topic:"Ranching" found 23 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Alequiers : the history of a homestead

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

Published Date: 2003

Author: Schintz, Mike

Publisher: Calgary : University of Calgary

Call Number: 08.2 Sch3a

Author: Schintz, Mike

Publisher: Calgary : University of Calgary

Published Date: 2003

Physical Description: 190p. : ill., facsim

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

Subjects: Artists; Ranching; Stoney Indians; Wardens

Accession Number: 37000

Call Number: 08.2 Sch3a

Collection: Archives Library

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Challenging frontiers : the Canadian west

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

Published Date: 2004

Author: Felske, Lorry W., Beverly Jean Rasporich (editors)

Publisher: Calgary : University of Calgary Press

Call Number: 08.2 Fe33c

Author: Felske, Lorry W., Beverly Jean Rasporich (editors)

Responsibility: Edited by Lorry W. Felske and Beverly Jean Rasporich

Publisher: Calgary : University of Calgary Press

Published Date: 2004

Physical Description: vii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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

Subjects: Landscapes; Artists; Prairies, Canadian; First Nations; Mining; Music; Immigration; Chinese; Politics; Ranching

Abstract: Pertains to Indigenous people and Asian immigration in Western Canada, the Banff Springs Hotel, coal mining in Calgary, Canadian Pacific Hotels, Wilf Carter, Group of Seven, Sid Marty

Contents: Introduction : challenging frontiers / Lorry W. Felske and Beverly Rasporich -- Shooting a Saskatoon (whatever happened to the Marlboro man?) / Aritha van Herk -- Regionalism, landscape, and identity in the prairie west / R. Douglas Francis -- Celebrating magpies : artists Paul Kane, Hongeeyesa, and Emily Carr / Ann Davis -- Two months in big bear's camp, 1885 : narratives of "Indian captivity" and the articulation of "race" and "gender" hierarchies in western Canada / Sarah Carter -- Roughing it in the west, or, whose frontier, whose history? / Janice Dickin -- Diversifying our past : finding a place for coal mining communities in Alberta's historic identity / Lorry W. Felske -- When the "wild west" is me : re-viewing cowboys and Indians / Emma LaRocque -- Managing contradictory visions of the west : the great Richardson/Weadick experiment / Robert Seiler and Tamara Seiler -- Hank Snow and the eastern frontiers of western music / Brian Rusted -- Standard prairie grain elevators : a disappearing icon / Geoffrey Simmins -- From somewhere to everywhere to nowhere : the bank of Montreal as a case of vanishing identity / Michael McMordie -- Asian immigration to western Canada / Madeline A. Kalbach -- Chinese-language media across the west / Lloyd Sciban -- The reform and alliance experiments : federal politics in Western Canada / David Taras -- Constancy amid change : ranching in Western Canada / Max Foran -- North/Western aurages : the soundscapes of Allan Gordon Bell / Marcia Jenneth Epstein -- Rodeos, ranching and the house of tea : Irene McCaugherty and Esther Warkov re-invent the West / Beverly Rasporich.

ISBN: 1-55238-140-4

Accession Number: p2019-21

Call Number: 08.2 Fe33c

Collection: Archives Library

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[Cow and chickens]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of b&w photograph negative depicting cow and chickens [in Mini Thni] [Morley]

Date Range: [1904-1950]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D5 / NA - 25

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 5 : Native issues and advocacy

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D5 / NA - 25

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1904-1950]

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w negative ; 12 x 17 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of b&w photograph negative depicting cow and chickens [in Mini Thni] [Morley]

Notes: Negative has handwritten number annotation on edge

Subject Access: Farmland; Ranch; Ranchers and ranching

Geographic Access: Morley; Alberta

Conservation: Localized amber discolouration indicates nitrate deterioration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: *corresponding prints see: LUX/I/D5 PA-159

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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The diva and the rancher : the story of Norma Piper and George Pocaterra

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

Published Date: 2006

Author: Hamblin, Jennifer

Publisher: Surrey B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 08.3 H17d

Author: Hamblin, Jennifer

Responsibility: Jennifer Hamblin and David Finch

Publisher: Surrey B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 320p. : ill

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

Subjects: Coal and coal mines; Gissing, Roland; Guest ranches; Hammond, Agness; Highwood Pass; Kananaskis; Patterson, Raymond Murray (R.M.); Ranching; Twin Falls Chalet

Notes: Includes references to his friendships with Stoney Indians Spotted Wolf (Paul Amos), Three Buffalo Bulls and Johnny Bearspaw

ISBN: 13-978-1-894765-70-1

Accession Number: 39000 2006-09-21

Call Number: 08.3 H17d

Collection: Archives Library

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Dorsey

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

Published Date: 2006

Author: Bush, Wendy

Publisher: Banff : Mountain Wusa

Call Number: 08.2 B96d

Author: Bush, Wendy

Responsibility: Wendy Marie Bush

Publisher: Banff : Mountain Wusa

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 286 p. : ill., maps

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

Subjects: Ranching

Accession Number: 7644

Call Number: 08.2 B96d

Collection: Archives Library

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Drafts, correspondence and other collected documents

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of poetry drafts, receipts and invoices, loose notes, and correspondence. Content pertains to the history of Western Canada, ranching, and the purchase of farm and ranching equipment by Laura and Roderick Riddle MacLeay in High River.

