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Pictures of Peonies Viewing

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Artist: Miagawa Chikashige

Date: 1979

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: MiW.04.01 a-c

Description: This piece is comprised of three panels. Together the panels represent an outdoor gathering in a tent like structure celebrating flowers. There are 13 women in total in this piece. The first panel contains a group of 3 women in the foreground and a group o three in a background. In the tlc a ta…

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Artist: Miagawa Chikashige

Title: Pictures of Peonies Viewing

Date: 1979

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 36.0 x 70.5 x 70.5 cm

Description: This piece is comprised of three panels. Together the panels represent an outdoor gathering in a tent like structure celebrating flowers. There are 13 women in total in this piece. The first panel contains a group of 3 women in the foreground and a group o three in a background. In the tlc a table is set. The second panel depicts a group of three women: one holding a small planter. There is a very large flower pot on the right side. The third panel also has three women. two are sitting and one standing with many flower pots sitting on a stand in the right side.

Subject: Activity; Summer; Peonies viewing; figure; group; females

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: MiW.04.01 a-c

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Mossbag

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Date: 1979

Material: fibre; skin; plastic; glass

Catalogue Number: 103.05.3003

Description: Bright blue velvet lined with white fabric (cotton?). The bag has a pinked hide edge with lacing holes and two long bundled laces attached. Both sides of the bag have a beaded floral design in red, yellow, blue and orange with green leaves. Tag attached with CRW’s handwritting: “Winifred Bearspaw…

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Title: Mossbag

Date: 1979

Material: fibre; skin; plastic; glass

Dimensions: 28.0 x 87.0 cm

Description: Bright blue velvet lined with white fabric (cotton?). The bag has a pinked hide edge with lacing holes and two long bundled laces attached. Both sides of the bag have a beaded floral design in red, yellow, blue and orange with green leaves. Tag attached with CRW’s handwritting: “Winifred Bearspaw pounded but can sell $50. Feb 5 79.”

Subject: Indigenous; Stoney; Winifred Bearspaw; regalia; sewing; beadwork; children

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 103.05.3003

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Beaded Caparison

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Date: 1979

Material: fibre; glass; skin

Catalogue Number: 106.06.3026

Description: Two large circles (20.5 cm diameter) joined by a rectangle (27.0 x 51.2 cm) with hide strips attached to the back. The pieces are beaded on canvas with yellow and dark blue geometric patterns on a blue ground. Tag with CRW writing: “David Bearspaw Feb 7 1979 1 Horse collar a bag (struckthrough) …

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Title: Beaded Caparison

Date: 1979

Material: fibre; glass; skin

Dimensions: 20.5 x 60.8 cm

Description: Two large circles (20.5 cm diameter) joined by a rectangle (27.0 x 51.2 cm) with hide strips attached to the back. The pieces are beaded on canvas with yellow and dark blue geometric patterns on a blue ground. Tag with CRW writing: “David Bearspaw Feb 7 1979 1 Horse collar a bag (struckthrough) large bead work.”

Subject: Indigenous; Stoney; David Bearspaw; animals, horses; beadwork; regalia

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 106.06.3026

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Smut

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Artist: Edward Cavell (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: CvE.04.01

Description: A solid brown rectangle printed on ivory paper.

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Artist: Edward Cavell (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Smut

Date: 1979

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 56.1 x 76.1 cm

Description: A solid brown rectangle printed on ivory paper.

Subject: abstract

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: CvE.04.01

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Violation

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Artist: Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: ZeJ.02.01

Description: A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.

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Artist: Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)

Title: Violation

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on paper

Description: A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.

