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The alpenstock : or, sketches of Swiss scenery and manners, 1825-1826

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

Published Date: 1829

Author: Latrobe, Charles Joseph

Publisher: London : Seeley & Burnside

Call Number: DQ23 L38

Author: Latrobe, Charles Joseph

Publisher: London : Seeley & Burnside

Published Date: 1829

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

Subjects: Alps

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ23 L38

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Ascents of Mont Blanc, by Dr.E. Clark & Capt. Sherrill, 1825-26, Mr. Jackson, 1823

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

Published Date: 1825-26

Author: Clark, Edmund

Publisher: London : Colburns's New Monthly Magazine

Call Number: DQ841 M7 C43

Author: Clark, Edmund

Publisher: London : Colburns's New Monthly Magazine

Published Date: 1825-26

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

Call Number: DQ841 M7 C43

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Dissertation on the passage of Hannibal over the Alps

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

Published Date: 1820

Author: Cramer, J.A

Publisher: London : Baxter for J. Parker

Call Number: DG247.2 C3

Author: Cramer, J.A

Responsibility: by a member of the University of Oxford

Publisher: London : Baxter for J. Parker

Published Date: 1820

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

Call Number: DG247.2 C3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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A glance at some of the beauties and sublimities of Switzerland

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

Published Date: 1829

Author: Murray, John

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Call Number: DQ23 M87

Author: Murray, John

Publisher: London : Longman [et al.]

Published Date: 1829

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

Call Number: DQ23 M87

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Illustrations of the passes of the Alps

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

Published Date: 1828-29

Author: Brockedon, William

Publisher: London : The Author

Call Number: DQ823 B76 1828 I Oversize C

Author: Brockedon, William

Publisher: London : The Author

Published Date: 1828-29

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

Series: Volume 1 of 2

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 B76 1828 I Oversize C

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Illustrations of the passes of the Alps

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

Published Date: 1828-29

Author: Brockedon, William

Publisher: London : The Author

Call Number: DQ823 B76 1828 II Oversize C

Author: Brockedon, William

Publisher: London : The Author

Published Date: 1828-29

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

Series: Volume 2 of 2

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ823 B76 1828 II Oversize C

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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J. Monroe Thorington fonds

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Part Of: J. Monroe Thorington fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of copies of textual records from the Thorington Archives at Princeton University and photographs in both original and copy form. Textual records include: I. Thompson-Little Collection and supplement 1895- 1907; letters chiefly addressed to Charles Sproule Thompson collected by Georg…

Date Range: 1825-1974

Reference Code: M106 / V622

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Part Of: J. Monroe Thorington fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 106; V 622

Sous-Fonds: M 106; V 622

Accession Number: 740, 1001, 1034, 1093, 1103, 1133, 1285, 1406, 1411, 1439, 1561, 1600, 1804, 1810, 1965, 1980, 2110, 2279, 2536, 2713, 3059

Reference Code: M106 / V622

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record

Date Range: 1825-1974

Physical Description: ca.1.8 m of textual records. -- 64 photographs : prints, transparencies, copy negatives

History / Biographical: J. Monroe "Roy" Thorington, 1894-1989, was an ophthalmologist, mountaineer and mountain historian at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Thorington was a pre-eminent climber and explorer in the Canadian Rockies starting in 1922. He studied the Freshfield and Lyell Glaciers for 22 years and explored and mapped the Purcell Range, British Columbia. Thorington wrote approximately 300 publications on mountaineering, mountain history and the Canadian Rockies. He was active in numerous organizations, particularly the American Alpine Club.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of copies of textual records from the Thorington Archives at Princeton University and photographs in both original and copy form.; Textual records include: I. Thompson-Little Collection and supplement 1895- 1907; letters chiefly addressed to Charles Sproule Thompson collected by George T. Little, Appalachian Mountain Club and supplemented by material mainly from the estate of Charles E. Fay. II. American Alpine Club, 1903- 1967; correspondence with American Alpine Club members elected to 1918. III. Alps and Canada mountaineering correspondence. IV. Guide books and writings; pertains to writings on the Canadian Rockies and Conrad Kain. V. Dr. W. S. Ladd and Allen Carpe papers 1908-1935.; VI. Photographs, 1871-1970, pertain mainly to Thorington's climbing associates, mountain guides, friends and climbs; also, tombstones of friends at Banff Cemetery.; Fonds also includes miscellaneous original summit notes, articles, etc. concerning landmark mountaineering activities in the Canadian Rockies.