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Account of the glacieres [sic.] or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2907
- Medium
- 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
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- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Banff Springs Hotel 1957
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54288
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 51 negatives (b&w and colour) and 20 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotel, Banff AB. Includes exterior and interior views, views from the hotel and of the hotel from a distance; Banff area views, including Bow River, Bow Valley, Bow River boatho…
- Date Range
- 1957
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 23
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / I / A : Photography : Negatives and Transparencies
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 23
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 71 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w and colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 51 negatives (b&w and colour) and 20 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotel, Banff AB. Includes exterior and interior views, views from the hotel and of the hotel from a distance; Banff area views, including Bow River, Bow Valley, Bow River boathouse, Banff Springs Golf Course; activities, including fishing, swimming, shopping, dancing to Moxie Whitney orchestra 1957, golf.
- Notes
- Negatives and transparencies have been stored in separate file boxes. Contains duplicates of some images. Related to file V500 / I / A7 / 9
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19829
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
- Author
- The Mountaineers, Seattle
- Responsibility
- planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers
- Harvey Manning, chairman of editors
- editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others
- illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Seattle : The Mountaineers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- x, 430p. : ill
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Manuals
- Equipment
- Camping
- Travel
- Rock climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Ice climbing
- First aid
- Geology
- Abstract
- Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One - Approaching the Peaks
- Equipment
- Camping and Sleeping
- Alpine Cuisine
- Wilderness Travel
- Navigation in the Hills
- Part Two - Rock Climbing
- Routefinding on Rock
- Balance
- Counterforce
- Roped Climbing
- Belaying
- Pitoncraft and Rappels
- Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing
- Snow
- Ice
- Glaciers
- Arrests and Belays
- Part Four - Safe Climbing
- The Climbing Party and its Leadership
- Climbing Dangers
- First Aid
- Alpine Rescue
- Part Five - The Climbing Environment
- Mountain Geology
- The Cycle of Snow
- Mountain Weather
- Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers
- ISBN
- 0916890015
- Accession Number
- 2019.43
- Call Number
- 01 M86 1963
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- Archives Library
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The story of the mountains : Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19863
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Belyea, Helen R.
- Publisher
- Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
- Call Number
- 13.115 B41s Pam
- Variant Title
- The story of the mountains in Banff National park
- Author
- Belyea, Helen R.
- Responsibility
- Helen R. Belyea
- Publisher
- Ottawa [Queen's Printer]
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 42 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to the history of Banff National Park. The author, Helen R. Belyea, provides a comprehensive description and glossary pertaining to the type of rocks that makes up the mountains in Banff National Park. Additionally, she highlights specific areas of geological interest such as, but not limited to the following: Hoodoos viewpoint, Sulphur Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Norquay and the Hot Springs. Due to the nature of the publication, that being a Geological Survey of Canada, the author includes an excerpt on rock formation for each area marked as one of geological interest.
- Contents
- The rocks (pg. 4)
- The building of the mountains (pg. 12)
- Mountain sculpture (pg.13)
- Drainage patterns (pg. 17)
- Glossary of terms (pg. 18)
- References (pg. 23)
- Local points of geological interest (pg. 24)
- Photographs (pg. 43)
- Accession Number
- 2017.8683
- Call Number
- 13.115 B41s Pam
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- Archives Library
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Bird portraits in color : two hundred ninety-five North American species
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19996
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Roberts, Thomas S.
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : The University of Minnesota Press
- Call Number
- 06.1 R54b
- Author
- Roberts, Thomas S.
- Responsibility
- Thomas S. Roberts
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : The University of Minnesota Press
- Published Date
- 1960
- Subjects
- Painting
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of ninety two color plates painted by various accomplished artists. While the publication certainly establishes an artistic flair, it is in many ways factual as well. The book discusses over two hundred and ninety-five bird species found throughout North America. Comprehensive in nature, the guide offers insight into each bird species habitat, scientific name and other relevant information. Readers can expect to learn about the vast bird species that exist in North America, while also enjoying the stunning art work featured by the following artists, Allan Brooks, George M. Sutton, Walter A. Weber, Francis Lee Jaques, Walter J. Breckenridge, Louis Agassiz Fuertes.
