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Lost obelisks of the Rockies - Jerry Auld walks through history and into the alpine to discover a piece of Alberta's heritage, finding evidence that hasn't seen sunlight since it was first placed

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2020
Author
Auld, Jerry
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Call Number
P
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Author
Auld, Jerry
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Published Date
May 2020
Physical Description
p.76 - 81
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Cautley, Richard William
Surveyors
Surveys
Surveys and Mapping
Alberta
British Columbia
Abstract
Pertains to small brass obelisks placed along the British Columbia and Alberta border as part of Alberta's demarcation from the North West Territories in 1905 with the survey beginning in 1913, executed by A.O. Wheeler and Richard Cautley
Notes
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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Indigenous identity formation in post-secondary institutions : I found myself in the most unlikely place

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Barnes, Barbara G.
Voyageur, Cora J.
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
Call Number
07.2 B26i
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Author
Barnes, Barbara G.
Voyageur, Cora J.
Responsibility
Barbara G. Barnes
Cora J. Voyageur
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
132 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Anthropology
First Nations
History
Abstract
This book presents a study conducted between 2005 and 2010 of 60 self-declared Indigenous university students from western Canada. The study explored Indigenous identity formation among these students through these central research questions:
Do conventional definitions of identity, and conventional identity formation theories, offer ways to understand the identity of these Indigenous students?
What role, if any, does postsecondary education play in the formation and/or confirmation of the identity of Indigenous students as Indigenous individuals? The study is unique for two reasons. First, little scholarly attention has been paid to Indigenous individuals’ sense of identity. While the literature and research on identity is diverse, it mostly focuses on Eurocentric definitions of identity. Second, this study emphasizes Indigenous identity formation in postsecondary institutions. This book moves beyond a simple understanding of Indigenous students’ concept of identity and delves into determining the role a university education can play in the development of an Indigenous individual’s identity (from publisher's website)
Contents
Preface and dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Find the self: a history of defining Indigenous identity in Canada
Conventional and Indigenous concepts of identity
A history of Indigenous education in Canada
Who were the participants?
Identity and Blumer's symbolic interactionism: definitions and participant responses
Identity and Mihesuah's Native identity development theory: definition and participant responses
The university experience
Building on Mihesuah: a Canadian Indigenous identity formation model
References
About the authors
ISBN
9781550598544
Accession Number
P2020.08
Call Number
07.2 B26i
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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Our trip around the world

