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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets) 1226
- Map 174
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published) 146
- Library - Postcard Series 42
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published) 39
- Library - Postcard 36
- Library - Periodical 13
- Library - Sound recording 5
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- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Published Date
- ca. 1925
- Author
- Noble, George
- Call Number
- V466/PG-G29-5
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- Author
- Noble, George
- Published Date
- ca. 1925
- Medium
- Library - Postcard
- Abstract
- Features a street demonstration or show
- Notes
- Annotated
- b&w
- Accession Number
- 6610
- Call Number
- V466/PG-G29-5
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The hungry spirit : selected plays and prose by Elsie Park Gowan
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19787
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Day, Moira (editor)
- Publisher
- Edmonton : NeWest Press
- Call Number
- 05.3 Da33t
1 website
- Author
- Day, Moira (editor)
- Responsibility
- Edited by Moira Day
- Publisher
- Edmonton : NeWest Press
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Abstract
- Pertains to Elsie Park Gowan who was an adjudicator and instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts between 1930 and 1958.
- Contents
- Homestead -- The hungry spirit -- Back to the kitchen, women! -- The last caveman -- High green gate -- Breeches from Bond Street -- Woman in the twentieth century -- The freedom of Mrs. Rodway.
- ISBN
- 0-920897-19-3
- Accession Number
- p2019-07
- Call Number
- 05.3 Da33t
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Biographical information found in the Canadian Encyclopedia
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The technique of the color wood-cut
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19788
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1926
- Author
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Publisher
- [New York], [Brown-Robertson Co., Inc.]
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ph54t
- Author
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Responsibility
- Walter J. Phillips
- Publisher
- [New York], [Brown-Robertson Co., Inc.]
- Published Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 preliminary leaf, 5-63 pages color frontispiece, illustrations, plates (some color) 24 cm 1 p. ., 5-63 p. col. front., illus., plates (part col.) 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Phillips, Walter J
- Art
- Contents
- Preface
- Author's preface
- Chapter One - the print; the traditional Japanese method - scope of the wood-cut in color - gradations and hard edges - the subject
- Chapter Two - wood - preparation of wood - transfer of tracing to wood - wood substitutes - cutting tools - how deep to cut - islands - broken lines - impressions from the key block - planning color-blocks
- Chapter Three - printing ; paper - sizing - paper - a brush for sizing - pigment - medium - brushes - other necessities for printing - blind printing - the oriental printer - printing - gradations - drying the prints - editions - marketing - prints - epilogue
- Bibliography
- Some societies of print makers
- Accession Number
- p2019-08
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ph54t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The kicking horse trail, scenic highway from Lake Louise, Alberta to Golden, British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19849
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1927
- Author
- Williams, M.B.
- Publisher
- [Ottawa], [F.A. Acland, printer]
- Call Number
- 02.6 W66k PAM
1 website
- Author
- Williams, M.B.
- Responsibility
- M.B. Williams
- Publisher
- [Ottawa], [F.A. Acland, printer]
- Published Date
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 47 pages
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Travel
- Abstract
- Pertains to a Canadian Rocky Mountain travel guide. With the use of both images and text, the author has been successful in compiling a guide for travelling in the Canadian Rockies. The book is written in a narrative voice, as to immerse the reader into the Canadian Rocky Mountain experience. The author cover areas and landmarks ranging from Lake Louise, Alberta to Golden, British Columbia.
- Notes
- This version contains a unique annotation on the first page dating August 4, 1927 from Fred Johnston
- Accession Number
- 2019.50
- Call Number
- 02.6 W66k PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL is linked to an interactive website in which the reader can learn more about the author and her admiration for Canada’s national parks.
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The Kicking Horse River touring guide : Yoho National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19865
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Environment Canada., Canadian Parks Service.
- Publisher
- Environment Canada
- Call Number
- 13.113 E1k Pam
- Publisher
- Environment Canada
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 19 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to a touring guide concerning regulations, safety and information on the Kicking Horse River in Yoho National Park. The guide offers a comprehensive outline of permitted activities and expectations of tourists visiting Yoho National Park. Within the guide is a dedicated section on river safety and the ways in which visitors can be aware of the potential risks associated with water activities. Additionally, the guide shares notable hiking trails, and canoeing areas that are better suited to tourists. Above all, the Kicking Horse River touring guide seeks to inform visitors and ensure safety regulations are established.
