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Glacier survey crew, 1948
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HoldingsThe Archives and Library of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies was established in 1966 to serve the unique mountain regions of western Canada. Its main intent is to acquire archival and published resources created in or pertaining to the region bounded by the 49th parallel, Peace River, Front Ranges and Columbia Mountains. Predominant dates are 1880s to 1980s. Research strengths pertain to: family and personal life; exploration, discovery and travel; sports, recreation and leisure; arts and culture; environment; buildings and facilities; government; transportation; community life; commerce and industry; natural resources; education; military; science and technology; health services; and, communications. The Whyte Museum has archival holdings of textual records, photographs, moving images and sound recordings in over 625 fonds and collections. Extent is ca.550 linear metres. The Museum's library collection includes in excess of 4400 books, 2300 pamphlets, 125 journal titles and 1000 maps, as well as brochure and clipping files, microforms, audiovisual and electronic materials. In addition, the Whyte Museum Archives and Library is custodian of the Alpine Club of Canada library, a renowned book and journal collection covering mountain recreation, culture and landscape in all regions of the world, and the Luxton Family fonds, textual and photographic records of one of Banff's pioneering families. The Luxton Family fonds is maintained by the Archives and Library on behalf of the Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation. Fonds / collections descriptions are available through in-house finding aids in numerous formats, and through the web-based databases of the Archives Network of Alberta. An in-house database is available for the Whyte Museum and Alpine Club of Canada libraries. Public Hours
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Reference and Reproduction ServicesACCESS to most materials in the Archives & Library collections is available by visiting our Reference Room at 111 Bear Street in Banff. Telephone, postal and e-mail requests are handled as time permits REPRODUCTIONS in whole or part are available for many items in the collections. For more information, consult the following information sheets and order forms. Please read this information carefully before downloading order forms. REPRODUCTION INFORMATION SHEETS
Note: The above documents are in PDF format. They can be viewed and printed with Adobe Acrobat ReaderREPRODUCTION ORDER FORMS
Contact the Archives and Library Please include your full postal address and telephone number with your request. To ensure that your e-mail is not discarded as spam, please include a subject line that is specific to your request. Mailing Address:
Box 160, Banff, AB. T1L 1A3
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