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Belczyk, Renate
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Call Number
02 B41o
  1 website  
Author
Belczyk, Renate
Responsibility
Renate Belczyk
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
208 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Women
Biography
Abstract
A spirited 1950s travelogue that takes the reader around the world during a time when two independent young women travelling alone was considered almost revolutionary. Renate Belczyk was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1932. When she was three years old her family moved to Berlin, where they settled into a small apartment building on the outskirts of the city. It was in this building that she met another adventurous girl, Sigrid, with whom she would travel around the world as young women after the Second World War. Having spent most of their childhood and teenage years climbing trees, swimming, cycling, hiking, and adventuring around Germany the two young women attended a talk by the German writer Heinrich Böll. During his presentation the renowned author suggested to the crowd that they all travel to different countries and make friends with the locals whenever they could, as this would help prevent another war. Renate and Sigrid took this advice to heart, and from that point their adventures together took flight. Starting in 1955 and travelling for three years to England, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, Japan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Egypt, Turkey, Macedonia, and Greece, their adventures together culminated with their joint return to Germany in 1958. In 1959 Renate returned to the Canadian Rockies to work in the backcountry, and in 1960 she married mountaineer Felix Belczyk and settled in Castlegar, BC, where they raised three children. Our Trip Around the World is an endearing snapshot of the postwar era when adventure travel – mountaineering, hiking, hitchhiking, and cycling – was enticing those with adventurous spirits to experience the world like never before. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Early Years -- Chapter 2: Mexico, 1955-56 -- July 1955 -- September 1955 -- October 1955 -- November 1955 -- December 1955 -- January 1956 -- February 1956 -- March 1956 -- April 1956 -- May 1956 -- June-July 1956 -- Chapter 3: Canada, 1956-57 -- July 1956 -- August 1956 -- September 1956 -- Winter 1956-57 -- Spring 1957 -- May 1957 -- Chapter 4: Japan, 1957 -- May to October, 1957 -- June 1957 -- July 1957 -- Photo Section -- September 1957 -- October 1957 -- Chapter 5: India and Nepal, 1957-58 October 1957 -- November 1957 -- December 1957 -- January 1958 -- Chapter 6: Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Home, 1958 -- February 1958 -- March 1958 -- April 1958 -- May 1958 -- Afterword: A Life of Travel
ISBN
9781771603775
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
02 B41o
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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Part Of
Glen Boles fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 27 limited edition prints of pen and pencil drawings by Glen Boles, 1994-2002. Content of prints include Mt. Assiniboine, Mt. Fay, Mt. Louis, Mt. Alberta, Abbot Pass & Victoria Glacier, Snowpatch Spire, Howser Spires, Mt. Finger, Three Sisters, Tower of Babel, Eisenhower Tower, Mt…
Date Range
1967-2021
Reference Code
M599 / V175
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Drawing
Textual record
  2 websites  
Part Of
Glen Boles fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M599 / V175
Sous-Fonds
M599
V175
Accession Number
7447 (unproc); 8132 (unproc); 2023.38 (unproc)
Reference Code
M599 / V175
GMD
Drawing
Textual record
Date Range
1967-2021
Physical Description
24 drawings; pen & pencil
ca. 40 volumes of textual records
16.5 cm textual records
History / Biographical
Glen Boles (1934-2022), was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick and moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1953. In 1957 he was persuaded to climb with co-worker and mountain guide Heinz Kahl, a native Bavarian. Heinz Kahl and English climber Brian Greenwood introduced Boles to more difficult climbing. Boles has climbed extensively in the Rockies, summiting over 400 peaks including many new routes and first ascents. He has also climbed in the Interior Ranges of British Columbia as well as the St. Elias Range of Alaska and the Alps. Boles is also an avid skier and spent 13 years on the Canadian Ski Patrol System and is a member of the Ski Friends program in Lake Louise.
Boles retired from the City of Calgary Waterworks Engineering Division in 1991 after thirty-five years employment. Boles and his wife (married in 1965) reside in Cochrane, Alberta. From his mountain experiences, Glen has developed an interest in photography, drawing and writing and has co-authored "The Climbing Guide to the Canadian Rockies-South" and "Place Names of the Canadian Alps" with Bill Putnam and Roger Laurilla.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 27 limited edition prints of pen and pencil drawings by Glen Boles, 1994-2002. Content of prints include Mt. Assiniboine, Mt. Fay, Mt. Louis, Mt. Alberta, Abbot Pass & Victoria Glacier, Snowpatch Spire, Howser Spires, Mt. Finger, Three Sisters, Tower of Babel, Eisenhower Tower, Mt. Stephen, Bugaboos, Bighorn Sheep, Cougar, Timber Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Mt. Robson, Berg Lake, and Yamnuska. Fonds also includes approximately 40 diaries, ca. 1967-2021 and 16.5 cm. of correspondence 1987-2010
Notes
27 drawing prints moved to Oversize infofile storage under title "Artists - Glen Boles"
Name Access
Boles, Glen
Subject Access
Arts
Sports, recreation and leisure
Environment
Access Restrictions
Reproductions prohibited for limited edition prints
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
No finding aid
Creator
Boles, Glen
Category
Arts
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Accession record and accompanying notes.
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Unprocessed
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Talking with bears : conversations with Charlie Russell

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Bradshaw, G.A.
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Books
Edition
First edition
Call Number
04.2 B72t
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Author
Bradshaw, G.A.
Responsibility
G.A. Bradshaw
Edition
First edition
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
251 pages : illustrations (some colour), portrait
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Russell, Charles (Charlie)
Abstract
This is an intimate portrait of Charlie Russell's philosophy of nature. Accompanied by stunning photography, the book is written in narrative form, the way Charlie spoke and shared his stories and knowledge with others. Each of the chapters describes some facet of Charlie's philosophy and experiences through the stories of individual bears and what they taught him: the meaning of trust, respect, attention, love, and much more.
Contents
Preface
Introduction - The bear who rolled stones
Chapter One - The bear with jeweller's hands
Chapter Two - The bear at Kurilskoye
Chatper Three - The bear of Horseshoe Mountains
Chapter Four - The bear at the bend
Chapter Five - The bear who said stop
Chapter Six - The bear who liked to dive
Chapter Seven - The bear who took advantage
Chapter Eight - The bear who listened
Chapter Nine - The bear who cried
Chapter Ten - Bohm's bear
Literature cited
About the author
ISBN
9781771603614
Accession Number
P2020-6
P2020-7 - ref copy
Call Number
04.2 B72t
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Link to book on Rocky Mountain Books website
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Old man's garden : the history and lore of southern Alberta wildflowers

