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100th anniversary of the formation of The Rocky Mountains Park Branch of the Great War Veterans’ Association - The Banff Legion - Saturday March 31, 2018
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25093
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- The Banff Legion
- Publisher
- The Banff Legion
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22o PAM
- Author
- The Banff Legion
- Responsibility
- The Banff Legion
- Publisher
- The Banff Legion
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 14 pages ; photographs
- Subjects
- History
- History of Alberta
- Canada
- World War I
- World War II
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- World Wars
- Banff
- Banff (residents)
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of the Banff Legion, celebrating 100 years of the Great War Veterans’ Association
- Accession Number
- TBD
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22o PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The airman's Arctic survival guide : diagrams and lectures prepared for the U.S. Army Air Corps, The Lovat Scouts, and all travellers of the North - 1942 to 1952
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14472
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Browne, Belmore
- Publisher
- Denver, Colorado : Denver Bookbinding Company
- Edition
- First edition
- Call Number
- 02.7 A7br oversize
- Author
- Browne, Belmore
- Responsibility
- Belmore Browne; assembled and edited by Isabel Browne Driscoll and Peter Mason Driscoll
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Denver, Colorado : Denver Bookbinding Company
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 150 pages ; 36 cm.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Notes
- Browne Family Collection
- ISBN
- 9780989751209
- Accession Number
- 2015.8390
- Call Number
- 02.7 A7br oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Alberta-NWT Command Legion Military Service Recognition Book Volume X 2018
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25092
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
- Publisher
- Calgary : The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
- Call Number
- 08.1 R11 m PAM
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- Publisher
- Calgary : The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 352 pages ; illus.
- Series
- Volume X
- Subjects
- World War I
- World War II
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- World Wars
- History
- History of Alberta
- Abstract
- Includes alphabetical list of veterans in Alberta and NorthWest Territories, some with photographs
- Contents
- Messages Legion Information Articles of Interest Veterans Advertiser’s Index Submission Requirements Veteran Submission Form
- Accession Number
- TBD
- Call Number
- 08.1 R11 m PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Available online via the The Royal Canadian Legion Alberta-NWT Command website
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American trade, industry and politics scrapbook [1939]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22405
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook is hand-made from coloured construction paper and consists of newspaper clippings from The Christian Science Monitor's Fireside Series [ca. 1939]. Newspaper clippings pertain to various problems and policies in the United States at the beginning of World War II, including foreign trade, i…
- Date Range
- [1939]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 21
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 21
- Date Range
- [1939]
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook is hand-made from coloured construction paper and consists of newspaper clippings from The Christian Science Monitor's Fireside Series [ca. 1939]. Newspaper clippings pertain to various problems and policies in the United States at the beginning of World War II, including foreign trade, industry, wages and employment, and federal taxes.
- Subject Access
- Businesses
- Commerce
- Industry
- Communications
- Finances
- Government
- Labour
- Laws and legislation
- Military
- Politics
- Science and technology
- War
- World War II
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Communications
- Government
- Labour
- Law and justice
- Military
- Politics
- Science and technology
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Army Daze : from Cranbrook to Apeldoorne : life in a man's army
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15438
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Boileau, Doris Ann
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Aldridge Street Publishing
- Call Number
- 08.1 B63ar
- Author
- Boileau, Doris Ann
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Aldridge Street Publishing
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 123 p : illustrations, portraits
- Subjects
- History
- World War II
- Women in war
- ISBN
- 9780986810503
- Accession Number
- 2017.8661
- Call Number
- 08.1 B63ar
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banff : a history of the park and town
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14457
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Call Number
- 08.3 H25b Reference copy
- 08.3 H25b c.1
- 08.3 H25b c.2
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Responsibility
- E. J. (Ted) Hart
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 283 p. : ill., map, ports
- Subjects
- Canada. Department of Interior
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Depression
- Douglas, Howard
- First Nations
- Highways
- National parks
- Recreation
- Ski areas
- Stewart, George
- Tourism
- Town of Banff
- World War II
- Notes
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- ISBN
- 978-1-92698312-7
- Accession Number
- P2015-06-12 Limited edition - #140/1000
- summerthought limited edition - #1/1000 and #2/1000
- Call Number
- 08.3 H25b Reference copy
- 08.3 H25b c.1
- 08.3 H25b c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Barometer Altimeter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.44.0006
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- brass; glass; metal; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.0006
- Description
- Maroon leather case with green satin velvet lining holds combination altimeter barometer of pocket watch like design. Brass casing and suspension loop. Casing rim ridged for gripping and rotation of altitude dial, inner dial, under crystal, is fixed and indicates barometric pressure in inches of m…
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- Title
- Barometer Altimeter
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- brass; glass; metal; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 6.0 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Maroon leather case with green satin velvet lining holds combination altimeter barometer of pocket watch like design. Brass casing and suspension loop. Casing rim ridged for gripping and rotation of altitude dial, inner dial, under crystal, is fixed and indicates barometric pressure in inches of mercury. Instrument is an aneroid barometer and needle varies with changes in atmospheric pressure, whether by change of altitude or change of weather. On dial face are following marks "rain change fair...compensated. Harrison & Co. Montreal, Made in England". On back of instrument casing is screw adjustment to correct for local conditions. Barometric pressure range is 17 to 31, altitude 0 to 16,000 feet.
