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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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- Date
- 1927
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0026 a-f
- Description
- (a) a round silver medallion that hangs from a blue ribbon. The ribbon has a bar at the top that reads “Past President” and this top bar has an enamelled hanging bar that reads ”Branch”. The medal is round with a bronze maple leaf at the centre on an enamelled Union Jack. There is a wreath of bronz…
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- Title
- Medal
- Date
- 1927
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- (a) a round silver medallion that hangs from a blue ribbon. The ribbon has a bar at the top that reads “Past President” and this top bar has an enamelled hanging bar that reads ”Branch”. The medal is round with a bronze maple leaf at the centre on an enamelled Union Jack. There is a wreath of bronze maple leaves around the outer edge of the medal. A band around the edge of the Union Jack reads “British Empire Service League” with a banner at the bottom that reads “Canadian Legion”. The medal is engraved on the back “Frederick Brewster, Jasper Alta no. 31 Branch 1927.(b) circular bronze pin from the Canadian Legion. The outside band is marked “British Empire Service League”. The centre of the pin has a bronze maple leaf on on an enamelled Union Jack pattern with a banner beneath that is marked “Canadian Legion”. Pin has screw-on stud back.(c) pin measuring 1.6cm wide x2.1cm, cut out in the shape of a shield with an enamelled Union Jack under a white maple leaf at the centre containing the letter “G.W.V.”. (Great War Veterans). Pin is surmounted by a silver-coloured crown.(d) pin measuring 2.3cm in diameter with a round bronze-coloured back and the words “For Service at the Front” around the edge border. The centre features an enamelled shield-shaped Union Jack with “C.E.F.” (Canadian Expeditionary Force) above the shield.(e) four brass-coloured metal pips.(f) one very simple gold-coloured round disk pin, maesuring 2.5cm in diameter with the word “Canadian Division, Lest We Forget” around the edge.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0026 a-f
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Hudson's Bay Coat
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.05.1039
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- hair,sheep; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1039
- Description
- Hudson's Bay blanket coat, 3/4 length coat, white with black bands at collar and cuffs, 11.0 wide at hips, 3 1/2 points at front closure, 2 buttoned flap pockets, 1 button belt 7.0 wide, shawl collar, 3 button closure,"Banff Curling Club" crest sewn onright arm, "Winter Sports Canadian Rockies Ban…
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- Title
- Hudson's Bay Coat
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- hair,sheep; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 83.0 cm
- Description
- Hudson's Bay blanket coat, 3/4 length coat, white with black bands at collar and cuffs, 11.0 wide at hips, 3 1/2 points at front closure, 2 buttoned flap pockets, 1 button belt 7.0 wide, shawl collar, 3 button closure,"Banff Curling Club" crest sewn onright arm, "Winter Sports Canadian Rockies Banff" crest sewn on left arm.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1039
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Windbreaker Jacket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.05.1045
- Date
- 1920 – 1980
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1045
- Description
- Blue zippered windbreaker, Lillian Gest's, straight cut ladies jacket, raglan sleeves, 2 slit pockets, 2 adjustable straps at either side of waist, 2 buttons, 1 buttonhole on cuffs. Sewn onto left front oval crest "The Alpine Club of Canada", manufacturer's cloth label attached to back of the colla…
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- Title
- Windbreaker Jacket
- Date
- 1920 – 1980
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 55.0 x 66.0 cm
- Description
- Blue zippered windbreaker, Lillian Gest's, straight cut ladies jacket, raglan sleeves, 2 slit pockets, 2 adjustable straps at either side of waist, 2 buttons, 1 buttonhole on cuffs. Sewn onto left front oval crest "The Alpine Club of Canada", manufacturer's cloth label attached to back of the collar "Grenfell Cloth, Made in England".
- Credit
- Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1045
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- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1077
- Description
- Attached hood, windproof khaki explorers cloth, hood and shoulder area waxed to make it waterproof, straps with metal buckles at wrists, 20.0 cm zipper at neckline with windguard inside, drawstring around face of hood, zippered slanting pockets on each side of chest, front has double material excep…
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- Title
- Hooded Parka
- Date
- 1930 – 1935
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 64.0 x 185.0 cm
- Description
- Attached hood, windproof khaki explorers cloth, hood and shoulder area waxed to make it waterproof, straps with metal buckles at wrists, 20.0 cm zipper at neckline with windguard inside, drawstring around face of hood, zippered slanting pockets on each side of chest, front has double material except for bottom 10.0 cm, double material forms kangaroo pocket opening inside. Label reads: "Explorer's Cloth J. Mandleberg & Co. Ltd. London & Manchester England for The Woods Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Ottawa Canada"
- Credit
- Gift of Bob and Marjory Hind, Calgary, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1077
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- Date
- 1925 – 1955
- Material
- metal, silver; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0035
- Description
- An oval-shaped, sterling silver, pin with a vertically striped enamelled shield of green, light blue and white at the centre. There is a relief of a ram's head, in silver, over the shield and a silver banner beneath reading “The Alpine Club of Canada”.
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- Title
- Fraternal Pin
- Date
- 1925 – 1955
- Material
- metal, silver; enamel
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 2.0 cm
- Description
- An oval-shaped, sterling silver, pin with a vertically striped enamelled shield of green, light blue and white at the centre. There is a relief of a ram's head, in silver, over the shield and a silver banner beneath reading “The Alpine Club of Canada”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0035
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- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0036
- Description
- A triangular pin with the figure of a skier against white mountains and a blue sky in enamel. A blue band across the bottom of the pin reads “Jasper Park Ski Club”.
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- Title
- Fraternal Pin
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Description
- A triangular pin with the figure of a skier against white mountains and a blue sky in enamel. A blue band across the bottom of the pin reads “Jasper Park Ski Club”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0036
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