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Mountain climbing

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

Published Date: 1897

Publisher: London : Charles Scribner's Sons

Call Number: 01 W69m

Responsibility: Edward L. Wilson, Edwin Lord Weeks, A. F. Jaccaci, W. Martin-Conway, Mark Brickell Kerr, William Williams, and H. F. B. Lynch

Publisher: London : Charles Scribner's Sons

Published Date: 1897

Physical Description: 358 pages

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; St. Elias; Alps; Climbing; Glaciers

Contents: I. Mount Washington in winter / Edward L. Wilson -- II. Some episodes of mountaineering by a cause amateur / Edwin Lord Weeks -- III. Ascent of Mount Aetna / A. F. Jaccaci -- IV. Ascent of Mount Ararat / H. F. B. Lynch -- V. Climbing Mount St. Elias / William Williams -- VI. Mount St. Elias and its glaciers / Mark Brickell Kerr -- VII. One thousand miles through the Alps / Sir. W. Martin Conway

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01 W69m

Collection: Archives Library

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My climbs in the Alps and Caucasus

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

Published Date: 1895

Author: Mummery, A. F.

Publisher: London : T. Fisher Unwin

Call Number: 01.2 M92m

Author: Mummery, A. F.

Publisher: London : T. Fisher Unwin

Published Date: 1895

Physical Description: 360 pages

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Alps; Caucasus; Mummery, A. F.

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.2 M92m

Collection: Archives Library

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My home in the Alps

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

Published Date: 1892

Author: Le Blond, Elizabeth

Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Company Limited

Call Number: 02.2 L46m

Author: Le Blond, Elizabeth

Responsibility: Mrs. Main

Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Company Limited

Published Date: 1892

Physical Description: 131 pages

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Europe; Alps; Travel; Women; Nature

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 02.2 L46m

Collection: Archives Library

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The alpine regions of Switzerland and the neighbouring countries : a pedestrian's noteson their physical features, scenery, and natural history

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

Published Date: 1896

Author: Bonney, T. G.

Publisher: Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.

Edition: 1st edition

Call Number: 02.2 B64a

Author: Bonney, T. G.

Responsibility: Illustrations by E. Whymper

Edition: 1st edition

Publisher: Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.

Published Date: 1896

Physical Description: 351 pages ; 15 ill. ; 5 plates

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Geology; Italy; Glaciers; Animals; Avalanches; Botany; Folklore

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 02.2 B64a

Collection: Archives Library

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The animal kingdom : based upon the writings of the eminent naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood and others

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

Published Date: 1897

Author: Craig, Hugh (editor)

Publisher: New York : Johnson & Bailey

Call Number: 04.2 C84a Volume One; 04.2 C84a Volume Two

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Author: Craig, Hugh (editor)

Responsibility: John James Audubon; Alfred Edmund Brehm

Publisher: New York : Johnson & Bailey

Published Date: 1897

Physical Description: 2 volumes : color illustrations

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

Subjects: Wildlife; Wildlife artists; Art

Abstract: Pertains the the animal kingdom as it was known in 1897 and includes stories and summaries and art by several well known wildlife artists and naturalists in two volumes

Contents: Contents of Volume One:; Mammalia; Quadrumana; Cheiroptera; Insectivora; Carnivora; Cetacea; Contents of Volume Two:; Sirenia; Ungulata; Proboscidea; Hyracoidea; Rodentia; Edentata; Marsupialia; Montremata

Notes: Belonged to Pat Brewster

Accession Number: 2926

Call Number: 04.2 C84a Volume One; 04.2 C84a Volume Two

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Available online via Hathi Trust

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Picturesque California : The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope

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

Published Date: 1894

Author: Muir, John (editor); Ingersoll, Ernest (author)

Publisher: San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers

Call Number: 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.

Author: Muir, John (editor); Ingersoll, Ernest (author)

Responsibility: John Muir (editor); Ernest Ingersoll (author); Eminent American Artists (photos, photogravures, wood engravings derived from paintings)

Publisher: San Francisco, New York : J. Dewing Company, Publishers

Published Date: 1894

Physical Description: 16 pages

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

Series: California Series No. 32, April 23, 1894

Subjects: Travel; Tourism; Rocky Mountains; Art; Fraser, John Arthur; Notman, William & Son; Banff; Canmore; Kamloops; Vancouver; Victoria; Sir Donald, Mount; Bow River; Hot springs; Banff Springs Hotel; Emerald Lake; Selkirk Mountains; Selkirk Mountains - Hermit Range; Asulkan Glacier; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Abstract: Pertains to the Canadian Rockies as authored by Ernest Ingersoll with introduction by John Muir including a variety of sketches of Sir Donald, Bow River, Canmore, the Great Glacier, hot springs, open pool, Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake, Bow Falls and Banff Springs Hotel, the Selkirks and Hermit Mountain, Cheops, Asulkan Glacier, Stanley Park, Victoria, Shushwap Mission at Kamloops, and the Canadian Pacific Docks at Vancouver.

Notes: Part XXVI - The Canadian Rockies by Ernest Ingersoll

Accession Number: 7901

Call Number: 02.6 In4p PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home

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

Published Date: 1890

Author: J.R.

Publisher: Harper's Weekly

Call Number: 02.6 R11a PAM O.S

Author: J.R.

Responsibility: J.R. (author); Frederic Remington (illustrator)

Publisher: Harper's Weekly

Published Date: 1890

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers, British; Mountaineers, Swiss; Sir Donald, Mount; Glacier House; Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels

Abstract: Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725