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This wild spirit : women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13143
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sk3t
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- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Responsibility
- edited by Colleen Skidmore
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 295p. : ill., maps
- Series
- Mountain cairns : a series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Subjects
- Adams, Mollie
- Glacier House
- Engelhard, Georgia Cromwell
- Henshaw, Julia W.
- Poetry
- Schaffer, Mary
- Swift, Suzette Chalifoux
- Sharples family
- Tourism
- Vaux family
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Young, Julia
- Notes
- Includes bibliography and index
- Partial contents: Includes excerpts from writings by Victorian and Edwardian era women describing their travel to the Canadian Rockies, including Lady Agnes Macdonald, Mrs. Arthur Spragge, The Countess of Aberdeen, Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson, Sara Jeanette Duncan (Mrs. Everard Cotes), Mrs. George Cran, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward
- Includes poetry by Rhoda W. Edwards, Moira O'Neill, Lynda R. Woods, and Elizabeth Ferguson
- Includes Jasper's first lady [act two] / Elsie Park Gowan; Hunter of Peace [prologue and act one, scene one] / Sharon Stearns
- ISBN
- 13:978-0-88864-466-4
- Accession Number
- 7638 (2 copies)
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sk3t
- Copy 2 Reference Room Browser's Shelf
- Collection
- Archives Library
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This wild spirit : women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14789
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Call Number
- G512 S55
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Responsibility
- edited by Colleen Skidmore
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 295p. : ill., maps
- Series
- Mountain cairns : a series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Subjects
- Adams, Mollie
- Glacier House
- Engelhard, Georgia Cromwell
- Henshaw, Julia W.
- Poetry
- Schaffer, Mary
- Swift, Suzette Chalifoux
- Sharples family
- Tourism
- Vaux family
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Young, Julia
- Notes
- Includes bibliography and index
- Partial contents: Includes excerpts from writings by Victorian and Edwardian era women describing their travel to the Canadian Rockies, including Lady Agnes Macdonald, Mrs. Arthur Spragge, The Countess of Aberdeen, Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson, Sara Jeanette Duncan (Mrs. Everard Cotes), Mrs. George Cran, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward
- Includes poetry by Rhoda W. Edwards, Moira O'Neill, Lynda R. Woods, and Elizabeth Ferguson
- Includes Jasper's first lady [act two] / Elsie Park Gowan; Hunter of Peace [prologue and act one, scene one] / Sharon Stearns
- ISBN
- 13:978-0-88864-466-4
- Accession Number
- AC612
- Call Number
- G512 S55
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Great Glacier and its house : the story of the first center of alpinism in North America, 1885-1925
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20180
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1982
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98t reference
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- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Responsibility
- Willaim Lowell Putnam
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 23 pages : illustrations, portraits, map
- Subjects
- Glacier House
- Illecillewaet Glacier
- Selkirk Mountains
- Railway routes
- Railway stations
- Railways
- Tourism
- Mountaineering
- American Alpine Club
- History
- Abstract
- he hotel is gone and the passenger trains, now rarely on time, go by only once daily. The Great Glacier has all but vanished. The motor traffic on the fast, modern highway sweeps past in ignorance that this deep, half-forgotten, Illecillewaet valley of the Selkirk Mountains, with its dark forests and glittering summits, was the cradle of professional North American mountaineering and, for several decades, the principal Canadian attraction for climbers from three continents. Surely the time has long since passed for someone to tell the story of the early days when geologists, scientists, alpinists, guides, tourists and more than a few of our continent’s empire builders stopped in Glacier, British Columbia to explore, study, climb, earn a modest living, admire the scenery or just rest from their labors. It is most appropriate that William L. Putnam, one of America’s outstanding experts on the Selkirks, should have undertaken the task of writing a history of the area. It is even more appropriate that this history should have been published by The American Alpine Club, whose first president, Professor Charles E. Fay, spent many sunny days over several seasons scaling the region’s unclimbed summits and, as we learn from the text, many rainy weeks in the Old Glacier House where at idle moments he amused himself by analyzing the comments in the hotel’s guest register. The author has labored hard and gone to great lengths to obtain original source material and to check facts. As might be expected, his story begins with the construction of the Canadian Pacific track through Roger’s Pass; without it, the central Selkirks and the outstanding Matterhorn-like crest of Mount Sir Donald would no doubt still be little known and less visited. The absence of dining cars on the early transcontinental express trains, plus the superb view of what was then the awesome Illecillewaet Glacier, led to the building of