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One man's mountains : Joe Weiss in Jasper
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue720
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Collinson, Helen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta Collections
- Call Number
- F1090 W4 C6
- Author
- Collinson, Helen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta Collections
- Published Date
- 1979
- Subjects
- Photography
- Skiing
- Call Number
- F1090 W4 C6
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Cross-country Ontario
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1455
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Keating, Michael
- Publisher
- Toronto : Van Nostrand Reinhold
- Call Number
- F1057 K4
- Author
- Keating, Michael
- Publisher
- Toronto : Van Nostrand Reinhold
- Published Date
- 1979
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Skiing
- Call Number
- F1057 K4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Summit Notes - MT. Hooker, 1978
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57716
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of summit notes from Mount Hooker, produced by the Alpine Club of Canada in 1978. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sighti…
- Date Range
- 1978
- Reference Code
- M200 / V / A / 126
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200
- V14
- S6
- Series
- M200 / V: Summit Records
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Sub-Series
- M200 / V / A: Identified Summit Records
- Accession Number
- accn. 8002
- Reference Code
- M200 / V / A / 126
- Responsibility
- Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
- Date Range
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records 5 summit notes
- History / Biographical
- Mount Hooker is part of the Canadian Rockies, along the Continental Divide/Great Divide separating Alberta and British Columbia. Mount Hooker lies above the Hooker Icefield and the Athabasca Pass. The mountain was named after accomplished botanist, Sir William Jackson Hooker, in 1827.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of summit notes from Mount Hooker, produced by the Alpine Club of Canada in 1978. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. File: M200 / V / A / 126: Summit Notes - MT. Hooker, 1978
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Alberta
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Backcountry skiing
- Backpacking
- British Columbia
- Climbing
- Club
- Cross-country skiing
- Description and travel
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Great Divide
- Hiking
- Mountain
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- Parks
- Record keeping
- Ski areas
- Ski area
- Ski mountaineering
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Summit
- Trails
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Continental Divide
- Great Divide
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Athabasca Pass
- Hooker Icefield
- Mount Clemenceau
- Mount Hooker
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Summit notes placed in individual mylar sleeves due to fragile state of paper. Water damage and mold on every summit note.
- Related Material
- M235
- Biographical Source Notes
- Peak Finder: Mount Hooker, Canadian Rockies Database: https://cdnrockiesdatabases.ca/peaks/647#undefined3
- Title Source
- Original title
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1978
- Material
- fibre; terrycloth
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1087
- Description
- White headband with blue lettering reading “XI Commonwealth Games Edmonton 1978”. Width is 4.5 cm at band, 1 cm at strap. Band is 47 cm long without strap, 96 cm long with strap. Back of headband is quilted with terrycloth.
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- Title
- Ski Headband
- Date
- 1978
- Material
- fibre; terrycloth
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 96 cm
- Description
- White headband with blue lettering reading “XI Commonwealth Games Edmonton 1978”. Width is 4.5 cm at band, 1 cm at strap. Band is 47 cm long without strap, 96 cm long with strap. Back of headband is quilted with terrycloth.
- Subject
- clothing
- sports
- winter
- skiing
- Eddie Hunter
- Credit
- Gift of Eddie Hunter, Banff, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.1087
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Weathered wood : anecdotes and history of the Banff-Sunshine area
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19880
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Brewster, F.O. 'Pat'
- Publisher
- [Banff? Alta. : s.n.]
- Edition
- second edition
- Call Number
- 08.3 B74w Pam
- Author
- Brewster, F.O. 'Pat'
- Responsibility
- F.O. 'Pat' Brewster
- Edition
- second edition
- Publisher
- [Banff? Alta. : s.n.]
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the people and experiences which had influenced the author, Pat Brewster, a lifelong Banff resident, during the course of his life. Brewster refers to men such as Bill Peyto and Sir George Simpson and the ways in which their work had influenced his life, through both direct and indirect contact. Additionally, the author shares personal stories about his experience skiing and the development of Sunshine Ski area.
