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Trees and shrubs in winter : a guide to the identification of common trees and shrubs in Northwestern British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26226
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Author
- Pojar, Rosamund
- Publisher
- Smithers, BC : Cassiope Press
- Smithers, BC : Creekstone Press
- Call Number
- 04.1 P75t 2003
- 04.1 P75t 2010
- Author
- Pojar, Rosamund
- Responsibility
- Illustrations by Evi Coulson
- Publisher
- Smithers, BC : Cassiope Press
- Smithers, BC : Creekstone Press
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 153 pages : illustrations ; 12 cm
- Contents
- Introduction -- Key to sections -- Key to coniferous trees -- Key #1 to deciduous trees (shrubby form) -- Key #2 to deciduous trees (mature) -- Key to deciduous shrubs (or small trees) with alternate buds -- Key to evergreen shrubs -- Additional trees and shrubs that occur in the northern interior and northern coastal regions of British Columbia -- Glossary.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 097335920
- 9780978319533
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 P75t 2003
- 04.1 P75t 2010
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Life and limb : a true story of tragedy and survival against the odds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25738
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Andrew, Jamie
- Publisher
- London : Portrait, an imprint of Judy Piatkus Limited
- Call Number
- 01.2 An2l
- Author
- Andrew, Jamie
- Publisher
- London : Portrait, an imprint of Judy Piatkus Limited
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 306 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Accidents
- Survival
- Abstract
- The weather looked perfect when Jamie Andrew and his closest friend, Jamie Fisher set off to climb the formidable North Face of Les Droites in the French Alps in 1999. But a sudden and ferocious storm hit them 10,000 feet up the mountain. They were trapped on a narrow ridge in temperatures of -30C, battered by winds so strong the rescue helicopters could not reach them. After five nightmarish nights doggedly clinging to life, Jamie Andrew was finally rescued; but his friend Jamie Fisher had died beside him on the last night. -- From inside cover
- ISBN
- 0749950072
- Accession Number
- P2023.19
- Call Number
- 01.2 An2l
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On thin ice : alpine climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25740
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Fowler, Mick
- Publisher
- London : Baton Works Publications
- Call Number
- 01 F83o
- Author
- Fowler, Mick
- Responsibility
- Foreword by Chris Bonington
- Publisher
- London : Baton Works Publications
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 223 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Climbing
- Travel
- Sports
- Abstract
- Mick Fowler's second set of climbing memoirs, follows Vertical Pleasure (Hodder, 1995). Here the celebrated mountaineer records his expeditions since 1990. Despite work and family commitments he has maintained a regular series of 'big trips' to challending objectives around the world with a sequence of major successes. -- From inside cover
- ISBN
- 1898573581
- Accession Number
- P2023.19
- Call Number
- 01 F83o
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John Singer Sargent : figures and landscapes 1874-1882 ; complete paintings. Vol. IV
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25679
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Ormond, Richard and Kilmurray, Elaine
- Publisher
- New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press
- Call Number
- 06.1 O6j
- Publisher
- New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 446 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 32 cm
- Subjects
- Sargent, John Singer
- Art
- Abstract
- With few exceptions, this book illustrates John Singer's paintings in colour including several never published before. Each painting is documented with full provenance, exhibition history, and bibliography. The volume also reproduces Sargent's preliminary and related drawings and of comparative works by other artists.
- Contents
- Models, c. 1874-1880 -- Classical and religious subjects, c. 1874-1879 -- Landscape and architectural studies, c. 1875-1880 -- Brittany and the sea, c. 1874-1879 -- Naples and Capri, 1878 -- Paris, c. 1878-1882 -- Studies after the old masters, c. 1879-1880 -- Spain and El Jaleo, 1879-1882 -- Morocco, 1880 -- Venice, 1880-1882.
