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[Banff Indian Days parade]|[with Mrs. Hector Crawler at head of group]

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Medium
Library - Postcard
Published Date
[ca.1909]
Author
Harmon, Byron
Call Number
V683/PA
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Author
Harmon, Byron
Responsibility
Byron Harmon
Published Date
[ca.1909]
Medium
Library - Postcard
Call Number
V683/PA
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Other memories : old and new

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1904
Author
Kerr, John
Publisher
Edinburgh : William Blackwood
Call Number
02.2 K46
Author
Kerr, John
Publisher
Edinburgh : William Blackwood
Published Date
1904
Physical Description
x, 227p. : port
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
British Association for the Advancement of Science
Accession Number
30000
Call Number
02.2 K46
Collection
Archives Library
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Observations made in 1906 on glaciers in Alberta and British Columbia

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1907
Author
Vaux, George, Jr
Call Number
03.4 V46ob Pam
Author
Vaux, George, Jr
Responsibility
by George Jr. and William S. Vaux
Published Date
1907
Physical Description
p.568-579 : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
From Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, December 1906
Accession Number
1118
Call Number
03.4 V46ob Pam
Collection
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Observations made in 1907 on glaciers in Alberta and British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue10990
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1908
Author
Vaux, George, Jr
Call Number
03.4 V46obs Pam
Author
Vaux, George, Jr
Responsibility
by George Jr. and William S. Vaux
Published Date
1908
Physical Description
p.560-563
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Asulkan Glaicer
Illecillewaet Glacier
Yoho Glacier
Notes
From Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, December 1907
Accession Number
1118
Call Number
03.4 V46obs Pam
Collection
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Note on the geological structure of the Selkirk Range

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1891
Author
Dawson, George Mercer
Publisher
Rochester : Geological Society of America
Call Number
03.2 D32n Pam
Author
Dawson, George Mercer
Publisher
Rochester : Geological Society of America
Published Date
1891
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, Vol. 2 p 165-176, February 12, 1881
Accession Number
8-26-99 32,000
Call Number
03.2 D32n Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Scenic treasure of the Canadian mountains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1907
Call Number
uncatalogued
Published Date
1907
Physical Description
:all ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Accession Number
5104
Call Number
uncatalogued
Collection
Archives Library
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Scenic treasures of the Canadian mountains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1907
Publisher
Cincinnati : Scenic Souvenirs
Call Number
02.5 Sce1 Pam oversize
Responsibility
compiled, engraved, printed by Tom Jones with photographs very kindly furnished by Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Publisher
Cincinnati : Scenic Souvenirs
Published Date
1907
Physical Description
32 p. : all ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Views
Notes
Made expressly and exclusively for Thomson Stationery Company Ltd, Vancouver
Contents: photographs from Calgary to Victoria along the railway including Canadian Pacific hotels, bridges, ships
Accession Number
3881
Call Number
02.5 Sce1 Pam oversize
Collection
Archives Library
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The Dominion illustrated : a Canadian pictorial weekly

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11900
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1888-1891
Publisher
Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]
Call Number
P Newspaper oversize
Publisher
Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]
Published Date
1888-1891
Physical Description
7 v. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Notman, William & Son
Politics
Notes
v. 1-7, no. 182; July 7, 1888-Dec. 26, 1891
Call Number
P Newspaper oversize
Collection
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Canada : an encyclopedia of the country ...

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1898
Publisher
Toronto : Linscott
Call Number
R 02.4 C16c
Responsibility
by a corps of eminent writers and specialists, edited by J. Castell Hopkins
Publisher
Toronto : Linscott
Published Date
1898
Physical Description
5 v. : ill., ports., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Accession Number
4083
Call Number
R 02.4 C16c
Collection
Archives Library
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The Alpine herald [newspaper] : a souvenir of newspaper night, July 9, 1907 around the camp-fire of Paradise Valley at the camp of The Alpine Club of Canada, being seletions from the contributions of club members

