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Date
2024
Catalogue Number
104.41.0287a-m
Description
Custom red brown camera case containing a camera, recorder, and various equipment and accessories.a) Red brown suitcase that has been customized to carry cameras and their equipment. The outside has reinforced leather corners and silver hardware. The outside has the initials “J. R. G.” on the top a…
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Title
Camera; Equipment Case
Date
2024
Dimensions
13.5 x 41.0 cm
Description
Custom red brown camera case containing a camera, recorder, and various equipment and accessories.a) Red brown suitcase that has been customized to carry cameras and their equipment. The outside has reinforced leather corners and silver hardware. The outside has the initials “J. R. G.” on the top and bottom sides, as well as under the handle. Inside, the case has a brown plaid lining. The bottom of the case has been fitted with a custom made wood, cream coloured apparatus that is designed to hold (c). It comes apart into two pieces - the base, which is not removable, and the lid, which slides out to the right once it has been unhooked from the latch built into the base n the left hand side. The lid of the suitcase reads “J. R. GRICE / 9920 - 75 ST / EDMONTON / ALBERTA”. The foam on the apparatus has worn off, leaving black dust like particles in the suitcase. There are a set of two keys hanging from a brown strap connecting the lid to the base in the center of the suitcase.b) Silver and black camera in a brown leather case. The camera is secured in the case with a wide, flat screw at the base. The camera also comes with its original document outlining the features and instructions of the camera. The camera itself is a Olympus Chrome Six. According to the document, the camera was used to produce “ (12) 6x6cm photos or (16) 4.5x6cm photos on a roll of 120 film”. The camera is black leather with a silver body. There are two silver knobs on the base. The top has four knobs, a viewfinder, and a mount for flash. The smallest knob next to the viewfinder is used to release the lens, which opens from a square panel in the front. The lens is a coated Olympus Zuiko lens. The brown case is Olympus brand and is custom fitted to the camera model. It opens from the top and has two snaps that secure it to the base of the case. A small flap can be opened to allow the camera to be used while remaining in the case. The strap that connects the top of the case to the bottom reads “J. R. GRICE / 9920 - 75 ST / EDMONTON / ALBERTA”. There is a short, thin strap that attaches to either side of the case by metal hardware - one side is broken, the leather has split. The case shows some wear - the connecting middle strap has a large horizontal tear at the seam, while the lens flap has a smaller horizontal tear on the right hand side. c) Green, silver and black recorder that has a strap, brown cloth case and spare reel. The brand on the case, recorder and strap is labeled as Sankyo. The recorder is a muted green colour, with black and silver components. It has three lenses on the front with metal lens caps, The viewfinder is clear. The strap is made of silver components and brown braided cord. The case is brown cloth with a gold zipper, with Sankyo Japan embossed on the side. The reel is made of grey plastic and branded as Kodak, but is believed to work with the recorder. d) Black and white stop watch on a red cord. Was likely used to time exposure times. e) Viewfinder in its original box. Brand is “Watameter”.f) Light meter on a silver snake-chain in its original box. Still operable.g) Blower brush in its original box. h) Handmade camera mount made from wood with attached trigger. There is also a spare trigger wire. i) Film reel it its original box. Reel is empty.j) Bag of miscellaneous bulbs, two of which are for a Sylvanus projector. One is brand new in box. k) Red cloth bag. Front reads “BeautifFeel / Design that feels good” while the bottom says “every woman deserves a pair”l) Miscellaneous papers detailing movie film features and instructions. Have been folded, so they are creased.
Subject
cinema
photography
camera
camera equipment
camera accessories
Credit
Gift of Janet Grice, Banff, 2024
Catalogue Number
104.41.0287a-m
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Imaginary peaks : the Riesenstein hoax and other mountain dreams

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Ives, Katie
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Call Number
01 Iv3i
Author
Ives, Katie
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
301 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
History
Riesenstein
Abstract
Using an infamous deception about a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, Katie Ives examines the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. "Imaginary Peaks" details the mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of cartography, exploration, and climbing history. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
A quest for Riesenstein -- On the Earth, but not of the Earth -- A golden age of imaginary voyages -- Killing and preserving dragons -- Mountains of diamonds and new El Dorados -- The fall of sanctuaries -- Revolts against a disenchanted world -- Recollections of long-vanished uplands -- Go and look behind the ranges -- The ticking of doomsday clocks -- The ascent of the peak formerly known as North Star -- Private mountains free of public logic -- The ascent of No Name Peak -- The door in the cliff -- The land of beyond -- The ascent of Fake Peak -- The search for a transcendent quest -- Imagination is no match for reality -- The secret passage -- The exploration of no place -- What lay over the horizon -- The afterlife of hoaxes -- No to escape the world, but to enter it more deeply -- Selective availability -- The return of Marmot Pass.
ISBN
9781680515411
Accession Number
2024.26
Call Number
01 Iv3i
Collection
Archives Library
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A feeling for rock

