created:[NOW-1000DAYS/DAY TO NOW/DAY] found 138 records - Research Collections

The advanced backpacker : a handbook of year-round, long-distance hiking

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26337

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

Published Date: 2001

Author: Townsend, Chris

Publisher: Camden, Me. : Ragged Mountain Press

Call Number: 02 T66t

Author: Townsend, Chris

Publisher: Camden, Me. : Ragged Mountain Press

Published Date: 2001

Physical Description: x, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23.2 cm

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

Subjects: Rocky Mountains; Travel; Hiking; Survival; World; Highlands

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library; On page 18 there is a reference to a book by Ben Gadd

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 02 T66t

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Airphoto interpretation and the Canadian landscape

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26463

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

Published Date: 1984

Author: Mollard, J.D. and Janes, Joseph Robert

Publisher: [Ottawa?] : Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada ; Hull, Que´bec, Canada : Canadian Govt. Publ. Centre, Supply and Services Canada

Call Number: 03 M73a

Author: Mollard, J.D. and Janes, Joseph Robert

Publisher: [Ottawa?] : Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada ; Hull, Que´bec, Canada : Canadian Govt. Publ. Centre, Supply and Services Canada

Published Date: 1984

Physical Description: v, 415 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 29 x 48 cm oversized

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

Subjects: Aerial Photography; Aerial Photo Maps; Canada; Geography; Geology

Abstract: Includes stunning aerial photography of Canadian geology and geography

Contents: 1. Black and white airphotos and their interpretation -- 2. Bedrock terrains -- 3. Glaciated landscapes -- 4. Slope movements -- 5. Running water and groundwater features -- 6. Shorelines and wind effects -- 7. Permafrost terrain and peatland features -- 8. Remote sensing and satellite imagery.

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 0660115913

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 03 M73a

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Alberta beneath our feet : the story of our rocks and fossils

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26415

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

Published Date: 2006

Publisher: Sherwood Park, Alta. : Geoscience Pub.

Call Number: 04 H63a

Responsibility: edited by Hitchon, Brian

Publisher: Sherwood Park, Alta. : Geoscience Pub.

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: vii, 248 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.

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

Series: 'beneath our feet'

Subjects: Geology; Alberta; Fossils

Contents: Beginnings -- Alberta through time -- Resources from the rocks -- Urban geology

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 0968084427

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 04 H63a

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Amakula Kampala International Film Festival 2007

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26560

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

Published Date: 2007

Call Number: 06.4 K13a

Responsibility: Kampala Uganda : Amakula Kampala Cultural Foundation

Published Date: 2007

Physical Description: 310 pages, 24cm

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

Subjects: Photography; Uganda; Banff; Children

Abstract: 4th annual film festival 'Travel Transit'

Notes: See pages marked with post cards, 264-265, 294-295 for information about Banff and the 'Through the lens' programme at the Whyte Museum where local teenagers learn and display photography; the archives continues this tradition with displays in the reading room.

Accession Number: M124

Call Number: 06.4 K13a

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Amazing stories great railways of the Canadian West building the dream that shaped our nation

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26286

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

Published Date: 2006

Author: Pole, Graeme

Publisher: Canmore AB : Altitude Publishing Canada Ltd.

Call Number: 02.6 P76a

Author: Pole, Graeme

Publisher: Canmore AB : Altitude Publishing Canada Ltd.

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 144 pages, 21.5cm

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

Series: True Canadian Amazing Stories

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Transportation

Abstract: True historical stories related to the building of the railways: the Canadian Pacific, the Grand Trunk Pacific, and the Canadian Northern .

Contents: The pipedream of Millington Henry Synge -- Ocean to ocean -- The world according to Walter J. Moberly -- Two streaks of rust -- The bishop, the general, and the impossible -- One railroad too many -- Paper,rocks, and steel -- Railhead, roadhouse, and ruin -- A spike as good as any other -- The road of a thousand wonders

Notes: Includes images from the Whyte museum collection; Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 1554390621

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 02.6 P76a

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The amphibians of British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26349

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

Published Date: 1984

Author: Green, David M. and Campbell, Wayne R.

Publisher: Victoria British Columbia : Provincial Museum

Call Number: 04.2 G82t

Author: Green, David M. and Campbell, Wayne R.

Responsibility: illustrated by Keith Taylor and Brigitta M. Van Der Raay

Publisher: Victoria British Columbia : Provincial Museum

Published Date: 1984

Physical Description: viii, 101 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm.

