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The buzz about native bees

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25150
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
March 2020
Author
Skrajny, Joanna
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
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Author
Skrajny, Joanna
Responsibility
Joanna Skrajny
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
March 2020
Physical Description
p. 9 - 11
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Alberta
Ecology
Biodiversity
Flowers
Abstract
Pertains to natives bees in Alberta and the issues caused by invasive honey bees, loss of biodiversity, disease, and use of neonicotinoids with suggested solutions
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.1, March 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
PDF of publication can be downloaded on Alberta Wilderness' website
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Flower : exploring the world in bloom

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25676
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Clarke, Victoria
Publisher
London ; New York : Phaidon Press Limited
Call Number
06.1 C55f
Author
Clarke, Victoria
Publisher
London ; New York : Phaidon Press Limited
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
351 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Botany
Flowers
Photography
Abstract
Takes readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers have employed floral motifs throughout history. Showcasing the diversity of blooms from all over the world, Flower spans a wide range of styles and media - from art, botanical illustrations, and sculptures to floral arrangements, film stills, and textiles - and follows a visually stunning sequence with works, regardless of period, thoughtfully paired to allow interesting and revealing juxtapositions between them.
ISBN
9781838660857
Accession Number
2022.27
Call Number
06.1 C55f
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
wood, walnut; metal, brass; glass
Catalogue Number
104.20.0470
Description
A shaped oval stand of walnut with a beaded floral pattern (black, white, grey, amber) on a linen pad (faded rose).
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Title
Footstool
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
wood, walnut; metal, brass; glass
Dimensions
5.6 x 27.5 x 54.0 cm
Description
A shaped oval stand of walnut with a beaded floral pattern (black, white, grey, amber) on a linen pad (faded rose).
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
needlework
beadwork
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0470
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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Date
2025
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.016
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows a red stem with large green leaves and purple, anemone like flower at left with closed flowers above and at right. Tendrils curling into spirals are also on the stem. “324 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in low…
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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Title
Maypop
Date
2025
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 23.5 cm
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows a red stem with large green leaves and purple, anemone like flower at left with closed flowers above and at right. Tendrils curling into spirals are also on the stem. “324 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.
Subject
botanical
flowers
Credit
Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.016
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Old man's garden : the history and lore of southern Alberta wildflowers

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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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Date
1870 – 1900
Material
ceramic, earthenware
Catalogue Number
104.20.0224
Description
A round platter with a slight depression in the middle. The platter is white with four blue sunflowers and leaves evenly spaced around the border. There is a blue scalloped band outlining the platter’s depression, and a blue picture of an arch in ruins with trees behind in the centre of the platt…
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Title
Platter
Date
1870 – 1900
Material
ceramic, earthenware
Description
A round platter with a slight depression in the middle. The platter is white with four blue sunflowers and leaves evenly spaced around the border. There is a blue scalloped band outlining the platter’s depression, and a blue picture of an arch in ruins with trees behind in the centre of the platter.
Subject
households
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0224
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Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal, silver
Catalogue Number
104.20.0067 a,b
Description
A pair of silver plated rectangular serving dishes with high domed covers. Each dish has ornately worked silver floral trim along the shaped edge that is repeated in the border around the top of each cover. The floral trim is also repeated in the centre of the covers, around the bottom of large, …
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Title
Serving Dish
Date
1875 – 1910
Material
metal, silver
Dimensions
21.0 x 29.0 cm
Description
A pair of silver plated rectangular serving dishes with high domed covers. Each dish has ornately worked silver floral trim along the shaped edge that is repeated in the border around the top of each cover. The floral trim is also repeated in the centre of the covers, around the bottom of large, heavily patterned, ring handles. The dishes are marked “Sheffield”.
Subject
housholds
decorative
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0067 a,b
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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.20.0462
Description
A silver plated tray shaped like an elongated oval with inward curving sides. The tray has a very heavy floral border and deep depression in the centre. The centre is chased and embossed with a large flower on a stalk at each end.
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Title
Serving Tray
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
metal
Dimensions
10.0 x 25.5 cm
Description
A silver plated tray shaped like an elongated oval with inward curving sides. The tray has a very heavy floral border and deep depression in the centre. The centre is chased and embossed with a large flower on a stalk at each end.
Subject
households
decorative
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0462
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Date
1875 – 1900
Material
wood; glass; metal; paint
Catalogue Number
104.47.0001
Description
A clock in a straight sided gable-topped wooden case with small spires on either side. The wood is a mahogany veneer. The case has a pointed glass door painted with three pansies on a black background at the bottom and is clear at the top over the face. The face dial has Roman numerals with meta…
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Title
Shelf Clock
Date
1875 – 1900
Material
wood; glass; metal; paint
Dimensions
51.8 x 11.3 x 27.2 cm
Description
A clock in a straight sided gable-topped wooden case with small spires on either side. The wood is a mahogany veneer. The case has a pointed glass door painted with three pansies on a black background at the bottom and is clear at the top over the face. The face dial has Roman numerals with metal hands and two holes for winding with a key. A pendulum and gong hang inside the case below the clock face. The back of the clock is marked with “From -.-. ----land, 4 Wellington Street, Kingston, Ont.”.
Subject
households
events
weddings
Isabella Brewster
Pearl Moore
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.47.0001
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Date
1870 – 1900
Material
ceramic, bone china
Catalogue Number
104.20.0225 a-h
Description
A set of four white saucers and matching handless cups, each with a light blue border outlined with silver at the rims. Each plate has delicate pink and blue floral wreaths linked by floral chains inside of the blue border. Each plate is marked on the bottom with “Z.S. # Co.” and “Bavaria”.
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Title
Tableware Set
Date
1870 – 1900
Material
ceramic, bone china
Description
A set of four white saucers and matching handless cups, each with a light blue border outlined with silver at the rims. Each plate has delicate pink and blue floral wreaths linked by floral chains inside of the blue border. Each plate is marked on the bottom with “Z.S. # Co.” and “Bavaria”.
Subject
households
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0225 a-h
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