and A.C. Leighton
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook : ca. 200 b&w and col. postcards ; 14 x 21.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the Athabasca River; portrait paintings of unidentified Indigenous girls by artist Gerta Christoffersen; scenes from Australia, Brussels, Venice, Bermuda, Fiji, Portugal, London, Windsor Castle, California, Mexico, the Grand Canyon, Montana, Niagara Falls, Maine, Ohio and Pennsylvania; and sketched art by A.C. Leighton depicting horses and riders. Many postcards are colorized.
- Notes
- A few postcards are annotated, mostly blank
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Landscapes
- Environment
- Mountains
- Indigenous Peoples
- Art
- Biography
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- England
- London
- Australia
- Belgium
- Italy
- Venice
- Bermuda
- Fiji
- Portugal
- United States of America
- California
- Maine
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Lake Louise
- Massachusetts
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Athabasca Falls
- Niagara Falls
- British Columbia
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The Vrooms of the foothills : Volume 5 singing a cowboy song
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26648
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Ellis, Bessie Vroom
- Publisher
- Victoria : Trafford Publishing
- Call Number
- 08.2 E15s
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- Author
- Ellis, Bessie Vroom
- Publisher
- Victoria : Trafford Publishing
- Published Date
- 2021
- Subjects
- Biography
- Southwestern Alberta
- Ranching
- Waterton
- ISBN
- 9781698707457
- Accession Number
- 2024.55
- Call Number
- 08.2 E15s
- Collection
- Archives Library
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