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Provincial Museum of Natural History and Anthropology : report for the year 1948

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1949

Author: Province of British Columbia department of education

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [by Don McDiarmid, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty]

Call Number: 04 P94p 1948

Author: Province of British Columbia department of education

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [by Don McDiarmid, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty]

Published Date: 1949

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history and Anthropology, during the year of 1948. Published in 1949, the British Columbia Department of Education published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could then be shared with the public. Each issue features a report from the director, biologist, and/or botanist, and/or anthropologist in which they would share their subsequent findings from the previous year. Topics discussed in each report include, but are not limited to the following; exhibitions, new accessions, staff changes, research, botany, entomology and relevant articles.

Contents: Report of the Director (pg. 7); Exhibitions and Preparation (pg. 7); Special Exhibitions (pg. 7); Field-work (pg. 7); Publications (pg. 8); Motion Pictures (pg. 8); Education (pg. 9); Museum Lectures (pg. 9); Other Lectures (pg. 9); School Loan Material (pg. 10); Research (pg. 10); Attendance (pg. 10); Staff Changes (pg. 11); Office Equipment (pg. 11); Obituary (pg. 11); Report of the Assistant in Biology (pg. 12); Report of the General Assistant (pg. 12); Botany (pg. 12); Entomology (pg. 15); Accessions (pg. 15); Article: "A Report on a Study of Jordan Meadows," by G.A. Hardy (pg. 20); Article: "Some Lepidoptera from the Forbidden Plateau District of British Columbia," by J.R.J. Llewellyn Jones (pg. 47)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94p 1948

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1939

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1940

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Call Number: 04 P94r 1939

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Published Date: 1940

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology; Zoology; Entomology; Botany; Paleontology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1939. Published in 1940, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.

Contents: Objects (pg. 7); Visitors (pg. 7); Activities (pg. 7); Accessions (pg. 10); Anthropology and Archaeology (pg. 10); Botany (pg. 10, 12); Mammals (pg. 11); Birds (pg. 11); Invertebrates (pg. 12); Palaeontology (pg. 12); Library (pg. 15); Addenda to the Flora of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands (pg. 15)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94r 1939

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1940

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1941

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Call Number: 04 P94r 1940

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Published Date: 1941

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology; Zoology; Entomology; Botany; Paleontology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1940. Published in 1941, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.

Contents: Report of the acting director (pg. 7); Indian Village (pg. 7); Exhibition and Preparation (pg. 8); Cataloguing (pg. 8); Library (pg. 8); Publications (pg. 8); Staff Changes (pg. 9); Visitors (pg. 9); Report of the Assistant Director (pg. 10); Field-work (pg. 10); Exhibition and Preperation (pg. 10); Education (pg. 11); Report of the Botanist (pg. 11); Accessions (pg. 14); Botanical (pg. 14); Anthropological (pg. 14); Zoological (pg. 15); Publications of the Provincial Museum (pg. 16)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94r 1940

Collection: Archives Library

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Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1941

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1942

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Call Number: 04 P94r 1941

Author: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Authority of the Legislative Assembly, [printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.]

Published Date: 1942

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Museums; Anthropology; Zoology; Entomology; Botany; Paleontology

Abstract: Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1941. Published in 1942, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.

Contents: Report of the Acting Director (pg. 5); Thunderbird Park (pg. 5); Exhibition and Preparation (pg. 5); Loan Exhibits (pg. 6); Field-work (pg. 6); Motion-picture Production (pg. 7); Cataloguing (pg. 7); Publications (pg. 7); Lectures and Demonstrations (pg. 7); Staff Changes (pg. 7); Attendance (pg. 8); Report of the Botanist (pg. 9); Report of the Entomologist (pg. 11); Accessions to the Museum (pg. 12)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 04 P94r 1941

Collection: Archives Library

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A guide to art museums in the United States

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: (c1968)

Author: Christensen, Erwin O

Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead

Call Number: N510 C7

Author: Christensen, Erwin O

Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead

Published Date: (c1968)

