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Etudes sur les glaciers

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

Published Date: 1840

Author: Agassiz, Louis

Publisher: Neuchatel : Nicolet

Call Number: QE576 A3

Author: Agassiz, Louis

Publisher: Neuchatel : Nicolet

Published Date: 1840

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

Subjects: Alps

Call Number: QE576 A3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Sake Bottle

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Date: 1840

Material: ceramic

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0240

Description: Minimum neck diameter 1.5 cm. beige ground with brown branch and blue flower decoration. Circular flat foot. "Awata 1840" label, affixed by Morse?

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Title: Sake Bottle

Date: 1840

Material: ceramic

Dimensions: 16.3 x 6.1 cm

Description: Minimum neck diameter 1.5 cm. beige ground with brown branch and blue flower decoration. Circular flat foot. "Awata 1840" label, affixed by Morse?

Subject: households; Edith Morse Robb; Edward S. Morse

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

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0240

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Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab

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

Published Date: 1841

Author: Moorcroft, William

Publisher: London : Murray

Call Number: DS412 M6 I

Author: Moorcroft, William

Publisher: London : Murray

Published Date: 1841

Physical Description: 459 pages

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

Series: Volume 1 of 2

Call Number: DS412 M6 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab

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

Published Date: 1841

Author: Moorcroft, William

Publisher: London : Murray

Call Number: DS412 M6 II

Author: Moorcroft, William

Publisher: London : Murray

Published Date: 1841

Physical Description: 508 pages

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Call Number: DS412 M6 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo, the countries adjoining the mountain

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

Published Date: 1842

Author: Vigne, Godfrey Thomas

Publisher: London : Henry Colburn

Call Number: DS485 K2 V53 I

Author: Vigne, Godfrey Thomas

Publisher: London : Henry Colburn

Published Date: 1842

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

Series: Volume 1 of 2

Call Number: DS485 K2 V53 I

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo, the countries adjoining the mountain

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

Published Date: 1842

Author: Vigne, Godfrey Thomas

Publisher: London : Henry Colburn

Call Number: DS485 K2 V53 II

Author: Vigne, Godfrey Thomas

Publisher: London : Henry Colburn

Published Date: 1842

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Call Number: DS485 K2 V53 II

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Switzerland : scenes and incidents of travel in the Bernese Oberland

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

Published Date: 1843

Author: Barnard, George

Publisher: London : Thomas McLean

Call Number: DQ827 B3 Oversize F

Author: Barnard, George

Publisher: London : Thomas McLean

Published Date: 1843

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

Subjects: Bernese Oberland

Notes: Drawings and lithographs

Call Number: DQ827 B3 Oversize F

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Travels in the great western prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory

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

Published Date: 1843

Author: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson

Publisher: Poughskeepie : Killey and Lossing

Call Number: F594 F37

Author: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson

Publisher: Poughskeepie : Killey and Lossing

Published Date: 1843

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

Call Number: F594 F37

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Travels through the Alps of Savoy

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

Published Date: 1843

Author: Forbes, James David

Publisher: Edinburgh : Black

Call Number: DQ825 F67

Author: Forbes, James David

Publisher: Edinburgh : Black

Published Date: 1843

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

Subjects: France; Savoie

Notes: Fragile - removed for conservation work; Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ825 F67

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Chamonix, le Mont-Blanc et les deux Saint-Bernard

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

Published Date: 1843

Author: Manget, J.-L

Publisher: Geneve : Chez Combe

Call Number: DQ825 M35

Author: Manget, J.-L

Publisher: Geneve : Chez Combe

Published Date: 1843

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

Call Number: DQ825 M35

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Topographische Mittheilungen aus dem Alpen gebirge

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

Published Date: 1843

Author: Studer, Gottlieb

Publisher: Bern & St Gallen : Verlag von Huber

Call Number: DQ823 S78

Author: Studer, Gottlieb

Publisher: Bern & St Gallen : Verlag von Huber

Published Date: 1843

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 S78

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Excursions et sejours dans les glaciers et les hautes regions des Alpes de M. Agassiz

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

Published Date: 1844

Author: Desor, Edouard

Publisher: Neuchatel : Kissling

Call Number: DQ823 D47 1844

Author: Desor, Edouard

Publisher: Neuchatel : Kissling

Published Date: 1844

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 D47 1844

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Final report on the geology and mineralogy of the state of New Hampshire

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

Published Date: 1844

Author: New Hampshire. Geological Survey (1840-1844)

Publisher: Concord (NH): Carroll & Baker

Call Number: QE139 N48

Author: New Hampshire. Geological Survey (1840-1844)

Publisher: Concord (NH): Carroll & Baker

Published Date: 1844

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: QE139 N48

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Journal of an exploring tour beyond the Rocky Mountains

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

Published Date: 1844

Author: Parker, Samuel

Publisher: Ithaca : Andrus, Woodruff & Gauntlett

Edition: 4th ed

Call Number: F850 P3

Author: Parker, Samuel

Edition: 4th ed

Publisher: Ithaca : Andrus, Woodruff & Gauntlett

Published Date: 1844

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

Call Number: F850 P3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Quilt

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Date: 1844 – 1844

Material: fibre, cotton

Catalogue Number: 102.01.0003

Description: Handmade quilt of chintz flowers and birds appliqued to unbleached cotton. The quilt design is a large floral bouquet at centre with individual flowers scattered about remainder. Chintz border at edges and narrow band of small chintz flowers around centre panel. The names of the quilters are hand…

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Title: Quilt

Date: 1844 – 1844

Material: fibre, cotton

Dimensions: 227.0 x 272.0 cm

Description: Handmade quilt of chintz flowers and birds appliqued to unbleached cotton. The quilt design is a large floral bouquet at centre with individual flowers scattered about remainder. Chintz border at edges and narrow band of small chintz flowers around centre panel. The names of the quilters are handwritten in ink in various places. Quilting done in scroll and diamond design.