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Description archivistique
Collection Exploration, discovery and travel
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Noel Humphreys collection

  • UNBC 2000.18
  • Collection
  • 1934-1935

Collection consists of eight newspaper clippings, seven of which are a series of articles on the findings of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition, with the eighth being a photograph of the Expedition’s winter quarters in Etah, Greenland. Five of the articles were written by the expedition leader, Mr. Noel Humphreys and the other two were written by members of the Expedition, Mr. Moore and Mr. Haig-Thomas. The articles were originally published in the “Times” of London but the clippings appear to be from the “New Zealand Herald”.

Survey Map collection

  • CA PEACE F024
  • Collection
  • 1918 - 1919

The collection contains 29 survey maps between Township 81-87 and Range 18-26, West of the 5th Meridian.

William D. Morrison collection

  • CA WHYTE whyte-416
  • Collection
  • [ca.1925]

Photographs pertain to Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Crowsnest Pass and southern Alberta, Canada. Publicity and commercial views produced by Department of Agriculture, Edmonton, Alberta; Canadian National Railways; W. J. Oliver; F. H. Riggall; I. T. Parker and William Kensit.

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Whyte Museum Oral History Programme (collection)

  • CA WHYTE whyte-708
  • Collection
  • 1967-1989

Fonds includes recordings of interviews, events, broadcasts, meetings, notes, readings and slide shows produced by and for the Archives of the Whyte Museum. I. Interviews with numerous individuals and groups of individuals. See subject headings for names. II. Events: dedication of Margaret Greenham Theatre; ceremony re Catharine Robb Whyte adoption in Stoney Tribe; Earth Day programme at Margaret Greenham Theatre; dedication of Mt. Jimmy Simpson; dedication of Edouard Deville historic site; Back to Banff Day, 10th anniversary; Louis Trono 75th birthday. III. Broadcasts re: Murray Adaskin, George Clutesi, Allan Jarvis, Kootenay River raft trip, Ottawa Ski Club, Helen Shandruk, Siri Strom, Springtime in the Rockies, Village Lake Louise Project, water pollution, Waterton area. IV. Meetings: Bow Valley Naturalists; National and Provincial Parks Association conference; Indian- Eskimo Conference re George Clutesi. V. Notes by Maryalice Stewart re: Cyril Fuller, Al Johnston, Maude Kidney, Norman Knight, Ulysses LaCasse. VI. Readings by: Ray Bagley, Earle Birney, Jon Whyte. VII. Slide shows: Jon Whyte slide show commentary re Peter and Catharine Whyte. Interviews and recordings were made by Maryalice Harvey Stewart, Elizabeth Rummel, Jon Whyte, E. J. (Ted) Hart, Sue Davies and others.

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Tom Peterson collection

  • CA HINT hint-6
  • Collection
  • 1957-2007

This collection consists of titles pertaining to local history and a copy of "A Hard Road To Travel" which Tom researched with Peter Murphy, Robert Udell and Robert Stevenson. His collection includes the rare book: David Thompson's Narrative 1784-1912.

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Tom Maccagno collection

  • CA ATH ath-2206
  • Collection
  • 1832-1998

The fonds consists of an excerpt from the book "Adventures on the Columbia River, including the narrative of a residence of six years on the western side of the Rocky Mountains, among various tribes of Indians hitherto unknown: together with A Journey across the American continent" by Ross Cox, 1832; an article by Nick Tanasiuk about homesteading at Rock Island Lake, Alberta; an article from the magazine Encompass, Oct. 1998 "Portage La Biche, the forgotten portage" by Tom Maccagno; a copy of 1915 "An act to incorporate the Athabasca and Fort Vermilion Railway Company"; information on Lac La Biche's 200th Anniversary in 1998; 1913 "An act to incorporate the Athabasca Club"; newspaper articles regarding Athabasca from the Calgary News Telegram, Calgary Albertan, and Edmonton Journal. There are also articles about Alex Stratton, Athabaska Investment Co., 1911; NWMP report mentioning Constable Hubert Thorne; excerpts from "Journal Notre Dame Des Victoires, Lac La Biche".

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Room A137 collection

  • CA PAA paa-9446
  • Collection
  • 1906 - 1966

The collection consists of material found in Room A137 of the Provincial Museum and Archives Building in 1969. No information is known regarding the provenance of the materials. The collection includes: an Edmonton and District Labour Council Annuals published by the Edmonton Trades and Labour Council and the Calgary Labour Council dating from 1951 -- 1961; a booklet entitled "Boy Blue's Verses" by Frederick Balmer Watt )1918); the first annual report of the North Alberta Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Canada and Newfoundland (1938); regulations providing for the election of representatives of the Armed Forces (1944); a conference paper presented by Ernest Manning (1945); a booklet entitled "The Magpie Menace" by Kerry Wood; Alberta Public Service pamphlets (1955); informational pamphlets on Alberta's Jubilee Auditoriums of Calgary and Edmonton (1955); a program of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Historical Society of Alberta (1859); Peace River and District Telephone Directory (1963); copy of the "Tattler" published by the Minus One Club of Edmonon (1955); pamphlets and postcards related to the history of Edmonton circa 1950s; a photo album entitled "The Canadian Pacific Rockies" 25 photogravures published by Byron Harmon circa 1900; copies of the Raymond Review Aug 3, 1966 and Aug 10, 1966; Vol. 1, No. 1 of the Explorer first centennial edition, Peace River Country (1967); a copy of the Alberta Red Cross News Pictorial Campaign No. 3 (1925); a copy of the Edmonton Journal "Annual Review and Forecast (1967); an illustrated booklet celebrating Alberta's Golden Jubilee; Edmonton Transit System passes dating from the 1960s; and 6 blueprints indicating the construction of streets in Carstairs and Wetaskiwin, Alberta (1906).

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Ron Duke collection

  • CA WHYTE whyte-171
  • Collection
  • [ca.1870-ca.1970]

Collection includes: certificate of general resolution of appreciation commending Jack Curren, Frank Betteridge, Frank Gombert, F. Wells, Reno Fitten, William Child and Ralph Rink for aid in the rescue of Mrs. W. E. Stone, July 24, 1921, and recovery of the body of Dr. W. E. Stone, d. July 17, 1921, on Mount Eon; and various photographs collected by Duke from unknown sources. Included is a Dave White & Sons Ltd. poster of eight prints, showing store 1894 to 1948; also a poster of male descendants of John Brewster, ca.1965, with ten images.

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Robert T. Rundle collection

  • EDM edm-1040
  • Collection
  • 1974

The fonds consists of a memorandum of the Reverend Robert T. Rundle prepared by Reverend G.M. Hutchinson, and a short history of the British (Wesleyan) Mission to North America.

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Robert Lampard's collection

  • CA RED red-2872
  • Collection
  • 1993-1996

The collection includes two series. The Central Alberta Physicians Project series contains a copy of a thesis by Paul Victor Collins on public health policies of the Alberta government, 1921-1935; a book-length anthology, "Medicine in Alberta: Historical Reflections" completed in 1993 by a committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta; and other articles and a news clipping. The Hunting Hills series contains correspondence, photocopied excerpts from early explorers' reports, programs, news clippings, and articles on the identification and naming of Hunting Hills (or Hunt Hills or Hunter Hill), Antler Hill, and Horn Hill. The research on the name was undertaken in conjunction with the opening of Hunting Hills High School.

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