Resources

The sources cited below were consulted to compile information for this educational package.  These publications will be useful to students wishing to delve further into Byron Harmon, his times and the mountain landscape.

Auer, Michel. The Illustrated History of the Camera: from 1839 to the present.  Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975

Ferguson, Sue A. Glaciers of North America: a field guide. Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum Publishing, 1992

Freeman, Lewis R. On the Roof of the Rockies: the Great Columbia Icefield of the Canadian Rockies. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1925

Harmon, Carole and Bart Robinson.  Byron Harmon: Mountain Photographer. Banff, Alberta: Altitude Publishing, 1992

Harmon, Carole and Bart Robinson. Great Days in the Rockies: The photographs of Byron Harmon. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978

Hart, E. J. The Place of Bows: exploring the heritage of the Banff – Bow Valley, part 1 to 1930.  Banff, Alberta: EJH Literary Enterprises Ltd., 1999

Hart, E. J. The Selling of Canada: the CPR and the Beginning of Canadian Tourism. Banff, Alberta: Altitude Publishing, 1983

Langford, Michael. Basic Photography. Oxford: Focal Press, 2000

Parker, Elizabeth. “The Alpine Club of Canada.” Canadian Alpine Journal, 1,1

Pole, Graeme. The Canadian Rockies: A History in Photographs. Banff, Alberta: Altitude Publishing, 1991

Sandford, Robert W.  The Columbia Icefield.  Banff, Alberta : Altitude Publishing, 1993

Sanford, R.W. High Ideals: Canadian Pacific’s Swiss Guides, 1899 – 1999. Canmore, Alberta: Alpine Club of Canada and Canadian Pacific Hotels, 1999

Scott, Chic. Pushing the limits: the story of Canadian mountaineering. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 2000

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.  “Glaciers - Legacy in Ice”: [virtual exhibit].  Banff, Alberta, 2003

William Marsh Rice University.  “Glacier”: [website].  Houston Texas, 1996–1998 

Wilcox, Walter. The Canadian Rockies. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913

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