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Ski-runs in the high Alps
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26176
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1913
- Author
- Roget, F. F.
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Call Number
- 01.5 R63s
- Author
- Roget, F. F.
- Responsibility
- Illustrations by L. M. Crisp
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Published Date
- 1913
- Physical Description
- 312 pages
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.5 R63s
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Adventures of an alpine guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26177
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1932
- Author
- Klucker, Christian
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Edition
- 1st (English)
- Call Number
- 01.2 K71a
- Author
- Klucker, Christian
- Responsibility
- Translation by Erwin and Pleasaunce Von Gaisberg. Edited with additional chapters by H. E. G. Tyndale
- Edition
- 1st (English)
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Published Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 329 pages
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.2 K71a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The golden grindstone : the adventures of George M. Mitchell
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26172
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1935
- Publisher
- Toronto : Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch
- Call Number
- 08.2 G76g
- Responsibility
- Recorded by Angus Graham
- Publisher
- Toronto : Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch
- Published Date
- 1935
- Contents
- I. The general idea -- II. The geographical problem -- III. The immigrant train -- IV. Edmonton -- V. Athbasca landing -- VI. The Athabasca River -- VII. Grand rapids -- VIII. The Slave River -- IX. Great Slave Lake -- X. Fort Simpson -- XI. The Mackenzie River -- XII. Fort McPherson --XIII. The Eskimo -- XIV. The first traffic with the Indians -- XV. The Peel River -- The upper Peel River and the valley of noises -- XVII. Gold -- XVIII. The winter camp -- XIX. Prospecting and exploration -- XX. Bears and wolves -- XXI. The winter night -- XXII. The Indians' visit -- XXIII. Dogs -- XXIV. The broken knee -- XXV. The last of the white men -- XXVI. The Indian Camp -- XXVI. The Indian Camp -- XXVII. Caribou -- XXVIII. The old lady -- XXIX. Famine and riot -- XXX. Mitchell becomes an Indian -- XXXI. An Indian "Veillee" -- XXXII. Women -- XXXIII. The closest shave of all -- XXXIV. The skin boats -- XXXV. Summer hunting -- XXXVI. Mitchell remains an Indian -- XXXVII. The last of the Indians.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 08.2 G76g
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The high Alps : a natural history of ice and snow
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26164
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1931
- Author
- Tutton, A. E. H.
- Publisher
- London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Call Number
- 03 T89t
- Author
- Tutton, A. E. H.
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Publisher
- London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 317 pages
- Contents
- PART I -- I. Introduction -- II. The evolution of our knowledge of water and ice -- III. The physical relationships of water and ice -- IV. The crystal structure of ice and snow -- V. Optical, thermal, and electrical properties of ice -- VI. Plasticity, viscosity, and elasticity of ice -- VII. Artificial ice production, river and ground ice, arctic and antarctic ice -- PART II -- VIII. The Alps, the ice and snow mountains of central Europe and their call -- IX. Nature and geological character of the Alps -- X. Situations of the ranges, peaks, and glaciers of the Alps -- XI. Snow-caps and glaciers and their movements -- XII. Crevasses, bergschrunds, and seracs ; dirt-bands and veins ; moraines and glacier lakes -- XIII. How the great summits have been conquered -- PART III -- XIV. Expeditions in the Bernese Oberland -- XV. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps, Monte Rosa -- Matterhorn section -- XVI. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps. Zinai, ferpecle and arolla section -- XVII. Expeditions in the chain of Mont Blanc -- XVIII. The ascent of Mont Blanc. Scientific work on the mountain -- XIX. Expeditions in the Graian and Dauphine Alps -- XX. Expeditions in the Bernina Alps and ortler group.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 03 T89t
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In praise of Switzerland : being the alps in prose and verse
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26165
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1912
- Author
- Spender, Harold
- Publisher
- London : Constable and Company Ltd.
- Call Number
- 05 Sp3i
- Author
- Spender, Harold
- Publisher
- London : Constable and Company Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1912
- Physical Description
- 291 pages
- Subjects
- Alps
- Literature
- Poetry
- History
- Fiction
- Contents
- I. The Alps in admiration -- II. The Alps in description -- III. The Alps in adventure, i. The pioneers, ii. The heroes -- The Alps in tragedy -- The Alps in comedy -- The Alps in history -- The Alps in fiction
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 05 Sp3i
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Flora of Southern British Columbia and Vancouver Island
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26166
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1915
- Author
- Henry, Joseph Kaye
- Publisher
- Toronto : W. J. Gage & Co., Limited
- Call Number
- 04.1 H39f
- Author
- Henry, Joseph Kaye
- Publisher
- Toronto : W. J. Gage & Co., Limited
- Published Date
- 1915
- Physical Description
- 363 pages
- Subjects
- Botany
- Glossary
- British Columbia
- Contents
- Abbreviations, metric system -- Analytical key to the families -- Tabular analysis -- flora -- glossary -- addenda -- index.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 04.1 H39f
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The romance of mountaineering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26157
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1935
- Author
- Irving, R. L. G.
- Publisher
- London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Call Number
- 01 Ir8t
- Author
- Irving, R. L. G.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 320 pages ; 40 ill.
