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Alpenglow : the finest climbs on the 4000m peaks of the Alps
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25035
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Tibbetts, Ben
- Publisher
- [Hereford] : Ben Tibbetts
- Call Number
- DQ841 A46 T53 O.S.
1 website
- Author
- Tibbetts, Ben
- Publisher
- [Hereford] : Ben Tibbetts
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 320 pages : illustrations (color)
- Subjects
- Photography
- Alps
- Mountaineering
- Switzerland
- Italy
- France
- Art
- Abstract
- Is an inspiring book of photographs, stories and drawings describing The Finest Climbs on the 4000m Peaks of the Alps (from Ben Tibbetts website)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Practicalities
- Endnotes
- Bernina Alps
- Bernese Alps
- Pennine Alps
- Mont Blanc Massif
- Gran Paradiso
- Ecrins
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival finalist for Mountain Image
- Photographs, drawings and text by Ben Tibbetts
- ISBN
- 9781916123106
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- DQ841 A46 T53 O.S.
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
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Alpine artistry : the mountain life of Glen Boles
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15192
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 01.4 B63a Pam
- R 01.4 B63a Pam
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2014
- Series
- Summit Series #19
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Photography
- Art
- ISBN
- 9780920330531
- Accession Number
- 2017.8637
- Call Number
- 01.4 B63a Pam
- R 01.4 B63a Pam
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Alpine artistry : the mountain life of Glen Boles
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14914
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 B65 Pam
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2014
- Series
- Summit Series #19
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Photography
- Art
- ISBN
- 9780920330531
- Accession Number
- AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 B65 Pam
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine exposures
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14844
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Griffith, Jon
- Publisher
- Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- TR G75 Oversize I
- Author
- Griffith, Jon
- Publisher
- Sheffield, U.K. : Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 280 pages, ill.
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Alps
- Rock climbing
- Skiing
- Photography
- ISBN
- 9781910240137
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- TR G75 Oversize I
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine journey : Ferdl Taxbock's life on the edge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15196
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 01.4 T21a Pam
- R 01.4 T21a Pam
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 24 pages, col. ill.
- Series
- Summit Series #15
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- ISBN
- 9780920330494
- Accession Number
- 2017.8637
- Call Number
- 01.4 T21a Pam
- R 01.4 T21a Pam
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Alpine journey : Ferdl Taxbock's life on the edge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14918
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 T39 Pam
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 24 pages, col. ill.
- Series
- Summit Series #15
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- ISBN
- 9780920330494
- Accession Number
- AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 T39 Pam
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine sketches, comprised in a short tour through...Holland, Flanders, France
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue498
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1814
- Author
- Bridges, George Wilson
- Publisher
- London : Longman, Hurst [et al.]
- Call Number
- D919 B75
- Author
- Bridges, George Wilson
- Publisher
- London : Longman, Hurst [et al.]
- Published Date
- 1814
- Subjects
- Switzerland
- Call Number
- D919 B75
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine Training Ground
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26697
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Louie, Jacqueline
- Publisher
- Skiing Heritage
- Call Number
- 01.5 L92a
- Author
- Louie, Jacqueline
- Publisher
- Skiing Heritage
- Published Date
- 2011
- Subjects
- Alpine sport
- Banff
- Notes
- Banff reference.
- Call Number
- 01.5 L92a
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- Archives Library
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Alpine warriors
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15221
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- [Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.2 M14a
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- [Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 335 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits
- Subjects
- Slovenia
- Mountaineering
- Notes
- Winner of Banff Mountain Book Competition Mountaineering History Award in 2015.
- ISBN
- 9781771601092
- Accession Number
- 2016.8602
- Call Number
- 01.2 M14a
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Alpine warriors
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14794
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- [Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G512 M16
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- [Surrey, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 335 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits
- Subjects
- Slovenia
- Mountaineering
- Notes
- Winner of Banff Mountain Book Competition Mountaineering History Award in 2015.
