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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26175
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1897
- Publisher
- London : Charles Scribner's Sons
- Call Number
- 01 W69m
- Responsibility
- Edward L. Wilson, Edwin Lord Weeks, A. F. Jaccaci, W. Martin-Conway, Mark Brickell Kerr, William Williams, and H. F. B. Lynch
- Publisher
- London : Charles Scribner's Sons
- Published Date
- 1897
- Physical Description
- 358 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- St. Elias
- Alps
- Climbing
- Glaciers
- Contents
- I. Mount Washington in winter / Edward L. Wilson -- II. Some episodes of mountaineering by a cause amateur / Edwin Lord Weeks -- III. Ascent of Mount Aetna / A. F. Jaccaci -- IV. Ascent of Mount Ararat / H. F. B. Lynch -- V. Climbing Mount St. Elias / William Williams -- VI. Mount St. Elias and its glaciers / Mark Brickell Kerr -- VII. One thousand miles through the Alps / Sir. W. Martin Conway
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01 W69m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountaineering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14139
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1892
- Author
- Dent, Clinton Thomas
- Publisher
- London, Longmans, Green
- Call Number
- 01.2 D41m
- Author
- Dent, Clinton Thomas
- Responsibility
- by C. T. Dent, Illustrations by H.G. Willink et. al.
- Publisher
- London, Longmans, Green
- Published Date
- 1892
- Physical Description
- xx, 439 p. illus., ports., diagrs.
- Series
- The Badminton library of sports and pastimes, ed. by his Grace the Duke of Beaufort K.G. assisted by A.E.T. Watson
- Subjects
- Women
- Mountaineering
- Whymper, Edward
- Notes
- By C. T. Dent with contributions by W. M. Conway, D. W. Freshfield, C. E. Mathews, C. Pilkington, Sir F. Pollock, H. G. Willink, and an introduction by Mr. Justice Wills
- This book was used by Walter Wilcox, Sam Allen, and other members of the Yale "Lake Louise" Club in 1893. It was printed in 1892 and considered very up-to-date.
- Includes discussion of 'Climbing outfits for ladies' p. 50-52
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 01.2 D41m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Trail to the charmed land
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20072
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Edwards, Ralph
- Publisher
- Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson
- Call Number
- 01.4 Ed9t
- Author
- Edwards, Ralph
- Responsibility
- Ralph Edwards
- Publisher
- Hamilton (Canada) H.R. Larson
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- viii, 135 pages illustrations, map 23 cm
- Abstract
- Pertains to the stories of Ralph Edwards, a former mountain guide. While not a history, the publication serves as a way to commemorate a life well lived in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Written similar to a diary, the author tells of his personal experiences and lessons learned while in the mountains. Readers are granted a highly personal account of mountaineering from a man who lived among the shadows of the Canadian Rockies himself.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Discovery of Yoho -- First Crossing of the Dolomite Pass -- The Conquest of Balfour -- A Millionaire Goes A-Hunting -- Anything Can Happen, And Does -- Cayuses I Have Met.
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 01.4 Ed9t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Among the Selkirk glaciers : being the account of a rough survey in the Rocky Mountain regions of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3982
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- Green, William Spotswood
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan
- Call Number
- 02.6 Se4g
- 02.6 Se4g M'fiche
- Author
- Green, William Spotswood
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- xv, 251p. : ill., map
- Subjects
- Geology
- Mountaineering
- Notes
- Also on microfiche
- Accession Number
- 400
- 5142 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 02.6 Se4g
- 02.6 Se4g M'fiche
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- J.R.
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Author
- J.R.
- Responsibility
- J.R. (author)
- Frederic Remington (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Published Date
- 1890
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Mountaineers, Swiss
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
- Notes
- In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Collection
- Archives Library
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My climbs in the Alps and Caucasus
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26179
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1895
- Author
- Mummery, A. F.
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Call Number
- 01.2 M92m
- Author
- Mummery, A. F.
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Published Date
- 1895
- Physical Description
- 360 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Alps
- Caucasus
- Mummery, A. F.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.2 M92m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19938
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1950
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sm9c
- Author
- Smythe, Frank S.
- Responsibility
- Frank S. Smythe
- Publisher
- London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Robson
- Abstract
- Pertains to the personal mountaineering experience of author, Frank S. Smythe. As a prominent English author, photographer, botanist and mountaineer, Smythe invites the reader to delve into a greater understanding of what it means to climb in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He tells of his successes, failures and lessons learned while scaling some of the most ambitious mountains in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the mountains discussed include, but are not limited to the following, Mount Alberta, Mount Assiniboine, Mount Robson, Mount Glendower and Mount Colin.
- Contents
- Part I : The Canadian Rockies
- I. The Canadian Rocky Mountains (pg. 3)
- II. Training the Lovat Scouts (pg. 19)
- III. Elysium Pass (pg. 37)
- IV. Mountaineering from Lake O'Hara (pg. 47)
- V. Mount Assiniboine (pg. 54)
- VI. Mount Alberta (pg. 67)
- VII. The Beaver (pg. 86)
- VIII. An attempt to climb Mount Brussels (pg. 96)
- IX. The first ascent of Mount Bridgland (pg. 108)
- X. Mount Robson (pg. 121)
- XI. Failure and success on Mount Colin (pg. 142)
- XII. Storm on Mount Louis (pg. 162) Part II : Unmapped and unexplored. An expedition to the LLoyd George Mountains of north-east British Columbia
- XIII. The Lloyd George Mountains (pg. 175)
- XIV. The flight to Haworth Lake (pg. 186)
- XV. The base-camp (pg. 196)
- XVI. Reconnaissance flight (pg. 206)
- XVII. The ascent of Mount Glendower (pg. 213)
- XVIII. The ascent of Mount Lloyd George (pg. 221)
- XIX. Call it a day (pg. 227)
- XX. High-level traverse (pg. 241)
- XXI. Lightning (pg. 251)
- Index (pg. 255)
- Notes
- All photographs used in the publication were taken by the author
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sm9c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A climber’s guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25079
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1953
- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Publisher
- [New York] : The American Alpine Club
- Edition
- Revised Edition, 5th printing
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61 1953
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- Author
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Responsibility
- J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- Revised Edition, 5th printing
- Publisher
- [New York] : The American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- xx, 323 pages
- Abstract
- A guide for mountaineers for the Canadian Rocky Mountains arranged geographically including map references.
- Contents
- Introduction Preface Part One - International Boundary to Kicking Horse Pass Part Two - Kicking Horse Pass to Yellowhead Pass Yellowhead Pass to Jarvis Pass List of authorites Principle maps of the Canadian Rocky Mountains Huts of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camps of the Alpine Club of Canada
- Notes
- First ed., by Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington, published in 1921.
- Accession Number
- 8062
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61 1953
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Publication information on the American Alpine Club website
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