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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
Collection
Archives Library
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Invertebrate fossils

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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
Author
Moore, Raymond C., Lalicker, Cecil G., and Fischer, Alfred G.
Publisher
New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
Published Date
1952
Physical Description
766 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
Collection
Archives Library
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The study of rocks in thin section

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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
Collection
Archives Library
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A little town and a little girl

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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Artists
Artists books
Arts
Carr, Emily
British Columbia
Autobiography
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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Pioneer days of Nakusp and the Arrow Lakes

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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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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Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1953
Author
Campbell, Gray
Publisher
Toronto : Thomas Allen
Call Number
03.6 C15
Author
Campbell, Gray
Publisher
Toronto : Thomas Allen
Published Date
1953
Physical Description
244p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Ranching
Whyte, Catharine Robb
Whyte, Peter
Notes
3069A copy signed by author to Peter and Catharine Whyte with accompanying letter from author and newsclipping
Accession Number
400
3069A - 3 copies - weeded 2 unsigned 2020-12-08
Call Number
03.6 C15
Collection
Archives Library
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Tiger of the Snows : the autobiography of Tenzing of Everest

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1955
Author
Tenzing Norkey
Publisher
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Call Number
01.1 T26u
Author
Tenzing Norkey
Responsibility
written in collaboration with james Ramsey Ullman
Publisher
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published Date
1955
Physical Description
294 pages : illustrations, maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Everest, Mount
Mount Everest Expedition 1953
Notes
Includes dust jacket
Accession Number
492
Call Number
01.1 T26u
Collection
Archives Library
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The dangerous river

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1954, 1955 second impression
Author
Patterson, Raymond M.
Publisher
London : George Allen & Unwin
Call Number
02.5 P27d
Author
Patterson, Raymond M.
Responsibility
Raymond Murray Patterson
Publisher
London : George Allen & Unwin
Published Date
1954, 1955 second impression
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canoeing
Nahanni River
Accession Number
224
Call Number
02.5 P27d
Collection
Archives Library
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A climber’s guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1953
Author
Thorington, J. Monroe
Publisher
[New York] : The American Alpine Club
Edition
Revised Edition, 5th printing
Call Number
01.4 C61 1953
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Author
Thorington, J. Monroe
Responsibility
J. Monroe Thorington
Edition
Revised Edition, 5th printing
Publisher
[New York] : The American Alpine Club
Published Date
1953
Physical Description
xx, 323 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Guide
Guidebook
Guidebooks
Rocky Mountains
Abstract
A guide for mountaineers for the Canadian Rocky Mountains arranged geographically including map references.
Contents
Introduction Preface Part One - International Boundary to Kicking Horse Pass Part Two - Kicking Horse Pass to Yellowhead Pass Yellowhead Pass to Jarvis Pass List of authorites Principle maps of the Canadian Rocky Mountains Huts of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camps of the Alpine Club of Canada
Notes
First ed., by Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington, published in 1921.
Accession Number
8062
Call Number
01.4 C61 1953
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publication information on the American Alpine Club website
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The trail the bunny took : and other stories for boys and girls

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1958
Author
Fuller, Edith C.
Publisher
New York : Vantage Press
Edition
1st
Call Number
05.2 F95t
Author
Fuller, Edith C.
Responsibility
Edith C. Fuller
Edition
1st
Publisher
New York : Vantage Press
Published Date
1958
Physical Description
53 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Wildlife
Fiction
Abstract
Children’s stories pertaining to wildlife, magic, and childhood
Contents
The Trail the Bunny Took The Song of Croaker The Little Harmonica The Magic Mirror Chatty the Squirrel Gretchen and the Mermaid
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
05.2 F95t
Collection
Archives Library
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The lords of the lakes and forests

