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Narrative of an ascent on Mont Blanc. From Keepsake for 1832
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2867
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1832
- Author
- Wilbraham, Edward Bootle
- Publisher
- London : Keepsake
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 W54 Pam
- Author
- Wilbraham, Edward Bootle
- Publisher
- London : Keepsake
- Published Date
- 1832
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 W54 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Narrative of an ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue271
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1830
- Author
- Auldjo, John
- Publisher
- London : Longman, Rees
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 A9 1830
- Author
- Auldjo, John
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Publisher
- London : Longman, Rees
- Published Date
- 1830
- Call Number
- DQ841 M7 A9 1830
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Notes made during an excursion to the highlands of New Hampshire and Lake Winnipiseogee
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1224
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1833
- Author
- Hale, Nathan
- Publisher
- Andover : Flagg, Gould & Newman
- Call Number
- F42 W7 H3
- Author
- Hale, Nathan
- Publisher
- Andover : Flagg, Gould & Newman
- Published Date
- 1833
- Call Number
- F42 W7 H3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Notice of a visit to the Himmaleh Mountains and the valley of Kashmir in 1835
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1365
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1836
- Author
- Hugel, Charles
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 H83 Pam
- Author
- Hugel, Charles
- Published Date
- 1836
- Notes
- From Journal of Royal Geographical Society, vol.6, 1836
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DS485 K2 H83 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Original documents gathered for research
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions17819
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Original documents collected by Eleanor Luxton for Glenbow-Alberta Institute research projects, 1956-1961. It is believed that these items were borrowed from individuals and families and were to be returned
- Date Range
- 1829-1956
- Reference Code
- Possible transfer to Glenbow
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- II.B.4. Professional : historical research
- Sous-Fonds
- II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Reference Code
- Possible transfer to Glenbow
- Date Range
- 1829-1956
- Physical Description
- 40 cm of textual and photographic records
- Scope & Content
- Original documents collected by Eleanor Luxton for Glenbow-Alberta Institute research projects, 1956-1961. It is believed that these items were borrowed from individuals and families and were to be returned
- Content Details
- LIST OF ITEMS:
- * Visitor register, 1908, 1 vol. Source unknown. 1 page only used
- * Expense registers, 1901-1913, 2 vol. Source unknown. Pertain to agriculture, timber, leases, wages, household expenses, other, 1901-1908, 1909-1913
- * Inventory and sales register, 1901-1909, 1 vol. Source unknown. Includes: list of tools [&] waggons; list of cost of house and out buildings; cattle bought and on hand; cattle sold; horses purchased from Hamilton & Parslow of Calgary
- * Account book, 1908, 1 vol. Source unknown. Pertains to room and board
- * Oil and gas prospects of the prairie provinces / O. Bryant, Nov. 1920, 1 vol: annotated typescript
- * News of the war, 1900 : [scrapbook], 1900-1901, 1 vol. Pertains to the Boer War, particularly regarding Fred Morden, Morden family and other Pincher Creek and southern Alberta residents. Includes clippings, letters, notes, photographs; some are loose
- * Diary, 1892-1898, 1 vol. Source unknown. Fragile: loose and missing pages
- * Isabell Beatrice Sheppard diaries, 1890-1891, 2 vol. One volume is signed by Sheppard. Other diary is not signed but exhibits the same handwriting. Fragile: loose and missing pages
- * August to December 1886, Journal of a 4 months holiday to Canada and the United States / J. L. Douglas, 1886, 1 vol
- * The Hansons of Osmanthorp, recorded by John Hanson : typescript, 1829, 1 vol
- * Frank McHugh scrapbook, 1901-1956, 1 vol. Pertains to life of Frank McHugh, including polo and other sports, war service, activities, other. Consists of photographic prints and negatives, clippings, letters, postcards, notes, ephemera. Includes numerous loose and separated items
- * Textual records, 1907-1958, 8 items. Consists of stories "The Women of the West" and "Incident of the Great War", also notes, letters, receipts, annotated postcard
- * Photographs, ca.1870-ca.1925, 28 prints, 1 tintype. Pertain mainly to Calgary, individuals (portrais and candids), families, homes, polo, ranching and farming, High River, other. Some acquired from Mrs. Hogge of Okotoks; others appear to have been acquired from a Mrs. Worden
- * Calgary Alberta directory : [publication], March 1885, 1 vol
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- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Letters, certificates, scrapbook pages, ration book, notebook and publication pertaining to Julie Moore Raymond, James W. Brown and Brown family geneaology. Also includes a restaurant menu for 1812 House, Farmingham, Mass., the former Brown family residence.
- Date Range
- 1838-1950
- Reference Code
- M307 / V / 71
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M307 / V439
- Series
- V. Moore and Browne families series
- Sous-Fonds
- M307
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M307 / V / 71
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1838-1950
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Letters, certificates, scrapbook pages, ration book, notebook and publication pertaining to Julie Moore Raymond, James W. Brown and Brown family geneaology. Also includes a restaurant menu for 1812 House, Farmingham, Mass., the former Brown family residence.