Date Range: [ca.1900-1920]; 1907; 1955; 1958

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6 / 12

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Postcard

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / C : Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / C6 / 12

GMD: Textual record; Postcard

Date Range: [ca.1900-1920]; 1907; 1955; 1958

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of poetry drafts, receipts and invoices, loose notes, and correspondence. Content pertains to the history of Western Canada, ranching, and the purchase of farm and ranching equipment by Laura and Roderick Riddle MacLeay in High River.

Notes: Documents were possibly used as research material in the creation of the book Leaves from the Medicine Tree, published in 1960 by the High River Pioneer's and Old Timers' Association

Name Access: MacLeay, Roderick Riddle; MacLeay, Laura

Subject Access: Commerce; Industry; Finances; Poetry; History; Ranches; Ranching; Correspondence; Communications; Research

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Red Deer; High River

Conservation: Some items stored in mylar

Category: Commerce and industry; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Elliott Barnes and Barnes Family Photographs

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to Barnes family members and activities at Kootenay Plains, Banff, Jumping Pound and Morley, Alberta. Includes a mix of family portraits, scenic views, wildlife, sports and recreation, Stoney Nakoda, and ranching.

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Reference Code: V48 / I / B / NG - 1 to 76

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Transparency

73 images

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I.B. Negatives : Glass

Sous-Fonds: V48

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V48 / I / B / NG - 1 to 76

GMD: Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1914]

Physical Description: 76 photographs : negatives, glass

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to Barnes family members and activities at Kootenay Plains, Banff, Jumping Pound and Morley, Alberta. Includes a mix of family portraits, scenic views, wildlife, sports and recreation, Stoney Nakoda, and ranching.

Notes: Negatives are related to negatives in sub-series I.A. Negatives : Film; Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 1 Elliott Barnes and dog (Gyp); 2 Elliott Barnes in front of fireplace at his Kootenay Plains cabin, [1907?]; 3 Barnes cabin at Kootenay Plains, Elliott Barnes on step, Elliott Peak in background; 4 Horses on Kootenay Plains, Indigenous man and Barnes herding, Elliott Peak in background; 5 Horses pasturing on Kootenay Plains; 6 Kootenay Plains, 1906; 7 Kootenay Plains and Mt. Siffleur; 8 Kootenay Plains and unknown peak; 9 Indigenous woman and child at Kootenay Plains [Mrs. Paul Beaver]; 10 Barnes pack train on Siffleur River; 11 Horse (Grace) on Badger Pass; 12 Valley of the Ten Peaks, 1906; 13 Glacier; 14, 18 Waterfall/s; 15 to 18 Mountain scene/s; 19 Elliott Barnes fishing on Forty Mile Creek; 20 Elliott Barnes and Mr. Jordan fishing on Forty Mile Creek; 21 Fishing scene; 22 Elliott Barnes fishing; 23 Hockey on Bow River at Banff, 1905-1906; 24 Hockey on Bow River at Banff, 1906-1907; 25 Cave and Basin bathhouse and pool, 1905 or 1906; 26 Elliott Barnes and son Findlay; 27 Mrs. E. Barnes and sons, 1907; 28 Elliott Jr. and Findlay Barnes, 1907; 29 Findlay Barnes with chickens at S-L Ranch; 30, 31 Findlay Barnes using stereo viewer, 1909 or 1910; 32 Stoney Band, 1909; 33 People fishing on Little Jumping Pound Creek; 34 Elliott Barnes and Lois fishing on Little Jumping Pound Creek; 35 Boys fishing on Jumping Pound Creek (Jack Leeson on right); 36 Jack Leeson cooking fish; 37 John Copithorne, [1910?]; 38 Elliott and Robert Barnes roping horses at Jumping Pound; 39 Elliott and Robert Barnes roping horses at Jumping Pound; 40 to 44 Elliott Jr., Robert and Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead, [1914], portrait; 45 Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead; 46, 47 Findlay Barnes at Jumping Pound homestead (sawing), 1911; 48 Findlay Barnes with fish; 49 Findlay Barnes with sheep at Jumping Pound; 50 Findlay Barnes on cart at Jumping Pound; 51 Main room of homestead at Jumping Pound, [1914]; 52 Family on porch of Jumping Pound homestead, [1914]; 53, 54 Muriel Barnes at Milo, 1919, portrait; 55 Baby (Eggley baby?); 56 Portrait of woman; 57 Elliott Barnes' anti-rattler invention; 58 Mounted specimen of cougar attacking deer from Luxton's; 59 Bear attacking man; 60 Hen and chicks at S-L Ranch; 61 [Stoney children with playhouse teepee at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]; 62 [Silas Abraham on horseback at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]; 63 [Silas Abraham, Morley or Issac Beaver, and John House at Kootenay Plains, 1906?]; 64 [Pack train at Kootenay Plains, 1907?]; 65, 66 [Stoney horse racing at Morley, 1910?]; 67, 68 [Stoney archery competition at Morley, 1910?] NG 69 to 76 added, no independant entry

