topic:"Biography" found 19 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Alberta's local histories in the Historical Resources Library

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

Published Date: 1979

Publisher: Edmonton : The Library

Call Number: R 08.1 Al1a

Responsibility: foreword by Jo Toon, Librarian

Publisher: Edmonton : The Library

Published Date: 1979

Physical Description: 64, 17, 6, 2 p

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

Subjects: Biography; Directories

Notes: Earlier volumes titled: " Who's who and why"

Accession Number: 721

Call Number: R 08.1 Al1a

Collection: Archives Library

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Beaverlodge to the Rockies

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

Published Date: 1974

Author: Beaverlodge and District Historical Society

Call Number: 08.3 B38

Author: Beaverlodge and District Historical Society

Responsibility: editor: E.C. Stacey; artist: Euphemia MacNaught

Published Date: 1974

Physical Description: 576p. : ill., ports

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

Subjects: Biography

Notes: Accompanied by Supplement (348p.)

Accession Number: 10000

Call Number: 08.3 B38

Collection: Archives Library

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Weathered wood : anecdotes and history of the Banff-Sunshine area

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

Published Date: 1977

Author: Brewster, F.O. 'Pat'

Publisher: [Banff? Alta. : s.n.]

Edition: second edition

Call Number: 08.3 B74w Pam

Author: Brewster, F.O. 'Pat'

Responsibility: F.O. 'Pat' Brewster

Edition: second edition

Publisher: [Banff? Alta. : s.n.]

Published Date: 1977

Physical Description: 64 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm

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

Subjects: Brewster, Pat; Brewster family; Banff (residents); Skiing; Biography

Abstract: Pertains to the people and experiences which had influenced the author, Pat Brewster, a lifelong Banff resident, during the course of his life. Brewster refers to men such as Bill Peyto and Sir George Simpson and the ways in which their work had influenced his life, through both direct and indirect contact. Additionally, the author shares personal stories about his experience skiing and the development of Sunshine Ski area.

Accession Number: 2017.8683

Call Number: 08.3 B74w Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Agatha Christie : an autobiography

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

Published Date: 1977

Author: Christie, Agatha Miller, Dame

Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead & Company

Call Number: 05 C46a

Author: Christie, Agatha Miller, Dame

Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead & Company

Published Date: 1977

Physical Description: 529p : ill

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

Subjects: Biography; Hot springs

Notes: Includes description of Agatha Christie's round the world trip with her husband Archie, which included Lake Louise and Banff (plate 13, p.291)

Accession Number: 7504

Call Number: 05 C46a

Collection: Archives Library

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Big Hill Country

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

Published Date: 1977

Author: Cochrane and Area Historical Society

Call Number: 08.3 C64

Author: Cochrane and Area Historical Society

Published Date: 1977

Physical Description: 804p. : ill., ports., map., facsim

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

Subjects: Biography

Accession Number: 9500

Call Number: 08.3 C64

Collection: Archives Library

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Crowsnest and its people

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

Published Date: 1979

Author: Crowsnest Pass Historical Society

Call Number: 08.3 C88c

Author: Crowsnest Pass Historical Society

Published Date: 1979

Physical Description: xii, 914p. : ill., port., maps

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

Subjects: Biography

Accession Number: 12000

Call Number: 08.3 C88c

Collection: Archives Library

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Wilderness man : the strange story of Grey Owl

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

Published Date: 1973

Author: Dickson, Lovat

Publisher: Toronto : The Macmillion Company of Canada Ltd.

Call Number: 08.1 D55w

Author: Dickson, Lovat

Responsibility: Lovat Dickson

Publisher: Toronto : The Macmillion Company of Canada Ltd.

Published Date: 1973

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

Subjects: Conservation; Biography; Canada

Abstract: Pertains to the peculiar true story of Englishman, Archie Belaney, also referred to as Grey Owl. Archie Belaney left England in pursuit of a better life in the Canadian wilderness. Once he moved to Canada, he adopted Indigenous tradition and gave himself the name Grey Owl. Controversial in nature, the book follows the life of Grey Owl and his journey through love and life. Additionally, the book makes mention of Grey Owl’s life as a trapper, his service to the Canadian army, and the women who led him to lecture on conservation well before his time.