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Art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20143
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
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- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Responsibility
- Nancy Townshend
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- vi, 136p, 40 plates : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Art
- Artists
- O'Brien, Lucius
- Notman, William & Son
- Thompson, David
- Harmon, Byron
- Harris, Lawren
- MacDonald, J.E.H
- Sargent, John Singer
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Rocky Mountains
- Purcell Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains
- Abstract
- Nancy Townshend's book on art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains, and Selkirk Mountains presents these mountains' justifiable prominence in world art. For over two centuries, Canadian artists have admired their magnitude and grandeur, their endlessly changing light and atmospheric conditions, their four distinct seasons, and myriad other aspects. The book is organized chronologically into three eras: traditional (1809 –1899), Modern (1900–1973) and contemporary (1974–2012). From David Thompson's watercolours in the early nineteenth century (c. 1809) of the East Kootenays to Jan Kabatoff's multimedia art of the early twenty-first century that addresses the impact of global warming on glaciers, Townshend's book presents a whole gamut of Canadian art inspired by these great mountains. Featuring three comprehensive overviews and thirteen chapters on both central and western Canadian artists, as well as a chapter on American artist John Singer Sargent, the book offers insights into their art and inspirations. What did two centuries of artistic exploration in the infinitely facetted Canadian Rockies, Purcells and Selkirks yield? How did the resulting works of art serve to build a unique western Canadian identity? How does the West inform Canadians about themselves, about their own place in the world at this critical time in world history? Townshend answers these questions in this significant reference book for decades to come. Over the past two hundred years, a shift from the exploitative view of Canada's mountain West during the traditional era to the contemporary creative genesis of this area has occurred. Because of the contemporary artists' commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental issues, the contemporary era is more outward looking and expansive, concerned about the world's future. Townshend's all-encompassing text and selected stunning images confirm John Ruskin's observation that mountains are "the beginning and end of all natural scenery." That Canada's mountain West is indeed a place to be revered, a place from which we can learn about ourselves now and in the future. (from author's website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to the Traditional Era (1809-1899):
- Chapter One - Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)
- Chapter Two - William McFarlane Notman (1857-1913)
- Chapter Three - Frederic Bell-Smith (1846-1923)
- Chapter Four - David Thompson (1770-1857)
- Chapter Five - Richard Henery Trueman (1856-1911)
- Chapter Six - Byron Harmon (1976-1942)
- Introduction to the Modern Era (1900-1971):
- Chapter Seven - Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970)
- Chapter Eight - J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932)
- Chapter Nine - John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
- Chapter Ten - Peter Whyte (1905-1966)
- Chapter Eleven - Catharine Robb Whyte (1906-1979)
- Introduction to the Contemporary Era (1972-2012):
- Chapter Twelve - Kent Monkman (1965-)
- Chapter Thirteen - Jin-Me Yoon (1960-)
- Chapter Fourteen - Jan Kabatoff (1948-)
- Conclusion
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author
- ISBN
- 978-1-897411-37-7
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
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Ascent of dog : working dogs in the West
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11231
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Bush, Wendy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Detselig Enterprises
- Call Number
- 08.2 B96
- Author
- Bush, Wendy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Detselig Enterprises
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 192 p. : ill. (some col.), map
- Subjects
- Dogsledding
- Indians
- Film making
- Mountaineering
- Postal services
- Schaffer, Mary
- Search and rescue
- Thompson David
- Notes
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Signed by author and dog Bart Muldoon
- Tipped in photograph of author and Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies' librarian Mary Andrews
- ISBN
- 1-55059-174-6
- Accession Number
- 7144
- Call Number
- 08.2 B96
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Audacious and adamant : the story of maverick Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14096
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2007
- Author
- van Herk, Aritha
- Publisher
- Toronto : Key Porter Books
- Call Number
- 08.2 Al1va c.1 08.2 A11va c.2
- Author
- van Herk, Aritha
- Responsibility
- Aritha Van Herk
- Publisher
- Toronto : Key Porter Books
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 104 p. : ill. (some col.), maps
- ISBN
- 9781552638545
- Accession Number
- 70,000 12-07-16 2017.8669
- Call Number
- 08.2 Al1va c.1 08.2 A11va c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banff rock : a guidebook to rock climbing in Banff National Park, Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14540
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Perry, Chris
- Publisher
- Altona, Manitoba : Friesens
- Call Number
- 01.4 P42b
- Author
- Perry, Chris
- Responsibility
- Chris Perry
- Publisher
- Altona, Manitoba : Friesens
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 510 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Guidebooks
- Kootenay National Park
- Rock climbing
- Sport climbing
- Thompson, David
- Yoho National Park
- ISBN
- 9780987937001
- Accession Number
- P2015-03-31
- Call Number
- 01.4 P42b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Canada's forgotten highway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2988
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1995
- Author
- Brine, Ralph
- Publisher
- Galiano (B.C.) : Whale Bay Press
- Call Number
- 08.5 B77c
- Author
- Brine, Ralph
- Publisher
- Galiano (B.C.) : Whale Bay Press
- Published Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- xi, 250p. : ill., ports., facsim., maps
- Subjects
- Canoeing
- Fur trade
- Thompson, David
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 1-55056-362-9
- Accession Number
- 29500
- Call Number
- 08.5 B77c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Canoe country : the making of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15183
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- MacGregor, Roy
- Publisher
- Toronto : Random House Canada
- Call Number
- 08.1 M17cc
- Author
- MacGregor, Roy
- Publisher
- Toronto : Random House Canada
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 299 pages, illustrations,
- Notes
- Signed by author
- ISBN
- 9780307361417
- Accession Number
- 2016.8628
- Call Number
- 08.1 M17cc
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Columbia through time : developing whole river understandings
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14341
- Author
- Layman, William D
- Responsibility
- by William D. Layman
- Physical Description
- p.8-15 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Columbia River
- Thompson, David
- Notes
- In Columbia; Winter 2006-07
- History of the Columbia River, where it flows and those who trekked the river
- Call Number
- P - General
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- Archives Library
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The Committee's Punch Bowl
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6146
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1974
- Author
- Moore, A. W
- Call Number
- 08.3 M78
- Author
- Moore, A. W
- Published Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- p.50-51 : ill
- Subjects
- Simpson, Sir George
- Thompson, David
- Notes
- In R.C.M.P. Quarterly
- Accession Number
- 2203
- Call Number
- 08.3 M78
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- Archives Library
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Copy of a portion of Map of North West Territory of the Province of Canada from actual survey during the years 1792-1812.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21345
- Subjects
- Thompson, David
- Notes
- Made for North West Company in 1913 and 1914 by David Thompson
- (map on cardboard removed from black frame)
- Duplicate see: M393 f 1 - fig. 5/pp 17
- Accession Number
- 110
- 1039
- Call Number
- C6-3.10
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- Archives Library
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Copy of a portion of Map of North West Territory of the Province of Canada from actual survey during the years 1792-1812.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21375
- Subjects
- Thompson, David
- Notes
- Made for North West Company in 1913 and 1914 by David Thompson
- (map on cardboard removed from black frame)
- Duplicate see: M393 f 1 - fig. 5/pp 17
- Accession Number
- 110
- 1039
- Call Number
- C6-3.10
- Collection
- Archives Library
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