topic:"Mountains" found 353 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains

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

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: The Graphic

Call Number: 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.

Responsibility: Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches); Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)

Publisher: The Graphic

Published Date: 1889

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Glacier House; Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Lake Louise; Lake Louise District; Selkirk Mountains; Selkirk Range

Abstract: Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.

Notes: In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486

Accession Number: 7830

Call Number: 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.

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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Metal engraving plates

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to four copper engraved negative printing plates and one metal engraved map, all mounted on wooden blocks. The copper printing plates depict various unidentified people hiking and climbing, mountains, and camps with mountain peaks in the background - the engraved map shows the Lynx Cr…

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1950]

Reference Code: V14 / AC 104 / NC - 01 to NC - 05

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Negative printing plate

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: AC104

Reference Code: V14 / AC 104 / NC - 01 to NC - 05

GMD: Negative; Negative printing plate

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1950]

Physical Description: 5 photograph : b&w printing plates ; 15.8 x 11.7 x 2.8 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File pertains to four copper engraved negative printing plates and one metal engraved map, all mounted on wooden blocks. The copper printing plates depict various unidentified people hiking and climbing, mountains, and camps with mountain peaks in the background - the engraved map shows the Lynx Creek Valley near Mt. Alberta.

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Climbing; Glaciers; Hiking; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountaineers

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Metal engraving plates

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to two copper engraved negative printing plates mounted on wooden blocks. One printing plate is made up of attached three images depicting an unidentifed person with their back to the camera looking at a glacier, an open valley and river with mountains in the distance, and a number of…

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1950]

Reference Code: V14 / AC 98 / NC - 01 to NC - 02

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Negative printing plate

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: AC98

Reference Code: V14 / AC 98 / NC - 01 to NC - 02

GMD: Negative; Negative printing plate

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1950]

Physical Description: 2 photograph : b&w printing plates ; 16.1 x 23.8 x 2.3 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File pertains to two copper engraved negative printing plates mounted on wooden blocks. One printing plate is made up of attached three images depicting an unidentifed person with their back to the camera looking at a glacier, an open valley and river with mountains in the distance, and a number of pack horses and unidentified people standing beside a river with mountains in the background. The other plate has two attached images depicting a close up of an unidentified person climbing [taken from below], and a man [possibly Conrad Kain] standing beside a tent with mountains in the background.

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Climbing; Glaciers; Hiking; Horses; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountaineers

Geographic Access: Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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North of Abbot Pass

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified person [possibly Neil Begg] standing on a stretch of snow pointing towards mountains in the distance - "North from the pass [/] 1929" written on the back in pencil

Date Range: 1929

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 16

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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 - 16

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1929

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

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified person [possibly Neil Begg] standing on a stretch of snow pointing towards mountains in the distance - "North from the pass [/] 1929" written on the back in pencil

Subject Access: Hiking; Mountains; Mountaineering

Geographic Access: Abbot Pass; Yoho National Park; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Skiers

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentified skiers of a steep mountain slope tied together with rope

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 653

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 - 653

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

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

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentified skiers of a steep mountain slope tied together with rope

Subject Access: Mountains; Mountaineering; Skiing; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Unidentified woman near top of Ptarmigan Glacier

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman holding a pickaxe standing on Ptarmigan Glacier with mountains in the background

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 727

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 - 727

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 holding a pickaxe standing on Ptarmigan Glacier with mountains in the background

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Portrait; Women

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Mountain heritage magazine.

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Publisher: Canmore : The Magazine.

Call Number: P

Responsibility: editor: Peter Ross

Publisher: Canmore : The Magazine.

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Mountaineering; Rocky Mountains, Canada

Notes: Library has: No.1, February 1998 - Vol.3, No.4 (Winter 2000/2001). Ceased publication

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Old Swiss Guides

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 19 b&w prints of Swiss Guides, usually posed either on their own or in a group, shots from a National Film Board documentary production, the Lyall Group mountain range, and a collection of Guide pins. Also includes documents: a copy of the Kicking Horse Chronicle and the 1992 Mount…

Date Range: 1901-1963

Reference Code: V190 / VI / O / v / PA - 01 to PA - 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

14 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, O : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: v : Old Swiss Guides

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / O / v / PA - 01 to PA - 19

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1901-1963

Physical Description: 19 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 19 b&w prints of Swiss Guides, usually posed either on their own or in a group, shots from a National Film Board documentary production, the Lyall Group mountain range, and a collection of Guide pins. Also includes documents: a copy of the Kicking Horse Chronicle and the 1992 Mountain Guides' Ball pamphlet.