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Extracts from the journals of an alpine traveller
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue413
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1836
- Author
- Blackwoods Magazine
- Publisher
- [England] : Blackwoods
- Call Number
- DQ23 B53
- Author
- Blackwoods Magazine
- Publisher
- [England] : Blackwoods
- Published Date
- 1836
- Call Number
- DQ23 B53
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1821 – 1821
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0100
- Description
- A handblown glass vase with a plain base flaring to a wide rim. The punty mark is visible on the bottom. The vase is etched on the outside with a floral design around the monogram “WEC 1821”.
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- Title
- Flower Vase
- Date
- 1821 – 1821
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 12.2 x 12.2 cm
- Description
- A handblown glass vase with a plain base flaring to a wide rim. The punty mark is visible on the bottom. The vase is etched on the outside with a floral design around the monogram “WEC 1821”.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0100
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Gebirgsaulslicht gezeichnet vom Gipfel des Titlis der 15 Aug 1832
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue46
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1833
- Publisher
- Zurich : Heinrich Keller
- Call Number
- DQ827 G42
- Responsibility
- von H. Zeller
- Publisher
- Zurich : Heinrich Keller
- Published Date
- 1833
- Subjects
- Views
- Call Number
- DQ827 G42
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A glance at some of the beauties and sublimities of Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1877
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1829
- Author
- Murray, John
- Publisher
- London : Longman [et al.]
- Call Number
- DQ23 M87
- Author
- Murray, John
- Publisher
- London : Longman [et al.]
- Published Date
- 1829
- Call Number
- DQ23 M87
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1820 – 1830
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.02.1004
- Description
- Handmade cardboard oval box with lid. Hand stitched and covered with decorated paper, dark beige with black pattern.
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- Title
- Handmade Box
- Date
- 1820 – 1830
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 12.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade cardboard oval box with lid. Hand stitched and covered with decorated paper, dark beige with black pattern.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 110.02.1004
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The Hansons of Osmanthorp
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one bound volume of genealogical research pertaining to the family of John Hanson in Osmanthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England. Content includes records from 1640 onwards, including general timelines, birth and death records, and transcriptions of earlier written accounts.
- Date Range
- [ca.1829-1846]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 1
- GMD
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Compiled by John Hanson
- Date Range
- [ca.1829-1846]
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (1 volume : 193 pages ; 21 x 27.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one bound volume of genealogical research pertaining to the family of John Hanson in Osmanthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England. Content includes records from 1640 onwards, including general timelines, birth and death records, and transcriptions of earlier written accounts.
- Notes
- Original date of volume creation listed as 1829; however, includes information added as late as 1846.
- Material Details
- Includes coloured illustration of building (annotated) between pages 74 and 75
- Geographic Access
- England
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1825 – 1950
- Material
- metal; wood; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0005
- Description
- A solid brass hatchet head with long narrow blade flaring to curved edge. Small round cast brass bowl, pipe? at other end of blade has small hole drilled through bottom. Handle is straight flattened piece of wood which was once painted green as evidenced by traces of green colour in grain. Handle p…
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- Title
- Hatchet Ax
- Date
- 1825 – 1950
- Material
- metal; wood; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 3.8 x 19.3 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A solid brass hatchet head with long narrow blade flaring to curved edge. Small round cast brass bowl, pipe? at other end of blade has small hole drilled through bottom. Handle is straight flattened piece of wood which was once painted green as evidenced by traces of green colour in grain. Handle passes through round opening in hatchet head and is tied on with a thong of buckskin. A strip of flannel material is tied at base of handle with one end hanging loose.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- warfare
- hunting
- HBC
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.0005
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Illustrations of the passes of the Alps
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1828-29
- Author
- Brockedon, William
- Publisher
- London : The Author
- Call Number
- DQ823 B76 1828 I Oversize C
- Author
- Brockedon, William
- Publisher
- London : The Author
- Published Date
- 1828-29
- Series
- Volume 1 of 2
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ823 B76 1828 I Oversize C
