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Opening up the West : being the official reports to Parliament of the activities of the Royal North-West Mounted Police force from 1874-1881
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19966
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1973
- Author
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Publisher
- Toronto : Coles Pub. Co.
- Call Number
- 08.4 N81 1874-1881
- Publisher
- Toronto : Coles Pub. Co.
- Published Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 341 [i.e. 187] pages in various pagings : 2 folded plans ; 24 cm.
- Abstract
- Pertains to the commissioner’s reports published by the North West Mounted Police, between the years of 1871 and 1881. Each report contains correspondence between members of the North West Mounted Police and others in the community. In addition to written correspondence, the publication contains diary entries and interviews that enrich the reader’s experience. The book contributes to an all-encompassing understanding of legal culture and history in Canada.
- Contents
- The Commissioner's Report (pg. 3)
- Table of Distances (pg. 29)
- Horses and Cattle (Addenda (pg. 30)
- Marching out state. Toronto (pg. 31)
- Marching out state, Dufferin (pg. 32)
- Schedule of previous service men (pg. 33)
- Appendix A., Diary (pg. 34)
- Appendix B., Extracts, Reports, &c (pg. 57)
- Diagram of Fort Hamilton, &c
- Diagram of Fort MacLeod
- Notes
- On cover: Official reports, Royal North-West Mounted Police
- Includes original title pages.
- Reports originally published separately 1874-81 under title: Report of the Commissioner, North-West Mounted Police
- No report was prepared or published for the year 1875.
- Includes the act of Parliament incorporating the force.
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 08.4 N81 1874-1881
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Burned Photographs [from the Luxton family home]
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 75 photographs pertaining to extended members of the Luxton and McDougall family. Photographs include Munro, Graham, Ingraham, Mackenzie and Hardisty family members. Photographs are accompanied in file by two lists detailing context and individual family members in each photograph.
- Date Range
- 1889-1904
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C3 / PA - 1 to 79
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
148 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / C : Extended family
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / III / C3 : Other extended family
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / C3 / PA - 1 to 79
- Date Range
- 1889-1904
- Physical Description
- 75 photographs : b&w prints ; 15 x 20 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 75 photographs pertaining to extended members of the Luxton and McDougall family. Photographs include Munro, Graham, Ingraham, Mackenzie and Hardisty family members. Photographs are accompanied in file by two lists detailing context and individual family members in each photograph.
- Notes
- Photographs are part of a collection retrieved from the Luxton family home titled "Burned Photographs". Original numbering from corresponding photograph lists has been preserved, although some listed photographs are missing from file. Photograph list: Image 1: Srgt. Major Flintoff, N.W.M.P. Image 2: Mrs. Munro + family - cousin [of] Mrs. D. McDougall Image 3: [missing] Image 4: Mt. Royal Hotel, Banff, built by D. McDougall Image 5: Dorothy Graham Ingraham Image 6: F.H. Graham + Jean Graham (wife) Image 7: Geo. Ingraham Image 8: Uncle F.H. Graham from Gracie 1903 Image 9: Dorothy Graham [3 photos] Image 10: A.A. Williams' Bungalow Calgary, 1900 Image 11: John Graham Image 12: Elizabeth Chantler McDougall Image 13: Allen A. Shepard 1894 [3 photos] Image 14: Jean McDougall Graham in her wedding gown Image 15: Bob Alloway Image 16: Mr. [Fred?] Graham's mother Image 17: Freddie Graham Jr. Image 18: E. G. McDougall Image 19: [missing] Malcolm McKenzie Image 20: Fishing Great Slave Lake Image 21: Lizzie Colter Image 22: Gillies Girls Image 23: David & Annie McDougall Image 24: Jimmy Mackenzie's first wife Image 25: Birdie Young Roy Image 26: Maggie Munro 1892 O.L.C. Image 27: Jennie Gillies' girls Image 28: [missing] Annie Mackenzie McDougall, David's Wife Image 29: [missing] Eliz. Chantler McDougall Image 30: [missing] Rev. Geo. McDougall Image 31: Lillian Hall 1891 O.L.C. Image 32: Helen Roat Image 33: May McD. Ross Image 34: Gussie and Mrs. Geo. McDougall [in] Morley Image 35: [missing] Jean McDougall Graham's Wedding in Morley Image 36: Freddie Graham Jr. Image 37: N.K. Luxton 1904 Image 38: Libby McD. Young Rev. Geo.'s Daughter Image 39: Dorothy Graham [6 photos] Image 40: Arthur Hall Image 41: [missing] Fred Graham + wife Image 42: Mr. F.M. Graham [2 photos] Image 43: Mrs. Graham Sr., Harry + wife + Jean, Fred's wife Image 44: Freddie Carling- son [of] Annie Image 45: Annie McD. Carling- daughter [of] David Mcd. Image 46: John Mackenzie + His Wife Image 47: [missing] Nettie Ramsay Image 48: [missing] David's Trading Post Morley Image 49: Minnie McD. Wilson- wife [of] Tom Wilson Image 50: Jean + Fred Graham Image 51: Dottie Burroughs Image 52: Liza + Percy Hardisty, Clara + Mrs. Geo. McD. Image 53: Miss Barret, first teacher Morley Image 54: Mrs. Youmans - Fred husband Indian Agent Morley Image 55: Nellie Wood McDougall Image 56: [missing] Harry Graham wife Jean McD. Graham + Mrs. Graham Sr. Image 57: Rev. John McD., [Egerton Steinhauer], Pakan, Samson, Joman [Jonas Two Young Men] Image 58: [missing] Geo., Dorothy, Aunt Jean Image 59: Jean Graham John McDougall Image 60: Young David, Son [of] Rev. John + Elizabeth McDougall Image 61: [Ed] Youmans Image 62: [not listed] Image 63: Magnus Begg Image 64: Mrs. Egerton [Steinhauer] Image 65: Ruth Wheatley [and] family daughter [of] Rev. John [McDougall] + first wife Image 66: Ed Youmans Image 67: [not listed] Image 68: [not listed] Image 69: Willie Mackenzie's wife Image 70: B.J.'s Christening [B.J. Ingraham] Image 71: Malcolm Mackenzie school teacher Morley [2 photos] Image 72: Mr. May- married Annie Mackenzie Image 73: Clara + Percy Hardisty Image 74: Jean Graham Image 75: Aggie Munro Image 76: Annie Munro Image 77: N.W.M.P. Post Canmore 1889 Image 78: Percy Hardisty Image 79: 1914 Princess Pats Training Calgy.
- Name Access
- Graham, Fred
- Graham, Dorothy
- Graham, Harry
- Graham, Jean
- McDougall, David
- McDougall, Annie
- McDougall, May
- McDougall, Elizabeth (Chantler)
- Mackenzie, George John
- Hardisty, Percy
- Hardisty, Clara
- Munro, Aggie
- Munro, Annie
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Children
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Fishing
- Leisure
- Marriage
- Military
- North West Mounted Police
- Photography
- Portrait
- Recreation
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- WWI
- World War I
- Geographic Access
- Canmore
- Calgary
- Morley
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Fragile- handle with caution
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Fragile- handle with caution
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items are stored in mylar. Digitization recommended due to fragile and damaged nature of photographs
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The true spirit and original intent of Treaty 7
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11236
- Responsibility
- Treaty 7 Elders and Tribal Council with Walter Hildebrandt, Dorothy First Rider and Sarah Carter
- forward by Gregg C. Smith
- preface by Chief Roy Whitney
- Physical Description
- xx, 408 p. : ill., maps
- Series
- McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series
- Notes
- Includes bibliographic references and index. Partial contents include the pre-and post-treaty life of First Nations, oral histories of the treaty, and biographies of the elders from whom these testimonies are given
- ISBN
- 0-7735-1522-4 (pbk.)