- Notes
- Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
- ISBN
- 9780300117165
- Accession Number
- 2022.27
- Call Number
- 06.1 O6j
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Deep Alberta : fossil facts and dinosaur digs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25673
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2007
- Author
- Acorn, John
- Publisher
- Drumheller, Alta. : Royal Tyrrell Museum
- Call Number
- 04 A7d
- Author
- Acorn, John
- Publisher
- Drumheller, Alta. : Royal Tyrrell Museum
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- xii, 186 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Paleontology
- Dinosaurs
- Fossils
- Contents
- Geology of Alberta map -- Albanerpetontids, as we say -- Ammonites and ammolites -- Albertosaurus, Alberta's dinosaur -- Amber, fossilized tree sap -- Amia, the bowfin -- Atrociraptor, the new raptor -- Basilemys, a very large turtle -- Bison, as opposed to buffalo -- The Blindman River -- Belonostomus, a pointy-headed fish -- Barnum Brown, fossil hunter -- Burbank, Alberta -- Calgary and the things that lay beneath it -- Extinct camels -- The Canadian shield -- Centrosaurus, a herding horned dinosaur -- Champsosaurus, a kind of non-crocodile -- Chasmosaurus, a short-horned dinosaur -- North American cheetahs -- The Bow Valley at Cochrane -- Cretaceous lizards -- Alberta's crocodilians -- Dawn redwood trees -- Devil's Coulee and its dinosaur nests -- Didelphodon, a sort of primitive possum -- Dinosaur Provincial Park -- Dromaeosaurus, a snappy little raptor -- The Drumheller Badlands -- Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park -- Dunkleosteus, a very scary fish -- Edmonton, a modest sort of dinosaur graveyard -- Edmontosaurus, Edmonton's duck-billed dinosaur -- Edmontonia, Edmonton's other dinosaur -- Feathered dinosaurs -- Fossil frogs -- Gar, the fish -- Horn corals -- How do you know where to dig? -- Hypacrosaurus, less than the ultimate dinosaur -- The Kleskun Hills -- Lambeosaurus, Lambe's dinosaur -- Leptoceratops, a hornless horned dinosaur -- Alberta's lions -- Lundbreck Falls and the black beauty -- Mammoths and mastodons -- The Milk River -- Mosasaurs, the giant marine lizards -- Multituberculates, common but extinct mammals -- Myledaphus, a guitar fish -- New fossil names -- The oil sands -- Ornithomimids, the bird mimics -- Pachyrhinosaurus, the thick-nosed dinosaur -- Palaeontology in Alberta -- Pantodonts, giant Palaeocene mammals -- Parasaurolophus, a long-headed duck-bill -- Parksosaurus, Park's dinosaur -- The world's oldest pike -- Plants of the ornithomimid quarry -- Plesiadapis, a weird early primate -- Plesiosaurs, the sea serpents of the Mesozoic -- "Primitive" plants -- Pterosaurs, the flying reptiles -- Fossil salamanders -- Sandy Point -- Saurornitholestes, a raptor -- Short-faced bear -- Since the Ice Age -- Snakes of the dinosaur times -- Soft-shelled turtles -- Stegoceras -- The Sternberg family -- Sedimentology, the science of sediments -- Sturgeon, a living fossil fish -- Styracosaurus, a classic Alberta dinosaur -- Trace fossils -- Troodon, the "smart" dinosaur -- Triceratops, the three-horned face -- Tyrannosaurus or "T. rex"-- The venomous mammal.