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

Subjects: Amphibians; British Columbia; Frogs; Newts

Abstract: Describes the 20 species of amphibians known to inhabit British Columbia, their habits, breeding and range. Fine illustrations aid identification. Introductory sections contain information on the general biology (including metamorphosis), fossil history, ecological factors and associated folklore of amphibians. - Aurora

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 0771884273

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 04.2 G82t

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The ancient western north american margin: an alpine rift model for the east-central Canadian cordillera

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26500

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

Published Date: 1987

Author: Struik, L.C.

Publisher: Ottawa : Energy, Mines and Resources Canada

Call Number: 03.2 S8t

Author: Struik, L.C.

Responsibility: Geological Survey of Canada

Publisher: Ottawa : Energy, Mines and Resources Canada

Published Date: 1987

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

Series: Geological survey of Canada -- Paper 87-15

Subjects: Geology; Geological Survey of Canada; Geological Maps; Geomorphology; Geophysics; Geoscience; Canadian Cordillera

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 03.2 S8t

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Animal tracks of western Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26393

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

Published Date: 1989

Author: Barwise, Joanne E.

Publisher: Edmonton : Lone Pine Pub

Call Number: 04.2 B28a

Author: Barwise, Joanne E.

Responsibility: strated by Boyacioglu, Ozlem

Publisher: Edmonton : Lone Pine Pub

Published Date: 1989

Physical Description: 127 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm

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

Subjects: Trails; Animals; Wildlife; Survival

Abstract: Mammal identification guide for Western Canada for use by children and teenages

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 0919433200

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 04.2 B28a

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The Animals' Picnic

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26532

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

Published Date: 1988

Author: Nister, Ernest

Publisher: New York NY : Philomel Books

Edition: Reprint

Call Number: 05 N63t

Author: Nister, Ernest

Responsibility: Thompson, G.H.

Edition: Reprint

Publisher: New York NY : Philomel Books

Published Date: 1988

Physical Description: Pop-up

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

Series: The Animals series

Subjects: Juvenile literature; Children's Literature; Children's book; Animals; Pictorial works

Abstract: The Jumbo family gives a huge picnic for all their animal friends, who enjoy the food, the boating, and the dancing by moonlight. Includes pop-up illustrations. - Front cover

Notes: This is a pop-up reproduction reprint of the original Victorian Children's picture book 'The Animals' Picnic' of c.1, . The archives produced a reproduction (with images) from a first ed. copy of 'Animals' Alpine Club', another children's book in The Animals series, and a favourite of Conrad Kain of the ACC. These children's books are very rare and we are working to build a collection of them for conservation and to allow the stories to be preserved.

ISBN: 0399215794

Accession Number: P2024.04

Call Number: 05 N63t

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Anthropology on the Great Plains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26190

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

Published Date: 1980

Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press

Call Number: 07.2 W86a

Responsibility: Edited by W. Raymond Wood and Margot Liberty

Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press

Published Date: 1980

Physical Description: vii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

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

Subjects: Indigenous; Indigenous Culture; Indigenous Customs; Indigenous People; Indigenous Traditions; Turtle Island; History

Abstract: Native American tribes living on the Great Plains have long attracted the attention of Euro-American scholars, inspiring over the years a vast quantity of research. The contributors to this volume discuss and evaluate all the major works of scholarship devoted to the culture of Plains Indians, from the arrival of these peoples on the North American grasslands thousands of years ago, through their subsequent Village and High Plains lifeways, to their present-day adaption to reservation and urban life. Toghether, the twenty-two authors undertake a comprehensive survey of the state of anthropology on the Plains: what it has been, what it is now, and what it may offer theory and method in the future. -- From interior dustjacket

Contents: The Plains setting / B. Miles Gilbert -- The influence of Plains ethnography on the development of anthropological theory / E. Adamson Hoebel -- The Plains culture area concept / Richard Scaglion -- Prehistoric studies on the Plains / Alfred E. Johnson and W. Raymond Wood -- An overview of Great Plains physical anthropology / David V. Hughey -- Studies in Plains linguistics : a review / Robert C. Hollow and Douglas R. Parks -- Plains trade in prehistoric and protohistoric intertribal relations / W. Raymond Wood -- The ethnohistorical approach in Plains area studies / Mildred Mott Wedel and Raymond J. DeMallie -- Plains economic analysis : the Marxist complement / Alan M. Klein -- Morgan's problem : the influence of Plains ethnography on the ethnology of kinship / John H. Moore -- Social control on the Plains / Garrick Bailey -- The Sun Dance / Margot Liberty -- The Ghost Dance / Omer C. Stewart -- The Native American church / Omer C. Stewart -- Plains Indian art / Mary Jane Schneider -- Plains Indian music and dance / William K. Powers -- Psychological anthropology / Margot Liberty and Robert Morais --The formal education of Plains Indians / Janet Goldenstein Ahler -- Plains Indian women : an assessment / Katherine M. Weist -- Research in health and healing in the Plains / Luis S. Kemnitzer -- Peoples of the Plains / compiled by Douglas R. Parks, Margot Liberty, and Andrea Ferenci.