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott; Abraham, Silas; House, John; Beaver, Issac

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Children; Dogs; Family; Family and personal life; Fishing; Glaciers; Horses; Landscapes; Mountains; Photography; Portrait; Ranching; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Wildlife; Waterfalls; Winter

Geographic Access: Kootenay Plains; Forty Mile Creek; Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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[Horse branding in Mini Thni]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of b&w photograph negative depicting unidentified individuals [branding?] a horse [in Mini Thni] [Morley]

Date Range: [1904-1950]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D5 / NA - 23

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 5 : Native issues and advocacy

Reference Code: LUX / I / D5 / NA - 23

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1904-1950]

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w negative ; 12 x 17 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of b&w photograph negative depicting unidentified individuals [branding?] a horse [in Mini Thni] [Morley]

Notes: Negative has handwritten number annotation on edge

Subject Access: Ranch; Ranchers and ranching

Geographic Access: Morley; Alberta

Conservation: Localized amber discolouration indicates nitrate deterioration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: *corresponding prints see: LUX/I/D5 PA-157

Processing Status: Processed

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Jumping Pound Homestead, Morley and S-L Ranch

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains mainly to the Barnes' homestead at Jumping Pound, Alberta; also includes views at Morley, Alberta, and the S-L Ranch near Morley

Date Range: [ca. 1909-1911]

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 343 to 373

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

31 images

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I.A. Negatives : Film

Sous-Fonds: V48

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 343 to 373

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1909-1911]

Physical Description: 31 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains mainly to the Barnes' homestead at Jumping Pound, Alberta; also includes views at Morley, Alberta, and the S-L Ranch near Morley

Notes: Most identifications provided by the Barnes family LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 343 Stoney Indian Agency at Morley, 1909; 344 Stoney Indian Agent's house at Morley, 1909; 345 Jacob Twoyoungmen on bucking horse, 1909 or 1910; 346 to 348 S-L Ranch, [Morley area], 1909; 349 Elliott Barnes Jr. and Robert Barnes on horseback at S-L Ranch, 1909; 350 to 352 Scott Lake with Findlay Barnes in foreground, 1909; 353, 354 Elliott Barnes clearing timber on his Jumping Pound homestead, 1910; 355 Elliott Barnes Jr. on horseback at Jumping Pound, [1911?]; 356 Elliott Barnes with dead coyote on horse at Jumping Pound, [1911?]; 357 Pack horse; 358, 359 Findlay Barnes in cart pulled by calf at Jumping Pound, [1911?]; 360 to 365 Horses in corral at Jumping Pound, [1911?]; 366 Horses in front of Jumping Pound homestead, [1911?]; 367 Findlay Barnes with horses in corral at Jumping Pound homestead, [1911?]; 368 to 370 Horses at Jumping Pound, [1911?]; 371, 372 Clydesdale stallion; 373 Findlay Barnes with horse at Jumping Pound, [1911?]

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott

Subject Access: Children; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Horses; Hunting; Indigenous Peoples; Logging; Ranching

Geographic Access: Jumping Pound; Morley; Rocky Mountains; Alberta; Canada

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Livestock roundups, ranching

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs depicting livestock roundups and ranchers on horseback, including views of unidentified ranches in Calgary, southern Alberta and Cochrane; and workers at Hawkeye Ranch in Brant, Alberta.

Date Range: [ca.1900-1910]; 1901; 1905

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 253 to 264 (oversize)

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

15 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Other material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 253 to 264 (oversize)

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1900-1910]; 1901; 1905

Physical Description: 12 photographs : b&w prints ; 46.5 x 19 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs depicting livestock roundups and ranchers on horseback, including views of unidentified ranches in Calgary, southern Alberta and Cochrane; and workers at Hawkeye Ranch in Brant, Alberta.