- Contents
- PART ONE: BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS -- Introductory and personal -- Lux in tenebris -- The winning of Mont Blanc -- The growth of understanding -- The great peaks are won -- PART TWO: SIGNS OF MATURITY -- The extension of the playground -- The old leading-strings are dropped -- Mechanization and the cult of danger -- The highest mountains in the world -- Nationality in mountaineering -- PART THREE: PERPETUAL YOUTH -- Methods of approach -- Mountaineering out of season -- Solidary mountaineering -- Solvitur in excelsis.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01 Ir8t
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In the shadow of Mount McKinley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26160
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1931
- Author
- Beach, William N.
- Publisher
- New York ; The Derrydale Press
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Call Number
- 02.3 B36i
- Author
- Beach, William N.
- Responsibility
- Foreword by John Burnhalm ; Introduction by Robert Sterling Yard ; Illustrations by Carl Rungius
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- New York ; The Derrydale Press
- Published Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 289 pages ; 63 ill.
- Contents
- Foreword / John Burnham -- I. Introduction / Robert Sterling Yard -- II. In the shadow of Mt. McKinley -- III. Along the north side of the Alaskan range to Mt. Dall: expedition of 1925 -- IV. Jenny of Mt. McKinley -- V. Rainy Pass, saddle of the range: expedition of 1926 -- VI. Exploration of 1930 -- VII. Early exploration and later developments in the Mt. McKinley country -- VIII. Mt. McKinley National Park -- IX. American big game animals: mountain sheep, caribou, moose, deer and elk, bear, goat -- X. On conservation of big game.
- Notes
- Special Edition: 750 copies printed.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 02.3 B36i
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- Archives Library
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Through the heart of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25795
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1913
- Author
- Yeigh, Frank
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, 4th Impression
- Call Number
- 02.4 Ye3 1913 (Great Britain)
- Author
- Yeigh, Frank
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, 4th Impression
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Published Date
- 1913
- Physical Description
- 319p. : ill
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.4 Ye3 1913 (Great Britain)
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- Archives Library
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Contemporary japan : a review of Japanese affairs, March 1934, Vol. II, No. 4
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25565
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1934
- Publisher
- Tokyo : The Foreign Affairs Association of Japan
- Call Number
- 08 F76g
- Responsibility
- The Foreign Affairs Association of Japan
- Publisher
- Tokyo : The Foreign Affairs Association of Japan
- Published Date
- 1934
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Contemporary Japan: A Review of Japanese Affairs includes various contributors writing about a variety of topics focused on Japan. This quarterly review was published by the Foreign Affairs Association of Japan.
- Contents
- The Open Door in China and Manchuria / Sakutaro Tachi ; Anglo-Japanese Relations / M. D. Kennedy ; Japan and Soviet Russia / Katsuji Fusé ; The New Delhi Conference / Tanzan Ishibashi ; The Real Hirota / Taketora Ogata ; The Japanese Spirit / Masaatsu Yasuoka ; Seventy Years with the Chisel (illustrated) / Koun Takamura ; War Clouds in the Far East / Hatsutaro Haraguchi ; Dissolve the Political Parties / Yosuké Matsuoka ; Sen Katayama / H. vere Redman ; Whither the Japanese Peasantry? / Akira Kazami ; Outdoor Sports in Japan / G. Caiger ; Konjaku Monogatari -- Another Heian Masterpiece / Masajiro Kojima
- Notes
- From Catharine Robb Whyte Estate. Contains image that has been tipped-in.
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 08 F76g
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- Archives Library
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The rise of American civilization : Volume One
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25559
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1930
- Author
- Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
- Publisher
- New York : The MacMillan Company
- Call Number
- 08 B38t
- Responsibility
- Decorations by Wilfred Jones
- Publisher
- New York : The MacMillan Company
- Published Date
- 1930
- Subjects
- American
- American Civil War
- History
- Colonialism
- War
- Politics
- Contents
- I. England's Colonial Secret ; II. Laying the Structural Base of the Thirteen Colonies ; III. The Growth of Economic and Poltical Power ; IV. Provincial America ; V. The Clash of Metropolis and Colony ; VI. Independence and Civil Conflict ; VII. Populism and Reaction ; VIII. The Rise of National Parties ; IX. Agricultural Imperialism and the Balance of Power ; X. The The Young Republic ; XI. New Agricultural States ; XII. Jacksonian Democracy -- A Triumphant Farmer-Labor Party ; XIII. Westward to the Pacific ; XIV. The Sweep of Economic Forces ; XV. The Politics of the Economic Drift ; XVI. Democracy: Romantic and Realistic
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 08 B38t
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The pathfinder [film]
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- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- [1932?]
- Publisher
- Associated Screen News Limited
- Call Number
- 08.3 W69 NF
- Responsibility
- B.E. Norrish [producer]
- Photographer: Alfred Jacquemin
- described by B.K. Sandwell
- narrated by Corey Thomson
- Publisher
- Associated Screen News Limited
- Published Date
- [1932?]
- Physical Description
- 1 16mm film reel
- Subjects
- Wilson, Tom
- Abstract
- Biography about Tom Wilson. Storyline includes reenactments of unidentified Indigenous men who showed him where the locations of Lake Louise and Emerald Lake were. Also includes the real Tom Wilson, Pat Brewster, ca. 1932.
- Notes
- 16mm film copied to digital file May 27, 2021: mp4; .mov and .mxf. Former 08.3 W69 V DVD copy was from a VHS copy.
- Call Number
- 08.3 W69 NF
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- Archives Library
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