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Antarctic oasis : under the spell of South Georgia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20140
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Carr, Pauline
- Carr, Tim
- Publisher
- London ; W.W. Norton & Company
- Call Number
- G370-480 C37 A58
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- Author
- Carr, Pauline
- Carr, Tim
- Responsibility
- Tim and Pauline Carr
- Publisher
- London ; W.W. Norton & Company
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 256 pages : illustrations ; maps
- Subjects
- Antarctic Regions
- Sailing
- Boating
- Travel
- Abstract
- An account of one couple's life on a remote island beyond the Polar Front, a tale to rival the exploits of the great nineteenth-century explorers. After twenty-five years of cruising the world's oceans, renowned blue-water sailors Pauline and Tim Carr found themselves being drawn to the lonely places of the higher latitudes to experience earth's last, scarcely touched regions. Antarctic Oasis records the culmination of those exploits. True adventurers, the Carrs have lived year-round on South Georgia for five years its only civilian inhabitants experiencing a way of life that has all but vanished from our modern world. A center of the Norwegian whaling industry in the last century, today a remnant of the far-flung British Empire, South Georgia is a splendid if forbidding land of towering, glacier-clad mountains and a treacherous, storm-torn coast punctuated by sheltered bays. During its brief polar summer, the island's verdant shoreline offers Antarctic wildlife a place to feed, mate, and rear their young. The only humans on the scene, the Carrs have learned intimate details about the lives of whales, penguins, seals, albatrosses, skuas, and many others. In all seasons the Carrs explore South Georgia's uncompromising coast aboard their yacht Curlew. Their deep fascination with the island, its wildlife, and its history will stir the spirit of adventure and discovery in us all. (from Abe Books)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Chapter I - Ultimate Landfall
- Chapter II - Antarctic Outpost
- Chapter III - Nine to Five
- Chapter IV - Green Antarctic
- Chapter V - Kindred Souls
- Chapter VI - Shackleton's Shadow
- Chapter VII - The Rough with the Smooth
- Chapter VIII - Albatross
- Chapter IX - Elephantastic
- Chapter X - The Mountaineering Dimension
- Chapter XI - Just Talking to the Birds
- Chapter XII - The Wild Side
- Chapter XIII - A Shimmer of Ice
- Chapter XIV - A Clean Pair of Heels
- Index
- Notes
- Ephemra of Margaret Gmoser pertaining to trip removed from book and added to AC637 box of archival materials
- Signed by the eleven participants of the September 17-19, 2004 Shackleton Crossing trip
- Signed by the authors with greetings addressed to Margaret Gmoser
- ISBN
- 0393046052
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- G370-480 C37 A58
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Link to publication on Abe Books
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Barbara Spohr : apparent reasons = raisons apparentes.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25144
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1995
- Author
- Spohr, Barbara
- Publisher
- Banff, Alb. : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Call Number
- 06.4 Sp6a
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- Author
- Spohr, Barbara
- Responsibility
- Barbara Spohr
- Publisher
- Banff, Alb. : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Published Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 81 pages : illustrations, portraits
- Abstract
- Exhibition catalogue for the 1995 exhibit of Barbara Spohr's show 'Apparent Reasons' at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Contents
- Introduction
- Road trip
- From where she stood
- Barbara Spohr's border crossings
- ISBN
- 0920608418
- Accession Number
- 2021.23
- Call Number
- 06.4 Sp6a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to Banff Centre's Barbara Spohr Memorial Award page - includes biographical information
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A brief illustrated guide to understanding Islam
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19935
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Ibrahim, I. A.
- Publisher
- Houston, TX : Darussalam
- Edition
- 2nd ed., 3rd printing
- Call Number
- 05.5 Ib7a
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- Author
- Ibrahim, I. A.
- Responsibility
- I. A. Ibrahim
- Edition
- 2nd ed., 3rd printing
- Publisher
- Houston, TX : Darussalam
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 74 pages
- Subjects
- Religion
- ISBN
- 9960340112
- Call Number
- 05.5 Ib7a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- URL pertains to the the books official website
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The Canadian Handicrafts Guild 1944
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25077
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1944
- Author
- The Canadian Handicrafts Guild
- Publisher
- Affiliated with the Canadian Association for Adult Education
- Call Number
- 06.1 C16c PAM
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- Publisher
- Affiliated with the Canadian Association for Adult Education
- Published Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 36 p.
