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The buzz about native bees

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25150
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
March 2020
Author
Skrajny, Joanna
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
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Author
Skrajny, Joanna
Responsibility
Joanna Skrajny
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
March 2020
Physical Description
p. 9 - 11
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Alberta
Ecology
Biodiversity
Flowers
Abstract
Pertains to natives bees in Alberta and the issues caused by invasive honey bees, loss of biodiversity, disease, and use of neonicotinoids with suggested solutions
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.1, March 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
PDF of publication can be downloaded on Alberta Wilderness' website
Websites
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Date
1890 – 1920
Material
metal; glass; enamel
Catalogue Number
104.47.0007
Description
A small round clock in a heavy brass case with a hinged round frame of brass decorated with scroll and flower relief surrounding a glass window lined with copper. The door opens to a white enamel face with black numerals from 1-12 (the twelve is red) inside a circular scale marked in minutes (by f…
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Title
Clock
Date
1890 – 1920
Material
metal; glass; enamel
Dimensions
2.2 cm
Description
A small round clock in a heavy brass case with a hinged round frame of brass decorated with scroll and flower relief surrounding a glass window lined with copper. The door opens to a white enamel face with black numerals from 1-12 (the twelve is red) inside a circular scale marked in minutes (by fives) from 5-60 around the outside. The clock has delicate gold hands that can be adjusted by a gold knob at the centre of the dial. The housing of the clock is soldered into a brass ring and has a lug projecting from the centre of the back with a threaded hole through the top and a hole drilled through the side. There is no apparent way to wind this clock.
Subject
households
decorative
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.47.0007
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Collected photographs

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs sent to Georgina Luxton from friends and family, as well as portraits of Georgina. Includes images of Georgina Luxton on a float at a Calgary Stampede parade; Georgina and her brother, David Hardisty McDougall, at the wedding of David's daughter (Virginia); an image of …
Date Range
[ca.1890-1960]
Reference Code
LUX / III / B2 / PA - 1 to 16
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / B : Georgina Luxton series
Sous-Fonds
LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / III / B2 : Personal papers and photographs
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / III / B2 / PA - 1 to 16
GMD
Photograph
Print
Responsibility
Item LUX/III/B2/PA-13 produced by Calgary Herald photographer
Date Range
[ca.1890-1960]
Physical Description
16 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 21 x 27.5 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs sent to Georgina Luxton from friends and family, as well as portraits of Georgina. Includes images of Georgina Luxton on a float at a Calgary Stampede parade; Georgina and her brother, David Hardisty McDougall, at the wedding of David's daughter (Virginia); an image of purple flowers in a vase, annotated with a letter to Georgina from Mary (Schaffer) Warren; portraits of Georgina and various friends and family members; and other related material.
Name Access
Luxton, Georgina
McDougall, David Hardisty
Warren, Mary Schaffer
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Portrait
Children
Calgary Stampede
Parades
Public events
Correspondence
Flowers
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Banff
Cochrane
Reproduction Restrictions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Items stored in mylar
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Flower : exploring the world in bloom

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Clarke, Victoria
Publisher
London ; New York : Phaidon Press Limited
Call Number
06.1 C55f
Author
Clarke, Victoria
Publisher
London ; New York : Phaidon Press Limited
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
351 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Botany
Flowers
Photography
Abstract
Takes readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers have employed floral motifs throughout history. Showcasing the diversity of blooms from all over the world, Flower spans a wide range of styles and media - from art, botanical illustrations, and sculptures to floral arrangements, film stills, and textiles - and follows a visually stunning sequence with works, regardless of period, thoughtfully paired to allow interesting and revealing juxtapositions between them.
ISBN
9781838660857
Accession Number
2022.27
Call Number
06.1 C55f
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Date
2025
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.016
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows a red stem with large green leaves and purple, anemone like flower at left with closed flowers above and at right. Tendrils curling into spirals are also on the stem. “324 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in low…
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Artist
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)
Title
Maypop
Date
2025
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 23.5 cm
Description
Reproduction print from Mary Vaux Wallcott’s North American wildflowers book. Print shows a red stem with large green leaves and purple, anemone like flower at left with closed flowers above and at right. Tendrils curling into spirals are also on the stem. “324 M V W 1925” is printed in blue in lower left corner.
Subject
botanical
flowers
Credit
Gift of Bobbye Ruth Potter, 2012
Catalogue Number
WaM.04.016
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Old man's garden : the history and lore of southern Alberta wildflowers