Physical Description: xiii, 303p. : illus.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Art - U.S. - Galleries and Museums

Accession Number: 578

Call Number: N510 C7

Location: Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access

Collection: Art Library

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Canadian museums and related institutions

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1968

Publisher: Ottawa : Canadian Museum Association

Call Number: N908 C3 C3

Responsibility: edited by Archibald F. and Marjorie E. Key

Publisher: Ottawa : Canadian Museum Association

Published Date: 1968

Physical Description: xii, 138p.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Museums - Canada

Notes: A complete biographical index to museums and related institutions in Calgary; Text in English and French

Call Number: N908 C3 C3

Location: Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access

Collection: Art Library

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Le Musee du Vatican. Pinacotheque Vaticane Chapelle Sixtine, Loges de Raphael

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1949

Author: Art et Style (Periodical)

Publisher: Paris

Edition: Numero 13 de la revue Art et Style

Call Number: N2940 A7

Author: Art et Style (Periodical)

Responsibility: Preface de Mgr. Ennio Francia.

Edition: Numero 13 de la revue Art et Style

Publisher: Paris

Published Date: 1949

Physical Description: lv. (unpaged) : illus.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Vatican Museums; Sistine Chapel; Paintings, Renaissance; Painting, Italian

Notes: Text in French

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: N2940 A7

Location: Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access

Collection: Art Library

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Shopping lists, supplies, receipts, newspaper clippings

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of receipts [accommodation, groceries, etc.], supply lists, and other financial records pertaining to the Tilikum voyage in 1901/1902. File also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to the Tilikum voyage [1926-1954] and the 60th anniversary of Norman Luxton's participation on the t…

Date Range: 1901-1902; 1926; 1929-1930; 1940; 1954; 1961

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 17 to 18

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / B : Tilikum voyage

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / B1 : Clippings, notepads, photographs

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 17 to 18

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1901-1902; 1926; 1929-1930; 1940; 1954; 1961

Physical Description: 0.3 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of receipts [accommodation, groceries, etc.], supply lists, and other financial records pertaining to the Tilikum voyage in 1901/1902. File also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to the Tilikum voyage [1926-1954] and the 60th anniversary of Norman Luxton's participation on the trip [1961].

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Voss, John

Subject Access: Businesses; Commerce; Finances; Exploration; Travel; Anniversary; Museums; Boats; Boat building; Canoes and canoeing; Newspaper; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Vancouver; Victoria; Australia; Sydney

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Exploration, discovery and travel; Transportation; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Items stored in two file folders based on subject: LUX / I / B1 / 17 : Receipts, lists, other financial records LUX / I / B1 / 18 : Newspaper clippings

Processing Status: Processed

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Luxton Museum mannequin displays

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 16 colour transparency slides pertaining to Indigenous mannequin displays inside the Luxton Museum. Includes mannequin representing Chief Sitting Bull.

Date Range: 1953-1962

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / NS - 1 to 16

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

16 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / NS - 1 to 16

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1953-1962

Physical Description: 16 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope & Content: File consists of 16 colour transparency slides pertaining to Indigenous mannequin displays inside the Luxton Museum. Includes mannequin representing Chief Sitting Bull.

Notes: File contains duplicate photographs

Name Access: Chief Sitting Bull

Subject Access: Museums; History; Indigenous Peoples; Art

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored together in transparency sleeve

Category: Arts; Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Luxton Museum interior and exhibits

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 43 photographs pertaining to displays and views inside the Luxton Museum in Banff. Photographs depict artwork, taxidermy displays, wax figures, and visitors inside the museum.

Date Range: 1955; 1958; [1955-1960]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / PA - 114 to 156

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

72 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / PA - 114 to 156

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Ernest Kehr

Date Range: 1955; 1958; [1955-1960]

Physical Description: 43 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 43 photographs pertaining to displays and views inside the Luxton Museum in Banff. Photographs depict artwork, taxidermy displays, wax figures, and visitors inside the museum.