- Abstract
- Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild for 1944 including bylaws, life members, donations, annual meetings, president's address, branch summaries, Victory Banner Competition photographs, annual report including treasurers report, programs, special committees, statement of receipts and disbursements, prize winners, auditor's report, and a chart of stitches
- Accession Number
- 2020.20
- Call Number
- 06.1 C16c PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Additional information pertaining to the Canadian Handicrafts Guild within the larger Arts and Crafts Movement in Canada
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Canadian Rockies : they abound in wild animals, glaciers, and luxurious hotels
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24918
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1947
- Publisher
- Life
- Call Number
- 02.6 L11c PAM OS
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- Publisher
- Life
- Published Date
- 1947
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Travel
- Tourism
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Rundle Mount
- Athabaska River
- Brazeau
- Maligne Lake
- Bow River
- Canadian National Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Trails
- Mountaineering
- Columbia Icefield
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Canadian Rocky Mountains as a tourist destination in 1947 and features main geographical attractions such as the Mount Rundle, Athabaska River, Maligne Lake, Bow River in addition to the Banff Springs Hotel with map of Banff National Park and Jasper National Park.
- Notes
- In Life, June 9, 1947, pp. 68 - 76
- Accession Number
- 7889
- Call Number
- 02.6 L11c PAM OS
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Specific volume with article can be viewed online via Google Books
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The CMH gallery : a visual celebration of CMH Heli-Skiing and Heli-Hiking.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19902
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1996
- Author
- Gmoser, Hans
- Publisher
- Canmore, Alta. : Altitude Pub.
- Call Number
- 06.4 G11t
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- Author
- Gmoser, Hans
- Responsibility
- Hans Gmoser
- Publisher
- Canmore, Alta. : Altitude Pub.
- Published Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 127 p. : col. ill. ; 34 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the breathtaking photography captured by members of the Canadian Mountain Holiday Heli-skiing and Summer Adventurers in Banff, Alberta. The Canadian Mountain Holiday Company (CMH) worked to create a gallery in their book that would showcase some of the stunning photography they hold in their collection. The photographs are vast, showcasing skiing adventures, snowboarding adventures, hiking trips and the outdoors in its most natural state. Alongside each photograph is a short excerpt written by Hans Gmoser. Although never intended to be a concise story, the captions help to provide context and evoke a greater appreciation for nature and adventure.
- Accession Number
- 2019.64
- Call Number
- 06.4 G11t
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL is linked to the official website for the CMH. Interested users can explore the site for more information concerning the CMH and the services they offer.
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Dear Nan : letters of Emily Carr, Nan Cheney, and Humphrey Toms
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25081
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Walker, Doreen (editor)
- Publisher
- Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press
- Call Number
- 06.1 W14d
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- Author
- Walker, Doreen (editor)
- Responsibility
- Doreen Walker (editor)
- Publisher
- Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- xlvi, 436 pages : illustrations (some color)
- Subjects
- Art
- Artists
- Carr, Emily
- Abstract
- This collection includes 150 letters Emily Carr wrote to her friends Nan Cheney and Humphrey Toms, and 100 other letters relating mainly to Emily Carr. The letters date from 1930 to 1945, the most prolific period in Carr’s career as both painter and writer. In them she writes in colourful detail about her everyday activities, and discusses her painting – “the biggest thing in my life.” There are outbursts of exasperation and anger as well as many indications of her caring, her warmth, her wisdom and her wit, and of her impatience with critics and poseurs, and they give insights into her various relationships with, among others, Lawren Harris, Ira Dilworth, Jack Shadbolt, Garnett Sedgewick, Dorothy Livesay, A.Y. Jackson, and Arthur Lismer. Nan Cheney and Humphrey Toms shared Emily Carr’s interest in art. Carr’s relationship with Cheney dated back to 1930 but did not flourish until 1937 when Cheney moved from Ottawa to Vancouver to become the first full-time medical artist at UBC. Humphrey Toms was only twenty years old when he first met Emily Carr, having asked to visit her after seeing some of her paintings, following which a warm friendship developed. The correspondence between Cheney and Toms reveals how Carr was regarded at the time and attests to their mutual interest in the Vancouver art scene. As an active member Cheney relates gossip about the local art community, providing a very personal and often exceedingly critical view of the Vancouver art milieu of the time. Doreen Walker has chosen not to change the original text of the letters and includes Carr’s misspellings and grammatical irregularities, which give a feeling of immediacy to the writing. There are numerous examples of her talent for graphic description, how she felt “rag rug level” when depressed and how she “was sat down with a spank” when ill. Perhaps most significant are the many revelations of her deep commitment to her work and of her industry and perseverance despite her failing health. “Queer how we go on,” she wrote to Cheney, “luck there is so much rubber in human composition.” (from UBC Press website)
- Contents
- Foreward Introduction Note on the text Acknowledgements Abbreviations Colour Plates Chronology Illustrations The Letters Postscript Transcription of the Carr Letters Emily Carr’s “Variations” Index
- ISBN
- 9780774803908
- Accession Number
- TBD
- Call Number
- 06.1 W14d
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on UBC Press website
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Hamley's Cowboy Catalogue No. 41
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24939
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1942
- Author
- Hamley & Company
- Publisher
- Pendleton, Oregon : Hamley & Company
- Call Number
- 00.5 H11h PAM
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- Author
- Hamley & Company
- Publisher
- Pendleton, Oregon : Hamley & Company
- Published Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 160 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Horses
- Catalogues
- Abstract
- Pertains to saddlery including horse tack, riding apparel, accessories offered in 1942 by the Hamley & Co. western store via a mail order catalogue.
- Contents
- Saddles
- Cinches
- Stirrups
- Blankets
- Saddle pads
- Ropes
- Bridles and heads
- Breast collars
- Reins
- Bits
- Spurs
- Holsters
- Mountings
- Buckle sets
- Belt buckles
- Betls
- Bill folds
- Gloves
- Prints
- Knives
- Chaps
- Boots
- Clothing
- Hats
- Notes
- "Quality articles are made for men who are tired of the extravagance of buying cheap things"
- Store still exists in Pendleton, Oregon: https://www.hamleywesternstore.com/
- Accession Number
- 5777
- Call Number
- 00.5 H11h PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Re-issue of catalogue can be viewed online via google books
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The hungry spirit : selected plays and prose by Elsie Park Gowan
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19787
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Day, Moira (editor)
- Publisher
- Edmonton : NeWest Press
- Call Number
- 05.3 Da33t
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- Author
- Day, Moira (editor)
- Responsibility
- Edited by Moira Day
- Publisher
- Edmonton : NeWest Press
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Abstract
- Pertains to Elsie Park Gowan who was an adjudicator and instructor at the Banff School of Fine Arts between 1930 and 1958.
- Contents
- Homestead -- The hungry spirit -- Back to the kitchen, women! -- The last caveman -- High green gate -- Breeches from Bond Street -- Woman in the twentieth century -- The freedom of Mrs. Rodway.
- ISBN
- 0-920897-19-3
- Accession Number
- p2019-07
- Call Number
- 05.3 Da33t
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Biographical information found in the Canadian Encyclopedia
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Land, spirit, power : First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25118
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Nemiroff, Diana
- Houle, Robert
- Townsend-Gault, Charlotte
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : The Gallery
- Call Number
- 06.1 N34l
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- Responsibility
- Diana Nemiroff
- Robert Houle
- Charlotte Townsend-Gault
- Publisher
- [Ottawa] : The Gallery
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 231 pages : illustrations
- Abstract
- Pertains to an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Canada that focussed on art by Indigenous Peoples
- Contents
- Foreward
- Acknowledgements
- Land, Spirit, Power
- Modernism, Nationalism, and Beyond - a critical history of exhibitions of First Nations art - Diana Nemiroff
- The Spiritual Legacy of the Ancient Ones - Robert Houle
- Kinds of Knowing - Charlotte Townsend-Gault
- Notes
- Carl Beam
- Rebecca Belmore
- Dempsey Bob
- Domingo Cisneros
- Robert Davidson
- Jimmie Durham
- Dorothy Grant
- Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds
- Faye HeavyShield
- Alex Janvier
- Zacharias Kunuk
- James Lavadour
- Truman Lowe
- James Luna
- Teresa Marshall
- Alanis Obomsawin
- Kay WalkingStick
- Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
- ISBN
- 0888846509
- Accession Number
- P2020-1
- Call Number
- 06.1 N34l
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- National Gallery of Canada information on exhibition
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