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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
Author
Haldane, John Wilton Cunninghame
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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
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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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
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

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
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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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
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.
Subject
mountain
architecture
Rocky Mountains
Cascade Mountain
urban
Banff
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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Kain, Conrad
Robson, Mount
Banff
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Mountain guides
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
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1890
Call Number
P
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

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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”
Subject
mountains
Rocky Mountains
Banff
Cave and Basin
hotel
cabin
lumber
log cabin
trees
clouds
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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
First Nations
Banff Indian Days
Rocky Mountains
Banff
First Nations (SEE ALSO Indians)
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
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
1890
Call Number
P
Published Date
1890
Physical Description
p.93, ill.
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Banff
Hoodoos
Canadian Pacific Railway
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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