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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Railways
Labour
Racism
Canada
History
Travel
Transportation
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
Websites
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1987
Author
Nikiforuk, Andrew
Call Number
08.5 N58 Pam
Author
Nikiforuk, Andrew
Published Date
1987
Physical Description
p.41-47 : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Accidents
Canadian National Railways
Notes
From Saturday Night
Call Number
08.5 N58 Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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"Doing it right" : a general response regarding the provisions of Bill c-97 an act respecting railway passenger transportation

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11362
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
March 1986
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Government
Call Number
08.5 Al1d
Responsibility
Alberta Economic Development, Alberta Tourism, and Alberta Transportation
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Government
Published Date
March 1986
Physical Description
vi, 26 p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
VIA Rail
Call Number
08.5 Al1d
Collection
Archives Library
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The Asian dream : the Pacific Rim and Canada's national railway

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6320
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1986
Author
MacKay, Donald
Publisher
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre
Call Number
08.5 M19a
Author
MacKay, Donald
Publisher
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre
Published Date
1986
Physical Description
223p. : ill., maps, ports., facsim
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian National Railways
Tete Jaune Cache
Yellowhead Pass
Notes
Bibliography and index
ISBN
0-88894-501-9
Accession Number
24000
Call Number
08.5 M19a
Collection
Archives Library
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The Robson Valley story

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6162
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1979
Publisher
[Robson Valley] : The McBride Robson Valley Story Group
Call Number
08.3 R57
Responsibility
compiled and edited by Marilyn J. Wheeler
sketches by John Wheeler
Publisher
[Robson Valley] : The McBride Robson Valley Story Group
Published Date
1979
Physical Description
vii, 376p. : ill., ports., maps, plan., facsim
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian National Railways
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Yellowhead Highway
ISBN
0-9690209-0-2
Accession Number
21000
Call Number
08.3 R57
Collection
Archives Library
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Overland by the Yellowhead

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6175
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1974
Author
MacGregor, James G
Publisher
Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books
Call Number
08.3 Ye3m
Author
MacGregor, James G
Publisher
Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books
Published Date
1974
Physical Description
270p. : ill., ports., map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alberta Coal Branch
Canadian National Railways
Jasper National Park
Accession Number
7500
Call Number
08.3 Ye3m
Collection
Archives Library
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The Edmonton story : the life and times of Edmonton

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5967
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1956
Author
Cashman, Tony
Publisher
Edmonton : Institute of Applied Art
Call Number
08.2 Ed5ce
Author
Cashman, Tony
Publisher
Edmonton : Institute of Applied Art
Published Date
1956
Physical Description
279p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian National Railways
Fur trade
Notes
Contains chapters on Jasper Hawes, Princess Louise, John and George McDougall
Accession Number
2278
Call Number
08.2 Ed5ce
Collection
Archives Library
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A century of railway progress

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11031
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1953
Author
Weekend Picture Magazine
Call Number
08.5 C16we Pam oversize
Author
Weekend Picture Magazine
Published Date
1953
Physical Description
p.17-32 : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian National Railways
Notes
Contents: Museum train; Mammoth of the rails / Gerald Clark; Two girls at Jasper / photos by Harry Rowed; Pioneers, 1953 / Jacqueline Moore; Royal trains / Norman C. Ogilvie
Accession Number
6283
Call Number
08.5 C16we Pam oversize
Collection
Archives Library
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Roundhouse before the mountain

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8101
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1949
Author
O'Hagan, Howard
Call Number
08.5 J31oh Pam
Author
O'Hagan, Howard
Published Date
1949
Physical Description
p.7, 22-24 : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian National Railways
Jasper Station
Lucerne Station
Tekarra, Mount
Notes
From Canadian National Magazine, vol.34, no.12
Accession Number
320
Call Number
08.5 J31oh Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Sir Henry Thornton, K.B.E. (1871-1933) : pioneer

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8129
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1948
Author
Barriger, John Walker
Publisher
New York : Newcomen Society of England, American Branch
Call Number
08.5 T39b Pam
Author
Barriger, John Walker
Publisher
New York : Newcomen Society of England, American Branch
Published Date
1948
Physical Description
40p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian National Railways
Accession Number
2933
Call Number
08.5 T39b Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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