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Divided Landscapes: The emergence and dissipation of "The Great Divide" landscape narrative
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14032
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Atkins, Sean Howard
- Publisher
- University of Alberta
- Call Number
- 08.3 At5d
- Author
- Atkins, Sean Howard
- Responsibility
- Sean Howard Atkins
- Publisher
- University of Alberta
- Published Date
- 2011
- Notes
- Thesis for Doctorate of Philosophy in History
- Accession Number
- 8181
- Call Number
- 08.3 At5d
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Double-Barrel Shotgun
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.04.0004
- Date
- 1875 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0004
- Description
- Double barreled, hinge action shotgun with wooden buttstock and fore-stock . Two triggers separately activate each of two hammers at barrel heads. Lever between hammers pulls to side to break shotgun barrel from stock. Barrels held together by solid strip of metal along length. Delicate cross hatch…
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- Title
- Double-Barrel Shotgun
- Date
- 1875 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 6.0 x 118.0 cm
- Description
- Double barreled, hinge action shotgun with wooden buttstock and fore-stock . Two triggers separately activate each of two hammers at barrel heads. Lever between hammers pulls to side to break shotgun barrel from stock. Barrels held together by solid strip of metal along length. Delicate cross hatching decorates stock near breech and hand grip beneath. Steel breech and hammers ornately etched with floral design and 'W. Richards'. Carved wooden (plastic?) medallion screwed to small truncated projection on underside of stock. Marks: “16” carved into each side of buttstock; “W. Richards” engraved on each side in front of hammers; “2707” and “__0T0B” stamped into metal between barrels on undersideNote: trigger guard broken off; buttstock loose and held to breech with black electrician's tape; gouges on underside of buttstock and on underside of forestock.
- Subject
- sports
- hunting
- Indigenous
- Israel Rolling Mud
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.04.0004
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- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0006
- Description
- A nearly rectangular flat piece of mottled green, black stone rounded at one end with the opposite end cut flat on a slight angle and bevelled to an edge. Deep straight scratch cut into one of flat surfaces running across at angle from rounded end.
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- Title
- Hide Scraper
- Date
- 1875 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 6.4 x 10.1 cm
- Description
- A nearly rectangular flat piece of mottled green, black stone rounded at one end with the opposite end cut flat on a slight angle and bevelled to an edge. Deep straight scratch cut into one of flat surfaces running across at angle from rounded end.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- households
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.24.0006
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- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Inarritu, Alejandro Gonzalez (director)
- Smith, Mark L. (screenwriter)
- DiCaprio, Leonardo (actor)
- Hardy, Tom (actor)
- Publisher
- Los Angeles, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Call Number
- 06.3 R32 DVD
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- Author
- Inarritu, Alejandro Gonzalez (director)
- Smith, Mark L. (screenwriter)
- DiCaprio, Leonardo (actor)
- Hardy, Tom (actor)
- Responsibility
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
- Mark L. Smith
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Tom Hardy
- Publisher
- Los Angeles, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (157 min.) : sound, color
- Subjects
- Films
- Film making
- Bears
- Hunting
- Abstract
- Inspired by true events, during an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption.
- Accession Number
- P2019-31
- Call Number
- 06.3 R32 DVD
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The Revenant on IMDb
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Spirits of the Rockies : reasserting an indigenous presence in Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14567
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Mason, Courtney W.
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 M37s c.1
- 07.2 M37s c.2
- Author
- Mason, Courtney W.
- Responsibility
- Courtney W. Mason; foreword by Roland Rollinmud and Ian A. L. Getty
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- xvi, 195 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour map, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- First Nations
- Hunting
- Missionaries
- Morley
- Racism
- Religion
- Residential schools
- Stoney First Nation (formerly known as Stoney Indians)
- Tourism
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents: Chapter 1 Theorizing power relations in colonial histories. -- Chapter 2 Colonial encounters: Treaty 7, Missionaries and the contraints of the reserve system. -- Chapter 3 The repression of indigenous subsistence practices in Roocky Mountains Park. -- Chapter 4 Sporting and tourism festivals: representations of indigenous peoples. -- Chapter 5 Rethinking the Banff Indian Days as critical spaces of cultural exchange. --Chapter 6 Looking back and pushing ahead
- ISBN
- 9781442626683
- Accession Number
- P2015-09-03
- 2015.8518
- Call Number
- 07.2 M37s c.1
- 07.2 M37s c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1875 – 1885
- Material
- skin, marten; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0040
- Description
- A woman’s brown marten fur stole using the pelts of two martens. The stole has a brown silk lining. The label reads: “John McKay Ltd Kingston ‘from trapper to wearer’”.
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- Title
- Stole
- Date
- 1875 – 1885
- Material
- skin, marten; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 22.4 x 145.0 cm
- Description
- A woman’s brown marten fur stole using the pelts of two martens. The stole has a brown silk lining. The label reads: “John McKay Ltd Kingston ‘from trapper to wearer’”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0040
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