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Dobner, Sarah-Jane
Publisher
[Bristol, England] : Dob Dob Dob
Call Number
05 D65a
Author
Dobner, Sarah-Jane
Publisher
[Bristol, England] : Dob Dob Dob
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
259 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
Climbing
Poetry
Essays
Nature
Abstract
Through a mix of poetry, cartoons, essays, interviews, weavings, photographs and technical tips, A feeling for rock explores being bamboozled by a route, connecting with the landscape or flicking through a guidebook. The book ventures into ethical regions of bias and privilege and questions our relations with each other and the rock. Each chapter is headed by a different feeling - Love, Curiosity, Astonishment, Pain, Lust, Fear, Wonder and so on - conveying the emotional vividness of a climbing life. --Publisher's website.
ISBN
9781838400415
Accession Number
2024.26
Call Number
05 D65a
Collection
Archives Library
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Watershed : a novel

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Vanderstoop, Doreen
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Freehand Books
Call Number
05.2 V28w
Author
Vanderstoop, Doreen
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Freehand Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
355 pages ; 22 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Science Fiction
Climate change
Fiction
Abstract
Watershed is a contemporary dystopian novel set in a near-future southern Alberta, which has been ravaged by desert-like conditions, as opposed to the northern part of the province, which is warm as well as green and lush thanks to a water pipeline from the ocean. The province's former oil and gas pipelines are being converted to carry desalinated sea water, and the north and south are at odds because of it. The protagonist, Wilma, is desperately trying to hold onto her dying family farm, while her son, Daniel, takes a job for the enemy: the big water pipeline corporation. -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9781988298597
Accession Number
2024.03
Call Number
05.2 V28w
Collection
Archives Library
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Western voices in Canadian art

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Author
Bovey, Patricia
Publisher
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press
Call Number
06.1 B71w
Author
Bovey, Patricia
Publisher
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
xvi, 453 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Canadian art
Indigenous Art
Indigenous Artists
Climate change
Western Canada
Abstract
Throughout her remarkable career as a gallery director, curator, and author, Patricia Bovey has tirelessly championed the work of Western Canadian artists. Western Voices in Canadian Art brings this lifelong passion to a crescendo, delivering the most ambitious survey of Western Canadian Art to date. Beginning with the earliest European-trained artists in Western Canada, and moving up to present day, Bovey amplifies the depth, scope, and importance of the diverse artists (both settler and Indigenous) whose distinct voices have contributed to the Western Canadian artistic tradition. Bovey then adopts a thematic approach, richly informed by her knowledge and experience, connecting art and artists through time and across provincial boundaries. Insights from Bovey's studio visits and conversations with artists enhance our understandings of the history and trajectory of, and impetus for Canadian artistic creation. Lavishly illustrated with over 250 works reproduced in full colour, Western Voices in Canadian Art is a book that needs to be seen, and its artists and art celebrated. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
New departures: developing artistic voices in Canada's west -- Expanding techniques: creating a new visual language -- Landscape as culture -- Urbanization and New Meanings -- Abstraction into the spiritual -- People: portraits and inscapes -- Visual voices and societal concerns.
ISBN
9780887550478
Accession Number
2024.04
Call Number
06.1 B71w
Collection
Archives Library
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Capturing the summit : Hamilton Mack Laing and the Mount Logan expedition of 1925

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Author
Hughes, Trevor Marc
Publisher
Vancouver, B.C., Canada : Ronsdale Press
Call Number
01.4 H87c
Author
Hughes, Trevor Marc
Publisher
Vancouver, B.C., Canada : Ronsdale Press
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mount Logan Expedition (1925)
Mount Logan, Alaska
Mountaineering
Mountaineering--Yukon Territory
Hamilton Mack Laing
Abstract
A remarkable account of the grueling journey to the summit of Mount Logan. Naturalist and cinematographer, Hamilton Mack Laing, marched into the Alaskan wilderness alongside weathered guides and hardened, experienced mountaineers. From Laing's diaries, we learn how capturing the summit pits the daring adventurers in a struggle with nature, changing them irrevocably as they became part of the environment that tested them. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes
Whyte Museum related research materials utilized.
Dedication to Whyte Museum staff from author inside.
ISBN
9781553806806
Accession Number
2024.02
Call Number
01.4 H87c
Collection
Archives Library
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Great waves & mountains : perspectives and discoveries in collecting the arts of Japan

