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Howdy, I'm John Ware : and this is the story of my cowboy life
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25246
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Clough, Ayesha
- Rookwood, Hugh
- Publisher
- Carstairs, Alberta, Canada : Red Barn Books
- Call Number
- 08.1 C62h
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- Author
- Clough, Ayesha
- Rookwood, Hugh
- Responsibility
- Ayesha Clough (author)
- Hugh Rookwood (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Carstairs, Alberta, Canada : Red Barn Books
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 39 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, colour maps, portraits
- Abstract
- Howdy, I’m John Ware is a children's book about Canada's legendary Black cowboy. The story, ideal for ages 6-12, brings the real-life legend to a new generation of kids. Despite experiencing enslavement, war and discrimination, this gifted horseman blazed a trail of kindness, becoming one of Alberta’s most loved and respected pioneer ranchers. (From publisher's website)
- ISBN
- 9781999108786
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.1 C62h
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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John Murray Gibbon fonds
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- Part Of
- John Murray Gibbon fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to John Murray Gibbon's personal life, his involvement with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Skyline Hikers, and his career with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Includes manuscripts titled "Scot to Canadian: one of more than a million" by…
- Date Range
- 1924-1952
- Reference Code
- M454 / V226 / S62
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- John Murray Gibbon fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 454
- V 226
- S 62
- Sous-Fonds
- M 454
- V 226
- S 62
- Accession Number
- 3574
- 524
- 3604
- 2022.16
- Reference Code
- M454 / V226 / S62
- Date Range
- 1924-1952
- Physical Description
- 36 cm of textual records -- 3 sound recordings -- 185 photograph prints -- 3 negatives
- History / Biographical
- John Murray Gibbon, born in Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka) in 1875-1952, was a writer, historian, musician and Canadian Pacific Railway publicity agent at Montreal, Quebec. Gibbon attended the University of Aberdeen where he received a scholarship to attend Oxford, where he graduated with a BA in Literature. He also studied at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and received some musical training in London. Gibbon received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Université de Montréal in 1940. Following writing and editing work for British journals, he was approached in 1907 by the Canadian Pacific Railway to work on their European publicity program. In 1913, he was appointed general publicity agent in Montreal. For thirty years he promoted Canadian culture and the CPR He was responsible for the inauguration of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and Highland Gatherings. Gibbon was a prolific author and in 1921 became the founding president of the Canadian Authors Association (CAA), which he co-founded with Stephen Leacock, Pelham Edgar and B.K. Sandwell. The CAA lobbied for the protection of authors’ rights and went on to establish the Governor General’s Literary Awards in 1936. Gibbon received the award, in the non-fiction category, for Canadian Mosaic: The Making of a Northern Nation (1938), in which he argued against the American idea of a “cultural melting pot” that encouraged immigrants to cut ties with their culture of origin and assimilate into a homogenous society. Canadian Mosaic greatly influenced Canada’s immigration policies and multicultural attitudes throughout the latter half of the 20th century, particularly during the 1970s and 1980s.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to John Murray Gibbon's personal life, his involvement with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Skyline Hikers, and his career with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Includes manuscripts titled "Scot to Canadian: one of more than a million" by John Murray Gibbon (204 p.) and "John Murray Gibbon (1875-1952)" by Watson Kirkconnell; a letter from Gibbon to Francis Dickie concerning trail riding; published articles and obituaries; and a scrapbook pertaining to trips with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Skyline Hikers, and views of landmarks throughout Canada. Photographs pertain to John Murray Gibbon and activities, including Highland Gatherings and Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies trips; also Gibbon's funeral, 1952.
- Name Access
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Musicians
- Travel
- Recreation
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Publication
- Obituary
- Newspaper
- Biography
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Biographical Source Notes
- Pincoe, R., & Phillipson, D. (2015). John Murray Gibbon. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-murray-gibbon-emc
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Lest we forget : Banff honour our veterans banner program
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26180
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Royal Canadian Legion Col. Moore Branch #26
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22r Pam
- Responsibility
- families of veterans provided photographs and information, collected and edited by Bruce McTrowe, Bryan Gerrie, and members of the Col. Moore Branch #26 Banff; printed and designed by Bryon Parlo of Pro Image Signs and Printing
- Publisher
- Royal Canadian Legion Col. Moore Branch #26
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- 28p. : ill.
- Abstract
- The "Honour Our Veterans" program honours those from Banff who fought in the South African War, First World War, Second World War and other conflicts
- Contents
- Includes portraits and short biography of war veterans
- Notes
- Photographs used in the booklet were provided by family members of the veterans and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives. The biographies were based on family information and military records
- Accession Number
- 2023-54 copy 1
- 2023-54 ref copy
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22r Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Life story of James Gordon Burles : dedicated to the memory of Kay and Jim Burles
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56764
- Part Of
- Gordon Burles fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains typed 11 page manuscript written by Gordon Burles in Spring 2022
- Date Range
- 2022
- Reference Code
- M196 / II / 12
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Part Of
- Gordon Burles fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 196
- Series
- II : Prose and research
- Sous-Fonds
- .
