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8000 metres : climbing the world's highest mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14862
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Hinkes, Alan
- Publisher
- Cumbria, U.K. : Cicerone Press
- Call Number
- G530 H56
- Author
- Hinkes, Alan
- Publisher
- Cumbria, U.K. : Cicerone Press
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- xii, 189 pages, col. ill., maps
- ISBN
- 9781852845483
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- G530 H56
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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An artist's reminiscences
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14689
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1918
- Author
- Bell-Smith, F.M
- Call Number
- 06 B33a Pam
- Author
- Bell-Smith, F.M
- Responsibility
- by F.M. Bell-Smith
- Published Date
- 1918
- Physical Description
- Pages 90-97 : illustrations
- Subjects
- Art
- Artists
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Selkirk Mountains
- Notes
- Reprinted from Canadian Alpine Journal, vol. IX, 1918
- Article is a photocopy from the reprint
- Call Number
- 06 B33a Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20143
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
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- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Responsibility
- Nancy Townshend
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- vi, 136p, 40 plates : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Art
- Artists
- O'Brien, Lucius
- Notman, William & Son
- Thompson, David
- Harmon, Byron
- Harris, Lawren
- MacDonald, J.E.H
- Sargent, John Singer
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Rocky Mountains
- Purcell Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains
- Abstract
- Nancy Townshend's book on art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains, and Selkirk Mountains presents these mountains' justifiable prominence in world art. For over two centuries, Canadian artists have admired their magnitude and grandeur, their endlessly changing light and atmospheric conditions, their four distinct seasons, and myriad other aspects. The book is organized chronologically into three eras: traditional (1809 –1899), Modern (1900–1973) and contemporary (1974–2012). From David Thompson's watercolours in the early nineteenth century (c. 1809) of the East Kootenays to Jan Kabatoff's multimedia art of the early twenty-first century that addresses the impact of global warming on glaciers, Townshend's book presents a whole gamut of Canadian art inspired by these great mountains. Featuring three comprehensive overviews and thirteen chapters on both central and western Canadian artists, as well as a chapter on American artist John Singer Sargent, the book offers insights into their art and inspirations. What did two centuries of artistic exploration in the infinitely facetted Canadian Rockies, Purcells and Selkirks yield? How did the resulting works of art serve to build a unique western Canadian identity? How does the West inform Canadians about themselves, about their own place in the world at this critical time in world history? Townshend answers these questions in this significant reference book for decades to come. Over the past two hundred years, a shift from the exploitative view of Canada's mountain West during the traditional era to the contemporary creative genesis of this area has occurred. Because of the contemporary artists' commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental issues, the contemporary era is more outward looking and expansive, concerned about the world's future. Townshend's all-encompassing text and selected stunning images confirm John Ruskin's observation that mountains are "the beginning and end of all natural scenery." That Canada's mountain West is indeed a place to be revered, a place from which we can learn about ourselves now and in the future. (from author's website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to the Traditional Era (1809-1899):
- Chapter One - Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)
- Chapter Two - William McFarlane Notman (1857-1913)
- Chapter Three - Frederic Bell-Smith (1846-1923)
- Chapter Four - David Thompson (1770-1857)
- Chapter Five - Richard Henery Trueman (1856-1911)
- Chapter Six - Byron Harmon (1976-1942)
- Introduction to the Modern Era (1900-1971):
- Chapter Seven - Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970)
- Chapter Eight - J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932)
- Chapter Nine - John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
- Chapter Ten - Peter Whyte (1905-1966)
- Chapter Eleven - Catharine Robb Whyte (1906-1979)
- Introduction to the Contemporary Era (1972-2012):
- Chapter Twelve - Kent Monkman (1965-)
- Chapter Thirteen - Jin-Me Yoon (1960-)
- Chapter Fourteen - Jan Kabatoff (1948-)
- Conclusion
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author
- ISBN
- 978-1-897411-37-7
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
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The call of Everest : history, science, and future of the world's tallest peak
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14868
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Anker, Conrad
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic
- Call Number
- DS486 A55 Oversize D
- Author
- Anker, Conrad
- Responsibility
- Conrad Anker, forward by Thomas Hornbein of the first American Everest team, with contributions from those who know Everest the best
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 303 pages, col. ill., maps
- Subjects
- Everest, Mount
- ISBN
- 9781426210167
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- DS486 A55 Oversize D
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The call of the ice : climbing 8000 meter peaks in winter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14878
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Moro, Simone
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers Books
- Call Number
- G512 M67 C35
- Author
- Moro, Simone
- Responsibility
- Simone Moro ; foreword by Ed Viesturs ; translated by Monica Meneghetti
- Publisher
- Seattle : Mountaineers Books
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 220 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Everest, Mount
- Nanga Parbat
- Notes
- Originally published in Milan, 2012
- ISBN
- 9781594859038
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- G512 M67 C35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The calling : a life rocked by mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14840
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Blanchard, Barry
- Publisher
- Ventura, California : Patagonia
- Call Number
- G512 B53
- Author
- Blanchard, Barry
- Publisher
- Ventura, California : Patagonia
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 439 pages : illustrations (some color), plates
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Music
- Everest, Mount
- ISBN
- 9781938340314
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- G512 B53
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Columbia-Kootenay Valley and its resources and capabilities
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3933
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1911
- Author
- British Columbia. Bureau of Provincial Information
- Publisher
- Victoria : King's Printer
- Call Number
- 02.6 K83b
- Publisher
- Victoria : King's Printer
- Published Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 94p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Selkirk Mountains
- Notes
- Contains article by Arthur O. Wheeler
- Accession Number
- 21500
- Call Number
- 02.6 K83b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Description of surveyed lands in the Railway Belt of British Columbia : Part I: Eastern Division
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7371
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1914
- Author
- Canada. Department of the Interior. Topographical Surveys Branch
- Call Number
- 03.7 C16d Pam
- Responsibility
- compiled and edited by S. Maber ...
- Published Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 303p. : map
- Subjects
- Columbia River
- Selkirk Mountains
- Call Number
- 03.7 C16d Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Everest : the first ascent : the untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14908
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Tuckey, Harriet
- Publisher
- London : Rider
- Call Number
- G512 T83
- Author
- Tuckey, Harriet
- Publisher
- London : Rider
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- ISBN
- 9781826043499
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- G512 T83
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Everest, the first ascent : how a champion of science helped to conquer the mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14628
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Tuckey, Harriet
- Publisher
- Guilford, Connectcut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
- Call Number
- 01.1 T81e
- Author
- Tuckey, Harriet
- Responsibility
- Harriet Tuckey
- Publisher
- Guilford, Connectcut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- xxi, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Already awarded a prize by the Biographer's Club,
- Harriet Tuckey's book is both the history of what went into the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 and a biography of her father, Dr Griffith Pugh, whose role was absolutely pivotal, yet mostly untold. As the expedition's physiological consultant, Pugh designed almost every aspect of the survival strategy for the expedition, the acclimatization program, the oxygen- and fluid-intake regime, the diet, the clothing and the high altitude boots. Without him and his work, the ascent of Everest would have been impossible.
- Winner of the 2013 Jon Whyte Award
- ISBN
- 9780762791927
- Accession Number
- 2015.8537
- Call Number
- 01.1 T81e
- Collection
- Archives Library
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