topic:"Geography" found 10 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

B.C.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.516

Description: A pencil and ink drawing of a map of British Columbia. Notable is Highway 1 and the significant places through which it passes.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: B.C.

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 15.1 cm

Description: A pencil and ink drawing of a map of British Columbia. Notable is Highway 1 and the significant places through which it passes.

Subject: British Columbia; Highway 1; Revelstoke; Vancouver; Hope; geography

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.516

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Blueprints of Connaught Tunnel and Map of Deutchman Cave

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 printed paper copies of older hand-illustrated works. Pertains to a copied 1947 blueprint of Connaught Tunnel depicting burn damage on tracks from an accident that year; and a copied hand-drawn map of Deutchman Cave from 1902, with annotations bottom right (copied from the origin…

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1970]

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 73 to 74 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Drawing; Map; Blueprint

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 73 to 74 O.S.

GMD: Drawing; Map; Blueprint

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1970]

Physical Description: 2 paper copies: 1 blueprint, 1 map

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 printed paper copies of older hand-illustrated works. Pertains to a copied 1947 blueprint of Connaught Tunnel depicting burn damage on tracks from an accident that year; and a copied hand-drawn map of Deutchman Cave from 1902, with annotations bottom right (copied from the original).

Notes: Items were stored together in a poster tube labelled: "Canadian Pacific Blueprints - CPR Passenger Train in Connaught Tunnel - Nakimu Caves at Glacier"

Subject Access: Geography; Connaught Tunnel; Canadian Pacific Railway; Train; Transportation

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Conservation: Items must be stored flat with similar materials

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Canada's Great Highway and The Rockies of Canada

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'Canada's Great Highway: from the First Stake to the Last Spike' by J.H.E. Secretan (1924), annotated by Nicholas Morant; and 1 copy of 'The Rockies of Canada' by Walter D. Wilcox (1909) with topographical map of the Rocky Mountain region in ba…

Date Range: 1909; 1924

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 46 to 47

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Map

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 46 to 47

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Map

Responsibility: Produced by J.H.E. Secretan and Walter D. Wilcox

Date Range: 1909; 1924

Physical Description: 2 Textual records: books

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 published books. Contains 1 copy of 'Canada's Great Highway: from the First Stake to the Last Spike' by J.H.E. Secretan (1924), annotated by Nicholas Morant; and 1 copy of 'The Rockies of Canada' by Walter D. Wilcox (1909) with topographical map of the Rocky Mountain region in back pocket.

Storage Range: In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 46 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 47.

Subject Access: Travel; Geography; History

Geographic Access: Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Conservation: Items in this file with risky materials attached, such as adhesives, must be covered with an acid-free paper barrier to protect adjacent items.

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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The Future way of Teaching Geography

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.928

Description: An blimp/Zeppelin carries a group of people in space where they are looking at the different planets and stars, though Earth is the most prominent in the sky. Below the drawing it says “THE FUTURE WAY OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Future way of Teaching Geography

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 22.5 cm

Description: An blimp/Zeppelin carries a group of people in space where they are looking at the different planets and stars, though Earth is the most prominent in the sky. Below the drawing it says “THE FUTURE WAY OF TEACHING GEOGRAPHY”

Subject: airship; blimp; Zeppelin; aircraft; flying; space; travel; people; passengers; education; star; planet; Earth; geography

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.928

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The Great Lakes and the States that Bound Them

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.514

Description: Ink drawing of a geographic perspective of the Great Lakes region, including the states that border on Canada

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Great Lakes and the States that Bound Them

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 22.5 cm

Description: Ink drawing of a geographic perspective of the Great Lakes region, including the states that border on Canada

Subject: map; Great Lakes; Canada; United States; geography

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.514

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Map Drawing Book For Use in Public Schools

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.584

Description: Peter Whyte’s Map Drawing sketchbook, likely an exercise book for school, with a printed cover page and map drawings inside. Cover page reads: MAP DRAWING BOOK [across top]; FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS/ THE COPP, CLARK CO., LIMITED, TORONTO [across bottom] Inside, pencil drawings include: the Gul…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Map Drawing Book For Use in Public Schools

Date: c. 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.9 x 31.0 cm

Description: Peter Whyte’s Map Drawing sketchbook, likely an exercise book for school, with a printed cover page and map drawings inside. Cover page reads: MAP DRAWING BOOK [across top]; FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS/ THE COPP, CLARK CO., LIMITED, TORONTO [across bottom] Inside, pencil drawings include: the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Philippine Islands, Asia and the Middle East, and Africa.