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A hero from history : Banff guide Sid Unwin part of 'big events' in First World War

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25001
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
November 2019
Author
Alexander, Rob
Publisher
Great West Newspapers
Call Number
P
Author
Alexander, Rob
Responsibility
Rob Alexander
Publisher
Great West Newspapers
Published Date
November 2019
Physical Description
p.31-33
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
World War I
World Wars
Unwin, Sid
History
Abstract
Pertains to Sidney J. Unwin's service in the First World War as part of the 22nd Battery (Howitzer) of the 6th Canadian Artillery Field Brigade includes photographs and excepts from diary entries from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (M31 / V25)
Notes
In 51 North, Winter/Spring 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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O'Hara : stories of a beloved landscape and the people who have shaped it

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19820
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2019
Author
Ward, Meghan J.
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Ward, Meghan J.
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Published Date
May 2019
Physical Description
p.66-75
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Lake O'Hara
Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp
Lake O'Hara Lodge
Lake O'Hara region
Lake O'Hara Trails Club
Alpine Club of Canada
History
Elizabeth Parker Hut
Abbot Pass Hut
Hiking
Conservation
Abstract
Pertains to the Lake O'Hara area including the history of its "discovery", creation of trail systems, Alpine Club of Canada activities, lodges, huts and access parameters. Includes many images from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library.
Notes
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.04, May 2019
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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Icefields Parkway : a drive through history

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19823
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2019
Author
Alexander, Rob
Publisher
Great West Newspapers
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Alexander, Rob
Responsibility
Rob Alexander
Publisher
Great West Newspapers
Published Date
May 2019
Physical Description
p.12-18
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Highways - Alberta
Banff
Jasper
History
Abstract
Pertains to the history of the Icefields Parkway - includes photographs from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library and Jasper-Yellowhead Museum & Archives with mentions of A.O. Wheeler, David Thompson, James Hector, Peter Erasmus, Tom Wilson, Bill Peyto, Jimmy Simpson, David Douglas, Arthur P. Coleman, Walter Wilcox, J. Norman Collie as well as the Ktunaxa, Carrier Sekani, Secwepemc, Stoney Nakoda, As'in'i'wa'chi, Iroquois, Piikani, Siksika, Tsuu T'ina and Metis Indigenous Peoples. Overview of construction history between 1931 and 1960 with mention of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge and Fred Brewster's Columbia Icefield Chalet and mention of the filming of "River of No Return".
Notes
In 51 North, Summer/Fall 2019
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online
Websites
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Preserving Indigenous culture one name at a time

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19824
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2019
Author
Dulewich, Jenna
Publisher
Great West Newspapers
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Dulewich, Jenna
Responsibility
Jenna Dulewich
Publisher
Great West Newspapers
Published Date
May 2019
Physical Description
p.62-63
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Highways - Alberta
History
First Nations
Names, Geographical
Abstract
Pertains to the efforts by Elder Roland Rollinmud to preserve the tradtional Stoney Nakoda place names in the Bow Valley with the installation of plaques along the Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 1A and Highway 40 with information including name of location, history and cultural significance.
Notes
In 51 North, Summer/Fall 2019
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Castle in the wilderness : the story of the Banff Springs Hotel

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24950
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Robinson, Bart
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Edition
1st Edition
Call Number
08.5 R55c
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Author
Robinson, Bart
Responsibility
Bart Robinson
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
160 p.; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Hotels
History
Travel
Tourism
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Abstract
A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel is the definitive historical record of one of the world’s most famous mountain resorts. The story navigates the hotel’s early history from its construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the glittering era of the 1920s through to the changes of modern times. Local author and historian Bart Robinson has been exploring and writing about the Banff Springs Hotel since the 1970s. In A Castle in the Wilderness he combines a complete hotel history with rich anecdotes and snippets of the past that have enriched Banff and indeed Canada, from the hotel’s links to the construction of the transcontinental rail line to the visits of maharajahs and movie stars.How did such a gracious hotel come to be in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies? How much did it cost to build? Who designed it? Who selected its furnishings? Which famous visitors has it hosted? And why is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs? These and many more questions are answered in the Castle in the Wilderness. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction
Origins of a Hotel
Grand Designs
Vistas and Vendettas
Growing Pains
Towers and Troubles
Princes and Politicians
Out of the Fire
A Brief But Golden Moment
Tribulations and Triumph
A Second Century
Into the New Millenium
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Credits
Acknowledgements
About the Author
ISBN
9781926983356
Accession Number
2019.89
Call Number
08.5 R55c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Link to publishers website where publication can been purchased
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Surveying the 120th meridian and the great divide : the Alberta/BC boundary survey, 1918-1924

