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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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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one VHS tape containing a recorded episode of "Take an Alberta Break!" featuring Ben Gadd and cave tours which he led through Cadomin Cave. Ben discusses bat habitats, cave crawling, and vandalism issues.
- Date Range
- [ca.1990-1995]
- Reference Code
- V810 / III / D / NV - 16
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Video
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- V810 / III : Professional records
- Sous-Fonds
- V810
- Sub-Series
- V810 / III / D : Other contracts and projects
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- V810 / III / D / NV - 16
- Responsibility
- Produced by the Government of Alberta
- Date Range
- [ca.1990-1995]
- Physical Description
- 1 VHS tape
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one VHS tape containing a recorded episode of "Take an Alberta Break!" featuring Ben Gadd and cave tours which he led through Cadomin Cave. Ben discusses bat habitats, cave crawling, and vandalism issues.
- Notes
- Running time is approx. 3 minutes [episode], followed by recorded advertisements
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Conservation
- Natural history
- Caves
- Guides
- Guiding
- Tourism
- Recreation
- Television
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Cadomin
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The Camps, 1914-1920 : the complete series
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24990
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Boyko, Ryan (producer, screewriter, director)
- Publisher
- [Hamilton, Ontario] : Armistice Films
- Call Number
- 06.3 C14 DVD
1 website
- Responsibility
- Ryan Boyko (producer, screenwriter, director)
- Publisher
- [Hamilton, Ontario] : Armistice Films
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc : sound, colour with black and white sequences
- Subjects
- Films
- Film making
- Internment Camps
- World War I
- World War, 1914-1918
- Ukrainians
- Germany
- Prisoner of war (POW)
- Prisons
- Banff
- Castle Mountain
- Castle Mountain Internment Camp
- Cave and Basin
- Abstract
- The Camps" is a cross-Canada journey into the past, present and future. In the fall of 2015, the crew of Armistice Films embarked upon an historical journey. Armed with professional cinema cameras, four film professionals set out to document the remains of all of the internment camps used during Canada's First National Internment Operations from 1914 to 1920. At the internment sites, the crew interviewed a variety of individuals who have either a direct or indirect tie to the Internment Operations. They interviewed several internee descendants, including those of Ukrainian, German and Hungarian descent. They interviewed scholars, political leaders, activists, an RCMP officer, the Chief of Brandon Police Services, The Chief of The Batchewana First Nation, Museum Curators, a former Park Warden and Sculptor John Boxtel. In "The Camps", we hear three languages English, French (including 2 fully Francophone episodes) and Ukrainian, and see equal representation of both men and women. ... They address the individual camp and how each interview subject is connected to the history the audience is learning about, and why it is still relevant today."--Ukrainian Canadian Congress website.
- Contents
- Season 1. Mara Lake ; Vernon ; Lethbridge ; Toronto ; Baton ; Morrissey ; Valcarter ; Mt. Revelstoke ; Yoho National Park ; Nanaimo ; Edgewood ; Amherst ; Petawawa ; Niagara Falls ; Munson ; Beauport -- Season 2. Ferme ; Sault Ste. Marie ; Kapuskasing ; Paul Grod ; Halifax ; Jasper ; Winnipeg ; Monashee ; Banff ; Castle Mountain ; Montreal ; Kingston ; Boxtel ; Inky Mark ; Andrew Hladyshevsky ; Spirit Lake.
- Notes
- Feature Banff and Castle Mountain internment camps
- Accession Number
- P2019.31
- Call Number
- 06.3 C14 DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The Camps on IMDb
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Canadian Rockies : Banff and Jasper [videocassette]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12986
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Publisher
- Bellevue Entertainment
- Call Number
- 13.113 C16b V
- Publisher
- Bellevue Entertainment
- Physical Description
- 1 cassette : sd., b&w, col.
- Notes
- Travel Channel
- Accession Number
- 7613
- Call Number
- 13.113 C16b V
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Canadian Rockies Geology Road Tours launch
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one disc containing footage of the launch of Ben Gadd's book, "Canadian Rockies Geology Road Tours", at the Geological Survey of Canada building in Calgary in 2008.
- Date Range
- 2008
- Reference Code
- V810 / II / B / NV - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Video
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- V810 / II : Research and publication records
- Sous-Fonds
- V810
- Sub-Series
- V810 / II / B : Other publications
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- V810 / II / B / NV - 3
- GMD
- Video
- Responsibility
- Produced by Perry Davis
- Date Range
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one disc containing footage of the launch of Ben Gadd's book, "Canadian Rockies Geology Road Tours", at the Geological Survey of Canada building in Calgary in 2008.
- Notes
- Original annotation on front of disc: "Canadian Rockies Geology Road Tours Launch at GSC [Geological Survey of Canada] Calgary, 4 Nov 2008 Video by Perry Davis"
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Davis, Perry
- Subject Access
- Publication
- Travel
- Geology
- Natural history
- Research
- Events
- Government
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The Canadian Rockies in One Hour with Ben Gadd
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56417
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one VHS tape containing an episode of "Canadian Rockies in One Hour" published by CVTV, featuring Ben Gadd.
- Date Range
- 1998
- Reference Code
- V810 / III / D / NV - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Video
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- V810 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- V810
- Sub-Series
- V810 / III / D : Other contracts and projects
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- V810 / III / D / NV - 6
- GMD
- Video
- Responsibility
- Produced by CVTV, Shaw Cable
- Date Range
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 1 VHS tape
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one VHS tape containing an episode of "Canadian Rockies in One Hour" published by CVTV, featuring Ben Gadd.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Natural history
- Science and technology
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Science and technology
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Cardinal Divide and Surrounding Areas
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one VHS tape containing rough footage of Ben Gadd and two other environmentalists discussing plants, ecosystems, geological history and related topics pertaining to areas near Cardinal Divide and Cardinal River. Video was possibly produced as part of a legal dispute concerning the …
- Date Range
- 1996
- Reference Code
- V810 / IV / A / NV - 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Video
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- V810 / IV : Legal and financial records
- Sous-Fonds
- V810
- Sub-Series
- V810 / IV / A : Legal records
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- V810 / IV / A / NV - 1
- GMD
- Video
- Date Range
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 1 VHS tape
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one VHS tape containing rough footage of Ben Gadd and two other environmentalists discussing plants, ecosystems, geological history and related topics pertaining to areas near Cardinal Divide and Cardinal River. Video was possibly produced as part of a legal dispute concerning the Cheviot Mine project in 1996.
- Notes
- Film starts at 2 minutes running time; Ben Gadd appears throughout video, with speaking part beginning at 7 min. 25 sec.; total running time 36 minutes
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Natural history
- Geology
- Laws and legislation
- Legal and Financial
- Natural resources
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Cardinal Divide
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Law and justice
- Natural resources
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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CFRN Television and CBC interviews
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of four VHS tapes with videos pertaining to interviews with Ben Gadd, which were published by CFRN Television and CBC between 1985 and [ca.2000]. Content pertains to Cadomin Cave, Maligne Canyon, and Ben's professional life.
- Date Range
- 1985-1986
- [ca.1990-2000]
- 1993
- 1995
- Reference Code
- V810 / III / D / NV - 2 to 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Video
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- V810 / III : Professional records
- Sous-Fonds
- V810
- Sub-Series
- V810 / II / D : Other contracts and projects
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- V810 / III / D / NV - 2 to 5
- GMD
- Video
- Responsibility
- Produced by CFRN, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Date Range
- 1985-1986
- [ca.1990-2000]
- 1993
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 4 VHS tapes
- Scope & Content
- File consists of four VHS tapes with videos pertaining to interviews with Ben Gadd, which were published by CFRN Television and CBC between 1985 and [ca.2000]. Content pertains to Cadomin Cave, Maligne Canyon, and Ben's professional life.
