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The Federal School new - month by month attainment of students in illustrating and cartooning - marked copy

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1923

Author: The Federal School

Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Federal Schools Inc.

Call Number: 06.1 F31f PAM

Author: The Federal School

Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Federal Schools Inc.

Published Date: 1923

Physical Description: 64 pages : illus.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Art; Schools

Abstract: Newsletter highlighting successful students of the Federal School as of 1923 with photographs and samples of illustrative works

Accession Number: TBD

Call Number: 06.1 F31f PAM

Collection: Archives Library

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Good medicine : the illustrated letters of Charles M. Russell

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1929

Author: Russell, Charles Marion

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Call Number: 06.1 R91g

Author: Russell, Charles Marion

Responsibility: With an introd. by Will Rogers and a biographical note by Nancy C. Russell

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Published Date: 1929

Physical Description: 162 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations (some color, including facsimiles)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Art; Russell, Charles M

Abstract: The illustrated letters of Charles M. Russell. Priceless letters by cowboy artist of the disappearing Old West. He illustrated his letters with incompatible drawings. Introduction to this book is written by Will Rogers - a treasure itself.

Contents: Abbott, T.C.; Armstrong, W.M.; Bodkin, Dick; Bollinger, Judge James W.; Borein, Edward; Brown, Frank; Budd, Ralph; Calvert, George B.; Carey, Harry; Coburn, Walter; Cole, Dr. Philip G.; Crawford, Will; De Yong, Joe; Duckett, H.T.; Eaton, Howard; Eliot, Charles D.; Emerson, Edward; Fairbanks, Douglas; Furlong, Lt. Col. Chas. W.; Gabriel, Kid; Gibson, Senator Paris; Gibson, Theodore; Gollings, Bill; Goodwin, Philip R.; Hall, H.D.; Hart, W.S.; Hobbins, James R.; Holland, E.I.; James, Will; Jones, Richard; Keeton, Henry; Kelly, Berners; Kendall, Sgt. Ralph; Kirwin, Tom; Krieghoff, W.G.; Lewis, Mr and Mrs John E.; Lummis, Charles F.; Mackay, Malcolm S.; McCloud, Tex; Neitzling, Ed.; Price, Con.; Raban, H.P.; Rinker, Andrew; Rogers, Will; Schatzlein, Charles; Scheurle, Joe; Shannon, Mike; Speck, George; Stanford, Harry; Sweet, Ensign; Thornhill, Jim; Thoroughman, Bob; Trigg, A.J.; Triss, Miss Josephine; Van Orsdelll, Rev.; Vaughn, Robert; Weadick, Guy; Wright, George

Notes: Written on inside "Dec. 4 1936 - To my good friends Fay and Madge hoping that this book will bring good medicine to you both - C.A. Beil"

Accession Number: 2020.17

Call Number: 06.1 R91g

Collection: Archives Library

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Smithsonain Institution : Mary Vaux Walcott wildflowers : donor edition

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1925

Author: Vaux Walcott, Mary

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Call Number: 04.1 W14m O.S.

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Author: Vaux Walcott, Mary

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Published Date: 1925

Physical Description: 1 portfolio (1 folded sheet, 5 plates, 4 loose leaves) : color illustrations, portraits

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Botany; Art; Walcott, Mary Vaux; Flowers; Smithsonian Institute; Research; Vaux family

Abstract: Pertains to wildflower prints by Mary Vaux Walcott reprinted by the Smithsonian Institution as a "Donor Edition - Contributing Membership Smithsonian National Associate Program" - short write up about the process and her career with 5 prints on rag paper created using the "Smithsonian Process"

Contents: White Epidendrum - epidendrum nocturnum Jaquin - 337 - MVW - 1925; Silverberry - elaeagnus commutata [additional single print - no write up] - 70 - MVW; Goldenpea - thermopsis rhombifolia (Nuttal) Richardson - 297 - MVW - 1925; Missouri Pricklypear - opuntia polyacantha - Haworth - 35 - MVW - 1925; Rabbitbean - cracca virginiana - Linnaeus - 44 - MVW - 1925

Notes: Contributing Membership Smithsonian National Associate Program

Accession Number: 3089 (single print); 3077 (portfolio)

Call Number: 04.1 W14m O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Mary Vaux Walcott spotlight with images of wildflower prints on the Smithsonian Art Museum website

Websites

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Through the Canadian Pacific Rockies : a series of views illustrating the chief points of interest and the glorious mountain scenery seen in a journey through the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: [1920?]

