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Around the world in a dugout canoe : the untold story of Captain John Voss and the Tilikum
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24995
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- MacFarlane, John
- Salmon, Lynn J.
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Call Number
- 02.1 M11a
1 website
- Author
- MacFarlane, John
- Salmon, Lynn J.
- Responsibility
- John M, MacFarlane
- Lynn J. Salmon
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 268 p.
- Abstract
- "For three years Voss and the Tilikum, aided by a rotating cast of characters, visited Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil and finally England, weathering heavy gales at sea and attracting large crowds of spectators on shore. The austere on-board conditions and simple navigational equipment Voss used throughout the voyage are a testimony to his skill and to the solid construction of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth vessel. Both Voss and his original mate, newspaperman N.K. Luxton, later wrote about their journey in accounts compromised by poor memories, brazen egos and outright lies. Stories of murder, cannibalism and high-seas terror have been repeated elsewhere without any regard to the truth. Now, over a century later, a full and fair account of the voyage--and the magnitude of Voss’s accomplishment--is at last fully detailed. In this groundbreaking work, marine historians John MacFarlane and Lynn Salmon sift fact from fiction, critically examining the claims of Voss’s and Luxton’s manuscripts against research from libraries, archives, museums and primary sources around the world. Including unpublished photographs, letters and ephemera from the voyage, Around the World in a Dugout Canoe tells the real story of a little-understood character and his cedar canoe. It is an enduring story of courage, adventure, sheer luck and at times tragedy."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- John Claus Voss -- Treasure Hunting in the Xora -- Norman Kenny Luxton -- “Out-Slocuming” Joshua Slocum -- Preparing to Voyage -- Across the Pacific -- Penrhyn Island and Beyond -- The Mate Walter Louis Begent -- Australia -- New Zealand -- South Africa -- Brazil and up the Atlantic to England -- Repatriation to Victoria -- The Sea Queen, the Tilikum II and Voss’s Last Years.
- Notes
- Contains materials from the Luxton family fonds from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library
- Signed by John MacFarlane
- ISBN
- 9781550178791
- Accession Number
- 2019.106
- Call Number
- 02.1 M11a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to publication on publisher's website
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Banff : a history of the park and town
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14457
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Call Number
- 08.3 H25b Reference copy
- 08.3 H25b c.1
- 08.3 H25b c.2
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Responsibility
- E. J. (Ted) Hart
- Publisher
- Banff : Summerthought
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 283 p. : ill., map, ports
- Subjects
- Canada. Department of Interior
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Depression
- Douglas, Howard
- First Nations
- Highways
- National parks
- Recreation
- Ski areas
- Stewart, George
- Tourism
- Town of Banff
- World War II
- Notes
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- ISBN
- 978-1-92698312-7
- Accession Number
- P2015-06-12 Limited edition - #140/1000
- summerthought limited edition - #1/1000 and #2/1000
- Call Number
- 08.3 H25b Reference copy
- 08.3 H25b c.1
- 08.3 H25b c.2
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- Archives Library
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Banff : a park for the people?
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19951
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Norman, Carlyle
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Norman, Carlyle
- Responsibility
- Carlyle Norman
- Published Date
- 2012
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Banff
- Banff (residents)
- Banff (townsite)
- Banff - Townsite development
- Banff National Park
- National parks
- Politics
- Wildlife
- Tourism
- Abstract
- Pertians to Banff National Park and changes in use and policy
- Notes
- In Highline Magazine, Vol.4, Iss.1, Winter 2012, p.42-43
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Highline website
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Banff Lantern Slides
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions21760
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
- Date Range
- [c. 1890]
- Reference Code
- V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Transparency
- Lantern slide
4 images
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- Accession Number : 7919
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 7919
- Reference Code
- V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4
- Date Range
- [c. 1890]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.