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Illustrations of the passes of the Alps
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1828-29
- Author
- Brockedon, William
- Publisher
- London : The Author
- Call Number
- DQ823 B76 1828 II Oversize C
- Author
- Brockedon, William
- Publisher
- London : The Author
- Published Date
- 1828-29
- Series
- Volume 2 of 2
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ823 B76 1828 II Oversize C
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Journal of a tour through part of the snowy range of the Himala mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1045
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1820
- Author
- Fraser, James Baillie
- Publisher
- London : Rodwell & Martin
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 F69 Oversize D
- Author
- Fraser, James Baillie
- Publisher
- London : Rodwell & Martin
- Published Date
- 1820
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 F69 Oversize D
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Journal of voyages and travels in the interior of North America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1248
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1820
- Author
- Harmon, Daniel Williams
- Publisher
- Andover (U.S.): Flagg & Gould
- Call Number
- F1060.7 H3
- Author
- Harmon, Daniel Williams
- Publisher
- Andover (U.S.): Flagg & Gould
- Published Date
- 1820
- Call Number
- F1060.7 H3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Journals of excursions in the Alps
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue505
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1833
- Author
- Brockedon, William
- Publisher
- London : Duncan
- Call Number
- DQ823 B7
- Author
- Brockedon, William
- Publisher
- London : Duncan
- Published Date
- 1833
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ823 B7
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Letter and Cyanotype Photograph
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 Valentine poem/letter dated Feb. 14 in small torn envelope embossed EJW on back 1 small ripped envelope stamped Paid addressed to Mip Sophia Perkins Meadville 1 cyanotype photograph on paper of 10 seated children and one adult in small torn envelope addressed to Miss. Sophia Perk…
- Date Range
- 1822
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2014.8290
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8
- V8
- S8
- Series
- M8 / 2014.8290
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 2014.8290
- Reference Code
- M8 / 2014.8290
- Date Range
- 1822
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w cyanotype ; 6 x 8 cm ; .25 cm textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 Valentine poem/letter dated Feb. 14 in small torn envelope embossed EJW on back 1 small ripped envelope stamped Paid addressed to Mip Sophia Perkins Meadville 1 cyanotype photograph on paper of 10 seated children and one adult in small torn envelope addressed to Miss. Sophia Perkins Woodcock Crawford Co Pa 1 letter dated August 11th, 1822 addressed to Aunt Lucretia
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Misc. Newbury and Robb family letters.
- Date Range
- 1832-1873
- Reference Code
- M36 / II / D / 1969
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- II.D. Robb/Newbury/Bagley family correspondence
- Reference Code
- M36 / II / D / 1969
- Date Range
- 1832-1873
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Misc. Newbury and Robb family letters.
- Name Access
- Bagley, Frances Newbury
- Subject Access
- Newbury, Egbert Starr
- Newbury, Jeanette
- Spencer, Sarah Jami Robb
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Letters from Switzerland and Italy, during a late tour
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue613
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1834
- Author
- Carne, John
- Publisher
- London : Bentley
- Call Number
- D919 C3
- Author
- Carne, John
- Publisher
- London : Bentley
- Published Date
- 1834
- Call Number
- D919 C3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Long-tailed Bird on Blossoming Peach
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- Date
- prior to 1858
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HiU.04.05
- Description
- A blue and white bird sitting on a branch. The bird has blue head, back and tail, a very long tail. Head has a plume, breast and underside of tail and tops are white. Long trailing brown branches have pink blossoms and blue leaves. Writing down left side and center bottom with chop. The background …
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- Title
- Long-tailed Bird on Blossoming Peach
- Date
- prior to 1858
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.2 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- A blue and white bird sitting on a branch. The bird has blue head, back and tail, a very long tail. Head has a plume, breast and underside of tail and tops are white. Long trailing brown branches have pink blossoms and blue leaves. Writing down left side and center bottom with chop. The background is pale yellow fading to white at bottom. The paper appears to be handmade, irregular and with small holes. A hole 1.0x0.5 centre area, has been repaired probably before the print was made.
- Subject
- animal, bird
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- HiU.04.05
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Medicine Cabinet
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0079
- Date
- 1830 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0079
- Description
- Traditional Japanese household medicine or spice cabinet, 17 drawers, each affixed with brass pull, arrayed in four rows, five drawers in top row, and four in each of lower three rows.
