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The Oxford companion to Canadian history and literature

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11904
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1967
Author
Story, Norah
Publisher
Toronto : University Press
Call Number
R 00 St7
Author
Story, Norah
Publisher
Toronto : University Press
Published Date
1967
Physical Description
xi, 935 : maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Stoney Indians
Notes
Includes bibliography
Accession Number
5000
Call Number
R 00 St7
Collection
Archives Library
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Book report notebook

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Part Of
Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of one spiral notebook titled "Part I - Book Report", dated 1965, with annotations by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Content includes research notes pertaining to various historic people from the Banff area, a rough sketch of Castle Peak and Devil's Head, and notes on other assorted topics…
Date Range
1965
Reference Code
M9 / I / B / 14
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Part Of
Maryalice Harvey Stewart fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M9
S13
V605
Series
M9 / I : Professional records
Sous-Fonds
M9
Sub-Series
M9 / I / B : Research and other professional records
Accession Number
7412
Reference Code
M9 / I / B / 14
GMD
Textual record
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records (1 volume : 15 x 22.5 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of one spiral notebook titled "Part I - Book Report", dated 1965, with annotations by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Content includes research notes pertaining to various historic people from the Banff area, a rough sketch of Castle Peak and Devil's Head, and notes on other assorted topics related to Banff and the Canadian Rockies.
Notes
Some pages in notebook are loose
Name Access
Stewart, Maryalice Harvey
Subject Access
Research
Environment
Mountains
Geography
Biography
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Language
English
Category
Environment
Land, settlement and immigration
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Fenollosa and his circle

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25564
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1962
Author
Brooks, Van Wyck
Publisher
New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Call Number
05 B79f
Author
Brooks, Van Wyck
Publisher
New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Published Date
1962
Physical Description
321 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Japanese
Japan
Art
Slavery
Archaeology
Mexico
Mayan
Biography
Abstract
A parade of fascinating personalities -- intellectuals, artists, travelers and explorers -- moves through this rich and colorful book of biographical essays by the author of Makers and Finders. --From dust cover
Contents
Fenollosa and His Circle ; Fanny Wright ; John Lloyd Stephens ; George Catlin ; Charles Wilkes ; Charles Godfrey Leland ; Anecdotes of Maurice Prendergast ; Randolph Bourne
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
05 B79f
Collection
Archives Library
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The social register of Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1961
Edition
3ed
Call Number
R 08.1 So1
Edition
3ed
Published Date
1961
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Accession Number
1195
Call Number
R 08.1 So1
Collection
Archives Library
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Les conquerants de l'inutile : des Alpes a l'Annapurna

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19925
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1961
Author
Terray, Lionel
Publisher
France : Gallimard
Edition
1st
Call Number
G512 T47 L47
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Author
Terray, Lionel
Responsibility
Lionel Terray
Edition
1st
Publisher
France : Gallimard
Published Date
1961
Physical Description
560 p. ; 88 illus. ; maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Terray, Lionel
Biography
Alps
Eiger
Himalaya Mountains
Abstract
"All these faces that appear in close-up in the news or in the press are also men. The name of Lionel Terray, one of the most famous living mountaineers, comes back periodically in conversations, because he participated in a rescue or because he helped to conquer a great world summit like Annapurna or the Makalu. In The Conquerors of the Useless , it is the whole mountain and its secrets that it reveals to us without emphasis and especially without pretension. We see how a little boy can already sense his vocation and soon to live only for the mountain; how this passion led him from the Alps to the Himalayas, from Canada to Peru. Each story of his prodigious ascensions will fascinate those who know the mountain only through the cable car. Indeed, this book that Lionel Terray wrote entirely himself using notes and stories in which he fixed his memories throughout his career, was written for them. The Conquerors of the Useless is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the heroic fate of the last survivors of the Knights race. " (from publisher's website)
Contents
Decouverte de la montagne
Premieres conquetes
La guerre des Alpes
Je rencontre Lachenal
La face nord de l'Eiger
Guide de grandes courses
L'Annapurna
Sur les sommets du monde
Notes
EVE-DELACROIX PRIZE OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY 1962
French edition signed by Lionel Terray
Newsclipping tucked inside entitled "La mort de Lionel Terray a stufefie les membres du Ski Club"
ISBN
2070262146
Accession Number
AC636
Call Number
G512 T47 L47
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Publication information on publisher's website
Websites
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The spirit of the hills

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12133
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1938
Author
Smythe, Francis Sydney
Publisher
London : Hodder & Stoughton
Call Number
01 Sm9sp
Author
Smythe, Francis Sydney
Responsibility
by F.S. Smythe
Publisher
London : Hodder & Stoughton
Published Date
1938
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Mountaineers, British
Accession Number
7277
Call Number
01 Sm9sp
Collection
Archives Library
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National reference book on Canadian men and women with other general information for library, newspaper, eductional and individual use

