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A 2005 centennial addendum to the 1993 publication "pioneer families of Southern Alberta"
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19930
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Publisher
- [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
- Call Number
- 08.2 So8a
1 website
- Responsibility
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Publisher
- [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 94 p. ; illus.
- Subjects
- History of Alberta
- History
- Biography
- Pioneer life
- Abstract
- Pertains to the "Pioneer Families of Southern Alberta" publication compiled in 1995 - addendum for centennial with additional biographical information
- Contents
- Ascheson to Astley
- Baille to Byers
- Callaway to Cyr
- Dalgleish to Dyke
- Earl to Ewell
- Faiery to Fullerton
- Gaetz to Gunn
- Haines to Hutchison
- Ilugason to Irvine
- Jack to Jukes
- Kauntz to Kountz
- Lacombe to Lyndon
- MacDonald to Myers
- Naessens to Norrish
- O'Brien to Owens
- Pace to Pullar
- Quail
- Ramsay to Ruers
- Sample sto Sweinhurt
- Talbot to Tyson
- Vanwart to Vincent
- Wakeford to Wright
- York to Yuill
- Zanoni
- Illustrations - photos prepared by Robert (Bud) Vine
- Notes
- Addendum to 08.2 So8p
- Accession Number
- 2019.68
- Call Number
- 08.2 So8a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants
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An orogenous life: memoir and reader
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19846
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Publisher
- Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press
- Call Number
- 02.6 G11a
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- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Responsibility
- Ben Gadd
- Publisher
- Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 655 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to the experiences of Ben Gadd, an experienced Rocky Mountain naturalist, guide and author. His book combines his personal experiences with the stories and essays of 36 others in order to create a touching, yet compelling story. The book includes a comprehensive selection of photographs, many of which are personal to the author and his family. Being that the author was and continues to be greatly involved with the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the book makes mention of multiple locations in and around the area of Banff such as, Mt. Assiniboine, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bankhead, Brewster transportation and tours, and Johnston Canyon. The book follows the style of a biography and contains many personal stories and photos from the author and associated family.
- Contents
- Introduction
- Benny
- Ben
- Cia and Ben
- Willy, Cia and Ben
- Toby and Willy, Cia and Ben
- Index
- Other books by Ben Gadd
- Notes
- Some of the specific references to areas in, and area the Canadian Rocky Mountains are as follows, Mt. Assiniboine (297), Mt. Robson (373), Banff Mountain Film Festival (12, 395, 608), Bankhead (332) and Brewster transportation and tours (463, 469).
- ISBN
- 9780969263142
- Accession Number
- 2019.47
- Call Number
- 02.6 G11a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- URL pertains to an online website dedicated to Ben Gadd and his continued achievements
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Best of Alberta : the search for our greatest citizen : 125 of our greatest citizens
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24911
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Jarvie, Michele (editor)
- Publisher
- Calgary Herald
- Call Number
- 08.2 C11 B11 PAM
- Author
- Jarvie, Michele (editor)
- Responsibility
- Michele Jarvie (editor)
- Publisher
- Calgary Herald
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- Newpaper insert
- Subjects
- History of Alberta
- Biography
- Read, Ken
- Tyson, Ian
- Russell, Andy
- Carter, Wilf
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Whyte, Peter
- Harvie, Eric
- Brewster, Jim
- McDougall, John
- Nordegg, Martin
- Abstract
- Pertains to a search for Alberta's Greatest Citizen and summarizes the lives of 125 people from various decades including several specific to the Bow Vally such as Peter Lougheed, Ken Read, Ian Tyson, Andy Russell, Wilf Carter, Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte, Eric Harvie, Roland Michener, James Gladstone [Akay-na-muka], Jim Brewster, Bill Brewster, Ernest Poole, Martin Nordegg, Chief Crowfoot [Isapo-Muxika], Father Albert Lacombe, Rev. John Chantler McDougall.