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Brown, Annora
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
04.1 B81 2020
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Author
Brown, Annora
Responsibility
Annora Brown
Mary-Beth Laviolette (introduction)
Niitsitapi (Siksika) Bishop - the Right Reverand Sidney Black (forward)
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
xxii, 268 pages : illustrations (some colour)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Folklore
Art
Flowers
Brown, Annora
Abstract
Through pen and ink illustrations and stories, Old Man’s Garden conveys the legends and folklore connected with Southern Alberta’s wildflowers, native plants, and Indigenous culture. Originally published in 1954, Annora Brown’s Old Man’s Garden is a Canadian classic that tells the story of Southern Alberta’s native plants and wildflowers through art and in consideration of Indigenous traditional knowledge from the region. Accompanying the new RMB edition of Old Man’s Garden, Sidney Black of Fort Macleod, the Indigenous Anglican Bishop for Treaty 7, provides his own commentary about Annora’s art and writing in relation to the Blackfoot, while independent art curator Mary-Beth Laviolette broadens the story about the artist’s contribution to Canadian art. Also included in this new edition are full-colour images of Annora’s later paintings of Blackfoot lodges (tipis) and regalia, the dramatic landscape of the Oldman RIver region such as Waterton National Park, and her abiding, lifelong regard for the flora of her homeland. According to Annora Brown, Old Man’s Garden is a “book of gossip about the flowers of the West.” A one-of-a-kind work featuring 169 black-and-white drawings of flowers and native plants, this classic text is about more than botany. Throughout its pages there is a sparkle to her stories of early exploration and settlement, her concern for conservation, and her regard for the Blackfoot Nation, and Indigenous culture. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
Contents
Forward by Niitsitapi (Siksika) Bishop - the Right Reverand Sidney Black
Introduction to the new edition by Mary-Beth Laviolette
Introduction to the 1954 edition
I Wi-suk-i-tshak
II Trail Blazers
III Moon-When-the-Grass-Turns-Green
IV Old Man's Vegetable Garden
V Old Man's Medicine Bag
VI Dyes
VII Desert and Swamp
VIII Incense
IX Moon-of-the-Flowers
X Berries
XI Trees
Index
Notes
Originally published in 1954 by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. and 1970 by Gray's Publishing Co.
ISBN
9781771603447
Accession Number
P2020-6
Call Number
04.1 B81 2020
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Book on Rocky Mountain Book's website
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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
Image of a ptarmigan beside a small stream surrounded by wild flowers
Date Range
[ca. 1888-1963]
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 437
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Photograph
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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
Sous-Fonds
V683
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 437
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[ca. 1888-1963]
Physical Description
Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
Scope & Content
Image of a ptarmigan beside a small stream surrounded by wild flowers
Subject Access
Birds
Flowers
Ptarmigan
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on item
Processing Status
Processed
Images
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Date
1890 – 1920
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
104.20.0439
Description
A very thin deep round dish. The saucer is white with a reddish brown floral bouquet at the centre and a narrow patterned circle where the dish curves into the sides. There is a band of small dots around the inside edge with an undulating line below.
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Title
Saucer
Date
1890 – 1920
Material
ceramic
Description
A very thin deep round dish. The saucer is white with a reddish brown floral bouquet at the centre and a narrow patterned circle where the dish curves into the sides. There is a band of small dots around the inside edge with an undulating line below.
Subject
households
flowers
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0439
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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1900
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.10
Description
Colourful flowers encircle a small rural scene. In this scene, farm buildings are to the left of a road. A small child sits against a fence lining the road. A man stands on the road in front of the child. A large, leafy tree extends up and out of the scene.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1900
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 32.4 cm
Description
Colourful flowers encircle a small rural scene. In this scene, farm buildings are to the left of a road. A small child sits against a fence lining the road. A man stands on the road in front of the child. A large, leafy tree extends up and out of the scene.
Subject
still life
botanical
flowers
architecture
rural
figures
male, child
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.10
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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1900
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.11
Description
A still life of flowers.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1900
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 32.4 cm
Description
A still life of flowers.
Subject
still life
botanical
flowers
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.11
Images
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