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J. Monroe Thorington fonds
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- Part Of
- J. Monroe Thorington fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of copies of textual records from the Thorington Archives at Princeton University and photographs in both original and copy form. Textual records include: I. Thompson-Little Collection and supplement 1895- 1907; letters chiefly addressed to Charles Sproule Thompson collected by Georg…
- Date Range
- 1825-1974
- Reference Code
- M106 / V622
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
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- Textual record
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- Part Of
- J. Monroe Thorington fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 106
- V 622
- Sous-Fonds
- M 106
- V 622
- Accession Number
- 740, 1001, 1034, 1093, 1103, 1133, 1285, 1406, 1411, 1439, 1561, 1600, 1804, 1810, 1965, 1980, 2110, 2279, 2536, 2713, 3059
- Reference Code
- M106 / V622
- Date Range
- 1825-1974
- Physical Description
- ca.1.8 m of textual records. -- 64 photographs : prints, transparencies, copy negatives
- History / Biographical
- J. Monroe "Roy" Thorington, 1894-1989, was an ophthalmologist, mountaineer and mountain historian at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Thorington was a pre-eminent climber and explorer in the Canadian Rockies starting in 1922. He studied the Freshfield and Lyell Glaciers for 22 years and explored and mapped the Purcell Range, British Columbia. Thorington wrote approximately 300 publications on mountaineering, mountain history and the Canadian Rockies. He was active in numerous organizations, particularly the American Alpine Club.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of copies of textual records from the Thorington Archives at Princeton University and photographs in both original and copy form.
- Textual records include: I. Thompson-Little Collection and supplement 1895- 1907; letters chiefly addressed to Charles Sproule Thompson collected by George T. Little, Appalachian Mountain Club and supplemented by material mainly from the estate of Charles E. Fay. II. American Alpine Club, 1903- 1967; correspondence with American Alpine Club members elected to 1918. III. Alps and Canada mountaineering correspondence. IV. Guide books and writings; pertains to writings on the Canadian Rockies and Conrad Kain. V. Dr. W. S. Ladd and Allen Carpe papers 1908-1935.
- VI. Photographs, 1871-1970, pertain mainly to Thorington's climbing associates, mountain guides, friends and climbs; also, tombstones of friends at Banff Cemetery.
- Fonds also includes miscellaneous original summit notes, articles, etc. concerning landmark mountaineering activities in the Canadian Rockies.
- Name Access
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series description
- Creator
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The alpenstock : or, sketches of Swiss scenery and manners, 1825-1826
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1829
- Author
- Latrobe, Charles Joseph
- Publisher
- London : Seeley & Burnside
- Call Number
- DQ23 L38
- Author
- Latrobe, Charles Joseph
- Publisher
- London : Seeley & Burnside
- Published Date
- 1829
- Subjects
- Alps
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ23 L38
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Ascents of Mont Blanc, by Dr.E. Clark & Capt. Sherrill, 1825-26, Mr. Jackson, 1823
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1825-26
- Author
- Clark, Edmund
- Publisher
- London : Colburns's New Monthly Magazine
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 C43
- Author
- Clark, Edmund
- Publisher
- London : Colburns's New Monthly Magazine
- Published Date
- 1825-26
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 C43
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Dissertation on the passage of Hannibal over the Alps
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1820
- Author
- Cramer, J.A
- Publisher
- London : Baxter for J. Parker
- Call Number
- DG247.2 C3
- Author
- Cramer, J.A
- Responsibility
- by a member of the University of Oxford
- Publisher
- London : Baxter for J. Parker
- Published Date
- 1820
- Call Number
- DG247.2 C3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A glance at some of the beauties and sublimities of Switzerland
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- 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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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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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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Narrative of a journey to the summit of Mont Blanc
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1821
- Author
- Howard, William
- Publisher
- Baltimore : Fielding Lucas
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 H69 Pam
- Author
- Howard, William
- Publisher
- Baltimore : Fielding Lucas
- Published Date
- 1821
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 H69 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Narrative of an ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1828
- Author
- Auldjo, John
- Publisher
- London : Longman, Rees
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 A9 1828
- Author
- Auldjo, John
- Publisher
- London : Longman, Rees
- Published Date
- 1828
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 A9 1828
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A narrative of an ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1827
- Author
- Fellows, Sir Charles
- Publisher
- London : Davison
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 F44
- Author
- Fellows, Sir Charles
- Publisher
- London : Davison
- Published Date
- 1827
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 F44
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Narrative of an ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc, Aug. 18, 1822
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1823
- Author
- Clissold, Frederick
- Publisher
- London : Rivingtons & Cochran
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 C55 Pam
- Author
- Clissold, Frederick
- Publisher
- London : Rivingtons & Cochran
- Published Date
- 1823
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 C55 Pam
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Narrative of an ascent to the summit of Mont-Blanc ...
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1828
- Author
- Hawes, William
- Publisher
- London : Arthur Taylor
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 H39
- Author
- Hawes, William
- Responsibility
- by William Hawes and Charles Fellows
- Publisher
- London : Arthur Taylor
- Published Date
- 1828
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 H39
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Narrative of an excursion to the mountains of Piemont
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1824
- Author
- Gilly, William Stephen
- Publisher
- London : Rivington
- Call Number
- DG613 G5 Oversize C
- Author
- Gilly, William Stephen
- Publisher
- London : Rivington
- Published Date
- 1824
- Call Number
- DG613 G5 Oversize C
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The peasants of Chamouni, containing an attempt to reach the summit of Mont Blanc
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1823
- Publisher
- London : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 P4
- Publisher
- London : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy
- Published Date
- 1823
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 P4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Picturesque tour from Geneva to Milan by way of the Simplon
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1820
- Author
- Schnoberl, Frederic
- Publisher
- London : Ackermann
- Call Number
- DQ825 S36
- Author
- Schnoberl, Frederic
- Publisher
- London : Ackermann
- Published Date
- 1820
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ825 S36
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Picturesque tour through the Oberland in the canton of Berne, in Switzerland
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1823
- Publisher
- London : Ackermann's Repository
- Call Number
- DQ827 P52
- Publisher
- London : Ackermann's Repository
- Published Date
- 1823
- Subjects
- Bernese Oberland
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ827 P52
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Relation d'un voyage a la cote du Nord-ouest de l'Amerique Septentrionale dans les annees 1810 [- 14]
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1820
- Author
- Franchere, Gabriel
- Publisher
- Montreal : Pasteur
- Call Number
- F880 F37 1820
- Author
- Franchere, Gabriel
- Publisher
- Montreal : Pasteur
- Published Date
- 1820
- Subjects
- Canada
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- F880 F37 1820
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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(Review of) A journal of voyages and travels in the interior of North America between the 47th and 58th degrees of North Latitude extending from Montreal nearly to the Pacific Ocean
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1820
- Call Number
- 02.5 B77h
- Responsibility
- by D. M. Harmon, a partner in the North-West Company
- Published Date
- 1820
- Physical Description
- p.409-416
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Notes
- From unknown periodical
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.5 B77h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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