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Publisher
Gainesville : University of Florida Press
Call Number
06.1 Oy7g
Publisher
Gainesville : University of Florida Press
Published Date
2022
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Japanese
Japan
Edward Sylvester Morse
Art History
Abstract
This richly illustrated volume addresses the history of collecting Japanese art and the factors that contributed to the growth of collections in North America following the Meiji Restoration in 1868"-- Provided by publisher."Illuminating the history of collecting Japanese art This richly illustrated volume addresses the history of collecting Japanese art and the factors that contributed to the growth of collections in North America following the Meiji Restoration in 1868. With wide-ranging essays that fill in gaps in the scholarly investigation of the subject, art historians discuss the historical development of the Japanese aesthetic and examine questions of connoisseurship, authenticity, and controversial collectors and their current-day reception. The volume also features case studies on the formation of Japanese art collections in North America, exploring the diverse array of factors that contributed to their quality, contents, and the role that these collections play for their respective communities. Contributors delve into university and museum archives and interview art dealers, collectors, and artists to better understand their own collections. They present original research on cross-pollination and dialogue between artists from Japan and the United States, the development and growth of museums, and the personal histories of the people who shaped art collections. Together, these essays illustrate the shifting priorities in the collection of Japanese art across 150 years. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction / Natsu Oyobe and Allysa B. Peyton -- Kwan ko dzu setsu: a textbook of Japanese ceramics for foreign collectors / Princess Akiko of Mikasa -- Collecting art and culture: the case of Edward Sylvester Morse / Midori Oka -- Fluctuating authenticity: the journey of a Ninsei tea bowl at the Royal Ontario Museum / Akiko Takesue -- A century of collecting for artists and designers at the RISD Museum / Wai Yee Chiong -- Prints for Portland: the Mary Andrews Ladd collection / Jeannie Kenmotsu -- Avery Brundage and the formation of the Asian Art Museum's Japanese collection / Robert Mintz -- The Japanese art collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1915 to 1951 / Sine´ad Vilbar -- Japanese unglazed ware at the University of Michigan Museum of Art: exchange between Japanese and American ceramic artists, 1950s-1960s / Natsu Oyobe -- A brush with beauty: Japanese paintings in the Indianapolis Museum of Art / John Tadao Teramoto -- Making visible again: Postwar Japanese art at the Dallas Museum of Art / Vivian Li.
Notes
Catharine Robb Whyte's maternal grandfather, Edward Sylvester Morse included.
ISBN
9781683402657
Accession Number
2024.09
Call Number
06.1 Oy7g
Collection
Archives Library
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Where legends live : a historical walk through the old Banff cemetery unlocking the stories of the past

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Author
MacDonald, Graham
Publisher
Banff, AB : Holy Grail Publishers
Call Number
08.3 M26c
Author
MacDonald, Graham
Publisher
Banff, AB : Holy Grail Publishers
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
86 pages ; 25.5 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff
Banff (residents)
Cemeteries
Biographies
Engagement
Tours
Canadian Rockies
History
Abstract
Historical walking tour through the Old Banff Cemetery describing local figures and their histories.
Contents
Cemetery map (index) -- Cemetery map -- Sacred acknowledgement -- Special thanks to -- Introduction -- Passages of time -- Thomas Wilson -- Sandy Thompson -- Margaret and Henry Greenham -- Bill Davie -- Hounour our war vets -- Dave White -- Bill Neish -- Scotty Harrison -- Jim Brewster -- Arthur Wheeler -- Mary Schäffer -- Norman Sanson -- Billy McCardell -- Jon Whyte -- George Budak -- Lars Haukaness -- Annie Staples -- History of Bankhead -- Louie Trono -- Castle Mountain internment camp -- Bruce Beattie -- Bill Peyto -- Dr. Robert Brett -- Dr. Pat Costigan -- Norman Luxton -- Catharine and Peter Whyte -- Dr. Raymond Payley -- Walter Peyto, Heinie (Banff's war horse) 1914 -- Acknowledgments.
ISBN
97809867512
Accession Number
2024.08
Call Number
08.3 M26c
Collection
Archives Library
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[Jumpingpound Summit Register]