- Notes
- Bond issued by the Confederate States of America for 500 dollars, 1863, 1 item.
- Discharge document of James W. Brown, from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, 1849, 1 item. Military commission certificate of James W. Brown, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1948 Held in oversize "B"
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The pedestrian : a summer's ramble in the Tyrol, and some of the adjacent provinces, 1830
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1535
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1832
- Author
- Latrobe, Charles Joseph
- Publisher
- London : Seeley and Burnside
- Call Number
- DB766 L38
- Author
- Latrobe, Charles Joseph
- Publisher
- London : Seeley and Burnside
- Published Date
- 1832
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DB766 L38
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Pen And Ink Drawing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpom.03.01
- Date
- 1830
- Medium
- pen and ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PoM.03.01
- Description
- Landscape scene with a small, lght yellow house in the centerl, surrounded by leafy trees. In the foreground, 4 animals, likely cattle, are grazing. A river runs through the right hand side, with a large rocky cliff in the far background. The sky is blue, but cloudy. A yellow field is seen to the l…
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- Title
- Pen And Ink Drawing
- Date
- 1830
- Medium
- pen and ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 24.0` cm
- Description
- Landscape scene with a small, lght yellow house in the centerl, surrounded by leafy trees. In the foreground, 4 animals, likely cattle, are grazing. A river runs through the right hand side, with a large rocky cliff in the far background. The sky is blue, but cloudy. A yellow field is seen to the left, but the rest of the grassy areas are green.Inscription reads “P. M. Potts / W. B. School / 1830”. Based on other items in the collection, it can be inferred that this was created during the artist’s time at the Washington Boarding School.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- PoM.03.01
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- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0241
- Description
- Beige ground with gold birds over waves and top and bottom border designs, circular flat foot, glaze is crazed, small indention for pouring, 2 cm. neck containing 3 small chips.
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- Title
- Sake Bottle
- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 14.7 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Beige ground with gold birds over waves and top and bottom border designs, circular flat foot, glaze is crazed, small indention for pouring, 2 cm. neck containing 3 small chips.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0241
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Sketches of Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue767
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1836
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard
- Call Number
- DQ23 C65 I
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard
- Published Date
- 1836
- Physical Description
- 244 pages
- Series
- Volume 1 of 2
- Subjects
- Travel
- Switzerland
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ23 C65 I
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Sketches of Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14949
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1836
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard
- Call Number
- DQ23 C65 II
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard
- Published Date
- 1836
- Physical Description
- 226 pages
- Series
- Volume 2 of 2
- Subjects
- Travel
- Switzerland
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ23 C65 II
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Some account of a journey across the Alps, in a letter to a friend
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1280
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1834?
- Author
- Hayward, Abraham
- Publisher
- London : Printed for private circulation
- Call Number
- DQ23 H39 Pam
- Author
- Hayward, Abraham
- Publisher
- London : Printed for private circulation
- Published Date
- 1834?
- Call Number
- DQ23 H39 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1830 – 1836
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0678
- Description
- Deep bowled, long handled sterling silver ladle. Handle widens sharply near tip and curves back. Monogrammed at tip with script "W", on handle back monogrammed in script "Feb'y. 7th 1836". Engraved on back of shaft "Catharine Robb June 30, 1930". Stamped "D.N. Dole", bowl exterior scratched from us…
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- Title
- Soup Ladle
- Date
- 1830 – 1836
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 9.3 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Deep bowled, long handled sterling silver ladle. Handle widens sharply near tip and curves back. Monogrammed at tip with script "W", on handle back monogrammed in script "Feb'y. 7th 1836". Engraved on back of shaft "Catharine Robb June 30, 1930". Stamped "D.N. Dole", bowl exterior scratched from use.