- Notes
- Based on the radio series "Deep Alberta", broadcast on CKUA Radio and sponsored by the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 9780888644817
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04 A7d
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Proud heritage : people and progress in early Canadian geoscience
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25670
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Publisher
- St. John's, Newfoundland : Geological Association of Canada
- Call Number
- 03.1 M26p
- Responsibility
- Edited by R. W. Macqueen
- Publisher
- St. John's, Newfoundland : Geological Association of Canada
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 217 pages
- Subjects
- Geology
- Geoscience
- Science
- Abstract
- Proud Heritage: People and Progress in Early Canadian Geoscience is a collection of articles from Geoscience Canada and its predecessor, highlighting the people and events which helped shape our geoscience history. -- From back cover
- Contents
- Partial content topics: Early geological contributors -- Geological pioneers, 19th century -- Geological leaders, 19th and 20th centuries -- Geological leaders, 20th century -- Early geological studies -- Short biographies
- ISBN
- 919216943
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 03.1 M26p
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Canada rocks : the geologic journey
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25671
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2007
- Author
- Eyles, Nick and Miall, Andrew
- Publisher
- Markham, Ontario : Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited
- Call Number
- 03.1 E5c
- Publisher
- Markham, Ontario : Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 450 pages
- Subjects
- Geology
- Geoscience
- Abstract
- A complete overview of the geological formation of Canada covering four billion years.
- Contents
- 1. A hellish beginning -- 2. Moving earth : plate tectonics -- 3. The united plates of Canada : four billion years of tectonic activity 4. Canada's heartland : the shield -- 5. Giant seas cover the shield : the interior platform -- 6. Building Eastern Canada -- 7. Building Arctic Canada -- 8. Building Western Canada -- 9. Cool times : the ice sheets arrive -- 10. Rocky resouces : mining in Canada -- 11. Challenges for the future -- 12. Geology and the building of a Canadian identity
- ISBN
- 9781550418606
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 03.1 E5c
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Precipce Theatre album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57122
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, photos are of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Stumped, Watershed of Tears, Cowabunga, TRash Pageant, Clown of the Continent, Green Streets, Nature Bats Last, Through a Tire Swing, Splash and Ripple, David and Li…
- Date Range
- 1988 - 2005
- Reference Code
- V813 / II / B
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M580 / V813
- Series
- V813 / II / : Albums
- Sous-Fonds
- V813
- Accession Number
- 2020.13
- Reference Code
- V813 / II / B
- Date Range
- 1988 - 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 album (40 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 18 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, photos are of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Stumped, Watershed of Tears, Cowabunga, TRash Pageant, Clown of the Continent, Green Streets, Nature Bats Last, Through a Tire Swing, Splash and Ripple, David and Lisa, and Indigestion.
- Notes
- Album cover and binding was badly damaged and not retained.
- Name Access
- Funk, Colin
- Brill, Connie
- Subject Access
- Theatre
- Environment and Nature
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Precipce Theatre Photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57124
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs taken of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: CHristmas concert and Nature Bats Last Photo Credit: Ernie Kroeger
- Date Range
- ca. 1989 - 2008
- Reference Code
- V813 / I
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M580 / V813
- Series
- V813 / I : Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V813
- Accession Number
- 2020.13
- Reference Code
- V813 / I
- Date Range
- ca. 1989 - 2008
- Physical Description
- 28 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs taken of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: CHristmas concert and Nature Bats Last Photo Credit: Ernie Kroeger
- Name Access
- Funk, Colin
- Brill, Connie
- Mahoney, Shawna
- Mulloy, Paddy
- Frango, Brigitte
- Mahoney, Simon
- Yuka
- Kroger, Ernie
- Scoular, Peter
- Whittingham, Ed
- Subject Access
- Theatre
- Environment and Nature
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff, Alberta
- Peace River, Alberta
- Athabasca
- Smith, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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- Processed
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Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sen…
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Drawing
- Postcard
- Private record
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M555
- V777
- Sous-Fonds
- M555
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Responsibility
- Some materials produced by Catharine (Adams) Elkin
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 21 cm of textual records -- 16 postcards -- 3 drawings -- 1 photograph album : 107 b&w photographs
- History / Biographical
- Mary Wright (Molly) Adams was born on 15 October 1868. in Ridgefield Connecticut. She was the third of five children born to Cornelia Ann Cook (1830-1902) and Daniel Lucius Adams (1814 - 1899) She died in Kobe, Japan on 23 January 1909 and was buried there.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sent between Molly's extended family members [including members of the Adams, Cook and Wright families], ca.1844 and 1866. Textual records primarily consist of correspondence sent between Molly Adams and various friends and family members [ca.1891-1909].
