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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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Pioneer days of Nakusp and the Arrow Lakes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25555
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- August 20, 1951
- Author
- Johnson, Kate
- Publisher
- Nakusp : Kate Johnson
- Call Number
- 08.2 J62p
- Author
- Johnson, Kate
- Publisher
- Nakusp : Kate Johnson
- Published Date
- August 20, 1951
- Physical Description
- 146 pages
- Subjects
- Kootenay
- Kootenay region
- History
- Abstract
- History of Nakusp written for the Nakusp Diamond Jubliee (1892-1952).
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 08.2 J62p
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Tidewater to timberline
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6847
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1951
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Publisher
- Toronto : Macmillan of Canada
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13t
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Publisher
- Toronto : Macmillan of Canada
- Published Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- x, 205p. : ill
- Subjects
- Birds
- Mammals
- Natural history
- Accession Number
- 400
- 5142
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Tidewater to timberline
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6848
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1951
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Publisher
- Toronto : Macmillan of Canada
- Edition
- [paperback ed]
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13t pbk
- Author
- McCowan, Dan
- Responsibility
- illustrated from photographs by the author
- Edition
- [paperback ed]
- Publisher
- Toronto : Macmillan of Canada
- Published Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- x, 205p. : ill
- Subjects
- Birds
- Mammals
- Natural history
- Notes
- Index
- Accession Number
- 1955
- Call Number
- 04.2 M13t pbk
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Going wild : the autobiography of a bughunter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6991
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1955
- Author
- Wyatt, Colin
- Publisher
- London : Hollis & Carter
- Call Number
- 04.2 W97
- Author
- Wyatt, Colin
- Publisher
- London : Hollis & Carter
- Published Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- xii, 214p. : ill
- Subjects
- Entomology
- Natural history
- Notes
- Contains chapter on Canadian Rockies
- Accession Number
- 28500
- Call Number
- 04.2 W97
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The cariboo story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20066
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1958
- Author
- Lindsay, F.W.
- Publisher
- [Quesnel, B.C.] : [Quesnel Advertiser
- Call Number
- 08.2 L64t
- Author
- Lindsay, F.W.
- Responsibility
- F.W. Lindsay
- Publisher
- [Quesnel, B.C.] : [Quesnel Advertiser
- Published Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 52 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of stories combined to tell the story of Cariboo, British Columbia. While not entirely complete in nature, the author dedicates the history to the men who chose the disgruntled forest life, over that of comfort and stability. The author, F.W. Lindsay explains the relationship between pioneers and Americans, arguing that our best pioneers were American men. Readers can expect to learn more about Cariboo, while taking in the patriotic undertones of the publication.
- Notes
- by F.W. Lindsay ; with pen and ink illustrations by Gwen Lewis.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.2 L64t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mount Pleasant early days : memories of Reuben Hamilton, pioneer, 1890
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20083
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1957
- Author
- Hamilton, Reuben and Vancouver City Archives
- Publisher
- Vancouver, B.C. : City Archives, City Hall
- Call Number
- 08.1 H18m
- Responsibility
- Reuben Hamilton and Vancouver City Archives
- Publisher
- Vancouver, B.C. : City Archives, City Hall
- Published Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 64 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of letters and images pertaining to Reuben Hamilton. Reuben Hamilton had been a pioneer in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1890. Through the use of his letters, readers are offered insight into the life of Hamilton, as told by him.
- Contents
- Mount Pleasant School, 1892-3 (pg. 8)
- Mount Pleasant School class, 1894 (pg. 9)
- William Hamilton, portrait of (pg. 10)
- Kingsway and St. Catherines St. (pg. 13)
- Cedar Cottage Brewery, 1902 (pg. 19)
- Cedar Cottage Brewery, 1944 (pg. 20)
- "North Arm Road" - Hutson home (pg. 22)
- Lot 301, Plan of subdivision of (pg. 23)
- Lot 301, Price list (pg. 24)
- District Lot 301 School, 1902 (pg. 27)
- Joseph Jones' milk ranch, cottage (pg. 29)
- Joseph Jones' milk ranch, barn (pg. 29)
- Doering and Marstrand Brewery (pg. 31)
- Fifth Avenue, East, circa 1898-1900 (pg. 31)
- Gladstone Inn, 1909 (pg. 32)
- Jones, of Jones Park, portait of (pg. 38)
- Mt. Pleasant, from False Creek bridge, July 1rst, 1890 (pg. 45)
- Garvin Milk Ranch, circa 1890 (pg. 46)
- McCleery Farm House, 1948 (pg. 55)
- Broadway and Main street, 1899 (pg. 64)
- Broadway and Kingsway, 1898 (pg. 64)
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.1 H18m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Praeger picture encyclopedia of art; a comprehensive survey of painting, sculpture, architecture and crafts ... from the earliest times to the present day.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20268
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- c1958
- Publisher
- New York : Frederick A. Praeger
- Call Number
- N31 P7
- Publisher
- New York : Frederick A. Praeger
- Published Date
- c1958
- Physical Description
- 584p. : ill.
- Notes
- Originally published in Germany
- English version prepared with the assistance of James Cleugh [and others] under the supervision of Olive Cook and the editorial staff of Thames and Hudson, London.
- Includes index
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Call Number
- N31 P7
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Aesthetics and history
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20276
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1954
- Author
- Berenson, Bernard
- Publisher
- Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday
- Call Number
- N66 B4
- Author
- Berenson, Bernard
- Publisher
- Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday
- Published Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 283p.
- Notes
- (Doubleday Anchor Books)
- Accession Number
- 492(?)
- Call Number
- N66 B4
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
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- Art Library
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Mainstreams of modern art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20360
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- (c1959)
- Author
- Canaday, John
- Publisher
- New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Call Number
- N6450 C3
- Author
- Canaday, John
- Publisher
- New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Published Date
- (c1959)
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 576p. illus. plates
- Accession Number
- 575
- Call Number
- N6450 C3
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
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- Art Library
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