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Malcolm Geddes fonds
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- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts …
- Date Range
- [1896-2013]
- Reference Code
- M39 / V756
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 39
- V 756
- Sous-Fonds
- M 39
- V 756
- Accession Number
- 5545, 6504, 7846, 2014.8306, 2015.8558
- Reference Code
- M39 / V756
- Responsibility
- Some views are by Malcolm Geddes; many were obtained through other sources
- Date Range
- [1896-2013]
- Physical Description
- 444 photographs: 385 b&w and col. transparencies, 59 b&w prints -- 1 album (28 b&w prints) -- 11 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Malcolm Daniel Geddes, 1866-1927, was a journalist, publisher and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Geddes was one of the founders of the "Farmers and Ranch Review" in 1904, and served as vice-president and editor until his death. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1917, was active in ACC summer camps and served as Honorary Secretary from 1924 to 1926. Geddes was killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Lefroy in 1927.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts and publications), Malcolm's career in real estate, family letters, financial records, records of mountain ascents and hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, family trees and genealogical research, and other related materials.
- Notes
- Fonds consists of three series:
- Series I : Professional records I / A : Published materials I / B : Manuscripts and notes I / C : Professional correspondence
- Series II : Financial records
- Series III : Personal and family records III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions III / B : Genealogy and research III / C : Other personal and family records
- Name Access
- Geddes, Malcolm
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Hiking
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Poetry
- Property
- Finances
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Correspondence
- Genealogy
- History
- Research
- Publication
- Travel
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Obituary
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- British Columbia
- Ontario
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Geddes, Malcolm
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Content Details
- Arrangement of fonds was redone by Processing Archivist Kate Skelton between December 2020 and March 2021 to accommodate unprocessed materials from accessions 7846, 2014.8306 and 2015.8558
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Chic Scott fonds
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- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Evere…
- Date Range
- 1982-2021
- Reference Code
- M57 / S47 / V40
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Digital image
- Motion picture
- Video
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M57 / S47 / V40
- Sous-Fonds
- M57
- S47
- V40
- Accession Number
- 6499
- 6772
- 7330
- 8110
- 8123
- 2014.8295
- 2014.8311
- 2014.8374
- 2015.8559
- 2019.57
- 2021.15 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M57 / S47 / V40
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Digital image
- Motion picture
- Video
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1982-2021
- Physical Description
- Sound recordings: 224 audio tape cassettes, 7 audio tape reels. -- 78 CD-ROM. with digital files -- Moving images: 148 videocassettes: 133 Hi8, 15 VHS. ; 149 DVDs -- 4.2 m textual records
- History / Biographical
- Charles (Chic) C. Scott, b.1945, is a mountaineer, mountain guide and writer based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Scott climbed extensively in the western Canada and the Himalayas until the mid-1970s. He guided extensively in the European Alps for five seasons, ca.1970, and worked as a climber for "The Eiger Sanction," a Hollywood movie starring Clint Eastwood. Scott resumed climbing in 1988, after a period working at the University of Calgary. His publications include "Alpinism," editor, "Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies," "The History of the Calgary Mountain Club", "Summits and Icefields", "Pushing the Limits: the Story of Canadian Mountaineering", "Powder Pioneers : Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains", and "Deep Powder and Steep Rock : the Life of Mountain Guide Hans Gmoser".
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Everest Expedition, and collected and personal materials. Items in fonds are arranged mostly by individual projects/areas of research.
- Notes
- Fonds consists of 15 series: Series I : Pushing the Limits Series II : Mountain Romantics Series III : Summits and Icefields Series IV : Powder Pioneers Series V : Deep Powder and Steep Rock Series VI : Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies Series VII : Hans Gmoser Film Collection Series VIII : The Canadian Himalayan Foundation Series IX : The Book of Mortimer Series X : Tommy and Lawrence Series XI : The Yam Series XII :Calgary Mountain Club Series XIII : Young at Heart Series XIV : Chic Scott personal records Series XV : A LIFE IN THE WILD: The Story of Mountain Explorer John Baldwin Access to interviews limited to VHS reference compilations.
- Name Access
- Scott, Charles (Chic)
- Scott, Chic
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Publication
- Research
- Personal and Professional Life
- Mountaineering
- Interview
- Organizations
- Biography
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: reference copy recordings
- Finding aids and reference tools series and file description
- Creator
- Scott, Chic
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Cornelius Krieghoff
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1973
- Author
- de Jouvancourt, Hugues
- Publisher
- Toronto : Musson Books
- Call Number
- ND249 K7 J6
- Author
- de Jouvancourt, Hugues
- Responsibility
- Hugues de Jouvancourt
- Publisher
- Toronto : Musson Books
- Published Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 144p. : facsims (some col.), ports.
