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A little town and a little girl
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25549
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1951
- Author
- Carr, Emily
- Publisher
- Toronto : Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited
- Call Number
- 06 C23a
- Author
- Carr, Emily
- Responsibility
- With a Foreword by Ira Dilworth
- Publisher
- Toronto : Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited
- Published Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- xvii, 124 pages
- Abstract
- Emily Carr describes her life in Victoria, British Columbia.
- Contents
- Beginnings ; James' Bay and Dallas Road ; Silence and Pioneers ; Saloons and Roadhouses ; Ways of Getting Round ; Father's Store ; New Neighbours ; Visiting Matrons ; Servants ; East and West ; Cathedral ; Cemetery ; Schools ; Christmas ; Regatta ; Characters ; Loyalty ; Doctor and Dentist ; Chain Gang ; Cook Street ; Waterworks ; From Carr Street to James' Bay ; Grown Up
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 06 C23a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A nostalgic view of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25553
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962
- Author
- Buchanan, Donald W.
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Steward Ltd.
- Call Number
- 06.4 B86a
- Author
- Buchanan, Donald W.
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Steward Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 45 pages II. ; 20 cm
- Subjects
- Photography
- Alberta
- Quebec and Ontario
- Canada
- Abstract
- In this book Donald W. Buchanan recreates the flavour of the Canada of his youth, matching a nostalgic text with his own photographs of evocative scenes from the ranches of Happy Valley, Alberta, to Kamouraska County in Quebec. -- From the publisher
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 06.4 B86a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Pioneer days of Nakusp and the Arrow Lakes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25555
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- August 20, 1951
- Author
- Johnson, Kate
- Publisher
- Nakusp : Kate Johnson
- Call Number
- 08.2 J62p
- Author
- Johnson, Kate
- Publisher
- Nakusp : Kate Johnson
- Published Date
- August 20, 1951
- Physical Description
- 146 pages
- Subjects
- Kootenay
- Kootenay region
- History
- Abstract
- History of Nakusp written for the Nakusp Diamond Jubliee (1892-1952).
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 08.2 J62p
- Collection
- Archives Library
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All about babies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25558
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Coleman, H. T. J.
- Publisher
- Sidney, British Columbia : Gray's Publishing Ltd.
- Call Number
- 05.1 C68a
- Author
- Coleman, H. T. J.
- Responsibility
- Cover and illustrations E. Downing Baker
- Publisher
- Sidney, British Columbia : Gray's Publishing Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 57 pages
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Literature
- Abstract
- A collection of childrens stories detailing a variety of animals as babies.
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 05.1 C68a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Science in the history of modern culture
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25562
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Watanabe, Masao
- Publisher
- Tokyo : Miraisha
- Call Number
- 03 W29s
- Author
- Watanabe, Masao
- Publisher
- Tokyo : Miraisha
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 353 pages
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 03 W29s
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Fenollosa and his circle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25564
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1962
- Author
- Brooks, Van Wyck
- Publisher
- New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Call Number
- 05 B79f
- Author
- Brooks, Van Wyck
- Publisher
- New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Published Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 321 pages
- Abstract
- A parade of fascinating personalities -- intellectuals, artists, travelers and explorers -- moves through this rich and colorful book of biographical essays by the author of Makers and Finders. --From dust cover
- Contents
- Fenollosa and His Circle ; Fanny Wright ; John Lloyd Stephens ; George Catlin ; Charles Wilkes ; Charles Godfrey Leland ; Anecdotes of Maurice Prendergast ; Randolph Bourne
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 05 B79f
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The study of rocks in thin section
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25662
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1959
- Author
- Moorhouse, W. W.
- Publisher
- New York and Evanston : Harper & Row
- Call Number
- 03 M78t
- Author
- Moorhouse, W. W.
- Publisher
- New York and Evanston : Harper & Row
- Published Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 514 pages : illustrations, 25 cm
- Series
- Harper's geoscience series
- Subjects
- Petrology
- Geology
- Science
- mineralogy
- Contents
- 1. Introduction. -- 2. Methods of optical mineralogy -- 3. Description of minerals -- 4. Mineral identification tables -- 5. Petrography of igneous rocks and related rocks -- 6. Volcanic and hypabyssal rocks : basalts, diabases, and related rocks -- 7. Andesites, dacites, and related rocks -- 8. quartz latites (rhyodacites) and rhyolites -- 9. Latites, trachytes, phonolites, and leucite trachytes -- 10. tuffs and pyroclastics -- 11. The plutonic rocks : gabbro, norite, and related rocks -- 12. The alkali gabbos : essexite, theralite, and related rocks -- 13. Quartz diorite, granodiorite, granite, and related rocks -- 14. Diorites, monzonites, syenites, and related rocks -- 15. Nepheline syenites and other delfspathoidal rocks -- 16. Ultrabasic rocks : peridotite, pyrozenite, and hornblendite -- 17. Lamprophyres -- 18. Sedimentary rocks in thin section -- 19. Conglomerates and breccias -- 20. Sandstones and arkoses -- 21. Greywackes -- 22. Argillaceous rocks -- 23. Limestones and dolomites -- 24. Cherts, iron formations, glauconitic sediments, phosphatic sediments, saline rocks, and coals -- 25. Metamorphic rocks -- 26. Dynamic metamorphism -- 27. Thermal metamorphism -- 28. Regional metamorphism -- 29. Metasomatism -- 30. Petrography of ore
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 9780060446109
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 03 M78t
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- Archives Library
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An introduction to crystallography
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25663
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Phillips, F. C.
