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3800 miles across Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14134
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1908
- Author
- Haldane, John Wilton Cunninghame
- Publisher
- London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent
- Call Number
- 02.4 H12 1908
- Responsibility
- by J.W.C. Haldane
- Publisher
- London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent
- Published Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 344, 23 p. : ill., 2 folded maps
- Subjects
- CP Rail
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Field
- Rocky Mountains Canada
- Notes
- Folded map in back of book has become detached, in brittle condition 1908 edition has a supplementary chapter written by authour
- Accession Number
- 7966
- Call Number
- 02.4 H12 1908
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Above Bow Falls
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgyh.02.15
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.15
- Description
- A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.
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- Title
- Above Bow Falls
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.
- Subject
- Banff
- Bow Falls
- Rocky Mountains
- water
- waterfall
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Burghardt, Edmonton, 2018
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.15
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Banff Winter Carnival
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.834
- Date
- 1924 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.834
- Description
- In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees frami…
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- Title
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Date
- 1924 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.1 x 29.7 cm
- Description
- In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees framing the the edges of the drawing. Below the drawing it says “WITH APOLOGIES TO DEBECK”, “Peter White - 1924”, and “Banff WINTER CARNIVAL - FEBRUARY 7-14. 1925 - The Peoples Playground SKI-ING SWIMMING SKATING TOBOGGANING, ETC.” Surrounding the inscription it is bordered with 3mm design: two lines running parallel to each other with circles drawn in the middle.
- Subject
- winter
- sports
- snow
- mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- Banff
- Winter Carnival
- skiing
- swimming
- skating
- tobogganing
- skijumping
- man
- suit
- suit jacket
- vest
- tie
- skis
- trees
- clouds
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.834
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Cascade Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbwb.02.03
- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- BwB.02.03
- Description
- General colour: blue, green, red brown. In the lower third are buildings and a road. The building in the center flies a flag. Behind the town of Banff are trees and a mountain rises up to a peak right of center at the top. Clouded sky comes down with sides a third.
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- Title
- Cascade Mountain
- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, green, red brown. In the lower third are buildings and a road. The building in the center flies a flag. Behind the town of Banff are trees and a mountain rises up to a peak right of center at the top. Clouded sky comes down with sides a third.
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs J. C, Reed, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- BwB.02.03
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Conrad Kain : letters from a wandering mountain guide, 1906-1933
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14890
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Call Number
- G510 K35
- Responsibility
- Editor : Zac Robinson Translators: John W. Koch and Maria Koch
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 468 pages : illustrations, portraits
- ISBN
- 9781772120042
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- G510 K35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Devil's Lake near Banff, Canadian Rockies, in winter; ice boat in the foreground
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15100
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- p.92, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Banff
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.84, (February 1890)
- photograph on p.92, description on p.87
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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First Shack at Cave + Basin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.835
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.835
- Description
- A simple log cabin that is shaped in a simple square is in the foreground. Just in front of the structure there is some logs on on the ground, off to the side is a wooden fence, and behind the building there is a tree without leaves (suggesting that the drawing is later in the year). In the backgro…
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- Title
- First Shack at Cave + Basin
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.4 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- A simple log cabin that is shaped in a simple square is in the foreground. Just in front of the structure there is some logs on on the ground, off to the side is a wooden fence, and behind the building there is a tree without leaves (suggesting that the drawing is later in the year). In the background there is pine trees, and the Rocky Mountains. In the sky their is a couple clouds. On the door of the building says “HOTEL”, and on the bottom edge is says “FIRST SHACK AT CAVE + BASIN”. Peter signed the drawing in the BRC “PETE WHiTE”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.835
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Ice lines : select waterfalls of the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14891
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Peters, Brent
- Publisher
- Canmore : PeakStratagem
- Call Number
- GV191.2 I24
- Author
- Peters, Brent
- Publisher
- Canmore : PeakStratagem
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 151 pages, col. ill., maps
- Subjects
- Ice
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Guidebooks
- Canmore
- Banff
- ISBN
- 9780992039806
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- GV191.2 I24
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Indians in the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19886
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1985
- Author
- Whyte, Jon
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta., Canada : Altitude Pub.
- Call Number
- 07.2 W62i
- Author
- Whyte, Jon
- Responsibility
- Jon Whyte
- Publisher
- Banff, Alta., Canada : Altitude Pub.
- Published Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 128 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history and movement of Indigenous Peoples into the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Written through a colonial perspective, author Jon Whyte offers his insight into Indigenous culture and the ways in which settlers were dependent on traditional Indigenous knowledge upon their arrival in North America. The book follows the migration of Indigenous Peoples into the valley of the Rocky Mountains.
- Contents
- Foreward (pg. 7)
- Introduction (pg. 11)
- The first hundred centuries (pg. 15)
- The mountain peoples (pg. 23)
- Strangers in the land (pg. 37)
- Calling cards 1840-1870 (pg. 41)
- The art of beadwork (pg. 51)
- Capital in reserve (pg. 55)
- Civilization: its discontents (pg. 61)
- Indian Days (pg. 71)
- All our yesterdays (pg. 81)
- Portfolio (pg. 85)
- Epilogue (pg. 122)
- Acknowledgments (pg. 123)
- Bibliography (pg. 127)
- About the author (pg. 128)
- ISBN
- 0919381154
- Accession Number
- 2019.60
- Call Number
- 07.2 W62i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The natural monuments, near Banff, on the C.P.R.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15101
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- p.93, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.84, (February 1890)
- photograph on p.93
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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