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Rita Crick interview

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15268
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Date Range
1974
Reference Code
S1 / 95
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I. Interviews
Reference Code
S1 / 95
Responsibility
Interviewer: E. J. (Ted) Hart
Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
Date Range
1974
Physical Description
1 sound recording
Subject Access
Bannerman family
Cave and Basin
Daem, Mary
Frank Lloyd Wright Pavilion
Greenham, Henry
Greenham, Margaret
Harrison, George
Lake Minnewanka
Lux Theatre
Mather's Skating Rink
Mountain School
Reynolds, Kyte
Round, Bill
Round, Doreen
Tally-hos
Warren, Mary Townsend Sharples Schaffer
Wilson, Tom
Finding Aid
Recording summary and reference cassette available
Title Source
Title based on contents of recording
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George Vaux interview

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Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Reference Code
S1 / 137
Description Level
6 / Item
Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Series
I. Interviews
Reference Code
S1 / 137
Responsibility
Interviewer: E. J. (Ted) Hart
Physical Description
1 sound recording
Subject Access
Gibbon, John Murray
Moore, Pearl (Brewster)
Moore, (Col.) Philip
Photography
Schaffer, Mary Townsend Sharples
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Vaux, Mary
Vaux family
Walcott, Charles Doolittle
Finding Aid
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Title Source
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Part Of
William Henderson Watts fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of three photographs: Eric Alfred Sharples in uniform, captioned on reverse; William Henderson Watts in uniform as [chaplain American Expeditionary Force]; three small children, captioned on reverse.
Date Range
1916-1917
Reference Code
V776
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
William Henderson Watts fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Accession Number
2014.8371
Reference Code
V776
Date Range
1916-1917
Physical Description
3 photographs: prints, b&w
Scope & Content
File consists of three photographs: Eric Alfred Sharples in uniform, captioned on reverse; William Henderson Watts in uniform as [chaplain American Expeditionary Force]; three small children, captioned on reverse.
Subject Access
Eric Sharples
William Henderson Watts
Processing Status
Processed
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Date
c. 1875
Material
fibre; cotton; wool
Catalogue Number
102.01.1010
Description
Patterned blue and beige blanket with beige fringe along the edge.
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Title
Blanket
Date
c. 1875
Material
fibre; cotton; wool
Dimensions
100 x 250 cm
Description
Patterned blue and beige blanket with beige fringe along the edge.
Subject
households
Sharples
weaving
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2012
Catalogue Number
102.01.1010
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Date
c. 1700
Material
hair sheep
Catalogue Number
102.01.1011
Description
A checked beige, red and blue blanket. There is a prominent seam down the middle.
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Title
Blanket
Date
c. 1700
Material
hair sheep
Dimensions
199 x 184 cm
Description
A checked beige, red and blue blanket. There is a prominent seam down the middle.
Subject
households
Sharples
weaving
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2012
Catalogue Number
102.01.1011
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Date
prior to 1910
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.1047
Description
Hemmed, fine white cotton handkerchief, machine hemmed all edges, top left corner hand written with ink: "Sarah J. Sharples"
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Title
Handkerchief
Date
prior to 1910
Material
fibre
Dimensions
37.0 x 37.0 cm
Description
Hemmed, fine white cotton handkerchief, machine hemmed all edges, top left corner hand written with ink: "Sarah J. Sharples"
Subject
Sarah J. Sharples
Mary Schaffer
households
clothing
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.08.1047
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Date
1775 – 1820
Material
glass; fibre; paper; bone; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.1016
Description
Kit with various beads and supplies for working. 26 small paper bundles of beads, tied with string. One long beaded string, mauve. One piece of muslin 16.3 x 22.0, all edges whip stitched. Unfinished beadwork in blc 4.0 x 7.5, mauve background, green pot with stems and 2 hanging burgandy flower…
Title
Kit Beadwork
Date
1775 – 1820
Material
glass; fibre; paper; bone; metal
Description
Kit with various beads and supplies for working. 26 small paper bundles of beads, tied with string. One long beaded string, mauve. One piece of muslin 16.3 x 22.0, all edges whip stitched. Unfinished beadwork in blc 4.0 x 7.5, mauve background, green pot with stems and 2 hanging burgandy flowers. Thin needle with string pinned in material. One bone crochet hook 8.5 x 1.8. One square paper box with lid with loose beads. Written on box in pencil: "Last piece beadwork by Grandmother Cope Sharples - 1820" Another piece of paper has written: "Elizabeth Jefferes last work about 2 years before she died."
Subject
hobbies
Mary Schaffer Warren
Cope Sharples
Elizabeth Jefferes
beadwork
needlework
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
107.02.1016
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Date
prior to 1900
Material
clay
Catalogue Number
110.02.1006 a-c
Description
Three handmade clay pots of Columbian origin (see history). (a) 8.5x12.0x8.0, egg shaped vase with open back. One side has an extension which would enable holding (the vase appears to be for pouring or scooping), a beetle with long legs is draped over this extension. The beetle has a striped …
Title
Vessel
Date
prior to 1900
Material
clay
Description
Three handmade clay pots of Columbian origin (see history). (a) 8.5x12.0x8.0, egg shaped vase with open back. One side has an extension which would enable holding (the vase appears to be for pouring or scooping), a beetle with long legs is draped over this extension. The beetle has a striped back and lobster-like claws. It appears to be crawling on the head of an animal (turtle ?). Line decoration around opening. (b) 9.0x9.0, vase with wide opening, line and dot decoration on neck and shoulder. (c) 8.5x9.0, urn shaped vase, opening is 3.5 diameter. Horizontal and vertical lines with dots form decoration on shoulder. Lip has short lines.
Subject
exploration
F. Sharples
Mary Schaffer
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1978
Catalogue Number
110.02.1006 a-c
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The Philadelphia Quakers in the industrial age, 1865-1920

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1976
Author
Benjamin, Philip S
Publisher
Philadelphia : Temple University Press
Call Number
08 B43
Author
Benjamin, Philip S
Publisher
Philadelphia : Temple University Press
Published Date
1976
Physical Description
ix, 301p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Sharples family
Vaux family
Notes
Bibliography and index
ISBN
0-87722-086-7
Accession Number
3650
Call Number
08 B43
Collection
Archives Library
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Mary Warren's letters from the home front 1916-1917

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Dempsey, Hugh A (ed.)
Call Number
P
Author
Dempsey, Hugh A (ed.)
Responsibility
edited by Hugh A. Dempsey
Physical Description
p.2-15 : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Schaffer, Mary
Sharples family
Unwin, Sid
World War I
Notes
In Alberta History, vol. 63, no. 1 (Winter 2015). Includes the story how Mary Warren knit woollen socks for the men in the front during World War I with other Banff women. She recieved a thank you letter from one of the men and sent a copy of the letter to the New York Times. She recieved a letter a few days later from an Episcopal clergyman named William Henderson Watts. She had a 2 year correspondance with him about her view on the war, particularly the lack of American involvement.
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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