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Vallesiae descriptio : libri duo : de Alpibus commentarius
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2392
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1574
- Author
- Simler, Josias
- Publisher
- Switzerland : Tiguriexcudebat C.H. Froschouerus
- Call Number
- DQ841 V3 S54
- Author
- Simler, Josias
- Publisher
- Switzerland : Tiguriexcudebat C.H. Froschouerus
- Published Date
- 1574
- Call Number
- DQ841 V3 S54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Republica Helvetorium : libri duo. Auctore Iosia Simlero Tigurno
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2394
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1577
- Author
- Simler, Josias
- Publisher
- Switzerland : Tiguri Escudebat Christophorous Froschouerus
- Call Number
- DQ53 S54
- Author
- Simler, Josias
- Publisher
- Switzerland : Tiguri Escudebat Christophorous Froschouerus
- Published Date
- 1577
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ53 S54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A map showing the communication of the lakes and rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24545
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1790
- Publisher
- Gent. Mag.
- Call Number
- C11-1.7
- Publisher
- Gent. Mag.
- Published Date
- 1790
- Physical Description
- 1 map
- Scale
- Scale indeterminable
- Subjects
- Rivers
- The West, Canadian
- Accession Number
- 12,500
- Call Number
- C11-1.7
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Map showing the communication of the Lakes and Rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21338
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1790
- Publisher
- Gent Mag.
- Call Number
- C5-5.8
- Publisher
- Gent Mag.
- Published Date
- 1790
- Subjects
- Hydrological Maps Canada
- Notes
- From a copy - Gent Mag. 1790
- Accession Number
- 11,500
- Call Number
- C5-5.8
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Travels through Western Canada from April, 1773 to March, 1790
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21485
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- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1790
- Call Number
- C12-1.9
- Published Date
- 1790
- Subjects
- Peter Pond's Travels
- Notes
- Photostatic copy from Public Archives
- Accession Number
- 675
- Call Number
- C12-1.9
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Wedding Ensemble
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- Date
- 1790
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1114 a-e
- Description
- (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendri…
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- Title
- Wedding Ensemble
- Date
- 1790
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendrils. Black hooks and eyes for closure at back. (b) Very fine square veil. All edges embroidered. (c) Embroidered belt. (d,e) very small satin shoes with long thin fabric laces. Sole is fine leather.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1114 a-e
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Travels through the Rhaetian Alps in the year 1786
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue338
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1792
- Author
- Beaumont, Jean Francois Albanis
- Publisher
- London : Clarke
- Call Number
- DQ823 B42 Oversize E
- Publisher
- London : Clarke
- Published Date
- 1792
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ823 B42 Oversize E
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Battle of Cressy
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1792
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.03
- Description
- A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Battle of Cressy
- Date
- 1792
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.03
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- Date
- 1792
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0003
- Description
- A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse …
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- Title
- Bill-Of-Sale
- Date
- 1792
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 16.0; 25.2 (frame) x 20.0; 30.3 (frame) cm
- Description
- A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse and Thomas Buckminster. The bill is framed in a wide plain mahogany veneer frame with mitred corners.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0003
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- Date
- 1792
- Material
- wood; grass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0091
- Description
- Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on …
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- Title
- Blanket Chest
- Date
- 1792
- Material
- wood; grass; metal
- Dimensions
- 48.3 x 48.5 x 124.3 cm
- Description
- Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on inside of lid.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0091
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Itineraire du St Gothard, d'une partie du Vallais et des contrees de la Suisse
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1735
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1795
- Author
- Mechel, Chretien de
- Publisher
- Basel : Chretien de Mechel
- Call Number
- DQ22 M42
- Author
- Mechel, Chretien de
- Publisher
- Basel : Chretien de Mechel
- Published Date
- 1795
- Call Number
- DQ22 M42
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through…
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- Title
- Sampler
- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 15.0; 18.0 (frame) x 20.0; 22.5 (frame) cm
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through the alphabet repeating from A to D at the end, followed by another floral band as at the top, and then “Susanah Lehman November the 3 1796.” The sampler was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?) and has a framer’s sticker on the back “The Royal Art Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
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Avis aux voyageurs en Suisse, avec une nouvelle carte
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1296
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1798
- Author
- Heinzmann, J.G
- Publisher
- Berne: [s.n.]
- Call Number
- DQ22 H43
- Author
- Heinzmann, J.G
- Publisher
- Berne: [s.n.]
- Published Date
- 1798
- Call Number
- DQ22 H43
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Embroidery Sampler
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.1007%20a-c
- Date
- 1799
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1007 a-c
- Description
- Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket f…
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- Title
- Embroidery Sampler
- Date
- 1799
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket fence, two trees and to the right a two storey brown house. Below that is six lines of writing beginning "One Weeks Extremity May Teach Us ....." "Susan Lehman her work done In the ninth year Of Her Age (__ ?) 1799" * Someone numbered the labels as (a) and (b) and the sampler as (c). It is too fragile to change
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1007 a-c
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High Alps without guides : being a narrative of adventures in Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1133
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1870
- Author
- Girdlestone, Arthur Gilbert
- Publisher
- London : Longmans, Green
- Call Number
- DQ823 G57
- Author
- Girdlestone, Arthur Gilbert
- Publisher
- London : Longmans, Green
- Published Date
- 1870
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ823 G57
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Sun pictures of Rocky mountain scenery
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1275
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1870
- Author
- Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer
- Publisher
- New York : J. Bien
- Call Number
- F594 H39
- Author
- Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer
- Publisher
- New York : J. Bien
- Published Date
- 1870
- Subjects
- Geology
- Rocky Mountains, U.S.
- Notes
- Fragile - removed for conservation work
- Call Number
- F594 H39
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Sketch of the mountains and river basins of India
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2261
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1870
- Author
- Saunders, Trelawny Willia
- Publisher
- London : Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Call Number
- GB545 I5 S2
- Author
- Saunders, Trelawny Willia
- Publisher
- London : Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Published Date
- 1870
- Call Number
- GB545 I5 S2
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Noveaux voyages en zigzag a la Grande Chartreuse, autour du Mont Blanc
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2644
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1870
- Author
- Topfer, Rodolphe
- Publisher
- Paris : Garnier Freres
- Edition
- 3rd ed
- Call Number
- D919 T63 Oversize A
- Author
- Topfer, Rodolphe
- Edition
- 3rd ed
- Publisher
- Paris : Garnier Freres
- Published Date
- 1870
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- D919 T63 Oversize A
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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...The North West Territory and other papers chiefly relating to the Dominion of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3663
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1870
- Author
- Dawson, Aeneas MacDonell
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Times
- Call Number
- 02.4 D32
- Author
- Dawson, Aeneas MacDonell
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Times
- Published Date
- 1870
- Physical Description
- viii, 326p. : ill., port
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.4 D32
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- Archives Library
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Sketch of the North-west of America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3849
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1870
- Author
- Tache', Mgr., Bishop of St. Boniface
- Publisher
- Montreal : John Lovell
- Call Number
- 02.5 T11
- Responsibility
- translated from the French by Captain D. R. Cameron
- Publisher
- Montreal : John Lovell
- Published Date
- 1870
- Physical Description
- 216p
- Accession Number
- 3914
- Call Number
- 02.5 T11
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- Archives Library
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