topic:"Glaciers" found 17 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

The alpine regions of Switzerland and the neighbouring countries : a pedestrian's noteson their physical features, scenery, and natural history

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1896

Author: Bonney, T. G.

Publisher: Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.

Edition: 1st edition

Call Number: 02.2 B64a

Author: Bonney, T. G.

Responsibility: Illustrations by E. Whymper

Edition: 1st edition

Publisher: Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.

Published Date: 1896

Physical Description: 351 pages ; 15 ill. ; 5 plates

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Switzerland; Geology; Italy; Glaciers; Animals; Avalanches; Botany; Folklore

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 02.2 B64a

Collection: Archives Library

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Among the Selkirks

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 21st June 1890

Call Number: P

Responsibility: Wiliiam S. Green

Published Date: 21st June 1890

Physical Description: p.395

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Selkirk Mountains; British Columbia; Mountaineering; Glaciers; Avalanches

Notes: In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.IV, no.103, (June 1890)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Contact Prints

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to print copies made from original negatives of Vaux family travels in the Canadian Rockies in the late 1800s. Includes views of mountains, scree slopes, glaciers, train scenes (including tracks and the interior of a dining car), Glacier House, and portrais of the family members.

Date Range: [ca. 1887 - 1900]

Reference Code: V653 / I / U / 2 / PA-7 to PA-59

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M107/V557

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V557

Sub-Series: U. Prints

Accession Number: 7792

Reference Code: V653 / I / U / 2 / PA-7 to PA-59

GMD: Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1887 - 1900]

Physical Description: 52 prints : b&w ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File pertains to print copies made from original negatives of Vaux family travels in the Canadian Rockies in the late 1800s. Includes views of mountains, scree slopes, glaciers, train scenes (including tracks and the interior of a dining car), Glacier House, and portrais of the family members.

Name Access: Vaux, William; Vaux, George; Vaux, George, X; Walcott, Mary Vaux

Subject Access: Glaciers; Glacier House; Family and personal life; Mountains; Photography; Trains; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Douglas Glacier

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman posed on a boulder in front of Douglas Glacier

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 721

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 721

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman posed on a boulder in front of Douglas Glacier

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains; Mount Logan; Portrait; Women

Geographic Access: Washington; United States of America

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Glacier

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a glacier on a mountain peak - skiers visible in bottom left

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 657

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 657

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a glacier on a mountain peak - skiers visible in bottom left

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains; Skiing; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Glacier

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a glacier on a mountain

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 659

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 659

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a glacier on a mountain

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Mountain climbing

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1897

Publisher: London : Charles Scribner's Sons

Call Number: 01 W69m

Responsibility: Edward L. Wilson, Edwin Lord Weeks, A. F. Jaccaci, W. Martin-Conway, Mark Brickell Kerr, William Williams, and H. F. B. Lynch

Publisher: London : Charles Scribner's Sons

Published Date: 1897

Physical Description: 358 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; St. Elias; Alps; Climbing; Glaciers

Contents: I. Mount Washington in winter / Edward L. Wilson -- II. Some episodes of mountaineering by a cause amateur / Edwin Lord Weeks -- III. Ascent of Mount Aetna / A. F. Jaccaci -- IV. Ascent of Mount Ararat / H. F. B. Lynch -- V. Climbing Mount St. Elias / William Williams -- VI. Mount St. Elias and its glaciers / Mark Brickell Kerr -- VII. One thousand miles through the Alps / Sir. W. Martin Conway