- Notes
- Illustrated with ninety-two color plates by Allan Brooks, George M. Sutton, Walter A. Weber, Francis Lee Jaques, Walter J. Breckenridge, and Louise Agassiz Fuertes
- Accession Number
- 7201
- Call Number
- 06.1 R54b
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The night the mountain fell : the story of the Montana-Yellowstone earthquake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20081
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Christopherson, Edmund
- Publisher
- McKee print
- Call Number
- 08 C34t
- Author
- Christopherson, Edmund
- Responsibility
- Edmund Christopherson
- Publisher
- McKee print
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 88 pages
- Subjects
- Montana
- Montana, United States
- Earthquake
- Abstract
- Pertains to the events of the largest ever recorded earthquake in Montana. Following the Montana-Yellowstone earthquake of 1959, author Edmund Christopherson travelled to the area and began researching the potential causes for the natural disaster. The publication covers his time spent in the disaster area, as well as the potential reasons behind the earthquake. Christopherson shares stories, images and the horrifying realities of many victims who were caught in the disaster of the event.
- Notes
- Conservation Alert : spine has been detached from book
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08 C34t
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- Archives Library
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Wagon road north : the story of the Cariboo gold rush in historical photos
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20082
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Downs, Art
- Publisher
- Quesnel, B.C. : Northwest Digest
- Call Number
- 08.1 D65w
- Author
- Downs, Art
- Responsibility
- Art Downs
- Publisher
- Quesnel, B.C. : Northwest Digest
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 80 pages
- Abstract
- Pertains to a collection of images showcasing the history of the Cariboo gold rush. The publication explores the history of the Cariboo gold rush along the Rocky Mountains. In an effort to offer the reader a more interactive experience, the publication includes both text and historical images. While the publication was not intended to serve as a comprehensive history of the Fraser River and Cariboo gold rush, it does offer the reader a fantastic look into the past through the abundance of images selected for the publication.
- Contents
- Routes to the creeks (pg. 2)
- Foreword (pg. 4)
- Stampede to the river (pg. 5)
- The golden gravel (pg. 12)
- Wagon road north (pg. 22)
- The road houses (pg. 28)
- Freighting to the gold fields (pg. 34)
- Creeks of the mountains (pg. 40)
- Stage coaches on the cariboo road (pg. 50)
- Communities on the way (pg. 56)
- Rest in peace (pg. 66)
- The land today (pg. 72)
- Notes
- Annotated on front inside cover, likely by the author. Annotation reads, "Regards Art Downs"
- Accession Number
- 3069 a
- Call Number
- 08.1 D65w
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The National Gallery of Canada catalogue of painting and sculpture. Vol. III : Canadian School
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20311
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Hubbard, R H
- Publisher
- Ottawa and Toronto : Published for the trustees by the University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- Vol. III
- Call Number
- N908 C3 O8
- Author
- Hubbard, R H
- Edition
- Vol. III
- Publisher
- Ottawa and Toronto : Published for the trustees by the University of Toronto Press
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- xxvii, 463p.
- Subjects
- Art, Canadian
- Art - Catalogues
- Accession Number
- 192
- Call Number
- N908 C3 O8
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Frederic Remington's own west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20855
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Remington, Frederic
- Publisher
- New York : The Dial Press
- Call Number
- ND1440 R4
- Author
- Remington, Frederic
- Responsibility
- Written and illustrated by Frederic Remington. Edited and with an introduction by Harold McCracken
- Publisher
- New York : The Dial Press
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 254p. : illus. port.
- Subjects
- The West in art
- Indians of North America - Pictures, illustrations, etc.
- Artists - Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
- Accession Number
- 684
- Call Number
- ND1440 R4
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
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- Art Library
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Maurice Prendergast, 1859-1924
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20884
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Rhys, Hedley Howell
- Publisher
- Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Havard University Press
- Call Number
- ND1839 P7 R4
- Author
- Rhys, Hedley Howell
- Responsibility
- by Hedley Howell Rhys
- Publisher
- Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Havard University Press
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 156p. : ill. ports.