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1936
Publisher
Montreal : Canadian Newspaper Service
Edition
5ed
Call Number
R 08.1 N21
Responsibility
by H. Harrison, John M. Elson
Edition
5ed
Publisher
Montreal : Canadian Newspaper Service
Published Date
1936
Physical Description
1191p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Directories
Call Number
R 08.1 N21
Collection
Archives Library
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John L. Stoddard; traveller, lecturer, litterateur

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25074
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1935
Author
Crane Taylor, D.
Publisher
New York, P.J. Kenedy & Sons
Call Number
02 C85j
Author
Crane Taylor, D.
Publisher
New York, P.J. Kenedy & Sons
Published Date
1935
Physical Description
325 pages illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Essays
Biography
Abstract
Biography of author John Lawson Stoddard
Contents
Preface
Foundations
The Troubled Waters
A Traveller Sets Out
Before the Public
The Published Lectures
Retirement
Preferences and Prejudices
Into Thy Vineyard
Late Harvest
Index
Accession Number
2020.20
Call Number
02 C85j
Collection
Archives Library
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Mont Blanc sideshow : the life and times of Albert Smith

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1934
Author
Thorington, James Monroe
Publisher
Philadelphia : John C. Winston
Call Number
01.2 T39m
Author
Thorington, James Monroe
Publisher
Philadelphia : John C. Winston
Published Date
1934
Physical Description
xv, 255 pages, illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alpine Club (Great Britain)
Biography
Literature
Mont Blanc
Notes
Inscription "James Simpson, Banff, March 25th 1934"
Accession Number
492
Call Number
01.2 T39m
Collection
Archives Library
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John Murray Gibbon fonds

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Part Of
John Murray Gibbon fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of materials pertaining to John Murray Gibbon's personal life, his involvement with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Skyline Hikers, and his career with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Includes manuscripts titled "Scot to Canadian: one of more than a million" by…
Date Range
1924-1952
Reference Code
M454 / V226 / S62
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
John Murray Gibbon fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 454
V 226
S 62
Sous-Fonds
M 454
V 226
S 62
Accession Number
3574
524
3604
2022.16
Reference Code
M454 / V226 / S62
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Date Range
1924-1952
Physical Description
36 cm of textual records -- 3 sound recordings -- 185 photograph prints -- 3 negatives
History / Biographical
John Murray Gibbon, born in Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka) in 1875-1952, was a writer, historian, musician and Canadian Pacific Railway publicity agent at Montreal, Quebec. Gibbon attended the University of Aberdeen where he received a scholarship to attend Oxford, where he graduated with a BA in Literature. He also studied at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and received some musical training in London. Gibbon received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Université de Montréal in 1940. Following writing and editing work for British journals, he was approached in 1907 by the Canadian Pacific Railway to work on their European publicity program. In 1913, he was appointed general publicity agent in Montreal. For thirty years he promoted Canadian culture and the CPR He was responsible for the inauguration of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and Highland Gatherings. Gibbon was a prolific author and in 1921 became the founding president of the Canadian Authors Association (CAA), which he co-founded with Stephen Leacock, Pelham Edgar and B.K. Sandwell. The CAA lobbied for the protection of authors’ rights and went on to establish the Governor General’s Literary Awards in 1936. Gibbon received the award, in the non-fiction category, for Canadian Mosaic: The Making of a Northern Nation (1938), in which he argued against the American idea of a “cultural melting pot” that encouraged immigrants to cut ties with their culture of origin and assimilate into a homogenous society. Canadian Mosaic greatly influenced Canada’s immigration policies and multicultural attitudes throughout the latter half of the 20th century, particularly during the 1970s and 1980s.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of materials pertaining to John Murray Gibbon's personal life, his involvement with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Skyline Hikers, and his career with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Includes manuscripts titled "Scot to Canadian: one of more than a million" by John Murray Gibbon (204 p.) and "John Murray Gibbon (1875-1952)" by Watson Kirkconnell; a letter from Gibbon to Francis Dickie concerning trail riding; published articles and obituaries; and a scrapbook pertaining to trips with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Skyline Hikers, and views of landmarks throughout Canada. Photographs pertain to John Murray Gibbon and activities, including Highland Gatherings and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies trips; also Gibbon's funeral, 1952.
Name Access
Gibbon, John Murray
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Musicians
Travel
Recreation
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Publication
Obituary
Newspaper
Biography
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Gibbon, John Murray
Category
Family and personal life
Biographical Source Notes
Pincoe, R., & Phillipson, D. (2015). John Murray Gibbon. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-murray-gibbon-emc
Title Source
Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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