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Danger, death and disaster in the Crowsnest Pass mines 1902-1928
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12864
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Buckley, Karen
- Publisher
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press
- Call Number
- 08.3 C88bu
- Author
- Buckley, Karen
- Publisher
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- xxvi, 189 p. : ill
- ISBN
- 1-55238-132-3
- Accession Number
- 38000
- Call Number
- 08.3 C88bu
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Eating dirt : deep forests, big timber, and life with the tree-planting tribe
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25247
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Gill, Charlotte
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Greystone Books
- Call Number
- 03.6 G41e
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- Author
- Gill, Charlotte
- Responsibility
- Charlotte Gill
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Greystone Books
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 247 pages
- Abstract
- A tree planter's vivid story of a unique subculture and the magical life of the forest. Charlotte Gill spent twenty years working as a tree planter in the forests of Canada. During her million-tree career, she encountered hundreds of clearcuts, each one a collision site between human civilization and the natural world, a complicated landscape presenting geographic evidence of our appetites. Charged with sowing the new forest in these clearcuts, tree planters are a tribe caught between the stumps and the virgin timber, between environmentalists and loggers. In Eating Dirt, Gill offers up a slice of tree planting life in all of its soggy, gritty exuberance, while questioning the ability of conifer plantations to replace original forests that evolved over millennia into complex ecosystems. She looks at logging's environmental impact and its boom-and-bust history, and touches on the versatility of wood, from which we have devised countless creations as diverse as textiles and airplane parts. Eating Dirt also eloquently evokes the wonder of trees, which grow from tiny seeds into one of the world's largest organisms, our slowest-growing ""renewable"" resource. Most of all, the book joyously celebrates the priceless value of forests and the ancient, ever-changing relationship between humans and trees. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- The last place on Earth -- A kind of tribe -- Rookie Years -- Green fluorescent protein -- A furious way of being -- The town that logging made -- At the end of the reach -- Extremophiles -- Sunset -- Exit lines.
- Notes
- Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation.
- ISBN
- 9781553657927
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 03.6 G41e
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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The Exshaw cement plant : 100 years
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13254
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Alexander, Rob
- Publisher
- Lafarge
- Call Number
- 08.3 Ex8al c.1
- 08.3 Ex8al c.2
- Author
- Alexander, Rob
- Responsibility
- by Jenn Lutz and Rob Alexander
- Publisher
- Lafarge
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 101p. : ill
- Notes
- Cover title: The Exshaw Cement plant 100 years : foundations for the future. Includes DVD in pocket on back cover "It is what we built : 100 years of the Exshaw Cement Plant". Pertains to Western Canada Cement and Coal Company, Canada Cement Company, Lafarge Canada
- Accession Number
- 7801 - 2 copies
- Copy 3 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 08.3 Ex8al c.1
- 08.3 Ex8al c.2
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- Archives Library
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Life goes to Jasper Park in the Canadian Rockies : farthest north resort is tops in scenery
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24917
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1940
- Publisher
- Life
- Call Number
- 02.6 L11l PAM O.S.
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- Publisher
- Life
- Published Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 84 pages
- Subjects
- Jasper
- Jasper National Park
- Travel
- Tourism
- Labour
- Edith Cavell, Mount
- Hotels
- Mountain guides
- Hot springs
- Skiing
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Postal services
- Abstract
- Pertains to the summer labour in Japser National Park during 1940 and the types of activities and amenities available for staff and tourists.
- Notes
- In Life, Vol. 9, No. 9, August 26, 1940, pp. 76 - 79
- Accession Number
- 7889
- Call Number
- 02.6 L11l PAM O.S.
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Specific volume with article can be viewed online via Google Books
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The Lodge Totem : the offical organ of the Jasper Park Lodge C.N.R. Staff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24935
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1932
- Author
- Rand, Frank (editor)
- Publisher
- "Published weekly during the season"
- Call Number
- 08.5 R15t PAM
- Author
- Rand, Frank (editor)
- Responsibility
- Frank Rand (editor)
- Bob Wallace (managing editor)
- Jack Oswald (business manager)
- Marion Bray (social editor)
- Murray Campbell (news editor)
- Mel. Doig (sports editor)
- Publisher
- "Published weekly during the season"
- Published Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 12 pages
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- Labour
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Jasper
- Jasper Park Lodge
- Abstract
- Pertains to staff events, gossip, poetry, stories, anecdotes at the Jasper Park Lodge in newsletter form.
- Contents
- Prologue
- We Make Our Bow
- A Caddy's Dream
- Our Champion
- They Will Write!!
- Here and There
- At the Pool
- Notes from the Mangle
- Talking Shop
- The Snack Room
- The Sports Column
- The Bench
- Jasper Winters
- Subscriptions
- Editors
- Departmental Representatives
- Notes
- Volume 1 Number 1 - Week Ending June 28, 1932
- Accession Number
- 2019.85
- Call Number
- 08.5 R15t PAM
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- Archives Library
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The memoirs of David H. Sinclair : Living life to the fullest!!
