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Freedom climbers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14880
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- Victoria, [B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- G510 M16 F74
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Responsibility
- Bernadette McDonald
- Publisher
- Victoria, [B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 351 p. : ill. (some col.), ports.
- Subjects
- Everest, Mount
- Poland
- Pakistan
- Hypothermia
- World War II
- Nepal
- ISBN
- 9781927330128
- Accession Number
- AC609
- Call Number
- G510 M16 F74
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Himalaya : the exploration and conquest of the greatest mountains on earth
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14887
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Publisher
- London : Conway
- Call Number
- DS485 H55
- Responsibility
- General editor Philip Parker
- Publisher
- London : Conway
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 192 pages, col. ill., ports., maps
- Subjects
- Himalaya Mountains
- Everest, Mount
- Tibet
- Nepal
- History
- ISBN
- 9781844862214
- Accession Number
- AC610
- Call Number
- DS485 H55
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Himalayan pathways...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1109
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Germain, Bernard
- Publisher
- Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour
- Call Number
- DS485 N4 G4 (Eng. trans.)
- Author
- Germain, Bernard
- Responsibility
- drawings by Henri Heidsieck
- translation by Linda Collinge
- Publisher
- Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour
- Published Date
- 1981
- Call Number
- DS485 N4 G4 (Eng. trans.)
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Keeper of the mountains : the Elizabeth Hawley story
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14435
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Publisher
- Victoria, [B.C.] : RMB
- Call Number
- 01.1 M14k
- Author
- McDonald, Bernadette
- Responsibility
- Bernadette McDonald ; foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary
- Publisher
- Victoria, [B.C.] : RMB
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 256 pages : illustrations, portraits. ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Everest, Mount
- Nepal
- Notes
- Previously published under the title: I'll call you in Kathmandu
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- ISBN
- 9781927330159
- Accession Number
- P2015-03-31
- Call Number
- 01.1 M14k
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Moulding Segment
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact101.02.0010
- Date
- 1700 – 1900
- Material
- clay
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0010
- Description
- A small, flat, edge segment of reddish-brown clay representing, in bas-relief, the miniature head of a Hindu god, rest of figure broken off, features of typical Asian cast with turreted headdress and halo behind, floral arch around edge of fragment.
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- Title
- Moulding Segment
- Date
- 1700 – 1900
- Material
- clay
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 3.7 x 4.5 cm
- Description
- A small, flat, edge segment of reddish-brown clay representing, in bas-relief, the miniature head of a Hindu god, rest of figure broken off, features of typical Asian cast with turreted headdress and halo behind, floral arch around edge of fragment.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0010
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Murder in the high Himalaya : loyalty, tragedy, and escape from Tibet
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15264
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Green, Jonathan
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : PublicAffairs
- Call Number
- 01.1 G82m
- Author
- Green, Jonathan
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : PublicAffairs
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- xv, 272 pages, illustrations
- Subjects
- China
- Cho Oyu Mountain
- Himalaya Mountains
- Nepal
- Tibet
- Notes
- Recipient of Jon Whyte Award at Banff Mountain Book Competition 2011
- ISBN
- 9781586487140
- Accession Number
- P2016 - 73,000 - 09
- Call Number
- 01.1 G82m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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One man's Everest
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15357
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Cool, Kenton
- Publisher
- London : Preface
- Call Number
- G512 C66 O54
- Author
- Cool, Kenton
- Publisher
- London : Preface
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 264 pages, illustrations (16 pages of unnumbered, coloured plates)
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Biography
- Everest, Mount
- Mountaineering
- Nepal
- ISBN
- 9781848094499
- Accession Number
- AC633
- Call Number
- G512 C66 O54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0045
- Description
- A man's heavy silver ring with large rounded reddish orange opaque stone. Stone is hemispherical, set into wide, ornamented band of silver around its circumference. Stone appears to be pegged through the centre with a piece of silver which appears as a dot at the top of the stone. Plain, simple, fi…
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- Title
- Ring
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; stone
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 2.5 x 3.1 cm
- Description
- A man's heavy silver ring with large rounded reddish orange opaque stone. Stone is hemispherical, set into wide, ornamented band of silver around its circumference. Stone appears to be pegged through the centre with a piece of silver which appears as a dot at the top of the stone. Plain, simple, finger band is fixed to back of stone with a malleable substance which is now hard.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- accessories
- jewlery
- fashion
- travel
- souvenir
- keepsake
- collectable
- households
- Nepal
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0045
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Sentiers de l'Himalaya
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1110
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Germain, Bernard
- Publisher
- Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour
- Call Number
- DS485 N4 G4
- Author
- Germain, Bernard
- Responsibility
- Bernard Germain, Henri Heidsieck
- Publisher
- Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour
- Published Date
- 1981
- Call Number
- DS485 N4 G4
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 2008
- Material
- fabric; plastic; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1143
- Description
- A small bag from Nepal, woven on the back, and woven and embroidered on the front, with a multi-coloured corded strap (135.0cm) sewn onto the side of the bag, extending from the fringed bottom 4.0cm suspended from a blue plastic bead, to an over-the-shoulder cord. The front part is backed by a blac…
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- Title
- Shoulder Bag
- Date
- 2008
- Material
- fabric; plastic; metal
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- A small bag from Nepal, woven on the back, and woven and embroidered on the front, with a multi-coloured corded strap (135.0cm) sewn onto the side of the bag, extending from the fringed bottom 4.0cm suspended from a blue plastic bead, to an over-the-shoulder cord. The front part is backed by a black muslin cotton piece that forms a separate compartment. There is a plastic and metal black zipper (15.0cm) on the top portion of the bag (one compartment) and the same kind and size of zipper lower down (5.0cm) opening onto a separate compartment. The bottom front of the bag 13.5x15.0cm wide) is gold satin with a circular embroidered design; the top part (5.0x15.0cm wide) is a multi-coloured woven design the same as the entire back of the bag. The paper price tag is attached by a piece of clear plastic; it reads “TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES” in red lettering and “ MADE IN/FABRIQUE DU NEPAL/NEPAL 5900165” in black lettering and the barcode underneath.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- accessory
- crafts
- Nepal
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1143
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