topic:"Biography" found 37 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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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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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Off the beaten track : women adventurers and mountaineers in Western Canada

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

Published Date: 1989

Author: Smith Cyndi

Publisher: Jasper : Coyote Books

Call Number: 08.3 Sm5; Copy 2 Reference Room Browser's Shelf

Author: Smith Cyndi

Responsibility: foreword by Jon Whyte

Publisher: Jasper : Coyote Books

Published Date: 1989

Physical Description: 290p. : ill., ports., maps, facsim

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

Subjects: Biography; Akeley, Mary Jobe; Benham, Gertrude; Engelhard, Georgia Cromwell; Gardiner, Katie; Gest, Lillian; Harragin family; Hinman, Caroline; MacCarthy, Elizabeth Larned; Munday, Phyllis; Parker, Elizabeth; Schaffer, Mary; Vaux family; Wilson, Henrietta Tuzo

Notes: Bibliography and index

ISBN: 0-9692457-2-6

Accession Number: 5645; 7895

Call Number: 08.3 Sm5; Copy 2 Reference Room Browser's Shelf

Collection: Archives Library

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Margaret Shelton, block prints 1936-1984

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

Published Date: 1984

Author: Ainslie, Patricia

Publisher: Calgary : Glenbow Museum

Call Number: 06.1 Ai6m

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Author: Ainslie, Patricia

Responsibility: Patricia Ainslie

Publisher: Calgary : Glenbow Museum

Published Date: 1984

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 X 27 cm

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

Subjects: Exhibition catalogue; Shelton, Margaret

Subjects: Water colorists - Canada - Biography

Abstract: Pertains to the history and art work of Margaret Shelton, organized by Patricia Anslie. Her artwork explored and revealed the vitality of the Alberta landscape. The publication was produced in an effort to celebrate and commemorate Shelton, as well as her contribution to the Alberta art landscape. Working primarily with watercolor and block prints, she was a prolific artists and contributed greatly to the printmaking industry in Alberta. The publication pertains mostly to the story and history of Margaret Shelton. Additionally, the publication includes some images of her breathtaking artwork.

Contents: Acknowledgements (pg. 5); Margaret Shelton (pg. 7); Technique (pg. 30); Notes and Bibliography (pg. 35); Chronology (pg. 36); Catalogue Raisonne (pg. 39)

Accession Number: 2019. 61

Call Number: 06.1 Ai6m

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: URL is linked to the official website for Margaret Shelton

Websites

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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)