- Subjects
- Prendergast, Maurice
- Notes
- Bibliography p.64
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Call Number
- ND1839 P7 R4
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
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- Art Library
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Eskimo graphic art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20933
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Industrial Division, Department of Northern Affairs
- Call Number
- NE542 C3 E74
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Industrial Division, Department of Northern Affairs
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 portfolio : chiefly ill.
- Subjects
- Eskimos - Art
- Prints, Canadian - Eskimos
- Eskimos - Canada - Prints
- Graphic arts, Canadian - Northwest Territories
- Notes
- Collection of prints from Cape Dorset
- Call Number
- NE542 C3 E74
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
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- Art Library
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Eskimo graphic art 1960
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20943
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- West Baffin Eskimo Co-operation
- Publisher
- Canada : National Printers
- Call Number
- NE542 C32 E84
- Responsibility
- issued under the authority of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operation
- Publisher
- Canada : National Printers
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- [34]p. : chiefly ill.
- Subjects
- Eskimos - Art
- Prints
- Graphic arts
- Notes
- Contains photographs of artists and print makers from Cape Dorset
- Call Number
- NE542 C32 E84
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
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- Art Library
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The whistling mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4280
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Daem, Mary
- Publisher
- Toronto : Abelard-Schuman
- Call Number
- 05.2 D13
- Author
- Daem, Mary
- Responsibility
- illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam
- Publisher
- Toronto : Abelard-Schuman
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 154p. : ill
- Subjects
- Selkirk Mountains
- Accession Number
- 27500
- Call Number
- 05.2 D13
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- Archives Library
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The trail of the Spanish horse
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4369
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Schultz, James Willard
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin
- Call Number
- 05.2 Sch8
- Author
- Schultz, James Willard
- Responsibility
- illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 213p. : ill
- Subjects
- Indians
- Accession Number
- 8500
- Call Number
- 05.2 Sch8
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- Archives Library
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Maclean's Canada : portrait of a country
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4414
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Call Number
- 05.5 M22
- Responsibility
- selected and edited by Leslie F. Hannon
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 248p. : ill., ports
- Notes
- Partial contents: Ordeal on Mount Howson / Eric Hutton; The great cross- Canada hike / Andrew Walter Roy; How the prairies were made / Fred Bodsworth; The priceless Notman discovery
- Accession Number
- 16500
- Call Number
- 05.5 M22
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- Archives Library
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An anthology of Canadian art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4486
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Hubbard, R. H., ed
- Publisher
- Toronto : Oxford University Press
- Call Number
- 06.1 C16ha
- Author
- Hubbard, R. H., ed
- Publisher
- Toronto : Oxford University Press
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 187p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Artists
- Notes
- Bibliography and indexes
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Call Number
- 06.1 C16ha
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- Archives Library
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Indian days on the western prairies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4872
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Barbeau, Marius
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Museum of Canada
- Queen's Printer
- Call Number
- 07.2 B23p
- Author
- Barbeau, Marius
- Responsibility
- portraits by W. Langdon Kihn
- design and illustrations by Arthur Price
- Publisher
- Ottawa : National Museum of Canada
- Queen's Printer
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- vi, 234p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Folklore
- Notes
- Includes material by or pertaining to George McLean, Hector Crawler, N. K. Luxton, Andrew Sibbald and others
- Accession Number
- 400
- 12500
- Call Number
- 07.2 B23p
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- Archives Library
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Indian legends of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4903
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Clark, Ella Elizabeth
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Call Number
- 07.2 C54
- Author
- Clark, Ella Elizabeth
- Publisher
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- xiii, 177p
- Subjects
- Folklore
- Notes
- Partial contents include Assiniboine legends pertaining to Ghost River, Banff hot springs, Lake Louise, Lake Minnewanka, Robert Rundle and Walking Buffalo
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 323
- Call Number
- 07.2 C54
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Mission among the Buffalo : the labours of the Reverends George M. and John C. McDougall in the Canadian northwest, 1860-1876
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5016
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1960
- Author
- Nix, James Ernest
- Publisher
- Toronto : Ryerson Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 M14n
- Author
- Nix, James Ernest
- Publisher
- Toronto : Ryerson Press
- Published Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- viii, 123p. : ill., port., maps
- Subjects
- Missionaries
- Morley
- Stoney Indians
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 07.2 M14n
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