- Reference Code
- M196 / II / 12
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 2022
- Physical Description
- .25 cm of textual records : 11 pages
- Scope & Content
- File contains typed 11 page manuscript written by Gordon Burles in Spring 2022
- Subject Access
- Biography
- Access Restrictions
- Reference use only
- Reproduction Restrictions
- No reproduction or publication unless pre-authorized by Gordon Burles or as indicated in his Last Will and Testament
- Creator
- Gordon Burles
- Processing Status
- Processed
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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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Our trip around the world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25248
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Belczyk, Renate
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Call Number
- 02 B41o
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- Author
- Belczyk, Renate
- Responsibility
- Renate Belczyk
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 208 pages
- Abstract
- A spirited 1950s travelogue that takes the reader around the world during a time when two independent young women travelling alone was considered almost revolutionary. Renate Belczyk was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1932. When she was three years old her family moved to Berlin, where they settled into a small apartment building on the outskirts of the city. It was in this building that she met another adventurous girl, Sigrid, with whom she would travel around the world as young women after the Second World War. Having spent most of their childhood and teenage years climbing trees, swimming, cycling, hiking, and adventuring around Germany the two young women attended a talk by the German writer Heinrich Böll. During his presentation the renowned author suggested to the crowd that they all travel to different countries and make friends with the locals whenever they could, as this would help prevent another war. Renate and Sigrid took this advice to heart, and from that point their adventures together took flight. Starting in 1955 and travelling for three years to England, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, Japan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Egypt, Turkey, Macedonia, and Greece, their adventures together culminated with their joint return to Germany in 1958. In 1959 Renate returned to the Canadian Rockies to work in the backcountry, and in 1960 she married mountaineer Felix Belczyk and settled in Castlegar, BC, where they raised three children. Our Trip Around the World is an endearing snapshot of the postwar era when adventure travel – mountaineering, hiking, hitchhiking, and cycling – was enticing those with adventurous spirits to experience the world like never before. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Early Years -- Chapter 2: Mexico, 1955-56 -- July 1955 -- September 1955 -- October 1955 -- November 1955 -- December 1955 -- January 1956 -- February 1956 -- March 1956 -- April 1956 -- May 1956 -- June-July 1956 -- Chapter 3: Canada, 1956-57 -- July 1956 -- August 1956 -- September 1956 -- Winter 1956-57 -- Spring 1957 -- May 1957 -- Chapter 4: Japan, 1957 -- May to October, 1957 -- June 1957 -- July 1957 -- Photo Section -- September 1957 -- October 1957 -- Chapter 5: India and Nepal, 1957-58 October 1957 -- November 1957 -- December 1957 -- January 1958 -- Chapter 6: Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Home, 1958 -- February 1958 -- March 1958 -- April 1958 -- May 1958 -- Afterword: A Life of Travel
- ISBN
- 9781771603775
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 02 B41o
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Overexposure : a story about a skier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25735
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.5 S9o
- Variant Title
- Sayers, Chad
- Responsibility
- Leslie Anthony and Taylor Godber
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 288 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 35 cm
- Subjects
- Skiing
- Ski mountaineering
- Biography
- Photography
- Abstract
- At the age of 18, Chad Sayers chooses to pursue a perilous existence in the world of professional freeskiing. Immediately successful, he rides high on a train of celebrity, sponsorship, travel, and freedom. But "living the dream" is, in reality, a tiring treadmill of daily risk that eventually sets him adrift from family, friends, lovers -- even himself. As injuries and emotional traumas pile up, his identity fractures into a hall of mirrors -- the flickering images of athlete, son, brother, traveller, and seeker veiling the reality of a man running blindly from heartbreak and physical debilitation. Then one day, in the mountains of France, hanging by a finger above certain death, he sees the one reflection that finally scares him straight: a man who doesn't care. To heal this severed connection to reality and the constant pain he lives with, Sayers quits skiing and turns to his other passions of travel, surfing, and photography. In Overexposure, some of the world's greatest outdoor photographers contribute to this engaging story in order to parse not only the high-stakes gambits required for a pro skier to stay in the spotlight, but also the grandeur of the stage on which these play out. The international roster of renowned photographers included in this stunning work are: Oskar Enander, Mattias Fredriksson, Jordan Manley, Paul Morrison, Steve Ogle, Daniel Ronnback, Chad Sayers, Jason Thompson, Eric Berger, David Carlier, Guy Fattal, Garrett Grove, Guillaume Le Guillou, Bruno Long, Kari Medig, Bruce Rowles, Ben Thouard, and Don Weixl. -- Provided by publisher
- Contents
- An epiphany -- Whistler days -- The Alps -- A skier's journey -- La Grave -- Broken -- Traveller -- Shadows in the snow