- ISBN
- 9781771601092
- Accession Number
- AC609
- AC616 copy 2 transferred to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 M16
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- May 2017
- Author
- Simpson, Wayne
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.01, May 2017
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Simpson, Wayne
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.01, May 2017
- Published Date
- May 2017
- Physical Description
- p.74-81
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Outdoor life
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- P
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Always an adventure : an autobiography
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14101
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A
- Publisher
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press
- Call Number
- 08.2 D39a
- Author
- Dempsey, Hugh A
- Responsibility
- Hugh A. Dempsey
- Publisher
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- vii, 405 p. : ill., ports.
- Series
- The West, 1922-6519 ; 3
- Subjects
- Harvie Eric
- Glenbow Museum
- Calgary Exhibition and Stampede
- First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781552385227
- Accession Number
- 70,000 12-08-15
- Call Number
- 08.2 D39a
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The amazing life of "mountie" trumpeter Fred Bagley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26700
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Dust, Tom
- Publisher
- Vents canadiens -- Canadian winds
- Call Number
- 08.1 D94t Pam
- Author
- Dust, Tom
- Publisher
- Vents canadiens -- Canadian winds
- Published Date
- 2015
- Subjects
- North-West Mounted Police
- Band
- Call Number
- 08.1 D94t Pam
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An adventurous woman abroad : the selected lantern slides of Mary T. S. Schaffer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14122
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Lang, Michale
- Publisher
- Victoria B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books; copyright Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Call Number
- 02.6 Sch1a
- Author
- Lang, Michale
- Responsibility
- Michale Lang
- Publisher
- Victoria B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books; copyright Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Published Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 275 p. : col. ill., maps, ports
- Series
- The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies presents
- Subjects
- Asia
- Exploration
- First Nations
- Jasper
- Women
- Notes
- Includes magic lantern slide show scripts "In the heart of the Canadian Rockies with horse and camera, part I and part II" by Mary S. Warren. Most images used in book were scanned from original lantern slides taken or collected by Mary Schaffer Warren
- ISBN
- 978-1-926855-21-9
- Accession Number
- gratis - Reference copy 2012
- P2015-03-31
- Call Number
- 02.6 Sch1a
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An intrepid adventurer and climber : Gertrude Benham, 1867-1938, bucket list
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15251
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Ward, Meghan J.
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.01, 2016
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Ward, Meghan J.
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.01, 2016
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- p.26-27
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- Library - Periodical
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- P
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An Orogenous Life edited draft
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56295
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one full draft of Ben Gadd's autobiography, An Orogenous Life, which contains handwritten corrections and notes by Ben's wife, Cia Gadd.
- Date Range
- 2016
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / B / 60
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / II : Research and publication records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / II / B : Other publications
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / B / 60
- GMD
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Produced by Ben Gadd, Cia Gadd
- Date Range
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- "Ben [Gadd]’s memoir tells the story of how a skinny, myopic and cowardly kid grew into the mountaineer who wrote [Handbook of the Canadian Rockies and Raven's End] and received the Banff Centre’s coveted Summit of Excellence award in 2014. There’s a lot more to this memoir than just biography. Interleaved with the personal history are 36 readings from Ben’s favorite written work. These essays, magazine articles, stories and book excerpts will have you chuckling in some places, touched in others. All this plus hundreds of color illustrations." - Quoted from Ben Gadd's website, May 4th, 2022
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one full draft of Ben Gadd's autobiography, An Orogenous Life, which contains handwritten corrections and notes by Ben's wife, Cia Gadd.
- Subject Access
- Publication
- Biography
- Biographical
- Family and personal life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://www.bengadd.com/books/
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An orogenous life: memoir and reader
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19846
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Publisher
- Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press
- Call Number
- 02.6 G11a
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- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Responsibility
- Ben Gadd
- Publisher
- Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 655 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to the experiences of Ben Gadd, an experienced Rocky Mountain naturalist, guide and author. His book combines his personal experiences with the stories and essays of 36 others in order to create a touching, yet compelling story. The book includes a comprehensive selection of photographs, many of which are personal to the author and his family. Being that the author was and continues to be greatly involved with the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the book makes mention of multiple locations in and around the area of Banff such as, Mt. Assiniboine, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bankhead, Brewster transportation and tours, and Johnston Canyon. The book follows the style of a biography and contains many personal stories and photos from the author and associated family.