- Notes
- Fonds consists of two series: Series I : Correspondence [contains two sub-series: I / A : Molly Wright Adams ; I / B : Extended family] Series II : Personal and collected records
- Name Access
- Adams, Molly
- Schaffer, Mary
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Family
- Correspondence
- Travel
- Exploration
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Connecticut
- New York
- Europe
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Biographical Source Notes
- Searching for Mary Schaffer: Women Wilderness Photography by Colleen Skidmore
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
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Gathering moss : a natural and cultural history of mosses
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25517
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Author
- Wall Kimmerer, Robin
- Publisher
- Corvallis, Oregon : Oregon State University Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 W14g
- Author
- Wall Kimmerer, Robin
- Publisher
- Corvallis, Oregon : Oregon State University Press
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- viii, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Mosses
- Indigenous
- History
- Nature
- Abstract
- Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering moss is a mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses. In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Kimmerer explains the biology of mosses clearly and artfully, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us. Drawing on her experiences as a scientist, a mother, and a Native American, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in scientific terms as well as in the framework of indigenous ways of knowing. In her book, the natural history and cultural relationships of mosses become a powerful metaphor for ways of living in the world. -- From back cover
- ISBN
- 0870714996
- Accession Number
- P2022.02
- Call Number
- 07.2 W14g
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First Peoples in Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25496
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- McMillian, Alan D., Yellowhorn, Eldon
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre
- Call Number
- 07.2 M23f
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- x, 387 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Indigenous
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Abstract
- Aboriginal issues feature prominently on the Canadian agenda, from land claims agreements to self-government to resource rights, and First Peoples in Canada sets the context for the evolving relationship between Canada and the Aboriginal communities whitin its borders. This comprehensive book, widely used as a basic text in universities and colleges, now incorporates a Native perspective with new research from archaeology, anthropology, ethnography and history to tell the story of Aboriginal people from ancient times to the present. Generously illustrated with many maps, drawings and photographs, these pages clearly detail the rich cultures of all First Nations in this country. -- From back cover
- Contents
- Anthropological research and Aboriginal people ; The Atlantic Provinces ; The Iroquoians of the Eastern woodlands ; The Algonquians of the Eastern woodlands and Eastern Subarctic ; The Plains ; The Plateau ; The Northwest coast ; The Western Subarctic ; The Arctic ; The Metis ; Aboriginal people and Canada: emerging relations
- ISBN
- 9781553650539
- Accession Number
- P2022.01
- Call Number
- 07.2 M23f
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Canadian Rockies geology road tours
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25499
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2009
- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Publisher
- Jasper, AB : Corax Press
- Call Number
- 03.2 G11c c. 2
- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Publisher
- Jasper, AB : Corax Press
- Published Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 576 pages : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Notes
- Includes index. On cover: The complete roadside guide: fossils, formations, folds and faults; presented in plain English; over 250 great stops; fully illustrated; works with odometer and GPS! Includes bibliogaphical references: p. 560-561.
