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A stunning backdrop : Alberta in the movies, 1917-1960
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25734
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Graham, Mary
- Publisher
- Calgary, AB : Bighorn Books, an imprint of University of Calgary Press
- Call Number
- 06.3 G76a
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- Author
- Graham, Mary
- Publisher
- Calgary, AB : Bighorn Books, an imprint of University of Calgary Press
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- xi, 401 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 28 cm
- Abstract
- The unconventional, untold story of Alberta's film history, defined by the terrible beautify of its pristine landscape, surprisingly important to Hollywood, and recaptured in lost or ignored Indigenous perspectives and stories. Alberta's magnificent landscape has served as a popular location for filmmakers since the dawn of the movie industry. For film pioneers, Alberta embodied the myth of the Great Northwest, a primeval mountain wilderness and the last western frontier. In turn, Canadian entrepreneurs were eager for American studios to drape Alberta landscape across the backdrop of their movies, an advertisement without equal. A Stunning Backdrop is the untold story of six rollicking decades of filmmaking in Alberta. Mary Graham draws on twelve years of exhaustive research to reveal a film history like no other, illuminating the deep importance of the province to Hollywood. She explores the often friendly partnerships between American filmmakers and Indigenous communities, particularly the Stoney Nakoda, that provided economic opportunities and, in many cases, allowed them to retain religious and cultural practices banned by the Canadian government. Beautifully illustrated with archival photography and featuring century-old set stills alongside photographs of the locations as they appear today, by Jean Becq, Solomon Chiniquay, Jeff Wallace, George Webber, and Paul Zizka, A Stunning Backdrop is the fascinating, often surprising, always unconventional story of film in a province whose rugged, compelling, multifarious, terribly beautiful landscape continues to inspire filmmakers and audiences around the world.-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Early Alberta movie landscapes today -- Into the (civilized) wilds -- Snow! snow! snow! -- A rabble rouser and a dreamer -- Father of the western -- In the shadow of Castle Mountain -- Royalty, great chiefs, ranches, and rodeos -- The joy girl and others of a gregarious nature -- Mountain men -- Building the railway, movie style -- War and propaganda -- Out of the coma -- Rodeo westerns of the atomic age -- Selling sex and nostalgia -- Making Rocky Mountain movie magic -- The power of revision -- List of movies made in Alberta, 1917-1960
- Notes
- Mary Graham received the Whyte Museum's Lillian Agnes Jones Fellowship, 2021-2022.
- ISBN
- 9781773853932
- Accession Number
- P2023.20
- Call Number
- 06.3 G76a
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- Archives Library
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Lost obelisks of the Rockies - Jerry Auld walks through history and into the alpine to discover a piece of Alberta's heritage, finding evidence that hasn't seen sunlight since it was first placed
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25136
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Author
- Auld, Jerry
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Call Number
- P
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- Author
- Auld, Jerry
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Physical Description
- p.76 - 81
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Cautley, Richard William
- Surveyors
- Surveys
- Surveys and Mapping
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Abstract
- Pertains to small brass obelisks placed along the British Columbia and Alberta border as part of Alberta's demarcation from the North West Territories in 1905 with the survey beginning in 1913, executed by A.O. Wheeler and Richard Cautley
- Notes
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
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- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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All-time high - an unprecedented number of visitors are heading to Banff National Park, with a million more tourists passing through the gates in just the last five years. Has the beloved park reached its limits?