a small restaurant-hotel by the track some five miles west of the pass. In time that hotel grew to become the Canadian Pacific’s western show-piece. Tourists, scientists, mountaineers and guides arrived in growing numbers. The peaks were measured and climbed, trails were built, caves explored and an electric generator was constructed to light the premises. A pet bear was even provided on the grounds for the entertainment of guests. Then, slowly, the Great Glacier retreated, the railroad was modernized and rerouted through a five-mile tunnel some distance from the hotel, tourists and climbers alike went off to war on the battlefields of France, and the Canadian Pacific shifted its emphasis to its latter-day attraction at Lake Louise in the nearby Rockies. The old hotel was closed, then torn down, and the valley and its glacier almost forgotten. Such is the skeleton of Putnam’s story. But it is far more. Putnam has labored industriously. He has unearthed, and quoted at length, the original on-the-spot observations of the early visitors in the decades between 1890 and 1920. He has recovered ancient photographs, many excellent, to illustrate the stories and anecdotes he recounts. Thanks to his labor of love, those of us who are familiar only with modern mountaineering now have the opportunity to learn what climbing was like in the good old days around the turn of the century. Despite its deceptive scrapbook style, the work is scholarly. It is also highly nostalgic. The author is at his best with the history of the early climbing. One wishes he had personally said more and quoted less—but, then, many of the quotations are memorable. He might also have omitted, or at least modified, the chapter on distant Mount Sir Sandford, for its story, while essential in any broad account of Selkirk climbing, belongs elsewhere and shifts the focus away from the House and the Glacier at the very moment when the reader has become engrossed in both. But these, however, are minor flaws, overshadowed by good research, an entertaining style, excellent history and magnificent illustrations. Samuel H. Goodhue (from American Alpine Club)
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Railroad Track
- The House
- The Tourists
- First Climbers
- Men of Science
- Alpina Americana
- Britannic Majesty
- Canadians at Last
- Some of the Best
- The Last Big Mountain
- The Rest is Silence
- Appendices
- A: The Guides
- B: Place Names in the Central Selkirks
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author - addressed to Hans Gmoser
- ISBN
- 0930410130
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98t reference
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to book review on American Alpine Club website
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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- J.R.
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Author
- J.R.
- Responsibility
- J.R. (author)
- Frederic Remington (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Published Date
- 1890
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Mountaineers, Swiss
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
- Notes
- In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Collection
- Archives Library
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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24926
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Publisher
- The Graphic
- Call Number
- 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches)
- Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)
- Publisher
- The Graphic
- Published Date
- 1889
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Lake Louise
- Lake Louise District
- Selkirk Mountains
- Selkirk Range
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.
- Notes
- In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486
- Accession Number
- 7830
- Call Number
- 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Canadian Pacific Railway : Banff and British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24924
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1888
- Publisher
- The Illustrated London News
- Call Number
- 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- Sketches by Melton Prior
- Publisher
- The Illustrated London News
- Published Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- 125 pages
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Hot springs
- Hotels
- Sanitarium Hotel
- Banff
- Glacier House
- Abstract
- Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Banff and Mount Stephen including railway access and hotels, hotsprings, sanitarium with associated sketches.
- Notes
- In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2588, Saturday, November 24, 1888, pp. 613 - 614
- Accession Number
- 7864
- Call Number
- 02.6 Il6c PAM O.S.
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The Canadian Pacific Railway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24931
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1888
- Publisher
- The Illustrated London News
- Call Number
- 02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
- Responsibility
- Sketches by Melton Prior
- Publisher
- The Illustrated London News
- Published Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- 125 pages
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Banff
- Glacier House
- Abstract
- Pertains to the activities of the Canadian Pacific Railway as per Melton Prior who travelled from Montreal to Vancouver on the train and provided a review of the journey which includes sketches of Sir Donald, Great Glacier, Glacier Hotel, Hermit Range, Mount Carroll, Stony Creek Bridge and the interior of a colonial sleeping car.