- Publisher
- London : Longmans, Green and Co Ltd
- Call Number
- 03 P54a
- Author
- Phillips, F. C.
- Publisher
- London : Longmans, Green and Co Ltd
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 340 pages : 535 diagrams
- Subjects
- Crystallography
- Geology
- Science
- Contents
- 1. The nature of the crystalline state -- 2. Methods of projection -- 3. The description of crystals -- 4. A general study of the seven crystal systems -- 5. Goniometry -- 6. The thirty-two classes -- 7. Parallel growth and composite crystals -- 8. Some mathematical relationships -- 9. Crystal drawings -- 10. The symmetry of internal structure -- 11. Space groups -- 12. Diffraction of x-rays by crystals -- 13. Crystal habit
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 03 P54a
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- Archives Library
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Principles of stratigraphy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25664
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Dunbar, Carl O. and Rodgers, John
- Publisher
- New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Call Number
- 03 D91p
- Publisher
- New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 356 pages
- Subjects
- stratigraphy
- Geology
- Abstract
- Carl O. Dunbar and John Rodgers authored this textbook in response to the growing interest in the study of stratigraphy in academia.
- Contents
- Part I : Environments of deposition -- Part 2 : Basic stratigraphic relations -- Part 3 : Interpretation of specific lithotopes -- Part 4 : Synthesis
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 03 D91p
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- Archives Library
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Invertebrate fossils
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25667
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1952
- Author
- Moore, Raymond C., Lalicker, Cecil G., and Fischer, Alfred G.
- Publisher
- New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
- Call Number
- 04 M78i
- Publisher
- New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
- Published Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 766 pages
- Subjects
- Fossils
- Invertebrate
- Geology
- Contents
- 1. The nature of fossils -- 2. Foraminifera and radiolaria -- 3. Sponges and spongelike fossils -- 4. Coelenterates -- 5. Bryozoans -- 6. Brachiopods -- 7. Mollusks -- 8. Gastropods -- 9. Cephalopods -- 10. Pelecypods -- 11. Annelids and other worms -- 12. Arthropods -- 13. Trilobites -- 14. Ostracodes and other crustaceans -- 15. Chelicerates, myriapods, and insects -- 16. Echinoderms -- 17. Primitive attached echinoderms -- 18. Crinoids -- 19. Holothuroids -- 20. Starfishes -- 21. Echinoids -- 22. Graptolites and pterobranchs -- 23. Condonts
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04 M78i
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- Archives Library
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Intoduction to the structure of the earth
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25668
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1969
- Author
- Spencer, Edgar W.
- Publisher
- New York : McGraw Book Company
- Call Number
- 03 S3i
- Author
- Spencer, Edgar W.
- Publisher
- New York : McGraw Book Company
- Published Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 597 pages
- Subjects
- Geology
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts of stress and strain -- 3. Theory and rock failure -- fracture -- 4. Faults -- 5. Behavior of materials -- 6. Folds and folding -- 7. Clevage, mullion, rodding, kinks, and boudinage -- 8. Primary sedimentary structures -- 9. Structures in unconsolidated sediment and salt -- 10. Earth's interior and major crustal elements -- 11. The North American continental craton and its stable margin -- 12. A case study of an orogenic belt -- the Alps -- 13. Anatomy of a folded mountain belt -- the Appalachians -- 14. Structural features of the North American cordillera -- 15. Sturctural features of the ocean basins -- 16. Examples of modern diatrophism -- 17. Tectonic syntheses
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 03 S3i
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- Archives Library
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1886
- Author
- Michelet, Jules
- Publisher
- London : L. Nelson and Sons
- Call Number
- 01.2 M58t
- Author
- Michelet, Jules
- Publisher
- London : L. Nelson and Sons
- Published Date
- 1886
- Physical Description
- 260 pages
- Subjects
- Switzerland
- Europe
- Alps
- Mountaineering
- Glaciers
- Nature
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.2 M58t
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- Archives Library
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Upon the origin of alpine and Italian lakes ; and upon glacial erosion
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26171
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Publisher
- New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.
- Call Number
- 03.4 R14u
- Responsibility
- A. C. Ramsay, John Ball, Roderick I. Murchinson, B. Studer, A. Favre, Edward Whymper, and J. W. Spencer.
- Publisher
- New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- 148 pages
- Subjects
- Switzerland
- Italy
- Europe
- Alps
- glaciology
- Glaciers
- Geology
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 03.4 R14u
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Above the snow line : mountaineering sketches between 1870 and 1880
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26173
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1885
- Author
- Dent, Clinton
- Publisher
- London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Call Number
- 01.2 D43a
- Author
- Dent, Clinton
- Publisher
- London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Published Date
- 1885
- Physical Description
- 327 pages
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.2 D43a
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- Archives Library
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How to identify plants
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26230
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1957
- Author
- Harrington, H.D.