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- Title
- Medicine Cabinet
- Date
- 1830 – 1900
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 23.3 x 8.1 x 32.0 cm
- Description
- Traditional Japanese household medicine or spice cabinet, 17 drawers, each affixed with brass pull, arrayed in four rows, five drawers in top row, and four in each of lower three rows.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0079
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Military Epaulettes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.1040%20a-c
- Date
- 1825 – 1845
- Material
- metal, silver; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1040 a-c
- Description
- Pair of shoulder epaulettes and a breastplate. (c) Breastplate oval shaped 9.0x6.5, convex with "CS" engraved on front; on back 2 studs and one hook, all in silver. (a,b) epaulettes, overlapping metal disks of silver form long narrow band. Bottom widens slightly to half moon shape covered with…
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- Title
- Military Epaulettes
- Date
- 1825 – 1845
- Material
- metal, silver; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Pair of shoulder epaulettes and a breastplate. (c) Breastplate oval shaped 9.0x6.5, convex with "CS" engraved on front; on back 2 studs and one hook, all in silver. (a,b) epaulettes, overlapping metal disks of silver form long narrow band. Bottom widens slightly to half moon shape covered with coiled silver wire. From that hangs 15 silver wire coils 7.5 long. Underneath is a row of fine silver coiled wire, 7.5 long and under that is fine coiled thread, sewn onto a shaped pad, lined with silk. Came in a box on which is written: "Silver/Epaulettes/Specs (crossed off)/ Breastplate/ Spectacles (crossed off)/ of Father's C. Schaffer Sr. 1836/ Epaulettes of Chas Schaffer 1st"
- Subject
- Charles Schaffer 1st
- military
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1040 a-c
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(Miss) Alice G. Fulmer's scrapbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions17826
- Part Of
- Alice Fulmer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook pertains to early Banff history and personalities; includes Walter P. Fulmer's papers
- Date Range
- 1833-1969
- Reference Code
- M70
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Scrapbook
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- Part Of
- Alice Fulmer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M70 / V217
- Sous-Fonds
- M70
- Accession Number
- 2416
- Reference Code
- M70
- GMD
- Scrapbook
- Responsibility
- Alice Fulmer
- Date Range
- 1833-1969
- Physical Description
- .
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook pertains to early Banff history and personalities; includes Walter P. Fulmer's papers
- Name Access
- Alice G. Fulmer
- Subject Access
- Newspaper
- Accidents
- Activities
- Banff
- Banff Crag and Canyon
- Communities
- Community events
- Community life
- Skiing
- Sports
- Sports and leisure
- Exploration
- Discovery and travel
- Winter sports
- Trains
- Tourism
- Townsite development
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access restricted - fragile. Use photocopy
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Related in part to Helen Fulmer Wells fonds (M480/V675)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Oversize “C” Automobiles / Banff - History / Bears, Grizzly / / Boorne and May (photographers) / Bridges - Banff / Buildings - Banff (Banff Avenue, Bear Street, Buffalo Street, Caribou Street, Lynx Street) / Cascade Scenic Railway Co. / Cave and Basin / Kananaskis Dude Ranch / Morley Trading Store / Mount Royal Hotel / Newspapers and magazines / North West Mounted Police / Photographers / Post office, Banff / Restaurants, tea rooms, etc. / Schools - Banff / Silver City / Skiing - History Personalities include: Astley, Lizzie Ida / Bagley, (Major) Fred / Barnes, Elliott Chapple / Beattie, Francis / Benham, Gertrude / Brett, Harry / Brett, Robert Earle / Brett, Robert George / Brett family / Brewster, Fred / Brewster, Jack Walker / Brewster, James I. / Brewster, John / Brewster family / Campbell, Robert E. / Christmas, (Rev.) F. / Connor, Ralph / Deacon, Thomas R. / Fear, William H. / Fidler, John J. / Fulmer, Minnie Christina / Fulmer, Walter P. / Galletly, D. D. / Hogbin, George H. / Leroy, Charles / Locke, John / Luxton, Norman / McCardell, William / McDougall, David / McDougall, (Mrs.) David / English, Thomas F. / Fear, William H. / Johnson, Gustaf / Lindsay, (Dr.) N. J. / Lipsett, John C. / Mather, Margaret / McCardell, William H. / Moffatt, Charles W. / Paris, Ida / Ricks, Frank / Rundle, Robert Terrill / Schaffer, Mary T. S. / Sibbald, Andrew S. / Smith, Joe / Stocks, John / Unwin, Ethel / Unwin, Sid / Walker, John White, Dave, Sr. / Warren, William / Woodworth, Ben
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- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1032 a,b
- Description
- A pair brown of wool mittens, large hand-knitted, has loops on inside to provide extra wool as insulation, knitted on 4 needles in continuous rounds.
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- Title
- Mittens
- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Description
- A pair brown of wool mittens, large hand-knitted, has loops on inside to provide extra wool as insulation, knitted on 4 needles in continuous rounds.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- winter
- Mary Schaffer Warren
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1032 a,b
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