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"... That old rogue, the Iroquois Tete Jaune"
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11567
- Author
- Klan, Yvonne Mearns
- Physical Description
- p. 18 - 21
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Biography
- Fur trade
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Notes
- In British Columbia Historical News, vol. 34, no.1 (Winter 2000/2001)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The apprenticeship of James Murray Yale
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11108
- Author
- Klan, Yvonne Mearns
- Physical Description
- p. 37-42 : map, port
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Athabasca
- Fur trade
- Peace River
- Notes
- In British Columbia Historical News, vol. 32, no. 4 (Fall 1999)
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- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Archaeology in Alberta, 1980
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4864
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Culture Historical Resources Division
- Call Number
- 07.2 Ar2a no.17
- Responsibility
- compiled by Jack Brink
- prepared by the Archaeological Survey of Alberta
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Alberta Culture Historical Resources Division
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- xxxvi, 202p. : ill., maps
- Series
- Occasional paper 17
- Subjects
- Fur trade
- Highways
- Rundle, Robert Terrill
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 3440
- Call Number
- 07.2 Ar2a no.17
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Archibald McDonald's Fort Langley Letters
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11107
- Author
- Cole, Jean Murray
- Physical Description
- p. 31-36 : port
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Expeditions
- Fur trade
- Simpson George
- Notes
- In British Columbia Historical News, vol. 32, no. 4 (Fall 1999)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Astoria : or, Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5125
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1849
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Publisher
- New York : Putnam
- Call Number
- 08 Ir8
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Publisher
- New York : Putnam
- Published Date
- 1849
- Physical Description
- viii, 519p. : map
- Subjects
- Fur trade
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 08 Ir8
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- bone, monkey; metal, brass; hair, horse; grass, bamboo; rattan
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0002 a,b
- Description
- A Chinese gold scale (a) and case (b). a) A scale with a long thin rod made from gibbon bone with a scale marked along its length with small dots. A brass pan is suspended by a black thread through a hole at the blunt end of the rod. There is a single thread at 9.5 cm from the blunt end that acts…
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- Title
- Balance Scale
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- bone, monkey; metal, brass; hair, horse; grass, bamboo; rattan
- Dimensions
- a) .5 (pan x b) 6.6 x a) 32 (bea cm
- Description
- A Chinese gold scale (a) and case (b). a) A scale with a long thin rod made from gibbon bone with a scale marked along its length with small dots. A brass pan is suspended by a black thread through a hole at the blunt end of the rod. There is a single thread at 9.5 cm from the blunt end that acts as a fulcrum to hang the rod. b) A violin-shaped case made of carved bamboo that is hinged with brass at the end of the stem. A braided rattan ring slides down the stem to secure it when closed. There are carved areas insidethe case to fit the pan, rod and weight. The case is marked with a symbol carved into the outside. There is also a red and white paper inside with Chinese characters and “Ex.B Harry Sam” handwritten.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0002 a,b
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Beaded Moccasins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.3002%20a%2cb
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.3002 a,b
- Description
- Pair of child's low moccasins, beaded and lined with blue fabric. Vamp entirely beaded with a white background, and a blue, green and black figure with a hat. Beaded band around ankle in white, red and blue. Beaded red cross at centre back in blue. The sole of (a) is marked in black ink with “…
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- Title
- Beaded Moccasins
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 9.7 x 21.3 cm
- Description
- Pair of child's low moccasins, beaded and lined with blue fabric. Vamp entirely beaded with a white background, and a blue, green and black figure with a hat. Beaded band around ankle in white, red and blue. Beaded red cross at centre back in blue. The sole of (a) is marked in black ink with “Child boy’s (struck through) 13.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.3002 a,b
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Bear tales from the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11180
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Calgary : Fifth House
- Call Number
- 04.2 P27
- Responsibility
- compiled & edited by Brian Patton
- Publisher
- Calgary : Fifth House
- Published Date
- 1998
- Subjects
- Bears
- Exploration
- Fur trade
- Indians
- Literature
- Notes
- Includes bibliography and index
- Authors include: John C. Ewers, Onesta, David Rockwell, Walter Wilcox, George McLean, Ella E. Clark, David Thompson, Simon Fraser, Thomas Drummond, Viscount Milton and W.B. Cheadle, Henry J. Moberly, Robert M. Rylatt, P. Robertson-Ross, H.E.M. Stutfield, J.N. Collie, W.T. Hornaday, R.M. Patterson, Sid Marty, Frank Goble, C.E. Goble, Pat Brewster, R.H. Stronach, Scarlet and Gold, C.E. Millar, Ken Jones, Nora Findlay, H.M. Halliday, Rudy Wiebe, Andy Russell, Lawrence Burpee, N. Vernon-Wood, Walter Nixon, Jim Deegan, Dan McCowan, Lukin Johnston, Howard O'Hagan, Nick Morant, Harry Rowed, Lorne Perry, Frank Camp, Wilf Taylor, Stephen Herrero, Rick Kunelius
- Note - The First Bear Story / David Thompson is from p.248-249 of David Thompson's Narrative 1784-1812, Toronto: Champlain Society, 1962
- Accession Number
- 7098
- Call Number
- 04.2 P27
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Beaver kings and cabins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5145
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1933
- Author
- Skinner, Constance Lindsay
- Publisher
- New York : Macmillan
- Call Number
- 08 Sk3
- Author
- Skinner, Constance Lindsay
- Responsibility
- with illustrations by W. Langdon Kihn
- Publisher
- New York : Macmillan
- Published Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 273p. : ill., map
- Subjects
- Fur trade
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 08 Sk3
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.3003
- Description
- Red wool Hudson's Bay-style blanket, 4 point, with thick black bands near each end. Black and orange machine embroidered label sewn on to blanket near one corner “EARLY’S WITNEY POINT BLANKET MADE IN ENGLAND OF PURE WOOL” with a picture of a man holding a spear and wearing a headdress and fringe…
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- Title
- Blanket
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 195.0 cm
- Description
- Red wool Hudson's Bay-style blanket, 4 point, with thick black bands near each end. Black and orange machine embroidered label sewn on to blanket near one corner “EARLY’S WITNEY POINT BLANKET MADE IN ENGLAND OF PURE WOOL” with a picture of a man holding a spear and wearing a headdress and fringed shirt .
- Subject
- households
- Hudson's Bay Company
- trade
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.01.3003
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