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Jon Whelan fonds
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- Part Of
- Jon Whelan fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertainin…
- Date Range
- [1880-2022]
- Reference Code
- M595 / V818
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
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- Textual record
- Photograph
- Newspaper clipping
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Album
- Part Of
- Jon Whelan fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M595
- V818
- Sous-Fonds
- M595
- V818
- Accession Number
- 2022.39
- Reference Code
- M595 / V818
- Date Range
- [1880-2022]
- Physical Description
- 3 bankers boxes
- History / Biographical
- Jon Whelan (1952-2022) was a researcher, historian, and collector based in Banff, Alberta. Jon had a special interest in topics related to Banff National Park and Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Jon conducted independent research, as well as research for various authors and historians, from the 1980s onwards. Jon was also an active participant in municipal politics in Banff. "For most of Jon’s life, he was engaged in community affairs and fearless in voicing an opinion. He was successful in raising public awareness and his tenacity achieved a personal goal, which was to initiate the use of video for regular Town of Banff council meetings. He dedicated himself to the concerns of Banff residents." -Barry Kelly, Rocky Mountain Outlook, July 30, 2022
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research materials, publications, ephemera, and other materials collected by Jon Whelan. Fonds includes three Canadian Pacific bell boy log books, 1970-1980; five bound scrapbooks with collected newspaper clippings, ca.1880-1890; and collected advertisements and articles pertaining to Canadian Pacific, Banff, travel and tourism within Canada, and related subjects.
- Name Access
- Whelan, Jon
- Subject Access
- Research
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Tourism
- Travel
- Recreation
- Publication
- Newspaper
- History
- Community events
- Reproduction Restrictions
- restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Castle in the wilderness : the story of the Banff Springs Hotel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24950
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Call Number
- 08.5 R55c
1 website
- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Responsibility
- Bart Robinson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 160 p.; illus.
- Subjects
- Hotels
- History
- Travel
- Tourism
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel is the definitive historical record of one of the world’s most famous mountain resorts. The story navigates the hotel’s early history from its construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the glittering era of the 1920s through to the changes of modern times. Local author and historian Bart Robinson has been exploring and writing about the Banff Springs Hotel since the 1970s. In A Castle in the Wilderness he combines a complete hotel history with rich anecdotes and snippets of the past that have enriched Banff and indeed Canada, from the hotel’s links to the construction of the transcontinental rail line to the visits of maharajahs and movie stars.How did such a gracious hotel come to be in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies? How much did it cost to build? Who designed it? Who selected its furnishings? Which famous visitors has it hosted? And why is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs? These and many more questions are answered in the Castle in the Wilderness. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Origins of a Hotel
- Grand Designs
- Vistas and Vendettas
- Growing Pains
- Towers and Troubles
- Princes and Politicians
- Out of the Fire
- A Brief But Golden Moment
- Tribulations and Triumph
- A Second Century
- Into the New Millenium
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- Credits
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- ISBN
- 9781926983356
- Accession Number
- 2019.89
- Call Number
- 08.5 R55c
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to publishers website where publication can been purchased
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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
1 website
- 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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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
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Art, artists and the rocky mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14687
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Wharton, Thomas
- Call Number
- 06 W55a Pam
- Author
- Wharton, Thomas
- Responsibility
- by Thomas Wharton
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 4 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Group of Seven
- Van Horne, William
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Whyte, Peter
- Notes
- Article printed from the web from Westworld Alberta from April 2010 about art in the Rocky Mountains and is does mention the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies as well as the Canada House Gallery
- Call Number
- 06 W55a Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A band of brothers : the history of coal mining in Canmore
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15284
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Crawford, Glen
- Publisher
- Glen Crawford
- Call Number
- 03.6 B22b DVD
- Author
- Crawford, Glen
- Publisher
- Glen Crawford
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD, 32 minutes
- Accession Number
- P2016 - 73,000 - 05
- Call Number
- 03.6 B22b DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banff : a history of the park and town
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14457
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Call Number
- 08.3 H25b Reference copy
- 08.3 H25b c.1
- 08.3 H25b c.2
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Responsibility
- E. J. (Ted) Hart
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 283 p. : ill., map, ports
- Subjects
- Canada. Department of Interior
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Depression
- Douglas, Howard
- First Nations
- Highways
- National parks
- Recreation
- Ski areas
- Stewart, George
- Tourism
- Town of Banff
- World War II
- Notes
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- ISBN
- 978-1-92698312-7
- Accession Number
- P2015-06-12 Limited edition - #140/1000
- summerthought limited edition - #1/1000 and #2/1000
- Call Number
- 08.3 H25b Reference copy
- 08.3 H25b c.1
- 08.3 H25b c.2
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- Archives Library
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Blood and iron : building the railway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13891
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Yee, Paul
- Publisher
- Toronto, ON Scholastic Canada
- Call Number
- 05.2 Ye3b
- Author
- Yee, Paul
- Responsibility
- by Paul Yee
- Publisher
- Toronto, ON Scholastic Canada
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill
- Series
- I am Canada
- Notes
- Cover title: Blood and iron : building the railway, Lee Heen-gwong British Columbia, 1882. Pertains to fictional child's experiences working on the building of the CPR. Includes bibliographical references: p. 231
- ISBN
- 9780545985932
- Accession Number
- 60000 2010-12-17
- Call Number
- 05.2 Ye3b
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- Archives Library
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The boy in the picture : the Craigellachie Kid and the driving of the Last Spike
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13907
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Argyle, Ray
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundern Press
- Call Number
- 08.5 Ar4b
- Author
- Argyle, Ray
- Publisher
- Toronto : Dundern Press
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 143p. : ill., ports
- Notes
- Pertains to the youth, Edward C. Mallandaine, pictured behind Donald A. Smith in the official "Last Spike" photograph by Alexander J. Ross, November 7, 1885.
- ISBN
- 978-1-55488-787-3
- Accession Number
- 60000 2010-12-17
- Call Number
- 08.5 Ar4b
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- Archives Library
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By track and trail : a journey through Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14173
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Roper, Edward
- Publisher
- Nabu Press
- Call Number
- 02.4 R68 2011
- Author
- Roper, Edward
- Publisher
- Nabu Press
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 570 p
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Notes
- Facsimile reprint of 1891 London : W.H. Allen
- Original 1891 book is 02.4 R68 in Whyte Museum Library collection
- ISBN
- ISBN-10: 1246121271 ISBN-13: 978-1246121278
- Accession Number
- 70500 2013-06-19
- Call Number
- 02.4 R68 2011
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- Archives Library
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