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Adventures of an alpine guide

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

Published Date: 1932

Author: Klucker, Christian

Publisher: London : John Murray

Edition: 1st (English)

Call Number: 01.2 K71a

Author: Klucker, Christian

Responsibility: Translation by Erwin and Pleasaunce Von Gaisberg. Edited with additional chapters by H. E. G. Tyndale

Edition: 1st (English)

Publisher: London : John Murray

Published Date: 1932

Physical Description: 329 pages

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

Subjects: Guide; Klucker, Christian; Alps; Whymper, Edward; Canadian Rockies; Mont Blanc; Mountaineering

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.2 K71a

Collection: Archives Library

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Adventures of an alpine guide

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

Published Date: 1932

Author: Klucker, Christian

Publisher: London : John Murray

Call Number: 01.2 K69

Author: Klucker, Christian

Responsibility: translated from the 3rd German ed. by Erwin and Pleasaunce von Gaisberg; edited with additional chapters by H. E. G. Tyndale

Publisher: London : John Murray

Published Date: 1932

Physical Description: xiii, 329p. : ill., ports, map

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

Accession Number: 1886; 5891 - weed

Call Number: 01.2 K69

Collection: Archives Library

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Advertising Pennant

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Date: 1960 – 1970

Material: fibre; wood; synthetic

Catalogue Number: 105.01.1016 a-c

Description: (a) Plastic pennant is triangular shape 20.0 at widest part, red with white writing: "du Maurier International". Stitched on to long thin wooden rod. (b) Light green fibre pennant with white trim and printing: "World Cup Skiing Bank of Montreal International Mount Norquay, Canada" (c) Same as (b) …

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Title: Advertising Pennant

Date: 1960 – 1970

Material: fibre; wood; synthetic

Dimensions: 30.5 x 62.0 cm

Description: (a) Plastic pennant is triangular shape 20.0 at widest part, red with white writing: "du Maurier International". Stitched on to long thin wooden rod. (b) Light green fibre pennant with white trim and printing: "World Cup Skiing Bank of Montreal International Mount Norquay, Canada" (c) Same as (b) except pennant colour is red.

Subject: World Cup Skiing; Mount Norquay; sports; winter; skiing

Credit: Gift of Tom Williams, Calgary, 1996

Catalogue Number: 105.01.1016 a-c

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Advertising Pin

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Date: 1930 – 1960

Material: metal; enamel

Catalogue Number: 105.01.0004

Description: A circular pin in the shape of a spoked ship's wheel with an enamelled map of the world at the centre. There is a red band around the map with the words “Everett Travel Service” spaced evenly around the circle. The pin has a large stud clasp back.

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Title: Advertising Pin

Date: 1930 – 1960

Material: metal; enamel

Dimensions: 1.1 cm

Description: A circular pin in the shape of a spoked ship's wheel with an enamelled map of the world at the centre. There is a red band around the map with the words “Everett Travel Service” spaced evenly around the circle. The pin has a large stud clasp back.

Subject: tourism; travel; Everett Travel Service; uniforms

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 105.01.0004

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Aeromagnetic total field map[s], British Columbia

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets); Map

Published Date: 1995

Publisher: Ottawa : Geological Survey of Canada

Call Number: C7-3.21 a-f

Publisher: Ottawa : Geological Survey of Canada

Published Date: 1995

Physical Description: 6 maps : black and white

Scale: Scale: 1:1,000,000

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets); Map

Subjects: Geophysics - British Columbia (Southeast); British Columbia (Southeast)

Notes: Open file 2784; Base map used was reproduced from a 1:250,000 tophographical map published by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa; Contents: 82N/NW -- 82N/SW -- 82K/NW -- 82K/SW -- 82K/NE -- 82K/SE

Accession Number: 28,500

Call Number: C7-3.21 a-f

Collection: Archives Library

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[Africa, Northwestern]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1966

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-7.3

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1966

Scale: Scale: 125 miles to 1 inch; Relief: Bench marks

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Northwestern Africa

Call Number: C13-7.3

Collection: Archives Library

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[Africa, Southern]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1962

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Call Number: C13-7.2

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1962

Scale: Scale: 125 miles to 1 inch; Relief: bench marks

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Southern Africa

Accession Number: 495

Call Number: C13-7.2

Collection: Archives Library

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After the ice age : the return to life in glaciated North America

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

Published Date: 1991

Author: Pielou, E. C

Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press

Call Number: 04 P59

Author: Pielou, E. C

Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press

Published Date: 1991

Physical Description: 366p. : ill., maps

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

Subjects: Glaciers; Paleoecology

ISBN: 0-226-66812-6 (pbk)

Accession Number: 25500

Call Number: 04 P59

Collection: Archives Library

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Age determinations and geological studies : part 1: isotopic ages, report 5

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

Published Date: 1965

Publisher: Ottawa : Department of Mines and Technical Surveys

Call Number: 03.1 Ag3 Pt.1

Responsibility: R.K. Wanless [et al.]

