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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, steel; metal, brass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0026 a,b
- Description
- A strong, single edged hunting knife with a cross piece. The hilt of the knife is made of brass, and covered with leather. The blade is marked “Collins and Co. Hartford Serofino #17 (Galidad)”. (b) Sheath made of leather with steel tip and steel detailing. Leather is embossed with crown and leav…
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- Title
- Bowie Knife
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- metal, steel; metal, brass; skin
- Dimensions
- 4.5 (widest point) x 37.0 cm
- Description
- A strong, single edged hunting knife with a cross piece. The hilt of the knife is made of brass, and covered with leather. The blade is marked “Collins and Co. Hartford Serofino #17 (Galidad)”. (b) Sheath made of leather with steel tip and steel detailing. Leather is embossed with crown and leaves. “LEGITIMUS” is stamped under the crown and the number ”10” is stamped on a cross piece above.
- Subject
- households
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0026 a,b
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- Date
- c. 1860
- Material
- metal; antler
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1062
- Description
- Long, pointed steel blade is inserted into antler handle and fixed with 3 metal rivets.
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- Title
- Butcher Knife
- Date
- c. 1860
- Material
- metal; antler
- Dimensions
- 33.0 cm
- Description
- Long, pointed steel blade is inserted into antler handle and fixed with 3 metal rivets.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- Credit
- Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.1062
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Game in the garden : a human history of wildlife in Western Canada to 1940
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13158
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Author
- Colpitts, George
- Publisher
- Vancouver : UBC Press
- Call Number
- 04 C71g
- Author
- Colpitts, George
- Publisher
- Vancouver : UBC Press
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 205 p
- ISBN
- 0-748-0962-0
- Accession Number
- 39000
- Call Number
- 04 C71g
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0005
- Description
- Long thin flat piece of black stone, pointed at one end and with rounded point at other. One long side flat, the other bevelled to an edge.
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1850 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 0.8 x 3.5 x 16.6 cm
- Description
- Long thin flat piece of black stone, pointed at one end and with rounded point at other. One long side flat, the other bevelled to an edge.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0005
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Home range : writings on conservation and restoration
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13549
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2000
- Author
- Van Tighem, Kevin
- Publisher
- Canmore, Alta. : Altitude Pub
- Call Number
- 04 V36h
- Author
- Van Tighem, Kevin
- Publisher
- Canmore, Alta. : Altitude Pub
- Published Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 206 p.
- Subjects
- Environment
- Hunting
- Wildlife management
- ISBN
- 1551539128
- Accession Number
- 40000 07-11-09
- Call Number
- 04 V36h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Hunters at the margin : native people and wildlife conservation in the Northwest Territories
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13808
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2007
- Author
- Sandlos, John
- Publisher
- Vancouver : UBC Press
- Call Number
- 07 S5h
- Author
- Sandlos, John
- Responsibility
- John Sandlos; foreword by Graeme Wynn
- Publisher
- Vancouver : UBC Press
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 333p. : ill., maps
- Series
- Nature. History. Society series (devoted to scholarship in environmental history and allied fields)
- Subjects
- Government
- Hunting
- National parks
- Notes
- Original version Ph.D. dissertation, York University. Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-323) and index. Pertains to Wood Bison, muskox and caribou
- ISBN
- 9780774813624
- Accession Number
- 50500 2009-09-02
- Call Number
- 07 S5h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Let the line be drawn now : wilderness, conservation, and the exclusion of aboriginal people from Banff National Park in Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13647
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Binnema, Theodore
- Publisher
- Co-published by the American Society for Environmental History & the Forest History Society
- Call Number
- 07.2 B51l Pam
- Author
- Binnema, Theodore
- Responsibility
- Theodore (Ted) Binnema and Melanie Niemi
- Publisher
- Co-published by the American Society for Environmental History & the Forest History Society
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 26p
- Subjects
- Hunting
- Tourism
- Wildlife management
- Notes
- Printed from pdf electronic article, from the History Cooperative Database. Vol. II, No. 4 (October 2006)
- Call Number
- 07.2 B51l Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountain masculinity : the life and writing of Nello "Tex" Vernon-Wood in the Canadian Rockies 1906-1938
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13772
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Athabasca University Press
- Call Number
- 02.7 V59g
- Responsibility
- edited and introduced by Andrew Gow and Julie Rak ; in collaboration with Harry W. Gow and John R. Gow
- with foreword by Ted Bishop
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Athabasca University Press
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- ix, 226 p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Hunting
- Outfitters, trail guides, packers
- Notes
- Contents: essays by Tex Vernon-Wood which appeared in periodicals: The Sportsman (1930-1931), Canadian Alpine Journal (1932), Hunting and Fishing (1932-1937), National Sportsman (1933-1938); Recollections by grandsons John R. Gow and Harry W. Gow
- Accession Number
- 8035
- Call Number
- 02.7 V59g
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- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1850 – 1910
- Material
- horn; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0029
- Description
- Very old dried and cracked bison? horn with tip broken off to leave small hole. Strap of buckskin thong tied around at tip and attached to another thong tied around at open broad end of horn.
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- Title
- Powder Horn
- Date
- 1850 – 1910
- Material
- horn; skin
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 4.3 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Very old dried and cracked bison? horn with tip broken off to leave small hole. Strap of buckskin thong tied around at tip and attached to another thong tied around at open broad end of horn.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.10.0029
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Shining mountains : On the edge, episode 3 [DVD video]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13351
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Clarkson, Guy
- Publisher
- Canada : Raven HD productions
- Call Number
- 04 Sh6 DVD v.3
- Author
- Clarkson, Guy
- Responsibility
- Directed by Guy Clarkson
- Produced by Guy Clarkson, Bonnie Thompson
- Production agency: Shining Mountains Film Production Ltd., national Film Board of Canada
- Publisher
- Canada : Raven HD productions
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 digital video disc (46:47) : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences
- Series
- Shining mountains
- Notes
- Pertains to recreational users and developers and their impact on the environment: Interview with Hans Gmoser in the Bugaboos on the advent of helicopter skiing; Tony Parisi in Valemount B.C. on snowmobiling; David Schindler on detrimental effects of tourism on the water supply; Chief Sophie Pierre at St. Eugene Mission resort on the perceived "right" of users to the back country; Kevin van Tiegham and the issue of development outside National Parks boundary areas; Park Wardens Scott Ward and Ross Heatherington re: managing on the ecosystem as a whole rather than specifically in a national park; Southern Alberta Land Trust and John Russell for the Nature Conservancy and the role of ranching lands acting as a buffer vs. the fragmentation and development of ranch land for acreages such as Jim Gardner's "Heaven on earth estates"
- Accession Number
- 7738
- Call Number
- 04 Sh6 DVD v.3
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- Archives Library
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