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A delicate art : artists, wildflowers and native plants of the West

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14092
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Laviolette, Mary-Beth
Publisher
Victoria [B.C.] : RMB
Call Number
04.1 L39d
Author
Laviolette, Mary-Beth
Responsibility
Mary-Beth Laviolette
Publisher
Victoria [B.C.] : RMB
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
159 p. : col. ill., ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Brown, Annora
Schaffer, Mary
Sinclair, Robert
Walcott, Mary Vaux
Notes
"A blend of biography, botanical and regional art history, and commentary by the artists themselves about their treasured subject..." (from back cover)
ISBN
9781927330050
Accession Number
70,000 12-07-16
Call Number
04.1 L39d
Collection
Archives Library
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Echoes of Willow Creek

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6071
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[196-?]
Author
Willow Creek Historical Society
Call Number
08.2 W68
Author
Willow Creek Historical Society
Responsibility
compiled by Helen Douglas and Vilda Ohler
assisted by Maud Ramage
Published Date
[196-?]
Physical Description
104p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Brown, Annora
McLean, George
Accession Number
2278
Call Number
08.2 W68
Collection
Archives Library
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Old man's garden : the history and lore of southern Alberta wildflowers

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25141
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Brown, Annora
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
04.1 B81 2020
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Author
Brown, Annora
Responsibility
Annora Brown
Mary-Beth Laviolette (introduction)
Niitsitapi (Siksika) Bishop - the Right Reverand Sidney Black (forward)
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
xxii, 268 pages : illustrations (some colour)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Folklore
Art
Flowers
Brown, Annora
Abstract
Through pen and ink illustrations and stories, Old Man’s Garden conveys the legends and folklore connected with Southern Alberta’s wildflowers, native plants, and Indigenous culture. Originally published in 1954, Annora Brown’s Old Man’s Garden is a Canadian classic that tells the story of Southern Alberta’s native plants and wildflowers through art and in consideration of Indigenous traditional knowledge from the region. Accompanying the new RMB edition of Old Man’s Garden, Sidney Black of Fort Macleod, the Indigenous Anglican Bishop for Treaty 7, provides his own commentary about Annora’s art and writing in relation to the Blackfoot, while independent art curator Mary-Beth Laviolette broadens the story about the artist’s contribution to Canadian art. Also included in this new edition are full-colour images of Annora’s later paintings of Blackfoot lodges (tipis) and regalia, the dramatic landscape of the Oldman RIver region such as Waterton National Park, and her abiding, lifelong regard for the flora of her homeland. According to Annora Brown, Old Man’s Garden is a “book of gossip about the flowers of the West.” A one-of-a-kind work featuring 169 black-and-white drawings of flowers and native plants, this classic text is about more than botany. Throughout its pages there is a sparkle to her stories of early exploration and settlement, her concern for conservation, and her regard for the Blackfoot Nation, and Indigenous culture. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
Contents
Forward by Niitsitapi (Siksika) Bishop - the Right Reverand Sidney Black
Introduction to the new edition by Mary-Beth Laviolette
Introduction to the 1954 edition
I Wi-suk-i-tshak
II Trail Blazers
III Moon-When-the-Grass-Turns-Green
IV Old Man's Vegetable Garden
V Old Man's Medicine Bag
VI Dyes
VII Desert and Swamp
VIII Incense
IX Moon-of-the-Flowers
X Berries
XI Trees
Index
Notes
Originally published in 1954 by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. and 1970 by Gray's Publishing Co.
ISBN
9781771603447
Accession Number
P2020-6
Call Number
04.1 B81 2020
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Book on Rocky Mountain Book's website
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