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Thumbing a ride : hitchhikers, hostels, and counterculture in Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24955
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Mahood, Linda
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press
- Call Number
- 02.4 M11th
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- Author
- Mahood, Linda
- Responsibility
- Linda Mahood
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- Description:xii, 331 pages : illustrations, portraits
- Abstract
- In the 1920s, as a national network of roads and youth hostels spread across Canada, so did the practice of hitchhiking. By the 1960s, the Trans-Canada Highway had become the main thoroughfare for thousands of young baby boomers seeking adventure. Thumbing a Ride examines the rise and fall of hitchhiking in the 1970s, drawing on records from the time. The Trudeau Liberals responded to youth unemployment by subsidizing a network of hostels to make travel an educational adventure, and many equated hitching and hostelling with the freedom to do their own thing. At the same time, a counter-narrative emerged, of girls gone missing and other dangers. Town councillors, community groups, and motorists called for a nationwide clampdown on a transient youth movement that they believed was spreading hippie sensibilities and anti-establishment nomadism. Hitchhiking is a ritual that requires trust, boundary negotiation, and control. Neither the identity of the hitchhiker nor the motives of the motorist can be determined in advance. Linda Mahood unearths good and bad stories and key biographical moments that formed young travellers’ understandings of personal risk, agency, and national identity. Thumbing a Ride asks new questions about hitchhiking as a rite of passage, and about adult interventions that turned a subculture into a pressing moral and social issue. This book will appeal to students and scholars of history, sociology, and social policy. It will also find an appreciative audience among baby boomers who recall the transient youth movement. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Get your Motor Running: Risk, Ritual, and Rite of Passage Travel
- Thumb Wars: Adventure Hitchhiking
- Rucksack Revolution: Quest in the Age of Aquarius
- Cool Aid: The Transient Youth Movement
- Crash Pads: Blue-Jean Bureaucrats versus the Canadian Youth Hostels Association
- Head Out on the Highway: Stories from the Trans-Canada Highway
- Car Sick: Hitchhiking Dos and Don'ts
- Conclusion: The Vanishing Hitchhiker Eulogy
- Notes
- Index
- ISBN
- 978077483733
- Accession Number
- P2019-30
- Call Number
- 02.4 M11th
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Publisher's website
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The lords of the lakes and forests
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25076
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Moore, Augustus (editor)
- Publisher
- [Montreal] : [Printed by The´rien fre`res]
- Call Number
- 08.1 M78t
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- Author
- Moore, Augustus (editor)
- Publisher
- [Montreal] : [Printed by The´rien fre`res]
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 109 pages
- Subjects
- History
- History-Canada
- Fur trade
- Abstract
- Pertains to individual reminisces of those involved with the North West Company
- Contents
- Introduction
- Arma Virumque Cano
- An Always Sordid Existence
- And Seldom Nefarious Environment
- Living in Isolated Posts
- The Humble Routine of Traffic with the Indians
- Improbe Amor! Quid non mortalia pectora cogis?
- The Evil that Men do lives after them
- Illium Fuit
- Now, good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!
- Fish and Chips
- A Northwest Kennel Club and Horse Show
- Bos Americanus
- Higher Education and Medicine
- Travelogues
- Envoy
- Appendix I - Bibliography
- Appendix II - (translations)
- Notes
- Inscribed "To Pearl, a country is not over until one hundred is completed. Here it is [?], Runt"
- Limited edition of 100 numbered copies - copy 100/100
- Note found inside "Luxton Museum Banff Alta J.G. "Red" Cathcart, curator" in the shape of a bison skull - placed in mylar and back between pages 98-99
- Accession Number
- 2020.20
- Call Number
- 08.1 M78t
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Available online via Peel's Prairie Provinces
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The writing of Canadian history : aspects of English-Canadian historical writing, 1900-1970
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25080
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1976
- Author
- Berger, Carl
- Publisher
- Toronto : Oxford University Press
- Call Number
- 05.5 B35w
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- Author
- Berger, Carl
- Responsibility
- Carl Berger
- Publisher
- Toronto : Oxford University Press
- Published Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- x, 300 pages
- Subjects
- History
- History-Canada
- Essays
- Abstract
- Pertains to how history in Canada had been studied and written about from 1900 to 1970
- Contents
- The founders of critical history: George M. Wrong and Adam Shortt -- The rise of liberty -- Frank Underhill: history as political criticism -- Harold Innis: the search for limits -- Arthur Lower and a national community -- A North American nation -- Reorientation -- Reorientation and tradition -- Donald Creighton and the artistry of history -- William Morton: the delicate balance of region and nation.