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 E1k Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The North Saskatchewan River touring guide : Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19866
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1993
- Author
- Environment Canada., Canadian Parks Services
- Publisher
- Environment Canada
- Call Number
- 13.113 E1n Pam
- Publisher
- Environment Canada
- Published Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 19 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to the safety regulations, tourist information and brief history of the North Saskatchewan River in Banff National Park. In making the guide, Environment Canada sought to educate visitors in order to ensure their safety needs were met. The pamphlet includes information pertaining to the history, climate, hiking trails, water access and travel in and around the North Saskatchewan River. The guide was created in cooperation with the Canadian Heritage Rivers System, an organization that seeks to educate the public on the topic of rivers.
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 E1n Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Tears for old Lacerta : new poems
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19868
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta. : G. Burles
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92t Pam
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- Author
- Burles, Gordon
- Responsibility
- Gordon Burles
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta. : G. Burles
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 92 pages
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Art
- Rocky Mountains Canada
- Abstract
- Pertains to the works of Gordon Burles, a poet of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The poet’s work reflects a somber undertone, and covers topics pertaining to people, places, and nature.
- Notes
- Annotated – the author has signed the front page with the following, “To Liz – best wishes, from Gordon Burles”
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 05.1 B92t Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL is linked to the Gordon Burles fonds held at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
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Banff area, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19878
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1927
- Author
- Warren, Percival S.
- Publisher
- Ottawa, F.A. Acland, printer
- Call Number
- 03.2 W25b Pam
- Author
- Warren, Percival S.
- Responsibility
- Percival S. Warren
- Publisher
- Ottawa, F.A. Acland, printer
- Published Date
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 3 preliminary leaves, 94 pages including frontispiece (plates I) [II]-VII plates, tables, folded map 25 cm.
- Abstract
- Pertains to an in depth analysis of geological features in and around Banff, as well as a descriptive segment on new fossil species. The geological features pertains to both the mountains in and around Banff, as well as a separate discussion on economic geology.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg. 1)
- Physiography (pg. 4)
- General geology (pg. 4)
- Description of new species of fossils (pg. 44)
- Economic geology (pg. 93)
- Index to fossils (pg. 93)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 03.2 W25b Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The geological story of Jasper Park, Alberta, Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19879
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1929
- Author
- Kindle, E.M
- Publisher
- Ottawa : [Printed by F.A. Acland]
- Call Number
- 03.2 K53g Pam
- Variant Title
- The geological story of Jasper National Park Canada
- Author
- Kindle, E.M
- Responsibility
- E.M. Kindle
- Publisher
- Ottawa : [Printed by F.A. Acland]
- Published Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- [48] pg.
- Subjects
- Jasper National Park
- Geology
- Glaciers
- Abstract
- Pertains to the geological story of Jasper National Park. The pamphlet includes a segment on geological chronology, and the ways in which the Tertiary Times were highly influential in the development of the Rocky Mountains. Additionally, the pamphlet includes information on lakes, gorges and other features of post glacial outcomes.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg. 7)
- How the mountain began (pg. 11)
- Mountain sculpture (pg. 12)
- Geological structure (pg. 15)
- Underdog waters and mineral springs (pg. 19)
- Geological Chronology (pg. 21)
- Lakes, Gorges and other post-glacial features (pg. 41)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 03.2 K53g Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Kootenay National Park & the Banff Windermere Highway,
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19882
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1929
- Author
- Williams, M.B.
- Publisher
- Ottawa, F.A. Acland, printer
- Call Number
- 13.113 W67k Pam
- Author
- Williams, M.B.
- Responsibility
- M.B. Willaims
- Publisher
- Ottawa, F.A. Acland, printer
- Published Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 48 pages illustrations, map 21 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history and origins of Kootenay National Park and the Banff Windermere Highway. Author M.B. Williams, tells of the history using stories and personal anecdotes. The author has included many photographs to enrich the reader’s experience.
- Notes
- "Notes by the way": 3 p. at end
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.113 W67k Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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