objectType:"Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)" found 5 records - Research Collections

Abstract: Pertains to the history of the Calgary Mountain Club. Through the use of photographs, written history and newspaper clippings, author Chic Scott works to tell the story of the Calgary Mountain Club. Scott used newspaper clippings extensively, many from local sources such as the Banff Crag and Canyon, the Calgary Herald, the University of Calgary Gazette and the Alberta Report, to tell the story of the Calgary Mountain Club.

Accession Number: 2019.57

Call Number: 01.4 Sco3h

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The first URL is linked to the official website of the Calgary Mountain Club, while the second URL is linked to the official website of the author, Chic Scott.

Websites

http://www.calgarymountainclub.com/main.php

https://www.chicscott.com/books.htm

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Indians in the Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19886

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

Published Date: 1985

Author: Whyte, Jon

Publisher: Banff, Alta., Canada : Altitude Pub.

Call Number: 07.2 W62i

Author: Whyte, Jon

Responsibility: Jon Whyte

Publisher: Banff, Alta., Canada : Altitude Pub.

Published Date: 1985

Physical Description: 128 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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

Subjects: First Nations; Banff Indian Days; Rocky Mountains; Banff; First Nations (SEE ALSO Indians)

Abstract: Pertains to the history and movement of Indigenous Peoples into the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Written through a colonial perspective, author Jon Whyte offers his insight into Indigenous culture and the ways in which settlers were dependent on traditional Indigenous knowledge upon their arrival in North America. The book follows the migration of Indigenous Peoples into the valley of the Rocky Mountains.

Contents: Foreward (pg. 7); Introduction (pg. 11); The first hundred centuries (pg. 15); The mountain peoples (pg. 23); Strangers in the land (pg. 37); Calling cards 1840-1870 (pg. 41); The art of beadwork (pg. 51); Capital in reserve (pg. 55); Civilization: its discontents (pg. 61); Indian Days (pg. 71); All our yesterdays (pg. 81); Portfolio (pg. 85); Epilogue (pg. 122); Acknowledgments (pg. 123); Bibliography (pg. 127); About the author (pg. 128)

ISBN: 0919381154

Accession Number: 2019.60

Call Number: 07.2 W62i

Collection: Archives Library

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Mountain romantics : the Whytes of Banff

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25280

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Scott, Chic

Publisher: Banff, Alberta, Canada : Assiniboine Publishing Limited

Edition: First hardcover edition

Call Number: 08.3 Sc3m copy 1 (signed); 08.3 Sc3m copy 2

1 website

Author: Scott, Chic

Responsibility: Chic Scott

Edition: First hardcover edition

Publisher: Banff, Alberta, Canada : Assiniboine Publishing Limited

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 232 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour)

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

Subjects: Whyte (White) family; Whyte Jon; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Whyte, Barbara; Whyte, Catharine Robb; White, Brad; White, Cliff J; White, Clifford; White, Clifford A.; White, Jack (Dave Jr.); Whyte, Peter; History; Banff; Banff National Park

Abstract: This book tells the story of the White/Whyte family of Banff — pioneers Dave and Annie who created a successful mercantile business in Banff, their son Cliff who played a major role in creating the Mount Norquay ski resort and Skoki Lodge, his brother Peter and his wife Catharine who became two of the most famous artists of the Canadian Rockies, Clifford Jackson White and his wife Bev who created modern Sunshine Village Ski Resort, Jon Whyte the poet and historian and Cliffy, Brad and Tristan White who have had distinguished careers in the Warden Service and the tourist industry. This book tells the story of one of the most unique towns in Canada, through its ups and downs, and the colourful characters who have called Banff home. (From author's website)

Contents: Dave White -- go west, young man -- Dave and Annie -- partners -- Cliff White -- ski pioneer -- Pete 'n' Catharine -- Camelot on the bow -- Jackie and Barbara -- one good woman -- The White compound -- good and bad times -- Clifford and Bev -- the sunshine years -- Pete's later years and Catharine reborn -- Jon Whyte -- the bard of Banff -- Cliffy, Brad and Tristan -- new directions -- The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

Notes: Copy 1 signed by author

ISBN: 9780981105925

Call Number: 08.3 Sc3m copy 1 (signed); 08.3 Sc3m copy 2

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Author's website

Websites

https://chicscott.com/

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Tommy and Lawrence : the ways and the trails of Lake O'Hara

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14001

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

Published Date: 2010

Author: Whyte, Jon

Publisher: Lake Louise, Alta. : Lake O'Hara Trails Club

Edition: 2nd ed.

Call Number: 08.3 OH1w 2010

Author: Whyte, Jon

Responsibility: Jon Whyte

Edition: 2nd ed.

Publisher: Lake Louise, Alta. : Lake O'Hara Trails Club

Published Date: 2010

Physical Description: 88 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map, ports.

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

Subjects: Link, George K.K.; Grassi, Lawrence

Notes: Published with the assistance of Assiniboine Pub. Ltd. "Second Edition, edited by Chic Scott". Includes bibliographical references and index.