- ISBN
- 9780969263128
- Accession Number
- P2022.01
- Call Number
- 03.2 G11c c. 2
- Location
- Reading Room
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- Archives Library
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Ben Gadd fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55758
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, …
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- V810
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- 2024.01
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Physical Description
- ca. 7.9 metres of textual records -- ca. 274 maps -- 29 VHS tapes -- ca.15 discs with digital files -- 21 cassettes -- photographs -- oversized materials -- USB stick with 15 sldeshows
- History / Biographical
- Ben Gadd (1946-) is a retired naturalist, guide, geologist, instructor, freelance writer and award-winning author based in the Canadian Rockies. Ben was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1946. He met his wife, Cia (Langdon) Gadd at Colorado College in 1965, and the couple married four weeks later. Ben and Cia had two sons, Will and Toby. Ben and his family relocated to Jasper in the late 1960s. Ben later attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science in 1972. Between 1976 and 1980, Ben taught classes at Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology; he later taught additional classes at Grant MacEwan College and Lakeland College. From 1981, Ben also worked as a seasonal naturalist/guide for Parks Canada. Ben left Parks Canada in 1985 to start an independent naturalist guiding business with Cia based in Jasper and other parts of the Canadian Rockies, which the couple continued to operate for over two decades. Ben published his best-known work, "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", through his publishing company Corax Press in 1986. The second edition of "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" received multiple awards after its release in 1995. Ben's fiction book, "Raven's End" won the title of Best Canadian Rockies Book at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in 2001 and became a Canadian bestseller. Overall, Ben has authored or co-authored 11 books and received nearly one dozen awards for his achievements as a writer, researcher and guide. Ben continued to lead guided hikes and school programs until his retirement in 2016.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other related material. Materials donated in 2024 include one USB stick containing
- Notes
- Ben Gadd fonds arrangement: Series I : Personal records - Subseries A : Travel guides and maps - Subseries B : Education and early writings - Subseries C : Personal interest files - Subseries D : Other personal and collected Series II : Research and publication records - Subseries A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Subseries B : Other publications Series III : Professional records - Subseries A : Parks Canada Records - Subseries B : Interpretive guiding - Subseries C : Teaching records - Subseries D : Other contracts and projects Series IV : Legal and financial records - Subseries A : Legal records - Subseries B : Financial records
- Subject Access
- Education
- Research
- Publication
- Environment
- Geology
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Academics
- Guiding
- Guides
- Businesses
- Finances
- Conservation
- Wildlife
- Natural history
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Lethbridge
- United States of America
- Colorado
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions apply
- Language
- English
- French
- Dutch
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
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Placido Monachello fonds
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- Part Of
- Placido Monachello fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to Placido Monachello and family; and a bound publication titled "Machinery's Handbook", 1943, which belonged to Placido. 12 photographs pertain to Placido's experiences at the Alternative Service Corps work camp at the Spray River Trail near Banff Springs H…
- Date Range
- 1941-1943
- [ca.1950-1960]
- 2010
- Reference Code
- M582 / V803
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Digital image
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Published record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Placido Monachello fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M582 / V803
- Sous-Fonds
- M582 / V803
- Accession Number
- 2020.25
- Reference Code
- M582 / V803
- Date Range
- 1941-1943
- [ca.1950-1960]
- 2010
- Physical Description
- ca.172 photographs : b&w prints -- 3 digital files : col. JPG images -- 4 cm of textual records (1 volume)
- History / Biographical
- Placido Monachello (1920-2018) received a conscription notice to join the war effort between 1940-1941. Placido opposed the conscription notice, identifying himself as a Conscientious Objector who refused to participate in the war. After appealing his case in court, Placido was sentenced to one year of work in an internment/work camp. Placido completed his year of work at the Alternative Service Corps work camp, located near the Sunshine Road/Brewster Creek area (ASW Camp No. 1). While at the work camp, Placido aided in the clearing of land and road construction around Banff. Placido returned home to Hamilton, Ontario in 1942, where he worked odd jobs as a labourer and farm hand. Placido married his partner, Leonarda "Leona" (Borsellino) Monachello (1920-2019) in 1944, with whom he later had two children, John and David. Placido sent numerous letters and photographs to Leona during his time at the ASW camp. While Placido was in Banff, Leona directly supported the war effort as an employee at Westinghouse in Hamilton, Ontario, where she produced high-tech military components. Placido and Leona ran two delicatessen businesses together after the war, one of which was initially funded by her parents. The couple sold their business in the 1970s, after which Placido worked for Stelco (a steel manufacturing company) until 1985. Placido and Leona took a trip to visit Banff together in 2010.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to Placido Monachello and family; and a bound publication titled "Machinery's Handbook", 1943, which belonged to Placido. 12 photographs pertain to Placido's experiences at the Alternative Service Corps work camp at the Spray River Trail near Banff Springs Hotel (ASW Camp No. 1). ca.160 photographs pertain to Placido's family and personal life, including his wedding to Leonarda (Leona) in 1944 and their children [ca.1950s]. Fonds also includes 3 digital images of Placido and Leona visiting Banff in 2010.