- Notes
- Section BA in the Sunday, June 8, 2008 Calgary Herald
- Call Number
- 08.2 C11 B11 PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Conrad Kain : letters from a wandering mountain guide, 1906-1933
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14535
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Kain, Conrad
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Call Number
- 01 K12c
- 01 K12c c.2
- 01 K12c c.3
- Author
- Kain, Conrad
- Responsibility
- edited with an introduction by Zac Robinson ; translated by Maria and John Koch
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 468 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Biography
- Kain, Conrad
- Malek, Amelie
- Mountaineering
- Mountain guides
- Pistor, Dr. Erich
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Notes
- Partial contents: Foreword : Conrad Kain, guide and mountaineer / Chic Scott; Epilogue: The Kain-Malek correspondence: provenance, 1934-2005 / Don Bourdon
- ISBN
- 9781772120042
- Accession Number
- 2015-8404
- P2015.06.30
- P2015-06-30
- Call Number
- 01 K12c
- 01 K12c c.2
- 01 K12c c.3
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- Archives Library
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Ed and Dorothy : Rocky Mountain romance
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25229
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Storry, Lea
- Carleton, Brian
- Carleton, Mike
- Carleton, Terry
- Publisher
- Alberta : Family Lines Publishing
- Call Number
- 08.3 F21e
1 website
- Responsibility
- Lea Storry
- Brian Carleton
- Mike Carleton
- Terry Carleton
- Publisher
- Alberta : Family Lines Publishing
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 307 pages
- Abstract
- The book is a testament to three sons’ love for their parents, Ed and Dorothy. Ed and Dorothy were kind and caring people and raised their family with those values. This book is also a testament to a family’s love of community, the community of Banff National Park.I hope when you read this book, you’ll be immersed in a bygone era that includes the Second World, to the backcountry of Canada’s oldest national park. I hope you will see a way of life that can never be recreated in a place that is ever-changing but will always be home to Ed and Dorothy. (Edited down from Our Family Lines website)
- Contents
- Foreward
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Edmond Clarence Carleton
- Chapter Two: Calgary Highlanders
- Chapter Three: Dorothy Eileen (nee Sweetzer) Fowler
- Chapter Four: Exercising War
- Chapter Five: Looking Towards the Future
- Chapter Six: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carleton
- Chapter Seven: "Home" in Banff
- Chapter Eight: This is backcountry living
- Chapter Nine: Nature reels
- Chapter Ten: Tragedies and changes
- Chapter Eleven: A time capsule, royalty and lots of wildlife
- Chapter Twelve: A year in the life of a warden and his family
- Chapter Thirteen: Conservation and concerns
- Chapter Fourteen: Making new memories while remembering the old
- Chapter Fifteen: Life moves on
- Endnotes
- Acknowledgements
- Sources
- ISBN
- 9780991707522
- Accession Number
- 2021.06
- Call Number
- 08.3 F21e
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Fifty mighty men
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6008
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1959
- c1958
- Author
- MacEwan, Grant
- Publisher
- Saskatoon : Modern Press
- Call Number
- 08.2 M15f
- Author
- MacEwan, Grant
- Responsibility
- illustrated by William W. Perehudoff
- Publisher
- Saskatoon : Modern Press
- Published Date
- 1959
- c1958
- Physical Description
- 342p. : ill
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 08.2 M15f
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A house in the sky : a memoir
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19911
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Lindhout, Amanda and Sara Corbett
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner
- Edition
- First Scribner paperback edition
- Call Number
- 05 L64a
1 website
- Responsibility
- Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
- Edition
- First Scribner paperback edition
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 373 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the chilling account of Amanda Lindhout’s abduction in Somalia. Lindhout was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and began travelling the world at the age of nineteen. After only four days in Somalia, Linhout was abducted and would be held hostage for the next 460 days. She shares her gripping story, inviting the reader to take a glimpse into the torturous conditions she was held within. Compelling yet chilling, Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett share an intensely personal account of heart break, pain and hope.
- ISBN
- 9781451645606
- Accession Number
- 2019.66
- Call Number
- 05 L64a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The URL is linked to Amanda Lindhout's official website page. Interested viewers are able to find out more infromation on the author and her humanitarian efforts.
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My heroes have always been Indians : a century of great Indigenous Albertans
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25267
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Voyageur, Cora J.
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
- Call Number
- 07.2 V85m
1 website
- Author
- Voyageur, Cora J.