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Publisher: Toronto and Montreal : Southam Press Limited

Call Number: 02.6 C16thr PAM O.S

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Responsibility: Canadian Pacific Railway News Service

Publisher: Toronto and Montreal : Southam Press Limited

Published Date: [1920?]

Physical Description: [26] leaves : chiefly illustrations (some color)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Travel; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Canadian Pacific Rockies; Art; Tourism

Abstract: Pertains to areas of interest along the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rocky Mountains via unattributed photographs.

Contents: The Gap; The Three Sisters, Canmore, ALTA.; Banff, Showing Bow River Bridge; Banff Springs Hotel and Bow River Valley; The Swimming Pool, Banff; Mount Assiniboine; Indian Days at Banff; Lake Minnewanka, near Banff; On the Bow River, Banff; Castle Mountain; Lakes in the Clouds; The Giant Steps, Paradise Valley; Lake Louise; The Great Divide; Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks; Paradise Valley; Cathedral Mountain; Spiral Tunnels, Field, B.C.; Mount Stephen and Field, B.C.; Twin Falls and the Yoho Valley; Emerald Lake; Mount Chancellor, Leanchoil; Mount Sir Donald, near Glacier, B.C.; Hell's Gate, Fraser Canyon, B.C.; Descriptive Index

Accession Number: 7889

Call Number: 02.6 C16thr PAM O.S

Collection: Archives Library

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The Indian as an artist

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1921

Author: Gans, Julius

Publisher: Santa Fe, New Mexico : Southwest Arts and Crafts

Call Number: 07 G15t Pam

Author: Gans, Julius

Responsibility: Julius Gans

Publisher: Santa Fe, New Mexico : Southwest Arts and Crafts

Published Date: 1921

Physical Description: 32 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Art

Abstract: Pertains to a catalogue showcasing baskets and carpets available for purchase. The publication shares information based on the products price, color options and sizing options.

Accession Number: 3069 a

Call Number: 07 G15t Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1921

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1922

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Call Number: 04 P94r 1921

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Published Date: 1922

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology; Zoology; Entomology; Botany; Paleontology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1921. Published in 1922, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.

Contents: Objects (pg. 7); Admission (pg. 7); Visitors (pg. 7); Activities (pg. 7); Loan Collection of Lepidoptera (pg. 8); Mammals (pg. 8); List of Chipmunks in the Province of British Columbia (pg. 8); A Remarkable Case of External Hind Limbs in a Humpback Whale (pg. 9); Ornithology (pg. 11); Notes on the Occurrence of the White-winged Dove (Melopelia asiatica) (pg. 11); Accessions (pg. 11); Botany (pg. 13); Entomology (pg. 17); The Pterophoridae of British Columbia (pg. 34)

Accession Number: 7201 deaccessioned

Call Number: 04 P94r 1921

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1922

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1923

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Call Number: 04 P94r 1922

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by William H. Cullin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Published Date: 1923

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology; Zoology; Entomology; Botany; Paleontology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1922. Published in 1923, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.