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 08.3 B74w Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Ski trails in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1510
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Kunelius, Rick
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Call Number
- F1090 K8
- Author
- Kunelius, Rick
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Published Date
- 1977
- Subjects
- Guidebooks
- Skiing
- Call Number
- F1090 K8
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Weathered wood : anecdotes and history of the Banff-Sunshine area
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6073
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Brewster, Forrest Oliver (Pat)
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22b
- Publisher
- Banff : Banff Crag & Canyon
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 64p. : ill., port
- Subjects
- Brewster family
- Dairies
- Mining
- Skiing
- Notes
- Contents: Sunshine area: William Twin (p.9-14); Sir George Simpson (p.15-22); Simpson Register (p.22); George Mercer Dawson (p.23-24); Joe Heely and George Brewster (p.25-28); Bill Peyto (p.29-43); A.O. Wheeler (p.45-49);Sunshine route and early days of skiing: Bill Neish (p.49-51); Arthur Unwin (p.52-54);Gus Johnson, Conrad Kain and Hilliard Hartin (p.53); Dick Smith (p.55-59); Lou Crosby (p. 60-61) .Mount Brewster and Brewster Rock (p.62-64)
- Accession Number
- 6340
- 10500
- 13500
- Call Number
- 08.3 B22b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Artist
- Pete Wingle
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- cibachrome on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WiP.18.01
- Description
- The top third is blue sky, the rest of the picture is snowy mountain peaks with the broad face of one dominating front and centre. Skiers make a pattern centre as they ski an unmarked mountain slope.
- Artist
- Pete Wingle
- Title
- Steep Mother
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- cibachrome on paper
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 49.5 cm
- Description
- The top third is blue sky, the rest of the picture is snowy mountain peaks with the broad face of one dominating front and centre. Skiers make a pattern centre as they ski an unmarked mountain slope.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WiP.18.01
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- Date
- 1976
- Material
- fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1235 a-jj
- Description
- A collection of various patches that belonged to Cliff White Sr.; most of them pertain to Sunshine Village Ski Resort:(a) (b) two identical shield-shaped, felt badges measuring 9.40cmx7.90cm wide. The background is dark blue, inside a navy blue outline of a shield, inside that, the words “SUNSHINE”…
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- Title
- Patch
- Date
- 1976
- Material
- fabric
- Description
- A collection of various patches that belonged to Cliff White Sr.; most of them pertain to Sunshine Village Ski Resort:(a) (b) two identical shield-shaped, felt badges measuring 9.40cmx7.90cm wide. The background is dark blue, inside a navy blue outline of a shield, inside that, the words “SUNSHINE” in yellow arced over a yellow sun. The bottom half is snowy mountains, a green cabin with a red roof on the viewer’s right and two evergreens on the viewer’s left.(c) one pinked, shield-shaped, satin badge measuring 8.8cmx7.50cm wide. The background is light blue, inside a dark blue outline of a shield, inside that, the words “SUNSHINE” in yellow, arced over a yellow sun. The bottom half is snowy mountains, a green cabin with a red roof on the viewer’s right and two evergreens on the viewer’s left.(d) a shield-shaped, felt patch measuring 9.50cmx7.50cm. There are four layers to the patch. The backing is white felt and covering this, slightly smaller (9.50cmx7.50cm wide) is a pinked-edged, shield-shaped, white, paper backing covered by a pinked edged, shield-shaped, bright blue shield (9.50cmx7.50cm wide). Slightly smaller than that is the shield-shaped, white felt surface (8.5cmx6.5cm wide) of the badge. The words “SUNSHINE BANFF” are printed in navy blue ink on top of the white, felt surface. There is white stitching around the printing. Below that is a cutout area displaying the bright blue felt underneath. A superimposed, pinked-edged, yellow, felt sun is stitched on in the middle of that. Below and comprising three-quarters of the patch are a superimposed bright blue “S” in the middle and on either side of that, to the viewer’s left, a red, felt piece of material is stitched on to represent a gate flag, and to the viewer’s right in the distance, therefore smaller, is another red gate flag.