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Ben Gadd fonds
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, …
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- V810
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- 2024.01
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Physical Description
- ca. 7.9 metres of textual records -- ca. 274 maps -- 29 VHS tapes -- ca.15 discs with digital files -- 21 cassettes -- photographs -- oversized materials -- USB stick with 15 sldeshows
- History / Biographical
- Ben Gadd (1946-) is a retired naturalist, guide, geologist, instructor, freelance writer and award-winning author based in the Canadian Rockies. Ben was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1946. He met his wife, Cia (Langdon) Gadd at Colorado College in 1965, and the couple married four weeks later. Ben and Cia had two sons, Will and Toby. Ben and his family relocated to Jasper in the late 1960s. Ben later attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science in 1972. Between 1976 and 1980, Ben taught classes at Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology; he later taught additional classes at Grant MacEwan College and Lakeland College. From 1981, Ben also worked as a seasonal naturalist/guide for Parks Canada. Ben left Parks Canada in 1985 to start an independent naturalist guiding business with Cia based in Jasper and other parts of the Canadian Rockies, which the couple continued to operate for over two decades. Ben published his best-known work, "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", through his publishing company Corax Press in 1986. The second edition of "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" received multiple awards after its release in 1995. Ben's fiction book, "Raven's End" won the title of Best Canadian Rockies Book at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in 2001 and became a Canadian bestseller. Overall, Ben has authored or co-authored 11 books and received nearly one dozen awards for his achievements as a writer, researcher and guide. Ben continued to lead guided hikes and school programs until his retirement in 2016.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other related material. Materials donated in 2024 include one USB stick containing
- Notes
- Ben Gadd fonds arrangement: Series I : Personal records - Subseries A : Travel guides and maps - Subseries B : Education and early writings - Subseries C : Personal interest files - Subseries D : Other personal and collected Series II : Research and publication records - Subseries A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Subseries B : Other publications Series III : Professional records - Subseries A : Parks Canada Records - Subseries B : Interpretive guiding - Subseries C : Teaching records - Subseries D : Other contracts and projects Series IV : Legal and financial records - Subseries A : Legal records - Subseries B : Financial records
- Subject Access
- Education
- Research
- Publication
- Environment
- Geology
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Academics
- Guiding
- Guides
- Businesses
- Finances
- Conservation
- Wildlife
- Natural history
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Lethbridge
- United States of America
- Colorado
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions apply
- Language
- English
- French
- Dutch
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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The Cave and Basin : Banff's hot springs and the birth of Canada's national parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25251
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Hart, E.J. (Ted)
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Call Number
- 08.3 H11c
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- Author
- Hart, E.J. (Ted)
- Responsibility
- Ted (E.J.) Hart
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 91 pages
- Abstract
- THE CAVE AND BASIN by Ted Hart is the story of mineral springs in Banff National Park that were instrumental to the growth of Banff and formed the nucleus of Canada’s national park system. Authored by renowned historian E.J. (Ted) Hart, Cave and Basin offers background on what is now protected as a national historic site, exploring the story of its discovery and the lives of those involved in its development as a world-famous attraction. It describes these unique and fascinating hot springs and how they became the catalyst for important developments in Canadian history and culture. The book details the story of the springs’ first discovery, their critical place in a government decision to create a reserve to protect them for public use and their development into a tourist location where generations of Canadians and those from around the world came to enjoy their soothing balm. In the process, the springs, and the Cave and Basin particularly, became the epicentre for both the creation and the commemoration of Canada’s national parks. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Sacred waters of the mountains
- Chapter 2 - Like some fantastic dream
- Chapter 3 - The hot springs investigation
- Chapter 4 - Recuperate the patients and recoup the treasury
- Chapter 5 - As near perfetion as it is possible to make
- Chapter 6 - Walter Painter's wonder
- Chapter 7 - Different guises
- Chapter 8 - Recent times
- Index
- Photo credits
- About the author
- ISBN
- 9781926983271
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.3 H11c
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Rails over the mountains : exploring the railway heritage of Canada's western mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25285
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundurn
- Call Number
- 08.3 B78r
1 website
- Author
- Brown, Ron
- Responsibility
- Ron Brown
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundurn
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 156 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Railways
- History
- History of Alberta
- History-Canada
- Rocky Mountains
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is where grand railway hotels were built to attract tourists to the West’s beautiful scenery and bring profit to the railway lines as well. Rustic stations added to the allure. The challenges of conquering the mountains resulted in some of Canada’s most ingenious feats of engineering, such as spiral tunnels and soaring trestles (one of which was featured in The Amazing Race Canada). Relive the days of rail on a steam train, the luxurious Rocky Mountaineer, or one of VIA Rail’s mountain journeys. Outdoor enthusiasts can follow the abandoned roadbeds of Canada’s more spectacular rail trails, like the legendary Kettle Valley Railway. Also included are some of Canada’s most extensive railway museums, which have helped to bring this vanished era back to life. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- The rails arrive -- Conquering the mountains : the tunnels and bridges -- The faces of the railways : the heritage railway stations -- Life on the line : the railway towns -- The dream castles : western Canada's railway hotels -- Railway structures : a forgotten heritage -- Celebrating the heritage : the railway museums -- The rail trails -- All aboard.