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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of summit notes and summit registers from Jumping Pound Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2019 and 2021. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which o…
Date Range
2019-2021
Reference Code
M200 / V / A / 223
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Organization record
Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M200
V14
S6
Series
M200 / V: Summit Records
Sous-Fonds
M200
Sub-Series
M200 / V / A: Identified Summit Records
Accession Number
accn. 2024.20
Reference Code
M200 / V / A / 223
GMD
Textual record
Organization record
Responsibility
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
2019-2021
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Jumpingpound Mountain is located in Kananaskis, Alberta. Nearby is Exshaw, Moose Mountain and Bragg Creek.
Scope & Content
File consists of summit notes and summit registers from Jumping Pound Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2019 and 2021. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. File: M200 / V / A / 223: [Jumpingpound Summit Register]
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Administration
Alpine Club of Canada
Alberta
Backpacking
Climbing
Club
Description and travel
Environment
Environment and Nature
Hiking
Kananaskis Country
Mountain
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
Parks
Record keeping
Records
Sports and leisure
Sports and recreation
Summit
Trails
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Kananaskis
Kananaskis Country
Exshaw
Exshaw, AB
Moose Mountain
Bragg Creek
Jumpingpound Mountain
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Contains personal information
Language
English
Conservation
Summit notes are placed in mylar due to water damage, and delicate materials. Some summit notes are made of tissue-like paper.
Related Material
M235
Category
Environment
Exploration and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
Files consists of the summit register from Mount Bosworth produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between approximately 2003 to 2022. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred …
Date Range
ca. 2003-2022
Reference Code
M200 / V / A / 222
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Organization record
Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M200
V14
S6
Series
M200 / V: Summit Records
Sous-Fonds
M200
Sub-Series
M200 / V / A: Identified Summit Records
Accession Number
accn. 2024.20
Reference Code
M200 / V / A / 222
GMD
Textual record
Organization record
Responsibility
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
ca. 2003-2022
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Mount Bosworth is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the Continental Divide, between Alberta and British Columbia. Nearby is Paget Peak and Kicking Horse Pass.
Scope & Content
Files consists of the summit register from Mount Bosworth produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between approximately 2003 to 2022. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. File: M200 / V / A / 222: Mt. Bosworth
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Administration
Alpine Club of Canada
Club
Record keeping
Records
Alberta
Backpacking
British Columbia
Climbing
Description and travel
Environment
Environment and Nature
Great Divide
Hiking
Mountain
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
Sports and leisure
Sports and recreation
Summit
Geographic Access
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Great Divide
Continental Divide
Alberta
British Columbia
Banff National Park
Yoho National Park
Kicking Horse Pass
Mount Bosworth
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Contains personal information
Language
English
Conservation
Register placed in mylar due to mold.
Related Material
M235
Category
Environment
Exploration and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Peak Finder: Mount Bosworth, Canadian Rockies Database: https://cdnrockiesdatabases.ca/peaks/156#undefined1
Title Source
Original title
Processing Status
Processed
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Paget Peak summit registries

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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Paget Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2019 and 2022. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred whil…
Date Range
2019-2022
Reference Code
M200 / V / A / 220 to 221
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Organization record
Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M200
V14
S6
Series
M200 / V: Summit Records
Sous-Fonds
M200
Sub-Series
M200 / V / A: Identified Summit Records
Accession Number
accn. 2024.20
Reference Code
M200 / V / A / 220 to 221
GMD
Textual record
Organization record
Responsibility
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
2019-2022
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records 2 volumes
History / Biographical
Paget Peak is located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. Nearby are Highway 1 and Mount Ogden.
Scope & Content
Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Paget Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2019 and 2022. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. Files: M200 / V / A / 220: Paget Peak summit registries [Part 1 of 2]; register contains entries from 2019 to 2021 and, M200 / V / A / 221: Paget Peak summit registries [Part 2 of 2]; register contains entries from 2021 to 2022
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Backpacking
British Columbia
Climbing
Club
Description and travel
Environment
Environment and Nature
Hiking
Mountain
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
Record keeping
Records
Sports and leisure
Sports and recreation
Summit
Trails
Geographic Access
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
British Columbia
Yoho National Park
Paget Peak
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Reproduction Restrictions
Contains personal information
Language
English
Related Material
M235
Title Source
Original title
Processing Status
Processed
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Capturing glaciers : a history of repeat photography and global warming