- Contents
- Introduction
- Benny
- Ben
- Cia and Ben
- Willy, Cia and Ben
- Toby and Willy, Cia and Ben
- Index
- Other books by Ben Gadd
- Notes
- Some of the specific references to areas in, and area the Canadian Rocky Mountains are as follows, Mt. Assiniboine (297), Mt. Robson (373), Banff Mountain Film Festival (12, 395, 608), Bankhead (332) and Brewster transportation and tours (463, 469).
- ISBN
- 9780969263142
- Accession Number
- 2019.47
- Call Number
- 02.6 G11a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- URL pertains to an online website dedicated to Ben Gadd and his continued achievements
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Anderson Peak Summit Record
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57698
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consist of one summit register from Anderson Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2006 and 2013. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the summit which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wild…
- Date Range
- 2006 - 2013
- Reference Code
- M200 / V / A / 109
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200
- V14
- S6
- Series
- M200 / V: Summit Records
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Sub-Series
- M200 / V / A: Identified Summit Records
- Accession Number
- accn. 2014.8347
- Reference Code
- M200 / V / A / 109
- Responsibility
- Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
- Date Range
- 2006 - 2013
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records 1 volume
- History / Biographical
- Anderson Peak is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, located in Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta.
- Scope & Content
- File consist of one summit register from Anderson Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2006 and 2013. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the summit which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. File: M200 / V / A / 109: Anderson Peak
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Alberta
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Backcountry skiing
- Backpacking
- Climbing
- Club
- Cross-country skiing
- Description and travel
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Hiking
- Mountain
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- National parks and reserves
- Parks
- Record keeping
- Ski mountaineering
- Ski areas
- Skiing
- Skis
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Summit
- Trails
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Waterton National Park
- Anderson Peak
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- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Evidence of mold, materials placed in mylar
- Related Material
- M235
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- Date
- 2010
- Medium
- photograph on epson premium luster drymounted
- Catalogue Number
- FuS.18.09
- Description
- Women in lab with taxidermy around her
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- Title
- Andrea
- Date
- 2010
- Medium
- photograph on epson premium luster drymounted
- Dimensions
- 101.6 x 76.2 cm
- Description
- Women in lab with taxidermy around her
- Credit
- Gift of Sarah Fuller, Wakefield, 2016
- Catalogue Number
- FuS.18.09
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The animals' alpine club
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14179
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Bingham, Graham Clifton
- Publisher
- Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Call Number
- 05.1 B47a c.1
- 05.1 B47a c.2
- 05.1 B47a Reference Copy
- 05.1 B47a Copy 4
- Author
- Bingham, Graham Clifton
- Responsibility
- by Graham Clifton Bingham
- illustrated by G. H. Thompson
- Publisher
- Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill (some col.)
- Notes
- Facsmile reproduction of book originally published by London : Ernest Nister; New York : E.P. Dutton & Co.No., [ca. 1910]. The reproduction is from the book held in the Alpine Club of Canada Library, inscribed: "Paul A. W. Wallace Toronto Dec. 25, 1913 From S. H. Mitchell". This book was described as Conrad Kain's favourite book in Chapter 10 of the book "Where the Clouds Can Go" by Conrad Kain, and edited by J. Monroe Thorington
- ISBN
- 978-0-920608-57-9
- Accession Number
- 70500 2013-12-04 (2 copies + 1 reference copy)
- 2022.30
- Call Number
- 05.1 B47a c.1
- 05.1 B47a c.2
- 05.1 B47a Reference Copy
- 05.1 B47a Copy 4
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