topic:"Biography" found 5 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Notes: Bibliography. -- Partial contents: Howard Sibbald (p.124-137), Silver City (p.138-145), A. P. Coleman (p.146-155), Henry Irwin "Father Pat" (p.156-161), Crime and murder (p.172-183), renaming of Big Hill station Mars to Partridge, Yee Chow, Yee Li and Li How from Bankhead (p. 227-232), 1939 royal tour and Jim Brewster (p.247-257); Copgy 2 is signed by the author

Accession Number: 868; 18500; 6892; 2014.8385

Call Number: 08.3 M13 c.1; 08.3 M13 c.2; 08.3 M13 c.3

Collection: Archives Library

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Memoirs of members of the Social Circle in Concord : Fifth series, from 1909 to 1939

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

Published Date: 1940

Author: Social Circle in Concord

Publisher: Cambridge : Privately printed, The University Press, Cambridge

Call Number: 08 So1m

Author: Social Circle in Concord

Publisher: Cambridge : Privately printed, The University Press, Cambridge

Published Date: 1940

Physical Description: xiv, 401 pages : portraits ; 23 cm

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

Subjects: Biography; Whyte, Catharine Robb

Notes: Includes biography of Catharine Robb Whyte's father, Russell Robb by Stedman Buttrick, as well as other contemporaries of the Robb family; Contains loose typewritten note dated Dec. 1959 pertaining to the business of the Social Circle

Accession Number: 2015-8409

Call Number: 08 So1m

Collection: Archives Library

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Travel scrapbook of commercial postcard prints and souvenirs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the At…

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]; 1932

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Postcard

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 1

GMD: Scrapbook; Postcard

Responsibility: Some items produced by George S. Cladds [?], Byron Harmon, Gerta Christoffersen, Detroit Publishing Co., and A.C. Leighton

Date Range: [ca. 1925 - ca. 1940]; 1932

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook : ca. 200 b&w and col. postcards ; 14 x 21.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing ca. 200 attached postcard prints and commercial postcards, as well as two portrait photograph prints and two souvenir booklets. Content pertains to scenic views of the Canadian Rockies including Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Maligne Lake, Revelstoke and the Athabasca River; portrait paintings of unidentified Indigenous girls by artist Gerta Christoffersen; scenes from Australia, Brussels, Venice, Bermuda, Fiji, Portugal, London, Windsor Castle, California, Mexico, the Grand Canyon, Montana, Niagara Falls, Maine, Ohio and Pennsylvania; and sketched art by A.C. Leighton depicting horses and riders. Many postcards are colorized.

Notes: A few postcards are annotated, mostly blank

Name Access: Harmon, Byron; Christoffersen, Gerta; Leighton, Alfred Crocker

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Horses; Horseback riding; Landscapes; Environment; Mountains; Indigenous Peoples; Art; Biography; Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff National Park; England; London; Australia; Belgium; Italy; Venice; Bermuda; Fiji; Portugal; United States of America; California; Maine; Pennsylvania; Ohio; Lake Louise; Massachusetts; Moraine Lake; Maligne Lake; Athabasca Falls; Niagara Falls; British Columbia

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Exploration, discovery and travel; Environment; Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Whistling winds

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

Published Date: 1947

Author: Bovey, Martin

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Company

Call Number: 02.6 W31bo

Author: Bovey, Martin

Responsibility: photographs by the author and Martin Bovey, Jr; drawings by Francis Lee Jaques

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Company

Published Date: 1947

Physical Description: x, 162p. : ill

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

Subjects: Biography; Hunting; Outfitters, trail guides, packers

Notes: Association copy of book given to Bert Riggall, and annotated "Persons whose names are underlined have been out with F. H. Riggall's Pack-train in the S.W. Alberta Rockies"

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 02.6 W31bo

Collection: Archives Library

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Who's who in Canada, including the British possessions in the Western hemisphere 1940-1941; an illustrated biographical record of men and women of the time

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

Published Date: 1941-

Publisher: Toronto : International Press

Call Number: R 08.1 W62w

Responsibility: edited by B.M. Greene

Publisher: Toronto : International Press

Published Date: 1941-

Physical Description: v. : ports

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 W62w

Collection: Archives Library

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