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1950
Author
Moore, Augustus (editor)
Publisher
[Montreal] : [Printed by The´rien fre`res]
Call Number
08.1 M78t
  1 website  
Author
Moore, Augustus (editor)
Publisher
[Montreal] : [Printed by The´rien fre`res]
Published Date
1950
Physical Description
109 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History
History-Canada
Fur trade
Abstract
Pertains to individual reminisces of those involved with the North West Company
Contents
Introduction
Arma Virumque Cano
An Always Sordid Existence
And Seldom Nefarious Environment
Living in Isolated Posts
The Humble Routine of Traffic with the Indians
Improbe Amor! Quid non mortalia pectora cogis?
The Evil that Men do lives after them
Illium Fuit
Now, good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!
Fish and Chips
A Northwest Kennel Club and Horse Show
Bos Americanus
Higher Education and Medicine
Travelogues
Envoy
Appendix I - Bibliography
Appendix II - (translations)
Notes
Inscribed "To Pearl, a country is not over until one hundred is completed. Here it is [?], Runt"
Limited edition of 100 numbered copies - copy 100/100
Note found inside "Luxton Museum Banff Alta J.G. "Red" Cathcart, curator" in the shape of a bison skull - placed in mylar and back between pages 98-99
Accession Number
2020.20
Call Number
08.1 M78t
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via Peel's Prairie Provinces
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Bigger and better, the book of enlarging

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1952
Author
Nibbelink, Don D.
Publisher
Rochester, N.Y. : Published by John P. Smith Co. for Garden City Books, Garden City, N.Y.
Call Number
06.4 N51b
Author
Nibbelink, Don D.
Responsibility
Don D. Nibbelink (author)
Sherman E. Nelson (artist)
Publisher
Rochester, N.Y. : Published by John P. Smith Co. for Garden City Books, Garden City, N.Y.
Published Date
1952
Physical Description
253 pages illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photography
Guide
Abstract
Pertains to the processes involved in enlarging photographs
Contents
The Print's the Thing
Mixings and Fixings
About Darkrooms
About Enlargers
Getting Ready to Print
Enlarging from Eight to Late
New Prints for Old
Painting with Light
Tricks in Enlarging
Add a Dash of Color
Reducing and Intensifying
Control Processes
Let's Finish the Print
Print Mounting Methods
The Art of Framing and Hanging
Using the Enlarger to Make Slides
Pictures with a Purpose
All's Well That Ends Well
Alphabetical Subject Index
Accession Number
2019.104
Call Number
06.4 N51b
Collection
Archives Library
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American cinematographer hand book and reference guide

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1955
Author
Rose, Jackson Joseph
Publisher
Hollywood, Calif., American Society of Cinematographers
Edition
8th ed.
Call Number
06.4 J12a
  1 website  
Author
Rose, Jackson Joseph
Responsibility
Jackson Joseph Rose
Edition
8th ed.
Publisher
Hollywood, Calif., American Society of Cinematographers
Published Date
1955
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photography
Guide
Film making
Films
Equipment
Abstract
Pertains to information relating to cinematography including cameras, film, filters, colour, lenses, sound recordings, preservation, projection, exposure, shutter speed, screen time, care and handling of film, lighting, focus etc. and includes advertisements for equipment
Notes
Includes alphabetical subject index
Accession Number
2019.104
Call Number
06.4 J12a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
6th edition available online
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Let the chaps fall where they may

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1950
Author
Cameron, Stewart
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Cameron Cartoons
Call Number
06 C14l PAM
  1 website  
Author
Cameron, Stewart
Responsibility
Stewart Cameron
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Cameron Cartoons
Published Date
1950
Physical Description
[12] leaves : chiefly ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Cartoons
Calgary Stampede
Art
Abstract
Pertains to twelve cartoons of scenes of the Calgary Stampede drawn by Stewart Cameron
Contents
Brahma Bull Riding (and bull fighter)
Steer Decorating
Calf Roping
Bareback Riding
Steer Riding
Saddle Bronk Riding and Pick-up Men
Square Dancing
Flap-jacks For Free
Start of Chuck Wagon Race (Figure 8 Around Barrels)
Section of Parade
Notes
Includes short biography of artist and explanation of how chuck wagon races occur. Stored in envelope with "Let the Chaps Fall Where They May - complete new series following 'What I saw at the Calgary Stampede' " with cartoon on front, space for address and stamp and Cameron Cartoons contact information
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
06 C14l PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Stewart Cameron's biography on Encyclopedia of Canadian Animation, Cartooning and Illustration
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By train through the Canadian Rockies the Canadian Pacific way

