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Triumph and tragedy in the Crowsnest Pass

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2005
Publisher
Surrey, B.C. : Heritage House
Call Number
08.3 C88wi
Responsibility
edited by Diana Wilson
Publisher
Surrey, B.C. : Heritage House
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
168 p. : ill., map, ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mining
Railways
Notes
Partial contents: Railroad through the Crowsnest / Diana Wilson; The Frank Slide / Frank Anderson; Hillcrest Mine Disaster / Frank Anderson; Fernie: city under a curse / Elsie Turnbull
Accession Number
40500 08-02-01
Call Number
08.3 C88wi
Collection
Archives Library
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Edward Burtynsky manufactured landscapes : a film by Jennifer Baichwal [DVD]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13741
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2006
Publisher
National Film Board
Call Number
06.4 B95mb DVD
Responsibility
documentary by director Jennifer Baichwal
Publisher
National Film Board
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
1 digital video disc (1:30:00) : 1 sd., col.
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Environment
Industry
Mining
Notes
Genie award for Best Documentary, 2007. Documentary follows Burtynsky to China as he captures the effect of the country's industrial revolution. NFB: 153E9906 443
Accession Number
50500
Call Number
06.4 B95mb DVD
Collection
Archives Library
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The impact on the environment of surface mining in Alberta : report and recommendations

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1971
Publisher
Edmonton : Environment Conservation Authority
Call Number
GE E58
Responsibility
Environment Conservation Authority Alberta
Publisher
Edmonton : Environment Conservation Authority
Published Date
1971
Physical Description
v , 99p.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mining
Alberta
Call Number
GE E58
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Submission to the AEUB/CEAA joint review panel for the Cheviot coal mine project

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2000
Publisher
Edmonton : Edmonton Section - Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
GE D56
Responsibility
Alpine Club of Canada, Edmonton Section and Alberta Native Plant Council (ACC/ANPC Coalition)
Publisher
Edmonton : Edmonton Section - Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2000
Physical Description
13p. : ill. , map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mining
Wildlife
Conservation
Call Number
GE D56
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Date
1900 – 1905
Material
metal; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.09.1176
Description
United Mine Workers of Alberta membership ribbon and medal. Front of ribbon red, white and blue striped with gold metallic fringe at bottom and gold trim along edges. Embroidered with “LOCAL UNION NO. 29 U.M.W. of A. Bankhead, Alta., Can.” Metal pin at top of ribbon suspends medal: “U.M.W. of A. A…
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Title
Membership Ribbon
Date
1900 – 1905
Material
metal; fibre
Dimensions
6.0 x 19.5 cm
Description
United Mine Workers of Alberta membership ribbon and medal. Front of ribbon red, white and blue striped with gold metallic fringe at bottom and gold trim along edges. Embroidered with “LOCAL UNION NO. 29 U.M.W. of A. Bankhead, Alta., Can.” Metal pin at top of ribbon suspends medal: “U.M.W. of A. APRIL 1st 1898. EIGHT HOURS”. Back of ribbon is black with silver lettering: “LOCAL UNION NO. 29. U.M.W. OF A. BANKHEAD, ALTA., CAN.”
Subject
mining
Bankhead
United Mine Workers of Alberta
U.M.W. of A.
Mario Trono
Credit
Gift of Louis Trono, Banff, 1999
Catalogue Number
103.09.1176
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Date
1900 – 1930
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
110.01.1033
Description
Two halves of keg tops, one marked “BRANDY.”
Title
Barrel
Date
1900 – 1930
Material
wood
Description
Two halves of keg tops, one marked “BRANDY.”
Subject
social customs
mining
households
Credit
Gift of Gordon Burles, Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
110.01.1033
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Date
1885 – 1940
Material
metal; ceramic; glass; bone
Catalogue Number
111.01.1004
Description
Artifacts found while digging footings for lawn sculpture at back of museum - includes horseshoe, coathook, inkwell, tiles, bricks, nail, bone, piece of bottle, piece of china.
Title
Fragment
Date
1885 – 1940
Material
metal; ceramic; glass; bone
Description
Artifacts found while digging footings for lawn sculpture at back of museum - includes horseshoe, coathook, inkwell, tiles, bricks, nail, bone, piece of bottle, piece of china.
Subject
households
Bill Peyto
Jack Sinclair
guides and packers
mining
Credit
Gift of Robert Smith, Banff, 1983
Catalogue Number
111.01.1004
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Date
1900 – 1925
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
105.02.1167 a,b
Description
Two pieces of metal, each bent to form a square corner at the centre and bent under on one edge. There are nails along the bent edge. The two pieces have lettering on them “Pacific Co Bankhe” (a) and“al Co. ad” (b) that would have originally spelled out “Pacific Coal Co. Bankhead” before the two p…
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Title
Remnant Sign
Date
1900 – 1925
Material
metal
Dimensions
27.3 (a); 26.4 (b) x 25.9 (a); 29.2 (b) x 30.2 (a); 36.2 (b) cm
Description
Two pieces of metal, each bent to form a square corner at the centre and bent under on one edge. There are nails along the bent edge. The two pieces have lettering on them “Pacific Co Bankhe” (a) and“al Co. ad” (b) that would have originally spelled out “Pacific Coal Co. Bankhead” before the two pieces were cut apart, bent, and used for another purpose (reinforcing a box?). There are other illegible letters on (b). perhaps “200 yds”.
Subject
mining
Bankhead
communities
Pacific Coal Co.
Credit
Gift of Alex Emond, Banff, 2003
Catalogue Number
105.02.1167 a,b
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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include furnace of Byron Harmon's hous…
Date Range
[ca.1910 to ca.1970]
Reference Code
V263 / II / B / PA - 251 to 275
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
V263 / II / B : Contact Prints
Reference Code
V263 / II / B / PA - 251 to 275
Date Range
[ca.1910 to ca.1970]
Physical Description
Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
Scope & Content
File consists of 25 b&w prints. File pertains to contact prints made from original negatives. Extended date range accounts for the approximate date the original negative was created and up to the approximate date of the creation of the contact prints. Subjects include furnace of Byron Harmon's house; Conrad Kain's farm at Wilmer; exterior view of the Harmons building on Banff Avenue; portraits of Don, Aileen, and Lloyd Harmon with an unidentified family; unidentified young people posed at Lake Louise; a mine in Hailey, Idaho; Richfield Becker Oilwell, Naptha.
Subject Access
Scenery
Landscapes
Mountains
Mining
Oil Exploration
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
V263 / II / B / PA - 261 to 272 Mine at Hailey Idaho, 1933 V263 / II / B / PA - 273 to 275 Richfield Becker Oilwell, Naptha
Processing Status
Processed
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Family, Early Banff, and Collected Prints