- ISBN
- 9781459733596
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.3 B78r
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- Archives Library
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- Publisher's website
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100th anniversary of the formation of The Rocky Mountains Park Branch of the Great War Veterans’ Association - The Banff Legion - Saturday March 31, 2018
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25093
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- The Banff Legion
- Publisher
- The Banff Legion
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22o PAM
- Author
- The Banff Legion
- Responsibility
- The Banff Legion
- Publisher
- The Banff Legion
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 14 pages ; photographs
- Subjects
- History
- History of Alberta
- Canada
- World War I
- World War II
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- World Wars
- Banff
- Banff (residents)
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of the Banff Legion, celebrating 100 years of the Great War Veterans’ Association
- Accession Number
- TBD
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22o PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Alberta-NWT Command Legion Military Service Recognition Book Volume X 2018
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25092
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
- Publisher
- Calgary : The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
- Call Number
- 08.1 R11 m PAM
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- Publisher
- Calgary : The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 352 pages ; illus.
- Series
- Volume X
- Subjects
- World War I
- World War II
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- World Wars
- History
- History of Alberta
- Abstract
- Includes alphabetical list of veterans in Alberta and NorthWest Territories, some with photographs
- Contents
- Messages Legion Information Articles of Interest Veterans Advertiser’s Index Submission Requirements Veteran Submission Form
- Accession Number
- TBD
- Call Number
- 08.1 R11 m PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Available online via the The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command website
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Blanket toss under midnight sun : portraits of everyday life in eight Indigenous communities
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25259
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Seesequasis, Paul
- Publisher
- [Toronto] : Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Call Number
- 06.4 Se1b
1 website
- Author
- Seesequasis, Paul
- Responsibility
- Paul Seesequasis
- Publisher
- [Toronto] : Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 179 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Subjects
- First Nations
- History
- History-Canada
- Photography
- Abstract
- A revelatory portrait of eight Indigenous communities from across North America, shown through never-before-published archival photographs--a gorgeous extension of Paul Seesequasis's popular social media project. In 2015, writer and journalist Paul Seesequasis found himself grappling with the devastating findings of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission report on the residential school system. He sought understanding and inspiration in the stories of his mother, herself a residential school survivor. Gradually, Paul realized that another, mostly untold history existed alongside the official one: that of how Indigenous peoples and communities had held together during even the most difficult times. He embarked on a social media project to collect archival photos capturing everyday life in First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities from the 1920s through the 1970s. As he scoured archives and libraries, Paul uncovered a trove of candid images and began to post these on social media, where they sparked an extraordinary reaction. Friends and relatives of the individuals in the photographs commented online, and through this dialogue, rich histories came to light for the first time. Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun collects some of the most arresting images and stories from Paul's project. While many of the photographs live in public archives, most have never been shown to the people in the communities they represent. As such, Blanket Toss is not only an invaluable historical record, it is a meaningful act of reclamation, showing the ongoing resilience of Indigenous communities, past, present--and future. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction -- Cape Dorset (Kinngait) -- Nunavik -- James Bay -- Hudson Bay Watershed -- Saskatchewan -- Montana and Alberta -- Northwest Territories -- Yukon Territory -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Photo credits.
- ISBN
- 9781553797586
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 06.4 Se1b
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Calgary Heritage Authority Annual Report 2010
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24966
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Calgary Heritage Authority
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Calgary Heritage Authority
- Call Number
- 08.2 C11c PAM
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- Author
- Calgary Heritage Authority
- Responsibility
- Lesley Beale
- Joni Carroll
- Sarah Meilleur
- Clea Sturgess
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Calgary Heritage Authority
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 38 p.
- Abstract
- Pertains to built heritage resources in the city of Calgary as of 2010 - includes photographs, timelines, maps, recommendations
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- Identify Protect Manage
- Looking Back
- Who We Are
- Implementing
- Saving Places
- Reaching Out
- Raising Awareness
- Acknowledging
- Funding
- Identifying Places
- Notes
- Table of Contents page has information about James Langlands Thomson who also sculpted the faces on the Banff stone bridge.
