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The abode of snow : observations on a tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus

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

Published Date: 1876

Author: Wilson, Andrew

Publisher: Edinburgh & London : Blackwood

Edition: 2d ed

Call Number: DS485 H6 W54

Author: Wilson, Andrew

Edition: 2d ed

Publisher: Edinburgh & London : Blackwood

Published Date: 1876

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DS485 H6 W54

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Accidents in North American Mountaineering. no. 1, 1947-

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

Published Date: 1947-

Author: American Alpine Club

Publisher: New York : American Alpine Club Safety Committee

Call Number: G510 A442

Author: American Alpine Club

Publisher: New York : American Alpine Club Safety Committee

Published Date: 1947-

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

Notes: Title varies, including Accidents in Canadian Mountaineering

Call Number: G510 A442

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Acclimatization in the Andes : historical confirmations of climatic aggression in the development of Andean man

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

Published Date: 1948

Author: Monge, Medrano, Carlos

Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press

Call Number: QP82 M65

Author: Monge, Medrano, Carlos

Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press

Published Date: 1948

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: QP82 M65

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Achievement Plaque

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Date: 1910

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 103.09.1031

Description: Silver medals "Banff Regatta" on black wooden shield. Ribbon shape, flat silver with "Banff Regatta" across top. Large molded silver shield shape in centre "Presented by Imperial Bank of Canada 1910". Five shield shape silver medals with names engraved. At bottom circular molded silver 3.5 dia…

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Title: Achievement Plaque

Date: 1910

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 25.3 x 33.6 cm

Description: Silver medals "Banff Regatta" on black wooden shield. Ribbon shape, flat silver with "Banff Regatta" across top. Large molded silver shield shape in centre "Presented by Imperial Bank of Canada 1910". Five shield shape silver medals with names engraved. At bottom circular molded silver 3.5 dia. shows 2 people in a canoe, wreath along bottom edge.

Subject: sports; summer; boating; Banff Regatta

Credit: Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976

Catalogue Number: 103.09.1031

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Acoustic Guitar

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Date: 1910 – 1930

Material: wood; paper; metal; plastic; steel

Catalogue Number: 104.34.1001 a-d

Description: Martin steel string with case and strings; (a) guitar (96.5 x 34.5 x 10.5); fine hardwood construction, blond face,red/brown body and neck, ebony finger board and bridge base; "French" ivory rim, bridge, string pegs and tuning pegs; small "Mother of Pearl" diamond shaped position marks; silver-co…

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Title: Acoustic Guitar

Date: 1910 – 1930

Material: wood; paper; metal; plastic; steel

Dimensions: 34.5 x 86.5 cm

Description: Martin steel string with case and strings; (a) guitar (96.5 x 34.5 x 10.5); fine hardwood construction, blond face,red/brown body and neck, ebony finger board and bridge base; "French" ivory rim, bridge, string pegs and tuning pegs; small "Mother of Pearl" diamond shaped position marks; silver-coloured plates on side of head with engraving; burned stamp inside of body: "C F Martin & Co Nazarath, PA"; on neck block: "29990"; stamped on head: "Made in USA" plus same as inside body; (b) case: black pressed paper with purple velvet lining; metal fittings; enclosed box in neck area; (c) 3 "Black Diamond String" envelopes; with coiled strings; various used coiled strings (strings removed form guitar) (d) 13 pieces of various musical notations for chords and tunes.

Subject: households; music; Edmee Moore; C.F. Martin

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: 104.34.1001 a-d

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Across America : or, the great west and the Pacific coast

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

Published Date: 1874

Author: Rusling, James

Publisher: New York : Sheldon

Call Number: F594 R88

Author: Rusling, James

Publisher: New York : Sheldon

Published Date: 1874

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F594 R88

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Across the plains in forty-nine

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

Published Date: 1948

Author: Shaw, Reuben Cole

Publisher: Chicago : Lakeside Press

Call Number: F593 S5

Author: Shaw, Reuben Cole

Publisher: Chicago : Lakeside Press

Published Date: 1948

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

Call Number: F593 S5

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Across the roof of the world

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

Published Date: 1911

Author: Etherton, Percy Thomas

Publisher: London : Constable

Call Number: DS8 E84

Author: Etherton, Percy Thomas

Publisher: London : Constable

Published Date: 1911

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DS8 E84

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The adventures of a mountaineer

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

Published Date: 1940

Author: Smythe, Francis Sydney

Publisher: London : Dent

Call Number: G510 S619 1940

Author: Smythe, Francis Sydney

Publisher: London : Dent

Published Date: 1940

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: G510 S619 1940

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Again Switzerland

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

Published Date: 1947

Author: Smythe, Francis Sydney

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Call Number: DQ823 S619 1947

Author: Smythe, Francis Sydney

Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton

Published Date: 1947

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 S619 1947

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Ailes de mouches et tricounis

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

Published Date: 1947, 1946

Author: Couttet, Armand

Publisher: Paris : Vitiano

Call Number: G510 C68

Author: Couttet, Armand

Responsibility: recits d'Armand Couttet [racontes a] Richard Didier

Publisher: Paris : Vitiano

Published Date: 1947, 1946

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

Subjects: Alps

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: G510 C68

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Air Force Jacket

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Date: 1941 – 1944

Material: hair; metal

Catalogue Number: 103.05.0101

Description: Sheepskin lined black brown leather Air Force jacket. 15 cm. wide sheepskin collar with two metal buckles and leather straps on leather underside to fasten collar in stand up position, full length metal zipper, center front. Bottom side buckles on each side for adjusting bottom width, right hand si…

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Title: Air Force Jacket

Date: 1941 – 1944

Material: hair; metal

Dimensions: 46.0 x 70.0 cm

Description: Sheepskin lined black brown leather Air Force jacket. 15 cm. wide sheepskin collar with two metal buckles and leather straps on leather underside to fasten collar in stand up position, full length metal zipper, center front. Bottom side buckles on each side for adjusting bottom width, right hand side front pocket.

Subject: households; Royal Canadian Air Force; PW; R.C.A.F.

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

Catalogue Number: 103.05.0101

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Alaska days with John Muir

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

Published Date: 1915

Author: Young, Samuel Hall

Publisher: New York : Chicago : Fleming H. Revell

Call Number: F908 Y6

Author: Young, Samuel Hall

Publisher: New York : Chicago : Fleming H. Revell

Published Date: 1915

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F908 Y6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alaskan glacier studies of the National Geographic Society in the Yakutat Bay, Prince William Sound and lower Copper River regions

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

Published Date: 1914

Author: Tarr, Ralph Stockman

Publisher: Washington : National Geographic Society

Call Number: QE576 T3

Author: Tarr, Ralph Stockman

Publisher: Washington : National Geographic Society

Published Date: 1914

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

Call Number: QE576 T3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Along Sierra trails : Kings Canyon National Park

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

Published Date: 1947

Author: Muench, Joyce Rockwood

Publisher: New York : Hastings House

Call Number: F868 K48 M8

Author: Muench, Joyce Rockwood

Publisher: New York : Hastings House

Published Date: 1947

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F868 K48 M8

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpenstock

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Date: 1919 – 1930

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 108.04.1013

Description: Long staff silvered with deeply eroded grain showing, 9.8 cm tapering metal collar around end with 3.5 cm long, sturdy, square spike set into bottom of staff.

Title: Alpenstock

Date: 1919 – 1930

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 145.0 cm

Description: Long staff silvered with deeply eroded grain showing, 9.8 cm tapering metal collar around end with 3.5 cm long, sturdy, square spike set into bottom of staff.