- Publisher
- Chicago : The Swallow Press Inc.
- Call Number
- 04.1 H24h
- Author
- Harrington, H.D.
- Responsibility
- Illustrations by L.W. Durrell
- Publisher
- Chicago : The Swallow Press Inc.
- Published Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 296 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
- Subjects
- Guidebook
- Identification
- Botany
- Plants
- Science
- Illustrations
- Contents
- Introduction -- How plants are classified -- Common names and scientific names -- Terms relative to the flower -- Terms relative to the inflorescence -- Terms relative to underground parts -- Terms relative to the stem -- Terms relative to the leaves -- Terms relative to surfaces -- General terms -- Fruits and seeds -- Use of keys in plant identification -- Collecting and pressing plants -- Manuals and floras -- Illustrated glossary.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0804001499
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 H24h
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Decorative Tray
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- Date
- later than 1959
- Material
- wood; cedar
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0604
- Description
- a circular tray made of cedar. Printed on the front of the tray is a painted image of two red gondola cabins over the town of Banff. Cascade mountain and Tunnel Mountain are in background. On the reverse are two paragraphs in black printed writing about the Sulphur Mountain Gondola as well as a go…
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- Title
- Decorative Tray
- Date
- later than 1959
- Material
- wood; cedar
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- a circular tray made of cedar. Printed on the front of the tray is a painted image of two red gondola cabins over the town of Banff. Cascade mountain and Tunnel Mountain are in background. On the reverse are two paragraphs in black printed writing about the Sulphur Mountain Gondola as well as a gold sticker that reads “HANDCRAFTED BY PANORAMA MADE IN CANADA”. There is a brass ring to hang it.
- Subject
- Banff
- tourism
- Sulphur Mountain
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Juanita Rose Violini, Banff, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0604
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Athletic Patch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.0173
- Date
- 1963
- Material
- fabric; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0173
- Description
- “BANFF 1963 CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS”; Blue white and red embroidery on a white base. Mountains in background and a red flag with blue outline with “Banff” (in white) on it flapping in the wind, attached to a red ski pole. Along the bottom in all capitals reads”CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPION…
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- Title
- Athletic Patch
- Date
- 1963
- Material
- fabric; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.1 x 8.4 cm
- Description
- “BANFF 1963 CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS”; Blue white and red embroidery on a white base. Mountains in background and a red flag with blue outline with “Banff” (in white) on it flapping in the wind, attached to a red ski pole. Along the bottom in all capitals reads”CANADIAN JUNIOR SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS” in black. A light blue outline along the entirety of the patch.
- Subject
- Banff
- ski
- 1963
- mountains
- patch
- embroidery
- ski championship
- Credit
- Gift of Elmer Charlton, Banff, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0173
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0281
- Description
- Black and silver metal hand-held plunger-style potato masher. The lower section of the handle wraps around the round silver basket, which is completely covered in small round holes - the upper section attaches to the round solid metal plunger plate that can move slightly to accommodate moving in an…
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- Title
- Potato Masher
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal;
- Dimensions
- 11.3 x 8.7 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Black and silver metal hand-held plunger-style potato masher. The lower section of the handle wraps around the round silver basket, which is completely covered in small round holes - the upper section attaches to the round solid metal plunger plate that can move slightly to accommodate moving in and out of the basket on the hinged handle. The manufacturer details are engraved on the top of the solid metal plunger plate.
- Subject
- kitchen utensils
- cooking
- food preparation;
- Credit
- Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0281
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Camera Bellows
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.41.0113
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper; metal; fabric;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0113
- Description
- Black camera lens bellows attachment on silver rails. There is no lens fixed into the bellows. Bellows housed inside a fabric draw-string bag.
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- Title
- Camera Bellows
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper; metal; fabric;
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 15.3 x 10.7 cm
- Description
- Black camera lens bellows attachment on silver rails. There is no lens fixed into the bellows. Bellows housed inside a fabric draw-string bag.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0113
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Reflectors Flash
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- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- metal; plastic;
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0114 a-c
- Description
- Three cone-shaped flash reflector attachments of different configurations. The largest reflector has a matte black metal mount with “HR” inscribed inside a circle on both sides - the reflector is perpendicular to the base of the mount and directly opposite from the base of the cone is a red plastic…
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- Title
- Reflectors Flash
- Date
- 1950 – 1975
- Material
- metal; plastic;
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 15.2 x 12.1 cm
- Description
- Three cone-shaped flash reflector attachments of different configurations. The largest reflector has a matte black metal mount with “HR” inscribed inside a circle on both sides - the reflector is perpendicular to the base of the mount and directly opposite from the base of the cone is a red plastic button. The plug for the light bulb is located in the middle of the cone. The mid-sized reflector consists of a bowl-shaped disk with a bulb plug at the bottom and a matte black metal mount directly below that. In the middle of the reflector is a small dent.The smallest reflector is a deep cone-shape with a central plug for the light bulb and another plug for the reflector on the outside.
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.0114 a-c
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