- Subject
- households
- World War II
- RCAF
- PW
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.0006
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Behind barbed wire : creative works on the internment of Italian Canadians
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14065
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Canton, Licia
- Publisher
- Toronto : Guernica Editions
- Call Number
- 05 C16b
- Author
- Canton, Licia
- Responsibility
- edited by Licia Canton, Domenic Cusmano, Michael Mirolla, Jim Zucchero
- Publisher
- Toronto : Guernica Editions
- Published Date
- 2012
- Series
- Essential anthologies series ; 1
- Subjects
- World War II
- Camps, Internment
- Notes
- This volume was published simultaneously with "Beyond Barbed Wire" which is a collection of essays examining the internment from historical, social, literary, and cultural perspectives.
- ISBN
- 9781550713886
- Accession Number
- 8201
- Call Number
- 05 C16b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Beyond barbed wire : essays on the internment of Italian Canadians
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14075
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Canton, Licia
- Publisher
- Toronto : Guernica Editions
- Call Number
- 05.5 C16b
- Author
- Canton, Licia
- Responsibility
- edited by Licia Canton, Domenic Cusmano, Micael Mirolla, Jim Zucchero
- Publisher
- Toronto : Guernica Editions
- Published Date
- 2012
- Series
- Essential essays series ; 61
- Subjects
- Kananaskis
- World War II
- Notes
- Beyond Barbed Wire is a collection of essays examining the internment from historical, social, literary, and cultural perspectives. This volume was published simultaneously with "Behind Barbed Wire" which is a collection of short fiction, memoir, poetry, drama and visual art inspired by the internment.
- ISBN
- 9781550713916
- Accession Number
- 8201
- Call Number
- 05.5 C16b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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British, Canadian and global development scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22394
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook is organized into sections marked with tabs labeled: Prob. 1, 2, 3, IV, 5, VI, 6, and 7. Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings relating to: The industrialization of Britain Britain at war The war The Royals The Middle East The Industrial Revolution Russian and Japanese war effort Pri…
- Date Range
- [1936 - 1939]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 10
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Scrapbook
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records
- Sous-Fonds
- III. Luxton Family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / B4 - 10
- Date Range
- [1936 - 1939]
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook is organized into sections marked with tabs labeled: Prob. 1, 2, 3, IV, 5, VI, 6, and 7. Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings relating to: The industrialization of Britain Britain at war The war The Royals The Middle East The Industrial Revolution Russian and Japanese war effort Princesses Elizabeth, Margaret, and Prince Edward, and other Royal children Article: "Britain's Prize Colony" - Canada World events Wheat production in Argentina
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Churchill, Winston
- Subject Access
- Airplanes
- Events
- Government
- History
- Industry
- Laws and legislation
- Military
- Newspaper
- Politics
- Public events
- Royal tours
- War
- World War II
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- England
- London
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Pages have been interleaved
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Government
- Military
- Politics
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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