topic:"Biography" found 31 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Alberta miners : a tribute

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

Published Date: 1993

Author: Chrismas, Lawrence

Publisher: Calgary : Cambria

Call Number: 03.6 C46 oversize c.1; 03.6 C46 oversize c.2

Author: Chrismas, Lawrence

Responsibility: photography and text by Lawrence Chrismas; foreword by Thomas H. Patching; produced in collaboration with the Alberta Chamber of Resources

Publisher: Calgary : Cambria

Published Date: 1993

Physical Description: 224p. : ports., maps

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

Subjects: Biography; Coal and coal mines; Photography; Portraits

Notes: Bibliography and index

ISBN: 0-9697023-0-2

Accession Number: 26000; copy 2 from unknown source (possibly Museum Shop?) in 2006/07

Call Number: 03.6 C46 oversize c.1; 03.6 C46 oversize c.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Andy Russell's campfire stories

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

Published Date: 1998

Author: Russell, Andy

Call Number: 05 R91a

Author: Russell, Andy

Responsibility: Andy Russell; with illustrations by Don Brestler

Published Date: 1998

Physical Description: 317 p. : ill

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

Subjects: Biography; Outfitters trail guides packers; Ranching; Waterton Glacier International Peace Park; Wildlife

ISBN: 0-7710-7882-X

Accession Number: 1-19-99 31,500

Call Number: 05 R91a

Collection: Archives Library

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At rest in the peaks : a guided walk through the old Banff Cemetery

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

Published Date: 1994

Author: Deziel-Letnick, Helene

Publisher: Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Friends of Banff National Park

Call Number: 08.3 B22d c.1; 08.3 B22d c.2

Author: Deziel-Letnick, Helene

Responsibility: text: Helene Deziel-Letnick, E.J. Hart; design assistance: Kerstin Quintin

Publisher: Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Friends of Banff National Park

Published Date: 1994

Physical Description: 40p. : ill., ports., map

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

Subjects: Banff (residents); Biography

Notes: Bibliography

ISBN: 0920608-42-6

Accession Number: 6794

Call Number: 08.3 B22d c.1; 08.3 B22d c.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Carleton College

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of newspaper clippings, receipts, correspondence (photocopies), a bound copy of the second annual calendar for Carleton College (1943-1944), a programme for the First Commencement Exercises (November 3, 1943), Dorothy's personal reflections of her experiences working alongside Dr. H.M…

Date Range: 1942-1998; 1942-1943; 1947; 1998

Reference Code: M521 / I / A / 6-7

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Calendar; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers

Sous-Fonds: M521

Sub-Series: M521 / I / A : Research and Writing

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: M521 / I / A / 6-7

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Textual record; Calendar; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1942-1998; 1942-1943; 1947; 1998

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (23 x 33.5 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of newspaper clippings, receipts, correspondence (photocopies), a bound copy of the second annual calendar for Carleton College (1943-1944), a programme for the First Commencement Exercises (November 3, 1943), Dorothy's personal reflections of her experiences working alongside Dr. H.M. Tory at Carleton College (photocopies and handwritten originals), and two envelopes, 23 x 33.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the founding, early years, and community impact of Carleton College, including instructor profiles, corporation and registration, a tribute to Dr. H.M. Tory (college head), and Dorothy's personal experiences and memories while working at the college from 1942-1944 as the first secretary. Newspaper clippings come from the Ottawa Citizen and the Ottawa Journal and are dated:; September 14, 1942; June 30, 1943; November 7, 1942; November 4, 1943; June 9, 1942; August 29, 1942; February 7, 1947 Correspondence between Dorothy and Blair Neatby is dated February 19 and February 25, 1998.

Notes: Carleton College is now Carleton University.; Blair Neatby was a historian who wrote a biography of Carleton College.He contacted Dorothy (ca. 1997-1998) to solicit her experiences and memories of when she worked there. "Creating Carleton: The Shaping of a University" was published in 2002.; Envelopes were originally used to file the records. There are notations and labels on them created by Dorothy.