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Account of the glacieres [sic.] or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2907
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1744
- Author
- Windham, William
- Publisher
- London : Peter Martel
- Call Number
- DC611 S363 W55
- Author
- Windham, William
- Publisher
- London : Peter Martel
- Published Date
- 1744
- Call Number
- DC611 S363 W55
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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La figure de la terre
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue463
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1749
- Author
- Bouguer, Pierre
- Publisher
- Paris : Jambert
- Call Number
- QB291 B6
- Author
- Bouguer, Pierre
- Publisher
- Paris : Jambert
- Published Date
- 1749
- Subjects
- Peru
- Call Number
- QB291 B6
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A map showing the communication of the lakes and rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24545
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1790
- Publisher
- Gent. Mag.
- Call Number
- C11-1.7
- Publisher
- Gent. Mag.
- Published Date
- 1790
- Physical Description
- 1 map
- Scale
- Scale indeterminable
- Subjects
- Rivers
- The West, Canadian
- Accession Number
- 12,500
- Call Number
- C11-1.7
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Map showing the communication of the Lakes and Rivers between Lake Superior and Slave Lake in North America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21338
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1790
- Publisher
- Gent Mag.
- Call Number
- C5-5.8
- Publisher
- Gent Mag.
- Published Date
- 1790
- Subjects
- Hydrological Maps Canada
- Notes
- From a copy - Gent Mag. 1790
- Accession Number
- 11,500
- Call Number
- C5-5.8
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Travels through Western Canada from April, 1773 to March, 1790
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21485
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- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1790
- Call Number
- C12-1.9
- Published Date
- 1790
- Subjects
- Peter Pond's Travels
- Notes
- Photostatic copy from Public Archives
- Accession Number
- 675
- Call Number
- C12-1.9
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Wedding Ensemble
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.05.1114%20a-e
- Date
- 1790
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1114 a-e
- Description
- (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendri…
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- Title
- Wedding Ensemble
- Date
- 1790
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendrils. Black hooks and eyes for closure at back. (b) Very fine square veil. All edges embroidered. (c) Embroidered belt. (d,e) very small satin shoes with long thin fabric laces. Sole is fine leather.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1114 a-e
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Travels through the Rhaetian Alps in the year 1786
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue338
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1792
- Author
- Beaumont, Jean Francois Albanis
- Publisher
- London : Clarke
- Call Number
- DQ823 B42 Oversize E
- Publisher
- London : Clarke
- Published Date
- 1792
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ823 B42 Oversize E
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Battle of Cressy
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1792
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.03
- Description
- A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Battle of Cressy
- Date
- 1792
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.03
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- Date
- 1792
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0003
- Description
- A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse …
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- Title
- Bill-Of-Sale
- Date
- 1792
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 16.0; 25.2 (frame) x 20.0; 30.3 (frame) cm
- Description
- A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse and Thomas Buckminster. The bill is framed in a wide plain mahogany veneer frame with mitred corners.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0003
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- Date
- 1792
- Material
- wood; grass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0091
- Description
- Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on …
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- Title
- Blanket Chest
- Date
- 1792
- Material
- wood; grass; metal
- Dimensions
- 48.3 x 48.5 x 124.3 cm
- Description
- Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on inside of lid.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0091
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Itineraire du St Gothard, d'une partie du Vallais et des contrees de la Suisse
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1735
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1795
- Author
- Mechel, Chretien de
- Publisher
- Basel : Chretien de Mechel
- Call Number
- DQ22 M42
- Author
- Mechel, Chretien de
- Publisher
- Basel : Chretien de Mechel
- Published Date
- 1795
- Call Number
- DQ22 M42
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through…
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- Title
- Sampler
- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 15.0; 18.0 (frame) x 20.0; 22.5 (frame) cm
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through the alphabet repeating from A to D at the end, followed by another floral band as at the top, and then “Susanah Lehman November the 3 1796.” The sampler was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?) and has a framer’s sticker on the back “The Royal Art Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
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Avis aux voyageurs en Suisse, avec une nouvelle carte
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1296
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1798
- Author
- Heinzmann, J.G
- Publisher
- Berne: [s.n.]
- Call Number
- DQ22 H43
- Author
- Heinzmann, J.G
- Publisher
- Berne: [s.n.]
- Published Date
- 1798
- Call Number
- DQ22 H43
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Embroidery Sampler
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- Date
- 1799
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1007 a-c
- Description
- Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket f…
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- Title
- Embroidery Sampler
- Date
- 1799
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket fence, two trees and to the right a two storey brown house. Below that is six lines of writing beginning "One Weeks Extremity May Teach Us ....." "Susan Lehman her work done In the ninth year Of Her Age (__ ?) 1799" * Someone numbered the labels as (a) and (b) and the sampler as (c). It is too fragile to change
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1007 a-c
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The glaciers of the Alps
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26169
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1860
- Author
- Tyndall, John
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Call Number
- 03.4 T98g
- Author
- Tyndall, John
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Published Date
- 1860
- Physical Description
- 444 pages
- Abstract
- A narrative of excusions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers, and an expostition of the physical principles to which they are related. -- From interior title page
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 03.4 T98g
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The comprehensive family bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the authorized version, with ... notes and reflections
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12407
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1860
- Publisher
- Glasgow : Blackie and Son
- Call Number
- 00 B47
- Responsibility
- a general introduction ... by David Davidson, L.L.D
- Publisher
- Glasgow : Blackie and Son
- Published Date
- 1860
- Physical Description
- xxi, 1475, 72, 64p. : ill., maps
- Notes
- Galletly family bible
- Accession Number
- 3118 MSS
- Call Number
- 00 B47
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Travels in the regions of the upper and lower Amoor, and the Russian acquisitions in the confines of India and China
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue264
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1860
- Author
- Atkinson, Thomas Witlam
- Publisher
- London : Hurst & Blackett
- Call Number
- DK755 A8
- Author
- Atkinson, Thomas Witlam
- Publisher
- London : Hurst & Blackett
- Published Date
- 1860
- Subjects
- Amur River
- Asia
- Siberia
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DK755 A8
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Chamois hunting in the mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue432
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1860
- Author
- Boner, Charles
- Publisher
- London : Chapman & Hall
- Edition
- New ed
- Call Number
- SK299 B65
- Author
- Boner, Charles
- Edition
- New ed
- Publisher
- London : Chapman & Hall
- Published Date
- 1860
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- SK299 B65
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Letters from Switzerland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2070
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1860
- Author
- Prime, Samuel Irenaeus
- Publisher
- New York : Sheldon
- Call Number
- DQ23 P5
- Author
- Prime, Samuel Irenaeus
- Publisher
- New York : Sheldon
- Published Date
- 1860
- Call Number
- DQ23 P5
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Photographies-aquarelles de L'Inde et La Laute Asie
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2292
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1860
- Author
- Schlaginweit, M.M. de
- Publisher
- Wurzburg : Stuber
- Call Number
- DS8 S35 C6 Oversize F
- Author
- Schlaginweit, M.M. de
- Publisher
- Wurzburg : Stuber
- Published Date
- 1860
- Call Number
- DS8 S35 C6 Oversize F
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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