- ISBN
- 0195402804
- Accession Number
- 7883
- Call Number
- 05.5 B35w
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Available online at Internet Archive
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A crown of maples : constitutional monarchy in Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25103
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Canadian Heritage
- Publisher
- Gatineau, PQ : Canadian Heritage
- Call Number
- 08.1 C16a PAM
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- Author
- Canadian Heritage
- Publisher
- Gatineau, PQ : Canadian Heritage
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 63, xviii pages : illustrations
- Abstract
- Pertains to how the Constitutional Monarchy functions in Canada
- Contents
- Introduction The Canadian Crown - An Overview The Modern Reality of Constitutional Monarchy The Role and Powers of the Canadian Crown Today Canadian Representatives of the Crown Comparison with Other Systems of Government The Visual Presence of the Canadian Crown Conclusion The Royal Anthem - “God Save the Queen” Appendices Photographic Credits Glossary Acknowledgements
- ISBN
- 9780662460121
- Accession Number
- TBD
- Call Number
- 08.1 C16a PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- 2015 version available online via the Government of Canada
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North of the color line : migration and Black resistance in Canada, 1870-1955
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25244
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Mathieu, Sarah-Jane
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press
- Call Number
- 08.1 M42n
1 website
- Author
- Mathieu, Sarah-Jane
- Responsibility
- Sarah-Jane Mathieu
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press
- Physical Description
- xv, 280 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs
- Abstract
- North of the Color Line examines life in Canada for the estimated 5,000 blacks, both African Americans and West Indians, who immigrated to Canada after the end of Reconstruction in the United States. Through the experiences of black railway workers and their union, the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, Sarah-Jane Mathieu connects social, political, labor, immigration, and black diaspora history during the Jim Crow era. By World War I, sleeping car portering had become the exclusive province of black men. White railwaymen protested the presence of the black workers and insisted on a segregated workforce. Using the firsthand accounts of former sleeping car porters, Mathieu shows that porters often found themselves leading racial uplift organizations, galvanizing their communities, and becoming the bedrock of civil rights activism. Examining the spread of segregation laws and practices in Canada, whose citizens often imagined themselves as devoid of racism, Mathieu historicizes Canadian racial attitudes, and explores how black migrants brought their own sensibilities about race to Canada, participating in and changing political discourse there. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction. Birth of a nation: race, empire, and nationalism during Canada's railway age -- Drawing the line: race and Canadian immigration policy -- Jim Crow rides this train: segregation in the Canadian workforce -- Fighting the empire: race, war, and mobilization -- Building an empire, uplifting a race: race, uplift, and transnational alliances -- Bonds of steel: depression, war, and international brotherhood.
- ISBN
- 9780807871669
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.1 M42n
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- Archives Library
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Pourin' down rain : a Black woman claims her place in the Canadian West
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25245
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Foggo, Cheryl
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
- Edition
- 30th anniversary edition. Second edition.
- Call Number
- 08.1 F68p
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- Author
- Foggo, Cheryl
- Responsibility
- Cheryl Foggo
- Edition
- 30th anniversary edition. Second edition.
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
- Physical Description
- x, 118 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, genealogical table
- Subjects
- History
- History-Canada
- Canada
- Racism
- Women
- Abstract
- First published in 1990, Pourin' Down Rain is a coming-of-age memoir about growing up in prairie communities with small Black populations. It thematizes the family, civil rights, and the learned art of Black Canadian storytelling. She drew much of the material from an unpublished manuscript called "The Story of My Father's Life," written by Daisy Smith Mayes Williams, Foggo's grandfather's sister. This manuscript remains in Foggo's personal archive. Pourin' Down Rain was a finalist for the Alberta Culture Non-Fiction Prize in 1990. A revised and updated 30th anniversary edition of Pourin' Down Rain is going to be released in 2020 by Brush Education and an audiobook is being released by ECW press as part of its Bespoke series of Canadian classics (From publisher's website)
- ISBN
- 9781550598339
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.1 F68p
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- Archives Library
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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
1 website
- 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
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The Cave and Basin : Banff's hot springs and the birth of Canada's national parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25251
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Hart, E.J. (Ted)
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Call Number
- 08.3 H11c
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- Author
- Hart, E.J. (Ted)
- Responsibility
- Ted (E.J.) Hart
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 91 pages
- Abstract
- THE CAVE AND BASIN by Ted Hart is the story of mineral springs in Banff National Park that were instrumental to the growth of Banff and formed the nucleus of Canada’s national park system. Authored by renowned historian E.J. (Ted) Hart, Cave and Basin offers background on what is now protected as a national historic site, exploring the story of its discovery and the lives of those involved in its development as a world-famous attraction. It describes these unique and fascinating hot springs and how they became the catalyst for important developments in Canadian history and culture. The book details the story of the springs’ first discovery, their critical place in a government decision to create a reserve to protect them for public use and their development into a tourist location where generations of Canadians and those from around the world came to enjoy their soothing balm. In the process, the springs, and the Cave and Basin particularly, became the epicentre for both the creation and the commemoration of Canada’s national parks. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Sacred waters of the mountains
- Chapter 2 - Like some fantastic dream
- Chapter 3 - The hot springs investigation
- Chapter 4 - Recuperate the patients and recoup the treasury
- Chapter 5 - As near perfetion as it is possible to make
- Chapter 6 - Walter Painter's wonder
- Chapter 7 - Different guises
- Chapter 8 - Recent times
- Index
- Photo credits
- About the author
- ISBN
- 9781926983271
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.3 H11c
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This place : 150 years retold
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25258
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Elliott, Alicia
- Akiwensie-Damm, Kateri
- Assu, Sonny
- Mitchell, Brandon
- Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel
- Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean
- Robertson, David A.
- Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam James
- Storm, Jen
- Van Camp, Richard
- Vermette, Katherena
- Vowel, Chelsea
- Audibert, Tara
- Charles, Kyle
- Chomichuk, GMB
- Donovan, Natasha
- Ford, Scott A.
- Henderson, Scott B.
- Howe, Ryan
- Lodwick, Andrew
- Yaciuk, Donovan
- Publisher
- [Winnipeg, Manitoba] : HighWater Press
- Call Number
- 05.2 E1t
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- Author
- Elliott, Alicia
- Akiwensie-Damm, Kateri
- Assu, Sonny
- Mitchell, Brandon
- Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel
- Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean
- Robertson, David A.
- Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam James
- Storm, Jen
- Van Camp, Richard
- Vermette, Katherena
- Vowel, Chelsea
- Audibert, Tara
- Charles, Kyle
- Chomichuk, GMB
- Donovan, Natasha
- Ford, Scott A.
- Henderson, Scott B.
- Howe, Ryan
- Lodwick, Andrew
- Yaciuk, Donovan
- Responsibility
- Alicia Elliott (forward)
- Kateri Akiwensie-Damm (author)
- Sonny Assu (author)
- Brandon Mitchell (author)
- Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley (author)
- Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley (author)
- David A. Robertson (author)
- Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (author)
- Jen Storm (author) (artist)
- Richard Van Camp (author)
- Katherena Vermette (author)
- Chelsea Vowel (author)
- Tara Audibert (artist)
- Kyle Charles (artist)
- GMB Chomichuk (artist)
- Natasha Donovan (artist)
- Scott A. Ford (artist)
- Scott B. Henderson (artist)
- Ryan Howe (artist)
- Andrew Lodwick (artist)
- Donovan Yaciuk (artist)
- Publisher
- [Winnipeg, Manitoba] : HighWater Press
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- vi, 287 pages : chiefly color illustrations
- Subjects
- First Nations
- Graphic art
- History
- History-Canada
- Fiction
- Abstract
- Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Annie of Red River / Katherena Vermette ; illustration, Scott B. Henderson ; colours, Donovan Yaciuk -- Tilted ground / Sonny Assu ; illustration, Kyle Charles ; colours, Scott A. Ford -- Red clouds / Jen Storm ; illustration and colours, Natasha Donovan -- Peggy / David A. Robertson ; illustration and colours, Natasha Donovan -- Rosie / Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley ; illustration and colours, GMB Chomichuk -- Nimkii / Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm ; illustration, Ryan Howe and Jen Storm ; colours, Donovan Yaciuk -- Like a razor slash / Richard Van Camp ; illustration, Scott B. Henderson ; colours, Scott A. Ford -- Migwite'tmeg : we remember it / Brandon Mitchell ; illustration, Tara Audibert ; colours, Donovan Yaciuk -- Warrior nation / Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair ; illustration and colours, Andrew Lodwick -- kitaskinaw 2350 / Chelsea Vowel ; illustration, Tara Audibert ; colours, Donovan Yaciuk.
- ISBN
- 9781553797586
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 05.2 E1t
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Blanket toss under midnight sun : portraits of everyday life in eight Indigenous communities
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25259
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Seesequasis, Paul
- Publisher
- [Toronto] : Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Call Number
- 06.4 Se1b
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- Author
- Seesequasis, Paul
- Responsibility
- Paul Seesequasis
- Publisher
- [Toronto] : Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 179 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Subjects
- First Nations
- History
- History-Canada
- Photography
- Abstract
- A revelatory portrait of eight Indigenous communities from across North America, shown through never-before-published archival photographs--a gorgeous extension of Paul Seesequasis's popular social media project. In 2015, writer and journalist Paul Seesequasis found himself grappling with the devastating findings of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission report on the residential school system. He sought understanding and inspiration in the stories of his mother, herself a residential school survivor. Gradually, Paul realized that another, mostly untold history existed alongside the official one: that of how Indigenous peoples and communities had held together during even the most difficult times. He embarked on a social media project to collect archival photos capturing everyday life in First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities from the 1920s through the 1970s. As he scoured archives and libraries, Paul uncovered a trove of candid images and began to post these on social media, where they sparked an extraordinary reaction. Friends and relatives of the individuals in the photographs commented online, and through this dialogue, rich histories came to light for the first time. Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun collects some of the most arresting images and stories from Paul's project. While many of the photographs live in public archives, most have never been shown to the people in the communities they represent. As such, Blanket Toss is not only an invaluable historical record, it is a meaningful act of reclamation, showing the ongoing resilience of Indigenous communities, past, present--and future. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction -- Cape Dorset (Kinngait) -- Nunavik -- James Bay -- Hudson Bay Watershed -- Saskatchewan -- Montana and Alberta -- Northwest Territories -- Yukon Territory -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Photo credits.
- ISBN
- 9781553797586
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
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- 06.4 Se1b
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