topic:"Biography" found 28 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

History of Hinton

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

Published Date: 1980

Author: Hart, Hazel R

Publisher: Edmonton : Friesen

Call Number: 08.3 H59h

Author: Hart, Hazel R

Publisher: Edmonton : Friesen

Published Date: 1980

Physical Description: viii, 352p. : ill., ports., maps., facsim

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

Subjects: Biography; Brewster family; Coal; Jasper; Moberly family

Notes: Bibliographical notes and index

ISBN: 0-88925-202-5

Accession Number: 13500

Call Number: 08.3 H59h

Collection: Archives Library

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Franklin and Harriett : the Crosby family story

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

Published Date: 1980

Author: Huck, Virginia

Publisher: Minneapolis : The Crosby Company

Call Number: 02.6 W31h

Author: Huck, Virginia

Responsibility: by Virginia Huck; Terri Nye, Research Assistant

Publisher: Minneapolis : The Crosby Company

Published Date: 1980

Physical Description: 247p. : ill

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

Subjects: Biography; Outfitters, trail guides, packers

Notes: Includes descriptions of hunting trips with Bert Riggall to the Waterton and Crowsnest Pass areas of the Southern Alberta Rockies (pp.140-155)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 02.6 W31h

Collection: Archives Library

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Mart Kenney and his Western Gentlemen

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

Published Date: 1981

Author: Kenney, Mart

Publisher: Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books

Call Number: 06.2 K39

Author: Kenney, Mart

Publisher: Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books

Published Date: 1981

Physical Description: 172 p

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

Subjects: Biography

Notes: Big band era in Canada; Includes index

ISBN: 0-888333-072-3

Accession Number: 7203

Call Number: 06.2 K39

Collection: Archives Library

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Love and war in the Apennines

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

Published Date: 1983

Author: Newby, Eric

Publisher: London : Pan Books

Call Number: DG430 N4

Author: Newby, Eric

Publisher: London : Pan Books

Published Date: 1983

Physical Description: 224p

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

Subjects: Biography; World War II

Accession Number: 0-330-28024-4

Call Number: DG430 N4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Harvest of the spirit : Illingworth Kerr retrospective

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

Published Date: 1985

Author: catalogue essay and exhibition production, Maggie Callahan

Publisher: Edmonton : Edmonton Art Gallery

Call Number: 06.1 C13h

Author: catalogue essay and exhibition production, Maggie Callahan

Publisher: Edmonton : Edmonton Art Gallery

Published Date: 1985

Physical Description: 62 p. : ill., port. ; 22 x 26 cm

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

Subjects: Art; Biography; Exhibition catalogue

Subjects: Painting

Abstract: Pertains to the work of Illingworth Kerr, a Canadian western landscape painter. The exhibition and catalogue was intended to celebrate the extensive art career, and 80th birthday of Illingworth Kerr. In an effort to showcase the variety of Kerr’s artistic expression, the exhibition organizer’s divided Kerr’s work into the following categories; landscapes, animal studies, portraits, townscapes, abstracts and automatic paintings. The exhibition organizer, Maggie Callahan, shares a comprehsneive anlalysis of Kerr’s life as an artist and his work over his impressive 60 year career.

Contents: Forword (pg. 2); Curators' notes (pg. 3); Acknowledgements (pg. 4); Essay -; Kerr's youth (pg. 6); Ontario College of Art (1924-27) (pg. 7); Back to the prairies (1927-36) (pg. 16); A decade of wandering (1936-46) (pg. 28); Alberta College of Arts (1947-67) (pg. 32); Kerr today (pg. 42); List of works (pg. 55); Selected bibliography (pg. 59); Chronology (pg. 60); Itinerary (pg. 62)