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... et la Montagne conquit l'Homme : histoire du developpement de l'alpinisme

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1931
Author
Schwartz, Myrtil
Publisher
Paris : Fischbacher
Call Number
G510 S383
Author
Schwartz, Myrtil
Publisher
Paris : Fischbacher
Published Date
1931
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
G510 S383
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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30 hikes in Alaska

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1967
Author
Hauser, William E
Publisher
Anchorage : Mountaineering Club of Alaska
Call Number
F912 K4 H3 Pam
Author
Hauser, William E
Publisher
Anchorage : Mountaineering Club of Alaska
Published Date
1967
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebooks
Hiking
Call Number
F912 K4 H3 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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100 hikes in western Washington

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1966
Author
Marshall, Louise B
Publisher
Seattle : Mountaineers
Edition
1st ed
Call Number
F895 M3
Author
Marshall, Louise B
Responsibility
photos by Bob and Ira Spring
Edition
1st ed
Publisher
Seattle : Mountaineers
Published Date
1966
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
F895 M3
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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1968 supplement to A climber's guide (1965) to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1969
Author
Culbert, Dick
Publisher
Vancouver?: Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
F1089 C7 C8 Supp 1968
Author
Culbert, Dick
Publisher
Vancouver?: Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
1969
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebooks
Call Number
F1089 C7 C8 Supp 1968
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Date
1968
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.09.0109
Description
Red and gold academic hood, red velvet border, 8cm. wide, fits over shoulders, main body hangs down back, lower edge is rounded. Outside is solid gold colour, inside is red with two gold bands, each 14 cm. wide. An arc is cut into center seam to create a deep pocket, 29.5 x 15.5 x 21cm. tag insid…
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Title
Academic Hood
Date
1968
Material
fibre
Dimensions
81.0 x 116.0 cm
Description
Red and gold academic hood, red velvet border, 8cm. wide, fits over shoulders, main body hangs down back, lower edge is rounded. Outside is solid gold colour, inside is red with two gold bands, each 14 cm. wide. An arc is cut into center seam to create a deep pocket, 29.5 x 15.5 x 21cm. tag inside pocket reads "09595 year "74 code 63 for Univ. of Calgary Hr. Dr. Hd. Sainthill Levine". Hood is contained in a black nylon zippered pouch, 34 x 40cm.
Subject
honours
CRW
University of Calgary
Honorary Doctorate Degree
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.0109
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Accessories Guitar Accessories

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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
metal; wood; ivory; plastic
Catalogue Number
104.34.0008 a-m
Description
A collection of odd guitar accessories. (a) finger pick set (3.4 x 2.0 diam) four metal frames that fit over the finger tip,Y-shaped with the arms of the Y forming an adjustable band that fits around finger, and the stem of the Y passing up over the tip of the finger and down the back halfway to t…
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Title
Accessories Guitar Accessories
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
metal; wood; ivory; plastic
Dimensions
3.4 cm
Description
A collection of odd guitar accessories. (a) finger pick set (3.4 x 2.0 diam) four metal frames that fit over the finger tip,Y-shaped with the arms of the Y forming an adjustable band that fits around finger, and the stem of the Y passing up over the tip of the finger and down the back halfway to the band, tip is crimped in stiff fold, 3 have solder at the tip to form a longer point. (MFG: Fitrite).(b) finger pick set (2.5 x 1.8 x 2.0) six metal rings that fit over the finger tips, adjustable band has circles cut out along it, flame shaped fingernail rises from band, curling inward slightly, and with cut out circle at middle. (mfg: National) (c) finger pick (2.5 x 1.9 x 2.0) as (b) but without cut out circles (mfg: Artisto) (d) finger picks (3.0 x 1.7 x 1.9) two metal bands that wrap around finger tip, widening near the end, then narrowing to a point that extends off to one side of the finger. (e) finger picks (3.5 x 1.5 x 1.9) two flat ivory bands which curl once around finger tip and extend out to one side in a point. (f) pick (3.2 x 2.3 x .1) small, flat, egg shaped, marbleized, grey plastic, stiff. (mfg: Durro). (g) pick (3.0 x 2.2 x .1) as (f) but brown tortoise shell coloured plastic (mfg: Eureka). (h) pick (2.7 x 1.9 x .1) as (f) but transparent yellowed plastic ?, slightly curled. (i) capo (5.3 x 1.9 x .9) flat metal bar with small hooks at either end to hold tightly coiled spring across the under side, lined underneath bar with cork. (mfg: Elton). j) bridge ? (4.7 x .8 x 1.1) a long, half round, hollow metal bar with six incised rings spaced evenly along the length. (mfg: Kamiki). (k) slides (7.2 x 1.7 diam) two heavy, solid, brass rods (used to slide over strings when playing the guitar Hawaiian style) (1) peg (5.0 x .9 x 2.3) white, cast plastic peg with long shaft and flattened key with finger depression each side, ferrules around top of shaft. (m) bridge (4.7 x 1.4 x 1.9) low, unfinished wood bridge with small dark support perpendicularly across under middle, short legs thicken slightly at base, series of small notches across top, some deliberately cut into wood, some worn in odd places from strings (mfg: Grover).
Subject
Whyte home
households
entertainment
pastime
Annie White
music
accessories
equipment
sound
song
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.34.0008 a-m
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Accessories Guitar Accessories

