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The abode of snow : observations on a tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2894
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1876
- Author
- Wilson, Andrew
- Publisher
- Edinburgh & London : Blackwood
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 W54
- Author
- Wilson, Andrew
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Publisher
- Edinburgh & London : Blackwood
- Published Date
- 1876
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 W54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Account of Shelley's visits to France, Swizterland & Savoy ... 1814 & 1816
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1894
- Author
- Elton, Charles Isaac
- Publisher
- London : Bliss, Sunds & Foster
- Call Number
- D919 E47
- Author
- Elton, Charles Isaac
- Publisher
- London : Bliss, Sunds & Foster
- Published Date
- 1894
- Subjects
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Call Number
- D919 E47
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Across America : or, the great west and the Pacific coast
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2225
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1874
- Author
- Rusling, James
- Publisher
- New York : Sheldon
- Call Number
- F594 R88
- Author
- Rusling, James
- Publisher
- New York : Sheldon
- Published Date
- 1874
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- F594 R88
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Across East African glaciers : an account of the first ascent of Kilimanjaro
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1758
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1891
- Author
- Meyer, Hans
- Publisher
- London : George Philip
- Call Number
- DT377 M4
- Author
- Meyer, Hans
- Publisher
- London : George Philip
- Published Date
- 1891
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DT377 M4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1019 a-e
- Description
- Round blown glass alcohol lamp with lid (a,b). Three triangular metal pieces with round holders, may be for candles as there is dripped wax on them (c,d,e).
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- Title
- Alcohol Lamp
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- Round blown glass alcohol lamp with lid (a,b). Three triangular metal pieces with round holders, may be for candles as there is dripped wax on them (c,d,e).
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1019 a-e
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Alpes de la haute Engadine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue399
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1859
- Author
- Binet-Hentsch, J.L
- Publisher
- Geneve : Ramboz et Schuchardt
- Call Number
- DQ841 E5 B55
- Author
- Binet-Hentsch, J.L
- Publisher
- Geneve : Ramboz et Schuchardt
- Published Date
- 1859
- Call Number
- DQ841 E5 B55
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpes et Pyrenees
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue827
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1854
- Author
- de Chaumont, C
- Publisher
- Limoges : Barbou Freres
- Call Number
- DQ825 C43
- Author
- de Chaumont, C
- Publisher
- Limoges : Barbou Freres
- Published Date
- 1854
- Call Number
- DQ825 C43
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine ascents and adventures : or, rock and snow sketches
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2899
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1878
- Author
- Wilson, Henry Schutz
- Publisher
- London : Low [et al.]
- Call Number
- DQ825 W54
- Author
- Wilson, Henry Schutz
- Publisher
- London : Low [et al.]
- Published Date
- 1878
- Call Number
- DQ825 W54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine memories
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1420
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1899
- Author
- Javelle, Emile
- Publisher
- London : Unwin
- Call Number
- DQ823 J39
- Author
- Javelle, Emile
- Publisher
- London : Unwin
- Published Date
- 1899
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ823 J39
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine notes and the climbing foot
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2826
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1896
- Author
- Wherry, George Edward
- Publisher
- Cambridge : Macmillan & Bowes
- Call Number
- DQ823 W44 1896
- Author
- Wherry, George Edward
- Publisher
- Cambridge : Macmillan & Bowes
- Published Date
- 1896
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ823 W44 1896
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alps and Pyrenees
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1367
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1898
- Author
- Hugo, Victor Marie, comte
- Publisher
- London : Bliss, Sands
- Call Number
- DC611 P988 H83
- Author
- Hugo, Victor Marie, comte
- Responsibility
- tr. from the French by John Manson
- Publisher
- London : Bliss, Sands
- Published Date
- 1898
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DC611 P988 H83
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Alps from end to end
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue747
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1895
- Author
- Conway, William Martin Conway, Baron
- Publisher
- Westminster : Constable
- Edition
- 3d ed
- Call Number
- DQ823 C651 1895
- Responsibility
- illus. by A.D. McCormick
- Edition
- 3d ed
- Publisher
- Westminster : Constable
- Published Date
- 1895
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ823 C651 1895
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Among the Himalayas
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2754
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1899
- Author
- Waddell, Laurence Austin
- Publisher
- New York : New Amsterdam
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 W33
- Author
- Waddell, Laurence Austin
- Publisher
- New York : New Amsterdam
- Published Date
- 1899
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 W33
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Among the Selkirk glaciers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1177
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- Green, William Spotswood
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan
- Call Number
- F1089 S4 G4
- F1089 S4 G4 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 3
- Author
- Green, William Spotswood
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan
- Published Date
- 1890
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- F1089 S4 G4
- F1089 S4 G4 copy 2 - Duplicate ACC box 3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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An artist in the Himalayas
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1717
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1895
- Author
- McCormick, Arthur David
- Publisher
- New York : Macmillan
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 M33
- Author
- McCormick, Arthur David
- Publisher
- New York : Macmillan
- Published Date
- 1895
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 M33
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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And Scabbard Dagger
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.05.0056%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1850 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0056 a,b
- Description
- A long straight knife with fluted wooden handle and scabbard ornately trimmed with brass. (a) dagger, short, narrow, pointed, double edged steel blade with small, dark, fluted wooden handle. Blade guard, cast of brass with raised curlicue design, turns upward at sides, handle tip of cast brass wit…
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- Title