- Notes
- In The Illustrated London News, Vol. XCIII, No. 2591, Saturday December 15, 1888, pp. 720 - 722
- Accession Number
- 7864
- Call Number
- 02.6 Il6t PAM O.S.
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banff and area businesses, townsite, scenic views
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55024
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Ho…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-1900]
- [1896-1898]
- 1904-1905
- [ca.1910-1920]
- 1912
- 1914
- [ca.1930-1935]
- 1933
- 1941
- [ca.1950-1960]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / D6 : Other activities and interests
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D6c / PA - 133 to 182
- Responsibility
- PA-182 produced by Canadian Pacific
- Date Range
- [ca.1890-1900]
- [1896-1898]
- 1904-1905
- [ca.1910-1920]
- 1912
- 1914
- [ca.1930-1935]
- 1933
- 1941
- [ca.1950-1960]
- Physical Description
- 50 photographs ; b&w prints ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs pertaining to businesses, tourist attractions and natural views in and around Banff. Includes images of backcountry camps in Banff National Park; the Bow River Boat House; Beaver Lodge and Bampton Cottage [both located on Beaver Street in Banff]; fires at Breton Hall Hotel and Banff Springs Hotel; the Park Museum and Information Bureau; early views of Banff Springs Hotel [1904]; Vermillion River Bungalow Camp and the Lake Louise Chalet; Paddy J. Nolan’s home [built by Norman Luxton]; a postcard print titled “Starved Bachelors Retreat Banff Alberta"; swimming at the Cave and Basin[?] and Banff Upper Hot Springs; the Crag and Canyon office [ca.1905]; Skoki Lodge; and the office of photographers Wilson and Fear [1896-1898].
- Notes
- Photographs LUX/I/D6c/PA-181 and 182 [depicting Wilson and Fear storefront] are copies of the same image but annotated with different dates [ca.1896 and ca.1898]. Based on context and dating of related images in Whyte Museum archives, actual image date may be closer to [ca.1894].
- Material Details
- LUX/I/D6c/PA-173 has three red sun-shaped stickers attached to back left corner, red ribbon attached to back right corner
- Name Access
- Wilson, John
- Fear, George
- Fear, William (Bill)
- Nolan, Paddy J.
- Luxton, Norman
- Smyth, S. A.
- Subject Access
- Bow River Boat House
- Pack trips
- Horses
- Teepees
- Boats
- Property
- Land use
- Hotels
- Fire
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Photography
- Businesses
- Tourism
- Hot Springs
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Newspaper
- Organizations
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Vermilion Lakes
- Lake Louise
- Bow River
- Sulphur Mountain
- Cave and Basin
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Items LUX/I/D6c/PA-163 to 168 have duplicate negative copies processed as LUX/I/D6c/NA-41 to 46
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Buildings and businesses, Banff area
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55330
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 34 photographs pertaining to businesses and other properties in and around Banff. Photographs depict individuals swimming at the Cave and Basin; a boathouse near the Bow River; several hotels, including Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise and the Mount Royal Hotel; Fairholme R…
- Date Range
- 1901
- [1910-1950]
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / PA - 1 to 34
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / III / D : Other material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / III / D / PA - 1 to 34
- Date Range
- 1901
- [1910-1950]
- Physical Description
- 34 photographs : b&w prints ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 34 photographs pertaining to businesses and other properties in and around Banff. Photographs depict individuals swimming at the Cave and Basin; a boathouse near the Bow River; several hotels, including Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise and the Mount Royal Hotel; Fairholme Ranch; and other related views.
- Notes
- Some photographs are annotated
- Subject Access
- Businesses
- Hotels
- Animals
- Banff National Park
- Banff Upper Hot Springs
- Bow River Boat House
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cave and Basin
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Fairholme Ranch
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Postcards
- Ranches
- Teahouses
- Tourism
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Lake Louise
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some items stored in mylar
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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