- Subject
- households
- CRW wedding
- Edward S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0678
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Sudden Shower at Shono, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthiu.04.03
- Date
- 1834
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HiU.04.03
- Description
- A steep green hill runs from bottom right to centre left, three men, two carrying a sedan chair with a person inside are going uphill, the three have hatsson, the leader has a yellow cape and a yellow cover is over the chair. Two people, one with a yellow cape the other with a yellow umbrella are g…
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- Title
- Sudden Shower at Shono, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
- Date
- 1834
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 25 x 36 cm
- Description
- A steep green hill runs from bottom right to centre left, three men, two carrying a sedan chair with a person inside are going uphill, the three have hatsson, the leader has a yellow cape and a yellow cover is over the chair. Two people, one with a yellow cape the other with a yellow umbrella are going downhill. Rooftops in right foreground. Silhouettes of trees, three rows, go from top right to centre left. More trees in immediate foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HiU.04.03
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- Date
- 1835
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0280 a,b
- Description
- Two teacups made of porcelain with black, geometric, stenciled design, 2 flowers on outside, trimmed foot. Red and white label on the inside of (b) reads “Yatsushiso 1835 set of 5 Made for Governor”
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- Title
- Teacup
- Date
- 1835
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 6.7 cm
- Description
- Two teacups made of porcelain with black, geometric, stenciled design, 2 flowers on outside, trimmed foot. Red and white label on the inside of (b) reads “Yatsushiso 1835 set of 5 Made for Governor”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0280 a,b
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- Date
- 1830 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0064
- Description
- Flat based, deep oval teakettle with straight sides which at top slope inwards and up to oval brass rimmed opening into which rounded copper lid with brass knob fits. Two vertical brass brackets curve up to hold cylindrical, horizontal, hollow copper handle. Long curved spout on one end. Stamped on…
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- Title
- Teakettle
- Date
- 1830 – 1900
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 14.5 x 26.5 cm
- Description
- Flat based, deep oval teakettle with straight sides which at top slope inwards and up to oval brass rimmed opening into which rounded copper lid with brass knob fits. Two vertical brass brackets curve up to hold cylindrical, horizontal, hollow copper handle. Long curved spout on one end. Stamped on bottom a cross hatched pattern with letter "B" within circle, possibly an "R" as well. Stamped in centre of base is "5". Base dented, bottom is dove-tailed to the body.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0064
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Teaspoon Spoon Collection
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- Date
- 1830 – 1930
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0694 a-c
- Description
- Sterling silver teaspoons. (a) plain design with indentation on shaft, which widens to rounded tip, worn, ornate "M" monogrammed on topside handle, "Hastings" stamped on underside. (b) has bent and dented bowl, slender shaft which widens to rounded tip. Topside handle decorated with butterfly and…
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- Title
- Teaspoon Spoon Collection
- Date
- 1830 – 1930
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 3.1 x 15.8 cm
- Description
- Sterling silver teaspoons. (a) plain design with indentation on shaft, which widens to rounded tip, worn, ornate "M" monogrammed on topside handle, "Hastings" stamped on underside. (b) has bent and dented bowl, slender shaft which widens to rounded tip. Topside handle decorated with butterfly and oval in which "S/L.S" engraved. Underside stamped with "W...?" hallmark. (c) is plain design with slender shaft and diamond -shaped handle tip (lozenge shaped). Stamped on underside handle is script "D" "Sterling, J.A. Merrill & Co." and monogrammed "Deeds from Petro".
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- Sargent
- Petro
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0694 a-c
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The Tenryu River at Mitsuke, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
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- Date
- 1834
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HiU.04.04
- Description
- Two boats, two people in one of them, are nosed up to sandbar. The sandbar runs through middle of picture. More boats and men on other side of sandbar. Some men are on the bar loading a llama. Two rows of trees are silhouetted top left. The water is blue, a strip of dark blue runs across top of pic…
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- Title
- The Tenryu River at Mitsuke, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
- Date
- 1834
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 22 x 34 cm
- Description
- Two boats, two people in one of them, are nosed up to sandbar. The sandbar runs through middle of picture. More boats and men on other side of sandbar. Some men are on the bar loading a llama. Two rows of trees are silhouetted top left. The water is blue, a strip of dark blue runs across top of picture.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HiU.04.04
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Three months' tour in Switzerland and France
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1577
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1832
- Author
- Liddiard, William
- Publisher
- London : Smith, Elder
- Call Number
- DQ23 L53
- Author
- Liddiard, William
- Publisher
- London : Smith, Elder
- Published Date
- 1832
- Call Number
- DQ23 L53
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Transportation
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions800
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to transportation: Canadian Pacific Railway, railway travel and ships, derived from various sources. Includes two transparencies by Mary Schaffer
- Date Range
- 1831-1885
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 810 to 830
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.A. Photographs: lantern slides
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 810 to 830
- Date Range
- 1831-1885
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : transparencies; glass
- Scope & Content
- Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to transportation: Canadian Pacific Railway, railway travel and ships, derived from various sources. Includes two transparencies by Mary Schaffer
- Finding Aid
- Copy prints are available for reference use
- Location (Copy)
- Reference prints are available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Content Details
- LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :
- #810 - Driving the Golden Spike, by Donald Smith; #on CPR, Nov. 7, 1885 / Notman
- #811 - The first engine built by the Canadian Pacific Railway
- #812 - Winnipeg in 1870
- #813 - Quebec Bridge, Quebec
- #814 - DeWitt Clinton and Train 1831 / Chas. Beseler
- #815 - Canadian Pacific Railway, arrival of the first through train at the seaboard of British Columbia
- #816 - [Group at driving of last spike on the CPR, Nov. 7, 1885]
- #817 - [Unidentified locomotive]
- #818 - Passengers boarding standard sleeper
- #819 - Plowing thro. the snow, of the Selkirks & Glacier
- #820 - [Passengers on platform beside Montreal and Boston railway car]
- #821 - Wapta & Safety Switch
- #822 - Red Sucker Tunnel, Lake Superior
- #823 - [Map of Dominion of Canada]
- #824 - [Unidentified railway tunnel]
- #825 - Prospect Point Vancouver Steamer "Beaver"
- #826 - [Unidentified ocean liner]
- #827 - [Empress of Britain in lock of Panama Canal]
- #828 - [Man padding pont] / E.B. Thompson
- #829 - The ferry near Berthier, Que.
- #830 - Forest fire
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