- Name Access
- Monachello, Placido
- Monachello, Leona
- Subject Access
- World War II
- Family and personal life
- Internment Camps
- Settlement
- Labour
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Ontario
- Hamilton
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Climate change and landscape in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Rutter, Nat
- Coppold, Murray
- Rokosh, Dean
- Publisher
- Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
- Edition
- Revised Second Edition
- Call Number
- 03.2 R93c
- 03.2 R93c Reference copy
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- Responsibility
- The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
- Nat Rutter
- Murray Coppold
- Dean Rokosh
- Edition
- Revised Second Edition
- Publisher
- Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 137 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits
- Subjects
- Glaciers
- Climatology
- Climate change
- Environment
- Environmental conservation
- Geography
- Geology
- Abstract
- Climate change is at the forefront of public consciousness today. Political initiatives to combat the social and economic effects of changing climate will affect the lives of everyone. Media reports often portray climate scenarios and the range of uncertainty accompanying predictions. How does a reader approach the science behind the headlines? The goal of this book is to explain climate change science by examining the recent Ice Age history so spectacularly exposed in the Canadian Rocky Mountains landscape. Local and global sources of paleoclimate information are combined with dating techniques to unravel the glacial history of the Rockies over the last 30,000 years. The illustrated road log guide can be used by the armchair reader or the traveller to visit the landscape features essential to the interpretation. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the geosciences. Its teaching themes demonstrate the use of physics, biology, chemistry and mathematics in solving science questions and problems. The diverse program includes public lectures, teacher workshops, school programs and guided hikes. The Foundation conducts educational hikes to the Burgess Shale soft-bodied fossil deposit and the Mt. Stephen trilobite beds, both UNESCO World Heritage sites in Yoho National Park. (From Good Reads)
- Contents
- Introduction -- Archives of Climate Change -- Dating the Archives -- Extracting Climate Information -- Interpreting the Last Ice Age -- Finding Climate Change in the Rockies -- Glaciation in the Banff-Jasper Area -- Road Log Guide to Landscape Features -- Short Term Climate Change -- Future Climate Change -- Rood Log Stop Coordinates.
- Notes
- Sponsored by the CSPG Foundation
- ISBN
- 9780978013219
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 03.2 R93c
- 03.2 R93c Reference copy
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- Archives Library
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Thinking like a mountain
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2000
- Author
- Bateman, Robert
- Publisher
- Toronto : Viking
- Call Number
- 05.5 B31t
1 website
- Author
- Bateman, Robert
- Responsibility
- Robert Bateman
- Publisher
- Toronto : Viking
- Published Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- xi, 130 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Environment
- Literature
- Essays
- Authors
- Bateman, Robert
- Abstract
- Thinking Like a Mountain is the result of many years of thinking, talking and writing about the world's growing environmental crisis. Beautifully designed and illustrated with original drawings, it is a gathering of questions, observations and ideas Robert Bateman has drawn from his own life experiences and gleaned from the writings of some of the visionaries who have influenced him. As Einstein said, "We cannot solve the problems of today with the same thinking that gave us the problems in the first place."Only a profound shift in philosophy, Bateman believes, can save our species from extinction. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One : Getting to know the neighbours
- Part Two : Message in the bones
- Part Three : Signs of hope
- More food for thought
- Acknowledgements
- ISBN
- 9780670893034
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 05.5 B31t
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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The story of modern skiing
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Fry, John
- Publisher
- Hanover : University Press of New England
- Call Number
- 01.5 F84t
1 website
- Author
- Fry, John
- Responsibility
- John Fry
