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Above the snow line : mountaineering sketches between 1870 and 1880
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26173
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1885
- Author
- Dent, Clinton
- Publisher
- London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Call Number
- 01.2 D43a
- Author
- Dent, Clinton
- Publisher
- London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Published Date
- 1885
- Physical Description
- 327 pages
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.2 D43a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountain climbing as an organized sport
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15215
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1902
- Author
- Fay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Appalachian Mountain Club
- Call Number
- 01.3 F29m Pam
- Author
- Fay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Appalachian Mountain Club
- Published Date
- 1902
- Physical Description
- 8 pages, illustrations
- Subjects
- Appalachian Mountain Club
- Accession Number
- 7964
- Call Number
- 01.3 F29m Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A geologist's paradise
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15349
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1911
- Author
- Walcott, Charles Doolittle
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol. 22. No. 6, June 1911
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Walcott, Charles Doolittle
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol. 22. No. 6, June 1911
- Published Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- p.509-536, illustrations
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- British Columbia
- Burgess Shale
- Field
- Geology
- Glaciers
- Lake O'Hara
- Paleontology
- Robson, Mount
- Takakkaw Falls
- Notes
- Supplement panorama of Van Horne range
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Through the heart of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3729
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1911
- Author
- Yeigh, Frank
- Publisher
- Chicago : A.C. McClurg
- Toronto : Henry Frowde
- Call Number
- 02.4 Ye3 (U.S.)
- 02.4 Ye3 c. 2 (Canada)
- Author
- Yeigh, Frank
- Publisher
- Chicago : A.C. McClurg
- Toronto : Henry Frowde
- Published Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 319p. : ill
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Accession Number
- 400
- 7895
- Call Number
- 02.4 Ye3 (U.S.)
- 02.4 Ye3 c. 2 (Canada)
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Through the heart of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25795
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1913
- Author
- Yeigh, Frank
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, 4th Impression
- Call Number
- 02.4 Ye3 1913 (Great Britain)
- Author
- Yeigh, Frank
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, 4th Impression
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Published Date
- 1913
- Physical Description
- 319p. : ill
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- 02.4 Ye3 1913 (Great Britain)
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The monarch of the Canadian Rockies : the Robson Peak district of British Columbia and Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15345
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1913
- Author
- Walcott, Charles Doolittle
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol.24, No.5, May 1913
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Walcott, Charles Doolittle
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol.24, No.5, May 1913
- Published Date
- 1913
- Physical Description
- p.626-639
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Coleman, A.P
- Geology
- Glaciers
- Robson, Mount
- Smithsonian Institute
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Notes
- Supplement panorama of Mount Robson Peak and Glaciers included,
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A climber's guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19847
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1930
- Author
- Palmer, Howard and J. Monroe Thorington
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Edition
- second edition
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Responsibility
- Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- second edition
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- [244] pages
- Subjects
- American Alpine Club
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canadian Rockies
- Guide
- Mountain guides
- Canada
- Mountaineering
- Abstract
- Pertains to a comprehensive climbing guide based on the mountains in the Canadian Rockies. The book was likely to be considered an invaluable resource for mountaineers based on the complexity and detail of the information provided. In detail, the guide offers insight into the approximate locations, elevation gains, climbing distances/time, and additional relevant information pertaining to climbing in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
- Contents
- Part one: international boundary to Kicking Horse pass
- Part two: Kicking Horse pass to Yellowhead pass
- Part three: Yellowhead pass to Jasper pass
- Accession Number
- 2019.48
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mont Blanc sideshow : the life and times of Albert Smith
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15300
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1934
- Author
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : John C. Winston
- Call Number
- 01.2 T39m
- Author
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : John C. Winston
- Published Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- xv, 255 pages, illustrations
- Notes
- Inscription "James Simpson, Banff, March 25th 1934"
- Accession Number
- 492
- Call Number
- 01.2 T39m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The romance of mountaineering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26157
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1935
- Author
- Irving, R. L. G.
- Publisher
- London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Call Number
- 01 Ir8t
- Author
- Irving, R. L. G.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 320 pages ; 40 ill.
- Contents
- PART ONE: BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS -- Introductory and personal -- Lux in tenebris -- The winning of Mont Blanc -- The growth of understanding -- The great peaks are won -- PART TWO: SIGNS OF MATURITY -- The extension of the playground -- The old leading-strings are dropped -- Mechanization and the cult of danger -- The highest mountains in the world -- Nationality in mountaineering -- PART THREE: PERPETUAL YOUTH -- Methods of approach -- Mountaineering out of season -- Solidary mountaineering -- Solvitur in excelsis.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01 Ir8t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The lure of the mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7716
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1936
- Author
- McDowell, F. E. D
- Call Number
- 01.4 M14 Pam oversize
- Author
- McDowell, F. E. D
- Published Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- p.22-23 : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Fryatt Creek
- Notes
- From Mayfair magazine, October 1936
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Call Number
- 01.4 M14 Pam oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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