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1950 ?
1951
1953
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Publisher
[Montreal?] : [Canadian Pacific Railway Co.]
Call Number
08.5 C16b Pam copy 1 - ca. 1950
08.5 C16b Pam copy 2 - 1951
08.5 C16b Pam copy 3 - 1953
08.5 C16b Pam copy 4 - 1953
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Publisher
[Montreal?] : [Canadian Pacific Railway Co.]
Published Date
1950 ?
1951
1953
Physical Description
24 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebooks
Travel
Tourism
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Abstract
Pertains to westbound travel through the Canadian Rocky Mountains on the Canadian Pacific Railway including maps and distances from stop to stop along the route with accompanying photographs
Contents
Morley to Banff
Banff to Stephen
Stephen to Field
Field to Golden
Golden to Rogers
Rogers to Glacier
Glacier to Revelstoke
Revelstoke to Sicamous
Sicamous to Elson
Elson to Kamloops
Kamloops to North Bend
North Bend to Odlum
Crowsnest Route
Odlum to Vancouver
Accession Number
285
3320
2019.84
Call Number
08.5 C16b Pam copy 1 - ca. 1950
08.5 C16b Pam copy 2 - 1951
08.5 C16b Pam copy 3 - 1953
08.5 C16b Pam copy 4 - 1953
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Blairmore west of fith meridian, Alberta

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1955
Author
Norris, D.K.
Publisher
Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada : Queen's Printer
Call Number
C7-2.11
Author
Norris, D.K.
Publisher
Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada : Queen's Printer
Published Date
1955
Physical Description
1 map : col
Scale
Scale: 1:63,360
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
Blairmore
Geology - Alberta - Blairmore
Notes
Paper/Geological Survey of Canada; 55-18
Preliminary map 55-18
Blairmore, Alberta: map with marginal notes
Issued in folder with title page. Descriptive notes in right margin
Accession Number
400
Call Number
C7-2.11
Collection
Archives Library
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[British Columbia] Mineral Map

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Published Date
1951
Publisher
Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys
Call Number
C7-3.18 A & B
Publisher
Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys
Published Date
1951
Physical Description
1 map : col
Scale
Scale: 20 miles: 1 inch
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Map
Subjects
British Columbia
Accession Number
673
Call Number
C7-3.18 A & B
Collection
Archives Library
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American Indian design and decoration

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1950
Author
Appleton, LeRoy H
Publisher
New York : Dover Publications
Call Number
E59 A7 A64
Author
Appleton, LeRoy H
Publisher
New York : Dover Publications
Published Date
1950
Physical Description
vii, 277p : front, illus, maps, plates
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Folk-lore - Indian
Indians of North America - Art
Indians of South America - Art
Indians of Central America - Art
Notes
Formerly titled: Indian art of the Americas. -- Bibliography p.264-269
Call Number
E59 A7 A64
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George Catlin and the old frontier

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20201
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1959
Author
McCracken, Harold
Publisher
New York : The Dial Press
Call Number
E77 C3 M16
Author
McCracken, Harold
Publisher
New York : The Dial Press
Published Date
1959
Physical Description
216p. :front (port) illus. plates, ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pictures, illustrations, etc.
Notes
Bibliography p.212-214
Accession Number
400
Call Number
E77 C3 M16
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Haida myths illustrated in argillite carvings

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1953
Author
Barbeau, Marius
Publisher
Ottawa : National Museum of Canada
Call Number
E98 S3 B3
Author
Barbeau, Marius
Responsibility
by Marcus Barbeau
Publisher
Ottawa : National Museum of Canada
Published Date
1953
Physical Description
417p : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Haida Indians
Indians of Notyh America - Sculpture
Indians of North America - Religion and mythology
Notes
Bibliography: p 415-417
Call Number
E98 S3 B3
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