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Corset Stay

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Date: 1830 – 1880

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 103.06.1003

Description: Wooden corset stay, Serena Potts’, shaped with rounded ends, .2 thick piece of wood

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Title: Corset Stay

Date: 1830 – 1880

Material: wood

Dimensions: 3.3 x 35.0 cm

Description: Wooden corset stay, Serena Potts’, shaped with rounded ends, .2 thick piece of wood

Subject: household; clothing; characters; Serena Potts: Mary Schaffer Warren

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: 103.06.1003

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Coup d'oeil sur la structure geologique et mineralogique du Groupe des Monts Dores

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

Published Date: 1830

Author: Lecoq, H

Publisher: Paris : Clermont-Gerrand

Call Number: QE268 L42 Pam

Author: Lecoq, H

Publisher: Paris : Clermont-Gerrand

Published Date: 1830

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

Call Number: QE268 L42 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Descriptions des Alpes Pennines et Rhetiennes

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

Published Date: 1781

Author: Bourrit, Marc Theodore

Publisher: Geneve : Bonnant

Call Number: DQ823 B69 I

Author: Bourrit, Marc Theodore

Publisher: Geneve : Bonnant

Published Date: 1781

Physical Description: 247 pages

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

Series: Volume 1 of 2

Call Number: DQ823 B69 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Descriptions des Alpes Pennines et Rhetiennes

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

Published Date: 1781

Author: Bourrit, Marc Theodore

Publisher: Geneve : Bonnant

Call Number: DQ823 B69 II

Author: Bourrit, Marc Theodore

Publisher: Geneve : Bonnant

Published Date: 1781

Physical Description: 285 pages

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Call Number: DQ823 B69 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Desultory reminiscences of a tour through Germany, Switzerland, and France

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

Published Date: 1838

Author: Wright, Hezekiah Hartley

Publisher: Boston : W.D. Ticknor

Call Number: D919 W75

Author: Wright, Hezekiah Hartley

Publisher: Boston : W.D. Ticknor

Published Date: 1838

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

Call Number: D919 W75

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Dissertationis physicae de itineribus per Helvetiam

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

Published Date: 1781-84

Author: Schinz, Salomone

Publisher: Turici : Ex Officina Gessnerina

Call Number: DQ22 S33 (3 parts)

Author: Schinz, Salomone

Publisher: Turici : Ex Officina Gessnerina

Published Date: 1781-84

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

Call Number: DQ22 S33 (3 parts)

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Drawing Album

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1835

Medium: pencil; ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoS.09.01

Description: A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 183…

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Drawing Album

Date: 1835

Medium: pencil; ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 1835”. Pages contain artworks of flora and fauna, including birds, butterflies, flowers, plants and landscape scenes, both in colour and in black and white. Some of the drawings share a page with another, while others are one drawing/painting per page.

Subject: flora; fauna; bird; butterfly; plant; flower; landscape; botanical drawings; black and white; ink; graphite; drawing; painting; sketchbook

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.09.01

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Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

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Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)

Date: 1834

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: HiU.04.01

Description: Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.

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Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)

Title: Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

Date: 1834

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 25.9 x 36.4 cm

Description: Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.

Subject: landscape; lake; mountains; view of Miho; boats

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

Catalogue Number: HiU.04.01

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Essai sur l'hygrometrie

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

Published Date: 1783

Author: Saussure, Horace Benedict de

Publisher: Neuchatel : Samuel Fauche

Call Number: QC915 S3

Author: Saussure, Horace Benedict de

Publisher: Neuchatel : Samuel Fauche

Published Date: 1783

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

Call Number: QC915 S3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Evening Purse

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Date: 1830 – 1850

Material: fibre; metal; skin

Catalogue Number: 103.08.1102

Description: A small dainty crocheted purse. It is attached to a beautifully made metal clasp with scroll work on each end, "S. M. Potts engraved". The lining is leather, writing "S. M. Potts" and something else illegible.

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Title: Evening Purse

Date: 1830 – 1850

Material: fibre; metal; skin

Dimensions: 8.0 x 12.0 cm

Description: A small dainty crocheted purse. It is attached to a beautifully made metal clasp with scroll work on each end, "S. M. Potts engraved". The lining is leather, writing "S. M. Potts" and something else illegible.

Subject: households; accessories; needlework; Mary Schaffer; S. M. Potts

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: 103.08.1102

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Excursion in India : including a walk over the Himalaya Mountains, to the sources of the Jumna and the Ganges

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

Published Date: 1832

Author: Skinner, Thomas

Publisher: London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley

Call Number: DS407 S5 I

Author: Skinner, Thomas

Publisher: London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley

Published Date: 1832

Physical Description: 312 pages

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

Series: Volume 1 of 2

Call Number: DS407 S5 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Excursion in India : including a walk over the Himalaya Mountains, to the sources of the Jumna and the Ganges

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

Published Date: 1832

Author: Skinner, Thomas

Publisher: London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley

Call Number: DS407 S5 II

Author: Skinner, Thomas

Publisher: London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley

Published Date: 1832

Physical Description: 330 pages

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Call Number: DS407 S5 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Extracts from the journals of an alpine traveller

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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

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

Call Number: DQ23 B53

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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French map of Canada and New France

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

Published Date: 1720

Call Number: C11-1.1

Published Date: 1720

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

Subjects: Canada

Accession Number: 499

Call Number: C11-1.1

Collection: Archives Library

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Gebirgsaulslicht gezeichnet vom Gipfel des Titlis der 15 Aug 1832

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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

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

Subjects: Views

Call Number: DQ827 G42

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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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

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Genealogy; Research; History; Land, settlement and immigration

Geographic Access: England

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Original title used

Processing Status: Processed

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Journals of excursions in the Alps

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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

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 B7

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Ladle

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Date: 1728 – 1800

Material: horn; metal

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0553

Description: Oval, almost flat bottomed ladle with short shaft connected to spiralled, bone, silver tipped handle. Coin is inset in base of ladle and is visible from either side. "heads" with portrait, "tails" side of coin, outside ladle, indicated 1728 date and slogans, shields. Engraving on outside of …

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Title: Ladle

Date: 1728 – 1800

Material: horn; metal

Dimensions: 2.7 x 8.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Oval, almost flat bottomed ladle with short shaft connected to spiralled, bone, silver tipped handle. Coin is inset in base of ladle and is visible from either side. "heads" with portrait, "tails" side of coin, outside ladle, indicated 1728 date and slogans, shields. Engraving on outside of ladle under rim "H/W*S".