(e) a shield-shaped, felt patch measuring 10.0cmx8.00cm. There are four layers to the patch. The backing is white felt and covering this, slightly smaller (9.50cmx7.50cm wide) is a pinked-edged, shield-shaped, white, paper backing covered by a pinked edged, shield-shaped, bright blue shield (9.50cmx7.50cm wide). Slightly smaller than that is the shield-shaped, white felt surface (8.5cmx6.3cm wide) of the badge. The words “SUNSHINE BANFF” are printed in red ink on top of the white, felt surface. There is white stitching around the printing. Below that is a cutout area displaying the bright blue felt underneath. Two superimposed, pinked-edged, yellow, felt suns are stitched on each end. Below and comprising three-quarters of the patch are a superimposed, black “S” in the middle and on either side of that, to the viewer’s left, a black, felt piece of material is stitched on to represent a gate flag, and to the viewer’s right in the distance, therefore smaller, is another black gate flag.(f) a shield-shaped, felt patch measuring 9.5cmx7.50cm. There are four layers to the patch. The backing is white felt and covering this, slightly smaller (9.0cmx7.0cm wide) is a pinked-edged, shield-shaped, white, paper backing covered by a pinked edged, shield-shaped, bright blue shield (9.0cmx7.0cm wide). Slightly smaller than that is the shield-shaped, white felt surface (8.5cmx6.50cm wide) of the badge. The words “SUNSHINE BANFF” are printed in red ink on top of the white, felt surface. There is white stitching around the printing. Below that is a cutout area displaying the bright blue felt underneath. Three superimposed, pinked-edged, yellow, felt suns are stitched into this cut-out space. Below and comprising three-quarters of the patch are a superimposed, yellow “S” in the middle and on either side of that, to the viewer’s left, a red felt piece of material is stitched on to represent a gate flag, and to the viewer’s right in the distance, therefore smaller, is another red gate flag.(g) (h)Two Sunshine Village staff patches made of machine-embroidered pieces of light-weight, white canvas. The patches measure 8.0cmx8.50wide; a circle with an arced banner underneath. The outer rim is embroidered in green thread. Inside the circle is a black rimmed,embroidered, yellow sky, underneath that green mountains, underneath that, embroidered, irregular, black printing ”Sunshine Village”. Arced under the circle in green embroidery is printed “75 STAFF 76”. (i) This patch is in an unopened plastic package closed with a stapled, red and white packaging label that has “‘CANADA” printed on the front and “HOT BOND” stamped in purple ink over a red maple leaf. On the back printed in red lettering on white background “DESIGNED IN CANADA” “N.K. SOUVENIRS LTD. 985 Blue Mountain Street (COQ.) NEW WESTMINSTER B.C.” “936-7332”, on the bottom of the label packaging on viewer’s left “PRINTED IN CANADA”, on the viewer’s right a triangle wih “N.K. SOUVENIRS”. A Sunshine Village patch made of machine-embroidered, light-weight, white canvas. The patch measure 6.4cm radius; a circle with an arced banner underneath. The outer rim is embroidered in green thread. Inside the circle is a black-rimmed, embroidered, yellow sky, underneath that green mountains, underneath that, embroidered, irregular, black printing ”Sunshine Village”. The back of the patch is bonded with special glue, once heat pressed, will adhere to clothing.(j) A circular magenta patch measuring 7.70cm radius. In the centre of the patch is a silver smiling face of a sun, with the eyes, lips, and outer rays in gold. The backing is stitched-on, black fabric.(k) A six-sided patch of red felt with a black, polyester, machine-stitched piece of six-sided fabric on top. It has a skier, with a gold sun face (‘sunshine head’), embroidered in the middle of the patch. On the top are the words “SUNSHINE VILLAGE”, on the bottom “BANFF CANADA”.(l) to (z) 15 identical Sunshine Village staff patches measuring 11.2cm radius. The circular patches have an inside rim of gold against a bright blue background. In the centre is a person with a ‘sunshine’ head, (a smiling yellow face with rays of the sun) flying through the air on skiis. Arced on the top in yellow lettering ‘SUNSHINE VILLAGE” and on the bottom “STAFF”.(aa)a circular , green felt patch, 11.0cm radius, with a painted-on, green, bombardier-type snowcat against a white/blue mountain and snow; on either side is a snow-covered evergreen. Arced on top in white gold-rimmed letters “COLUMBIA ICE FIELDS” and on the bottom “CANADA”.