- ISBN
- 9781771605199
- Accession Number
- P2022.14
- Call Number
- 01.5 S9o
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- Archives Library
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Raven's witness : the Alaska life of Richard K. Nelson
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25252
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Lentfer, Hank
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
- Call Number
- 08 L46r
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- Author
- Lentfer, Hank
- Responsibility
- Hank Lentfer
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 251 pages : illustrations
- Abstract
- Before his death in 2019, cultural anthropologist, author, and radio producer Richard K. Nelson's work focused primarily on the indigenous cultures of Alaska and, more generally, on the relationships between people and nature. Nelson lived for extended periods in Athabaskan and Alaskan Eskimo villages, experiences which inspired his earliest written works, including "Hunters of the Northern Ice." In "Raven's Witness," Lentfer tells Nelson's story--from his midwestern childhood to his first experiences with Native culture in Alaska through his own lifelong passion for the land where he so belonged (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Foreword / Barry Lopez -- Prologue: Solid Ground -- Part I: Niglik -- Part II: Making Prayers -- Part III: Island Years -- Part IV: True Wealth -- Afterword: Wings
- Notes
- 2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Grand Prize
- 2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Mountain Literature
- ISBN
- 9781680513073
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08 L46r
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- Archives Library
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- Publisher's website
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Senescence : a year in the Bow Valley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26198
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Author
- Alhomsi, Amal
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Chinook Press
- Call Number
- 05 Al3s
- Author
- Alhomsi, Amal
- Responsibility
- Cover design by Megan Miller
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Chinook Press
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- 174 pages
- Subjects
- Literature
- Bow Valley
- Biography
- Abstract
- Senescence is a meditation on nature and its seasons. The text is a personal account of a year spent in the Bow Valley, Alberta. In the summer; Alhomsi compares a leaf miner's work to the work of echatologists; in the fall, he studies in the relation between texts, land, and bodies; in the winter, he stalks a muskrat and talks to marmots; in spring, he observes a month's metamorphosis and reflects on love. Between fire & a flood, Alhomsi paints a refreshing image of what is means to live. -- From Backcover
- ISBN
- 9781738898008
- Accession Number
- P2023.25
- Call Number
- 05 Al3s
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- Archives Library
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Stoney Nakoda portraits, Chief Crowfoot, Chief Poundmaker
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of portraits depicting Stoney Nakoda families and individuals [some not identified] from the early and mid-1900s. Named individuals in photographs include members of the Hunter, Twoyoungmen, Crawler, McLean and Rollinmud families. Includes several early portraits by Byron Harmon [1906…
- Date Range
- [ca.1884-1886]
- 1885
- [ca.1890]
- 1902-1903
- 1906
- [ca.1910-1920]
- [ca.1930-1940]
- 1953
- 1958
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E6 / PA - 466 to 523
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E6 : Photographs : Stoney
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E6 / PA - 466 to 523
- Responsibility
- Some photographs produced by Byron Harmon; Items LUX/I/E6/PA-484 to 489 produced by Ernest Kehr; Item LUX/I/E6/PA-501 attributed to Nicholas Morant; Items LUX/I/E6/PA-522 and 523 produced by Buell Photography
- Date Range
- [ca.1884-1886]
- 1885
- [ca.1890]
- 1902-1903
- 1906
- [ca.1910-1920]
- [ca.1930-1940]
- 1953
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 58 photographs : b&w prints ; 21 x 25.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of portraits depicting Stoney Nakoda families and individuals [some not identified] from the early and mid-1900s. Named individuals in photographs include members of the Hunter, Twoyoungmen, Crawler, McLean and Rollinmud families. Includes several early portraits by Byron Harmon [1906]; 6 photograph prints on matboard depicting John Hunter and Job Stevens “staging a battle” [1903]; and two early photograph prints depicting Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot [1885] and Cree Chief Poundmaker. [ca.1884-1886].
- Notes
- Some names spelled incorrectly in original annotations on photographs, including name "Job Stephen[sic]" [Stevens]
- Name Access
- Rollinmud, Tom
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- McLean, George
- Hunter, John
- Hunter, Eliza
- Hunter, Leah Rider
- Twin, Judea
- Stevens, Job
- Powderface, Tom
- Crawler, Flora
- Twoyoungmen, Sarah
- Twoyoungmen, Jonas
- Walden, Bert
- Hunter, Judas
- Francis, Paul
- Chief Crowfoot
- Chief Poundmaker
- Subject Access
- Indigenous Peoples
- History
- Portrait
- Photography
- Family and personal life
- Teepees
- Children
- Community life
- Biography
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Morley
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- LUX / III / C1 / C / PA - 283 and 284 (duplicates of John Hunter and Job Stevens photographs)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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