ISBN: 9780803247086

Accession Number: 2022.17

Call Number: 07.2 W86a

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The Audubon Society field guide to North American butterflies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26353

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

Published Date: 1981

Author: Pyle, Robert Michael

Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, A Chanticleer Press edition

Call Number: 04.2 P99t

Author: Pyle, Robert Michael

Responsibility: with Vignelli, Massimo and National Audubon Society

Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, A Chanticleer Press edition

Published Date: 1981

Physical Description: 916 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm

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

Subjects: Butterflies

Abstract: An informative field guide with definitions including stunning imagery of eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises and butterflies.

Contents: Thumb Tab Guide -- Eggs, Caterpillars, and Chrysalises -- White Butterflies -- Sulphurs -- Folded-winged Skippers -- Spread-winged Skippers -- Swallowtails -- Angled-winged Butterflies -- Hairstreaks and Elfins -- Blue Butterflies -- Copper Butterflies -- Metalmarks -- Checkered Butterflies -- Fritillaries and Orange Patterned Butterflies -- Boldly Patterned Butterflies -- Eyespot Patterned Butterflies -- Text -- Swallowtails and Parnassians -- Whites and Sulphurs -- Gossamer Wings -- Metalmarks -- Snout Butterflies -- Brush-footed Butterflies -- Satyrs or Browns -- Milkweed Butterflies -- True Skippers -- Giant Skippers -- Butterfly-Watching Tips -- How to Photograph Butterflies.

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 0394519140

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 04.2 P99t

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The Audubon Society field guide to North American fishes, whales, and dolphins

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26397

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

Published Date: 1983

Author: Boschung Jr., Herbert T.

Publisher: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House

Call Number: 04.2 B65t

Author: Boschung Jr., Herbert T.

Publisher: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House

Published Date: 1983

Physical Description: 848 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm

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

Subjects: Fish; Fishing; Whale

Abstract: Provides identification information and color photographs for 585 fishes. -- Aurora

Contents: Atlantic and Gulf Coast fishes / Herbert T. Boschung, Jr. -- Freshwater fishes / James D. Williams -- Pacific Coast fishes / Daniel W. Gotshall -- Whales and dolphins / David K. Caldwell, Melba C. Caldwell.

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 0394534050

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 04.2 B65t

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The Audubon Society field guide to North American insects and spiders

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26354

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

Published Date: 1980

Author: Milne, Lorus Johnson and Milne, Margery

Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House

Call Number: 04.2 M63t

Author: Milne, Lorus Johnson and Milne, Margery

Responsibility: with Rayfield, Susan and National Audubon Society

Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House

Published Date: 1980

Physical Description: 989 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm

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

Subjects: Insects; Spiders

Abstract: An extensive use of color photographs makes this a fine guide for identifying insects. Spiders, bugs, moths, butterflies, beetles, bees, flies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and many other insects are detailed in more than 700 full-color photographs visually arranged by shape and color. Descriptive text includes measurements, diagnostic details, and information on habitat, range, feeding habits, sounds or songs, flight period, web construction, life cycle, behaviors, folklore, and environmental impact. An illustrated key to the insect orders and detailed drawings of the parts of insects, spiders, and butterflies supplement this extensive coverage. - Aurora

Contents: Color plates -- Caterpillars -- Water nymphs and larvae -- Aphidlike insects -- Flealike insects -- Earwigs and silverfish -- Diving beetles and water bugs -- Hopperlike insects -- Plant bugs, toad bugs, and cockroaches -- Weevils -- Beetles -- Grasshoppers, crickets, and cicadas -- Mantids and walkingsticks -- Ants and termites -- Lacewings and other long-winged insects -- Dragonflies and damselflies -- Flies -- Bees, wasps, and kin -- Moths -- Butterflies -- Ticks, mites, and scorpions -- Spiders -- Orders of insects -- Major orders of arachnids -- Text descriptions -- Appendices.