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Author
Inkpen, Dani
Publisher
Seattle : University of Washington Press
Call Number
04 In5c
Author
Inkpen, Dani
Publisher
Seattle : University of Washington Press
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
In Capturing Glaciers, Dani Inkpen examines the many ways scientists have made and used photographs of receding glaciers and how the meanings and evidential value of such images evolved over time. This project sheds light on the challenges of conducting research about climate change, the challenges of enacting social change around environmental problems, and the ways that well-intentioned scientists can still replicate social inequalities"-- Provided by publisher.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glaciers
glaciology
Global warming
Climate change
Photography
Repeat photography
Environment
Nature
Abstract
In Capturing Glaciers, Dani Inkpen examines the many ways scientists have made and used photographs of receding glaciers and how the meanings and evidential value of such images evolved over time. This project sheds light on the challenges of conducting research about climate change, the challenges of enacting social change around environmental problems, and the ways that well-intentioned scientists can still replicate social inequalities. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction : thinking historically about photos of ice -- Documenting : glacier naturalism -- Transitions : the limits of photography -- Measuring : geophysical glaciology -- Monitoring : environmental glaciology -- Witnessing : the iconography of ice -- Conclusion : people and glaciers.
Notes
Whyte Museum collections utilized for research purposes and imagery.
ISBN
9780295752020
Accession Number
2024.27
Call Number
04 In5c
Collection
Archives Library
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Adventures in small tourism : studies and stories

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta, Canada : University of Calgary Press
Call Number
02 Sch2a
Responsibility
Edited and with introduction by Kathleen Scherf
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta, Canada : University of Calgary Press
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
ix, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Tourism
Adventure
Industry
Abstract
The double blow of overtourism and COVID has shaken the travel industry and forced a reconsideration of what tourism is, and can be. This volume offers a vision of regenerative tourism beneficial to travelers and locals alike. Adventures in Small Tourism presents academic studies and personal stories about small tourism. While small tourism is not new, it has become increasingly important as the widespread negative effects of overtourism have become increasingly apparent, with cities like Amsterdam and Barcelona experiencing barriocide, the death of neighbourhoods, as they host overwhelming numbers of visitors. Small tourism, especially creative tourism, not only reduces the actual and potential negative impact of guests on local culture but actively seeks to strengthen and revive local communities by weaving together the experiences of guest and host. Participatory, respectful, and celebratory methods and manners of tourism, rooted in community and cultural networks, has the potential to strengthen cultural bonds, support economic development, and increase sustainability. Focusing on the provision of small-scale creative tourism experiences, Adventures in Small Tourism explores possibilities for local empowerment through community-based tourism. With stories and studies from Italy, Portugal, Colombia, Japan, Australia, and beyond, this collection tells stories of visitors and residents coming together to co-create place in walks and workshops, gastronomy and art, festivals, markets, and more. This is a book that dares to ask what the future can be. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
The development of inclusive small rural destinations for gay tourists in Canada / Spencer J. Toth, Josie V. Vayro, and Courtney W. Mason -- Rajzefiber: a community hub for small tourism in the small City of Maribor, Slovenia / Katja Beck Kos, Mateja Meh, and Vid Kmetic -- Sustaining Castello Sonnino: small tourism in a tuscan village / John S. Hull, Donna Senese, and Darcen Esau -- Revealing the restorers: small tourism in restored lands of the Noongar traditional area of the Fitz-Stirling in Southwestern Australia -- Moira A. L. Maley, Sylvia M. Leighton, Alison Lullfitz, Johannes E. Wajon, M. Jane Thompson, Carol Pettersen, Mohammadreza Gohari, and Keith Bradby -- The role of cultural associations in the promotion of small tourism and social inclusion in the neighbourhood of Bonfim, Oporto: the case of Casa Bo / Andre Luis Quintino Principe -- Small tourism in a big city: the story of Bogota / Diana Guerra Amaya and Diana Marcela Zuluaga Guerra -- Cultural festivals in small villages: creativity and the case of the Devil's Nest Festival in Hungary / Emese Panyik and Attila Komlós -- Artistic micro-adventures in small places / Donald Lawrence -- The power of small: creative in-migrant micro entrepreneurs in peripheral Japanese islands during COVID-19 / Meng Qu and Simona Zollet -- Small tourism and ecotourism: emerging micro-trends / Ian Yeoman and Una McMahon-Beattie.
ISBN
9781773854762
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
02 Sch2a
Collection
Archives Library
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Hard is the journey : stories of Chinese settlement in British Columbia's Kootenay