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
v.1, n.1 (November 1907)
Call Number
P - oversize drawer
Published Date
v.1, n.1 (November 1907)
Medium
Library - Periodical
Call Number
P - oversize drawer
Collection
Archives Library
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Banff in the Canadian Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12124
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
[ca.1900]
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Call Number
08.5 B22i Pam
Author
Canadian Pacific Railway
Published Date
[ca.1900]
Physical Description
15 p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebooks
Tourism
Travel
Accession Number
35500
Call Number
08.5 B22i Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Plan shewing the C.A.C. Coy's coal land, Bow River Valley

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1889
Publisher
[Anthracite? Th. C. Watts?]
Call Number
C14-3.3
Responsibility
Watts, Th. C. [?]
Publisher
[Anthracite? Th. C. Watts?]
Published Date
1889
Physical Description
1 map
Scale
1 inch = 40 chains
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Anthracite
Coal and coal mines
Notes
Sgd. Anthracite, Aug. 9th, 1889, Th.[?] C. Watts
Call Number
C14-3.3
Collection
Archives Library
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Map of Nakimu Caves by W.S. Ayres

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
November 9th, 1905
Author
Ayres, W.S.
Call Number
C16-2.1
Author
Ayres, W.S.
Published Date
November 9th, 1905
Scale
120:inch
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Nakimu Caves - Glacier National P.
Accession Number
2689
Call Number
C16-2.1
Collection
Archives Library
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Plan showing the location and extent of the Nakimu Caves ...

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1905
Author
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Publisher
[Ottawa : Dept. of the Interior]
Call Number
C16-2.2
Author
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Publisher
[Ottawa : Dept. of the Interior]
Published Date
1905
Physical Description
1 map : col
Scale
1 inch = 2000 feet
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Nakimu Caves
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Notes
from surveys by A.O. Wheeler, Dept. of the Interior
Accession Number
24,500
Call Number
C16-2.2
Collection
Archives Library
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The Great Glacier of the Selkirks

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Author
Ingersoll, Ernest
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Call Number
02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
Author
Ingersoll, Ernest
Responsibility
Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Published Date
1889
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glaciers
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
Selkirk Range
Selkirk Range - B.C.
Hotels
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Travel
Tourism
Geography
Illecillewaet Glacier
Abstract
Pertains to the Selkirk Mountains, Illecillewaete Glacier, Glacier Creek, Sir Donald, the hotel and Canadian Pacific Railway access to the area as of 1889.
Notes
In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIII No. 1702, August 3, 1889, pp. 616 - 618
Accession Number
7890
Call Number
02.6 In4t PAM O.S.
Collection
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Canadian Pacific Railway : Banff and British Columbia

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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home

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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains

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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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
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Picturesque California : The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1894
Author
Muir, John (editor)
Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
Publisher
San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
Call Number
02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
Author
Muir, John (editor)
Ingersoll, Ernest (author)
Responsibility
John Muir (editor)
Ernest Ingersoll (author)
Eminent American Artists (photos, photogravures, wood engravings derived from paintings)
Publisher
San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers
Published Date
1894
Physical Description
16 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
California Series No. 32, April 23, 1894
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Rocky Mountains
Art
Fraser, John Arthur
Notman, William & Son
Banff
Canmore
Kamloops
Vancouver
Victoria
Sir Donald, Mount
Bow River
Hot springs
Banff Springs Hotel
Emerald Lake
Selkirk Mountains
Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range
Asulkan Glacier
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Abstract
Pertains to the Canadian Rockies as authored by Ernest Ingersoll with introduction by John Muir including a variety of sketches of Sir Donald, Bow River, Canmore, the Great Glacier, hot springs, open pool, Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake, Bow Falls and Banff Springs Hotel, the Selkirks and Hermit Mountain, Cheops, Asulkan Glacier, Stanley Park, Victoria, Shushwap Mission at Kamloops, and the Canadian Pacific Docks at Vancouver.
Notes
Part XXVI - The Canadian Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll
Accession Number
7901
Call Number
02.6 In4p PAM O.S.
Collection
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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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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