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Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 33 b&w prints, some mounted. Extended date range accounts for numerous print that are not dated but fall approximately within the given range. File pertains to personal photographs, various views of early Banff, and collected photographs. Subjects include an unidentified man drivin…
Date Range
[ca.1890 to ca.1940]
Reference Code
V263 / IV / A / PA - 24 to 56
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Byron Harmon fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
V263
Series
V263 / IV / A : Family, Early Banff, and Collected Prints
Sous-Fonds
V263
Reference Code
V263 / IV / A / PA - 24 to 56
Other Title Info
Parallel title is original title
Date Range
[ca.1890 to ca.1940]
Physical Description
Photographs: 33 prints, b&w
Scope & Content
File consists of 33 b&w prints, some mounted. Extended date range accounts for numerous print that are not dated but fall approximately within the given range. File pertains to personal photographs, various views of early Banff, and collected photographs. Subjects include an unidentified man driving truck possibly during highway construction; view of unidentified mainstreet of a town; portrait of unidentified young girl; group portrait of Pete Vanni, Anthony Vanni, Louis Smomotto, Oreste Smomotto, Americo Smomotto, John Vanni, Frank Brandalise, Angelo Maschio, John Fantin, Joe Smomotto, and John Smomotto; portrait of Aileen and Don Harmon with unidentified family; four yoked oxen on farm with a farmer seated on plow, portrait of unidentified family; six unidentified men posed with two Lake Louise Tramway; Cascade River at Bankhead; Dam near Devil's Canyon at Lake Minnewanka; public fountain, possiby in Banff; skier and ice castle at the Banff Winter Carnival; group portrait of unidentified sport team photographed by George Noble; passengers on Lake Louise Tramway; boat under construction; unidentified man cooking in cook shelter; portrait of unidentified female skier; Moxie Whitney and his Banff Springs Hotel Orchestra; unidentified group posed on large horse-drawn carriage; Placer mining in the Klondike, copies made for for Jack Standly; entrance to Queen of the Hills Mine, ruins of old blacksmith shop, and cabin at Silver City (Castle Mountain), photographs by Cliff White; unidentified woman posed with unidentified person dressed in regalia during the Banff Indian Days Festival; Brewster Bothers Banff Livery; King Edward Hotel.
Subject Access
Scenery
Mountains
Landscapes
Mining
Indigenous Peoples
First nations
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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