topic:"books" found 50 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

A little town and a little girl

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1951

Author: Carr, Emily

Publisher: Toronto : Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited

Call Number: 06 C23a

Author: Carr, Emily

Responsibility: With a Foreword by Ira Dilworth

Publisher: Toronto : Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited

Published Date: 1951

Physical Description: xvii, 124 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Artists; Artists books; Arts; Carr, Emily; British Columbia; Autobiography

Abstract: Emily Carr describes her life in Victoria, British Columbia.

Contents: Beginnings ; James' Bay and Dallas Road ; Silence and Pioneers ; Saloons and Roadhouses ; Ways of Getting Round ; Father's Store ; New Neighbours ; Visiting Matrons ; Servants ; East and West ; Cathedral ; Cemetery ; Schools ; Christmas ; Regatta ; Characters ; Loyalty ; Doctor and Dentist ; Chain Gang ; Cook Street ; Waterworks ; From Carr Street to James' Bay ; Grown Up

Accession Number: 3069A

Call Number: 06 C23a

Collection: Archives Library

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Pioneer kitchens : our heritage from many lands

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1995

Author: Southern Alberta Pioneers

Publisher: Calgary, Alta., Canada : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants

Call Number: 08.2 So8pi

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Author: Southern Alberta Pioneers

Responsibility: Southern Alberta Pioneers

Publisher: Calgary, Alta., Canada : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants

Published Date: 1995

Physical Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Food; Cook books; Southern Alberta

Abstract: Pertains to recipes compiled by the Southern Alberta Pioneers and their descendants

Contents: History of the Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants; First People; North American; British Isles; Scandinavian; Western European; Central European; Easter European; Oriental; Spice and Herb History; Glenbow Archives Photography Credits; Donor List; Index

ISBN: 1895292689

Accession Number: 2019.68

Call Number: 08.2 So8pi

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants website

Websites

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Visions : contemporary art in Canada

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1983

Author: essays by Alvin Balkind [and others] ; edited by Robert Bringhurst [and others]

Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre

Call Number: 06.1 B76v

Author: essays by Alvin Balkind [and others] ; edited by Robert Bringhurst [and others]

Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre

Published Date: 1983

Physical Description: 239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Art; Art Canadian 20th century-Exhibitions; Artists books

Abstract: Pertains to a collection of post-war contemporary Canadian art work, focused between the years of 1945 and 1983. In addition to art work, the book contains a series of essays in attempts to further the reader’s pluralistic understanding of contemporary Canadian art. Rather than specific careers, the book seeks to identify the issues that Canadian contemporary art aims to address. Without constraints, the publication is edited to provide a cross-section of multiple artistic forms of expression, rather than confining oneself to a specific medium or genre.

Contents: Editor's Foreword (pg. 9); The Triumph of the Egg - Alvin Balkind (pg. 11); A sense of place - Terrence Heath (pg. 45); The Alternate Eden: A Primer of Canadian Abstraction - Gary Michael Dault (pg. 79); Redefining the role - Charlotte Townsend-Gault (pg. 123); The snakes in the garden: The Self and the City in contemporary Canadian Art - John Bentley Mays (pg. 157); Rethinking the art object - Diana Nemiroff (pg. 193); Notes (pg. 226); Suggestions for Further Reading (pg. 229); Index (pg. 231)

ISBN: 088894392x

Accession Number: 2019.71

Call Number: 06.1 B76v

Collection: Archives Library

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Food--a` la canadienne

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1970

Author: Child, Julia (former owner)

Publisher: Ottawa : Food Advisory Division, Agriculture Canada

Call Number: 05.5 C43f

Author: Child, Julia (former owner)

Responsibility: Julia Child (former owner)

Publisher: Ottawa : Food Advisory Division, Agriculture Canada

Published Date: 1970

Physical Description: 96 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Food; Cook books; Agriculture

Abstract: Pertains to a selection of recipes that reflect a Canadian identity. The publication was created to celebrate a variety of Canadian dishes. While some recipes are distinctively regional, others are simply popular across Canada. The goal was to reflect the diversity of Canadian culture in the dishes consumed and the recipes shared.

Contents: Soups (pg. 4); Meat and poultry (pg. 10); Fish (pg. 24); Supper dishes (pg. 34); Vegetables (pg. 44); Salads (pg. 52); Bread and cakes (pg. 60); Desserts (pg. 70); Pies and tarts (pg. 78); Pickles and jams (pg.90); Equivalents (pg. 96)

Notes: Publication is in both French and English

Accession Number: 3069 a

Call Number: 05.5 C43f

Collection: Archives Library

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Janet Mitchell : a retrospective exhibition organized by Glenbow-Alberta Institute as a Festival Calgary event : Glenbow-Alberta Institute, March 2-April 3, 1977.

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1977

Author: organized by Glenbow-Alberta Institute

Publisher: Calgary : Glenbow-Alberta Institute

Call Number: 06.1 G47j

Author: organized by Glenbow-Alberta Institute

Publisher: Calgary : Glenbow-Alberta Institute

Published Date: 1977

Physical Description: [25] p. : ill. (some col.), port. ; 22 x 28 cm.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Art; Artists books; Glenbow; Exhibitions; Exhibition catalogue

Subjects: Mitchell, Janet

Abstract: Pertains to the work of Janet Mitchell, a Canadian landscape artist born in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Despite being primarily a self-taught artist, Mitchell was able to attend the Banff School of Fine Arts for a short while on a scholarship. The publication pertains to a retrospective exhibition in which Mitchell’s inward life and outward life are both at odds, and in harmony with one another. Organized by the Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Mitchell shares the work that established her as a unique and important Canadian artist.