topic:" Canadian Rockies" found 174 records - Research Collections

1998 : a year of transition

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Leonard, Douglas

Call Number: P

Author: Leonard, Douglas

Physical Description: p.2

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Notes: In Cairn (Summer 1999) . Executive Director Doug Leonard reflects on the year of new organizational structure at the Whyte Museum and of the success of Through the Lens expanding to Morley

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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The analog audio tape reformatting project : a new lease on life for old recordings

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Bourdon, Don

Call Number: P

Author: Bourdon, Don

Physical Description: p.3, 11 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Notes: In Cairn, (Fall 2003/ Winter 2004).-- Article pertains to new technology in media

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Archival training tapes, foundation and museum beginnings

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Part Of: Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of three cassettes pertaining to archival training for staff at the Whyte Museum, recorded by Maryalice Harvey Stewart in 1973; and one tape reel recording of Maryalice discussing the origins of the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation and the Whyte Museum, dated 1969.

Date Range: 1969; 1973

Reference Code: S13 / I / A / 1 to 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Sound recording; Cassette

Part Of: Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M9; S13; V605

Series: S13 / I : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: S13

Sub-Series: S13 / I / A : Archives of the Canadian Rockies records

Accession Number: 7412

Reference Code: S13 / I / A / 1 to 4

GMD: Sound recording; Cassette

Date Range: 1969; 1973

Physical Description: 4 sound recordings : 3 cassettes, 1 recording film reel

Scope & Content: File consists of three cassettes pertaining to archival training for staff at the Whyte Museum, recorded by Maryalice Harvey Stewart in 1973; and one tape reel recording of Maryalice discussing the origins of the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation and the Whyte Museum, dated 1969.

Notes: Contents of file: S13 / I / A / 1 to 3 : "Archive Training" tapes 1 to 3 (July 31, 1973) S13 / I / A / 4 : "MHS - work tape Feb 6, 1969", recording by Maryalice about Whyte Foundation and Whyte Museum beginnings

Name Access: Stewart, Maryalice Harvey

Subject Access: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation; Employment; Education

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Category: Education

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Archives. -- [1958], 1971

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Old-timers Reunion (Banff Day); Margaret Greenham; the Peter Whyte Hut.

Reference Code: V190 / II.A.i. - 8

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: II.A. Main file: Alphabetical files

Reference Code: V190 / II.A.i. - 8

Physical Description: 11 negatives: 6 x 7 cm. or smaller

Scope & Content: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Old-timers Reunion (Banff Day); Margaret Greenham; the Peter Whyte Hut.

Subject Access: Greenham, Margaret; Peter Whyte Hut; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

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Art, artists and the rocky mountains

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

Published Date: 2010

Author: Wharton, Thomas

Call Number: 06 W55a Pam

Author: Wharton, Thomas

Responsibility: by Thomas Wharton

Published Date: 2010

Physical Description: 4 pages : illustrations

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Group of Seven; Van Horne, William; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Whyte, Catharine Robb; Whyte, Peter

Notes: Article printed from the web from Westworld Alberta from April 2010 about art in the Rocky Mountains and is does mention the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies as well as the Canada House Gallery

Call Number: 06 W55a Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Art from the heart of the Rockies

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Call Number: P

Physical Description: p.38-40 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Banff Centre; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Notes: In Banff Life, Summer 1983 [iss.1]

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Artifact

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Call Number: P

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Artists; Beatty, John William; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Notes: In Beaver, vol. 84, no. 4 (Aug/Sep 2004)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Back to Banff Day

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

Author: Hare, Jannis

Call Number: 08.3 B22h Pam

Author: Hare, Jannis

Physical Description: p.15-16 : ill

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

Subjects: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Notes: In Heritage, September-October 1977

Call Number: 08.3 B22h Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Banff and Canmore Miscellaneous

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 90 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm and 12.5 x 9 cm. File pertains to photographs taken by Dorothy Wardle of places, events, and scenery around Banff and Canmore. For Banff, file documents winter and fall scenery (mountains like Rundle and Cascade, the Bow River, Banff Avenue), wildl…

Date Range: 1993-1999; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1999

Reference Code: V75 / II / PA - 138 to 228

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Private record

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: V75 / II : Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001

Sous-Fonds: V75

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: V75 / II / PA - 138 to 228

GMD: Photograph print; Private record

Date Range: 1993-1999; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1999

Physical Description: 90 photographs : col. ; 15 x 10 cm and 12.5 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 90 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm and 12.5 x 9 cm. File pertains to photographs taken by Dorothy Wardle of places, events, and scenery around Banff and Canmore. For Banff, file documents winter and fall scenery (mountains like Rundle and Cascade, the Bow River, Banff Avenue), wildlife (elk and a bear), war memorial, Warren house, Baine house, Louis Trono concert in the park in 1995, and the Old Banff Cemetery. For Canmore, file documents the Highland Games in 1994, winter activities (ice sculptures, dog sled races at the Nordic Centre), St. Michael's Place, and a photograph of the valley. File also documents the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the cabins (Bill Peyto, Jack Sinclair, and Mather Family) located on the museum's property.