- Subject Access
- Lantern slide
- Tourism
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Ben Gadd fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55758
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, …
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- V810
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- 2024.01
- Reference Code
- M590 / V810 / S61
- GMD
- Digital image
- Drawing
- Negative
- Newspaper clipping
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Published record
- Textual record
- Video
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1956-2018
- Physical Description
- ca. 7.9 metres of textual records -- ca. 274 maps -- 29 VHS tapes -- ca.15 discs with digital files -- 21 cassettes -- photographs -- oversized materials -- USB stick with 15 sldeshows
- History / Biographical
- Ben Gadd (1946-) is a retired naturalist, guide, geologist, instructor, freelance writer and award-winning author based in the Canadian Rockies. Ben was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1946. He met his wife, Cia (Langdon) Gadd at Colorado College in 1965, and the couple married four weeks later. Ben and Cia had two sons, Will and Toby. Ben and his family relocated to Jasper in the late 1960s. Ben later attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science in 1972. Between 1976 and 1980, Ben taught classes at Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology; he later taught additional classes at Grant MacEwan College and Lakeland College. From 1981, Ben also worked as a seasonal naturalist/guide for Parks Canada. Ben left Parks Canada in 1985 to start an independent naturalist guiding business with Cia based in Jasper and other parts of the Canadian Rockies, which the couple continued to operate for over two decades. Ben published his best-known work, "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", through his publishing company Corax Press in 1986. The second edition of "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" received multiple awards after its release in 1995. Ben's fiction book, "Raven's End" won the title of Best Canadian Rockies Book at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in 2001 and became a Canadian bestseller. Overall, Ben has authored or co-authored 11 books and received nearly one dozen awards for his achievements as a writer, researcher and guide. Ben continued to lead guided hikes and school programs until his retirement in 2016.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other related material. Materials donated in 2024 include one USB stick containing
- Notes
- Ben Gadd fonds arrangement: Series I : Personal records - Subseries A : Travel guides and maps - Subseries B : Education and early writings - Subseries C : Personal interest files - Subseries D : Other personal and collected Series II : Research and publication records - Subseries A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Subseries B : Other publications Series III : Professional records - Subseries A : Parks Canada Records - Subseries B : Interpretive guiding - Subseries C : Teaching records - Subseries D : Other contracts and projects Series IV : Legal and financial records - Subseries A : Legal records - Subseries B : Financial records
- Subject Access
- Education
- Research
- Publication
- Environment
- Geology
- Tourism
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Academics
- Guiding
- Guides
- Businesses
- Finances
- Conservation
- Wildlife
- Natural history
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Lethbridge
- United States of America
- Colorado
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions apply
- Language
- English
- French
- Dutch
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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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.
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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.
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- Archives Library
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Castle in the wilderness : the story of the Banff Springs Hotel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24950
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Call Number
- 08.5 R55c
1 website
- Author
- Robinson, Bart
- Responsibility
- Bart Robinson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 160 p.; illus.
- Subjects
- Hotels
- History
- Travel
- Tourism
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel is the definitive historical record of one of the world’s most famous mountain resorts. The story navigates the hotel’s early history from its construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the glittering era of the 1920s through to the changes of modern times. Local author and historian Bart Robinson has been exploring and writing about the Banff Springs Hotel since the 1970s. In A Castle in the Wilderness he combines a complete hotel history with rich anecdotes and snippets of the past that have enriched Banff and indeed Canada, from the hotel’s links to the construction of the transcontinental rail line to the visits of maharajahs and movie stars.How did such a gracious hotel come to be in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies? How much did it cost to build? Who designed it? Who selected its furnishings? Which famous visitors has it hosted? And why is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs? These and many more questions are answered in the Castle in the Wilderness. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Origins of a Hotel
- Grand Designs
- Vistas and Vendettas
- Growing Pains
- Towers and Troubles
- Princes and Politicians
- Out of the Fire
- A Brief But Golden Moment
- Tribulations and Triumph
- A Second Century
- Into the New Millenium
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- Credits
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- ISBN
- 9781926983356
- Accession Number
- 2019.89
- Call Number
- 08.5 R55c
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to publishers website where publication can been purchased
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The Cave and Basin : Banff's hot springs and the birth of Canada's national parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25251
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Hart, E.J. (Ted)
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Call Number
- 08.3 H11c
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- Author
- Hart, E.J. (Ted)
- Responsibility
- Ted (E.J.) Hart
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 91 pages
- Abstract
- THE CAVE AND BASIN by Ted Hart is the story of mineral springs in Banff National Park that were instrumental to the growth of Banff and formed the nucleus of Canada’s national park system. Authored by renowned historian E.J. (Ted) Hart, Cave and Basin offers background on what is now protected as a national historic site, exploring the story of its discovery and the lives of those involved in its development as a world-famous attraction. It describes these unique and fascinating hot springs and how they became the catalyst for important developments in Canadian history and culture. The book details the story of the springs’ first discovery, their critical place in a government decision to create a reserve to protect them for public use and their development into a tourist location where generations of Canadians and those from around the world came to enjoy their soothing balm. In the process, the springs, and the Cave and Basin particularly, became the epicentre for both the creation and the commemoration of Canada’s national parks. (From publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Sacred waters of the mountains
- Chapter 2 - Like some fantastic dream
- Chapter 3 - The hot springs investigation
- Chapter 4 - Recuperate the patients and recoup the treasury
- Chapter 5 - As near perfetion as it is possible to make
- Chapter 6 - Walter Painter's wonder
- Chapter 7 - Different guises
- Chapter 8 - Recent times
- Index
- Photo credits
- About the author
- ISBN
- 9781926983271
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 08.3 H11c
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- Archives Library
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- Publisher's website
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Climbing the pinnacle of art : learning vacations and the Banff School of fine arts, 1933-1954
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14652
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Reichwein, PearlAnn
- Publisher
- Toronto : The University of Toronto Press
- Call Number
- 06 R27c Pam
- Author
- Reichwein, PearlAnn
- Responsibility
- PearlAnn Reichwein and Karen Wall
- Publisher
- Toronto : The University of Toronto Press
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- pages 69-100
- Notes
- In The Canadian Historical Review 92 (1 March 2011)
- Copied manuscript of the article
- Summary: "The article concerns the history of visual arts education, art instruction, and the productions of tourism in Banff National Park"
- Call Number
- 06 R27c Pam
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