- Responsibility
- Cora J. Voyageur
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 226 pages
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- First Nations
- History
- Biography
- Alberta
- Abstract
- In a series of inspirational profiles, Cora Voyageur celebrates the achievements of 100 remarkable Indigenous Albertans in the fields of art, literature, business, politics, sports, education, human rights and more. From world-renowned architect Douglas Cardinal, whose iconic designs are seen from Edmonton to Washington, DC, to Nellie Carlson, a tireless activist whose work has advanced the rights of Indigenous women, the contributions of Indigenous Peoples have greatly enriched the social, cultural and economic fabric of Alberta. An introduction provides a brief history of Indigenous Peoples in Alberta, including an explanation of the Numbered Treaties. (from publisher's website)
- ISBN
- 9781550597547
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 07.2 V85m
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Pioneer families of Southern Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19929
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1993
- Author
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Publisher
- [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Call Number
- 08.2 So8p
1 website
- Responsibility
- Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- [Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
- Published Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 257p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Biography
- History of Alberta
- History
- Pioneer life
- Abstract
- "A 'Pioneer,' for this account, is a person who was resident of that part of the Province of Alberta lying south of Township 40 on December 31, 1890 and a person who was resident in the three prairie provinces prior to December 31, 1890 who applied for and was admitted to membership in the Society [now Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants] between May 8, 1964 and October 25, 1967."--Introd.
- Contents
- Prologue - Pioneers Memories Treasured
- Forward
- Calgary Stampede
- Introduction
- Biography Index & Genealogical Information
- Biographies
- History
- Past Presidents
- Pioneer Photographs
- Notes
- Links to "A 2005 Centennial Addendum to the 1993 Publication" Call # 08.2 So8a
- Accession Number
- 2019.68
- Call Number
- 08.2 So8p
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants
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Senator Jean Le´on Co^te´ : pioneer land surveyor and early legislator : a personal biography
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19899
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1992
- Author
- Co^te´, Jean G.
- Publisher
- [Edmonton] : J. G. Co^te´
- Call Number
- 08.1 C63s
- Author
- Co^te´, Jean G.
- Responsibility
- Jean G Co^te´
- Publisher
- [Edmonton] : J. G. Co^te´
- Published Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 32, 32 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., plan, port. ; 23 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the story and ways in which Jean G. Co^te´, an early land surveyor, legislator and pioneer, helped shaped Alberta’s early identity. Some of the topics discussed in the book are as follows, family, politics, early surveying and Cote’s contribution to Alberta’s Research Council. As a legislator, Cote was influential in the development of Alberta’s Tar Sands. Additionally, the foreword has been written by E.J. Hart, the previous director of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, thus drawing a connection to the Canadian Rocky Mountains but more specifically, Banff.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg. 1)
- Ancestry and Youth (pg. 1)
- First trip west in 1886 (pg. 2)
- Ottawa College (pg. 3)
- Alaska-Canada Boundary Survey 1893-1895 (pg. 4)
- Dawson City, Yukon 1899. Partnerhip with Cautley Brothers (pg. 6)
- Edmonton, N.W.T. 1903-4 (pg. 9)
- Surveys aroudn Edmonton - E.Y. & P.RY (pg. 10)
- Marriage in Quebec City to Cecile Gagnon, 1907 (pg. 11)
- New survey partnerships (pg. 13)
- Politics, 1909 (pg. 14)
- Early recollections (pg. 15)
- Prairie suveys (pg. 17)
- Cabinet Minister 1918-1921 (pg. 18)
- Development of Tar Sands and other natural resources (pg. 19)
- Alberta Research Council (pg. 20)
- Post-War Election 1921 (pg. 21)
- Surveying 1921-1923 (pg. 22)
- Appointment to the Senate (pg. 23)
- Last summer in the Laurentians (pg. 24)
- Postscript (pg. 26)
- Jean Leon Cotes Descendants (pg. 28)
- Acknowledgements (pg. 30)
- Bibliography (pg. 31)
- Notes
- Text is in both English and French
- Annotated by author - Inside cover reads: "To EJ. "Ted" Hart. With many thanks for your superb forword to this book. Jean G. Cote"
- ISBN
- 1895850010
- Accession Number
- 2019.64
- Call Number
- 08.1 C63s
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