- Accession Number
- 6-27-97 29,500
- Call Number
- 07.2 H54
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Reminiscences of a raconteur : between the '40s and the '20s
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5174
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- [1921]
- Author
- Ham, George Henry
- Publisher
- Toronto : Musson
- Call Number
- 08.1 H17
- Author
- Ham, George Henry
- Publisher
- Toronto : Musson
- Published Date
- [1921]
- Physical Description
- xvi, 330p. : ill., ports., map
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 08.1 H17
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The hunting of Almighty Voice
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8786
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Osborn, Edward Bolland
- Call Number
- 07.2 Os1 Pam
- Author
- Osborn, Edward Bolland
- Physical Description
- p.451-458 : ill., port
- Subjects
- North West Mounted Police
- Notes
- From the Wide World Magazine, vol.V, no.29, August 1900
- Accession Number
- 373
- Call Number
- 07.2 Os1 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Historic sites of Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19870
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A.
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Call Number
- 08.2 D39h Pam
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A.
- Responsibility
- Hugh A. Dempsey
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Government Travel Bureau
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 64 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Alberta
- History of Alberta
- History
- Fur trade
- North-West Mounted Police
- Missionaries
- Riel rebellions
- Abstract
- Pertains to a series of notable and historically significant sites located across Alberta. The book is divided into nine categories pertaining to influential people and events, such as the Riel Rebellion and the North-West Mounted Police. Within each category, the author Hugh A. Dempsey, has included the names and locations of many historical sites in Alberta, be that a sign, a cairn or other form of historical remembrance.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg.3)
- Indians (pg. 5)
- The fur trade (pg. 12)
- The missionaries (pg. 24)
- American posts (pg. 29)
- North-west Mounted Police (pg. 35)
- Riel rebellion (pg. 39)
- The pioneers (pg. 43)
- Historic events (pg. 50)
- Transportation (pg. 57)
- Index (pg. 61)
- Map (pg. 63)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 08.2 D39h Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Scarlet & gold.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19967
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1984
- Author
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans' Association.
- Publisher
- Vancouver, A. Macdonald
- Edition
- 66th ed.
- Call Number
- 08.4 R53s
- Edition
- 66th ed.
- Publisher
- Vancouver, A. Macdonald
- Published Date
- 1984
- Abstract
- Pertains to the 66th edition of the Scarlet and Gold, which seeks to commemorate the role of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canadian history. In celebration of the centennial anniversary of the Canadian Pacific Railways completion in Craigellachie, BC, the Scarlet and Gold has devoted this issue to the role the Royal Canadian Mounted Police fulfilled during the process. The publication encourages readers to learn more about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and their role in Canadian history.
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 08.4 R53s
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Scarlet and Gold
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20118
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1948
- Author
- MacDonald, W.E.G.
- Publisher
- Royal North West Mounted Police Veterans' Association
- Edition
- 30th ed.
- Call Number
- 08.4 M11s
- Author
- MacDonald, W.E.G.
- Responsibility
- W.E.G. MacDonald
- Edition
- 30th ed.
- Publisher
- Royal North West Mounted Police Veterans' Association
- Published Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 130 pages.
- Subjects
- Royal North West Mounted Police
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of stories, pictures and advertisements celebrating the history of the Royal North West Mounted Police. The publication contains dramatized stories, interviews, archival records and more to present the history of the Royal North West Mounted Police in an engaging and thought provoking manner.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.4 M11s
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Cypress Hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20159
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1969
- Author
- Primrose, Tom
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Frontier Publishing Ltd.
- Edition
- Frontier Book No. 22
- Call Number
- 08.4 P93t
- Author
- Primrose, Tom
- Responsibility
- Tom Primrose
- Edition
- Frontier Book No. 22
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Frontier Publishing Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 48 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Cypress Hills Massacre, and the ways in which the event gave rise to the North West Mounted Police in early Canada. The publication explores the implications of the Massacre, while also delving into Fort Walsh and the role James Morrow Walsh played in changing Canadian enforcement services.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.4 P93t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The patrol of the Sun-dance Trail
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4310
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1914
- Author
- Gordon, Charles William
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton
- Call Number
- 05.2 G65pa
- Author
- Gordon, Charles William
- Responsibility
- by Ralph Connor
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton
- Published Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- vii, 304p
- Subjects
- North West Mounted Police
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 05.2 G65pa
- Collection
- Archives Library
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