Contents: Staff of the Museum (pg. 6); Objects (pg. 7); Admission (pg. 7); Visitors (pg. 7); Activities (pg. 7); Anthropology (pg. 8); Accessions (pg. 10); Botany (pg. 13); Ornithology (pg. 16); Notes on the occurrence of the Plumed Egret (pg. 16); Notes on the Iceland Gull (pg. 17); Notes on the occurrence of the White Pelican (pg. 18); Notes on the occurrence of the Brown Pelican (pg. 18); Entomology (pg. 18); British Columbia insects new to science (pg. 19); Lepidoptera not previously recorded from British Columbia (pg. 22); Rare and uncommon Lepidoptera taken in British Columbia during 1922 (pg. 23); Microlepidoptera (pg. 26); Illustrated Lepidoptera (pg. 31); Notes and Corrections (pg. 35)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94r 1922

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1925

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1926

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Call Number: 04 P94r 1925

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Published Date: 1926

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology; Zoology; Entomology; Botany; Paleontology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1925. Published in 1926, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.

Contents: Staff of the museum (pg. 6); Objects (pg. 7); Admission (pg. 7); Visitors (pg. 7); Activities (pg. 7); Anthropology (pg. 9); Petroglyphs (pg. 9); Palaentology (pg. 10); Botany (pg. 10); Marine Zoology (pg. 17); Amphibians and Reptiles (pg. 21); Coleoptera (pg. 24); Accessions (pg. 34); Publications received from other Museums (pg. 37); In Memoriam (pg. 38)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94r 1925

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1928

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1929

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Call Number: 04 P94r 1928

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Published Date: 1929

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology; Zoology; Entomology; Botany; Paleontology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1928. Published in 1929, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.

Contents: Staff of the museum (pg. 6); Admission (pg. 6); Inception and History of Provincial Musuem (pg. 7); Objects (pg. 8); Visitors (pg. 9); Activities (pg. 9); Anthropology and Archaeology (pg. 10, 23); Palaeontology (pg. 22, 23); Botany (pg. 15); Marine Zoology (pg. 12, 25); Entomology (pg. 24); Amphibians (pg. 24); Ornithology (pg. 24); Mammology (pg. 23); Accesions (pg. 23); Publications received from other Museums (pg. 26)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94r 1928

Collection: Archives Library

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Banff area, Alberta

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1927

Author: Warren, Percival S.

Publisher: Ottawa, F.A. Acland, printer

Call Number: 03.2 W25b Pam

Author: Warren, Percival S.

Responsibility: Percival S. Warren

Publisher: Ottawa, F.A. Acland, printer

Published Date: 1927

Physical Description: 3 preliminary leaves, 94 pages including frontispiece (plates I) [II]-VII plates, tables, folded map 25 cm.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Geology; Banff; Paleontology; Fossils; Geography; Geological Survey of Canada

Abstract: Pertains to an in depth analysis of geological features in and around Banff, as well as a descriptive segment on new fossil species. The geological features pertains to both the mountains in and around Banff, as well as a separate discussion on economic geology.

Contents: Introduction (pg. 1); Physiography (pg. 4); General geology (pg. 4); Description of new species of fossils (pg. 44); Economic geology (pg. 93); Index to fossils (pg. 93)

Accession Number: 2017.8683

Call Number: 03.2 W25b Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The technique of the color wood-cut

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1926

Author: Phillips, Walter J.

Publisher: [New York], [Brown-Robertson Co., Inc.]

Call Number: 06.1 Ph54t

Author: Phillips, Walter J.

Responsibility: Walter J. Phillips

Publisher: [New York], [Brown-Robertson Co., Inc.]

Published Date: 1926

Physical Description: 1 preliminary leaf, 5-63 pages color frontispiece, illustrations, plates (some color) 24 cm 1 p. ., 5-63 p. col. front., illus., plates (part col.) 24 cm.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Phillips, Walter J; Art

Contents: Preface; Author's preface; Chapter One - the print; the traditional Japanese method - scope of the wood-cut in color - gradations and hard edges - the subject; Chapter Two - wood - preparation of wood - transfer of tracing to wood - wood substitutes - cutting tools - how deep to cut - islands - broken lines - impressions from the key block - planning color-blocks; Chapter Three - printing ; paper - sizing - paper - a brush for sizing - pigment - medium - brushes - other necessities for printing - blind printing - the oriental printer - printing - gradations - drying the prints - editions - marketing - prints - epilogue; Bibliography; Some societies of print makers