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Note on the geological structure of the Selkirk Range

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

Published Date: 1891

Author: Dawson, George Mercer

Publisher: Rochester : Geological Society of America

Call Number: 03.2 D32n Pam

Author: Dawson, George Mercer

Publisher: Rochester : Geological Society of America

Published Date: 1891

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

Notes: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, Vol. 2 p 165-176, February 12, 1881

Accession Number: 8-26-99 32,000

Call Number: 03.2 D32n Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The Dominion illustrated : a Canadian pictorial weekly

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

Published Date: 1888-1891

Publisher: Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]

Call Number: P Newspaper oversize

Publisher: Montreal, Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co. [etc.]

Published Date: 1888-1891

Physical Description: 7 v. : ill., ports

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

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Notman, William & Son; Politics

Notes: v. 1-7, no. 182; July 7, 1888-Dec. 26, 1891

Call Number: P Newspaper oversize

Collection: Archives Library

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Canada : an encyclopedia of the country ...

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

Published Date: 1898

Publisher: Toronto : Linscott

Call Number: R 02.4 C16c

Responsibility: by a corps of eminent writers and specialists, edited by J. Castell Hopkins

Publisher: Toronto : Linscott

Published Date: 1898

Physical Description: 5 v. : ill., ports., maps

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

Accession Number: 4083

Call Number: R 02.4 C16c

Collection: Archives Library

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The animal kingdom : based upon the writings of the eminent naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood and others

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Craig, Hugh (editor)

Publisher: New York : Johnson & Bailey

Call Number: 04.2 C84a Volume One; 04.2 C84a Volume Two

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Author: Craig, Hugh (editor)

Responsibility: John James Audubon; Alfred Edmund Brehm

Publisher: New York : Johnson & Bailey

Published Date: 1897

Physical Description: 2 volumes : color illustrations

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

Subjects: Wildlife; Wildlife artists; Art

Abstract: Pertains the the animal kingdom as it was known in 1897 and includes stories and summaries and art by several well known wildlife artists and naturalists in two volumes

Contents: Contents of Volume One:; Mammalia; Quadrumana; Cheiroptera; Insectivora; Carnivora; Cetacea; Contents of Volume Two:; Sirenia; Ungulata; Proboscidea; Hyracoidea; Rodentia; Edentata; Marsupialia; Montremata

Notes: Belonged to Pat Brewster

Accession Number: 2926

Call Number: 04.2 C84a Volume One; 04.2 C84a Volume Two

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Available online via Hathi Trust

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The history of the North-West rebellion of 1885 ... including a history of the Indian tribes of North-Western Canada

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

Published Date: 1885

Author: Mulvaney, Charles Pelham

Publisher: Toronto : A.H. Hovey

Call Number: 08.2 M91 1885

Author: Mulvaney, Charles Pelham

Publisher: Toronto : A.H. Hovey

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 424p. : ill., maps, ports

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

Subjects: Riel rebellions; Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Contents: Includes list of 56 illustrations; Full title: [Warning - contains outdated and inappropriate language] The history of the North-west Rebellion of 1884 comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the war, of the various engagements with the Indians and Half breeds, of the heroic deeds performed by officers and men, and of touching scenes in the field, the camp and the cabin; including a history of the indian tribes of North-Western Canada, their numbers, modes of living, habits, customs, religious rites and ceremonies, with thrilling narratives of captures, imprisonment, massacres, and hair-breadth escapes of white settlers, etc.

Accession Number: 492

Call Number: 08.2 M91 1885

Collection: Archives Library

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The alpine regions of Switzerland and the neighbouring countries : a pedestrian's noteson their physical features, scenery, and natural history

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

Published Date: 1896

Author: Bonney, T. G.

Publisher: Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.

Edition: 1st edition

Call Number: 02.2 B64a

Author: Bonney, T. G.

Responsibility: Illustrations by E. Whymper

Edition: 1st edition

Publisher: Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.

Published Date: 1896

Physical Description: 351 pages ; 15 ill. ; 5 plates

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Geology; Italy; Glaciers; Animals; Avalanches; Botany; Folklore

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 02.2 B64a

Collection: Archives Library

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The mountain

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

Published Date: 1886

Author: Michelet, Jules

Publisher: London : L. Nelson and Sons

Call Number: 01.2 M58t

Author: Michelet, Jules

Publisher: London : L. Nelson and Sons

Published Date: 1886

Physical Description: 260 pages

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Europe; Alps; Mountaineering; Glaciers; Nature

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.2 M58t

Collection: Archives Library

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My home in the Alps

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

Published Date: 1892

Author: Le Blond, Elizabeth

Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Company Limited

Call Number: 02.2 L46m

Author: Le Blond, Elizabeth

Responsibility: Mrs. Main

Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Company Limited

Published Date: 1892

Physical Description: 131 pages

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Europe; Alps; Travel; Women; Nature

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 02.2 L46m

Collection: Archives Library

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Upon the origin of alpine and Italian lakes ; and upon glacial erosion

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

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.

Call Number: 03.4 R14u

Responsibility: A. C. Ramsay, John Ball, Roderick I. Murchinson, B. Studer, A. Favre, Edward Whymper, and J. W. Spencer.

Publisher: New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.

Published Date: 1889

Physical Description: 148 pages

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Italy; Europe; Alps; glaciology; Glaciers; Geology

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 03.4 R14u

Collection: Archives Library

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Above the snow line : mountaineering sketches between 1870 and 1880

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

Published Date: 1885

Author: Dent, Clinton

Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co.

Call Number: 01.2 D43a

Author: Dent, Clinton

Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co.

Published Date: 1885

Physical Description: 327 pages

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

Subjects: Exploration; Mountaineering; Alpine Club (Great Britain); Expeditions; Switzerland

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.2 D43a

Collection: Archives Library

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Mountain climbing

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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

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

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