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Map shewing the Distribution of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia by W.F. Tolmie and G.M. Dawson

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1883

Publisher: Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada

Call Number: C6-10.2(a)

Responsibility: W.F. Tolmie and G.M. Dawson

Publisher: Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada

Published Date: 1883

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Indian Tribes of British Columbia

Notes: Accompanies "Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of B.C."

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C6-10.2(a)

Collection: Archives Library

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Map shewing the Distribution of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia by W.F. Tolmie and G.M. Dawson

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1883

Publisher: Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada

Call Number: C6-10.2(a)

Responsibility: W.F. Tolmie and G.M. Dawson

Publisher: Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada

Published Date: 1883

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Indian Tribes of British Columbia

Notes: Accompanies "Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of B.C."

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: C6-10.2(a)

Collection: Archives Library

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North West Territories including the province of Manitoba

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1883

Call Number: C12-1.21

Published Date: 1883

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Indian Treaties

Notes: Photostatic copy from Public Archives; two sections

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C12-1.21

Collection: Archives Library

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Two weeks in the Yosemite

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

Published Date: 1883

Author: Buckley, James M

Publisher: New York : Phillips & Hunt

Call Number: F868 Y6 B8 Pam

Author: Buckley, James M

Publisher: New York : Phillips & Hunt

Published Date: 1883

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

Call Number: F868 Y6 B8 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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History of the White Mountains

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

Published Date: 1883

Author: Crawford, Lucy

Publisher: Portland : Hoyt, Fogg & Donham

Call Number: F41.44 C7

Author: Crawford, Lucy

Publisher: Portland : Hoyt, Fogg & Donham

Published Date: 1883

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F41.44 C7

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The high Alps of New Zealand

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

Published Date: 1883

Author: Green, William Spotswood

Publisher: London : Macmillan

Call Number: DU430 A4 G74

Author: Green, William Spotswood

Publisher: London : Macmillan

Published Date: 1883

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DU430 A4 G74

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Knocking around the Rockies

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

Published Date: 1883

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Publisher: New York : Harper

Call Number: F721 I541

Author: Ingersoll, Ernest

Publisher: New York : Harper

Published Date: 1883

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

Subjects: Colorado; Wyoming

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F721 I541

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Great Northwest : a guide-book

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

Published Date: 1883

Author: Winser, Henry Jacob

Publisher: New York : Putnam

Call Number: F597 W55

Author: Winser, Henry Jacob

Publisher: New York : Putnam

Published Date: 1883

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

Call Number: F597 W55

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Ink Leaves

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Artist: Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku

Date: 1883 – 1883

Medium: drawing on paper

Catalogue Number: KiO.03.01

Description: an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.

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Artist: Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku

Title: Ink Leaves

Date: 1883 – 1883

Medium: drawing on paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.

Subject: botanical; leaves

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

Catalogue Number: KiO.03.01

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Track Section

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Date: 1883

Material: metal; wood; plastic; fibre

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1021

Description: Short length of railway track mounted on wood base. The length of track (81.5) is mounted on a brown, finished, wooden base with a flat, black, plastic plaque in front, "A section of the original Canadian Pacific Transcontinental main line rail of 1883". Track has been sliced off at each end and se…

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Title: Track Section

Date: 1883

Material: metal; wood; plastic; fibre

Dimensions: 81.5 cm

Description: Short length of railway track mounted on wood base. The length of track (81.5) is mounted on a brown, finished, wooden base with a flat, black, plastic plaque in front, "A section of the original Canadian Pacific Transcontinental main line rail of 1883". Track has been sliced off at each end and securely mounted. Cast into side of rail is"CPR.Steel.Krupp.1883.". Rail has been cleaned but shows definite signs of usewith heavy gouge lines along one edge of top and pitting on the sides, theboard is lined with green felt underneath.

Subject: CPR; Canadian Pacific Railwaod; railroad; centennail

Credit: Gift of Canadian Pacific Hotels, Calgary, 1983

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1021

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[Province of British Columbia]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1884

Author: Mohun, Edward

Call Number: C10-10.1

Author: Mohun, Edward

Published Date: 1884

Scale: Scale: 1 inch - 50 miles

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: British Columbia

Notes: Compiled and drawn by Edward Moun, C.E.

Accession Number: 440

Call Number: C10-10.1

Collection: Archives Library

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Report on the geology of the country near the Forty-ninth Parallel of North Latitude west of the Rocky Mountains : from observations made 1859-1861

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

Published Date: 1884

Author: Bauerman, H

Publisher: Montreal : Dawson Brothers

Call Number: 03.1 G29rp 1882-84

Author: Bauerman, H

Publisher: Montreal : Dawson Brothers

Published Date: 1884

Physical Description: 42p

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

Subjects: Columbia River; Kootenay River; Paleontology

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 03.1 G29rp 1882-84

Collection: Archives Library

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Descriptive sketch of the physical geography and geology of the Dominion of Canada

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

Published Date: 1884

Author: Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil

Publisher: Montreal : Dawson Brothers

Call Number: 03.1 Se4 Pam

Author: Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil

Responsibility: by Alfred R.C. Selwyn and G.M. Dawson

Publisher: Montreal : Dawson Brothers

Published Date: 1884

Physical Description: 55p. : ill

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

Accession Number: 24500

Call Number: 03.1 Se4 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Old secrets and new discoveries : containing information of rare value

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

Published Date: 1884

Author: J.S. Ogilvie & Co.

Publisher: New York : J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Co.

Call Number: 05.5 Og4o

Author: J.S. Ogilvie & Co.

Publisher: New York : J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Co.

Published Date: 1884

Physical Description: [283 pages]

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

Subjects: Guidebook; History

Abstract: Pertains to a collection of manners, customs and tips revealing old secrets and new discoveries. Written in a similar nature to a guidebook, the publication offers information pertaining to agriculture, making money, housewives, health and much more. Readers are offered insight into the societal expectation and norms of the late 19th century.

Contents: Preface; Old Secrets; Secrets for farmers; Preserving secrets; Manufacturing secrets; Secrets for the housewife; The secret of making money