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- Ben Gadd fonds 6
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2 Groups of Mountain Sheep
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkap.03.05
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KaP.03.05
- Description
- Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.
- Title
- 2 Groups of Mountain Sheep
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5; 35.4 x 23.5; 26.7 cm
- Description
- Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.
- Subject
- animal, group, mountain sheep
- Credit
- Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- KaP.03.05
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5 Mountain Goats, 2 Moose
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkap.03.04
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KaP.03.04
- Description
- Two groups of animals: top group has 5 Mountain Goats, 3 in full form the other two head and shoulders; lower group has 2 moose, the one on the left is walking to the right, the other is a back view with his head turned to the right, the second moose has no horns.
- Title
- 5 Mountain Goats, 2 Moose
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.5; 35.4 x 22.5; 26.8 cm
- Description
- Two groups of animals: top group has 5 Mountain Goats, 3 in full form the other two head and shoulders; lower group has 2 moose, the one on the left is walking to the right, the other is a back view with his head turned to the right, the second moose has no horns.
- Subject
- animal, moose, mountain goat
- Credit
- Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- KaP.03.04
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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.322
- Date
- c. 1911
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.322
- Description
- Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…
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- Title
- 1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
- Date
- c. 1911
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.322
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Abstract Sketch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgyh.03.02
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.02
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- Title
- Abstract Sketch
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 8.3 cm
- Subject
- abstract
- non-representational
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.02
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- Artist
- Peggy Dixon
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DiP.03.04
- Description
- An antelope faces to the right in fully body profile. Grass lines the bottom of the image. At the lower right corner of the matt “IP 33.” On the back of the image is an erased sketch of a person riding a horse on the right, and a person holding a rope on the left.
1 image
- Artist
- Peggy Dixon
- Title
- Antelope Buck
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 20.3 cm
- Description
- An antelope faces to the right in fully body profile. Grass lines the bottom of the image. At the lower right corner of the matt “IP 33.” On the back of the image is an erased sketch of a person riding a horse on the right, and a person holding a rope on the left.
- Credit
- Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- DiP.03.04
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Banff Revisited IV
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactris.03.01
- Artist
- Sylvia Richman
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RiS.03.01
- Description
- Mountain shapes in foreground, blue/purple, reds, green, brown, black outlines, top half of picture is multicoloured - red left center with yellows, browns and greens. Top right corner is very muted.
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- Artist
- Sylvia Richman
- Title
- Banff Revisited IV
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 18.3 cm
- Description
- Mountain shapes in foreground, blue/purple, reds, green, brown, black outlines, top half of picture is multicoloured - red left center with yellows, browns and greens. Top right corner is very muted.
- Credit
- Gift of Sylvia Richman, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- RiS.03.01
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Barrier Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactnij.03.12
- Date
- prior to 1986
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NiJ.03.12
- Description
- A pencil drawing of Barrier mountain, no clouds or foreground. The back edge has a complete border of masking tape.
- Title
- Barrier Mountain
- Date
- prior to 1986
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.7 x 30.1 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of Barrier mountain, no clouds or foreground. The back edge has a complete border of masking tape.
- Credit
- Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- NiJ.03.12
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Ben Gadd fonds
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- 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
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KaP.03.03
- Description
- A Bighorn Ram is standing on a slope which has tall grasses; he is facing to the left.
- Title
- Bighorn Ram
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0; 27.0 x 12.0; 35.3 cm
- Description
- A Bighorn Ram is standing on a slope which has tall grasses; he is facing to the left.
- Subject
- animal, sheep
- Bighorn Sheep
- Credit
- Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- KaP.03.03
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- Date
- 1962 – 1966
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.427
- Description
- An ink drawing of a young man facing away from the viewer towards a tank rolling over a hill, with mountains in the background. The text BLIND DATE/ appears above the tank. JOHN WINDSOR in blcP.W. in brc
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- Title
- Blind Date
- Date
- 1962 – 1966
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- An ink drawing of a young man facing away from the viewer towards a tank rolling over a hill, with mountains in the background. The text BLIND DATE/ appears above the tank. JOHN WINDSOR in blcP.W. in brc
- Subject
- Blind Date
- tank
- book
- John Windsor
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.427
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