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Alequiers : the history of a homestead
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12627
- 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
- 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
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19801
- 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
- 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
- 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]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions23791
- 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
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The diva and the rancher : the story of Norma Piper and George Pocaterra
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13258
- 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
- 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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- 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
- Subjects
- Ranching
- Accession Number
- 7644
- Call Number
- 08.2 B96d
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Drafts, correspondence and other collected documents
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55631
- 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
- 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
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Green fields afar : memories of Alberta days
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5896
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1947
- Author
- Middleton, Clara
- Publisher
- Toronto : Ryerson
- Call Number
- 08.2 Al1mi
- Author
- Middleton, Clara
- Responsibility
- Clara and J.E. Middleton
- drawings by Thoreau MacDonald
- Publisher
- Toronto : Ryerson
- Published Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 61p. : ill
- Subjects
- Ranching
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 08.2 Al1mi
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Greeting card sets
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54744
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two greeting card series. Includes a set of 10 greeting cards with envelopes and an information sheet titled "A.C. Leighton Western Series", which depicts unidentified cowboys and an Indigenous person on horseback, ranching, black bear cubs, mountain scenery and other Western Canad…
- Date Range
- [1940-1950]
- [1970-1980]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 34
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 34
- Responsibility
- Produced by A.C. Leighton and A. Coutts, Hallmark
- Date Range
- [1940-1950]
- [1970-1980]
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 17 x 21.5 cm and 10.2 x 13 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two greeting card series. Includes a set of 10 greeting cards with envelopes and an information sheet titled "A.C. Leighton Western Series", which depicts unidentified cowboys and an Indigenous person on horseback, ranching, black bear cubs, mountain scenery and other Western Canadian themes; and a "Seven-Day Cheer Card 'Guess Who' Series" collection of greeting cards by Hallmark.
- Notes
- Date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist based on contents of file.
- Name Access
- Leighton, Alfred Crocker
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Communications
- Entertainment
- Animals
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Bears
- History
- Indigenous Peoples
- Ranching
- Landscapes
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Happy landing at Squaw Butte
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9128
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Campbell, Gray
- Call Number
- 04.2 OH1 Pam oversize
- Author
- Campbell, Gray
- Responsibility
- photos by Lloyd Knight
- Published Date
- 1949
- Subjects
- Ranching
- Notes
- In Maclean's magazine, vol.62, no.1, January 1, 1949
- Call Number
- 04.2 OH1 Pam oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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[Horse branding in Mini Thni]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions23789
- 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
Images
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