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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
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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La figure de la terre
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue463
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- 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
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- Alpine Club of Canada 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Archives 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
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- 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
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- 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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- 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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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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Crows, cranes & camellias : the natural world of Ohara Koson 1877 - 1945
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19790
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Newland, Amy Reigle, Jan Perree, Robert Schaap
- Publisher
- Leiden : Hotei Publishing
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ne42c
- Responsibility
- Amy Reigle Newland, Jan Perree, Robert Schaap
- Publisher
- Leiden : Hotei Publishing
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- Description: 224 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
- Abstract
- Crows, Cranes and Camellias: the Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945 is the first publication in a Western language to discuss his corpus of work, and it has drawn upon the private Jan Perree collection (now housed in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) for inspiration. First published In 2001, this new edition features an additional chapter on Koson's oeuvre and designs which have been discovered since the original publication of Crows, Cranes and Camellias. Including an overview of Koson's life and artistic career, augmented by a checklist of the majority of his work, select seals and signatures, this book is a valuable source for Koson collectors. --Book Jacket.
- Contents
- Forward
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- A flock of myriad hues : the enduring art of Ohara Koson
- Notes to the catalogue
- Catalogue
- Changes and observations
- Notes to the checklist
- Checklist
- Addendum
- Signatures & seals
- Bibliography
- ISBN
- 978-9004181069
- Accession Number
- p2019-10
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ne42c
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- Archives Library
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James Henderson : wicite owapi wicasa : the man who paints the old men
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19813
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Ring, Dan
- Publisher
- Saskatoon : Mendel Art Gallery
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ri47ja
- Author
- Ring, Dan
- Responsibility
- Dan Ring, Neal McLeod
- Publisher
- Saskatoon : Mendel Art Gallery
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 223 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 30 cm
- Abstract
- Catalogue of a travelling exhibition held first at the Mendel Art Gallery from Sept. 25, 2009 to Jan. 8, 2010.
- Contents
- Qu'Appelle, circa 2009 / Lynn Acoose -- Foreword / Vincent J. Varga -- Chronology of the life, career, art and legacy of James Henderson / James Lanigan -- James Henderson: a reflected life / Dan Ring -- Retghinking indigenous history: James Henderson's paintings as mnemonic icons / Neal McLeod -- Sp;irit warriors of the high plains / Linda Many Guns -- Pains Cree men's clothing (1895-1926) -- Profiles of Standing Buffalo, Tatanka Najin (1833-1871) -- Note on James Henderson's materials and signatures / James Lanigan.
- Notes
- Pertains to paintings in the Art & Heritage Collection by James Henderson
- ISBN
- 978-1-896359-70-0
- Accession Number
- 2019.34
- Call Number
- 06.1 Ri47ja
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- Archives Library
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Living in the shadow of FIsher Peak : the life and times of Jack Fisher : a historical novel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19888
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Powell, Keith G.
- Publisher
- Cranbrook, B.C. : Wild Horse Creek Press
- Edition
- second edition
- Call Number
- 02.3 P87l
- Author
- Powell, Keith G.
- Responsibility
- Keith G. Powell
- Edition
- second edition
- Publisher
- Cranbrook, B.C. : Wild Horse Creek Press
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 174 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to the life and history of adventurer and gold seeker, John S. “Jack” Fisher. Written by author Keith Powell, the publication shares the details of Fishers migration to Wild Horse Creek in Kootenay Country. The author uses narrative, diary entries and photographs to share the history of Jack Fisher. The compelling history encourages the reader to remember and honor those who have come before us in spreading knowledge and wisdom of the mountains.
- Contents
- Chapter 1: The massacre (pg. 5)
- Chapter 2: Golf fever (pg. 11)
- Chapter 3: On the trail (pg. 23)
- Letters home - Two (pg. 25)
- Chapter 4: California: Gold at last (pg. 33)
- Letters home - Two (pg. 43)
- Chapter 5: California Encounters (pg. 47)
- Chapter 6: The voyage north (pg. 59)
- Chapter 7: Hell gate, Montana territory (pg. 67)
- Chapter 8: Washington territory (pg. 75)
- Chapter 9: On to Kootenai country (pg. 85)
- Letter home - one (pg. 88)
- Chapter 10: Stud Horse Creek (pg. 93)
- Chapter 11: Life on the Wild Horse Creek (pg. 101)
- Chapter 12: A farewell to Fisherville (pg. 119)
- Chapter 13: Clash of justice on the Kootenai (pg. 129)
- Chapter 14: The Flathead years (pg. 139)
- Chapter 15: Cub reporter (pg. 145)
- Chapter 16: The interview (pg. 151)
- Epilogue (pg. 157)
- Author's note (pg. 161)
- Notes
- Annotated – the front inside cover of the publication has been annotated by author. Annotation reads: “Keith G. Powell”
- ISBN
- 9780981214610
- Accession Number
- 2019.62
- Call Number
- 02.3 P87l
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- Archives Library
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High times : the adventures of Jim Davies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19946
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Call Number
- P
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- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Responsibility
- Chic Scott
- Published Date
- 2010
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains tot Jim Davies and his career as airplane and helicopter pilot
- Notes
- In Highline Magazine, Vol.2, Iss.1, Summer 2010, p.12-13
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Highline website
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Playing the man : a biography of the mountaineer Captain John Percy Farrar DSO
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14788
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Imeson, Barry
- Publisher
- [S.l.] : Loose Scree
- Edition
- Limited edition no 60 of 250 copies
- Call Number
- G512 I44
- Author
- Imeson, Barry
- Edition
- Limited edition no 60 of 250 copies
- Publisher
- [S.l.] : Loose Scree
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- xii, 233 p. : ill., maps, ports.
- Notes
- Copyright Barry Imeson 2010
- Accession Number
- AC611
- Call Number
- G512 I44
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Bow Lake : wellspring of art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14804
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Gooch, Jane Lytton
- Publisher
- [Surrey, B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- N G66 B69
- Author
- Gooch, Jane Lytton
- Responsibility
- Jane Lytton Gooch
- preface by Robert Sandford
- Publisher
- [Surrey, B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 191 p. : col. ill., col. map
- Subjects
- Bow Lake
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine
- Rungius, Carl
- Phillips, Walter J
- Simpson, Jimmy
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Schaffer, Mary
- Harmon, Byron
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 9781926855059 (pbk.)
- Call Number
- N G66 B69
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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