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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood; plastic
Catalogue Number
104.34.0009 a-e
Description
A collection of odd, stringed instrument accessories. (a) bridge (5.0 x 1.3 x .5) long, squared, wood, with low legs thicker at base, four shallow notches evenly spaced across top, for ukulele?( b) bridge (4.4 x 1.7 x .6) as (a) but taller and not as long. (c) bridge (2.7 x 2.1 x .3) a small, …
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Title
Accessories Guitar Accessories
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood; plastic
Dimensions
5.0 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm
Description
A collection of odd, stringed instrument accessories. (a) bridge (5.0 x 1.3 x .5) long, squared, wood, with low legs thicker at base, four shallow notches evenly spaced across top, for ukulele?( b) bridge (4.4 x 1.7 x .6) as (a) but taller and not as long. (c) bridge (2.7 x 2.1 x .3) a small, high, yellowed, glass like bridge with arced top, and arch under between legs, curved in at sides, and four shallow notches across top. (d) pegs (15.9 x .9 x 1.9) three plain, wooden tuning pegs with straight, tapering shafts, and simple round flat keys at top with depressions for fingers to grasp, small slit cut across bottom, impressed marks from strings around bottom. (e)pick guard (7.8 x 5.2) small, lyre shaped form cut from a thin sheet of tortoiseshell patterned plastic, two pinholes at stem where broken off from something else (a bracket?).
Subject
Whyte home
households
entertainment
pastime
Annie White
music
accessories
equipment
sound
song;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.34.0009 a-e
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Account of Tibet : the travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia...1712-1727 Edited by Filippo de Filippi

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1937
Author
Desideri, Ippolito
Publisher
London : Routledge
Edition
Rev. ed
Call Number
DS785 D4
Author
Desideri, Ippolito
Edition
Rev. ed
Publisher
London : Routledge
Published Date
1937
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
DS785 D4
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Across the continent : a summer's journey to the Rocky mountains, the Mormons and the Pacific States

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1865
Author
Bowles, Samuel
Publisher
Springfield (Mass.): Bowles
Call Number
F594 B6
Author
Bowles, Samuel
Publisher
Springfield (Mass.): Bowles
Published Date
1865
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
F594 B6
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Across the country from Thonon to Trent : rambles and scrambles in Switzerland and the Tyrol

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1865
Author
Freshfield, Douglas William
Publisher
London : Spottiswoode
Call Number
DQ823 F74
Author
Freshfield, Douglas William
Publisher
London : Spottiswoode
Published Date
1865
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
DQ823 F74
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Across the Olympic Mountains : the Press Expedition, 1889-90

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1967
Author
Wood, Robert L
Publisher
Seattle : Mountaineers
Call Number
F897 O5 W6 1967
Author
Wood, Robert L
Publisher
Seattle : Mountaineers
Published Date
1967
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
F897 O5 W6 1967
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Adventures in geyser land

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1935
Author
Carpenter, Frank D
Publisher
Caldwell (ID): Caxton
Call Number
F722 C37
Author
Carpenter, Frank D
Publisher
Caldwell (ID): Caxton
Published Date
1935
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
From: The wonders of geyser land, ed. of 1875
Call Number
F722 C37
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada 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 : Murray
Edition
Tr. from the third German ed
Call Number
DQ824 K58
Author
Klucker, Christian
Responsibility
edited ... by H.E.G. Tyndale
Edition
Tr. from the third German ed
Publisher
London : Murray
Published Date
1932
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
DQ824 K58
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Adventures of James Capen Adams, mountaineers and grizzly bear hunter

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1861
Author
Hittell, Theodore Henry
Publisher
Boston : Crosby, Nichols, Lee
Call Number
F864 A3
Author
Hittell, Theodore Henry
Publisher
Boston : Crosby, Nichols, Lee
Published Date
1861
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Call Number
F864 A3
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Adventures on the Columbia River

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1831
Author
Cox, Ross
Publisher
London : Colburn & Bentley
Call Number
F880 C69 1831 II
Author
Cox, Ross
Publisher
London : Colburn & Bentley
Published Date
1831
Physical Description
400 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 2 of 2
Subjects
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
F880 C69 1831 II
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Adventures on the Columbia River

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1831
Author
Cox, Ross
Publisher
London : Colburn & Bentley
Call Number
F880 C69 1831 I
Author
Cox, Ross
Publisher
London : Colburn & Bentley
Published Date
1831
Physical Description
368 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 1 of 2
Subjects
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
F880 C69 1831 I
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Adventures with my alpen-stock and carpet bag

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1864
Author
Smith, William
Publisher
London : Pitman
Call Number
DQ23 S615
Author
Smith, William
Publisher
London : Pitman
Published Date
1864
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
DQ23 S615
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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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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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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Afghan Quest : the story of their Abinger Afghanistan Expedition, 1960

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1961
Author
Dunsheath, Joyce
Publisher
London : George G. Harrop
Call Number
DS374 D8
Author
Dunsheath, Joyce
Publisher
London : George G. Harrop
Published Date
1961
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Hindu Kush Mountains
Call Number
DS374 D8
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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1940 records – page 1 of 97.

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