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Adventures on the roof of the world

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

Published Date: 1904

Author: Le Blond, Elizabeth Alice Frances

Publisher: London : Unwin

Call Number: DQ823 L4

Author: Le Blond, Elizabeth Alice Frances

Publisher: London : Unwin

Published Date: 1904

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 L4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Air Meter

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Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: metal; glass; wood

Catalogue Number: 104.30.0006

Description: Air meter enclosed in circular shallow brass case covered with glass, and standing on three brass legs (3.5 cm) attached to a solid brass disk stand of the same size. Brass ring attached perpendicular to side of the meter case by two thin metal arms, contains wind vane with eight small square sails…

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Title: Air Meter

Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: metal; glass; wood

Dimensions: 7.1 x 7.8 x 8.5 cm

Description: Air meter enclosed in circular shallow brass case covered with glass, and standing on three brass legs (3.5 cm) attached to a solid brass disk stand of the same size. Brass ring attached perpendicular to side of the meter case by two thin metal arms, contains wind vane with eight small square sails attached to centre by small metal arms. Face dial measured around perimeter with numbers from 0-90 has small circular dial at top with numbers from 0-9 and the letters "HDS" just above central pivot of small thin needle. Dial reads "Air meter to 1000 feet/No 508". Bottom of solid brass base has screw hole at centre to hold screw mount which is brass finger screw with black painted brass tube attached to top. Lever on side of meter halts needle. Box, plain square wooden box with brass hinges for lid is fitted with small blocks of wood to hold air meter securely in place. Mounting screw slips over arm of piece of wood fastened to lid. Paper label inside lid reads, "Correction for Air Meter No. 508/. Add 30 per minute to the observed reading of the Air Meter. Note. Each instrument is now regulated so as to reduce the correction to a constant quantity per minute, which must be added as in the example given.". Small brass latch hook closes lid.

Subject: households; industry; surveying; Russell Robb

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

Catalogue Number: 104.30.0006

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Alaska

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

Published Date: 1901

Author: Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)

Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page

Call Number: QH105 A4 H37 I

Author: Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)

Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page

Published Date: 1901

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

Series: Volume 1 of 2

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: QH105 A4 H37 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alaska

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

Published Date: 1901

Author: Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)

Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page

Call Number: QH105 A4 H37 II

Author: Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)

Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page

Published Date: 1901

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: QH105 A4 H37 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alaska : high roads to adventure

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

Published Date: 1976

Publisher: Washington : The Society

Call Number: F910 N37 A4

Responsibility: prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C

Publisher: Washington : The Society

Published Date: 1976

Physical Description: 199 p. : ill

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

ISBN: 0870441930

Call Number: F910 N37 A4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alaska-Canadian frontier

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

Published Date: 1902

Author: Balch, Thomas Willing

Publisher: Philadelphia : Allen, Lane & Scott

Call Number: F912 B7 B3

Author: Balch, Thomas Willing

Publisher: Philadelphia : Allen, Lane & Scott

Published Date: 1902

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

Subjects: Boundaries; Canada

Call Number: F912 B7 B3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alberta wilderness arts and recreation

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

Published Date: [1976?]

Publisher: Edson, Alberta : Big Bear Wilderness Services

Call Number: GV191.2 A43 Pam

Responsibility: Editors : Mors Kochanski and Don Bright

Publisher: Edson, Alberta : Big Bear Wilderness Services

Published Date: [1976?]

Physical Description: 80p. : ill.

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

Series: Volume 1, No. 1

Subjects: Alberta; Outdoor life; Skiing; Hypothermia; Survival

Call Number: GV191.2 A43 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alive : the story of the Andes survivors

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

Published Date: 1974

Author: Read, Piers Paul

Publisher: Philadelphia : Lippincott

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: TL553.7 R4

Author: Read, Piers Paul

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: Philadelphia : Lippincott

Published Date: 1974

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

Call Number: TL553.7 R4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpes Vaudoises

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

Published Date: 1907

Author: Vautier, August

Publisher: Lausanne : Georges Bridel

Call Number: DQ728 V38 Oversize C

Author: Vautier, August

Responsibility: illustrations par Fred Boissonnas

Publisher: Lausanne : Georges Bridel

Published Date: 1907

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ728 V38 Oversize C

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpina Americana. No. 1-3

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

Published Date: 1907-14

Publisher: Philadelphia : American Alpine Club

Call Number: F868 S5 A46 Oversize A; F868 S5 A46 copy 2's in Oversize A; F868 S5 A46 copy 3 of No.2 in ACC dups box 3

Publisher: Philadelphia : American Alpine Club

Published Date: 1907-14

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

Subjects: Alaska; Rocky Mountains, Canada

Call Number: F868 S5 A46 Oversize A; F868 S5 A46 copy 2's in Oversize A; F868 S5 A46 copy 3 of No.2 in ACC dups box 3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine Canada

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

Published Date: 1979

Author: Russell, Andy

Publisher: Edmonton : Hurtig

Call Number: QH106 R8

Author: Russell, Andy

Responsibility: photography by J.A. Kraulis

Publisher: Edmonton : Hurtig

Published Date: 1979

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

Subjects: Natural history; Photography; Rocky Mountains, Canada

Call Number: QH106 R8

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine Club of Canada, 1906-1929 : modernization, Canadian nationalism and Anglo-Saxon mountaineering : [thesis]

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

Published Date: 1978

Author: La Force, Gina L

Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto

Call Number: G505 A4 L3

Author: La Force, Gina L

Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto

Published Date: 1978

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

Subjects: Philosophy

Call Number: G505 A4 L3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains

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

Published Date: 1907; Schaffer, Mary

Author: Brown, Stewardson

Publisher: New York; London : Putnam

Edition: illustrated with water-colour drawings and photographs by Mrs. Charles Schaffer

Call Number: QK110 B76

Author: Brown, Stewardson

Edition: illustrated with water-colour drawings and photographs by Mrs. Charles Schaffer

Publisher: New York; London : Putnam

Published Date: 1907; Schaffer, Mary

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: QK110 B76

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine Guide to southwestern British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1974

Author: Culbert, Dick

Publisher: West Vancouver : Alpine Guide

Call Number: F1089 C7 C8 1974

Author: Culbert, Dick

Publisher: West Vancouver : Alpine Guide

Published Date: 1974

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

Subjects: Coast Mountains; Guidebooks

Call Number: F1089 C7 C8 1974

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine Hat

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Date: 1900 – 1950

Material: fibre

Catalogue Number: 103.04.1047

Description: Olive green felt alpine hat with hatband made of three strands of gold cord. Broken black feather tucked into hatband. Two labels inside hat: “Made in Austria” & “ORIGINAL Tscher HUT.”

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Title: Alpine Hat

Date: 1900 – 1950

Material: fibre

Dimensions: 13.0 x 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Olive green felt alpine hat with hatband made of three strands of gold cord. Broken black feather tucked into hatband. Two labels inside hat: “Made in Austria” & “ORIGINAL Tscher HUT.”