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25147
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Author
- Stewart, Ryan
- Odynski, Taylor
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Stewart, Ryan
- Odynski, Taylor
- Responsibility
- Ryan Stewart (author)
- Taylor Odynski (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Crowfoot Media
- Published Date
- May 2020
- Physical Description
- p.70 - 75
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Tourism
- Ecology
- Environment
- Banff National Park
- Wildlife
- Town of Banff
- Parks Canada
- Alberta
- Abstract
- Pertains to the rise in visitation to Banff National Park
- Notes
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
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- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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Fortress Mountain and the false promise of public participation in Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25149
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- March 2020
- Author
- Fluker, Shaun
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Fluker, Shaun
- Responsibility
- Shaun Fluker
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Published Date
- March 2020
- Physical Description
- p. 6 - 8
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Kananaskis
- Kananaskis Country
- Kananaskis Lakes
- Water
- Watersheds
- Hydrology
- Hydrology - Alberta
- Abstract
- Pertains to the application by Fortress Mountain Ski Hill for an amendment to its water license which would allow for 50 million litres of water annually to be removed and bottled
- Notes
- In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.1, March 2020
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- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- PDF of publication can be downloaded on Alberta Wilderness' website
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The buzz about native bees
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25150
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- March 2020
- Author
- Skrajny, Joanna
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Skrajny, Joanna
- Responsibility
- Joanna Skrajny
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Published Date
- March 2020
- Physical Description
- p. 9 - 11
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Alberta
- Ecology
- Biodiversity
- Flowers
- Abstract
- Pertains to natives bees in Alberta and the issues caused by invasive honey bees, loss of biodiversity, disease, and use of neonicotinoids with suggested solutions
- Notes
- In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.1, March 2020
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- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- PDF of publication can be downloaded on Alberta Wilderness' website
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The Alberta Parks Clearance Sale : Wiping out memories
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25153
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Fitch, Lorne
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Fitch, Lorne
- Responsibility
- Lorne Fitch
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- pg. 4 - 7
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Government
- Alberta
- Recreation
- Abstract
- Pertains to Alberta's Conservative government downgrading and deconsecrating 184 of Alberta's Parks and Recreation areas
- Notes
- In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.2, June 2020
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Redeption in Kananaskis -
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25154
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- McKeeman, Ruth
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- McKeeman, Ruth
- Responsibility
- Ruth McKeeman
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- pg. 8 - 9
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Government
- Alberta
- Recreation
- Abstract
- Pertains to Alberta's Conservative government partially closing or removing approx. 40 park site in Kananaski Country from the parks system
- Notes
- In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.2, June 2020
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- Archives Library
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Important bird and biodiversity areas of Alberta - a Nature Alberta checklist
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25165
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Nature Alberta
- Publisher
- Nature Alberta
- Call Number
- 04.2 N19i
1 website
- Author
- Nature Alberta
- Publisher
- Nature Alberta
- Published Date
- 2020
- Subjects
- Birds
- Birds--Alberta
- Maps
- Biodiversity
- Abstract
- Alberta has abundant natural areas that support a broad range of birds and wildlife. The Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA) program is one way in which we help support and promote the protection and conservation of these natural areas that are essential habitat for bird populations, which have been shown to be effective indicators of wider biodiversity. The Important Bird and Biodiveristy Areas Checklist introduces you to Alberta’s IBAs, and highlights a fascinating piece of our province’s natural history that we hope you will take the time to learn about, experience and enjoy. (from Nature Alberta website)
- Notes
- Free with Natur Alberta subscription
- Call Number
- 04.2 N19i
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- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Available online via Nature Alberta
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Alberta caribou work continues while B.C. puts agreements in place
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25215
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Campbell, Carolyn
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Campbell, Carolyn
- Responsibility
- Carolyn Campbell
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- pg. 12
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Caribou
- Wildlife
- Wildlife corridors
- Wildlife management
- First Nations
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Abstract
- Pertains to updates on agreements Alberta and British Columbia are creating to protect extirpated caribou herds in both provinces and legal cases put forward by environmental groups and First Nations including Ecojustice, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Mikisew Cree First Nation, David Suzuki Foundation. Other communities involved with caribou management plans including Cold Lake First Nation, Saulteau First Nations, West Moberly First Nations
- Notes
- In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
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Alberta and the three bears
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25216
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Urquhart, Ian
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Urquhart, Ian
- Responsibility
- Ian Urquhart
- Publisher
- The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- pg. 13 - 15
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to current restrictions in Alberta around the rehabilitation of orphaned grizzly bear cubs. Outlines various arguements for and against with supporting data and introduces a new grizzly bear rehabilitation facility recently constructed at the Cochrane Ecological Institute which can only be utlized if the Alberta government ends the prohibition on grizzly cub rehabitiltation in the province.
- Notes
- In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
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