- Notes
- Individual contents in file: V810 / III / / D / NV - 2 : "Cadomin Cave, June 1985 (CFRN TV clip, with Fred Kazakoff + [A?] Watson"; "Maligne Canyon, 23 [February] 86 (CBC clip, with Ted Barrus + Lee MacKenzie)" V810 / III / / D / NV - 3 : "CBC News 6/2/93 6 PM" V810 / III / / D / NV - 4 : "Great Albertans - Ben Gadd" [CFRN Television, October 4, 1995] V810 / III / / D / NV - 5 : "Ben on CBC TV news re: Maligne Canyon Teahouse" [n.d., ca.1990-2000]
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Geology
- Research
- Natural history
- Education
- Environment
- Biography
- Professional and Personal Life
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Jasper National Park
- Maligne Canyon
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Title Source
- Original title used
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Days of heaven
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24980
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2007
- Publisher
- [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection
- Call Number
- 06.3 D33 DVD
1 website
- Responsibility
- Terrence Malick (director)
- Richard Gere (actor)
- Brooke Adams (actor)
- Sam Shepard (actor)
- Publisher
- [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color
- Abstract
- In 1910, Bill, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor. He flees to the Texas panhandle with his lover Abby and his little sister Linda, where they work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. When Bill learns that the farmer is ill and has less than a year to live, he encourages Abby to accept the man's attentions. The Farmer and Abby marry, and she and her "siblings" live in the big house, waiting for the Farmer to die, so Abby can inherit, and the three of them live happily ever after. But love seems to be a cure-all: the Farmer seems to be improving--and Abby is no longer seeing this as a marriage of convenience. From a landscape of panoramic vistas, vivid colors, and rich textures comes a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.
- Contents
- Going places -- Work -- Harvest -- Abby -- Prognosis -- Job ends -- Tired -- Staying on -- Future -- Marriage -- Rich -- Out for a walk -- "I don't know you" -- Flying circus -- Business -- Return -- Locusts -- "Nobody's perfect" -- Hunted -- New beginnings.
- Notes
- Still photography by Bruno Engler
- Filmed in Southern Alberta and Waterton National Park
- Special features: Commentary with Jack Fisk, Billy Weber, Patricia Norris, and Dianne Crittenden [audio feature]; Interview with Richard Gere [audio feature] (22 min.); Interview with Sam Shepard (13 min.); Interview with John Bailey (21 min.); Interview with Haskell Wexler (12 min.). Booklet includes essays "On Earth as it is in heaven" by Adrian Martin and "Shooting 'Days of Heaven'" by Nestor Almendros.
- Accession Number
- P2019-31
- Call Number
- 06.3 D33 DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Days of Heaven on IMDb
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Death hunt : the saga of two rivals who clash as enemies and triumph as heroes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24979
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Call Number
- 06.3 D34 DVD
1 website
- Responsibility
- Peter Hunt (director)
- Murray Shostak (producer)
- Charles Bronson (actor)
- Lee Marvin (actor)
- Andrew Stevens (actor)
- Carl Weathers (actor)
- Angie Dickinson (actor)
- Publisher
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sd., col.
- Subjects
- Films
- Film making
- Engler Bruno
- Auger, Tim
- Canmore
- Spray Lakes
- North West Mounted Police
- Search and rescue
- Abstract
- Canada 1931: The unsociable trapper Johnson lives for himself in the ice-cold mountains near the Yukon river. During a visit in the town he witnesses a dog-fight. He interrupts the game and buys one of the dogs - almost dead already - for $200 against the owner's will. When the owner Hasel complains to Mountie Sergeant Millen, he refuses to take action. But then the loathing breeder and his friends accuse Johnson of murder. So Millen, although sympathetic, has to try to take him under arrest - but Johnson defends his freedom in every way possible.
- Notes
- Still photography by Bruno Engler
- Tim Auger was Charles Bronson's body double
- Filmed in the Canmore and Spray Lakes area
- Accession Number
- P2019-31
- Call Number
- 06.3 D34 DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Death Hunt on IMDb
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