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19851
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- January 20, 2018
- Author
- Sinclair, David H., Andre Rodrigues, Margaret Michaud and Evelyn Sinclair
- Publisher
- Beautiful smiles gentle spirits press
- Call Number
- 08.1 Si6m
- Responsibility
- David H. Sinclair, Andre Rodrigues, Margaret Michaud and Evelyn Sinclair
- Publisher
- Beautiful smiles gentle spirits press
- Published Date
- January 20, 2018
- Abstract
- Pertains to the stories and experiences of David H. Sinclair. Written by his family, the memoir offers insight into the lives of those who immigrated to the Rocky Mountains. Members of the family were employed at the Banff Springs Hotel, granting the reader a deeper understanding of the life and experiences of laborers in and around Banff and the greater Rocky Mountain area.
- Accession Number
- 2019.52
- Call Number
- 08.1 Si6m
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- Archives Library
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North of the color line : migration and Black resistance in Canada, 1870-1955
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25244
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Mathieu, Sarah-Jane
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press
- Call Number
- 08.1 M42n
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- Author
- Mathieu, Sarah-Jane
- Responsibility
- Sarah-Jane Mathieu
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press
- Physical Description
- xv, 280 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs
- Abstract
- North of the Color Line examines life in Canada for the estimated 5,000 blacks, both African Americans and West Indians, who immigrated to Canada after the end of Reconstruction in the United States. Through the experiences of black railway workers and their union, the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, Sarah-Jane Mathieu connects social, political, labor, immigration, and black diaspora history during the Jim Crow era. By World War I, sleeping car portering had become the exclusive province of black men. White railwaymen protested the presence of the black workers and insisted on a segregated workforce. Using the firsthand accounts of former sleeping car porters, Mathieu shows that porters often found themselves leading racial uplift organizations, galvanizing their communities, and becoming the bedrock of civil rights activism. Examining the spread of segregation laws and practices in Canada, whose citizens often imagined themselves as devoid of racism, Mathieu historicizes Canadian racial attitudes, and explores how black migrants brought their own sensibilities about race to Canada, participating in and changing political discourse there. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction. Birth of a nation: race, empire, and nationalism during Canada's railway age -- Drawing the line: race and Canadian immigration policy -- Jim Crow rides this train: segregation in the Canadian workforce -- Fighting the empire: race, war, and mobilization -- Building an empire, uplifting a race: race, uplift, and transnational alliances -- Bonds of steel: depression, war, and international brotherhood.
- ISBN
- 9780807871669
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.1 M42n
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The reluctant Canadian
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19890
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Barnes, Brad
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C., FirsenPress
- Edition
- 1rst ed.
- Call Number
- 05.2 B26t
2 websites
- Author
- Barnes, Brad
- Responsibility
- Brad Barnes
- Edition
- 1rst ed.
- Publisher
- Victoria, B.C., FirsenPress
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 274 pages
- Subjects
- Immigration
- Labour
- Fiction
- Abstract
- Pertains to a fictional character named Sidney, a British child whom was sent to Canada to perform involuntary labor. Although fictional in nature, the narrative within the novel was inspired by Canada’s real-life Child Immigration Scheme. The book provides both context and a greater insight into the immigration patterns of the 19th and 20th centuries. Author Brad Barnes speaks of the trauma that was likely to have been endured by immigration scheme survivors, as well as the generational effects of such trauma. Barnes brings to light the reality of early immigration and the ways in which people were impacted.
- Contents
- Chapter 1: The meeting (pg. 4)
- Chapter 2: The beginning (pg. 9)
- Chapter 3: Desperate times (pg. 21)
- Chapter 4: Gutters and Alleyways (pg. 27)
- Chapter 5: The home (pg. 36)
- Chapter 6: The voyage (pg. 49)
- Chapter 7: A brief reprieve (pg. 65)
- Chapter 8: The hand of the devil (pg. 72)
- Chapter 9: Flames of freedom (pg. 88)
- Chapter 10: Standing ground (pg. 104)
- Chapter 11: The outsider (pg. 112)
- Chapter 12: The runner (pg. 128)
- Chapter 13: The last straw (pg. 135)
- Chapter 14: Pickled eggs n' chicken legs (pg. 138)
- Chapter 15: Life according to McTavish (pg. 149)
- Chapter 16: Gud man Gud Father (pg. 164)
- Chapter 17: The reunion (pg. 171)
- Chapter 18: Westward bound (pg. 182)
- Chapter 19: Prosperity abounds (pg. 194)
- Chapter 20: Shattered dreams (pg. 201)
- Chapter 21: A sure thing (pg. 208)
- Chapter 22: The family man (pg. 217)
- Chapter 23: Riding the rails (pg. 225)
- Chapter 24: Poverty to prosperity (pg. 246)
- Chapter 25: The cabin (pg. 257)
- Chapter 26: The box (pg. 270)
- Epilogue (pg. 273)
- ISBN
- 9781460211465
- Accession Number
- 2019.63
- Call Number
- 05.2 B26t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- The first URL is linked to the website associated with the book
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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
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- Author
- Foster, Cecil
- Responsibility
- Cecil Foster
- Edition
- First, revised
- Publisher
- Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 296 pages
- 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
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- Archives Library
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A world apart : the Crowsnest communities of Alberta and British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12865
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kamloops : Plateau Press
- Call Number
- 08.3 C88w
- Publisher
- Kamloops : Plateau Press
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- ix, 202 p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Coal and coal mines
- Ethnic groups
- Gushul family
- Labour unions
- Photography
- Politics
- Spalding, Joseph Frederick
- Religion
- ISBN
- 0-9698842-5-7
- Accession Number
- 38000
- Call Number
- 08.3 C88w
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- Archives Library
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