(bb) A circular felt patch measuring 8.9cm radius. The patch has three layers of felt machine stitched on top on each other. The royal blue backing and the next light blue piece have pinked edges and are the same size. On top of this (radius 7.5cm) is a piece red felt, machine stitched to that is a brown mountain with a white peak. Arced over the mountain in individual stitched-on, white lettering with blue thread outlines “D.” “H.” “D.”. The word “BANFF” is embroidered in a straight line, in blue thread on the bottom. There is a pinked-edged paper label glued on the back; part of it is missing. The label depicts two banners with an open scissors over them. One red banner reads “PERCYS”, the white banner read “FELTIES”. The remains of a telephone number 8833-95 is on the torn part and underneath “EDM”.(cc) A white, felt patch (11.3cmx9.4cm wide) in the shape of a maple leaf with a banner on the bottom. There is a machine-embroidered red maple leaf stitched through a gauze backing and a banner outline with the word ”CANADA” stitched in red on a white background.(dd) A simple, oval-shaped, royal blue, felt patch (12.0cmx9.40cm wide) with a painted yellow number “6” on the surface. (ee) A simple, green, felt, triangle (8.20cmx9.20cm) with an inside triangular outline in white paint and the letters ”C” on top and then “YH” on the bottom.(ff) A squared, (11.7cmx10.4cm wide) but with corners cut off, felt patch. The backing is black gauze, the next layer is a stiff burlap weave, and on top of that is a layer of royal blue felt; all three have pinked edges. Sewn onto the surface is a slightly smaller squared, but with corners cut off, grey, felt patch with individual cutout royal blue, felt letters “OCD” sewn on.(gg) A red, felt, shield-shaped patch (16.0cmx13.5cm wide) with a smaller green, shield-shaped, felt piece sewn on top. A yellow, felt, letter ”W” is sewn on the surface and underneath is a small red, shield-shaped, felt piece wih a yellow, felt “B” sewn on top of that. (hh) A green, shield-shaped, felt patch (14.3cmx12.2cm wide) with a smaller red shield-shaped, felt piece sewn on top. A yellow, felt, letter ”W” is sewn on the surface and underneath is a small green, shield-shaped, felt piece wih a yellow, felt “B” sewn on top of that. (ii) A red, shield-shaped, felt patch (11.2cmx10.0cm wide) with a smaller green, shield-shaped, cutout, felt piece sewn on top with yellow thread. A yellow, felt, letter ”W” outlined in green felt, is sewn onto the surface into the circular cutout (so that it is sewn on the red felt) and underneath, on the green felt shield cutout is the word “High” written in script and stitched in yellow thread. The white gauze backing is stamped with purple ink “CREST CRAFT” underneath ”SASKATOON, SK.”. Remnants of the paper pattern are visible through the gauze material.(jj) A red, shield-shaped, felt patch (9.9cmx9.8cm wide) with a smaller, green, shield-shaped, cutout, felt piece sewn on top with gold/beige thread. A yellow, felt, letter ”W” outlined in green felt, is sewn onto the surface into the circular cutout (so that it is sewn on the red felt) and underneath, on the green felt shield cutout is the word “High” written in script and stitched in gold/beige thread. The white cotton backing is stamped with purple ink “CREST CRAFT” underneath “SASKATOON, SK.”
- Subject
- sports
- skiing
- Sunshine Village
- Credit
- Gift of Clifford Whyte (Estate), 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1235 a-jj
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- Date
- 1976
- Material
- metal; plastic; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1024 a-c
- Description
- Three identical plastic-coated, novelty, Sunshine Village advertising ski hill pins measuring 6.3cm in radius. The circular pins have a paper, coloured photograph of a girl wearing nothing but sunglasses on top of her head, and ski boots and skis. She is standing on the ski hill between some conife…
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- Title
- Pin
- Date
- 1976
- Material
- metal; plastic; paper
- Dimensions
- 6.3 cm
- Description
- Three identical plastic-coated, novelty, Sunshine Village advertising ski hill pins measuring 6.3cm in radius. The circular pins have a paper, coloured photograph of a girl wearing nothing but sunglasses on top of her head, and ski boots and skis. She is standing on the ski hill between some coniferous trees. Below the girl in arced, black, letters “a little streak of Sunshine” is printed. The metal back of the pin has a horizontal pin set with a safety-pin type of clasp with a u-type closure for the pin.
- Credit
- Gift of Clifford Whyte (Estate), 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 105.01.1024 a-c
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