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American Alpine Club annals. Reprinted from the American Alpine Journal, vol.VI no.1, 1946; no.3, 1947
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11936
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1947?
- Author
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Publisher
- New
- Call Number
- R 01.3 T39
- Author
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Publisher
- New
- Published Date
- 1947?
- Physical Description
- 115 p
- Notes
- Cover title. Contents: Part I. The founding members; Part II. Members elected after December 1902 and prior to January 1, 1912
- Accession Number
- 882
- Call Number
- R 01.3 T39
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The book of Mortimer : celebrating a life of volunteerism
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14920
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- G512 M67 S86
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 40 pages, col. ill.
- Series
- Summit Series #20
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- ISBN
- 9780920330593
- Accession Number
- AC611 duplicate copy transfer to ARC Library
- Call Number
- G512 M67 S86
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The book of Mortimer : celebrating a life of volunteerism
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15191
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Call Number
- 01.4 M84b Pam
- R 01.4 M84b Pam
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 40 pages, col. ill.
- Series
- Summit Series #20
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- ISBN
- 9780920330593
- Accession Number
- 2017.8637
- Call Number
- 01.4 M84b Pam
- R 01.4 M84b Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Calgary Mountain Club - visual
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55062
- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of photographs pertaining to the Calgary Mountain Club and its activities.
- Date Range
- 1978 - 1998
- Reference Code
- V40 / XII
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Digital image
- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M57 / V40 / S47
- Series
- V40 / XII: Calgary Mountain Club
- Sous-Fonds
- V40
- Accession Number
- 6772
- Reference Code
- V40 / XII
- Date Range
- 1978 - 1998
- Physical Description
- photographs
- History / Biographical
- Originally, the CMC was the meeting point of Canada's top climbers who gathered together to plan expeditions, plot potential first ascents and discuss the advancement of their chosen sport. Today, it still provides this function but also serves as a means for new climbers to meet.
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of photographs pertaining to the Calgary Mountain Club and its activities.
- Name Access
- Scott, Chic
- Calgary Mountain Club
- Subject Access
- Organizations
- Exploration
- Travel
- Club
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Climbing
- Community events
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Calgary
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Access Restrictions
- Reference only
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restricted: copyright remains with creator not museum
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M57 / XII
- Biographical Source Notes
- http://www.calgarymountainclub.com/main.php?page=about
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian alpine icon passes on
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13180
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Physical Description
- p.28 : port
- Notes
- In Rock & Ice (October 2006)
- Obituary notice
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Cariboo journal of John Macoun
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3094
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Call Number
- F1089 C3 M3 T4 Pam
- Author
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Physical Description
- p.199-209
- Notes
- From The Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, vol.XXVII, no.3, July 192-?
- Call Number
- F1089 C3 M3 T4 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A Century of American alpinism, 2002
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20146
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Author
- Fay, Charles Ernest
- Bent, Allen Herbert
- Palmer, Howard
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Kauffman, Andrew John
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,
- Call Number
- G505 F39 C46
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- Author
- Fay, Charles Ernest
- Bent, Allen Herbert
- Palmer, Howard
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Kauffman, Andrew John
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Responsibility
- Charles Earnest Fay, Allen Herbert Bent, Howard Palmer, James Monroe Thorington, Andrew John Kauffman, William Lowell Putnam
- Publisher
- Boulder, CO : American Alpine Club,
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- ix, 196 pages, xxxii pages of plates : illustrations, portraits
- Subjects
- American Alpine Club
- History
- Mountaineering
- Clubs
- Abstract
- Pertains to a century of American alpinism from 1902 to 2002
- Contents
- Forward
- Preface
- I Earliest American Mountaineers
- II Pacific Crests
- III Later and Farther North
- IV Tidewater Alaska
- V Early Amerian Ascents in the Alps
- VI Appalachian Mountain Club Roots
- VII The Social Aspect of Alpinism
- VIII To the Top of the Continent
- IX Other Mountain Clubs of America
- X Momentous Events
- XI Afield and at War
- XII Changing Mores
- XIII Moving West
- XIV Not All Sweetness and Light
- XV The Study of Mountain Elevations
- XVI Exclusiveness or Inclusiveness
- XVII Changing Faces
- Appendices
- Index
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- G505 F39 C46
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- American Alpine Club link to book
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Chic Scott fonds
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- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Evere…
- Date Range
- 1982-2021
- Reference Code
- M57 / S47 / V40
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Digital image
- Motion picture
- Video
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Chic Scott fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M57 / S47 / V40
- Sous-Fonds
- M57
- S47
- V40
- Accession Number
- 6499
- 6772
- 7330
- 8110
- 8123
- 2014.8295
- 2014.8311
- 2014.8374
- 2015.8559
- 2019.57
- 2021.15 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M57 / S47 / V40
- GMD
- Machine-readable data file
- Digital image
- Motion picture
- Video
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1982-2021
- Physical Description
- Sound recordings: 224 audio tape cassettes, 7 audio tape reels. -- 78 CD-ROM. with digital files -- Moving images: 148 videocassettes: 133 Hi8, 15 VHS. ; 149 DVDs -- 4.2 m textual records
- History / Biographical
- Charles (Chic) C. Scott, b.1945, is a mountaineer, mountain guide and writer based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Scott climbed extensively in the western Canada and the Himalayas until the mid-1970s. He guided extensively in the European Alps for five seasons, ca.1970, and worked as a climber for "The Eiger Sanction," a Hollywood movie starring Clint Eastwood. Scott resumed climbing in 1988, after a period working at the University of Calgary. His publications include "Alpinism," editor, "Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies," "The History of the Calgary Mountain Club", "Summits and Icefields", "Pushing the Limits: the Story of Canadian Mountaineering", "Powder Pioneers : Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains", and "Deep Powder and Steep Rock : the Life of Mountain Guide Hans Gmoser".
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Everest Expedition, and collected and personal materials. Items in fonds are arranged mostly by individual projects/areas of research.
- Notes
- Fonds consists of 15 series: Series I : Pushing the Limits Series II : Mountain Romantics Series III : Summits and Icefields Series IV : Powder Pioneers Series V : Deep Powder and Steep Rock Series VI : Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies Series VII : Hans Gmoser Film Collection Series VIII : The Canadian Himalayan Foundation Series IX : The Book of Mortimer Series X : Tommy and Lawrence Series XI : The Yam Series XII :Calgary Mountain Club Series XIII : Young at Heart Series XIV : Chic Scott personal records Series XV : A LIFE IN THE WILD: The Story of Mountain Explorer John Baldwin Access to interviews limited to VHS reference compilations.
- Name Access
- Scott, Charles (Chic)
- Scott, Chic
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Publication
- Research
- Personal and Professional Life
- Mountaineering
- Interview
- Organizations
- Biography
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: reference copy recordings
- Finding aids and reference tools series and file description
- Creator
- Scott, Chic
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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A climber's guide to the Interior Ranges of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2605
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1937
- Author
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Call Number
- F1087 T6 1937
- Author
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1937
- Call Number
- F1087 T6 1937
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A climber's guide to the Interior Ranges of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2606
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1947
- Author
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Call Number
- F1087 T6 1947
- Author
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1947
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- F1087 T6 1947
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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