- Subjects
- Artists - Canada - Biography - 19th century
- Painters - Canada - Biography - 19th century
- Krieghoff, Cornelius, 1815-1872
- Call Number
- ND249 K7 J6
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art 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
- 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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Tillenius: the art of nature
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- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Directors, Ray Harper, Pirkko Karvonen ; producer, Pirkko Karvonen ; executive producer, Albert Karvonen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Karvonen Films
- Call Number
- 04.2 K11t
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Karvonen Films
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD-video (48, 42 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
- Subjects
- Tillenius, Clarence
- Bears
- Nature
- Artists
- Biography
- Abstract
- This is the story of Clarence Tillenius, a master painter who has overcome the odds to live an extraordinary life. At 90, Clarence has spent a lifetime studying wildlife and translating nature into art, rising above a tragic accident to become one of Canada’s leading wildlife painters. Driven by the need to fully experience the world of his subjects, Clarence Tillenius would come face to face with nature, from polar bears to stampeding bison, all to capture their essence and make paintings come alive.
- Notes
- The abstract has been taken directly from the film itself
- Accession Number
- 2019.64
- Call Number
- 04.2 K11t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A 2005 centennial addendum to the 1993 publication "pioneer families of Southern Alberta"
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- 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
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- 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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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
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0770510434
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 08.1 D55w
- Collection
- Archives Library
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David Milne : an introduction to his life and art
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Silcox, David
- Publisher
- Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
- Call Number
- 06.1 Si3d
- Author
- Silcox, David
- Responsibility
- David Silcox
- Publisher
- Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Painting
- Watercolors
- Milne, David
- Abstract
- Pertains to the work of David Brown Milne, a modernist artists whose work reflected the intellectual and emotional mind. Milne was a highly respected and influential artist who portrayed astonishing technique in both oil and watercolour. Rather than follow the path various other artists had at the time of his career, Milne ascended his own path, and his work reflects such independence. The publication is comprehensive in the sense that it combines Milne’s art with a history of his life and experiences. Written by David Silcox, the publication explores the artist’s successes, failures and major breakthroughs, artistically speaking. Readers can expect to learn more about David Brown Milne and his artistic endeavors.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg. 9)
- One: Early promise and early success (pg. 11)
- Two: A solitary path (pg. 19)
- Three: The Great Depression: Years of productivity (pg. 39)
- Four: Recognition and acceptance (pg. 49)
- Epilogue (pg. 62)
- Selected bibliography (pg. 63)
- Index (pg. 64)
- ISBN
- 1552977560
- Accession Number
- 2019.61
- Call Number
- 06.1 Si3d
- Collection
- Archives Library
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David Milne : painting place
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1976
- Author
- Tovell, Rosemarie L.
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, A National Museum of Canada
- Call Number
- 06.1 T55d
- Author
- Tovell, Rosemarie L.
- Responsibility
- Rosemarie L. Tovell
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, A National Museum of Canada
- Published Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 35 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Subjects
- Painting
- Watercolors
- Milne, David
- Abstract
- Pertains to the work of David Brown Milne, a modernist artists whose work reflected the intellectual and emotional mind. Milne was a highly respected and influential artist who portrayed astonishing technique in both oil and watercolour. Rather than follow the path various other artists had at the time of his career, Milne ascended his own path, and his work reflects such independence. Written by Rosemarie L. Tovell, the publication explores the artist’s successes, failures and major breakthroughs, artistically speaking. Readers can expect to learn more about David Brown Milne and his artistic endeavors.
- Notes
- Text is in both French and English
- ISBN
- 0888843135
- Accession Number
- 2019.61
- Call Number
- 06.1 T55d
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Cleveland Rockwell : scientist and artist, 1837 - 1907
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20372
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1972
- Author
- Stenzel, Franz
- Publisher
- Portland : Oregon Historical Society
- Call Number
- N6537 R6 S73
- Author
- Stenzel, Franz
- Responsibility
- Franz Stenzel
- Publisher
- Portland : Oregon Historical Society
- Published Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 157p. : ill. (some col.), maps
- Subjects
- Landscape painters - History
- Rockwell, Cleveland Salter, 1837-1907 - Criticism and interpretation
- Artists, American - Biography
- Call Number
- N6537 R6 S73
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
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- Art Library
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