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- Date
- 1832 – 1832
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0244
- Description
- Hand thrown, trim-footed, jar with 2.6 cm. diameter neck. Wax resist applied (probably) before glazing, Dominant green calligraphy and miscellaneous objects in design with yellow, red, white, pale green and deep blue trim. Red-bordered label in E.S. Morse's writing says "China, age 1832" and number…
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- Title
- Vase
- Date
- 1832 – 1832
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 8.9 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown, trim-footed, jar with 2.6 cm. diameter neck. Wax resist applied (probably) before glazing, Dominant green calligraphy and miscellaneous objects in design with yellow, red, white, pale green and deep blue trim. Red-bordered label in E.S. Morse's writing says "China, age 1832" and number resembling "707".
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Chinese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0244
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Our wild westland : points on the Pacific province
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12923
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1889
- Author
- Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.87,93 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.3, no.58 (August 10, 1889)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banff Springs magic
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8114
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1978
- Author
- Paterson, Pat
- Call Number
- 08.5 P27 Pam
- Author
- Paterson, Pat
- Published Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- p.18-22 : ill
- Subjects
- Automobiles
- Chinese
- Notes
- In Alberta Motorist, vol.20, no.3
- Accession Number
- 3066
- Call Number
- 08.5 P27 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Coal dust days in Canmore
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8155
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1982
- Author
- Clarke, A.H
- Call Number
- 08.3 C16cdh Pam
- Author
- Clarke, A.H
- Published Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- p.4-11 : ill., port
- Notes
- In History of the Canadian West, no.2
- Accession Number
- 24000
- Call Number
- 08.3 C16cdh Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Moon cakes in gold mountain : from China to the Canadian Plains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11195
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1991
- Author
- Dawson, John Brian
- Publisher
- Calgary : Detselig Enterprises
- Call Number
- 08.2 D32
- Author
- Dawson, John Brian
- Responsibility
- J. Brian Dawson
- with Patricia M. Dawson
- Publisher
- Calgary : Detselig Enterprises
- Published Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 256 p. : ill.
- Subjects
- Chinamans Peak
- Chinese
- Ethnic groups
- Immigration
- Mining
- Notes
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Accession Number
- 12-14-99 32,000
- Call Number
- 08.2 D32
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Canadian steel, Chinese grit : the story of Chinese railway workers and the completion of Canada's national railroad
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15283
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Lee, Karin
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Moving Images Distribution
- Call Number
- 08.5 C16c DVD
- Author
- Lee, Karin
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Moving Images Distribution
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD, 48 minutes
- Call Number
- 08.5 C16c DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Canadian Steel, Chinese Grit : no Chinese labour, no railway = Epoee Chinoise du rail Canadian : sans la main-d'oeuvre Chinoise, pas de rail. = : , /
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15482
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Lai, David Chuenyan
- Publisher
- [Canada] : National Executive Council of the Canadian Steel, Chinese Grit Heritage Documentary
- Call Number
- 08.1 La14c Pam
- Author
- Lai, David Chuenyan
- Publisher
- [Canada] : National Executive Council of the Canadian Steel, Chinese Grit Heritage Documentary
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 39 p. : ill
- Notes
- Is wirtten in English, French and Chinese
- Call Number
- 08.1 La14c Pam
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- Archives Library
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Challenging frontiers : the Canadian west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19801
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Felske, Lorry W., Beverly Jean Rasporich (editors)
- Publisher
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press
- Call Number
- 08.2 Fe33c
- Responsibility
- Edited by Lorry W. Felske and Beverly Jean Rasporich
- Publisher
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- vii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Landscapes
- Artists
- Prairies, Canadian
- First Nations
- Mining
- Music
- Immigration
- Chinese
- Politics
- Ranching
- Abstract
- Pertains to Indigenous people and Asian immigration in Western Canada, the Banff Springs Hotel, coal mining in Calgary, Canadian Pacific Hotels, Wilf Carter, Group of Seven, Sid Marty
- Contents
- Introduction : challenging frontiers / Lorry W. Felske and Beverly Rasporich -- Shooting a Saskatoon (whatever happened to the Marlboro man?) / Aritha van Herk -- Regionalism, landscape, and identity in the prairie west / R. Douglas Francis -- Celebrating magpies : artists Paul Kane, Hongeeyesa, and Emily Carr / Ann Davis -- Two months in big bear's camp, 1885 : narratives of "Indian captivity" and the articulation of "race" and "gender" hierarchies in western Canada / Sarah Carter -- Roughing it in the west, or, whose frontier, whose history? / Janice Dickin -- Diversifying our past : finding a place for coal mining communities in Alberta's historic identity / Lorry W. Felske -- When the "wild west" is me : re-viewing cowboys and Indians / Emma LaRocque -- Managing contradictory visions of the west : the great Richardson/Weadick experiment / Robert Seiler and Tamara Seiler -- Hank Snow and the eastern frontiers of western music / Brian Rusted -- Standard prairie grain elevators : a disappearing icon / Geoffrey Simmins -- From somewhere to everywhere to nowhere : the bank of Montreal as a case of vanishing identity / Michael McMordie -- Asian immigration to western Canada / Madeline A. Kalbach -- Chinese-language media across the west / Lloyd Sciban -- The reform and alliance experiments : federal politics in Western Canada / David Taras -- Constancy amid change : ranching in Western Canada / Max Foran -- North/Western aurages : the soundscapes of Allan Gordon Bell / Marcia Jenneth Epstein -- Rodeos, ranching and the house of tea : Irene McCaugherty and Esther Warkov re-invent the West / Beverly Rasporich.
- ISBN
- 1-55238-140-4
- Accession Number
- p2019-21
- Call Number
- 08.2 Fe33c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Blood and iron : building the railway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13891
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Yee, Paul
- Publisher
- Toronto, ON Scholastic Canada
- Call Number
- 05.2 Ye3b
- Author
- Yee, Paul
- Responsibility
- by Paul Yee
- Publisher
- Toronto, ON Scholastic Canada
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill
- Series
- I am Canada
- Notes
- Cover title: Blood and iron : building the railway, Lee Heen-gwong British Columbia, 1882. Pertains to fictional child's experiences working on the building of the CPR. Includes bibliographical references: p. 231
- ISBN
- 9780545985932
- Accession Number
- 60000 2010-12-17
- Call Number
- 05.2 Ye3b
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The other side of gold mountain : glimpses of Chinese pioneer life on the prairies from the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection = Jin shan dong fang Caoyuan sheng fen Hua ren ...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14200
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Evans, Brian L.
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta Libraries
- Call Number
- 08.1 Ev1 Pam
- Author
- Evans, Brian L.
- Responsibility
- Brian L. Evans
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta Libraries
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 63 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map, ports. (some col.)
- Subjects
- Banff (townsite)
- Chinese
- Immigration
- Notes
- Chinese paralle title romanized in Pin-yin. Includes bibliographical references. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Bruce Peel Special Collection Library from June to August 2010. Title in English and Chinese ; text in English only
- ISBN
- 9781551951898
- Accession Number
- 12-12-27 70,000
- Call Number
- 08.1 Ev1 Pam
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