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

Contents: Preface; Foundations; The Troubled Waters; A Traveller Sets Out; Before the Public; The Published Lectures; Retirement; Preferences and Prejudices; Into Thy Vineyard; Late Harvest; Index

Accession Number: 2020.20

Call Number: 02 C85j

Collection: Archives Library

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Mont Blanc sideshow : the life and times of Albert Smith

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

Published Date: 1934

Author: Thorington, James Monroe

Publisher: Philadelphia : John C. Winston

Call Number: 01.2 T39m

Author: Thorington, James Monroe

Publisher: Philadelphia : John C. Winston

Published Date: 1934

Physical Description: xv, 255 pages, illustrations

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

Subjects: Alpine Club (Great Britain); Biography; Literature; Mont Blanc

Notes: Inscription "James Simpson, Banff, March 25th 1934"

Accession Number: 492

Call Number: 01.2 T39m

Collection: Archives Library

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National reference book on Canadian men and women with other general information for library, newspaper, eductional and individual use

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

Published Date: 1936

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Newspaper Service

Edition: 5ed

Call Number: R 08.1 N21

Responsibility: by H. Harrison, John M. Elson

Edition: 5ed

Publisher: Montreal : Canadian Newspaper Service

Published Date: 1936

Physical Description: 1191p. : ill., ports

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

Subjects: Biography; Directories

Call Number: R 08.1 N21

Collection: Archives Library

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The spirit of the hills

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

Published Date: 1938

Author: Smythe, Francis Sydney

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Call Number: 01 Sm9sp

Author: Smythe, Francis Sydney

Responsibility: by F.S. Smythe

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Published Date: 1938

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

Subjects: Biography; Mountaineers, British

Accession Number: 7277

Call Number: 01 Sm9sp

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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