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Chow, Lily
Publisher
Qualicum Beach, BC : Caitlin Press
Call Number
08.3 C46h
Author
Chow, Lily
Publisher
Qualicum Beach, BC : Caitlin Press
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Chinese
Women
Immigration
Canada
History
British Columbia
Abstract
In Hard is the Journey, award-winning historian and researcher Lily Chow shares the difficult history of Chinese Canadians in the Kootenay. She unearths the racism of early newspapers that portrayed Chinese immigrants as dirty, sinister, and lethargic people not fit to live in BC and uncovers the history of the Chinese labourers who completed the deadly work of blazing the Dewdney Trail from Hope to Kootenay only to be dismissed, without any compensation, as soon as the project was completed. She also offers an intimate and inspiring look into the many ways Chinese immigrants survived, finding community, building resilience, and preserving their culture. Piecing together interviews with Kootenay residents and descendents of Chinese immigrants, government records and documents, and early newspaper articles, Chow bravely exposes dark parts of BC's history while shedding light on the struggles but also resilience and untold accomplishments of the Chinese immigrants who risked everything and often lost their lives in building the Canada we know today. Hard is the Journey is Chow's fourth book on the history of Chinese Canadians. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction -- The Wild Horse Creek gold rush: Fisherville -- The key city: Cranbrook -- Once the Farwell town: Revelstoke -- The queen city: Nelson -- The golden city: Rossland -- Afterword.
ISBN
9781773860749
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
08.3 C46h
Collection
Archives Library
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Remembering our relations : De¨nesu liné oral histories of Wood Buffalo National Park

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press
Call Number
07.2 At3r
Responsibility
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation with Sabina Trimble and Peter Fortna.
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
xxxiii, 307 pages cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
Indigenous Culture
Indigenous Customs
Indigenous People
Indigenous Traditions
Oral History
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations
Wood Buffalo National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
Abstract
Elders and leaders remind us that telling and amplifying histories is key for healing. Remembering Our Relations is an ambitious collaborative oral history project that shares the story of Wood Buffalo National Park and the De¨nesu line´ peoples it displaced. Wood Buffalo National Park is located in the heart of De¨nesu line´ homelands, where Dené people have lived from time immemorial. Central to the creation, expansion, and management of this park, Canada’s largest at nearly 45, 000 square kilometers, was the eviction of De¨nesu line´ people from their home, the forced separation of Dene families, and restriction of their Treaty rights. Remembering Our Relations tells the history of Wood Buffalo National Park from a Dene perspective and within the context of Treaty 8. Oral history and testimony from Dene Elders, knowledge-holders, leaders, and community members place De¨nesu line´ voices first. With supporting archival research, this book demonstrates how the founding, expansion, and management of Wood Buffalo National Park fits into a wider pattern of promises broken by settler colonial governments managing land use throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. By prioritizing De¨nesu line´ histories Remembering Our Relations deliberately challenges how Dene experiences have been erased, and how this erasure has been used to justify violence against De¨nesu line´ homelands and people. Amplifying the voices and lives of the past, present, and future, Remembering Our Relations is a crucial step in the journey for healing and justice De¨nesu line´ peoples have been pursuing for over a century. -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9781773854113
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
07.2 At3r
Collection
Archives Library
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Alpine rising : Sherpas, Baltis, and the triumph of local climbers in the great ranges