Subject: figure; male; female; abstract; whimsey

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: ZeJ.02.01

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Daypack Backpack

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Date: 1979

Material: canvas; leather; metal; fabric

Catalogue Number: 103.08.1135

Description: A well-made green canvas rucksack with leather straps and metal buckles. It has a drawstring closure with metal grommets through which a woven cord is passed through and tied. The flap is a separate piece of canvas sewn onto the sack which is darted and rounded to fit neatly over the top of the pac…

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Title: Daypack Backpack

Date: 1979

Material: canvas; leather; metal; fabric

Dimensions: 50 x 41 cm

Description: A well-made green canvas rucksack with leather straps and metal buckles. It has a drawstring closure with metal grommets through which a woven cord is passed through and tied. The flap is a separate piece of canvas sewn onto the sack which is darted and rounded to fit neatly over the top of the pack. A leather strap is attached to the flap by two rivets stamped with the words “WIDE STEEL SHANK” (Note: all rivets mentioned have this lettering). The main sack/bag has a white label sewn onto the top bearing the trademark “A & F” in red thread and “Abercrombie & Fitch Co.” in blue, underneath this “NEW YORK”. Underneath the label the word “MILLS” is hand printed in black indelible ink. There are two flapped pockets attached to the front of the bag; each flap has a leather strap attached to it by one rivet. The pocket has a metal buckle attached to the flap by piece of folded leather attached by two rivets. Between the pockets is another metal buckle attached by piece of folded leather and two rivets. On the back of the bag there is a piece of leather sewn onto the top and two straps for arms to go through; each strap is attached by two rivets; 5cm from the bottom and 3.5cm from each side there are two pieces of green corded material 6.5x2w cm folded over and sewn with green thread in an X-shaped pattern. On the bottom sides of the pack there are two folded pieces of leather, through which a metal ring is inserted, attached by two rivets. A metal push clip that hooks through the ring has a folded leather piece held together by one rivet. Through these two folds the buckle and the clip are attached.

Subject: sports; climbing; mountaineering; Edwin W. Mills

Credit: Gift of Ted and Judy Mills, Mill Bay, 2004

Catalogue Number: 103.08.1135

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Movie: To Elvis With Love

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 40 b&w prints of production photos from the shoot of "To Elvis With Love," mostly head-shot style portraits of various actors taken during filming.

Date Range: 1979

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / f / PA - 01 to PA - 40

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: x : Movies, f : To Elvis With Love

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / M / x / f / PA - 01 to PA - 40

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1979

Physical Description: 39 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: "To Elvis With Love" also known as "Touched by Love," 1980, directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Deborah Raffin, Diane Lane, Michael Learned, Clu Gulager, and John Amos. Based on a real-life therapist who cared for a wheelchair-bound girl suffering with cerebral-palsy. The young, unresponsive patient is rehabilitated through correspondence with her favourite performer Elvis Presley. Location filming in Banff townsite and vicinity—Banff Springs Golf Course Clubhouse, Banff High School, and Lake Minnewanka road. A number of Banff teenagers were used in the movie as well as a group of special-needs students from Calgary.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 40 b&w prints of production photos from the shoot of "To Elvis With Love," mostly head-shot style portraits of various actors taken during filming.

Subject Access: Banff Springs Hotel; Banff townsite; Buildings; Children; Films and film making; Movie Stars; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / M / x / f / NA - 01 to NA - 25

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Biographical Source Notes: Hollywood in the Canadian Rockies, by Brian Patton, e-book.

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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How to Catalogue an Artifact

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Artist: Jon Whyte (1941 – 1992, Canadian)

Date: 1979 – 1979

Medium: mixed media; photograph; textual material on card board, foam core backing

Catalogue Number: WyJ.13.01

Description: Framed step-by-step instructions on how to catalogue an artifact ca. 1980 using Jon Whyte’s pet dog as the “artifact.” Includes Polaroid photographs of the various steps alongside typed instructions, a “ARTIFACT CLASSIFICATION CODES” sheet printed on green paper, and a “PETER AND CATHARINE WHYTE FO…

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Artist: Jon Whyte (1941 – 1992, Canadian)

Title: How to Catalogue an Artifact

Date: 1979 – 1979

Medium: mixed media; photograph; textual material on card board, foam core backing

Dimensions: 85.5 x 83 cm

Description: Framed step-by-step instructions on how to catalogue an artifact ca. 1980 using Jon Whyte’s pet dog as the “artifact.” Includes Polaroid photographs of the various steps alongside typed instructions, a “ARTIFACT CLASSIFICATION CODES” sheet printed on green paper, and a “PETER AND CATHARINE WHYTE FOUNDATION ARTIFACT FORM” sheet printed on yellow paper.