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Brown, Annora
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
04.1 B81 2020
  1 website  
Author
Brown, Annora
Responsibility
Annora Brown
Mary-Beth Laviolette (introduction)
Niitsitapi (Siksika) Bishop - the Right Reverand Sidney Black (forward)
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
xxii, 268 pages : illustrations (some colour)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Folklore
Art
Flowers
Brown, Annora
Abstract
Through pen and ink illustrations and stories, Old Man’s Garden conveys the legends and folklore connected with Southern Alberta’s wildflowers, native plants, and Indigenous culture. Originally published in 1954, Annora Brown’s Old Man’s Garden is a Canadian classic that tells the story of Southern Alberta’s native plants and wildflowers through art and in consideration of Indigenous traditional knowledge from the region. Accompanying the new RMB edition of Old Man’s Garden, Sidney Black of Fort Macleod, the Indigenous Anglican Bishop for Treaty 7, provides his own commentary about Annora’s art and writing in relation to the Blackfoot, while independent art curator Mary-Beth Laviolette broadens the story about the artist’s contribution to Canadian art. Also included in this new edition are full-colour images of Annora’s later paintings of Blackfoot lodges (tipis) and regalia, the dramatic landscape of the Oldman RIver region such as Waterton National Park, and her abiding, lifelong regard for the flora of her homeland. According to Annora Brown, Old Man’s Garden is a “book of gossip about the flowers of the West.” A one-of-a-kind work featuring 169 black-and-white drawings of flowers and native plants, this classic text is about more than botany. Throughout its pages there is a sparkle to her stories of early exploration and settlement, her concern for conservation, and her regard for the Blackfoot Nation, and Indigenous culture. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
Contents
Forward by Niitsitapi (Siksika) Bishop - the Right Reverand Sidney Black
Introduction to the new edition by Mary-Beth Laviolette
Introduction to the 1954 edition
I Wi-suk-i-tshak
II Trail Blazers
III Moon-When-the-Grass-Turns-Green
IV Old Man's Vegetable Garden
V Old Man's Medicine Bag
VI Dyes
VII Desert and Swamp
VIII Incense
IX Moon-of-the-Flowers
X Berries
XI Trees
Index
Notes
Originally published in 1954 by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. and 1970 by Gray's Publishing Co.
ISBN
9781771603447
Accession Number
P2020-6
Call Number
04.1 B81 2020
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Book on Rocky Mountain Book's website
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Vertical reference : the life of legendary mountain helicopter rescue pilot Jim Davies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25228
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Calvert, Kathy
Publisher
[Canada] : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
08.5 C11v
  1 website  
Author
Calvert, Kathy
Responsibility
Kathy Calvert
Publisher
[Canada] : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
xiv, 304 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Helicopter Skiing
Helicopters
Davies, Jim
Banff
Bugaboos
Transportation
Abstract
An exciting and heart-pounding look at one of Western Canada’s most adventurous individuals, known as a pioneer pilot of the heli-ski industry and as the first mountain-rescue pilot in the Canadian National Parks system. Jim Davies is an icon of competence and courage as the first heli-skiing pilot in Canada. But it is his groundbreaking work as a helicopter rescue pilot for Parks Canada that made him a legend to all who worked with him. His stellar career as a pilot overshadowed his other talents as a ski racer and artist. Jim received several awards for his work in mountain rescue, including the Helicopter Association International – Pilot Safety Award of Excellence, the Alberta Achievement Award for excellence in helicopter flying, the Summit of Excellence Award at the Banff Film and Book Festival, and the Robert E. Trimble Memorial Award for “distinguished performance in helicopter mountain flying.” He is now retired and living in Banff, pursuing his love of painting and photography. (From Rocky Mountain Books)
Contents
Foreward
Acknowledgements
Growing up
A glimpse of the world
Birth of heli-skiiling in the Bugaboos
Changes: from Bugaboos to Banff
Permission or forgiveness
Development of the public safety program
Eclectice use of the helicopter
The contract
No lack of work
The coast and home again
Appendix: public safety in parks today
Endnotes
Bibliography
ISBN
9781771604154
Accession Number
2021.05
Call Number
08.5 C11v
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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Brushes with climate change - Rockies Repeat project explores the intersection between conservation, art, history, and culture

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25227
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Campbell, Brooke
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Campbell, Brooke
Responsibility
Brooke Campbell
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
p. 12 - 13
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Women
First Nations
Climate
Climate change
Photography
Abstract
Pertains to the Rockies Repeat Project which involves a group of women travelling to specific locations and re-creating the paintings of Peter Whyte and Catharine Robb Whyte with the end result of creating a documentary, exhibition and digital storytelling capsule
Notes
In Canada's History, Vol. 101, No.2 (April-May)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online
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With the Maligne herd gone ... Jasper's caribou crisis deepens

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25214
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Campbell, Carolyn
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Campbell, Carolyn
Responsibility
Carolyn Campbell
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
pg. 7 - 8
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Caribou
Maligne Lake
Jasper National Park
Wildlife
Wildlife corridors
Wildlife management
Foothills
Parks Canada
Abstract
Pertains to the extirpation of the Maligne caribou herd in Jasper National Park. Outlines the ongoing issues leading to extirpation and calls for immediate action to stop extinction
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Digital copy available
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Alberta caribou work continues while B.C. puts agreements in place

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25215
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Campbell, Carolyn
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Campbell, Carolyn
Responsibility
Carolyn Campbell
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
pg. 12
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Caribou
Wildlife
Wildlife corridors
Wildlife management
First Nations
Alberta
British Columbia
Abstract
Pertains to updates on agreements Alberta and British Columbia are creating to protect extirpated caribou herds in both provinces and legal cases put forward by environmental groups and First Nations including Ecojustice, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Mikisew Cree First Nation, David Suzuki Foundation. Other communities involved with caribou management plans including Cold Lake First Nation, Saulteau First Nations, West Moberly First Nations
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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