Notes: Old Banff Cemetery photographs include the headstones of: Wardle family, Stephen family, Mary Schaffer Warren, J. Murray Gibbon, and Peter Whyte and Catharine Robb Whyte.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine; Schaffer, Mary; Gibbon, John Murray

Subject Access: Mountain; Scenery; Wildlife; War Memorial; Highland Games; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Cabins; Bow River Bridge; Old Banff Cemetery

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Canmore; Alberta; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff and Lake Louise Slide Show - Series III [1/2]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 40 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1977 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains [mostly those located around the town of Banff], mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, …

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1977]

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - III / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Transparency

80 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.ii Photographic material / transparencies / carousels

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - III / 2

GMD: Film; Transparency

Parallel Title: Selected slides series III Can R reel II show Fall 1977. -- [before 1977] V225 / 24

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1977]

Physical Description: 40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 40 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1977 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains [mostly those located around the town of Banff], mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Moraine Lake. Titles: 1. R178-7 L.G at Crowfoot GLacier 2. B28-29 Mt Aberdeen - girls on rocks 3. B28-30 Rainbow at L.L. 4. B74-23 Abbots Pass 5. B73-38 Horses at Mirror Lake 6. CH '49 Birds nest, portrait lens 13in 7. CH Ducks nest 8. CH '51 Birds nest 9. CH '51 Chalice cup 10. R171-8 Calice cup 11. CH White vetch 12. CH '51 Turks cap lily Toby Creek 13. CH Vetch 14. CH Black Hornets 15. CH Nest of Black Hornets 16. CH Moth on pink flower 17. CH '58 Butterfly blue green & black border 18. CH '58 [Butterfly] yellow w. [black] spots 19. CH '58 [Butterfly] black & white 20. CH Pink heather 21. CH Calypso - Rungius 22. CH Purple Hedysarum 23. CH '51 Purple Hedysarum 24. R169-23Avalanche lily 25. CH '56 Flower gardens on island Palliser Pass 26. CH '55 Corral Creek 27. B31 19 Ski meet - View towards L.L. 28. B31 20 [Ski meet] Trail until flower 29. B31 21 [Ski meet] Horse on glacier 30. B31 22 Ski meet - crowd on rock 1960 31. B31 23 Skiers on snow 32. B31 24 Ski meet 33. B31 25 [Ski meet] & slopes Abbot Pass in b.g 34. B31 26 [Ski meet] 35. B31 27 Slalom poles & skiers 36. B31 28 [Slalom poles & skiers] 37. B31 29 [Slalom] slope 38. B31 30 [illegible] 6 people 39. B31 15 Flowers - stone crop 40. B31 32 Watyeks 8 people 41. B31 33 Teepees in meadow 42. B31 38 MacArthur & reflections 43. Reel 99-17 [Blank] 44. B73 29 Mary at Lake 45. B72 38 Icefield Chalet 46. B1 36 Tourists at Peyto Lookout 47. B2-10 Canyon at Bow Lakes 48. R179-3 Murray [illegible] fishing chephroe[?] 49. R175 5 Mt Shaeffer from Moose Lake 50. B2-17 MSC & Polly at Mary Lake 51. B2-21 Pool near Mary Lake 52. B2-15 [Pool near Mary Lake] 53. B2-8 Coveney on Trail Bow L. 54. R178-14 Bow Lake 55. R106-9 [Bow Lake] 56. R178-8 [Bow Lake] 57. B9-11 Numtijah Lodge 58. B9-10 Bow Lakes 59. B73-16 Mitchell Hut 60. B73-14 Skyline Camp 61. B30-38 Edw & Martha 62. B23-14 2 on rock 63. B23 23 Party on Opabin 64. B23-1 O'Hara & cabins 65. B23-25 Frozen L. Opabin 66. B23-24 Two & lake frozen 67. B23-27 L.G - opabin 68. B23-32 Fr Goat Cabin I 69. B24-11 Crowd oesa 70. B24-12 Vallances oesa 71. B24-14 Oesa frozen & L.G 72. B24-16 [illegible] on Oesa Ledges 73. B24-18 Falls near Oesa 74. B24-9 Enroute to oesa 75. B24-22 A at oesa frozen 76. B269-13 Party at Schafer cairn 77. B24-26 Party & Ringrose 78. B24-31 Water Lake & fishermen 79. B25-6 O'Hara fr. odaray 80. B24-30 Aileen, lake & odaray

Notes: Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife. Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline; Rungius, Carl; Vallance, Sydney

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Avalanches; Backpacking; Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Boats; Boat House; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Canoes and canoeing; Climbing; Club; Elk; Entertainment; Environment; Environment and Nature; First Nations; Flowers; Geography; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding; Hiking; Holidays; Horses; Huts; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Landscapes; Leisure; Mountain; Mountain Goat; Mountaineering; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Norquay Ski Hill; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Pack trains; Pack trips; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Portrait; Recreation; Scenery; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Stoney Nakoda First Nations; Tavel; Trails; Trains; Travel; Wildlife; Women

Geographic Access: Boom Lake; Kootenay National Park; Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Canmore; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada