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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19870
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A.
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Call Number
- 08.2 D39h Pam
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A.
- Responsibility
- Hugh A. Dempsey
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 64 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Alberta
- History of Alberta
- History
- Fur trade
- North-West Mounted Police
- Missionaries
- Riel rebellions
- Abstract
- Pertains to a series of notable and historically significant sites located across Alberta. The book is divided into nine categories pertaining to influential people and events, such as the Riel Rebellion and the North-West Mounted Police. Within each category, the author Hugh A. Dempsey, has included the names and locations of many historical sites in Alberta, be that a sign, a cairn or other form of historical remembrance.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg.3)
- Indians (pg. 5)
- The fur trade (pg. 12)
- The missionaries (pg. 24)
- American posts (pg. 29)
- North-west Mounted Police (pg. 35)
- Riel rebellion (pg. 39)
- The pioneers (pg. 43)
- Historic events (pg. 50)
- Transportation (pg. 57)
- Index (pg. 61)
- Map (pg. 63)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 08.2 D39h Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The hunting of Almighty Voice
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8786
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Osborn, Edward Bolland
- Call Number
- 07.2 Os1 Pam
- Author
- Osborn, Edward Bolland
- Physical Description
- p.451-458 : ill., port
- Subjects
- North West Mounted Police
- Notes
- From the Wide World Magazine, vol.V, no.29, August 1900
- Accession Number
- 373
- Call Number
- 07.2 Os1 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Letters to Mother [August - December 1939]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7453
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and…
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 107
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 107
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (93 pages ; 20 x 24.9 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and commissions done both at home and out in the Park], visits from friends and visitors, slide making, photography and cameras [including colour photography], events and people in Concord, minor repairs/projects to the house and property [including installing a new water heater on the second floor], updates on Dave White's health, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], the declaration of war on Germany in early September [as well as details pertaining to local recruitment efforts and general preparations], day trips to Lake Louise, wildlife, descriptions of meals, Edith going to the 1939 World's Fair in New York City [September], construction on the new addition to the house throughout October [including a new furnace room, bathroom, and dark room on the ground floor, extending the studio on the second floor, and facing the side of the house in stone], cleaning and household chores, errand trips to Calgary, books Catharine and Edith are reading, a large blizzard at the end of October, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], attending first aid classes at the school, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities and parties.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. All typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 107-19 contains a sketch of a mushroom on the back of the first page. 107-36 contains a sketch of the Whyte compound and details of the new extention to Pete and Catharine's house.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- White, Clifford J., Sr.
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- Simpson, Margaret
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Rungius, Carl
- Noble, George
- Pocette, Mark
- Bagley, Frederick A.
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Vaux, Mary
- Reid, Charles
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Birds
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Children
- Christmas
- Cinema
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Home
- Hospital
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- North West Mounted Police
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- RCMP
- Scenery
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- World War II
- WWII
- World's Fair
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Ptarmigan Valley
- Yoho National Park
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Liberalism, surveillance, and resistance : Indigenous communities in Western Canada, 1877-1927
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13822
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2009
- Author
- Smith, Keith D
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : AU Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 S5l
- Author
- Smith, Keith D
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : AU Press
- Published Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- xi, 324 p. : ill., maps (some col.), ports
- Series
- The West unbound : social and cultural studies series
- Subjects
- Government
- McDougall John
- Missionaries
- Morley
- North West Mounted Police
- Stoney Indians
- Treaty Number Seven
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-315) and index. Partial contents: account of Chief Chiniquay negotiating treaty land near Morleyville and the omission of Kootenay Plains (p. 198-2000)
- ISBN
- 1897425392 (paper)
- Accession Number
- 60000 2010-03-25
- Call Number
- 07.2 S5l
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Membership Pin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.1091
- Date
- 1895 – 1915
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1091
- Description
- Rectangularly shaped gold coloured pin. RNWMP in gold coloured cut out lettering makes up entire area of pin, gold coloured bars extending length of letters top and bottom defines rectangular shape. Straight pin is broken off at back.
1 image
- Title
- Membership Pin
- Date
- 1895 – 1915
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.4 x 5.7 cm
- Description
- Rectangularly shaped gold coloured pin. RNWMP in gold coloured cut out lettering makes up entire area of pin, gold coloured bars extending length of letters top and bottom defines rectangular shape. Straight pin is broken off at back.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1091
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Murder of Paymaster Wilson, Exshaw 1914
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12811
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Jones, J. Tapson
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sa1m Pam
- Author
- Jones, J. Tapson
- Physical Description
- p.17-22 : ill., map
- Subjects
- Crime
- Royal North West Mounted Police
- Notes
- In Sagas of the Canadian West, vol.2, no.2 (Summer 1972). Article pertains to the robbery of Canada Cement Works employees John Wilson and James Gordon by felons J.C. Rostinski, Afancy Sokoloff and Mike Manelik. The article discusses at length, the role of Banff and Canmore R.N.W.M.P. officers Paddy Ryan, Frank Watts and H.A. Wake, as well as policemen from Cochrane and Calgary
- Accession Number
- 492
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sa1m Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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North West Mounted Police
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54384
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- 1 cm of textual records pertaining to William Hastings McMahon employment records at the North West Mounted Police. textual records are photocopies and are not original.
- Date Range
- 1886-1891
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2018.8689
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 2018.8689
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2018.8689
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1886-1891
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- 1 cm of textual records pertaining to William Hastings McMahon employment records at the North West Mounted Police. textual records are photocopies and are not original.
- Name Access
- McMahon, William Hastings
- Subject Access
- North West Mounted Police
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- 1 pen and ink "Police Barracks in Banff" and 1 painting "the Mounties 1885" by W.H. McMahon held in Art and Heritage
- Biographical Source Notes
- William Hastings McMahon was born February 13, 1864 in Dharmsala Punjab, India
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The North West Mounted Police 1873-1885
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15455
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Dunn, Jack F
- Publisher
- Calgary, AB : Jack F. Dunn
- Call Number
- 08.2 M76du
- Author
- Dunn, Jack F
- Publisher
- Calgary, AB : Jack F. Dunn
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 812p : ill
- Notes
- Includes bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 9780969859611
- Accession Number
- 2017.8673
- Call Number
- 08.2 M76du
- Collection
- Archives Library
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North-West Mounted Police pack train, foot of the Rockies, Alberta, N.W.T.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15099
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- p.68, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.83, (February 1890)
- photograph on p.68, description on p.71 under "Our Engravings"
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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"NWMP Ride West Commemorative Photos"
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55679
- Part Of
- Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one newspaper clipping and five pages containing 20 printed images. Images pertain to an event featuring officers from the North West Mounted Police; newspaper clipping pertains to an art exhibit by painter Bern Smith, which included a painting of the same North West Mounted Police…
- Date Range
- [1999-2000]
- Reference Code
- M9 / II / 18
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Newspaper clipping
- Part Of
- Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M9
- S13
- V605
- Series
- M9 / II : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- M9
- Accession Number
- 7412
- Reference Code
- M9 / II / 18
- Date Range
- [1999-2000]
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper clipping -- 5 pages of paper printed photographs
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one newspaper clipping and five pages containing 20 printed images. Images pertain to an event featuring officers from the North West Mounted Police; newspaper clipping pertains to an art exhibit by painter Bern Smith, which included a painting of the same North West Mounted Police event.
- Notes
- "C+C" written in pen on newspaper article, possibly attributing article to Crag and Canyon newspaper.
- Name Access
- Smith, Bern
- Subject Access
- Art
- Artist
- Painting
- Community events
- North West Mounted Police
- Government
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Fort McLeod
- Calgary
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Government
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title copied from original folder
- Processing Status
- Processed
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