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24952
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Sherwood, Jay
Publisher
Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
Call Number
08.3 Sh5s Volume 2
  1 website  
Author
Sherwood, Jay
Responsibility
Jay Sherwood
Publisher
Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
192 p. ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 2
Subjects
Surveyors
Surveys and Mapping
Surveys
Great Divide Trail
Alberta
British Columbia
British Columbia - Boundaries
British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping
Alberta - B.C. Boundary
Alberta - Boundaries
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Cautley, Richard William
History
History of Alberta
Abstract
"Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide is the second book of a two-part series describing the initial Alberta/BC boundary survey undertaken between 1913-1924. Surveying the 120th Meridian focuses on the years 1918–1924, when the Alberta crew continued the survey of the 120th meridian while the BC crew split off to continue mapping the Great (Continental) Divide. The Alberta/BC boundary survey was a unique Canadian project that combined talented surveyors, high-tech surveying equipment, rugged crew members and Canadian wilderness. This is a story of adventure and danger: the crew climbed mountains and surveyed from the peaks of the Canadian Rockies; slogged through the muskeg north of the Peace River; occasionally crossed rivers at high water; and often worked in the rain, snow or cold. The boundary survey produced the first detailed maps of the terrain along the divide and the first pictures of the northern Canadian Rockies taken from an airplane. But the most important legacy of this project is the collection of approximately 5,000 photographs developed from high-quality glass plate negatives. These photographs provide full panoramas of the Rocky Mountain landscape as it looked over a century ago. Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide combines the best of these photographs, diary entries and government documents to recount the astonishing journey of the surveyors and their crew members as they explored Canada’s most dramatic landscape."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Surveyors
Surveying Methods 1918-1924
Completion of the Boundary Survey, 1950-1953
Conclusion
Geographical Names
Survey Crews, 1918-1924
Sources Consulted
Index
Notes
Features visual and textual material from the A.O. Wheeler fonds M546 / V771
ISBN
9780773860091
Accession Number
2019.90
Call Number
08.3 Sh5s Volume 2
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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The life of animals in Japanese art

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24998
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Singer, Robert T. (editor)
Kawai, Masatomo (editor)
Publisher
Washington, District of Columbia : National Gallery of Art ; Tokyo, Japan : The Japan Foundation ; [Los Angeles, California] : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Princeton, New Jersey : In association with Princeton University Press,
Call Number
06.1 Si6t O.S.
  1 website  
Author
Singer, Robert T. (editor)
Kawai, Masatomo (editor)
Responsibility
Robert T. Singer
Masatomo Kawai
Publisher
Washington, District of Columbia : National Gallery of Art ; Tokyo, Japan : The Japan Foundation ; [Los Angeles, California] : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Princeton, New Jersey : In association with Princeton University Press,
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
xix, 323 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Japan
Japanese
Exhibitions
Art
History
Abstract
A sweeping exploration of animals in Japanese art and culture across sixteen centuries. Few countries have devoted as much artistic energy to the depiction of animal life as Japan. Drawing upon the country's unique spiritual heritage, rich literary traditions, and currents in popular culture, Japanese artists have long expressed admiration for animals in sculpture, painting, lacquerwork, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and woodblock prints. Real and fantastic creatures are meticulously and beautifully rendered, often with humor and whimsy. This beautiful book celebrates this diverse range of work, from ancient fifth-century clay sculpture to contemporary pieces. The catalog is organized into themes, including the twelve animals of the Japanese zodiac; animals in Shinto and Buddhism; animals and samurai; land animals, winged creatures, and creatures of the river and sea; and animals in works of humor and parody. Exhibition: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA (05.05.-28.07.2019) / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA (08.09.-08.12.2019).
Contents
Prefaces / Robert T. Singer, Kawai Masatomo -- A place for animals in Japanese letters : beasts and beasties - pests, partners, and pets / Tom Hare -- Cultivating compassion and accruing merit : animal release rites during the Edo period / Barbara R. Ambros -- All creatures great and small : Tokugawa Japan and its animals / Federico Marcon -- Plates -- Checklist of works exhibited in Los Angeles.
Notes
Published on the occasion of the exhibition "The Life of Animals in Japanese Art" held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 5-July 28, 2019, and the exhibition "Every Living Thing: Animals in Japanese Art" held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, September 8-December 8, 2019.
ISBN
9780691191164
Accession Number
P2019-32
Call Number
06.1 Si6t O.S.
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website of exhibition at National Gallery of Art
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Nature on the page : the print and manuscript culture of Victorian natural history

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25230
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Zytaruk, Maria
Publisher
Toronto : The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Call Number
04 Z1n
  1 website  
Author
Zytaruk, Maria
Responsibility
Maria Zytaruk
Publisher
Toronto : The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Birds
Art
History
Exhibition catalogue
Exhibitions
Abstract
This is the catalogue to an exhibition that will showcase both the collecting and manuscript practices of Victorian naturalists and how books, in some instances, encased the specimens themselves. A special focus here is women practitioners of natural history--as authors of and contributors to published works, and as artists and collectors (From publisher's website)
Contents
Foreward
Introduction
Chapter 1: Plans and the matter of the Victorian book
Chapter 2: Paper birds
Chapter 3: Containing nature
Chapter 4: Women in the world of Victorian botany
Chapter 5: Orchids for the few
Epilogue
Appendix: List of itmes in the exhibition
ISBN
9780772761262
Accession Number
2021.07
Call Number
04 Z1n
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publishers website
Websites
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They call me George : the untold story of black train porters and the birth of modern Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25243
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Foster, Cecil
Publisher
Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis
Edition
First, revised
Call Number
08.1 F81t
  1 website  
Author
Foster, Cecil
Responsibility
Cecil Foster
Edition
First, revised
Publisher
Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
296 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Railways
Labour
Racism
Canada
History
Travel
Transportation
Abstract
Smartly dressed and smiling, Canada’s black train porters were a familiar sight to the average passenger—yet their minority status rendered them politically invisible, second-class in the social imagination that determined who was and who was not considered Canadian. Subjected to grueling shifts and unreasonable standards—a passenger missing his stop was a dismissible offense—the so-called Pullmen of the country’s rail lines were denied secure positions and prohibited from bringing their families to Canada, and it was their struggle against the racist Dominion that laid the groundwork for the multicultural nation we know today. Drawing on the experiences of these influential black Canadians, Cecil Foster’s They Call Me George demonstrates the power of individuals and minority groups in the fight for social justice and shows how a country can change for the better. (From publisher's website)
ISBN
9781771962612
Accession Number
P2020.7
Call Number
08.1 F81t
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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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
  1 website  
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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
Collection
Archives Library
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