Publisher: Ottawa : Department of Mines and Technical Surveys

Published Date: 1965

Physical Description: iv, 126p

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

Series: Geological Survey of Canada. Paper 64-17, Pt.1

Notes: Bibliographical references

Accession Number: 587

Call Number: 03.1 Ag3 Pt.1

Collection: Archives Library

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Agnes : the biography of Lady Macdonald

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

Published Date: 1990

Author: Reynolds, Louise

Publisher: Ottawa : Carleton University Press

Call Number: 08.1 M14r

Author: Reynolds, Louise

Publisher: Ottawa : Carleton University Press

Published Date: 1990

Physical Description: xix, 229p. : ill., ports

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

Notes: Bibliographical references and index

ISBN: 0-88629-131-3

Accession Number: 25000

Call Number: 08.1 M14r

Collection: Archives Library

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Ain't it hell : Bill Peyto's mountain journal

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

Published Date: 1995

Author: Hart, E. J

Publisher: Banff : EJH Literary Enterprises

Call Number: 05.2 H25

Author: Hart, E. J

Publisher: Banff : EJH Literary Enterprises

Published Date: 1995

Physical Description: 224p. : ports

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

ISBN: 0-9699732-0-9

Accession Number: 6797

Call Number: 05.2 H25

Collection: Archives Library

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Ain't it hell : Bill Peyto's mountain journal

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

Published Date: 1995, 2008

Author: Hart, E. J

Publisher: Banff : Summerthought

Edition: 2nd edition

Call Number: 05.2 H25 2008 c.1; 05.2 H25 2008 c.2

Author: Hart, E. J

Edition: 2nd edition

Publisher: Banff : Summerthought

Published Date: 1995, 2008

Physical Description: 224p. : port

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

ISBN: 9780978237554

Accession Number: 7887 - 2 copies

Call Number: 05.2 H25 2008 c.1; 05.2 H25 2008 c.2

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Air Force Jacket

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Date: 1941 – 1944

Material: hair; metal

Catalogue Number: 103.05.0101

Description: Sheepskin lined black brown leather Air Force jacket. 15 cm. wide sheepskin collar with two metal buckles and leather straps on leather underside to fasten collar in stand up position, full length metal zipper, center front. Bottom side buckles on each side for adjusting bottom width, right hand si…

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Title: Air Force Jacket

Date: 1941 – 1944

Material: hair; metal

Dimensions: 46.0 x 70.0 cm

Description: Sheepskin lined black brown leather Air Force jacket. 15 cm. wide sheepskin collar with two metal buckles and leather straps on leather underside to fasten collar in stand up position, full length metal zipper, center front. Bottom side buckles on each side for adjusting bottom width, right hand side front pocket.

Subject: households; Royal Canadian Air Force; PW; R.C.A.F.

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 103.05.0101

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Akamina-Kishinena : adding a jewel to the crown

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

Published Date: 1996

Author: Butler, Dave

Call Number: 13.123 Ak1b Pam

Author: Butler, Dave

Published Date: 1996

Physical Description: p.6-17 : ill., map

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

Notes: In Beautiful British Columbia, vol.38, no.2

Accession Number: 6872

Call Number: 13.123 Ak1b Pam

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Alarm Clock

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Date: 1930 – 1960

Material: wood; glass; metal

Catalogue Number: 104.47.1006

Description: Alarm clock with metal case and rounded wooden frame that sits on halved, flattened dowels. The face of the clock is covered with convex glass. The face of the clock has a small dial used to set the alarm time underneath the “12”. The center of the clock has metal hands and “Mayfair.” The back …

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Title: Alarm Clock

Date: 1930 – 1960

Material: wood; glass; metal

Dimensions: 15.8 x 3.9 x 21.2 cm

Description: Alarm clock with metal case and rounded wooden frame that sits on halved, flattened dowels. The face of the clock is covered with convex glass. The face of the clock has a small dial used to set the alarm time underneath the “12”. The center of the clock has metal hands and “Mayfair.” The back of the clock has keys to wind the clock, set the time and a knob to turn on and off the alarm.