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30 hikes in Alaska

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

Published Date: 1967

Author: Hauser, William E

Publisher: Anchorage : Mountaineering Club of Alaska

Call Number: F912 K4 H3 Pam

Author: Hauser, William E

Publisher: Anchorage : Mountaineering Club of Alaska

Published Date: 1967

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

Subjects: Guidebooks; Hiking

Call Number: F912 K4 H3 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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100 hikes in western Washington

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

Published Date: 1966

Author: Marshall, Louise B

Publisher: Seattle : Mountaineers

Edition: 1st ed

Call Number: F895 M3

Author: Marshall, Louise B

Responsibility: photos by Bob and Ira Spring

Edition: 1st ed

Publisher: Seattle : Mountaineers

Published Date: 1966

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

Call Number: F895 M3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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150 ans de peinture au Japon : de Gyokudo a Tessai, XVIIIe - XIXe siecles

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

Published Date: 1962

Publisher: Paris : Petit Palais

Call Number: ND1052 P4

Publisher: Paris : Petit Palais

Published Date: 1962

Physical Description: 233p. : ill.

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

Subjects: Painting, Japanese

Notes: L'exposition est placee sour le patronage du gouvernement francais et du gouvernement japonais. Organisee au Musee du Petit Palais par le "yomiuri Shimbun" et la Direction des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris

Call Number: ND1052 P4

Location: Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access

Collection: Art Library

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1723 Copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ Possibly Morant’s (?) and Japanese Stamp Collection

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 books; one 18th century, one 20th century stamp book. Includes 1723 copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ by Humphrey Prideaux; missing front/back covers, replaced with plain brown paper covers. Handwritten title ‘Mahomet’ written on front cover and side binding in different handwritings; …

Date Range: 1723; [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 91 and 95

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / V500 / S20

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: Unknown

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 5 / 91 and 95

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Published record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant (?), Nicholas Morant

Date Range: 1723; [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]; [ca. 1920 - ca. 1940]; [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 2 books (1 published, 1 stamp book)

History / Biographical: Humphrey Prideaux (1648-1724) was born in Cornwall and eventually became a Doctor of Divinity. Prideaux was an author of multiple textual works pertaining to faith and particularly Christianity. He was the Dean of Norwich from 1702 until his death in 1724.

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 books; one 18th century, one 20th century stamp book. Includes 1723 copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ by Humphrey Prideaux; missing front/back covers, replaced with plain brown paper covers. Handwritten title ‘Mahomet’ written on front cover and side binding in different handwritings; front believed to be by Nicholas Morant (?), side unknown. Also includes book of Japanese stamps collected by Nicholas Morant; many not dated, various designs and sizes, annotated on covers with Nicholas Morant's personal ink stamp.

Storage Range: In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 75 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 91

Subject Access: Religion; Biography; Stamps; Postage

Geographic Access: England; Japan; Canada

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified owner(s).

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified owner(s).

Language: English

Conservation: 'Mahomet' book must be stored with protective barrier to prevent further damage (i.e. acid-free paper).

Creator: Humphrey Prideaux, Nicholas Morant

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/prideaux

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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1933 Skoki ski trip

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Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of an original travel journal/diary annotated by Aileen Harmon pertaining to a 1933 ski trip to Skoki Lodge. File also includes two complete, typed copies of text from original 1933 account [one accompanied by typed letter to "Kathryn", likely Catharine Robb Whyte], and one incomplete…

Date Range: 1933; [ca. 1981 - ca. 1990]

Reference Code: M287 / I / 8

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Diary

Part Of: Aileen Harmon fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M287 / V262

Series: M287 / I : Personal records

Sous-Fonds: M287

Accession Number: 2016.8596

Reference Code: M287 / I / 8

GMD: Textual record; Private record; Diary

Responsibility: Produced by Aileen Harmon

Date Range: 1933; [ca. 1981 - ca. 1990]

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of an original travel journal/diary annotated by Aileen Harmon pertaining to a 1933 ski trip to Skoki Lodge. File also includes two complete, typed copies of text from original 1933 account [one accompanied by typed letter to "Kathryn", likely Catharine Robb Whyte], and one incomplete typed copy.

Notes: One copy of journal contents annotated

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Harmon, Aileen

Subject Access: Skiing; Travel; Mountains; Skoki Lodge

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Lake Louise

Language: English

Creator: Aileen Harmon

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title provided prior to processing

Processing Status: Processed

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1968 supplement to A climber's guide (1965) to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1969

Author: Culbert, Dick

Publisher: Vancouver?: Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: F1089 C7 C8 Supp 1968

Author: Culbert, Dick

Publisher: Vancouver?: Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 1969

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

Subjects: Guidebooks

Call Number: F1089 C7 C8 Supp 1968

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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1969 archaeological survey of Banff National Park

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

Published Date: 1969

Author: Christensen, O. A

Publisher: Calgary : Dept. of Archaeology, University of Calgary

Call Number: 07.2 C46a

Author: Christensen, O. A

Publisher: Calgary : Dept. of Archaeology, University of Calgary

Published Date: 1969

Physical Description: 57p. : ill., maps

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

Notes: Submitted in partial fulfillment of a National and Historic Parks Branch contract; Bibliography

Accession Number: 1186

Call Number: 07.2 C46a

Collection: Archives Library

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A. J. Smyth fonds

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Part Of: A. J. Smyth fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographic views of railway construction in the Kicking Horse Valley and life at Donald, B.C. Accompanied by letter from Bob [Mead], Spring Valley, Minnesota, to brother Ed Mead, Saw Mill Siding, End of C.P.Ry., Track west via Winnipeg, Man., Canada, May 17, 1885. Views are cr…

Date Range: [1884-1885]

Reference Code: V41

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record

Part Of: A. J. Smyth fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 41

Sous-Fonds: V41

Accession Number: 6344

Reference Code: V41

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record

Date Range: [1884-1885]

Physical Description: 16 photographs : prints. -- 1 textual record

History / Biographical: A. J. Smyth was an itinerant photographer who worked along the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1884-1885 he was working at the end of track in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. By 1885, A. J. Smyth was working with his brother, S. A. Smyth, as Smyth Brothers of Calgary, Alberta.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographic views of railway construction in the Kicking Horse Valley and life at Donald, B.C. Accompanied by letter from Bob [Mead], Spring Valley, Minnesota, to brother Ed Mead, Saw Mill Siding, End of C.P.Ry., Track west via Winnipeg, Man., Canada, May 17, 1885. Views are credited as A. J. Smyth, Artist, Rocky Mountains, B.C. or A. J. Smyth, Photographer, Rocky Mountains, B.C.