- Publisher
- Hanover : University Press of New England
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- xxii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps
- Abstract
- This is the definitive history of the sport that has exhilarated and infatuated about 30 million Americans and Canadians over the course of the last fifty years. Consummate insider John Fry chronicles the rise of a ski culture and every aspect of the sport’s development, including the emergence of the mega-resort and advances in equipment, technique, instruction, and competition. The Story of Modern Skiing is laced with revelations from the author’s personal relationships with skiing greats such as triple Olympic gold medalists Toni Sailer and Jean-Claude Killy, double gold medalist and environmental champion Andrea Mead Lawrence, first women’s World Cup winner Nancy Greene, World Alpine champion Billy Kidd, Sarajevo gold and silver medalists Phil and Steve Mahre, and industry pioneers such as Vail founder Pete Seibert, metal ski designer Howard Head, and plastic boot inventor Bob Lange. Fry writes authoritatively of alpine skiing in North America and Europe, of Nordic skiing, and of newer variations in the sport: freestyle skiing, snowboarding, and extreme skiing. He looks closely at skiing’s relationship to the environment, its portrayal in the media, and its response to social and economic change. Maps locating major resorts, records of ski champions, and a timeline, bibliography, glossary, and index of names and places make this the definitive work on modern skiing. Skiers of all ages and abilities will revel in this lively tale of their sport’s heritage. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- People and place -- Genesis -- A way of life -- From rope tow to resort -- Technique and equipment: partners in progress -- A revolution in equipment -- Technique: from stem to carve -- New ways to learn -- The story of alpine competition -- The world of alpine racing -- How skiing changed the Olympics -- Racing in America -- Diversity: new disciplines, old ones restored -- Cross-country -- Extremities -- Freestyle -- Snowboarding -- The culture and business of skiing -- "The industry" -- In print -- In movies, on television -- The new ski country.
- ISBN
- 9781584654896
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 01.5 F84t
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Lanterns on the prairie : the Blackfeet photographs of Walter McClintock
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2009
- Author
- Grafe, Steven L.
- Farr, William E.
- Smith, Sherry L.
- Robes Kipp, Darrell
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,
- Call Number
- 06.4 G75l
1 website
- Responsibility
- Steven L. Grafe
- William E. Farr
- Sherry L. Smith
- Darrell Robes Kipp
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,
- Published Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- xi, 323 pages : illustrations (some color), maps
- Subjects
- First Nations
- Blackfoot
- Photography
- Abstract
- Pertains to the photography of the Blackfeet Peoples by Walter McClintock in Montana in 1896
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial note
- Chapter 1 - staging the Blackfeet: the curious career of Walter McClintock
- Chapter 2 - a point of entry : the Blackfeet adoption of Walter McClintock
- Chapter 3 - reimagining the Blackfee t: Walter McClintock in historical context
- Chapter 4 - completing the circle
- Chapter 5 - the McClintock photographs : content and technique
- Plates
- Notes
- References
- List of contributors
- Index
- ISBN
- 9780806140292
- Accession Number
- 2021.08
- Call Number
- 06.4 G75l
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Review of publication via University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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Kiss or kill : confessions of a serial climber
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11828
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2001
- Author
- Twight, Mark
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Call Number
- 01 T92k
- Author
- Twight, Mark
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 206p. : ill
- Subjects
- Biography
- Mountaineers, American
- Notes
- Winner of 2001 Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature
- Annotated: Thank you for the support - and the taking a chance on this book signed Mark Twight, 12/12/01
- ISBN
- 0898867630
- Accession Number
- 7441 - 2 copies (1 weeded)
- Call Number
- 01 T92k
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- Archives Library
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