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2024
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Call Number
01.1 M14a
Author
McDonald, Bernadette
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2024
Physical Description
269 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
Climbing
Himalaya Mountains
Sherpa
Sherpa-history
Nepal
Abstract
The story of the often unheralded and unrecognized stars of climbing in the Himalaya and the Karakoram: the local inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Pakistan, Tibet, India, and Nepal who have been support staff--porters, cooks, sirdars, and unacknowledged guides--for Western climbers for generations. ALPINE RISING focuses on the experiences and accomplishments of these Sherpas, Baltis, Ladakhis, Hunzas, Astoris, Magars, Bhotias, Rais, and Gurangs. Highlighted climbers range from Raghubir Thapa and Goman Singh who climbed with Albert Mummery in 1895, Ang Tharkay who climbed with Eric Shipton and Maurice Herzog, and Tenzing Norgay who, along with Edmund Hillary, was the first to summit Everest, to today's superstars, Ali Sadpara, Mingma G, Kama Rita, and others -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9781680515787
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
01.1 M14a
Collection
Archives Library
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Transformative politics of nature : overcoming barriers to conservation in Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Publisher
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press
Call Number
04 Ol4t
Responsibility
Edited by Andrea Olive, Chance Finegan, and Karen F. Beazley
Publisher
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
x, 310 pages : illustrations (black and white), map ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Environment
Environmentalism
Conservation
Politics
Indigenous
Indigenous Peoples
Law
Canada
Abstract
Transformative Politics of Nature highlights the most significant barriers to conservation in Canada and discusses strategies to confront and overcome them. Featuring contributions from academics as well as practitioners, the volume brings together the perspectives of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous experts on land and wildlife conservation, in a way that honours and respects all peoples and nature. Contributors provide insights that enhance understanding of key barriers, important actors, and strategies for shaping policy at multiple levels of government across Canada. The chapters engage academics, environmental conservation organizations, and Indigenous communities in dialogues and explorations of the politics of wildlife conservation. They address broad and interrelated themes, organized into three parts: barriers to conservation, transformation through reconciliation, and transformation through policy and governance. Together, they demonstrate and highlight the need for increased social-political awareness of biodiversity and conservation in Canada, enhanced wildlife conservation collaborative networks, and increased scholarly attention to the principle, policies, and practices of maintaining and restoring nature for the benefit of all peoples, other species, and ecologies. Transformative Politics of Nature presents a vision of profound change in the way humans relate to each other and with the natural world. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
OPENING CEREMONY -- Beginning / Shalan Joudry -- PART A: INTRODUCTION -- 1. From politics to transformative politics in Canada / Karen F. Beazley, Andrea Olive, and Chance Finegan -- INTRODUCING DISRUPTIONS / Chance Finegan -- PART B: BARRIERS TO CONSERVATION IN CANADA -- 2. A pathological examination of conservation failure in Canada / Christopher J. Lemieux, Mark W. Groulx, Trevor Swerdfager, and Shannon Hagerman -- 3. Who should govern wildlife? Examining attitudes across the country / Matthew A. Williamson, Stacy Lischka, Andrea Olive, Jeremy Pitman, and Adam T. Ford -- 4. In a rut: barriers to caribou recovery / Julee Boan and Rachel Plotkin -- 5. Enacting a reciprocal ethic of care: (finally) fulfilling treaty obligations / Larry McDermott and Robin Roth -- DISRUPTIONS, PART B -- Disrupting dominant narratives for a mainstream conservation issue: a case study on "saving the bees" / Sheila R. Colla -- The national parks in disrupting heritage interpretation on Turtle Island / Chance Finegan -- PART C: TRANSFORMATION THROUGH VALUES -- 6. Reconciliation or Apiksitaultimik? indigenous relationality for conservation / Sherry Pictou -- 7. "etuaptmumk / two-eyed seeing and reconciliation with Earth" / Deborah McGregor, Jesse Popp, Andrea Reid, Elder Albert Marshall, Jacquelyn Miller, and Mahisha Sritharan -- 8. Beacons of teachings / Lisa Young -- DISRUPTIONS, PART C -- Indigenous knowledge as a disruption to state-led conservation / Natasha Myhal -- The Misipawistik Cree Nation kanawenihcikew guardians program / Heidi Cook -- PART D: TRANSFORMATION THROUGH ACTION -- 9. Transforming university cirriculum and student experiences through collaboration and land-based learning / Melanie Zurba, James Doucette, and Bridget Graham -- 10. Ecological networks and corridors in the context of global initiatives / Jodi A. Hilty and Stephen Woodley -- 11. The imperative for transformative change to address biodiversity loss in Canada / Justina C. Ray -- DISRUPTIONS, PART D. -- Conservation bright spots: focusing on solutions instead reacting to problems / Barbara Frei -- Disrupting current approaches to biodiversity conservation through innovative knowledge mobilization / Vivian Nguyen -- PART E: CONCLUSION -- 12. Achieving transformative change: conservation in Canada, 2023 and beyond / Andrea Olive and Karen F. Beazley -- CLOSING CEREMONY -- Onward / Shalan Joudry
ISBN
9781487550516
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
04 Ol4t
Collection
Archives Library
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Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Buisse, Alex
Publisher
London : Vertebrate Publishing
Edition
First English Edition
Call Number
01.2 B87m o.s.
Author
Buisse, Alex
Responsibility
Translated by Natalie Berry
Edition
First English Edition
Publisher
London : Vertebrate Publishing
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
176 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 32 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mont Blanc
Switzerland
France
Italy
Alps
Eiger
Mountaineering
Guidebook
Photography
Photography, Aerial
Abstract
In Mont Blanc Lines, photographer and alpinist Alex Buisse has travelled the Mont Blanc massif to capture images of all the major mountain faces and to trace the classic climbing and skiing lines. As well as Mont Blanc itself, also featured are other Alpine icons, including the north faces of the Grandes Jorasses and the Froites, Aiguille du Midi, and the Grand Capucin. Whether on the ground in crampons or on skis, or in the air by ultralight or paraglider, he has captured the majesty of the range so that he can tell the story of the classic lines and present them to us in the most stunning way possible. Mont Blanc Lines features images taken during over a decade of mountaineering while Alex worked as a professional photographer based in Chamonix. Alex Buisse's story of these iconic mountain faces is mixed with the stories of climbers who have experienced great moments there. As a bonus feature, also included are the legendary faces of the Matterhorn and the Eiger North Face in Switzerland. -- From back cover.
ISBN
9781839811678
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
01.2 B87m o.s.
Location
ARC O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
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Mountains and desire : climbing vs. the end of the world