- And Scabbard Dagger
- Date
- 1850 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 3.3 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- A long straight knife with fluted wooden handle and scabbard ornately trimmed with brass. (a) dagger, short, narrow, pointed, double edged steel blade with small, dark, fluted wooden handle. Blade guard, cast of brass with raised curlicue design, turns upward at sides, handle tip of cast brass with similar design and small lug with hole through at one side Note: blade guard loose; wooden handle cracked along length; blade pitted. (b) scabbard, narrow and straight, made of two pieces of wood held together by two rings of heavy cast brass with raised floral motifs, becoming oval medallions on one side with cast relief of dragon like figures. Cast brass bands at mouth and tip repeat dragon floral motif of other two bands and have floral motif cut through exposing pebbly stone inlay in wood. Brass ring near top with small brass loop on one side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0056 a,b
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And Scabbard Dirk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.05.0057%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1875 – 1930
- Material
- metal; wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0057 a,b
- Description
- A very thin knife with ebony handle like rifle butt and wooden scabbard wrapped with bands of black cord. (a) dirk, short, narrow, pointed steel blade with reverse curve to sharp shoulder on under side of hilt. Small carved ebony handle shaped like a rifle butt, with carved band of scallops and d…
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- Title
- And Scabbard Dirk
- Date
- 1875 – 1930
- Material
- metal; wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 2.1 x 1.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- A very thin knife with ebony handle like rifle butt and wooden scabbard wrapped with bands of black cord. (a) dirk, short, narrow, pointed steel blade with reverse curve to sharp shoulder on under side of hilt. Small carved ebony handle shaped like a rifle butt, with carved band of scallops and diamond shapes around middle. Two decorative notches carved across butt of handle. Note: handle checked along length. (b) scabbard, small, simple and straight, carved of two pieces of wood with triangular opening at mouth. Top carved to curve downward on one side to accommodate shoulder of blade. Girded with four double bands of finely braided cord, evenly spaced along length, and a fifth triple band at top beneath shoulder. Note: top fibre hands loose and slide up and down.
- Subject
- warfare
- fighting
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0057 a,b
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And Scabbard Knife
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.05.0060%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1850 – 1935
- Material
- metal; shell; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0060 a,b
- Description
- Knife with carved pistol grip handle and flame like carved piece at mouth of wooden scabbard. (a) knife, thin, curved, pointed steel blade with handle carved of greenish tortoiseshell ? shaped like a simple pistol grip. Deep single groove incised at each side at top near hilt. Blade joined to hand…
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- Title
- And Scabbard Knife
- Date
- 1850 – 1935
- Material
- metal; shell; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.6 x 2.6 x 33.8 cm
- Description
- Knife with carved pistol grip handle and flame like carved piece at mouth of wooden scabbard. (a) knife, thin, curved, pointed steel blade with handle carved of greenish tortoiseshell ? shaped like a simple pistol grip. Deep single groove incised at each side at top near hilt. Blade joined to handle with roughly formed collar of grey metal. Note: hairline cracks in handle along grain, blade pitted and rusted. (b) scabbard, simple, slightly curved, wood with hoof like ebony tip. Band of tortoiseshell ? at opening carved in shape of flame or flowing leaf sticking out to one side. Round hole drilled through top, five thin lines incised across wood spaced evenly along length of scabbard. Small patches of glossy black material in a few places, and a black colour in the grain of the wood indicate that the wood may have been once enamelled black
- Subject
- warfare
- fighting
- Japanese
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0060 a,b
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And Scabbard Kris
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- Date
- 1850 – 1934
- Material
- metal; wood; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0059 a,b
- Description
- Kris with carved light coloured wooden handle, collar of pink stones between it and blade, and wooden scabbard of light colour with dark splotches and large organic cover for sword guard. (a) kris, long, narrow, pointed, double edged blade flaring out at shoulders which have ornate, lacy edges and…
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- Title
- And Scabbard Kris
- Date
- 1850 – 1934
- Material
- metal; wood; stone
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 9.0 x 52.8 cm
- Description
- Kris with carved light coloured wooden handle, collar of pink stones between it and blade, and wooden scabbard of light colour with dark splotches and large organic cover for sword guard. (a) kris, long, narrow, pointed, double edged blade flaring out at shoulders which have ornate, lacy edges and deep double groove incised on either side of blade. Handle is an angular, carved block of wood with a wide band of ebony girding its middle. Small brass ring set in with round pink stones jade? at junction between blade and handle. (b) scabbard, carved of light coloured wood with dark patches. Straight, wide, and rounded at tip with large, flat, rounded crosspiece at mouth. Opening elongated at one end to accept wide shoulder of blade, and crosspiece slightly carved to accentuate shape. Dark splotches of heartwood form organic patterns on the lighter wood of the scabbard.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0059 a,b
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And Scabbard Sword
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.05.0050%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1850 – 1909
- Material
- metal; wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0050 a,b
- Description
- A small narrow sword with wooden scabbard and handle shaped like angular dragon's head. (a) sword, small with thin, narrow, sharply pointed blade, of one piece with handle which is shaped like angular dragon head on long neck. Blade is inlaid with strips of bronze on each side and along spine with …
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- Title
- And Scabbard Sword
- Date
- 1850 – 1909
- Material
- metal; wood; skin
- Dimensions
- 3.6 x 3.5 x 53.5 cm
- Description
- A small narrow sword with wooden scabbard and handle shaped like angular dragon's head. (a) sword, small with thin, narrow, sharply pointed blade, of one piece with handle which is shaped like angular dragon head on long neck. Blade is inlaid with strips of bronze on each side and along spine with incised geometric designs, and a double notch cut into spine on each side near the middle. Handle is overlaid with bronze strips into which designs and features of dragon have been cut. (b) scabbard, made of two pieces of wood shaped to fit the blade and held together with five metal strips around the outside, evenly spaced along length, one strap missing. Front side completely carved with intricate geometric design and small slit carved out near top through which is tied a leather thong.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0050 a,b
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