- Accession Number
- 2019.98
- Call Number
- 08.2 C11c PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Final 2012 version of report available online via the Calgary Heritage Authority
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Canadians and the natural environment to the twenty-first century
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19797
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Forkey, Neil Stevens
- Publisher
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press
- Call Number
- 08.1 Fo74c
- Author
- Forkey, Neil Stevens
- Responsibility
- Neil Stevens Forkey
- Publisher
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 157 pages ; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Nature
- Canada
- History
- History-Canada
- Canadian Rockies
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Group of Seven
- Harris, Lawren
- Parker, Elizabeth
- National parks
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Abstract
- "Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and the natural world into national, continental, and global contexts. Forkey's engaging survey addresses significant episodes from across the country over the past four hundred years: the classification of Canada's environments by its earliest inhabitants, the relationship between science and sentiment in the Victorian era, the shift towards conservation and preservation of resources in the early twentieth century, and the rise of environmentalism and issues involving First Nations at the end of the century. Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an accessible synthesis of the most important recent work in the field, making it a truly state-of-the-art contribution to Canadian environmental history."--Publisher's website.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The classification of Canada's environments (1600s to early 1900s) -- Natural resources, economic growth, and the need for conservation (1800s and 1900s) -- Romanticism and the preservation of nature (1800s and 1900s) -- Environmentalism (1950s to 2000s) -- Aboriginal Canadians and natural resources : an overview -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 978-0-8020-9022-5
- Accession Number
- p2019-18
- Call Number
- 08.1 Fo74c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Dining with Canadian Railways : Volume I - Canadian Pacific chinaware
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19845
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Smith, Will
- Publisher
- [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sm5d
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- Author
- Smith, Will
- Responsibility
- Will Smith
- Publisher
- [Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- [248 pages] : illustrations (some colour), map
- Subjects
- Railways
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Restaurants
- Travel
- Canada
- Industry
- History
- History-Canada
- Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to the chinaware used by the Canadian Pacific Railway on affiliated trains, steamships, hotels, restaurants, airlines with focus on history and specific patterns used on ceramics
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Scope and arrangement of book
- Chapter 2 - Research sources
- Chapter 3 - Railway
- Chapter 4 - Steamships
- Chapter 5 - Hotels, resorts and restaurants
- Chapter 6 - Airline
- Chapter 7 - The evolution of CPR's chinaware logos
- Chapter 8 - The scope of chinaware and its movement withing CPR's operations
- Chapter 9 - Where did al that chinaware go?
- Chapter 10 - Souvenir chinaware
- Chapter 11 - Fakes and reproductions
- Chapter 12 - Market value
- Chapter 13 - Interpreting the individual pattern listing
- Chapter 14 - Railway, steamship, hotel and restaurant patterns
- Chapter 15 - Affiliated Dominion Atlantic & Quebec Central patterns
- Chapter 16 - Airline patterns
- Appendix A - Manufacturers and their abbreviation codes
- Appendix B - Patterns by manufacturer
- Appendix C - Patterns by decade of introduction
- Appendix D - Patterns by CPR operations
- Appendix E - Hotels, resorts, bungalow camps and rest/tea houses by province
- Appendix F - Railway station restaurants by province: 1892, 1907, 1920 & 1956
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index
- ISBN
- 9781999382100
- Accession Number
- 2019.27
- Call Number
- 08.5 Sm5d
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Credit Valley Railway Company Ltd. distributes publication
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Eagle Valley - our legacy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25283
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- May 2018
- Author
- Macklin, Anne
- McCullough, Douglas
- Henry, Lynne
- Souster, Bill
- Greif, Frank
- Publisher
- Cochrane, AB : Satellite Printing Ltd.
- Call Number
- 08.2 E1e
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- Responsibility
- The Eagle Valley Working Group
- Anne Macklin
- Douglas McCullough
- Lynne Henry
- Bill Souster
- Frank Greif
- Publisher
- Cochrane, AB : Satellite Printing Ltd.
- Published Date
- May 2018
- Physical Description
- 7 sections ; illustrations (some colour), colour maps
- Abstract
- In August 2016, a group of about 40 residents as well as a couple of county councillors met at the Eagle Valley Community Hall to discuss the process of creating a new area structure plan under the oversight of a steering committee. The result of that meeting was a consensus to create a working group to provide the county with input as well as to help officials “understand who we are as a community, the commitment that we have to the land we live on, and our heritage, cultural and social resources that are in the community,”.Five volunteers — Anne Macklin, Lynne Henry, Douglas McCullough, Bill Souster and Greif — formed the Eagle Valley Working Group, which is not affiliated with any recognized societies already in the region. Over the following six months, a questionnaire was formulated to glean information from the community’s residents. A summary of the survey’s results was then discussed during a meeting held at the Sundre Petroleum Operators Group’s office this past January. When the process started, a number of important stakeholders in terms of working relationships were identified, such as the oil and gas industry, social services including Greenwood Neighbourhood Place as well as the Town of Sundre. So following January’s meeting, the working group was tasked with preparing the legacy document. Included within its pages is information about Eagle Valley’s climate, oil and gas sector, geology, as well as infrastructure issues such as roads, wastewater, water, parks and recreation. A copy of the book, is available for sale at the Sundre Municipal Library. (Summarized from Mountainview Today article - website)
- Contents
- Reader's guide
- Introduction and background
- Pride of ownership
- Sense of values
- Environmental harmony
- Stewardship of resources
- Property protection and personal security
- Legislative and management framework
- Appendices
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.2 E1e
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Article with further information
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