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Grebowicz, Margaret
Publisher
London, U.K. : Repeater Books
Call Number
02.8 G81m
Author
Grebowicz, Margaret
Publisher
London, U.K. : Repeater Books
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
113 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Climbing
Sport
Sport climbing
Mountaineering
Abstract
In 1923, a reporter asked George Mallory why he wanted to summit Mount Everest. "Because it's there." Today the question "why do this?" is included in nearly every mountaineering story of interview. Meanwhile, interest in climbing is steadily on the rise, from commerical mountaineering and climbing walls in university gyms to corporate workplaces to the flood of spectacular climbing imagery in advertising, cinema, and social media. [...] Taking the degradation of Everest and the success of Free Solo as its starting point, Mountains and Desire chases after what remains of this pursuit -- marred by its colonial history, coopted by national chauvinism, ableism, and the capitalist compulsion to unlimited growth -- for both climbers and their fans. -- From back cover
Contents
1. The ends of desire -- 2. Who will marry you now? -- 3. Just because someone has done it doesn't mean it's humanly possible -- 4. Everest traffic and the economy of walking -- 5. Climbing technotopia, or: Did free solo really happen? -- 6. Gestures of climbing -- 7. The last problem of the Himalaya.
ISBN
9781913462239
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
02.8 G81m
Collection
Archives Library
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North of America : Canadians and the American century, 1945-60

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26238
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Publisher
Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press
Call Number
08.1 M19n
Responsibility
Edited by Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson
Publisher
Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
xii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Government
Politics
History
History-Canada
History-United States
Abstract
In 1941, influential publishing magnate Henry Luce wrote a stirring essay on American global power, declaring that the world was in the midst of the first great American century. What did a newly outward-looking and hegemonic United States mean for its northern neighbour? From constitutional reform to transit policy, from national security to the arrival of television, Canadians were ever mindful of the American experience. This sharp-eyed volume provides a unique look at postwar Canada, bringing to the fore the opinions and perceptions of a broad range of Canadians--from consumers to diplomats, jazz musicians to urban planners, and a diverse cross-section in between. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
"A Natural Development": Canada and Non-Alignment in the Age of Eisenhower / David Webster -- Cheers to the Canadian Wheat Surplus! Lester Pearson's Visit to the Soviet Union and the West's Détente Dilemma / Susan Colbourn -- Living Dangerously: Canadian National Security Policy and the Nuclear Revolution / Timothy Andrews Sayle -- From Normandy to NORAD: Canada and the North Atlantic Triangle in the Age of Eisenhower / Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson -- An Emerging Constitutional Culture in Canada's Postwar Moment / P.E. Bryden -- Rethinking Postwar Domesticity: The Canadian Household in the 1950s / Bettina Liverant -- Racial Discrimination in "Uncle Tom's Town": Media and the Americanization of Racism in Dresden, 1948-56 / Jennifer Tunnicliffe -- Between Distrust and Acceptance: The Influence of the United States on Postwar Quebec / François-Olivier Dorais and Daniel Poitras -- Living the Good Life? Canadians and the Paradox of American Prosperity / Stephen Azzi -- Make Room for (Canadian) TV: Print Media Cover the Arrival of Television in the Shadow of American Cultural Imperialism, 1930-52 / Emily LeDuc -- Getting Off the Highway: Frederick Gardiner and Toronto's Transit Policy in the Age of the Interstate Highway, 1954-63 / Jonathan English -- Talking Jazz at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1956-58 / Eric Fillion.
ISBN
9780774868846
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
08.1 M19n
Collection
Archives Library
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