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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
- Collection
- 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
- URL Notes
- Publisher's website
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Placido Monachello fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55698
- Part Of
- Placido Monachello fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to Placido Monachello and family; and a bound publication titled "Machinery's Handbook", 1943, which belonged to Placido. 12 photographs pertain to Placido's experiences at the Alternative Service Corps work camp at the Spray River Trail near Banff Springs H…
- Date Range
- 1941-1943
- [ca.1950-1960]
- 2010
- Reference Code
- M582 / V803
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Digital image
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Published record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Placido Monachello fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M582 / V803
- Sous-Fonds
- M582 / V803
- Accession Number
- 2020.25
- Reference Code
- M582 / V803
- Date Range
- 1941-1943
- [ca.1950-1960]
- 2010
- Physical Description
- ca.172 photographs : b&w prints -- 3 digital files : col. JPG images -- 4 cm of textual records (1 volume)
- History / Biographical
- Placido Monachello (1920-2018) received a conscription notice to join the war effort between 1940-1941. Placido opposed the conscription notice, identifying himself as a Conscientious Objector who refused to participate in the war. After appealing his case in court, Placido was sentenced to one year of work in an internment/work camp. Placido completed his year of work at the Alternative Service Corps work camp, located near the Sunshine Road/Brewster Creek area (ASW Camp No. 1). While at the work camp, Placido aided in the clearing of land and road construction around Banff. Placido returned home to Hamilton, Ontario in 1942, where he worked odd jobs as a labourer and farm hand. Placido married his partner, Leonarda "Leona" (Borsellino) Monachello (1920-2019) in 1944, with whom he later had two children, John and David. Placido sent numerous letters and photographs to Leona during his time at the ASW camp. While Placido was in Banff, Leona directly supported the war effort as an employee at Westinghouse in Hamilton, Ontario, where she produced high-tech military components. Placido and Leona ran two delicatessen businesses together after the war, one of which was initially funded by her parents. The couple sold their business in the 1970s, after which Placido worked for Stelco (a steel manufacturing company) until 1985. Placido and Leona took a trip to visit Banff together in 2010.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to Placido Monachello and family; and a bound publication titled "Machinery's Handbook", 1943, which belonged to Placido. 12 photographs pertain to Placido's experiences at the Alternative Service Corps work camp at the Spray River Trail near Banff Springs Hotel (ASW Camp No. 1). ca.160 photographs pertain to Placido's family and personal life, including his wedding to Leonarda (Leona) in 1944 and their children [ca.1950s]. Fonds also includes 3 digital images of Placido and Leona visiting Banff in 2010.
- Name Access
- Monachello, Placido
- Monachello, Leona
- Subject Access
- World War II
- Family and personal life
- Internment Camps
- Settlement
- Labour
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Ontario
- Hamilton
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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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
- URL Notes
- The first URL is linked to the website associated with the book
- The second URL is linked to the author's official photography page
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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
- 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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Wildlife, landscapes, Banff community
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54580
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 55 photographs pertaining wildlife, landscapes, construction work, sports events and a parade in the Bow Valley. Includes photographs of bears, waterfalls and trees in Banff National Park and area including Crowfoot Glacier; construction work, including the building of the Icefield…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930]
- 1931
- 1935
- [ca. 1940]
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / B / PA - 1 to 55
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Kidney family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M74 / V324
- Series
- V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records
- Sous-Fonds
- V324
- Sub-Series
- V324 / IV / B : 1921 - 1945
- Accession Number
- 2016.8581
- Reference Code
- V324 / IV / B / PA - 1 to 55
- Responsibility
- One photograph produced by Associated Screen News Ltd.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930]
- 1931
- 1935
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 59 photographs : b&w prints ; 17 x 27 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 55 photographs pertaining wildlife, landscapes, construction work, sports events and a parade in the Bow Valley. Includes photographs of bears, waterfalls and trees in Banff National Park and area including Crowfoot Glacier; construction work, including the building of the Icefields Parkway, ca. 1931; track and field events held outside of the Banff Springs Hotel; a parade held in Banff with unidentified Indigenous men on horseback [possibly Stoney Nakoda community members participating in Banff Indian Day celebrations] outside the Quaker Coffee Shop; skiers at the Sunshine Ski Lodge; members of the Banff Girls' Sunshine Flower Club and a float made by the group for a Christmas parade in 1935; front and side views of the Kidney family home in Banff; and the Sulphur Mountain summit observatory.
- Notes
- Some dates are estimates provided by the Processing Archivist
- File contains duplicate photographs
- Name Access
- Kidney, Maude
- Peyto, Edith
- McCullagh, Shirley
- Simpson, Margaret
- Waterworth, Ruth Kelly
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- Wheatley, Ruth
- Edwards, Pearl
- Peyto, Helen
- Edwards, Agnes
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bears
- Birds
- Deer
- Construction
- Landscapes
- Sports
- Winter sports
- Skiing
- Parade
- Girls Flower Club Banff
- Club
- Community events
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Crowfoot Glacier
- Banff National Park
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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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
- Collection
- Archives Library
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